MEMORIES OF THE 



some reason Satira was told that she must stay at home that 

 evening. This gave her great pain, and she began to cry most 

 piteously. Her father said, "Satira, I am ashamed of you — to 

 make such a fuss!" Heart-broken and sobbing, she answered, 

 *' Well, — I — can't — see — why — I — can't — go; — everybody — else 

 — goes, — but — I — never — went — to — a — donation, — nor — a 

 — circus — neither. " 



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RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES 



One might suppose that, living on a farm and a long distance 

 from a church, the religious privileges, so-called, would be very 

 poor. Such, however, was not the case. The settlers of the 

 town of Lorraine were all New England people of Puritan, 

 Protestant stock. They had strong convictions as to right and 

 wrong, and were earnest in their professions and beliefs. 



In another place I have given the history of one of the 

 churches of the town — the Congregational; but there was also a 

 Methodist and a Baptist church from the earliest days that I can 

 remember. The church membership included a good share of 

 all the people. There were few Catholics or Episcopalians in 

 the whole town. The churches sometimes united in conducting 

 what they called "union services," generally when there was a 

 revival in progress. Prayer meetings were very common, par- 

 ticularly when the evenings were long and the people had leisure. 



Singing schools were also conducted on a sort of mutual or 

 non-sectarian plan. By the young people singing schools and 

 pra^^er meetings were attended as amusements. They gave fine 

 opportunities to meet and visit, and to the young men of suitable 

 age for that kind of business it was particularly agreeable, as it 



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