, 1880-07-06
Tho Centre Church and It's Monuments
Whaley nnl GufCc, tho Regl-
cIdes.


Chant" or conntry-stora keeper, In West
nrattleboro. Tho Hot. Austin Bircharsl,-
tho brother of Sophia llhycs, tho Presidents
ll,other,--wio hld been II storrkeeper for
halt q century, died ut Fayetteville, Vt, lust
September. Il. the advanced ago Ut Sc. Austin
DtrclInrd wns tho fntller Ut Mary BlrcIarai,
MI interesting woman Of abont ~ ycars OF
age, WHO was killed ut tho Ashrnbula dis
aster, OIL her visit to llcr co,,sll1 who Ind
just been elcctcd To tho Presidency.
Ol1e OF the speakers ut o,ie Of tho gnther-
inKs III compliment to the President fa-
cetiously remarked that the colonization from
the old Connecticut Colony that lad settled
Mt Now Haven had helped 10 fouml
TWO NEruNl.1cAN FMl1Hf:s
In the Now Worltl,-t settlement Of Yer
mont, and afterwards the Western lseserve
Of Ohio. This Western Reserve, where Mr..
Hayes father settted,-a part Of which sent
Giddfnga to Congress, and now supplies to
tho Nation Il tiartield+was known III early
times us the New Connecticut. John Browns
father was ore Ut the emigrants from tic Old
Connecticut to settle tho Now; ata tho hero
Of the gnltoWs WIS ono Of the spinal products
Of tho Western Reserve. Mr.. lluyes' grand
fnther c1Atgratcd from Drnnford, near New
1Iayclt, to Vermont, and his father to Ohio.
The summer after hiy Inauguration, the
President visited Ills uncle, ut Fayetteville.
When youth, and ut the tlnia l,e WIS In col
1egc, It was fayorit place for q visit. ills
an Interesting drive ut II couple of hours,
t19Tosg sy nyro9f1s f1 a Fay",e1 oyss M s e to
i'rHsilrnt to0k tia ntnorttliity to r,ie over
and Witt tic old ilo,licstead a1itl stUro" Of
Ills tntllor. For ltstunce OIL this a,yr0ad ilo
swrctIv ,ncti,tnfiny' nmon.r tGoso ittlls tliot
aiwnys sesil, q Iong way frou, tia world. Oh
n fe tbat 2, PIT n1ae @ tin !h ~ te h
~ ~ thn Milan W Iiis HHnc]a hai in hts u,ssSs
sS snta CO a sfss %c # s ' 1esss nsst sy y{asr sf
i,sn,I +, liz sfore nrnt II, which In kept tho
tls nS was sn nrnnIised to liz m iresiaet t,s fan
t. l,ntriop,1l nt thn ,innth n fht, vn,,t.rnhIn
1lncie. Tj.c name Of our respected rresitiel,t
carries both Iraaci,cs ii tic ofamily,-Rutiier-
Vii Tho city Of New iinyen Is Justly dls.ip-
f,l,ishcG Ynr Its beautv n13 c]nSsis .1,arartnr.
II % MS not loig liz % neo tllat was tlIerc. It was
tic ttay gfter tlG colluge+comu'Gncolne'n
thrnm.1' t,S rorr1inra ~ clm.trnna 40 nr, liz,
ninssie shnair,l lrresn' twns
~1'''0'S ".,,,. -, :, ,,,.,.,u,, ,,,,,,,,.
which bore upon its. front, under its arched
colonnaae, nlllong other very significant II
scTiptions, thls Interesting nil@i,ol!iIcelnont: @
"a. y; lKW:'A eoMtnttiy OF EnHlsTSii GhtlS ;-
iNs"t N"t":, ~" ,v:rt, tho Ta,,,.ra IT thia tht"T
III" 'fo,,m MI 1,ayni,nort % wns In ' iscyerHi,l
Entnn ia nny"rnnr' Gfhe Moscs nnfi Snre,,'
~ they wcfo caiietl. Of lie Puritan Exodus
tAat found lta Canaa5, III Comnve!cut This
whoni some tlno / l,opo to offer up speeiul
Of the liuKieitles, 1VEnley aud Goffc; a.,d. IN
| protecting them, dcflcd tic power of king
| Chnrlea, knowing tint hU tnnlilaittul the
eriiao of ligll treesol i, sccreting thuso tngl-
lives.
It was tho day after commencement, and
the iunitors were engaged in rn1nDvl1,g tic
benel,es a!l rIearinE 1p tile d6llis of tho t!,o
wny Wss therefore Olon Tor MI interior in.
yest1gatlon. On u large marble slab In tho
i,aules 1t the enriy founders of tla church,
and those whose romalts were buried in tho
Of Hntharfuul IIpwuil Trowbritiu. n1lli
iiwe.-note tic s,,ailIng Of t,e list nu,,c
Will Il ind t}1orO WIS 4 loMr list III thai
nanc. more u,au ans others, Tint stood III
biaek letters OIL tic white marble tablet. j
ti,n,,rht # ind n Inze, inol, ~ IN ,,nrnstrni
cn1,nect1nn ii our I'reyidrnt Will ti,o fotlntI-