Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-20

double bass yiol or single bass VOL, and
sometimes they had fife or flute. The
minister preached long sermons, and there
were two exercises forenoon and after
noon. | should think he preached an
hour. They brought their dinners and
stayed all day. Ny mother ways made
gingerbread Saturdays for our dinners.
There was one man, Mr. Benjamin knowl-
ton, who was a very good man. He lived
in my father Cushing's neighborhood He
had quite family Of children. He hal to
walk. He would spread out his handker-
chief when they went down 10 the Sunday
school and take out his own bread and
cheese. He wasn't ashamed OF ~. Some
times they carried biscuit or cake. They
ate their lunch in the Sunday school or
church.
can remember when the frs, sunday
school was established. l. vas when !
was quite title girl, when frs, began 20
90 10 church, about 10 year, ola. Lucy
Burnap taught the ladies' school and she
established the first sunday school. When
they went 10 sunday school they learned
as many passages Of scripture as they could
conveniently. They had teachers and
classes. They were given mill tickets.
which were red or blue cards with verse OF
scripture, and when they 90, so many they
had a card and the one who had the most
verses had book They had he tickets
to keep count with. Sarah Morse taught
in a Sunday school at Williamsyile. They
couldn't get back on to the hill. When
they first began 10 have Sunday school
they used TO have it Sunday night after
meeting, and then after awhile they had ii
at noon.
did all the families 90 TO church," Il
wish you could have seen them. Oh. so
many They came from every quarter.
Nothing seemed to keep them at home.
They were always there
Ibid you have families living right
aroun that did not go to church at sll?"
81 don't know as think Of any but what
went"
"What do you suppose the reason is that
they went so much better than now -
do not know. think the old people were
brought up more as they had been in Mas
sachusetts, brought up to go. II was
duty to 60. do not know as am cor
rect, but they were in the habit of goingn
The gallery rounded on the front part.
There was square pew that they had to
step down into at the end next to the pull
pit on each side There were porches on
each side of the church and stairs TO 90 up
to the gallery. There were doors that
opened into the body of the house from
these porches.
GGmeS.-The children didn't have games
like croquet and lawn tennis. They played
on the rocks.
Court HouSe.-It wasn't near as large
as the one here in town.
The Houses-They brought down
good many houses. The Ellis house was
the one that Mr.. Davidson lives in. They
had 10 take them to pieces and draw them
down.
Ellis House and Store.-I remember
the Ellis family. They always went to
church. They had two sons, who were
college educated. He had a country store,
sold everything. He had great deal of
business, but rather run through. He
manufactured potash. One son, Chessel-
den Ellis, became United States represen-
tative from New York. His speech on
the annexation of Texas was printed
.SdabOrn'S Store His store was Just
little below the Ellis store. He went to
meeting but was not member of the
church. His was dry goods and grocery
store.
JoncS's Hotei.-Pratt's hotel was Jones's
hotel up there. He built a very large
hotel and it didn't stand many years before
they moved it down here. Jones was quite
a business man. He was quite a good,
public spirited man. l suppose he kept
liquor, Everybody used it then. He had
two or three failures.
Jda-They didn't have as many crimi-
nails as they do now here. One man hung
himself in Jail
Fourth Of Juiy.-They used to train on
the 4th of July, and they had a muster on
the Col, Holland place. do not remem-
Der about any frecrackers.