Io6 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



York, in 1847. The same year he married Catherine F. Oakley, the 

 daughter of Daniel Oakley, a well-known merchant of New York, and 

 a leading layman in the earlier annals of the Presbyterian Church. 

 After temporarily serving a church in Geneva, N. Y., Dr. Bulkley 

 succeeded Rev. Dr. John Todd as a minister of the Congregational 

 Church of Groton, Mass., a church of many historic associations. 

 His active ministry of fifty years was about equally divided between 

 the church at Groton and the First Presbyterian Churches of Platts- 

 burg, N. Y., and Rutherford, N. J. He continued pastor emeritus of 

 the latter church, but since his retirement ten years since had resided 

 in New York city upon Washington Heights. He is survived by a 

 wife, two daughters and a son, Edwin M. Bulkley, of the banking firm 

 of Spencer, Trask & Co. 



DEATHS. 



BULKLEY — Entered into life eternal on Monday, March 25, 

 from his residence, 479 West i52d street, New York, Rev. Edwin A. 

 Bulkley, D.D., in the 82d year of his age. The funeral service will 

 be held on Wednesday, March 27, at 4 p.m., from the North Presby- 

 terian Church, 155th street, near the Boulevard. (Subway to 157th 

 street.) Interment at Groton, Mass. Kindly omit flowers. 



"Boston Transcript," March 26, 1907. 



YELLOW DAY, 

 September 6, 1881. 



The peculiar state of the atmosphere on last Tuesday after- 

 noon (September 6) caused alarm to some of our people. It 

 was an eventful day, as lamps were lighted up in houses, chick- 

 ens went home to roost, night-hawks hovered in mid-air, frogs 

 piped, schools were dismissed, sinners prayed, and the wicked 

 were full of a sense of guilt. It was so dark that stores were 

 lighted up, and work was stopped at shops and other places. 

 Other days similar to this one are on record ; but the pecu- 

 liarity of September sixth was the yellow hue or tinge which 

 pervaded everything. 



See Volume I. of this work (p. 141) for an account of the 

 Dark Day of 1780. 



