The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-07
PENFIELD.

The Rev. Mr.. Roberts, with family
and goods, lett for his new field of labor
Monday morning, and the parsonage
was re-papered and prepared TO receive
the household effects of the new pastor
Mr.. Roberts introduced the Rev. Mr.
Wachob, who preached to his new
charge Sunday. He was educated, we
understand, at Mt. Union College. He
and his wife have been guests of Rev.
NJ. L. Starr several days. Having been
itinerants for several years, Mr.. and
Mrs. Starr know something of the feel
ings, pleasant and otherwise, of going
among strangers to make new home,
and of taking up an unfamiliar work.
The Methodist choir, composed of
eighteen young men and women, some
of whom have been, and others are
members of our Wellington schools,
sang, ut the close of the morning serv-
ice, welcome to the pastor, which was
excellently done, and must have been a
very agreeable greeting to the stranger
minister.
Miss Carrie Hart, who made good
record as pupil during Prof. and Mrs.
Wean's administration, herself a sue.
cessful teacher since, has been for some
years organist at this church, and there
are very good voices in the choir, which
is located at the right, on a level with
the pulpit. The church having been
newly carpeted and .-epainted, is, like all
the churches in Penfieid, 'beautiful for
situation," so much pains has been
taken to plant and cherish trees about
them. There is not n country town Of
our acquaintance that has such n wealth
Of naples and elms about its public
buildings. All honor to the pioneers
who did what they could to make the
place desirable one for homes, and
may their children labor as faithfully
for the preservation of the things that
tend TO educate and Christianize peo-
pie as the pioneers did to establish these
things. To one who has been absent
but a few years, the prominent thought
in visiting here is that there are about
as many familiar names in the ceme-
terry as there are familiar faces in the
churches.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Penfield are about
starting on quite an extensive Western
journey, both of whom have friends
and relatives scattered all through the
West-many of them, by the way, SUBJ
scribers to and readers of the ENTER
PRISE, and, of course, we are glad Of
that.
MIR. Henry Penfield had a very alarm
ing attack Of Illness week ago Sunday
night, from which he is reported re-
covering. Feeling sick after retiring,
he raised himself in bed and tainted,
falling on his face. Vomiting excess
lively OF what was good deal mixed with
blood, and being frightfully weak and
pale, it was not strange that his wife,
alone with him, was much frightened.
DIR. Wiley, who was summoned, attri-
Duted the symptoms to a strain I'm Load
ing grain the Saturday previous, after
which he had not felt well.
Mrs. Philo Penfield, of Michigan, is
visiting at her fathers, Rev. Geo. Nor
her here before her return.
John G. Fuller, of LYONS, Fulton
Co., O., so near the State line that only
q street divides them from Michigan, is,
with his wife and son, visiting relatives
here, the wife being a daughter of w.
l.. Hayes. Mr.. Fuller, who moved to
his present location from Litchfield
fourteen years ago, has been looking
over the old landmarks and making un-
avoidable comparisons, and thinks he
would not care to change his corn crop
for the "nubbins" he saw picked this
year from some old farms in parts of
Ohio longer settled. His present farm
of fifty-seven acres, situated within a
few rods Of the village, from which
many of the building lots were origin
ally taken, has produced, this year, 2O7
bushels of wheat, 42S bushels of oats,
at least 1000 bushels of corn, and 15
tons of hay, with other small produce
and plenty of fruit, besides keeping
stock of twelve head of cattle, span of
good horses, and seventeen hogs.
A Sunday-schoo1 concert at the Meth
odist Church, Sunday evening. brought
out crowded house, and was reported
interesting.
A number went from here to Cincin-
natl on the excursion, and also Il sleep
ing-car load from Litchfield went. and
were so well pleased that they advise
others to patronize the next one. NJ.