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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-including Justices of the Peace and Quorum desig- nated by a *, and Justices throughout ti. Commonwealth by a t-Henry Alexander. Jr., tGeorge Ashmun, William K. Baker. Charles A. Beach, Richard Beebe, S. C. Bemis, +George Bliss, Henry W. Bos- worth, Milton Bradley, M. Wells Bridge. *Ephraim W. Bond, Timothy M. Brown, Augustine Burt, Roderick Burt, Harvey Butler, Wm. G. Chamberlain, Chester W. Chapin, Harvey Chapin, Thomas Chubbuck, Benjamin Day, Benjamin Da- vis, (Indian Orchard,) E. W. Dickinson, Hugh Donnelly, Calvin J. Eaton, Ed- mund Freeman, Horatio R. Fletcher, Albert T. Folsom, Joseph B. Gardiner, Henry Gray, William S. Greene, Sanford J. Hall, Joseph W. Holmes, Erastus Hayes, R. B. Hildreth, *Josiah Hooker, *Charles Howard, Nathaniel Howard, John W. Hunt, Henry S. Hyde, James Kirkham, Joseph Ingraham, Charles R. Ladd, Horace C. Lee, Henry S. Lee, N. A. Leonard, Charles Marsh, James E. McIntire, William E. Montague, R. S. Moore, Edward Morris, George B. Morris, *Henry Morris, R. O. Morris, *James H. Morton, Harvey E. Moseley, Simeon Newell, *Smith R. Phillips, Samuel W. Porter, Joseph C. Pynchon, Marcellus Pinney, *Caleb Rice, Charles W. Rice, James E. Russell, William S. Shurtleff, Henry Smith, Heman Smith, *William L. Smith, tA. L. Soule, Samuel B. Spooner, John M. Stebbins, *William Stowe, James M. Thompson, Lewis A. Tifft, *Eliphalet Trask, George Walker, C. A. Winchester, Gideon Wells, S. C. Warriner, Elisha B. Maynard, Luther White, William B. Rogers, Wm. Patton.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER - William L. Smith.
COMMISSIONERS, resident in Spring- field, appointed to take testimony to be used, and acknowledgments of deeds to be re- corded, in the following named States-
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Illinois, George Walker; Iowa, George Walker; Maine, James H. Morton; Mich- igan, George Walker; New Hampshire, George Walker; New York, George Walker, E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, Wil- liam S. Shurtleff, S. R. Phillips; Ohio, George Walker; Pennsylvania, George Walker; Rhode Island, James H. Mor -; ton; South Carolina, James H. Morton; Connecticut, S. R. Phillips; Oregon, S. R. Phillips.
REGISTER OF BANKRUPTCY, Tenth Congressional District-Gideon Wells.
SENATORS-First District, Charles R. Ladd of Springfield. This district com- prises Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Wales and Wilbra- ham; 6,306 voters (census of 1865.) · Second District, W. W. Jenness of Chic- opee. This district includes Agawam; is made up of Agawam, Blandford, Ches- ter, Chicopee, Granville, Holyoke, Long- meadow, Ludlow, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, and West Springfield; 6,024 voters (census of 1865.)
REPRESENTATIVES-First District, Monson, Brimfield, Holland and Wales; 1,102 voters, (census of 1865,) Samuel W. Brown of Brimfield. Second Dis- trict, Palmer and Wilbraham; 966 voters, (census of 1865,) Ira G. Potter of Wil- braham. Third District, first, second, and third wards of Springfield; 2,099 voters, (census of 1865,) Emerson Wight and Justin M. Cooley of Springfield. Fourth District, fourth and sixth wards of Springfield ; 858 voters, (census of 1865,) Daniel L. Harris. Fifth District, fifth, seventh, and eighth wards of Springfield ; 1,281 voters, (census of 1865,) David Powers of Springfield. Sixth District, Holyoke, Chicopee and Ludlow; 2,105 voters, (census of 1865,) Lewis M. Ferry of Chicopee; Henry A. Pratt of Holyoke. Seventh District, Granville, Southwick, Agawam, West Springfield and Longmeadow; 1,676 voters, (census of 1865,) Lester Wil- liams of West Springfield; Larone Hills of Longmeadow. Eighth District, West-
field; 1,326 voters, (census of 1865,) Samuel Horton of Westfield. Ninth District, Chester, Blandford, Mont- gomery, Russell, and Tolland ; 917 voters, (census of 1865,) Dexter Parks of Russell.
