The Director wished, and insisted that jE^*,„h';^"h'i'^,J^,t it should be located in truly, the location is small, the fort lies on a point, which would be of more importance in case of population ; the Church, which ought to be owned by the people who defrayed the expense of its construction, intercepts and turns aside the Southeast wind from the gristmill which stands in that vicinity ; and this is also one of the Ji" brmechSJc™"'' causes why a scarcity of bread prevails frequently in summer for want of grinding. But this is not the sole cause for the mill is neglected, and having ;

been leaky most of the time, it has become decayed and somewhat rotten, so that it cannot now work with any more than two arms, and has gone on thus for all of five years. But, returning to the Church from which the gristmill has for the moment diverted us; the Director concluded, then, to have one built and on the spot which he preferred. He lacked money and where was this to be got? ;

It happened, about this time, that Everardus Bogardus, the clergyman, gave in marriage a daughter, by his first wife. The Director thought this a good time for his purpose, and set to work after the fourth or fifth drink ; and he himself setting a liberal example, let the wedding guests sign whatever they were disposed to give towards the Church. o Each, then, with a light o head, subscribed away J at a Every one at iha wedding BUbscnbod handsome rate, one competing with the other and although some heartily In'thechiTrchlthich ;