New Britain herald., 1922-12-07

appropriate exercises last evening. ,t
 Rev. Samuel A. Fiske pastor c !, the Berlin church. gave an extreme ly interesting Account Of the found
 ing of the society, its early meeting.
 tracing the work up to the prcsen
 time. but dwelling at length on th
 early days ''f'N'f fg&t Y
 The Worthington group was form ed as n result of q break in the Ken
 sington society, half goi,s. to kcp
 sington and halF Becoming the prss
 ent Worthington society by act ofsth,
 general assembly, it was leArned. .fffron
 his talk. & &
 An account of the building of tn,
 first meeting house vas given, ., 7it
 pounds sterling havingrbeen spent il
 its erection. This money was raisct by taxing all ratable property withir
 the society's bounds.
 Among other interesting data read
 by MT. Fiske and other members oi
 the society's committee, which i1-
 cludes A. A. North, Pardon c. Hickey
 and Walter H. Meagley, was the dis
 missal of Rev. Samuel Clark. ths
 call, of the second minister, Rev
 Evans John, Welshman, who in-
 cIuded in his acceptances the remark
 that he congratulated the society for having selected a foreigner to guide
 ihe destiuies of the inhabitants.
 { i The call of the third pastor, Rev.
 Samuel, Goodrich, was also read and
 an account. of the. formation. of the
 present Berlin township was given. Tic wortflngton, the Kensinngton and
 ffIe New Britain socfeties united and spetitioned thes, general assembly to form township, the present town of
 Berlin, being the result of this move
 ment. NR'
 Francis Deming, clerk of the so- sciety for 32 years and a deacon in the Congregational church, described the boundaries of the society, accord ing to present day marks. and he ! read the decision of the general as- sembly.
 s The accounts of the meetings and of the various activities of the early group were read when Rev. MT. ! l'iske arrived at those points in his talk. oAr { large ando appreciatiye, audience was present to take part in the exercises.
 { Following the celebration in the. churci1,@a reception was held in the chapel. Refreshments were served. 5, Interesting History,
 Many bits of interesting history gleaned from the pages of the ancient record, book were read. This book was purchased in 1772 and is still among Sthes records of the society, it's pages intact .althoughtthe binding has beeR seraucced Some of the writing is Smas3 s3ailcgible xHils- qthsr parts of the kobA are as, clear as, if written yesterdayss The old style. spelling, the various forms of handwriting and the d1ds phrasing. some of it. amusing, make this book and others thatfollow it of great interest.
 The following extracts were taken | from the book by Rev. Mir. Fiske, who spent many hours transcribing the important data connected with the founding of the society. Many of these items will prove interesting, and were read at the celebration last eve ming. They began with the agreement | to submit to arbitration the matter of dividing the kensington Ecclesiastical society. This article follows:
 Agree to Arbitration
 : "Whereas the Society of Kensing ton in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut has been for long time in very unhappy Broken and Divided State and Condition and Various Means and Measures having been used to reconcile the differences subsisting among us and all having hitherto proved intellectual to answer the salutary purpose, ,
 We, the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Said Society of Kensington Taking these things into consideration togeth- CT with $fNgreat importance of hay ing somS&hing done eftectpall to Els tablish Ekacc and Unity < bring about just ahh equitable Aecomm odatfcn among ns do hereby unitedlyf agree IN Gas. the most probable Method to answer 1he above said purpose) to { Call anaSInvite into, this. Parish Col. John W1rthington of Springfield. Col Oliver Partridge of Hatfield and MT. {, Eldad Taylor of Westfied of the the Massachusetts Bay as l A Committee to yie~the Situation and | Circumstances ofsthis Society, Hear ! and Consider the Pleas of all Parties $ with respect tssq,ax, continuing in one ]t Ecclesiastical spFaesx. or dividing into1 | two societieakf aHyI nne Whatsoever 2 and to repq this Society their 2 Judgment Alifthon x K Stthefrfon, { .f and s in case uNg ' sss N N that t 'if z most and Vel d fare ofAHhiSf alit and S continub.sifis oss tn to isAaSise and fl Stake oat asp oti yvhsrenn to build ii and erect Meeting House for the c Whole, and in Case they Shall Judge V that 1t is best that this Society should A be Divided finto Two Distinct Eccle- c siastical Societies then to Prescribe f and draw Such a line as they shall a iudre most suitable and Stake out b Inc Spot in Each of Said Societies Whereon to Erect Meeting Housas for e the same. t;;;st a.S If
 "Furthermore, we the Subscribers tl Do Hereby Solemnly Rindaand Oblige \ ourselves that (throwing aside all for ls ner prejudices, Pronositions, party orl 1 selfish Views and. Desfgns) We win S; ,ubmit to and abide by the Judgmentl a md Opinion of the HDnourable Gen a lemen Above Named in the Mattersl A Aforesaid and that we will Not either (, lirectly or indirectly oppose it and as u ,oon as May be Will Make Application Fir o ye Honorable. General Assembly el ,f this Colony, for an establishment rs hereof as witness our Names, ss M Dated at Kehsington June ', ,f77fs E, ThisS was signed by 1s7' inhabita nts [b, if the sKensin4tbn society Ep, "Ata MeetitF of the Inhabitantssof c, :; t ~ A. {. .f1o ri&h Holdet, Rxr "A dAJ r,