COUNCILOR-Eighth District, Sylvan- der Johnson of Adams. This district includes five Senate districts, viz .: First and second Hampden, Hampshire, Hamp- shire and Berkshire, and Berkshire.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS-Tenth Dis- trict, consisting of the counties of Hamp- den and Berkshire, Henry L. Dawes of Pittsfield.
U. S. Internal Revenue.
The Tenth Collection District of Mas- sachusetts includes Hampden and Berk- shire counties.
ASSESSOR-T. M. Brown of Spring- field. Office, Pynchon House Block. Chief Clerk, Simeon Newell.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS-First Divi- sion, Clarksburg, Florida, North Ad- ams and Williamstown,-William P. Porter of North Adams. Second Divi- sion, Becket, Cheshire, Dalton, Hins- dale, Peru, Savoy, South Adams, Wash- ington and Windsor,-John M. Tuttle of Hinsdale. Third and Fourth Divi- sions, Barkersville, Hancock, Lanes- boro, Lenox, New Ashford, Pitts- field, Richmond, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge,-George C. Dunham of Pittsfield. Fifth Division, Lee, Mon- terey, Otis, Sandisfield and Tyringham, -George H. Phelps of Lee. Sixth Division, Alford, Egremont, Great Bar- rington, New Marlboro, Mt. Washington and Sheffield,-Justin Dewey of Great Barrington. Seventh Division, Aga- wam, except H. Porter & Co's distil- lery, Blandford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tol- land and West Springfield,-Nelson D. Parks of Russell. Eighth Division, Westfield, - Dr. Jehiel Abbott of Westfield. Ninth Division, Chicopee and Holyoke,-O. S. Tuttle of Hol-
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yoke. Tenth Division, Longmeadow, Springfield and H. Porter & Co's dis- tillery in Agawam,-H. M. Phillips of Springfield. Eleventh Division, Brim- field, Holland, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Wales and Wilbraham, - Charles L. Gardner of Palmer.
SPECIAL ASSISTANT ASSESSORS-For legacies and succession taxes, Lorenzo H. Gamwell of Pittsfield; Andrew Camp- bell of Westfield.
COLLECTOR-Edward R. Tinker of North Adams.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR-Henry Alex- ander, Jr. of Springfield, Second Na- tional Bank.
GAUGER-Byron Porter of Springfield. STOREKEEPERS-Isaac N. Weston, T. M. Cooley of Westfield.
THE POPULATION OF HAMPDEN COUNTY, by the census of 1865, was 64,570; number of towns, 21; total val- uation, $33,253,177.
State Government.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT-Govern- or, William Claflin of Newton; salary, $5,000. Lieutenant Governor, Joseph Tucker of Lenox; salary, $10 per day and mileage. Councilors, First District, Marshall S. Underwood of Dennis; Sec- ond District, William L. Reed of Abing- ton; Third District, Henry G. Crowell of Boston; Fourth District, Peter Harvey of Boston; Fifth District, Roland G. Usher of Lynn; Sixth District, Jonathan B. Winn of Woburn; Seventh District, Charles Adams, Jr. of North Brookfield; Eighth District, Sylvander Johnson of Adams; salary, each $5 per day for actual service and mileage. Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Oliver Warner of Northampton; salary, 82,500. Treas- urer and Receiver-General, Jacob H. Loud of Plymouth; salary, §3,500. Au- ditor, Charles Endicott of Canton; sal- ary, 82,500. Attorney-General, Charles Allen of Boston; salary, 83,500.
Courts.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES-Holden in U. S. Court House, 140 Tremont street, Boston, May 15 and October 15. Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford. Dis- trict Judge, John Lowell. District At- torney, George S. Hillard. . Clerk, John G. Stetson. U. S. Marshal of the Dis- trict of Massachusetts, G. L. Andrews. Commissioners, Charles L. Woodbury, Elias Merwin, C. P. Curtis, Jr., C. W. Loring, Henry L. Hallett, William S. Dexter, Charles W. Tuttle, Charles Demond, Winslow Warren, Jr., Boston; A. S. Cushman, New Bedford; William L. Smith, Springfield; Wendell T. Da- vis, Greenfield; J. H. Hill, Worcester.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES-Holden in U. S Court House, 140 Tremont street, Boston, third Tues- day in March, fourth Tuesday in June, second Tuesday in September, and first Tuesday in December. Special courts held every Friday afternoon. District Judge, John Lowell. Clerk, Edward Dexter.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT-Holds a law term in Springfield, fourth Monday in September; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Chief Justice, Reu- ben A. Chapman of Monson; salary, $5,500. Associate Justices, Horace Gray, Jr. of Boston, John Wells of Brookline, James D. Colt of Pittsfield, Seth Ames of Brookline, Marcus Morton of An- dover; salary, $5,000 each. .
