The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-06
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WYOMING, June s0--Richmond Town.
Washington county. Rhode Island. 10 remark
able and historic old town. Years AGO II vas
the corn raising town Of the State. Now the
farmers have to buy their corn. The chArac-
teristic OF this stsid community IN that IL
members travel In the same grooves and abhor
change. A an instance. Reynolds Hoxsls was
Clerk Of Richmond Town forty successive
years. and was each time elected without dis
ssntinR votol 30. too. Mr.. Hslsey Clark. the
present incumbent, has been elected for more
than thirty years without opposition.
A few years Ngo . branch railroad WAS run
through the town and thon tho ancient stage
coaches were put aside forever. A queer old
chap was appointed agent at one Of the sta
lions. Ono day he went TO the superintendent
and made known . grievance In these words:
Look a.horo. Mr.. Supsrintendent. I Wish
you'd tell your inginser to stop whlstlins whom
he 10 coming 70 my station. Somshow II kinder
goes right through ms!'
The three villages Of Wyoming. louisville.
and Hone Valley lie snusly together In . long
rolling valley. ~ thick ~ three In bed. In
fact the division lines arc not clearly defined In
the minds Of the most venerable residents OF
Richmond Town. Hero. Of course. stands the
traditional country store. and to IL still comes
the nearly sightless old man who has from
time unremsmbered sat upon the same mack
erel barrel II being Presidential year. tho On.
Client idler 10 unusually sage In his remarks.
This 10 one OF his statements:
II the Dlmicrats IRE slick enough to nomi-
nate Andy jackson this year thcy will knock
the 'publicans higher than Brooks monument.
I don't carr II old Andy Is sick and got no voice
and has writ letter declining the nomination.
he will beat em as sure AZ the DEVILS In .
woodchuck"
For years and years innumerabls the current
OF Affairs In this community has flowed on with
out ripple OF local excitement. but now HIS
arisen . church quarrel. which has assumed
formidable proportions. These are tho facts:
In 1903 body Of religious worshlppers holding
70 the second advent tenets and self.styled
The Band OF Brethren" was formed here and
managed to maintain their ground. ~ that In
time they purchased parcel OF land In the
town of HopkinEton. just over tho Richmond
boundary In 1871 church WAS erected and In
order to ACCOMPLISH this result u note was
cas- Iiili6ridge Tor Tie snm OF 1900. Miss Lilii-
bridge was q maiden lady. advanced in years.
Rev. North9op. smith and Sorsssiser to tho tho
same time Misc h!,brldge. th. mortgSSes
the reduction q tho church debt. "AN
quite successful but "t the Time Of her death,
which occurred two yenrs ago. whom she had
SSs 81 & hs
deredi neither has the executor Of her win. the
Hon Joeeph Babcock. been able to ind any
important subject. Now there has doomed up
to darken the prospects, Of the church the Nc:
Town. the brother Of Dorcns Lillibridge. the
deceased mortgagee and church collector. Mr..
70 sss "a @ 1.s ind sS
s.. S sssa E s'.'s' qp!s! s and
could not bulge him one inch. He says that
his sister. on her death bed; gave him all hcr
d
equity Of redemption In the church mortgage
to hts dead sistor. To these ADVANCES the
church has never received one. cent Of the COL
lections made on It's behalf by Miss Lillibrldge.
as S.es and ns e.
from It's embarrassing ob! igations; second, that
the church, society and not BY the trustees, who
bidisn By the tras,ees. bought the church
property paying 500 In excess Of the mort
gage. and on Sunday night the trcnb!o as
Christian Temperance Union was In session in
ths church, when there came upon the peaes:
IuI bOSnt 1IulDTluk0 utteuNou NY utS son. no
at once invaded the enemy's territory. took
possession. removed the lock from the main
door OF the church. and declared his purpose
to stay until morning.
Very good" replied the Advent brethren as
ons man: then We will remain Also
But | may stay week or month" Lillt-
bridge declared.
An right" retorted the brethren in chorus.
thon we will stay year"
And so tho campaigning armies encRmred on
the benches and In the pews: Although late In
June. the night grew chilly. and u deacon
ordered fires built In tue antique stoves. Next
the stomachs Of the pous warriors began to
yearn for supplies tempornl, and ratioDs were
sent for. not champagne and cold chicken. but
those genuine Rhode Island luxurios. buck
eyes and johnnycakes: While these supplies
were being fornged for Brothers Cory and
Northrop were deployed as administers
to obtain, a warrant for the arrest
Of Mr.. LillbrfdEe for disturbing public
worship. Tho might WAS now waning fast.
Suddenly Mr.. Lillibridge com plnlned Of feeling
unwell. His cause. he said. was just. but his
years were many and the places for an old man
when the night was also old WAS in bod: and SO
he went home. leaving his son IN command OF
the LiliibridRe situation. But the son was I'M
equal to the trust He was seized with nausea
Ing to abandon the field 70 tho foe Al about this
time the factory help with their dinner pals In
hand were responding to the summons OF the
first BELL and the trustees put on q now lock
and closed the besieged fortress. The whole
matter will now be carried to tho courts.