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Show One Way of looking at It. The British soldiers invaded Connecticut Connecti-cut in 1779, and during their march thrcrugh Fairfield village amused themselves them-selves by setting fire to all the public and many private buildings, all of which were totally destroyed. Among the former was the Congregational church, at that time even a landmark by reason of its age. The good people were incensed in-censed at the proceeding, as they felt that the application of the match to churches was uncalled for; but they were powerless to prevent it. They could simply sim-ply look on while the structure was consuming. con-suming. In due time another church was built on the same site, and it was used down through the decades till early in June, 1890, when in some mysterious way it took fire and was destroyed. This circumstance, while it is a perplexing per-plexing one, proves to have had one fortunate fort-unate phase, i. e., it gave the society an opportunity, if there was any consolation consola-tion in it, to make things even in part as regarded the old score, and in this way: Some years ago the church committee com-mittee were instructed to insure the church property. They did so, placing a portion of the amount with American companies, but the larger share with a British company. In the insurance adjustment ad-justment the latter company was called on to pay, which it did promptly, the sum of $15,000. One hundred and ten years was a long time, but the church, realizing the truth of an old saving, "Everything comes to them who wait," have as their reward the consciousness of having made in part at least old accounts square. New York Tribune. |