Vestry effect what would today usually be called a parochial church council, but was also responsible for all the secular parish business now dealt with by civil bodies, such as parish councils. Eventually, the vestry assumed a variety of tasks. It became responsible for appointing parish officials, such as the parish clerk, overseers of the poor, sextons and scavengers, constables and nightwatchmen. At the high point of their powers, just prior to removal of Poor Law responsibilities in 1834, the vestries spent not far short of one-fifth of the budget of the national government itself. More than 15,600 ecclesiastical parish vestries
A Ghost Is Born the coda of "At Least That's What You Said". Tweedy refers to the guitar solo at the end of the track as a "musical transcription" of one of his panic attacks. "A Ghost Is Born" was recorded in a manner different from "Foxtrot" or 1999's "Summerteeth"; whereas those recordings were performed live in the studio and then overdubbed, "A Ghost Is Born" was first performed on Pro Tools and only played live once completed. Tweedy was excited about writing an album this way: An unusual feature of "A Ghost Is Born" is the fifteen-minute long track "Less Than You Think".