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We know nothing of Herrick asa 
preacher. He is credited with having 
. much emotion one Sunday, observing 
the drowsiness and inattention of the 
people, flung his sermon at the con- 
gregation and left the pulpit; an 
anecdote which shows that he was 
capable of a forceful delivery. But 
for the matter of his preaching, very 
likely it was not altogether “savoury,” 
in the cant phrase of the day, to the 
precisians and zealots. He _ was 
neither better nor worse than many a 
country parson in the age of 
teem watts, Lhe ..church had 
so far forgotten its calling, and the 
sacred profession had so far degraded 
itself, that the Puritan revolt became 
inevitable, and with its occasional nar- 
rowness and bitterness and its un- 
healthy contempt of ‘culture and 
pleasure it saved England from cor- 
ruption and stamped upon the worlda 
new and higher civilization. 
Ousted by the Presbyterian junto, 
Herrick retired to London, where he 
consorted with congenial wits, turned 
off his verses by the hundreds, col- 
lected and published his poems, and 
thus earned a living, until with the 
turn of affairs at the Restoration he 
was reinstated in his vicarage. He 
lived but a few years after the storm 
passed, dying in 1662, leaving a name 
as a lyric poet that will always retain 
a high place in English poetry. 
As specimens ot Herrick’s graver 
muse, we subjoin first, his poem “A 
itgemetent. — founded on . Isaiah 
58:5-7, a fine example of poetic 
paraphase : 
Is this a fast— to keep 
The larder lean, 
And clean, : 
From fat of veals and sheep? 
Is it to quit the dish 
Of flesh, yet still 
To fill 
The platter high with fish? 
Is it to fast an hour, 
Or ragged to go, 
Or show 
A downcast look, and sour? 
MILLINERY -ANNOUNGEMENT. 
Owing to press of business 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL 
announces that until further notice she will 
close her Millinery Parlors every day at six 
o’clock excepting Saturdays, on which even- 
ing she will be pleased to see her patrons as 
usual. 
Mrs. A. E. MARSHALL, 
31 Central St., 
Manchester 
No! ’tis a fast to dole 
Thy sheaf of wheat, 
And meat, 
Unto the hungry soul. 
It is to fast from strife, 
From old debate 
And hate 
To circumcise thy life. 
To show a heart grief-rent; 
To starve thy sin, 
Not bin — 
And that’s to keep thy Lent. 
His poem “Thanksgiving” may well 
be calleda classic for quaint beauty 
anda spirit of devout gratitude; its 
contentment with moderate posses- 
sions and simple pleasures reads a 
needed Jesson to the ambitious and 
luxury-loving spirit of the present age. 
THANKSGIVING 
Lord, thou hast given me a cell 
Wherein to dwell; 
A little house, whose humble roof 
Is weather-proof ; 
Under the spars of which I lie 
Both soft and dry; 
Where thou, my chamber for to ward, 
Hast set a guard ° 
Of harmless thoughts, to watch and keep 
Me while I sleep. 
Low is my porch, as is my fate ; 
Both void of state; 
And yet the threshold of my door 
Is worn by the poor, 
Who thither come and freely get 
Good words or meat. 
Like as my parlor, so my hall 
And kitchen’s small. 
A little buttery and therein 
A little bin, 
Which keeps my little loaf of bread 
Unchipt, unflead. 
Some brittle sticks of thorn or brier 
5 Make me a frre, 
Close by whose living coal I sit 
And glow like it. 
Lord, I confess, too, when I dine, 
The pulse is thine, 
And all those other bits that be 
There placed by thee. 
The worts, the purslane, and the mess 
Of water cress, 
Which of thy kindness thou hast sent ; 
And my content 
Makes thee and my beloved beet 
To be more sweet. 
’Tis thou that crown’st my glittering hearth 
: With guiltless mirth, 
And giv’st me wassail bowls to drink, 
Spiced to the brink. 
Lord, ’tis thy plenty-dropping hand 
That soils my land, 
And giv’st me for my bushel sown 
Twice ten for one; 
Thou mak’st my teeming hen to lay 
Her egg each day; 
Besides my healthful ewes to bear 
The twins each year ; 
The while the conduits of my kine 
Run cream for wine ; 
All these and better thou dost send 
Me to this end — 
That I should render, for my part, 
A thankful heart ; 
Which, fired with incense, I resign 
As wholly thine — 
But the acceptance, that must be, 
My Christ, by thee. 
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MANCHESTER, MASS. 
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Fresh Fish Direct from the Fishing Boats Every 
Morning. Orders called for Daily Prompt Delivery. 
Telephone Connection. Oysters and Little Neck 
Clams Opened at your Residence. 
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Application for the removal of the contents 
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made to 
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