Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-06

prompted by her feeling) once I at- tempted to speak but the justice bid nc hold my tongue. There was two women that spoke for mo and told how weakly I I was, but they were not regarded, and there 1 was two women that was summoned against 1 me: one woman's conscience smote her 90 l that all she said was had been exceeding l poorly; the other told the justice that she did not remember she had seen me to msst- ing lately. The justice said there was no need of evidence being sworn if they were credible persons. So there was no evidence against mo, nor was I allowed so much liberty e criminal for he may speak for himself."
 ''Now this court being soon over spoke and told the justice there was day . coming when justice would be done. The justice told me talked ssasee' and he lookt V ith lofty angry oountenance and now my hus- band being scared he without any considera- tion paved 12 shillings lawful money to the justice: 1t way contrary to my mind."
 "Now sat out to go home: 1t rained. l was wet and that night had At of the ague and poorly long time, with vapours and weakness, and now my husband was much offended with me because he was forced to pay % much money for mo and I had dis graced him and the children"
 .Note.-At tho time of this arrest she had two children, Jonathan and Calvin. agen fourteen years and three years respectively
 Following this episode came Hull in sg- grsssive operations on the part of the grand jury of something like year. It does not appear that the discipline enforced intimi- dated Mrs. Heaton and her circle at all, but rather provoked them to greater zeal for in 1760 they commenced to hold separate meet~ ings ct Muddy river on the Sabbath. Es- quire Samuel Sacket at this bold move once more appeared on the scene, but before re- hearsing the story of the conflict let us hear 
 tion which overlook the author of her woes. "Now think must remark the threaten- ing providences or judgments of God that soon come upon them that was the instru- ments of taking the law to punish me for not going to meeting with them. The grand jurymsn few days after was at tho raising of house and he fell from the chamber down into tho cellar among the stones: one of the women that tho justice took for an evidence against me had . child took sick ex- ceeding bad: the other woman had an un- common illness and few days ago her son was working their only oxen and one fell and broke his thigh and they was forced to kill him and borrow one to work for they are poor. Also man that we suppose was in the private affair of complaining of me fell | from his horse and bruised his flesh and had | a great sore and was under the doctors hands and lay great time dangerous. And few days after MT. Davenport had me up, he went to the grave with his wife and negro man, and not long after he died himeelf with . cancer on his mouth."
 Resuming now the narrative, she goes on: | 'In 1759 there was Separate meeting begun on the Sabbath, but did not go for or Sabbaths after it began, for | was waiting for something now and special to go out upon, although had been praying for it many years: but at length I went: but the frat Sabbath that went to the Separate meeting | eight of us was complained of to Squire Sackst and when he had threatened us and sec we did not intend to pay our fines he went and put 1t into Squire Davenport's hands: And now we was looking every day for day for fortnight or more to be car stocks or sold to pay the charges and fines"
 "Now after a while we heard that MT. Dav- enport went to the great men at New Haven but they would not help him: then he went to the Assembly at Hartford but they would not do any thing about 1t, sn 1t dropt."
 Still later in this same year another conn plaint was made against her and she was the Congregational meeting at MT. Stiles church, but like the former this charge was "dropt."
 This continual vigilance and interference of the church authorities, while it did not crush out the Separates, yet it annoyed and disheartened them till they were fain to re move from so much antagonism. She man (Benjsmin Beach) that was leader in our meetin9s got discouraged and moved the meetings to Wallingford or miles of, for there was men gifted to help carry on the mestings."
 This course did not fully meet with Mrs. Heston's approval, for they moved it with- out her knowledge and very gracelessly omit knl k<l l-uk1 | re sk q A1~- I~y~
 was settled.
 Service being now discontinued at Muddy
 river, she turned her steps in another di
 rection. We read: "I have been a few
 times to our standing meeting, bat the
 abomipation that makes desolate is set uI
 there. MT. Trumbull preached two sermonl
 from Isaiah 2-2:3. He put temporal mean
 ing to his text and said that meeting hou:.
 was built for prayer and praise, and he saiC 1t was Zion and they that did not come thert
 to meeting, no place was fit for them bu,
 he'll, meaning the Separates suppose"
 With single vivid incident this articl, closes. Other quoted papers will follow con
 tinuously until the "Journal" is finished.
 "July 28-1771.
 There was . hard thunderstorm to-day
 Five persons was struck with the lightning
 in Sabbath day house that stood neal
 North Haven meeting house: their flesh wa,
 blistered and some holes burned in theil
 clothes: they was much hurt but quick meani
 being used we hope they will all recover.
 There was an oak tree stood near this Sab
 bath day house under which there was
 horses and colt killed dead. had been tt
 meeting ct Wallingford (see previous men
 tion) and when como by and see tho dead
 horses strstoht out I see it was death by tn,
 immediate power of God"
 sBsnjamin Beach.
 <Esouiro 9amuel Sackett.
 fDeodats Davenport. Sec Colonial Records. SHELDON B. THORPE.