The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06

for a record Of authority which Miss
Sears ~reproduces. to be playfully trim
ming the truth: Brother Moses
brought a yoke Of oxen from his
farm. At least. the philosophers
thought so until It was discovered
that one Of the animals was a cow;
and Moses confessed that he must
be let down easy. for he couldn't live
On garden sarse entirely" In a long
letter to a friend Lane said: We
have been much plagued. and a little
cheated, with the cattle"
Emerson says Of Alcott, in his jour
nal: II have never seen n person
who so fortifles the believer. so con-
flutes the sceptic. And the almost
uniform rejection OF this man by men
Of parts, Carlyle and Browning inclu-
sive tsic1. and by women OF piety,
might make one despair OF society.
IF he came with a c~annonade of ac-
claim from all nations. as the first
wit on the planet. these masters would
sustain the reputation; or II they
could find him in a book a thousand
years old. with a legend of miracles
appended. there would be churches Of
disciples; but now they wish to know
II his coat il out at the elbows. or
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" 'oi"n'uhion service 'ne pas'or
o's''i'"'ins 'ne eie.'eh's Oh 'ne Saera-
nneI' passeu mn py' supposing MIN
.N Da'"' 'e"' III
s',oue y " 'ao'e ana urahk OF 'he
VINE eNc''im'ns 10 tne aoasheo
e'erss"'an anu love
my Jesus as well n better tnan any
OF you 90
ne a iarin al NO Iown. a gore
OF uhIeCiaiu,ed iand oetwecn FItchourg
ana Leominster' a tract or which ne
inherited. granted to his grandfather
Captain Noah Wiswell. by the General
Court or the Province. in recognition
OK bravery in the Indian wars. This
property, belonging to no township.
was not taxed. When Palmer mar
ried the widow Tenney there was
much talk OF the ceremony being IL
because the banns a not been
published at the meeting house. There
was no meeting house FOR No Town,
and the marriage was proved legal in
view OF the fact that Palmer had pub
lished the banns in his own handwrit-
ing on a sheet OF paper tackled to a
pine tree near his house.
When he moved into Fitchburg.
Palmer was hooted on the streets and
exhorted by the Gamer spirits to
shave on the offensive beard. but as
the opposition became stronger his
determination grew more firm. To
the Rev. George Trask. a well known
plaster against tobacco, who pleaded
with MIN, saying Why do you go
round looking like the devil" he re-
pIied' Are you not mistaken in your
comparison or personages? have
never seen a picture OF the ruler OF
the su!phurous regions with much OF
a beard. but. II l remember correctly.
Jesus wore a beard The preacher
gave IL up. rainier was once actually
attacked with violence on the street
py iour men VINO swore they'd shave
the beard on, and finally In self
deience hacked at them with a pocket
knife, cutting two OF his assault
ants in the leg. Arrested on a
charge OF "unprovoked' assault, he
was ordered to pay a fine, and on re-
fusing was sent to Jail for a year. He
resisted the Jai!er's attempt to re-
move the famous beard. His son tells
a story or his meeting. years after
"ard. a clergyman who had u~pbraided
MN lot wearing H. nut VINO now. with
the changing years and fashions, had
ACQUIRED a rlch growth OF whiskers.
rainier went up To the man OF God
ana rokin his whiskers. said:
Nho"e'h mat thy fteueemer hveth|
ne was an apoiitionist n a preacher
oi 'otal abstinence. shortly after
'eav'hs 'he Jai! at worcester he heard
Oh tne community to be established at
rrui''ahus ana volunteered to run the
urn ni'hou. pay lie contributed
o"' IN olu mouse furniture and a