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THE RHINEBECK GAZETTE, RHINEBECK, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1926

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of the Transvaal, and t h e story of Another one of God's noblemen Shookville. Like all other rural comZululand—all this g r e a t work acmunities it has lost many of the old was Edwin Phillips. He was supercomplished by a man t h e y selected, landmarks as well as most of the old intendent of the Sunday school, a 'The Silent first to despise on account of his befrom i n h a b i t a n t s . In its heyday it was a leading t r u s t e e of the school district, An Editorial Partner" quiet, p r o s p e r o u s , peace-loving ham- a staunch supporter of the c h u r c h lief. Then they made him master of let whose people s e e m e d t o be of one and one of the most influential m e n armies, fleets, finance and adminish e a r t and one mind, industrious, con- g e n e r a l l y in the community. He was t r a t i v e power. Literally ruling E n g Medicine and m i n i s t e r s m e e t u s on land, and while r u l i n g he s a i d : "All a public-spirited citizen, always going servative a n d d i s t i n c t l y religious. The school house w a s used for re- in for a n y t h i n g t h a t would build u p ! our a r r i v a l in t h i s world a n d both a r e sensible men are of one r e l i g i o n . " Good r o a d s , a good | at our bedside when we leave. W i t h ligious services and o n e of my earli- the place. W h e n asked w h a t r e l i g i o n , he r e est recollections of t h e place is where school, religious services in t h e school j out our k n o w l e d g e or c o n s e n t , s o m e plied: "All sensible m e n n e v e r t e l l . " down upon o u r IV. Almighty H e ' creed is pressed I a t t e n d e d revival m e e t i n g s there, h o u s e - these were his hobbies. God tolerates all held by the Rev. S. A. W e i k e r t of ihe also did his share in connection with h e a r t s a n d it is then t h a t t e n s of milreligious beliefs, so my &mall Red Hook L u t h e r a n c h u r c h . He was p r o g r a m s for public e n t e r t a i n m e n t . I lions of o t h e r m e n doubt t h e wisdom mind is not interested in a singularly i m p r e s s i v e speaker and j And withal a man of unusually good of our c h u r c h c o u r s e or belief. criticising a man's creed or being has the I believe a good m a n . He had many j u d g m e n t and hard practical sense. I / . No human spiritual belief. The prayerpower to change the hour of ((inverts at t h e s e m e e t i n g s and he To a c c o m m o d a t e the neighbors he I carpet, the rosary, the locahiit coming on earth, neither used to come u p fortnightly and put m an engine and feed mill a n d tion of his pew, is of small preach to t h e m on T h u r s d a y even- g r o u n d grists. can a man tell the moment About t h i r t y y e a r s consequence tvhen compared ings. He also visited a m o n g the ru- ago in c o m p a n y with R. Dudley Kerof his going. In fact, most with his sincerity to give to ral folk a n d m a d e m a n y fast friends. ley, he established a feed business of us go through life, from the world a good and living I think p a s t o r a l visiting is one of the near the S p r i n g Lake depot. It was the crib to the 'casket, with example. chief e l e m e n t s of a preacher's in- housed in a little building on the the creed of Mother, so you Less individual i n t e r e s t in t h e idea fluence. n o r t h side of the road. It was in i h e see, we inherit much. of t r y i n g to impose o u r belief on the This w r i t e r m i g h t as well a t t e m p t other fellow a n d m o r e p r a c t i c e of T h e r e was also a S u n d a y school in form of a n open arch with the office the school house every Sunday after- on one e n d , and the feed room on ihe to pick up t h e shells from t h e s e a - j The Golden Rule, will r e s u l t in m o r e Mr. J o h n W. Near was em- shore, and t h e n t r y to find in e a c h noon d u r i n g the s u m m e r months for other. I r\?al good for all of us, for, a f t e r all, m a n y years. This school was unde- ployed a s m a n a g e r and bookkeeper. inlaid cavern a pearl, as to t r y to j a man's belief is but o n e p a t h fh the I got my feed from t h e r e one sumnominational, and all t h e irood people prove t h a t all m e n should believe t h e i wilderness of m a n y w a y s . P u t your 1 of the place helped to make it a sue- mer. I think they dealt in coal also. same. good deeds over a n d k e e p y o u r creed cess. I think Edwin Phillips was usu- ! I d o n ' t r e m e m b e r how long the busiBelief is t h e bigges; and best t h i n g ' in moth balls. ness c o n t i n u e d , but the v e n t u r e did ally the s u p e r i n t e n d e n t . I attended i in a m a n ' s life. Belief is power. it one s u m m e r when I was 1 .'1 or 1 i •not seem to bo as profitable as the Doubt is w e a k n e s s . The s t ronger vc.irs old. Our class had its sessions! p r o m o t e r s anticipated. Probably bad man is the one wno has a firm g r i p ,n the hall sometimes in one end.! d e b t s had something to do with it. on some c o n s t r i c t i v e spiritual belief. P o s t a l C a r d G e t s T o sum; tsmes in the o t h e r . We sat on j T h a t is the Nemesis of many a busi- We may differ as t> the religious P o ' k e e p s i e In N i n e Y e a r s benches with our backs to the wall j ness. r o u t e , but no sensible man will t r y but these c r a m p e d q u a r t e r s w e r e ' While speaking of J o h n W. Near A postal card