. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . to the name of the superintendent she does not recollect, butthe Rev. Mr. Cadle sometimes conducted the opening exer-cises. Her recollections of the hours spent in the schoolare very pleasant, and her remembrance of Mr. Wells andhis family especially so. The room formerly known as the Green Room is Church and Sunday-achool Work. A 50 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. now the room in the present City Hall which is occupied bythe janitor, and the room formerly known as the Library *is the southwest room in the second
. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . to the name of the superintendent she does not recollect, butthe Rev. Mr. Cadle sometimes conducted the opening exer-cises. Her recollections of the hours spent in the schoolare very pleasant, and her remembrance of Mr. Wells andhis family especially so. The room formerly known as the Green Room is Church and Sunday-achool Work. A 50 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. now the room in the present City Hall which is occupied bythe janitor, and the room formerly known as the Library *is the southwest room in the second story, and is especiallysacred to memory as General Washingtons bed-chamber. In the west room of the .second story of Manor Hall-the fireplace jambs are lined with one hundred and sixtiles, five inches square, each one illustrating a passage ofScripture. The iron fire-brick is dated 1760, and has uponit a casting representing Elijah being fed by ravens. At a later period the little school gathered again withinits walls, and received a cordial welcome from its kind. THE MANOR HALL IN 1842. owner, Lemuel Wells, Sr., who opened its doors on the coldwinter mornings in ye olden times when the good sex-ton of St. Johns Church failed, as he sometimes did, to kin-dle the fire in season, so as to make the church comfortablefor their meeting. The late Mrs. P. W. Paddock, who was a pupil in the * Upon a tablet fastened on the wall of the present front hall of ManorHall is this inscription : Philipse Manor House. Erected in 1682, byFrederick Philipse, esq. Manor of Philipsburg created 1693. Confiscatedby act of the legislature of New York, 1779. Sold by Commissioners of for-feiture, 1785. Occupied as a private residence until 1868. Purchased bythe village of Yonkers in that year. Became the City Hall of Yonkers1872. Bi-centennial celebration of its erection 1882. ST. JOHNS SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 51 Sunday-school at that time, related the above incident toher children when talking of her Sunday-sch
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