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*©•%,THE BULL FAMILY PICNIC.tCorrespoadaaoTof ttt Pant]Th0 anntiffl picnic of the descendants, •f Wm. Bull and Sarah Wells, was held Wednesday, Aug. 26th, at the usual place in Hamptonbnrgh. I. Crawford Bull, ef Coldenham, presided, and P. E. Miller, of Montgomery, was Secretary. Theodore L. Jackson opened the exercises with prayer, after which the Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting. This officer is very efficient, makes an accept* able reporter, and gives general satisfaction. James O. Miller alias “ Milton Rainbow, Esq.,” then made a short, appropriate and eloquent address. Victor M. Drake, the sweet-voiced, was not present, and his absence was remarkable.The ladies then spread out their white napkins on the earth, and the dinner came on. Two hucksters with their sloshy wares had pushed themselves on the grounds, expecting to make great gain, but when they saw the abundance and variety of delicacies on the white napkins they knew their occupation was gone for that day. No hucksters are needed at this picnic.After dinner and much social intercourse, short speeches were made by Moses P. Miller, Rev, Mr. Erskine, Rev. Thaddeus Wilson, and Captain Price, U. 8. A. Then came the reading of the necrological record, which was fuller than in former years. Many were absent who had been there on former like occasions. The remorseless reaper, Death, had not forgotten his harvest. There were fathers garnered, there were husbands gathered and children taken, the flowers on whose graves are yet fresh, and babes who are now attended by the gentlest of nurses.Of the more aged who were present there were Milton Bull and wife of Oxford, Milton and David Bull of Crawford, Rev. Wm. McJimsey of New York. Of younger men were D. Kerr Bull of Brooklyn, his brother John and wife of New York, and Wm. Bull, Esq., of this town. The day, the time and the associations all combined to make the hours pass pleasantly.To this shrine may the farhily long continue aiymally to come, to enjoy the sweetest of earthly communion. Here may they talk of their joys and sorrows, their success and 1 bereavements, and find sympathy.At four o’clock, after singing the Dox-ology, and benediction by Rev. 8. C. Hepburn, the meeting adjourned to re-unite on the last Wednesday of August, 1875.M.
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Middletown Daily Evening Press
Middletown, New York, US
Tue, Sep 01, 1874
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