Name: Historic Paxton, her days and her ways, 1722-1913
Author: Helen Bruce Wallace

HISTORIC PAXTON 1722-1913 PRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY HELEN BRUCE WALLACE ^. /5". l>7^ LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. PRESENTED BY Pres, J. Ross Stevenson, D.D.,LL.D. BX 9211 .P39 H57 1913 Wallace, Helen Bruce, Historic Paxton, her days and her ways, 1722-1913 causscup*vj£5f -PHIL ^" Old Paxton Church as built in 1740. Taken about 1867. Mr. William S. Rutherford and Mr. James Elder under the ancient oak; the pastor, Mr. Mitchell, stands by the south door. Historic Paxton HER DAYS AND HER WAYS 1722-1913 ^ "^^ FAMILY RECIPES Contributed by The Woman's Aid Society of Paxton Church EDITED WITH HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY HELEN BRUCE ivALLACE 'What is to come we know not: But we know That what has been was good." PRIVATELY PRINTED 1913 Copyright, 1913 Woman s Aid Society Paxton Church CONTENTS Her Days I. What's in a Name 13 n. The Church Through the Years 17 III. Memoir op Parson Elder by His Son Thomas 29 IV. The Old Graveyard 35 V. The Manse 43 VI. The School House 49 VII. Paxton — Mother of Heroes 57 VIII. The Fighting Parson 67 IX. Copy op Parson Elder's Commission as Colonel 79 X. Memories op Paxton Church During Eighty Years 83 XL The Communion Service op Earlier Years . . 95 XII. Monographs on the Ministry 99 Xin. Derry — Our Sister Church . , 127 Her Ways I. Breads op Various Ejnds 145 II. Meat and Oyster Dishes 149 III. Vegetables 155 IV. Salads and Salad Dressings 159 V. Pies 165 VI. Desserts 170 VII. Cake 179 Vm. Small Cakes 190 IX. Pickles and Preserves 195 X. Candies 200 XI. Miscellaneous 204 XII. For Family Emergencies 210 XIII. Propitable Poultry Ejjeping 221 XIV. Planning the Country Garden 225 "Go, little book, God send thee good passage and spe- cially let this be thy prayer, unto them all that thee will read or hear, where thou art wrong, after their help to call, thee to correct in any part, or all." Geoffrey Chaucer. A FOREWORD Last summer one of the members of our Woman's Aid was in a quaint, century-old New England church, carefully preserved and held in deep reverence by the people because of its an- tiquity. "You do not seem very much im- pressed/' said the guide. "It is most interest- ing/' replied our loyal churchwoman, "but I go to a church back in Pennsylvania that is a hun- dred and seventy-three years old and whose people have made history." That was the beginning of this little book. To belong to historic old Paxton is a privilege that we of the older generation realize. We are close enough to the first settlers that even yet our oldest church member can say, "My father's father was one of Parson Elder's flock, and well recalled his boyish awe each Sabbath morn- ing as the austere old man walked solemnly from the log ^retiring house' to the church, his fingers in his sermon book, his eyes fixed straight ahead, and no word or glance of greeting for the respect- ful congregation gathered before the door to do him reverence." But how is it with the children and the newcom- ers? Those days and ways are but a memory, we fear a dim one, to many who attend old Pax- ton to-day. We take its age for granted, if we give a thought to it or to our wonderful heritage of staunch old Presbyterians and Pennsylva- 5

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HISTORIC PAXTON 1722-1913 PRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY HELEN BRUCE WALLACE ^. /5". l>7^ LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. PRESENTED BY Pres, J. Ross Stevenson, D.D.,LL.D. BX 9211 .P39 H57 1913 Wallace, Helen Bruce, Historic Paxton, her days and her ways, 1722-1913 Old Paxton Church as built in 1740. Taken about 1867. Mr. William S. Rutherford and Mr. James Elder under the ancient oak; the pastor, Mr. Mitchell, stands by the south door. Historic Paxton HER DAYS AND HER WAYS 1722-1913 ^ "^^ FAMILY RECIPES Contributed by The Woman's Aid Society of Paxton Church EDITED WITH HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY HELEN BRUCE WALLACE 'What is to come we know not: But we know That what has been was good." PRIVATELY PRINTED Copyright, 1913 Woman s Aid Society Paxton Church CONTENTS Her Days I. What's in a Name 13 n. The Church Through the Years 17 III. Memoir op Parson Elder by His Son Thomas 29 IV. The Old Graveyard 35 V. The Manse 43 VI. The School House 49 VII. Paxton — Mother of Heroes 57 VIII. The Fighting Parson 67 IX. Copy op Parson Elder's Commission as Colonel 79 X. Memories op Paxton Church During Eighty Years 83 XL The Communion Service op Earlier Years . . 95 XII. Monographs on the Ministry 99 Xin. Derry — Our Sister Church . , 127 Her Ways I. Breads op Various Kinds 145 II. Meat and Oyster Dishes 149 III. Vegetables 155 IV. Salads and Salad Dressings 159 V. Pies 165 VI. Desserts 170 VII. Cake 179 Vm. Small Cakes 190 IX. Pickles and Preserves 195 X. Candies 200 XI. Miscellaneous 204 XII. For Family Emergencies 210 XIII. Propitable Poultry Keeping 221 XIV. Planning the Country Garden 225 "Go, little book, God send thee good passage and specially let this be thy prayer, unto them all that thee will read or hear, where thou art wrong, after their help to call, thee to correct in any part, or all." Geoffrey Chaucer. A FOREWORD Last summer one of the members of our Woman's Aid was in a quaint, century-old New England church, carefully preserved and held in deep reverence by the people because of its antiquity. "You do not seem very much impressed/' said the guide. "It is most interesting/' replied our loyal churchwoman, "but I go to a church back in Pennsylvania that is a hundred and seventy-three years old and whose people have made history." That was the beginning of this little book. To belong to historic old Paxton is a privilege that we of the older generation realize. We are close enough to the first settlers that even yet our oldest church member can say, "My father's father was one of Parson Elder's flock, and well recalled his boyish awe each Sabbath morning as the austere old man walked solemnly from the log 'retiring house' to the church, his fingers in his sermon book, his eyes fixed straight ahead, and no word or glance of greeting for the respectful congregation gathered before the door to do him reverence." But how is it with the children and the newcomers? Those days and ways are but a memory, we fear a dim one, to many who attend old Paxton to-day. We take its age for granted, if we give a thought to it or to our wonderful heritage of staunch old Presbyterians and Pennsylva-