Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-17
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ones buried there. In 1887, Rev. s. B Carter made the motion that Dea Greene be committee of one to establish fund for Westminster Hill cemetery. Deacon Greene set $500 as his goal but the fund grrw until it reached the sum of $76S, one-third to be expended on the cemetery. The smith" cemetery also has a fund, but I am unable to state it's size or know it's provisions.
 Has Had Fourteen Pastors
 During the 15O years of it's existence this church has had IA pastors including the present oczjruant of the position. three remaining but one year, the others to 32 years. c.AgulatIy .ue Wlitc- .e---.eG of IA, the same number of n1E..sters who were Westministers at some period of their lives. One of these, Rev. Stephen Carter was the much beloved pastor here for nearly IS years and died about years ago. The others are: William Bradford las P~a 7f0rd, Josiah B~9 O. ford, Archibald Burgess, Zedekiah Bar stow Salauel Baczus. Airam Dt'r. Jason Park Seth Hardin Waldo, Jas. Cor John) K Hazen and h.s brother, T. A Ldaaen. Frqn'- i[ricoar. and FsNi"r7'n 'n Ray. CT this list, two others should have special mention.
 Zedekiah Barztov. son of Deacon John Darstow, who generously and voluntarily provided for Rev. Mir Iar1"d's council of Il ministers and probably graduated from Yale in 1913, was ordained and pas- tor at Keene Y. II, from ISIS to h:s death in his S5th year in NSI3, prom inent and 9 tower Of strength in every good work. Was given the degree Of D, D.. by Dartmouth college in 1S49, of which institution he was a trustee for 37 | years. In his one pasJorate C@ s years, 1 ne received into the church over 500 per sons. baTti7e1 over -29. and had over i 1000 funerals. He united with this church Juiy B. 1896. under Erastus 1 Learned, of blessed memory. When, as a young man he was tutoring in Hamilton i college the future President Wo0lsey and
 other men of note. later, were h.s pupils | and Barstow declined a professOrshiI
 there.
 A rarely fine Hebrew student on one of his last days of earthly life his soa heard him repeatinr PauPs magnificent | conclusion to the 18th chapter of 1st | Corinthians, 70 Death. where i5 tli5
 sting?" in the original A man of f"@ manners. courtlv bearing and notab.C
 scholarship, unblemshed life, highest l qualitie of practical wisdom and gepia. ] spirit his infuence was greater in private life even than that of his public career
 The other minister raised up iron | Westminster winning special meGtion
 was Rev Frank Krieger who revisited | Westminster in 1900 telling of his worl as a missionary in Africa.
 In the early days of it's existence as z l separate parish this place was prosperous , in many directions The records tell O the turnpike with it's gates on the grca l road" so ~alled leading to Wiudham hay | ing a gate placed in 1S40 nc~. the lin, io'nlng that town to Canterbury, this hay ing been pulled down in comparatively
 recent years by Mir Carter, who owns th' property now where the gate stood, no
 far from the top of the hill rising iron
 Little River Another new gate" tha year. was between Plainfiold and Canter
 bury Two or four horse stage c9ache
 went between Hartford and Provi9eHc
 twic' a day, the present parsonage be
 ing a road-house or tavern on this route
 with it's colonial entrance and decorations
 enormous chimney and very beautiful
 ball room. occupying half the upper floor
 with semi-clinderical ceiling and orna
 mentation, still evident though now tw
 rooms, and occupied as bed rooms for tn
 parson and his ~uests.
 Parsonagcs
 } Tn the early days. narsonNges wer , erected or purchased some years afte
 tre church, and Mir. Staples built tn window and family long lived, and MT } Larned built the house opposite, near tn
 Center school house, as then called ant l now dubbed the First Parsonage" ena Q h'ed to by 2 br1'oet f~om his father MI l Jas. Larned. of Killingly.
 In 1867, a number or Westminster peo :. pie formed an Association or Joint Stoc' Q Company to procure better accomnoda l tions for the minister and said churc Q and society" and on April 4 bought r house of Mrs Elizabeth Staples for sai n purpose and fit it up in good and con h venient condition. Tn 1883 it had bee vi occupied for the purpose origiaally ir
 tended for several years, the associatio D presented it for the original purpose C , ! the society who voted to repair it. rt , finishing it with cedar painted red Th } society made further repairs in 1891. l } 1899 the Ladies Aid made greatly neeC
 ed repahs on the parsonage. after whic ., 1 1t compared favorably with any countr = parsonage in Windham county, the re-
 ords say.
 In 1901 the present well built barn r,
 placed the old one, judged not worth r
 pairing.
 s In the stage coach days besides Dawl Q 1 ing's Mills, there were in Westminist 2 tanneries. potash factory, saw mill ar t grist mills, a post office, established Q 1896, Peter Spicer, who built the pa L sonage, being first postmaster, two | more number not sure. stores, a wa I on and carriage shop, woolen mill, clo e finishing factory, stocking mill. blat f woolen hat factory and several foI n dries one well known in many states, L Il Backus, sending goods to Europe. t Patriotism in Westminster |, Patriotism has always been nponourc e, e and unmistakeable in Westminster I " s Illustrate by an outline of her Revol
 tionary history as kindly compiled
 this use by Mrs s. F. Dorrfance of Plai = field. On the Thursday when Putnam le
 his plough, rews of the battles of Le Il ington and Concord reached Canterbu e Saturday morning 73 volunteers-prob - ply a full half from W1est rniniste n marched to Porflet or the 1000 gat
 cred there but 250 were allowed to go d to Cambridge. rtore they lsere treat = with great disti7ctic1, because 'the fir d trained companies to arrive from abroad E; Over 375 Canterbury men who asked f e Snciety privileges are on the muster rol n with many others serving at Bunker Hi s Long Island, West Point and Whi g Plains in the militia. Companies led 9. Westminster officers marched to defer Il danger points in Connecticut Rhode