The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-02

success. This sixth reunion has been
, christened the Picnic Reunion and
the seventh %. W, will be held in Perry.
N. Y. For this purpose their present
president II. Ii. OliR viii hold over an
other year.
The Ezra DIN, Jr., aforesaid and sis
ter, Mrs. Bolton Whose husband accom-
panied her on this pilgrimage, the latter
the youngest of the fourteen children,
are reckoned of the fourth generation.
Thirteen Of the children were born in
SALISBURY, the other one in st. Adams
The mother Of George S. Nye (now de-
ceased), was the next eldest than Mrs.
Bolton.
1t would be hard to find a iollier lot OF
people. While the old farm in Shafts
bury was more like their preconceivei
ideas of Vermont soil, yet many were
the ordinations of admiration for oar
beautiful scenery, our nice looking farms
and farm buildings, and the evidences of
prosperity all about u.s.
Each year these is issued by a commit
tee q pamphlet Of all the papers and ad-
dresses deli 5ered at each reunion meet
ing. These contain a large amount OF
history that is of more than family inter
est. From one of these pamphlets we
learn that The object of these reunions
and the special work of your historian
is to perpetuate our memories by placing
on history's pages, our names, our rec
ords and the influence for good our ex-
istonce has had upon the world and its
varied Institutions"
The Troy Press of last evening devotes
a half column of it's editorial space to
tins family. From it we quote: 1.-THE
Olins have prospered. They have done
great things in the world. Men who
have become eminent in all professions,
who have attained high public places, are
of the progeny of the laborious pioneers
who struggled for existence in rugged
Salisbury. In the history of Troy Job
Olin was distinguished as as advocate,
and Abraham B. Olin was lawyer, re-
corder and member of Congress and was
called from the latter service by Presi-
dent Lincoln to seat on the bench of
the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia
THE old home ut SALISBURY is in
ruins and the old clearing is again over
grown with brushes and stunted trees.
The Olins have gone: the Olins have
come"
At business meeting held last even
ing the programme for to-day Outlined
exclusively in last weeks BANNER), was
perfected and this morning the reunion
was held in the chapel of the Second
Congregational church as previously an
nounced. Odd Fellows hall had also
been rendered in which to hold the public
meeting.
The congregation, composed of the
visitors, the Eastern branch of the fami-
ly and goodly number of our people
came to order at 9:45 o'clock, and the ex-
ercises began with music by Goldsmith's
Orchestra. Mrs. Geo. W. Keeseman was
the pianist Of the occasion and played
all the accomplishments. The whole
company united in singing the doxology
and were led in prayer by the Rev. Chas.
r. Seymour.
After music by the orchestra an ex-
temporaneous address of welcome was
made by Frank Scott of North Benning-
ton, his brother Col. DIN Scott, being
still confined to his bed and his Ms. not
having yet arrived. [See below.l The
response was made by Milp II. Oli9
president, of Perry, Y. Y. A song tAr
the DIN quartette: 'Let me dreamy
while life shall last" Messrs. W. W.
and F. II. Olin of Michigan, n E. and
L. A. Olin of Ohio, elected much ap-
plause.
The response from Ohio was made by
L. A. Olin of Ravenne, closing with
solo: "Out on the deep" by himself.
The president announced the arrival of
the Rev. VIM. DIN, D. D., Ithaca, n. Y.
The response from Michigan was given
by W. w. DIN OF Galesburg. After
solo by H. NJ. Downs: THE Kings
Minstrel interesting remarks were
made by Wood D. Van Derwerken of
diego, y. Y, member of the Betsy
(Olin) Wood family. He gave a short
historic sketch of his branch. An ad-
dress by C. c. Olin of Waukasha, Wis,
member of the Henry DIN family, who
spoke Of his branch, and of letters re-
ceived since he arrived in Bennington.
One was from a Mrs. Whittemore, de-
scendant of the Judge Gideon OliR
through his daughter Abigail DIN.
The following communication to the
Sixth Reunion by Col. Olin Scott, was
then read by Henry Olin iiarwood of this
town. It was n finely prepared paper
and will appear in full in the pamphlet
proceedings. Col. Scott extended on be-
half Of Vermont q hearty welcome to
their Western friends lie spoke of the
family reunions Of our country and the
present event in particular. AT cost
of money time and effort you have come
as strangers I'm q strange land among PEG
pie who are strangers TO you, but for the
tie that connects us together through
former generations that have passed
away. Next t1 the love of God
we place the love of mankind next to
that Of home and native land, and it is
because ofthis love you are here to-day