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William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
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State on my own recollection that
the weather was hot, dry, smoky
and dusty, we having had no
rain for about five weeks. Other-
wise the day was pleasant and
the attendance up to the average
The final of the morning
exercises was an address by the
President Crawford Bull. My
memorandum says it was short,
an excellent thing in a pre-pran-
dial address certainly. Then the
hymn "Blest be the tie that binds"
was sung. From which singing, it
was apparent that the Bull family
is not lacking in sweet voices.
A prayer was then made by the
Rev. David Beattie of Scotchtown.
At this point in the programme
dinner was eaten. Those gentle-
men who have preceded me in
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the office of Secretary have squeezed
every drop of humor out of this sub-
ject of a dinner. Consequently there
is nothing left for me to do but to
pass on, hoping that my memoran-
dum will afford me further along
a salient point or two on which to
hang a joke. After dinner the Sec.
Mr. Miller read his report which was
adopted. Then followed an address
by the Rev. Mr. Staats of Goshen. As
I did not hear it I can only say
that my predecessor characterized
it as short and able. Mr. Theo. L.
Jackson whose extemporaneous fac-
ulty renders him invaluable on such
occasions, then occupied the atten-
tion of the audience. Concerning the
address of this gentleman my in-
formation says nothing. After Mr.
Jackson, came Mr. Beattie. My mem-
orandum says that this speaker took