which G e o r g e Dimler to discount t h e sincere m a n , n o m a t more than c o m p e n s a t e d for by i h e 1 let me say that he served the school ter what the " s i n c e r e ' ' m a n ' s belief mailed in Rhinecliff J u n e 10, 1916 teacher we had Uriah Teator. How district as teacher for more consecuwas delivered last S a t u r d a y in P o ' may be. shall I describe him? Plain, honest, j tive y e a r s than even F r a n c i s Nelson, keepsie to J o s e p h L. H a n n a n of t h e ' / / . In the last hour of life, ivhen simple-hearted; his rugged r o a t u r e s his predecessor, lie was a pupil of Central Hudson Gas a n d Electric Co., all man's facultn s are fast lit up with the kindliness and earnest- Nelson, as were most of the o l d e r ' i n to whom it was a d d r e s s e d . Mr. H a n fading, he will r< aeh for the ness of his n a t u r e ; a b s o l u t e l y sincere, ] h a b i t a n t s , and he took the m a s t e r ' s non was m a n a g e r of a baseball t e a m flower of some faith. 'tie A b r a h a m Lincoln of the neigh-' place for more than t h i r t y years—.'{.'! nine y e a r s ago when t h e p o s t a l s t a r t - j III. Put it precisely this wan. borhood. He was held in g r e a t es- I think. During the s u m m e r vacaed on its j o u r n e y a n d Mr. Dimler, Individual since)'';/ is a pubteem wherever he was known. H e . tion he would work in harvest for who was then m a n a g e r of t h e t e a m at lic welfare and the only conoccupied i m p o r t a n t political offices in j Kdwin Phillips. He was said, to be Rhinecliff was e n d e a v o r i n g t o arvincing proof that a man is the town and when h e died a g r e a t an e x c e l l e n t teacher, very strict and range a game b e t w e e n t h e t w o t e a m s . | sincere, is when he leaves his crowd g a t h e r e d to b e a r silent testi- s o m e t i m e s severe. In these r e s p e c t s He w r o t e : "If you c a r e t o come, t h e n Hope in the hay}d< of his bemony to the w o r t h a n d worthiness of! he r e s e m b l e d his pedegogical m a s t e r , we will g u a r a n t e e five dollars, the lief. the man. I can see him now as he of whom the story is told t h a t he The inspiring history of the w o r l d same as we pay all t e a m s from y o u r talked to us boys. He was not a cul- i once t h r e w a boy out of t h e school city." The price paid t o baseball t u r e d man, not an e d u c a t e d m a n ; b u t , house window. For two g e n e r a t i o n s is but a scroll w r i t t e n of t h e lives of t e a m s has gone u p c o n s i d e r a b l y since r e m a r k a b l e t h e postal card was w r i t t e n a n d t h e he was a good m a n , a n d t h a t made up j the b u i l d i n g went by the n a m e of the sincere men, a n d the ! t h i n g a b o u t this t r u t h is t h a t few a m o u n t looked s t r a n g e t o Mr. Hanfor all deficiencies. T h e r e was for j " N e l s o n school house." 1 men fully a g r e e with r e f e r e n c e t o all nan. On closer e x a m i n a t i o n he dismany years, a n d as far as I know B U R T O N COON. ! the details of a n y certain belief. covered the post m a r k on the card I When t h e m e m b e r s of one class c a n - showing when it had b e e n mailed. The s t a r D o r a d u s is said to be M c C u e T o P l a y W i t h C o l o n i a l s not a g r e e , how can we e x p e c t all Ju%t w h e r i the c a r d h a d been d u r i n g 600,000 t i m e s a s l u m i n o u s as our o t h e r s to accept t h e i r v a r i o u s i d e a s ? the nine years in which it w a s m a k i n g j K i n g s t o n , N. Y., April 1 3 . — R e r n i e sun, but it has not y e t been comLet me give you s o m e t h i n g t o the j o u r n e y of s i x t e e n m i l e s is-a mys-1 plained of for violation of the anti- M c C u e will cover third base for i h e think a b o u t : The young m a n ' s f a c e t e r y . Colonials this season. The hard hit- was livid pale, his eyes as black as t r u s t act. t i n g t h i r d sacker y e s t e r d a y w r o t e E r e b u s , his j e t - b l a c k ringlets h u n g in M a n a g e r s Deegan and Robins of the a heavy mass on his stock collar. local club t h a t he was r e a d y to accept When a very y o u n g man he t o o k his Real Estate the t e r m s offered by the F a i r G r o u n d s seat in P a r l i a m e n t along w i t h t h e Louis Fink and wife of the" t o w n of Association, and t h a t he would be on impelling individuality of Pitt, the hand when the season opened on Sat- P r i m e Minister. From this point on, Rhinebeck to Ennis H. Keane^and urday with the D. & H. Generals. to w r i t e the political history of E n g - wife of the town of R h i n e b e c k ; town $3.50 Mac t u r n e d down several other offers land would be t o tell t h e i n s p i r i n g and village of Rhinebeck^ to play with the Colonials and ex- story of the life of the C h a n c e l l o r of s t a m p s . pects this to be the best y e a r he has t h e E x c h e q u e r for t h r e e t e r m s , to Manson S h a r p and others of the ever had with the Kingston club. recite t h e life of a Prime M i n i s t e r of town of Rhinebeck t o P . Glenn M a n n two t e r m s , t o describe t h e political ing of the same p l a c e ; t o w n of R h i n e beck; $3.50 s t a m p . A n o t h e r good way to c e l e b r a t e power of the real Dictator of E n g Manson S h a r p and others of the land for a b o u t t h i r t y y e a r s . Clean Up Week is for t h e bolshevist town of Rhinebeck, t o J u l i a W i s e l e m e n t to remove their whiskers. 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