SUPERIOR COURT-Civic terms holden in Springfield, second Monday in March and June, and fourth Monday in October; criminal terms, third Monday in May and first Monday in December. Chief Jus- tice, Lincoln F. Brigham of Salem; sal- ary, 84,500. Associate Justices, Julius Rockwell of Lenox, Otis P. Lord of Salem, Ezra Wilkinson of Dedham, John P. Putnam of Boston, Chester I. Reed of Dedham, Charles Devens, Jr. of Wor- cester, Henry A. Scudder of Boston, Francis H. Dewey of Worcester, Robert C. Pitman of New Bedford; salary,
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84,200 each. E. B. Gillett of Westfield, District Attorney for Hampden and Berkshire Counties; salary, $1,500.
COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOL- VENCY-Judge, William S. Shurtleff. Register, Samuel B. Spooner.
Probate Court is holden at Spring- field on the first Tuesdays of every month except August and October; at Westfield on the third Tuesdays of March, June, September and Decem- ber; at Monson on the second Tuesday of June; at Palmer on the second Tues- day of September.
The Court of Insolvency is held at the discretion of the Judge, according to the requirements of business to come before it.
POLICE COURT-Justice, James H. Morton; Special Justices, Charles A. Winchester, Edward Morris. Court held daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A. M. in the Police Court Room, City Hall.
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, by the census of 1865, was 1,267,031; num- ber of towns, 336; voters, 246,182; val- uation, $1,009,709,652.
United States Government.
THE EXECUTIVE-President, Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois; salary, $25,000. Vice
President, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana; salary, $8,000.
THE CABINET-Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish of New York; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Treasury, Geo. S. Boutwell of Massachusetts; salary, $8,000. Secretary of War, William W. Belknap of Iowa; salary, $8,000. Sec- retary of the Navy, George M. Robeson of New Jersey; salary, $8,000. Secre- tary of the Interior, Jacob D. Cox of Ohio ; salary, $8,000. Attorney-Gen- eral, E. Rockwood Hoar of Massachu- setts; salary, $8,000. Postmaster-Gen- eral, John A. J. Creswell of Maryland ; salary, $8,000.
U. S. SUPREME COURT-Chief Jus- tice, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio ; salary, $6,500. Associate Justices, Nathan Clif- ford of Maine, Samuel Nelson of New York, Joseph P. Bradley of New Jersey, William Strong of Pennsylvania, David Davis of Illinois, Noah H. Swayne of Ohio, Samuel F. Miller of Iowa, Stephen J. Field of California; salary, $6,000 each.
Court meets first Monday in Decem- ber at Washington.
There are, in our country, 37 States and 10 Territories; population by the census of 1860, was 31,443,783.
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Springfield in Detail.
Banks.
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AGAWAM NATIONAL BANK-Old B. & A. R. R. Office Building, Main street, opposite Massasoit House, until comple- tion of new banking-house, January 1, 1871; after that time, corner Main and Lyman streets-Capital, $400,000. President, H. S. Hyde; Cashier, F. S. Bailey; Teller, S. S. Bailey ; Book- keeper, H. K. Simons; Assistant Book- keeper, A. L. Thompson; Clerk, W. M. Willard ; Directors, Marvin Chapin, James A. Rumrill, D. L. Harris, T. M. Brown, Arthur I. Bemis, L. J. Powers, H. S. Hyde, J. H. Appleton, William Whiting.
