Speaker this year the little town of Sandisfield. nestled in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. celebrates its 200th anniversa% This is a noteworthy event. commanding special consideration. The pioneers who settled in SandiSfield in 1750. were a churchgoing people who strictly observed the Sabbath. whiCh commenced. in those days. on SaturdaY evening. They had no fires in the churches then. and footstoves were ill A632S great demand. Preaching was had by taxing the people for the expenses of the church. Nonetheless. the people insisted upon services even in the face of inconvenience. and the town began its history deep in the belief of divine guidance. The earliest settlers in Sandisfield were immigrants from Plymouth. Mass.. and Wethersfield and New Haven. Conn.-Puritans all.
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