Darrow School - Shaker Post Yearbook (New Lebanon, NY)

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1936 The Peg Board trying the endurance of our legs. E bought each boy an 8 cent maplesugar cake at the S.F.' office. Sept. 19, 1867 Secretary Stanton and Co. here to pay us a visit. November 18, 1867 Boys commence going to school for this season. March xo, 1869 E. Fifty years old this day. Thus half a cent'ry has vanished away And here I am, with the dear little boys, Enduring with patience their prattle and noiseg Fourteen in number, and quite good they are, This truth with pleasure, I now do declare, And may they all live in peace love and joy And in Mother's gospel their time well employ. I love them sincerely, and for them I live, To help them to God my time freely give. To see them increasing in virtue and loveg Fills me with thanks to my Father above, And though they have failings, yet I can see Goodness enough to endear them to me, An old man, full of sorrows and tears, Old-though I've seen but just fifty yearsg Old-for disease hath prey'd on me long, But God is my help-in Him I am strong. And thus I am able to work, sing and pray, Rejoicing in goodness each live-long day. The Mount Lebanon Antiquarian Society T ONE of the early meetings of the Union, Mr. Cowardin suggested that there be formed here at school a society for the preservation of the innumerable Shaker antiquities to be found at Mount Lebanon. His suggestion was met with enthusiastic approval, and arrangements were made for a meeting at a future date of those interested. Those who appeared at the meeting set about to elect ofiicers and decide other prominent questions concerning the actions of the society. The officers elected were Douglas H, West, president, Charles T. Davenport, vice-president: and Samuel Pendleton Cowardin III, secretary and treasurer. Members other than those con- nected with The Lebanon School are to be classified as associate members. The following is a list of the charter members of the Mount Lebanon Antiquarian Society: Winthrop B. Coffin, Henry M. Colvin, S. P. Cowardin, Jr., S. P. Cowardin III, Charles Davenport, Winthrop Endi- cott, James D. Fryer, McLean Griffin, Nathaniel Grifiin, Thomas O. Grisell, Sinclair D. Hart, Miss Dorothea B. Hendricks, Charles H. Jones, Mrs. Charles H. Jones, Donald McConaughy, Jr., Richard R. Miller, Mrs. Ellen S. Muller, John Nicholson III, Charles Rhodes, Lee Sumner Richards, Ir., Dutton Smith, Frederick Tillinghast III, John A. Vreeland, Jr., Douglas H. West, Eugene S. West. The Society aims to work to preserve any and all antiquities to be found here in our colony, and will gratefully receive any contributions from outsiders. Any person, whether he be con- nected with the school or not, is eligible for associate membership. It is the hope of the members to work towards building up our collection of antiquities which is now housed in the museum 1 The South Family. 81

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The Peg Board 1936 optimistically to hope and trust in it. The proof of its perfect goodness is worth seeking for the faith in it, when established is the only source and sustenance of soul peace. Jesus taught us to pray for the Kingdom of God's righteousness within usg and we may find it when we have understood what its existence requires. The worship of God is the first re- quirement. The love of each other among mankind is the second. To look for the good in everyone is then a privilege and a duty. That we may not see it at any time merely shows our inability. But the fact of a ruling God insures the goodness of everything. R. R. M. 'jr' THE DAIRY Photograph by Winthrop B. Coffin, 'as Elisha Blakemaxfs Journal ISTER Emma has recently discovered the journal of Elisha Blakeman, who was a member of the Church Family, and has kindly made its contents available for the Peg Board. Brother Blakeman had charge ofthe boys in the Church Family and directed them in their work outside of school. It has not yet been possible to examine this journal with thoroughness, but we shall quote a few entries and the poem written by Blakeman when he reached the age of fifty. This poem, here published for the first time, reflects the fine and noble qualities of the true Shaker spirit: june xo, 1867 Clean out sheep hovels to-day. E' scatters corn at the Hatch lot, in the cornfield, poisoned with ext. of Ignatia bean-to kill crows-they have pulled up a great deal of corn. Sept. Io, 1867 ' E'and seven boys go to Whiting's pond for pleasure etc. get some of that important commodity-Andrew Fortier took us down-and we came back on the South Mountain, i. Elisha. 80

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The Peg Board 1936 and cataloging all available books and pamphlets pertaining to the Shakers. Already a start has been made in this direction and the following is a bibliography to date: A Shaker's Ideas. A letter sent to the Albany Yournal about Gen. Grant's funeral, by Elder F. W. Evans. Shaker Reconstruction of the American Government, by Elder F. W. Evans, Hudson, N. Y., 1888. Social Gathering Dialogue, etc. Albany, N. Y. 1873. How I Came to be a Shaker, by Geo. W. Wickersham, Mt. Lebanon, N. Y. A Remarkable Old Man. Elder Evans at the age of 80 still bent on reforming the world, from New York Sun. Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing, etc. Fourth edition published by The United Society called Shakers in Albany, New York, 1856. The Manifesto. Volumes X and XI, 1880-1881, Volumes XII and XIII, 1882-1883, volumes XIV and XV, 1884-1885, Volumes XVI and XVII, 1886-1887. All published in Shaker Village, New Hampshire. Religious Communism. A lecture by F. W. Evans. London, England, 1871. Treatise on Shaker Theology. By Elder F. W. Evans, Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. Q2 copiesl The Shakers. From Natick CMassachusettsl Bulletin. By Elder F. W. Evans. Sketches of Shakers and Shakerism, etc. By Giles B. Avery. Albany, New York, 1884. Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers called Shakers. New York, 1879. Christ by Frederick W. Evans. Reprinted from Berkshire County Eagle, Pitts- field, Massachusetts. Obituary of Giles B. Avery. By F. W. Evans. C2 copies, New England Witchcraft and Spiritualism. By Elder F. W. Evans. Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. Q2 copiesl Obituary of Rufus Crossman. By Elder F. W. Evans. Why Am I a Christian? By Walter Shepherd. Mt. Lebanon, Columbia Co., 1891. Correspondence to and from Elder F. W. Evans. September 1890. Liberalism, Spiritualism and Shakerism. An address by Elder F. W. Evans, Mt. Lebanon, New York. C2 copiesb A Christian Community. By Henry C. Blinn. East Canterbury, New Hampshire. The Manifesto for December 1894. Volume XXIV. Published at East Canterbury, New Hampshire. Testimonies Concerning the Character of Mother Ann Lee. Albany, New York, 1827. A Summary View of the Millenial Church or United Society of Believers fcalled Shakersj, etc. Albany, New York, 1848. Precepts of Mother Ann Lee and the Elders, etc. Albany, New York, 1888. Shakerism, Its Meaning and Message. By Anna White and Leila S. Taylor. Columbus, Ohio, 1905. Shaker and Shakeress. Volumes III and IV, 1873-1874, Volumes V and VI, 1875- 1876. C2 copies of each setj Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. The Aletheia, Spirit of Truth. By Aurelia CG. Macel. Farmington, Maine, 1899. Autobiography of Mary Antoinette Doolittle, etc. Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. Glimpses of a Great Institution. By Dr. J. M. Peebles, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1901. The Motherhood of God. By Anna White of Mount Lebanon, New York. Published in Canaan, New York. Shaker Sermons. By Elder F. W. Evans. Delivered September 12th. 1886 at the funeral of John Greves of North Family, Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. The Conditions Of Peace by Elder F. W. Evans. Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, 1890, , 82