Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-05
STATE CORREsP0N DENOE
North Haven

April Hast Monday the roadssiust north of Mir R. W. Smiths place was opened for the first time since the blizzard. The neigh bors turned out and dug through the snow. They will make record of it. A. B. Clinton and family, who have spent the winter in Florida, arrived home on the Air Line road Monday noon and went to MT. Clinton's mothers at Clintonvil1e. It is ex- pected they will remain there. Nelson Warner, who is in the lumber busi- ness in Pennsylvania, was in town few nights since, called on friends and spent the night with Mir. Harvey Ives. The Ladies' Benevolent society is to meet on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. B. L. Linsley. Miss May Elliott, who is in Washington with her aunt Mrs. Dorsey, wife of United States Senator Dorsey, has been presented to President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland, at- tended a reception at the White House, also one given by one of the Senators, and has re- ceived much attention. On her return Miss May will visit friends in New Jersey. Mir. R. W. Smith, who seemed well at the celebration at the church on Monday even ing, was taken i'll the next morning and is unable to be out.
 Mrs. Knox and her children left yesterday morning for Wilmington, where Mrs. Knox was invited to sing at the funeral exercises of a former neighbor MT. Knox is boarding with Ambrose Hinman during the absence of his family.
 The following lines were written on the oc- casion of Rev. w. T. Reynolds reception on his twenty-6fth pastorate, April ?, 1888, and was read at the church on Monday evening: A quarter of a century, time of grand achieve Has passed since you came with us your Masters Your friends have met dear pastor. on this ami Hoping with worlds of cheer and comfort to tighten
 your pilgrim way. We remember well those earlier days, when with
 your helpmeet's aid You with earnest purpose labored and watched and You were then well nigh stranger, few of our Soon we grew love and trust thee the better thou
 vast known. You have been with us through life's sorrows, and
 through life's joys as well; What we could have done without thee there are When our loved were sick and dying and our faith It was then you came to cheer us with your labors
 manifold.
 And when two hearts seemed melting, nearly run
 ming into one.
 tsus deed was done. We shall ne'er forget thy counsels as long as life
 endures,
 And would crave heavens benediction henceforth
 on you and yours. Doubtless the town in numbers has grown little
 since you came here, But in many things it has improved and grown
 from year to year. Not merely that mere bricks are made, and by many
 million, too, But that your schools are better, and you've Brad
 ley library new. And then place to-day is found, to it's honor be
 ittold,
 Where that which steals the brains away is by
 any person sold. There are also other gains. which to me seem best
 of all
 One is the noted Pierpont Park, the famed
 Memorial Hall" Time would fail should write all this Hove
 feast" brings to mnd Therefore will dismiss Eay muse with thanks for
 attention kind. And this will be my closing thought pastor and
 people all Don't forget that we live in a world where perfec
 tion none befalls.