Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-18
RS. 81. F. Potter of st. Johns church,

Mrs. b. F. Potter of st. Johns church,
who, with her husband, was present at the
exercises.
At 10 O'Clock dinner was announced and
Deacon O. B. Foote cordially invited all
present to Memorial hall, where the large |
from New Haven on the noon train, were |
escorted by the committee and found as
good dinner, as bountiful and AZ hand |
some looking tables as they ever saw, wit |
ness, the verdict Of many visiting guests as |
well as good judges of the North Haven
people not on any committee. The tables
were fresh with cut flowers and well laden
with fruit, as well as every variety of
meats, vegetables, salads, cake. puddings
and pies that anyone could think of. Raw:
8. W. Robins, q former pastor, invoked
the divine blessing, when all enjoyed the
dinner. Rev. NJ Reynolds, pastor emeri-
tus, was given q large, handsomely orna-
mentsd loaf of cake made by Mrs. F. L.
Smith, and engraved in frosting. 1923
1898. The presentation was made by Rev.
Mr.. Lsthrop, who in very pleasant, re-
spectful manner presented the gift. Mr..
Reynolds appeared surprised, but glad to
with whom he has lsbored 30 successfully
for thirty years. he responded in few
appropriate words.
After pleasant hour and half for din
ner the company again assembled ct the
church, where the installation service was
conducted in a very interesting, impressive
manner.
The anniversary address in the afternoon
by Rsv. W. T. Reynolds was very interest
| ing He said this was the anniversary Of
the first insssil.tion of a pastor over q
Congregational church in tho town. The
| old original church stood about thirty rods
from where the present church now stands.
Rev. Mr.. Wetmore, the fret pastor,
preached from 1718 to 1722 Ten pastors
have besn invited to settle with this people.
| They have remained from one to sixty
years each, besides whom there have been
an innumerable number of stated supplies,
and to install the tenth the friends were
| invited here to-day. Solos were rendered
W. Mansfield and D. L Clinton in a su-
perior manner. The concluding part of
| the program was:
The installation prayer, Rev. George
Banks, Guilford: charge to the pastor, Rev.
J. E. Twitchell, D. D New Haven; right
hand of fellowship, Rev. Frank Country
man. North Brsnford; address to the peo-
pie, Rsv. D. NJ. James, Fair Haven; sing
| ing, congregation; concluding prayer, Rev.
Mr.. Robbins; benediction, Rev. William g.
Lathrop.
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under the supervision of Deacon Foote
| spent Wednesday afternoon at Memorial
| hail making ready for the great event of
the season-the dinner for the guests and
| townspsople at the installation services of
Rev. W. G. Lsthrop.
| Rev. MI. Lathrop conducted the exercises
at the church meeting Wednesday evening
and In very pleasant, earnest manner told
his views for the united work of pastor and
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present
Leslie Rose, the boy who broke his leg
at Quinnipiac on Monday, was the aon of
Will Rose and Mrs. Lettie Rose, formerly
Lettie Doolitrle of North Haven. Tie boy
WAS wrestling with school mates on the
way from school. DR.. McGaughey was the
attending surgeon.
At the grange last Tuesday evening the
lecturers hour was "Chsplain's night"
Dr.. Goodyear said eft would not be SER
mon if it was led by the chaplain" The
exercises opened by instrumental music,
piano and violin, by Mr.. and Mrs F. A
Warner, who, as usual, received hearty
encore and responded equally we'll. Read
ing by Mrs. Nathan Marks was second on
the program, followed by reading by Mrs.
L. P. futile. A good song was then given
by Mrs. q. P. Smith, who also gave good
paper on her recent visit to the worlds
fair.
Mrs. Barnard, Miss Susie Jacobs, Miss
sturgess and J. W. futile gave readings.
Mr.. Owen, who recently joined the grange,
gave an exceedingly interesting report of
his visit Of some weeks at the worlds fair,
especially Machinery hall, where most of
his time was spent. P. B. Orcutt and 9TH
era said a few words about the great expo
sition, but the hour being late others wait
ed till another time.
Mrs. s. F. Linsley is spending the week
at New Britain and will attend some of the
meetings of the annual W. G. T. U. ses-