The Press., 1889-01-17
LOCAL TOPICS-PENN,D AND SClSSORED.

LOCAL TOPICS-PENN'D AND SClSSORED
 An accident to the passenger train on the New london Northern railroad, in charge of Conductor H. H. Saunders, was averted last week Wednesday by the fore. thought and timely action of man named Smith, who resides near little flag sta. ton between Norwich and Montville, and is about 30 years of age. The wind had blown the platform from the foundation and lodged it directly upon the track, bot. tom side up. The old man saw it and knew the train was almost due, and, ap parently forgetting old age and infirmities ran toward the approaching tram, having gone nearly mile when he saw it round ing curve. He waved his handkerchief to the engineer, who saw him and stopped his train.
 A house belonging to c. H. Bradway in Monson, near State Line, was burned to the ground last Thursday afternoon The family which occupied it lost all theil furniture and 1925 ill money. The loss is placed at $500 insured Br $20O.
 The Monson National Bank has elect ed these officers President, 0. W. Holmes vice. president, R. M. Reynolds; directors c. w. Holmes, R. A. Mum, R. M. Key holds, c. W. Holmes, Jr., E. F. Morris ris.
 The new Somers creamery is making splendid progress, and turns out between 100 and 200 pounds day. New patrons are constantly joining the list, and severa Hazardville people will soon furnish cream it is also thought that the South family o Shakers may join.
 Rev. K. B. Glidden preached his twentieth anniversary sermon on Sunday 9th, as pastor of the Mansfield Center church. He commenced his ministry ir Mansfield the first Sabbath in January 1869. The church has been noted fol long pastorates, which speaks we'll for tho people. Four of the pastorates, including the present, covers 138 years of the his tory of the church, which was organized in ITO. Twenty years is long term il these times of frequent changes for min ister to remain in the pastorate of tn, same church. Church membership at tn, commencement of MT. Glidden's ministr, was reported to be 40. Since then T members have died and 50 have been dis missed to other churches, making the re markable loss of 125 members; 139 mem bers have been added in the same time one less only than the number at the com mencement of his ministry. The presen membership is 154, p having been receiv ed the past year, MT. G idden has offici ated at 22O funerals and united 75 couple in marriage. The benevolent contribu tions of the church have been generous il proportion to the number and means 0 the congregation. During the past yea $S265 have been given for missionary pun poses, which is about the average for tn past twenty years. In closing his dis course MT. Glidden gave to his congrega tion the New Year greeting, and invoke upon them the benediction ill Number Is, 24, 25, 26.
 cREAMERIEs. Putnam Patriot Elsewhere we prin the report of the annual meeting of th interesting letter from Secretary Sibley ( the Brooklyn creamery, which are indies 1 tions of the steady progress being made i try. But the best indication of their poE ularity is in the testimony given by thos who have had the longest experience g patrons and also as managers.
 For time after getting started there usually difficulty in procuring sufficien cream to maintain the creamery in COT stant operation. This is natural, as farm CTS are slow to be convinced that they ca do better by hiring their butter made tha making it themselves. But it is only nt cessary to persevere for year or two satisfy any community that they are nc only special benefit, but general bles' ing.
 It is not fairly understood by the publi who is directly benefited and who bear the responsibility for the success of thes creameries. They are conducted on tn cooperative plan. The patrons are pal for the butter made from their cream eac month at the best price that can be got market, less the expenses for it's manufa' ture, disposal, and incidentals, the stool holders getting their fixed percentage onl. which is per cent. in this state. Thu for the risk and responsibility in establish ing the creamery, the latter can never T. ceive more than six per cent. on their il vestment, no matter how high price tE butter brings.
 It is not likely that the market will ev, be overstocked with good butter; and h the increasing growth of our cities an towns it is not probable that the deman can be met under the old system. excel by importation, as the increase of catt does not begin to keep pace with that population. Good butter is therefore a, vancing in price.
 In conversation with George Aust Bowen, Esq, state lecturer of the Go necticut Grange, he said now that he r alized the importance of co-operati, creameries, rather than go back to the O. system of butter making, if he could ( no better, he would prefer to shoot h COWS to get rid of them. This was meal to be an expressive testimony of their ir portance. It is all the more important
 he travels all over the state meeting clos ly with farmers. It also harmonizes vii all the declarations of creamery patron women as well as men, that we have liste ed to. ;, Besides the letter elsewhere given, M Sibley sends us the following interestir paragraph:
 ! "Mr. A. B. Webb, who hires the Pu nam farm in Brookly at rental of $50 is patron of the Brooklyn creamery, al paid his rent in the first five months fro cream furnished that company, and sa, that in no other way could he have res ized so much from his cows."