The Press., 1884-08-07
ABOUT A FELLOWSHIP MEETING
BY MRS. ANNIE A. PRESTON.

AD0 IrOSIy QAy HI uIu-WlulST, JOHuHy Peterson came home from the village to the rather. out of -the-way farm house on Q cross road where he lived with his father and mothes,t three or four brothers and sisters and his great Aunt Jerusha, and .hurrieds to say, as he took of his mlttens and unified his ears :.s...5,.f .l,ftL.t.s.....
 ."Grandpa and grandma, are going to Greenfield tomorrow to a fellowship meet ing, and they said one. of us children could go with, them as well as not. .....ss.. ... 5
 1.-The idea !''ii exclaimed Aunt Jerusha, s.of taking child to fellowship meeting. What answefsd did. you give them 2"
 ooh, said I didn't know as I cared about being squeezed under the big buffa- To robes behind grandpa's fur coat and grandma's big huff, but Kit is such lit tie thing I thought she might enjoy it.
 ssWhat is fellowship meeting ?'s2 spoke up Kitty, bright-faced girl of ten, who was fitting dolls sack for her younger sister. ~ ....t
 "Oh, its sort of ministers meeting, D said Aunt Jerusha, tartly, "Congregational ministers at that--none the worse on that account, as know of, either-only, what has put your grandfather and grandmother Peterson up to go for. I don't know and she Baptist and he a Methodist by pro- fession." 1...
 "Why, Aunt 'Rusha, to fellowship" said Farmer Peterson. ''I guess Kit had bet ter go. Mother will like to have her along, and she won't learn any mischief
 ''No, she won't learn anything at fel- lowship meeting, of course, there will be nothing said and done there that will in terest child, but she has never been to Greenfield and she will enjoy the ride, J said Mrs. Peterson .....-.
 So the careful mother set about plating a ruffle of soft lace into the neck of the lit tie daughters crimson merino dress, and laying out her wraps for an early start, in spite of Aunt Jerusha, who said
 "I never heard of such nonsense-never in my life-as letting that child drive of ten miles out of town on winters day, to weekday meeting, when, half the time Sundays, you don't pretend to get her no1 the other children out to church-nor tc Sunday school ever."
 All the next day the disturbed auntie scolded at intervals. She knew Kitty would take cold and have the croup o1 something else dreadful. And she was full of scold when, at eight clock ia the evening, the little maiden danced in fresh | radiant and wide awake
 ''I'm not bit cold" she said, as hel mamma stopped to unbutton her cloak 'sand we had such lively time. It was the incest sleighing, and so many were go ing the same way Grandpa knew then most all-there were the Athertons"- - ''Huh, they are Unitarians," " put in Aun Jerusha- -"and the Millers" s"-"Huh, they are Advents' ''-''and the Scotts' ''-"Huh they ain't anything that I ever heard of.
 "Its time they were then; fellowship te1loa0ship, Aunt Jerusha, said Farmer Peterson. 'sGo on, little daughter
 ''It was like 8 sleighride party before we got there," went on Kitty, and Aun Jerusha interrupted again,
 ''I suppose you was the only child in tht procession. . .-.
 ssIndeed, was not, Aunt 'Rusha. Ther. were so many that grandpa said he should feel quite out of place to drive into tow1 without one little one at least. And wher we children got into church we all sat uF in front, and MT. Burchard preached us 'sermonet,' as he called it, because it was little sermon, and it was just as nice as story N. I ''He said Jesus was once a little boy and played, and learned to read and write and work like other children-only y he wa always kind and faithful, and obliging ant pleasant and obedient; and that we mus be all of these if we would be like Him And he supposed Jesus learned little da, by day and made the most of His oppor tunities, and he had no doubt He learned great many things by observation one time espe cially when he went with hi parents up to the great city Jerusalem just-as we might learn things when we g to fellowship meetings, for instance"
 o4 ,,soa !' cold pntarcnn taking his little girl on his knee, Gan. what next?'' .-..-
 "Oh, papa, ever so many things. Afte the morning session, before dinner wa ready, that same Mr. Burchard came aGt shook hands. with every one of us children and me. too, and he said, Suffer littl children. and forbid them not, to come un to me for of such is the kingdom ,f h av >, en- And he told us that we were all grow ing SO fast he should not be likely to re member usshould he happen to meet Il again, but if we met hlm anywhere an recognized Aaim he would like to have Il speak to him and tell him we met him a L that fellowship meeting ill Greenfield 1883. and then he should know right ava that we were old friends, and should wan us to tell him whether we remembt re what he had said to us that day, and hoy we got along trying to be like Jesus. H asked me my name and my papa's name and I told him where lived and invite him to call and see us if he ever came t this town" ., gs a l.. Il ..l
 "Why, Katherine Jerusha Peterson l! spoke up her good aunt, but her pap kissed her and said, .az-g .sta
 sHThat was quite right and proper to in vite him, little girl. What else do you re member P a. l t l..a.#=
 I ."Oh, evec so many things" " replied Kit ty again, but the warm fire made he drowsy and she dozed off to sleep with he bright shapely head against her father' shoulder. .s
 The "ever so many things" lasted fresl over night, and Johnny said it seemed a if Kit never would get through with tha fellowship meeting; he should think i must have been week long.
 cit wasn't so very long, but 1t was st fuI," cried Kitty, "but our ministe didn't help fill it for us children at all H, didn't speak to one of us, and when h, came to shake hands with grandma h, said, very solemn, some of our childrel really ought to have been here.' Ant with feeling answered, we brought ou Kitty, he looked down at me as if he ha( I.never seen me before, and said, Well Fwell Really, really
 Day by day Kitty's various experiences at the fellowship meeting cropped ou ,lsomewhere. When Aunt Jerusha went tc trim over her black velvet bonnet Xii