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elsewhere.
Rev f. A. Holden then read letters
containing many "reminiscences from
former residents of Old Huntington.
Among the number were letters from
James DeForeSt of New Haven, Sarah
Gertrude Lewis Lake of Brooklyn, S.
H. Blackman of Shelton, Minott l..
BeardSley of Los Angeles, Cal.
DR. Gould S. Shelton of Shelton was
introduced and said among other
things he was glad to be here to-day.
The old homeSteads scattered through
our country are dear to those who
| have gone to other parts of the world.
So it is with the homesteads of Hunt
ington, land that is what brings us here
to-day. He paid very high tribute
to Mai J. w. De Forest of New Haven,
formerly from Huntington, after which
he read poem written by Maj De-
Forest, which is printed elsewhere
II. c. Bartlett then spoke: | am
down-hearted to-day and have not any
inspiration for speaking. My disap-
pointment is great, as many whom l
expected to meet here on Tuesday
have been obliged to return to their
homes. He also related many amusing
incidents in regard to some of the for
mer residents of Huntington.
REV E. L. STAPLES OF SPRINGFIELD,
MASS,
was then introduced, and said among
other thing: L am very glad to be here
to-day in dear old Huntington, which
was my home for several years. 1 was
born in Monroe and as all the towns
were set off from Stratford, 1 feel
kinship to all this section of country.
Am glad to meet you all, and as the
years roll on the thoughts of my child
hood days and the experiences 1 then
passed through make me better man
and give me desire to fill out my life
with useful service. May we ever
cherish the institutions which have
made our country great-the Church,
the schools and the home. These are
the factors that have made Hunting
ton what it is, and if they are still
held sacred, will continue to make
and all our country great
and prosperous.
Rev f. A. Holden then called the
attention of those present to the old
tanning basket, cheese basket and
sorghum swimmers. These had beendo-
mated as relics to the association and
were by the old mill stone, for the
people to inspect. He said if others
had relics the society would be glad to
receive them, and hoped some day to
have building in which to keep them.
Mrs John Shelton, who is 80 years old,
was present. He spoke of her as the
oldest person at the picnic. He also
spoke of Rev Jedediah Mills, Rev DAY.
id Ely, Rev Thomas Punderson, whose
combined pastorates at the Congrega-
tional church covered period of 120
years; David Brainard, W. L. Beard,
the missionary, Gen David Wooster,
Commodore Isaac Hull, Hezekiah
Rudd, DR. Menzias Raynor, Maj J. W.
De Forest, and others. He closed the |
exercises of the day by thanking all
present for coming and assisting in
the day success. The hat |
and a subscription paper were passed.
A bout $50 was raised for the expenses
of the day. 1t is estimated there were
about 400 people present during the
day.
After the exercises many Of the peo-
pie fingered for an hour or more to
shake hands and enjoy talking over
the events of the years gone by. Cyrus
e. Lewis of Shelton was in charge of
the table under one of the trees, where
postals of old Huntington
were sold and which was well patron
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