Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-23

widely scattered, and many Of them knew moth
ing about ieaffair till il was all over. F" am
sure if those resolnte women had known what
was being done, it.neyer could have taken place.
My cheek burns with -indignation while write
it, and the circumstance would not have been
dragged to light, but to excite gratitude to God
for better understanding of the claims of hu-
manity, and more wholesome laws.
MethOdism was introduced into this town
about the year 1902. The. Rev. Abner Wood,
then stationed on Chester circuit, had the hon
or of preaching the first Methodist sermon. A
man from Chester came into the town to teach
school, and invited Mr.. Wood to come here and
preach. lie accordingly came twice, and
preached at my grandfather s, whose doors were
always open for the preaching Of the gospel by
the weary itinerant, though he and his COM
panion were members of the Baptist Church in
Chester. The next year Elijah Willard and
Henry Ames, preachers appointed to Athens
circuit, found their way here, embraced it with
pie lectures once in two weeks
A revival followed, and class of seven
persons, (all femalcS) was formed. A few
months later Jonathan Webster, your honored
father, and the Rev. Henry Martin of precious
memory, and Others, united with them. Of the
seven who first united in class, my mother is the
only one now living. For seventy-threo years
she has resided on the very spot of land her
father first selected when he came into this town,
with the exception of the first ten years of her
married life !; and for ffty-se years she has
been member of the Weston South Glass, with
the exception above named.
ALMIRA II. PETTENGlLL.
Weston.
AS kind Of supplement to what Mrs. P
has already written, Iwlsh to add little
humorous incident which was related to me
some years ago, by an old lady who was an eye
witness Of the scene. For some time after the
first settlement of the town, there was no house
for public worship, excepting one IN the eastern
part of what is now called Andoyer and
religious services were frequently held in private
houses. On one occasion, a meeting was held
at d Mr.. Browns. The younger people were
mostly collected in the kitchen, where the broad
fire place was giving forth welcome heat,
while the minister and older ones chiefly &C.
cupied another room adjoining the kitchen.
Near the fire place was a large, old-fashioned
sink, under which might be seen variety of
cooking utensils, among which was large iron
pot containing Qaantity Of soup, Or stetO,
which the lady of the house had pr pared the
day before, with design Of furnishing warm
dinner for the preacher. BY some means, the
old cat had ascertained that the pot contained
a s1yory m9rscl; and with ne small ingenuity
contriyed, by placing her paws on the edge Of
the lid, to tip it 50 as to snatch mouthful and
then retire to eat it.
Two young men sitting near, observing the
process of abduction going on, and probably
thinking the animal was getting more than her
share, resolved on putting stop 10 it, So, on
the return of the cat for more, one of them
quietly raised the lid; while the other caught
her and quickly put her in the pot-the lid
was replaced, and one foot of the rogue rested
on the top to prevent the lid falling of. Just
before the close of the services, the good house
wife came out Of the other room with theinten-
ton OF hanging her pot over the fire preparatory
to having a warm dinner. She grasped the
bail, and with one long swing it was Immediate
ly hung on the crane; but what WAS the utter
establishment of the lady On seeing the cat
emerge from the pot, and with Sudden bound
spring to the floor! This created no small
sensation among those who beheld it. Some
stuffed their handkerchiefs into their mouths to
prevent bursting into loud laughter; others
hastily .ett the house to give vent to the feel
ings they could not control Ilany seriousness
had been felt before, it was certainly now dis
PEELED, and the ludcrous appearance of the cat
leaping from the stew-kottle was not soon
forgotten L. B. PETTENGuL.
ABOUT KIssING.-The Rev. Sydaey Smith once
said, in writing of kissing, "We are in favor of
certain degree Of shyness when kiss is pro-
posed, but it should not be continued too long !;