shoulder, and bore it with much difficulty into the yard. His pastor was ready to welcome him, with the same bland cordiality as the others, and said,-" come, come, good friend, come in and drink before you unload!"

The Woodbury Library Association, founded in 1850, has gone on with its good work, dispensing light and knowledge, till its library now contains acout 500 volumes.

The south Academic Association, formed in 1851, ran "well for a season," when the shares were bought up by Mr. Parmenus B. Hulse, who taught a private academy for some years, but having a flattering call to go to New York and engage in a book agency, he sold the building to Mr. Frederick S. Parker, of New Haven, who removed it to the place formerly owned by Hon. Charles B. Phelps, deceased, and fitted it up for a first-class boarding-school, and at the same time enlarged and fitted up, at great expense, the Phelps mansion, for the purpose of accommodating the scholars of such a school. Rev. Alonzo N. Lewis, who had married a daughter of Mr. Phelps, opened here a boarding-school. But, having been invited to become rector of a church at Dexter, Maine, he closed his school, and rented the premises for a dweiling house. It is a very valuable property, and it is hoped that a successful boarding-school may be established there. We have a healthy location, a tidy village, an orderly community, and a most beautiful valley, with pleasant surroundings-a good place for such an institution.

Bethel Rock Lodge, No. 44, I. O. O. F., mentioned on page 339, was very successful in its benevolent mission for several years, when many members were lost by removal from town. Some others seemed to have joined the order simply to become leeches on its treasury, and interest in its fortunes waned, till the number of its members was reduced to about a dozen, when the organization disbanded, and divided its remaining funds, being about a thousand dollars, among its members,

The Woodbury Bank, which failed in March, 1853, and was resuscitated the same year by the stockholders' subscribing fifty thousand dollars, to cover losses, went on languidly for two or three years, the assets on which it had relied for full recovery becoming worse and worse, when a receiver was appointed by the Court, and its affairs were closed up. The bills were redeemed, but the stock, both old and new, proved a total loss to its owners.

The Woodbury Savings Bank and Building Association, which

was established in 1853, was managed with prudence for several years, doing a successful business, till its deposits amounted to nearly $100,000. Litigation was then commenced against a bank of the same kind in New Haven County, and the Court of Errors decided that the method of taking bonuses, or extra interest, practiced by such banks, was usurious, under the statute of the State, the penalty for which was the forfeiture of all interest upon all loans, together with the bonus. The effect of this decision was, to cause all such banks in the State to close their business, and disband, ours with the rest. This bank, however, had a superior class of customers-honorable men-who, with one accord, refused to avail themselves of the decision, except in a single instance, in Waterbury, where the loan was small. On closing up its affairs, the bank returned to the owners their deposits, with interest, at the rate of about twelve per cent.

King Solomon's Lodge, No. 7, of Free and Accepted Masons, since the publication of the first volume of this work, has met with continued and cheering prosperity. It has gone on in its unobtrusive work of charity, adding to the number of its members, and to its material prosperity. The major part of its history has been already detailed in these pages, in the account given of its Centennial Celebration, in 1865. Its increase in numbers became so great, that a larger Lodge-room was necessary, and its fine building was enlarged to meet this requirement, in 1867, and the whole was repaired and refitted in a tasteful and convenient manner, at an expense of about $600.

The record of officers and admissions, continued from page 338, is as follows:

In December, 1853, William Cothren was elected Worshipful Master, Edward W. Atwood, Senior Warden, and William R. Galpin, Junior Warden, and six members were admitted during this masonic year.

In Dec. 1854, Edward W. Atwood was elected W. M., Joseph T. Capewell S. W., and Geo. A. Capewell J. W. Ten members were received during this year, among whom was Major Samuel B. Spooner, now Mayor of Springfield, Mass., and at the hesd of the Masons of Massachusetts. Major Spooner was principal of the Woodbury Academy, at the time. It has been no detriment to him, who has honored the craft, that he received his first instruction in the "mystic rites" in old King Solomon's Lodge, No. 7.

The writer has always been glad to remember, that he was the Master who received this friend.

At this meeting (Dec. 21, 1854) the lodge passed the following

vote:

"Voted, Unanimously, that the thanks of this lodge be presented to Brother Cothren, for his services as Master of this Lodge."

At the Dec. Annual Meeting, 1855, Joseph T. Capewell was elected W. M., George A. Capewell S. W., and Hiram Manville J. W. Six members were added this year.

At the annual meeting for 1856, John P. DeForest was elected W. M., John J. Hinman S. W., and Reuben Andrews J. W. Four members were received during the year.

At the annual meeting in 1857, Alonzo N. Lewis was elected W. M., John B. Stillson, S. W., and Reuben Andrews, J. W. Brother Charles B. Phelps was invited to deliver a lecture on the Institution of Masonry, Jan. 8, 1858, at the Lodge. A large number of ladies and gentlemen attended. At the close of the address, the officers elect for the year were publicly installed. Eleven members were received this year.

At the Dec. annual meeting, 1858, Nathaniel Smith was appointed W. M., Joseph T. Copewell, S. W., and Reuben Andrews, J. W. Five candidates were received during the Masonic year ending Dec., 1859, among whom was Rev. Curtis T. Woodruff.

At the annual meeting, Dec., 1859, James Huntington was elected W. M., Joseph T. Capewell, S. W., and James Stone, J. W. Eight persons added their names to our list during this year. At the annual communication, Dec., 1860, the first three officers were re-elected-and three members were added, among whom was Rev. George Rumney, Rector of St. Paul's Church. At the annual communication, Dec. 1861, John Stillson was chosen W. M., James S. Stone, S. W., and Edward N. Bishop, J. W. Fourteen members were "raised" during this Masonic year, ending at the "Feast of St. John," Dec., 1862.

At the annual election, Dec., 1862, James Huntington was chosen W. M., James S. Stone, S. W., and Calvin H. Downs, J. W. Nine meu arrived at the "Sublime degree of a Master Mason" this Masonic year, among whom was Rev. Wm. A. Desbrisay. Rev. Mr. Silverthorne, of the Methodist church, was the Chaplain of the Lodge.

This was the year of the departure of Co. I, 19th Conn Vols.,