The Newtown bee., 1891-04-10

and horse and is to devote much of his
time to farming, this Summer. He has
another horse in Vermont and expects to
return there, temporarily at least, in a
week or so.
Mrs Il. B. Sturges and daughter are ex-
pected home about May /.
B B. Banks has decided to run no meat
wagon, this season.
Miss Mamie Banks is in charge of the
post office.
Henry M. Wheeler is to put up barn,
about 20x30 feet; Virgins and Whittak-
er have been preparing timber.
Hardly enough for a quorum assem-
bled at the Congregational church, Sat-
urday afternoon, at the annual meeting
of the Congregational society. Simon
Pease. was made temporary clerk and
Morris Merwin was chosen chairman.
Treasurer John III. Hull read his annual
report, showing that three had been on
hand, a year ago, $53 80. There had
been received from dues and subscript-
ions, $3.50 so; interest, $134 II; income
from miscellaneous sources, $50 So; to-
tai, $1154 90, which, added to the $53 80
on hand, gives $1208 03. The payments
had been: For PASTORS salary, $1,000;
sexton, $75; interest, 81 40; Charles
Jennings 81 Son, coal, $32 80; B. b.
Bands, $31 40; M. V. Woodward, 81 80;
charcoal and other small bills paid by
Mr. Merwin, $40; total of expenditures
of $1161 40, leaving $46 "a on hand. The
treasurer stated that this report did not
include the coal and other bills for the
present year, nor the current bill of B.
B. Banks, nor the sections salary for the
last year, nor the pastors salary for the
last quarter; in fact, most of the
bills paid had been those of the previous
year. Ehe outstanding bills would reach
a total of $3.50, possibly more, while but
$46 was on hand to meet them. About
$l77 in pledges and subscriptions were
unpaid, but some of it was uncollectible.
The subscriptions did not show an alarm
ing decrease, but the losses by death and
removal had been severely felt by the
church. Messrs Hill and Merwin dis
cussed the present situation and the need
of more money, Mr. Merwin saying that
the best way to raise the money was to
fill up the church; there were people
enough here to rent all the pews and
pews enough to supply all reasonable de-
mands for money. Mr. Hill wanted the
people brought in. Mr. Merwin thought
that the three factors, the church, the
society and the minister, were hardly do
ing their duty to each other and to the
community. The former society's COM
mittee, Morris Merwin, Dea Hill, Andrew
Wakeman, was chosen. The treasurer's
report was accepted and Mr. Hull chosen
treasurer for another year; Collector
Meeker was also reelected. The present
system of paying for pews, the need of
repairs at the church and the lack of
money in the hands of the committee
were discussed. Dea Hill moved, in re-
Spouse to many requests, that the SER
vices be held at 10 As throughout the
year and it was carried. On suggestion
of Rev DR. Plumley, Dea Hill read the
following resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
In view OF the recent death of Dea Joseph
Donaldson, for nearly q quarter of IA century
identified with the Greenfield church and so
ciety, at parish meeting, this 4th day of
April, 1891, it is hereby
Resolved, That we deeply mourn the loss of
Dea Donaldson; that we record his long and
faithful services in this parish as those of a
wise adviser and a faithful helper in Our
church; that the clerk forward q copy of these
resolutions to Mrs Joseph Donaldson.