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LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION\n\nBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n308  \nZ  \nBox 834  \nReminiscences of a Connecticut parsonage,  \nr19--?  \n34 p.  \nSigned;W.C.W.  \n1.Southbury,Conn.-Hist.I.W.,W.C.  \n### RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\n Reproductions may not be made without permssion from Columbia UniversityLibraries.                 \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nREDUCTION BATIO:            1/:/  \nFILM SIZE:_、35mm     \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA(IIA IB IIB  \nDATE FILMED:                  10-2-97INITIALS:          K  \nTBACKING\\#:                                                                                                28241  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n150  \n## IReminiscences\n\nof a  \n## Connectícut\n\nIDarsonage  \n 1.3430  \n38935D0CT 5·1953 2  \nREMINISCENCES  \nOF A  \nCONNECTICUT PARSONAGE.  \nONNECTICUT,\"the land of steady habits,\"as it wasso long deservedly callel,is in many ways the nostattractive of the six New England States.Its geo-graphical position,nearer than its sisters to tlhe mctropolisof the countryfrom which it has recciveul the good and badresults of this proximity,has materially changed the charac-ter,habits,and customs of its iuhabitants during the lastlalf century,but its physical fentures remain with most oftheir original beauty and attractiveness.There are nograndmountains or wide rivers within its borlers,but in its gentlepastoral scenery,the number and benuty ofits slowly-flowingstreams,the magnifiecnce of its trees,esjyccially its elms andmaples,and its woodel hills,which slope dowiul to it fromthe higher altitudes further north and give to it the charm-ing variety of hill and dale,it is unsurpussed by any of itssister States.  \nDuring its cerlier period it was not an alluring Stateeither to the agriculturist or the manufaucturer,its stonyhillsides repeling the former,while its proximity to theseacoust and the utility of its water power gave to tlhe latterat first only slender opportunity for the profitable employ-ment ofcapital and business talent.It has always lemandelhard work and economy as the price of sucess;and tlese  \n308230x83   \nwith the high standard of its educational and moral equip-ment,have given to its inhabitants the well-deserved positionthey have taken in the New England sisterhood of States.The religious character of its people,their belief in anroveruling Providence,best illustrated perhaps in the mottoof the State,\"Qui trastulit austinet,\"together with theirentire belief in that other saying,\"the Gods help those whohelp themselves,\"have done much to give their energiesproper direction and make them coupetent for achievementin many channels of endeavor.One of the most charmingvillages in this altogether beautiful State is Southbury,lyingsome twenty miles north of New Haven,\"the Elm City,\"and about the same distance south of Litchfield,\"the MapleTown,\"as it has been called,and having as one of the chiefbeauties of its very long and wide principa street a combi-nation of elms and maples,as if wishing to show no partialitybetween the more populous centers to the north and south,it had decided to adorn itself with the glorious foliage ofboth.Perhaps no town in the State has changed less inthe last fifty years than this,and while what I am writingrelates to Southbury in the early fifties of the last century,it would be equally descriptive of the old town of today,except so far as death and the progress of the times haveremoved the actors and some of the habits and customs ofthose carlier days.  \nSoutlbury in 1850 was a large,thinly settled townslip,consisting of the main village,located for thrce miles on bothsides of the post-road connecting New Haven with Litchfield,and a number of outlying farning settlements,from whichthe main village drew many of its material supplies,as wellas the congregations of its churches,the 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