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feveral Sundays together, about the pulpit ; nay, 

 people relate that the new comer mounted the 

 pulpit on a Saturday, and flayed in it all night. 

 The other being thus excluded, the two parties 

 in the audience, made themfelves the fubjecl: 

 both of the laughter and of the fcorn of the 

 whole town, by beating and bruifing each other, 

 and committing other cxceffes. The affair was 

 inquired into by the magiftrates, and decided in 

 favour of the rev. Mr. Slaughter, the perfon who 

 had been abufed. 



7. THE new reformed church, was built at a 

 little diftance from the old one by the party of 

 the clergyman, who had loft his caufe. This man 

 however had influence enough to bring over to 

 his party almoft the whole audience of his anta- 

 gonift, at the end of the year 1750, and therefore 

 this new church will foon be ufelefs. 



8. 9. THE Quakers have two meetings, one 

 in the market, and the other in the northern 

 part of the town. In them are, according to the 

 cuftom of this people, neither altars, nor pulpits, 

 nor any other ornaments ufual in churches; but 

 only feats and fome fconces. They meet thrice 

 every Sunday in them, and befides that at certain 

 times every week or every month. I (hall mention 

 more 'about them hereafter. 



10. THE Baptijis have their fervice, in the 

 northern patt of the town. 



1 1. THE Roman Catholicks have in the fouth- 

 weft part of the town a great houfe, which is 

 well adorned within, and has an organ. 



12. THE Moravian Brethren have hired a 

 great houfe, in the northern part of the town, in 



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