At the west end of the church, near the confessional, is a representation of the votive grotto and chapel at Lourdes, which was made by Father Tonner, a former pastor of the church. In the basement is a large hall for school-room and festivals, which is provided with a stage for the representations of the Dramatic Society. The parish is growing. Its average attendance on Sundays is four hundred ; communicants, two hundred and fifty; baptisms last year (1884-85), forty. The rectors of the parish have been as follows : Father Long, now removed to New York ; Father Tonner, who was succeeded by Rev. Peter Farrell, a graduate of the Diocesan Theological Seminary, of Troy, the present incumbent.

The Presbyterian Church. -- On August 31, 1814, the Presbyterian congregation was incorporated

WEST FARMS.

as "The First Presbj'terian Church in the village of West Farms," and Robert Givan, Caleb Pell, Ebenezer Watcrbury, James Bathgate, James Renwick and John B. Gillespie were elected trustees. The church was erected in 1815 and occupies the highest ground in the village. These are the pastors, --

1815 Bev. Isaac Lewis.

1819 Rev. Truman Osborne.

1821 Kev. Samuel Nott.

1823 Rev. Joseph B. Felt.

1823 Kev. Thomas S. Wickes.

1824 Rev. Ithamer HiUsbury.

1824 Rev. E. D. Wells.

1825 Rev. .1. D. Wiekham.

1828 Eev. George Stebbins.

1835 Rev. William Gray.

.1836 Rev. M. I. .\dam.

1841 Rev. James B. Ramsey.

184G Rev. Charles Moase.

1847 Rev. Isiuic AVatts Piatt.

1858 Bev. George Nixon.

187G Rev. C. W. Adams.