CHICOPEE NATIONAL BANK-Cor- ner Main and Elm streets - Capital, $400,000. President, Henry Fuller. Jr .; Cashier, Thomas Warner, Jr .; Teller, A. . B. West; Book-keeper, Charles L. Hubbard ; Clerks, C. H. Churchill, Henry Lewis; Directors, Philo F. Wil- cox, Henry Fuller, Jr., James D. Brewer, Gad O. Bliss, Elijah W. Bliss, Horace Smith, Henry S. Lee.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK-Main street, opp. Court Square-Capital, $100,000. President, James Kirkham; Cashier, J. D. Safford; Teller, Dustin A. Folsom; Book-keeper, F. L. Safford ; Clerk, H. A. Beach; Directors, James Kirkham, O. H. Greenleaf, Henry Morris, D. B. Wes- son, W. K. Baker, T. W. Wason, George E. Howard.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK- Fort Block, corner Main and Fort streets -Capital, $150,000. President, R. S. Moore; Cashier, Edmund D. Chapin ;
Teller, James A. Bryan; Clerk, George K. Tapley; Directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, Abijah W. Chapin, W. H. Wilkinson, John Kim- berly, James M. Thompson.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK-212 Main street-Capital, $150,000. President, II. N. Case; Cashier, Charles Marsh ; Teller, E. M. Bartlett; Book-keeper, Wm. C. Simons; Directors, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Willis Phelps, Ben- jamin K. Bliss, N. W. Talcott, R. M. Cooley, James Abbe.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK (formerly Springfield Bank) -205 Main street, New Building-Capital, $300,000. Pres- ident, Henry Alexander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner; Teller, William F. Ad- ams ; Book-keeper, Frederick Harris ; Clerk, Frederick O. Wells; Directors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Josiah Hooker, Benjamin Day, William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, George B. Morris, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK - Barnes'. Block, Main street-Capital, $500,000. President, George Walker; Cashier, Frederick H. Harris; Teller, F. S. Bacon; Book-keeper, William G. Twing; Assist- ant Book-keeper, Edward Seeger; Clerk, William F. Callender ; Directors, George Walker, John L. King, Edmund Free- man, Clark W. Bryan, George W. Pren- tiss, Joseph Carew, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, James H. Morton.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-At Aga- wam National Bank, old B. & A. R. R. Office Building, opp. Massasoit House, till completion of new banking-house ; then
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at corner of Main and Lyman streets. President, Eliphalet Trask; Vice-Presi- dents, C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, T. W. Wason, F. Morgan ; Trustees, James A. Rumrill, W. H. Wilkinson, T. M. Brown, M. Chapin, T. W. Wason, Henry S. Hyde, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, William Melcher, R. F. Hawkins, Arthur I. Bemis; Secretary, P. S. Bailey; Treas- urer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits, $700,000. Business hours, every business day at Agawam National Bank, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Deposits made at any time be- tween the quarters ending the third Mondays of February, May, August and November, will be put on interest on the quarter day succeeding the deposit, at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK-Hampden House Block, No. 2 Court street. President, Joseph C. Pyn- chon ; Vice-Presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A. W. Chapin; Trustees, Ephraim W. Bond, H. Fuller, Jr., T. Warner, Jr., William Rice, Charles Marsh, David Smith, George B. Morris, William L. Smith, James E. Russell; Secretary, E. W. Bond ; Treasurer, D. J. Marsh; Book-keeper, Levi C. Child. Business hours, from 9 A. M., to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3 P. M. Deposits re- ceived from Five Cents to One Thou- sand Dollars.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SA- VINGS-New building, corner of Main and State streets. Incorporated 1827. President, Josiah Hooker; Vice-Presi- dent, Philo F. Wilcox ; Trustees, Josiah Hooker, Philo F. Wilcox, Benjamin Day, James M. Thompson, John B. Stebbins, William Gunn, Henry S. Lee; Audi- tors, Homer Foot, E. Freeman, J. D. Brewer; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee; Sec- retary, W. S. Shurtleff; Teller, W. H. Hawkes; Book-keeper, Henry H. Bow- man. Deposits, $3,850,000. Business hours, from 9 A. M, to 3 P. M. Re- ceives deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dol- lars. Deposits made on or before the first of January, April, July, or October, will draw interest from those dates.
