The Press., 1892-05-26
SOMERS.

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 David B. Neaeham has sold his farm to Fred Pred Prouty, of Springfield for $2, 1000.
 {Correspondence.)
 Arthur Gager, from Philadelphia, was in town Sunday
 -Benj. F. Gager is in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Some time in January, Wm. Cook Jr., purloined about $25 fyom Charles F.. Hurlburt, and, being charged with the crime, acknowledged it, and restored the money, and then absconded, but Sheriff Hubbard was on the alert, and last Friday he brought him before Justice Noble, who bound him over for trial at the June term of court.
 Memorial day exercises will be held on Saturday, May 18th, and the program as arranged will be: A squad of veterans will meet in the morning and go to the north yard and place flowers upon the graves of soldiers buried there. In the afternoon the line will be formed in front of the chapel and go to the west yard, where it is expected that Rev. c. A. Rick etts will deliver short address at the cross to the unknown dead. Then the line will be reformed and march back to the church, and address given by Rev. Mr. Brown, of Somersville, Mount Vern- on Council O, U. A, Ms will do escort duty. It is earnestly hoped that every surviving soldier or sailor of the war of the rebellion will make special efforts to meet at the hour mentioned.
 From another Correspondent.}
 The Congregational Church refuse to give
 Mrs. Fanny c. Gleason 8 Letter.
 Within the past few weeks there has been problem before our community (and particularly before the center church) which has caused great deal of discus sion; and, we regret to say, that at the church meeting held last Sunday after noon, to take action on the matter, it de- veloped a very divided state of feeling within the church, and very uncharita- ble, unchristian spirit of 8 majority of it's members was again manifested, and brought before the public.
 The famous Gleason divorce suit, brought by Rev. Chas. H. Gleason, form erly pastor of the center church in this place, against his wife, Fanny c. Gleason, is not so much part of antiquity but what the readers of The Press are famil- far with it's details.
 It will be remembered that the case was tried before the superior court in Rockville last December, and that Judge Fenn would not grant the divorce, be- cause the evidence presented by the plain tiff was not sufficient to sustain the charges of adultery and intolerable cruelty, which he brought against his wife. Since the trial Mrs. Gleason has made her home in Whately, Mass, while MT. Gleason has availed himself of the hospitality of his friends in Somers and Somersville, until spring opened, when he retired to the Connecticut lakes. It is reported, how ever, that in making this trip to New Hampshire he thought it advisable to go by way of New York rather than pass through Massachusetts, lest he be detain- ed by the authorities of the latter state for the support of his wife and child. As Mrs. Gleason had been acquitted by the superior court, and as the church here (o1 which she is a member) had never invest igated the charges made by MT. Gleason she evidently considered herself mem- Der in good and regular standing, and un. der date of April 26th, 1899, wrote the following letter:
 Whately, Mass, April 28 3892 To the Cong1 church, Somers, Conn.: Since the decision of the court shows no ground whatever for the accusations brought against me, assume that my re. ldtions to the church at Somers are un changed, and therefore request letter oi dismission and recommendation to the Congregational church ih Whately, Mass Respectfully, FANNIE c. GLEASON. The following Sunday it was announced that the letter had been received, but action was defered until last Sunday Owing to the charges which MT. Gleason had made, and as it was known that some of the credulous members believed them a letter was presented which deviate6 from the regular form in that 1t said that Mrs. Gleason is member of this church, and at her own request is dis missed and recommended to the fhristiaz core, aoisdom and aoGtc1. .fnlsess of the Con gregational church in Whately, Mass" l This letter seemed calculated to gel around the matter and avoid division, bu as 1t was rejected by vote of 34 to 31 and was criticised by prominent mem hers as "only whitewashing the thing over," it Is very evident that some hat let prejudice override their judgment, ane g black page is recorded on our churcl