The Press., 1890-06-26

Issued Every Thursday Evening.
 LOCAL ToPICs-PENN'D AND sClssoRED.
 --Laroy Squier, of Wales, Mass, has completed his work as census enumerator in that town.
 Mir. Walker, the census enumerator for Union, reports that he found in that town no person under care of a physician 1; that his enumeration list contains the name of neither minister, doctor, or law yer. One licensed preacher lives in the town, Elder Amasa Morse, but his chief occupation is that of agriculturist, and he is so scheduled.
 The ssgrange," of course, was promi- nent at the Storrs school commencement The grange has stood by the school it's past and present masters were there, one on the list of speakers, the other as trus- tee; and, of course, where a crowd is gathered, and J. Fl. Hale is present, if the wishes of the crowd is met, Hale must talk. Then the school has 8 grange, and the students are young enthusiasts in be- half of it's object. Much was said of what
 
 rights and claims of farmers. Now it seems to us that the real work of the grange is to educate the farmers to know their needs. The state of Connecticut has not been niggardly in it's aid and encour- agement of agriculture. If it had been it would be the fault of the farmers. In no state in the union have agriculturists got matters so thoroughly within their control as in ours Our system of electing repre- sentatives and of choosing delegates to conventions gives the rural districts con- trol of both. It is often remarked that when it is proposed to aid agriculture in this state the opposition generally comes from farmers. It is @ fact that Storrs school has been most antagonized by farm CTS. The grange has mission in Connec- ticut, but its work is among farmers. The politicians are not hostile to the farmers. They are generally keen business men, and as such note that agriculture in this state should be fostered as matter of pub lie policy. The giving of $50, ,000 to Storrs school by the legislature of 1889. when SIC, ,O0O was asked for, and needed, was 8 disappointment, but evidently the school will get all it needs, and would have got it then had the farmer members been solid in it's favor. The mistake of many grangers is in imagining that the grange is design ed to be political machine. In some states it may be made useful in that way. In Connecticut the farmer can get what he wants, for he has the power to take it, and seldom has occasion to make formal de- mend for anything he wants.
 From Rev. F. D. Avery's address, de- livered on the 40th anniversary of his set clement as pastor over the Congregational church in Columbia
 The pastors of the Congregational churches in this county when was settled were: In Hebron, Edgar J. Doolittle, who died in Wallingford, Feb. l, 1883, aged 72; in Gilead, Charles Nichols, who died in New Britain, Jan. %, 1879, aged 81; in Andover, Alpha Miller, who died in Andover, March 29, 1867, aged 76; in Bolton, Lavius Hyde, who died in Talcott- vile, April 8, 1865, aged 76; in South Coventry, Charles Hyde, who died in Hartford, July 27, 1871, aged S4 in North Coventry, George A. Calhoun, who died there June z, 1867, aged 79; in Coventry village, Henry B. Blake, who died in Cum mington, Mass, Jan. IA, 1880, aged 67; in Mansfield Center, Anson s. Atwood, who died July 22, aged 76; in North Mansfield, Aaron R. Livermore, who now resides in New Haven; in Holland. Abram Marsh, who died there Sept. l, 1877, aged 75; in Vernon, Albert Smith, who died in Hi nois in Rockville, First, Horace Winslow, now living and preaching in Simsbury
 Rockville, Second, Andrew Sharpe, now living in Hebron in Somers, Joseph Vaill, who died Feb. 21, 1869, aged 79; ir I Union, Samuel I. Curtiss, who died there March 26, 1880, aged v; in Willipgton | D,po,oft xvha Aiol in Droooofk
 Mass, March II, 1875, aged 66 in Wes Stafford, Augustus B. Collins, who died il Norwalk, March 16, 1876, aged 87. O. r pastors only three are now living
 Livermore, Winslow and Sharpe. Every church in the county had settled pastor,
 then, except East Stafford, Stafford Spring and Ellington. Now only four of thes' churches have settled pastors, Bolton Ellington, Rockville and Columbia, - while II have pastors without installation and six are vacant or temporarily supplied
 For four years my pastorate has been tn longest in the state, and not more thai four or five exceed 1t in the nearly 800
 Congregational churches in the country
 In this county have attended 21 coun
 cils for settlement, three for ordination without settlement, 25 for dismission
 outside of the county, four for settlement B I two for ordination without settlement, an \ one for dismission. This is a rather poo showing for my forty years council worh , the dismissions being one more than tn 2 settlements. I have not yet come to thin
 that these so frequent separations are tn . best thing. In two instances, South Gov s entry and Rockville, have been on council to unite two churches, making fc :, me m all 36 councils.
 Friday was a perfect day, and Storl :. school graduation exercises were witnesse . by the usual gathering of intelligent pe' !, pie from the vicinity, with a generor ' sprinkling of prominent men from g : parts of the state. And 10 institution
 the state, of whatever literary pretensiol T, draws together more intelligent appea ing lot of people than Storrs school. W 2 doubt if any commands gathering }, people so deeply interested, so thorough
 in sympathy with the work, and who mo l. thoroughly enjoy what they see and hea D The school unfortunately has no asser : bly, room capable of holding the crow g that gathers. The church, few rods di 7 tant, usually used, is always too sma ;. For 8 few years grove upon the Stor
 farm was fitted for the exercises, but u a regularity with which showers fell upe at the occasion broke up that practice. . that the best possible use is made of u x church.
 ,g Visitors on Friday enjoyed the sight