Insurance Companies.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY -Incorporated 1849-Cash assets, Jan- uary, 1870, $75,000. President, W. C. Sturtevant; Secretary, L. A. Tift; Di- rectors, W. C. Sturtevant, Henry Ful- ler, Henry S. Lee, Elijah Blake, Joseph Ingraham, Roderick Ashley, Alfred Rowe, Ralph Day, Benning Leavitt. Office over Chicopee National Bank.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE IN- SURANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1849 -Cash capital, $500,000. President, Edmund Freeman ; Vice - President, Dwight R. Smith; Secretary, Sanford J. Hall; Book-keeper, A. J. Wright ; Clerks, H. W. Royce, Henry M. Gates, Loyal L. Rogers, R. W. Day; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, George S. C. Southworth, William Birnie, Wil- liam Stowe, James Brewer, Geo. Walker, Lombard Dale, A. D. Briggs, Henry E. Russell, C. L. Covell, George A. Hull, Dwight R. Smith. Office, Fort Block, Main street.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE IN- SURANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1851 -Surplus, exceeding $3,500,000. Presi- dent, Caleb Rice; Vice-President, E. W. Bond; Secretary, Charles McLean Knox; Actuary, James Weir Mason; Medical Examiner, David P. Smith, M. D .; As- sistant Medical Examiner, H. G. Stick- ney; Clerks, William Andrews, George C. Andrews, E. D. Capron, C. T. Mer- rill, John A. Schlesinger, N. A. Winans, H. H. Leonard, Charles T. Safford, Al- fred Wood, R. E. Ingraham, Charles H. Woodsum; Janitor, Patrick McInery. Directors, Caleb Rice, Henry Fuller, Jr., Edmund Freeman, Otis Childs, W. C. Sturtevant, Samuel Bowles, Ephraim W. Bond, James Kirkham, Joseph Stone, Clark W. Bryan, Francis B. Ba- con, Springfield; Elliot C. Cowdin, Al- fred Lambert, New York; A. I. Ben- yon, R. W. Holman, Boston, Mass .; William Bross, Benjamin Lombard, Chi- cago, Ill .; J. L. Erringer, Philadelphia, Pa. ; John S. Kidder, Manchester, N. H .; Gen. George J. Stannard, St. Albans,
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Vt .; James M. Churchill, Portland, Me. Office in Company's new building, 211 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF UNDERWRIT- ERS-Organized February 22, 1869- President, A. W. Chapin; Vice-Presi- dent, J. W. Holmes; Secretary, James M. Porter.
Churches.
Location-Pastors-Time of Meetings- Membership-Historical Facts.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Court Square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. Henry M. Parsons, pastor; settled 1854; sal- ary, $4,500. Deacons, Benjamin El- dridge, (retired,) John R. Hixon, Rod- erick Burt, Elbridge Brigham, Charles H. Smith, Addison P. Ware, Henry Morris. Superintendents of Bible Ser- vice, James L. Johnson, W. J. Holland, Nelson C. Newell.
Meetings-Sabbath, at 10 1-4 A. M., (with preaching,) 2 1-4 P. M., (Bible service and Sabbath-school,) 7 P. M., (prayer.) Monday night, young peo- ple's prayer-meeting, 7 1-2 P. M .; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting, 7 1-2 P. M. ; Thursday, female prayer- meeting, 3 P. M., and church prayer- meeting at 7 1-2 P. M.
This is our oldest church, and but one year younger than Springfield. It has had few pastors, those preceding the present one having averaged a term of thirty-six years each. They were: Rev. George Moxon (1637-1652), Rev. Pele- tiah Grover (1661-1692), Rev. Daniel Brewer (1693-1733), Rev. Robert Breck (1736-1784), Rev. Bezaleel Howard, D. D. (1785-1809), Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D. (1809-1862). Dr. Osgood is well remembered for his faithfulness, ready wit, quaint sayings, and kindness of heart.
Under the present pastor the church has made a net gain in membership of 248, and now numbers 684; but 112 are non-resident or temporarily absent. During the past year, the congregations
on Sunday averaged 504 in the morning, 377 in the afternoon, and 280 in the even- ing; benevolent contributions, $2,500: total raised for church purposes, $7,500. The Sunday-school numbers 511.
The First Church Annual is published early in each year, and gives the pastor's New Year's sermon, a resume of church work, the Sunday-school reports, and other matters of interest.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -State street, opposite Armory grounds. Founded in 1833. Rev. L. H. Cone, pastor; settled in 1867; salary, $2,500. Deacons, William A. Spooner, B. F. Quinby, E. A. Hubbard, George Dil- lingham. Sunday-school superintend- ent, the pastor; B. F. Quinby, assist- ant superintendent.
Meetings- Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., (Bible service and Sunday-school;) 2 1-2 P. M., (preaching;) 7 P. M., (prayer;) Monday night, young people's prayer- meeting, and on Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7 1-2 P. M. in winter and 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church is the second in age of its denomination in the city. The mem- bership is now 270. The gifts for be- nevolence have increased from $337.40 in 1867 to $1,100 in 1869, and the total contributions last year were over $8,000, freeing the society from debt.
