Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . was an occasion, by the way,on which a disturbance was created at the other end of thehouse of worship. This story is not recorded in theminutes, however; the oldest inhabitant vouches for it: Rev. Ebenezer Halley owned a dog named Capers: alittle fat, black dog. The animal always accompanied himwhen he went to preach, anc^ slept during the pulpit was very high, and there was a long flight ofsteps leading down from the j^latform. Capers
Centennial celebration of the United Presbyterian (the old white) Church of building 1797-1897 : Salem, Washington County NY, November 9th, 1897 . was an occasion, by the way,on which a disturbance was created at the other end of thehouse of worship. This story is not recorded in theminutes, however; the oldest inhabitant vouches for it: Rev. Ebenezer Halley owned a dog named Capers: alittle fat, black dog. The animal always accompanied himwhen he went to preach, anc^ slept during the pulpit was very high, and there was a long flight ofsteps leading down from the j^latform. Capers slept toonear the edge : he dreamed, he moved, he rolled from thetop of the flight to the bottom ; how he must have howled !What his master did is forgotten. Also whether thechildren laughed; they may to-night: this is not the Sab-bath nor a formal solemn meeting. Salems village, with its churches, has been remarkablefrom the beginning for its lavishness in sending forth itssons. The process began only a score and a half yearsfrom the time when the colony from Ballibay settled AValter Martin headed a band of young men with r itr^. -\ b- ^
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