Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-07
Its W ork In Glastonbury, West Hart.
ford and RalInn.


The visitation of Glastonbury, begun
and nearly finished by Misses Ellery and
Phipps, was interrupted by storms and
bad travelling, which made 1t impracticabls
for them to go from house to house, and
the work of Mr.. Pillsbury, who succeeded
them, was much interrupted by his illness.
But the record, now complete, shows S17
Congregational, 1877 Episcopal, 6 Jews, 81
Lutheran, 145 Methodist, 70 Roman Gath
Ollie, 8 Univer salist, 8 of other de-
nominations, and ~ of no religious
preference. American families numbered
597; of the foreign population 81 families
were German, 81 Irish, ~ English, 6
Scotch, Russian, 5 Danish, French Ca
madam, and of French, Hungarian, Polish
and Swedish there were 8 each; there was
Norwegian and Bohemian. Protestant
families not attending church numbered
10S, Protestant children, of school age, not
in the Sunday school numbered 181, Ro
tute of the Bible. Several persons were
hopefully converted. The population of
the town numbers 8, 457.
In West Hartford 433 families were
found, of which l was Adventist, "a Bap
fist, ITS Congregational, So Episcopal, l
Jewish, 4 Lutheran, 30 Methodist, 8 Pres
byterian. 53 Roman Catholic, 4 Unitarian,
and SO of no preference. American fami-
lies numbered 1913, Irish 43, German 20,
Swedish 10, English II, Danish 10, French
8, Scotch 2, other nationslities, 8. Protest
ant families not at church 81, Roman
Catholic l.; Protestant children Of school
age not in Sunday school 108, Roman
Catholic 81; Protestant families without a
bible 8, Of which were supplied; Roman
Catholic destitute 6. Nine persons are re-
corded as hopefully converted. Union
meetings were held and were well attended.
Much interest was manifested on the part
of the churches.
The canvass indicates that the population
of the town is 151 larger than when the
census of 1890 was taken, the present
number being 2,08f. 4
In Bolton there are 1893 families, of
which five class themselves as Baptfsts.
two as Christian, thirty-nine as Congre-
gational, four Episcopal, seven Lutheran,
twenty-four Methodist, one Presbyterian,
religious preference. American families
number lis, Irish eight, German four,
French and Danish each three, Norwegian
one. Protestant families not accustomed to
attend church, fifty nine; Roman Catholic
eight. Protestant children of school age not
in Sunday school sixty-six, Roman Catholic
Eve One Protestant family was without
the Bible and one supplied. Three Roman
Catholic families were destitute and two
were supplied. The population of the
town is 452.
The results Of the visitation of Bolton
furnish occasion for gratitude. Fifty Eve
persons are believed to have undertaken q
Christian life. Two of these were over
eighty years of age, three between seventy
and eighty, three between fifty and seven
ty, ten between thirty and fifty, twelve be-
tween fifteen and thirty, twenty -one were
between ten and fifteen, and four were un-
der ten. A church feud and animositiss
of long standing were broken down and
healed and the outlook for the future is
brighter than for q long time.
Mr.. j. e. Mealing of Southfngton was
the visitor in Bolton, and his next field Ia
West Chester parish, in the town of Col
chester. Miss Ellery has been at work
some weeks in the other part of the town,
where shs has awakened deep interest and
won many friends. Work Ia going for
ward also in Manchester and Rockville.
WIN. 81. GILBERT, Secretary.