. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. ss Thayer desired us to be very careful notto indulge in rudeness, and I think we were obedient in one recess, however, we found Ed. Whitlocks new sleigh andhorse in front of the drug store, and although he stood near thewindow, the temptation was too much for us, and as many as couldrode in the inside, the others occupying standing room anywherepossible to find it. The girls were comfortably arranged in theinside of the sleigh. We drove a
. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. ss Thayer desired us to be very careful notto indulge in rudeness, and I think we were obedient in one recess, however, we found Ed. Whitlocks new sleigh andhorse in front of the drug store, and although he stood near thewindow, the temptation was too much for us, and as many as couldrode in the inside, the others occupying standing room anywherepossible to find it. The girls were comfortably arranged in theinside of the sleigh. We drove as far as the lower end of the around, the horse fell upon his knees, causing some uponthe outside to fall off, among these were myself. The party was toomerry to hear the call and we had to walk back to the school, carry-ing the whip which we had with us. I shall never forget the lookof horror our teacher gave us as we entered the school room. Iremember Rev. Mr. Churchill saying that he never knew of but oneplace where the girls had such good times as in Woodbury. Watertown, Con^n. Maria A. Corning. WOODBURY, CONNECTICUT 253. 254 THE TOWN AND IKOPLK SkiTKmber 25, 1835.—-^t a meeting of the youth of Woodbury,holden at the Town Room, agreeable to pubhc notice, for the purposeof forming a Temperance Society, Silas Clark was chosen chair-man and Jolm McKinney clerk. Voted, that those who shall belongto such Society shall be under the age of thirty. Voted, that a com-mittee of four be appointed to draft a constitution was chosen:Henry 15. Sherman, John McKinney, George B. Sherman and Cor-nelius J. Minor. Voted, to adjourn to October 8 to meet at thisplace.—Records of Youths Tnnpcrance Society. Woodbury, Conn. W. B. Hotchkiss, Secretary. SkiTEmber 25, 1900.—I can write but little, not being a residentof \\oodbury, but of Ancient Woodbury, and not having very goodhealtli. lUit there are plenty of sons and daughters of Woodburyto fill and make interesting such a bo
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