The Sabbath forenoon is given to the Bible service, (Sunday-school,) in which the pastor takes an active part. This is well attended, especially by the young, numbering 256; and many of the older people, who are necessarily kept at home in the morning, are accommodated by the afternoon preaching. The average congregation is 400.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Bliss street, near Main. Founded in 1843. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., pastor; settled, January, 1847; salary, $3,000. Deacons, Erastus Hayes, Henry A. Rob- inson, A. F. Cowles, O. W. Wilcox. Sunday-school superintendent, Rev. J. L. Graves.
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Meetings-Sabbath, at 10 1-4 A. M., (with preaching ;) 2 1-2 P. M. in winter, and 3 P. M. in summer, (Sunday-school;) 7 P. M. in winter, 7 1-2 P. M. in sum- mer, (prayer.) Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7 1-2 P. M. in win- ter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church had but one pastor before the present one, Rev. Noah Porter, who was dismissed in 1847 to accept a pro- fessorship in Yale College. The mem- bership is 360; average attendance on the Sabbath, 350; benevolent contribu- tions the last year, $3,147. The Sunday- school numbers 230.
A mission Sunday-school has been gathered by members of this church, near corner of Union street and Eastern avenue, and numbers 96, with H. S. Lee as superintendent. A new chapel will soon be completed for them, with accom- modations for 300 scholars.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- West side of Main street, between West Worthington and West Bridge streets. Founded in 1846. Rev. Richard G. Greene, pastor; settled in 1866; salary, $3,500. Deacons, E. G. Norton, O. D. Morse, J. W. Hawks, L. S. Stowe. Sun- day-school superintendent, H. S. Brooks.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 P. M. in winter, 7 1-2 P. M. in summer; Sabbath-school immediately after the morning service. Sunday-school prayer- meeting, Monday night, and church prayer-meeting, Thursday night,-each at 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church was organized with twenty-two members, and held meetings at first in Frost's Hall on Sanford street. The pastors preceding the present one were: Raymond H. Seely, D. D., dis- missed to take charge of the American Chapel at Paris, France; Rev. James Drummond, removed by death; Rev. L. Clark Seelye, dismissed to accept a pro- fessorship in Amherst College. A col- ony of fifty-five members from this church, was organized into the Memorial Church, October 27, 1865.
The membership of the North Church, May 1, 1870, was 388, about 100 of whom were absent or non-resident; and about 40 members of other churches are regu- lar communicants here. The number of separate families represented in the par- ish is 250; parishioners, regular or irreg- ular in attendance, about 1,000; usual congregation, about 400. The Sunday- school numbers 331. The annual ex- penditure is not far from $6,500, $2,400 being for music.
Though the house of worship is sur- passed by many new churches, yet when completed, more than twenty years ago, it was regarded as one of the finest in this region. Its architecture is gothic, with a tower fronting on the street, and a large vestry in the basement. The auditorium has 700 sittings, and is lighted mostly from the roof.
The mission Sunday-school on York street is partly sustained by the North and partly by the First Church, and num- bers 70. Dr. N. E. Ames of the former church is superintendent. It meets on Sunday at 2 1-4 P. M.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT IN- DIAN ORCHARD-Pulpit vacant. Dea- cons, Jacob S. Eaton, A. J. Woodman. Superintendent of Sunday-school, Chas. J. Goodwin.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M. and 2 P. M. Prayer-meeting at Library Hall, Friday evening at 7 1-2 P. M.
This church has a membership of 52, and an average congregation of about 130. . There were contributed the past year about $200 for the Sunday-school, and $900 for church purposes. A pastor will soon be settled, and there is talk of building a new church.
FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (colored) - Sanford street. Founded in 1849. Rev. Samuel Harrison, pastor; settled, November, 1866; salary, $600. The membership is 40; congregation about 150. The Sunday-school numbers 60; Eli Baptist, superintendent. The church receives a small amount of out-
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side aid, but is growing in numbers and strength.
MEMORIAL CHURCH, UNION EVAN- GELICAL-Round Hill, junction of Main, Chicopee, and Bradford streets, and Plainfield road. Organized October 29, 1865. Rev. W. T. Eustis, pastor; set- tled June 2, 1869; salary, $4,000. Dea- cons, J. D. Stratton, Joshua Grant, D. J. Bartlett, A. F. Niles. Sunday-school superintendent, J. D. Stratton.
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