The Press., 1885-06-11

in 172O. The date of the petition was Oc- tober 9, 1720. It contained the following names Cullott Olcott, Johu Bissel, Stephen Bishop. Abel Shailor, Timothy Olcott, Joseph Pomeroy, Nathaniel Allis, Edward Rose, John Clark, Charles Lpom- is, Samuel Bump, Daniel Dartt, John Church, Thomas Marshall and Samuel Raimond
 Bolton is hilly township, but in sum- mer it is one of the pleasantest places ill New England. The boundaries that were laid out were-north by Ellington, east by Holland and Coventry, south by Hebron, and west by East Hartford and East Wind sor. That WAS tho old arrangement, bt \ fore Vernon, Manchester aud Andover be- came separate townships. The patent of the proprietors was dated 1731 Among the proprietors were Roger Wolc) Cap tain John Bissell, Lieutenant John Tal- colt, Rev. Thomas White. Timothy Ol- colt, Francis Smith, Thomas Pltkin, Dan- iel Dart, Nathaniel Loomis, Jabez Loom is, Samuel Bartlett, Joel White, Jonathan Strong, Thomas Loomis, Benjamin Tal- colt, Joseph Collier, Daniel Dart, Jr, Matthew DeWolf, Cornelius Birge, Eph- raim Tucker, and others. All settled here except Roger Wolcott and Joseph Collier. The first meeting house" was located in
 town meeting November IF, 1721. In 1722, May 27, the town voted to call Jona
 than Edwards to settle there. At this time
 Edwards was preaching in New York City as candidste In the answer to the call he writes, December 10, 1722, ssI should
 count it smile of Providence upom me if
 ever should be settled among such peo-
 pie as your socety seems at present to me
 to be-" Edwards finally declined the c Ill
 to New York. and accepted the call to B,l- ton, November II, 1723. Hts signature to
 the 'sagreement" on the Bolton town rec
 ord shows that he was here at that time Soon after this time he was appointed a
 tutor at Yale colleg. Bolton, which, like other Connecticut towns, Was first and
 mainly an organization of the Orthodox
 church, after waiting some two years Call ed and settled Thomas White, who was ordained October, 1725, and continued I pastor till his death, February 9, 1763. We aren't quite as strictly an Orthodox
 Congregational organization as we once
 were, but the old habitudes Of Connecti-
 cut townspeople toward the ''meetin' house" still exert their force, though less
 powerfully than of old. But you should ,l see what Bolton is in the midst of a hard and long New England winter However it is beautiful a,oaO, and will be till the middle of October.-",S" 6 Hartford '] Times.
 ,l The graduating exerc.s .ses of the class of 1885, Rockville high school, takes place in the Methadist church, June 18th. The graduates are Geo. Kellogg. valedictorian, } Clarence Holt, Benjamin Thornton, James } Fitzgerald, H. M. Loomis, Lizzie Sikes,
 Lizzie Winchell, Anna Moore, and Kate Gavegan, For some time the officers of the R, ,ck-
 villeNational bank have been losing stamps from their office. On Thursday evening
 last Frank Scott was discovered in the act of entering the office, and was locked up.
 Scott was an employee Tn the Leader of flee, and has served term in the reform
 school for small pilfering. He is 19 years ! old. '53.'t
 ' Cor Journal Liquors for Rockville dealers are largely consigned to MT. Leon
 ard of the Ellington hotel, and carted from thence as convenience and safety shall dic-
 tate.