Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-10-22

Miss Ellen Bryan. best preserved fruit | 90
Mrs. Whistler, second beet do rs
Miss Harriet Locke, third best do so
Mrs. Henry Taylor, best fruit jelly / 90
Sarah Watt, second best do 75
Miss Ellen Bryan, third best do so
Mrs. Mary A. Kyle, best honey comb | so
Daniel Mummy. best specimen peaches ! 90
Mrs. VIM. B. johnson, best specimen
of cucumber pickles, l 90
Mrs. Sarah Watt, best tomato pickles so
VIM VIM f. a.a1s alexander sand best lot of pPe' GO
VIM. Mitchell, lot of apples very good.
John Watt, do = do
Shem Zoek, do do
VIM. A. Alexander, lot sckel pears so
Mrs. Mary R. Beatty, Mrs. Whistler, Mrs.
Shem Zook, Mrs. Sarah Watt, Mrs. Daniel
Mummy, Mrs. Barbary Hartman, each ex.
hibited print butter so nearly alike in quality
that the committee awarded each premium
of Sl.5O.
The committee also make mention of auin-
ces exhibited by Mrs. Whistler, Perkins
cake by Miss Ann Conley, fish cake by Miss
Ellen Bryan, sponge cake by Miss Rachel
Kerr, and specimens cf Chinese sugar cane
syrup by A. G. G:bboney and Samuel Alex
ander.
TRIBUTE OF REsPEcT-The following
communication, with the preamble and res
olutions passed by the Lutheran congrega-
ton of Altoona, on receiving Rev. Bakers
resignation, We copy from the last Tribune:
On Sabbath, 23d August last, after service,
Rev. Henry Baker rendered his resignation
as Pastor of the Lutheran Congregation in
Altoona, Blair county, a, as also of the
| charge composed of Altoona, Duncansville,
and Logan's Valley congregations, to take eff
feet on the first of October, 1857.
Bro. Baker, eleven years and six months
since, entered upon the duties of Pastor in
this community, with but two very small and
weakly organized congregations, and but
schoolhouses to worship in; yet with christian
| perseverance and Cody zeal, by the grace of
| God, under his miniStration three neat and
| substantial churches have been erected and
completed, and three fine congregations are
now organized and our membership increased.
SO that we now constitute large and inf1u-
entail charge.
From statement made in his farewell ad.
dress, we find that during his stay in this
charge, in the discharge Of his ministerial
duties, he has travelled thirty-six thousand
miles; performed the marriage ceremony for
one hundred and thirty-six couple preached
two hundred and twelve funeral discourses
preached in all twenty -four hundred times
baptised three hundred and seventy-fo in
fants baprised one hundred and twentv-six
adults; received by confirmation three hun.
dred and ffty-three received by certificate
two hundred and sixteen making in all ad
dltions to the charge, six hundred and ninety
| five members. Truly he has been faithful
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ministry the church has been abundantly
prospered.
After services on Sabbath last, the follow
ing resolutions were offered and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, our much esteemed pastor, Rev
III. Baker, has, in the Providence of God
seen fit to sever the ties which have So long
| and closely bound US as pastor and people,
| by offering his resignation as Pastor of this
charge, therefore,
Resotred, That it is with heartfelt sorrow
that We accept his resignation, and deeply
| lament that he has seen fit to take this step
in the midst of his long career Of usefulness
and still abundant successful mnistration
amongst US.
ReSotred, That in parting with our beloved
Pastor we sustain no common loss as a con
gregation. Under the blessing of God during
bis mlnistratIon, we have been greatly pros
pered as a church, and our intercourse as pas
tor and people has ever been that christian
kind that should ever characterize that rela-
ton, and though it is painful thus to sunder
the ties that have so long united US, vet with
the help of God, we have that assurance, that
if we remain faithful while here, when this
earthly house is dissolved, we shall meet
again in that church triumphant in heaven.
Resolred, That in Leaving his field of labor
and usefulness here, he will carry with him
united sympathy and entire confidence Of all
his people, a citizen, christian and pas
tor, and our prayers are with him for the
health and prosperity of himself and family,
that his life of usefulness may long be spared,
and that he may he as successful IN his works
| Of love, in his new field oi labor, rs he has
been with US.
Altoona, Sept. 20, 1857
PREsBYTERY OF HUNTINGDoN.-We
learn from the same paper that this eccle-
siastical body, after very pleasant and
harmonious session, adjourned on the 8th.
A large amount of business was done, and
several important changes made in the
pastorates of the Presbytery. Among 9TH
ers, the Rev. d. l.. Hughes relinquished
the pastoral charge of Spruce Greek first
and Sinking Valley Mr.. Shotwell that of
East Kishacoquillas and Messrs. Shaeffer
and Jardine gave notice of intention to
relinquish their charge next spring. Mr..
Hughes goes to Iowa. Among the reso-