The incident related below by the Rev. Asa Bullard is an example that
ought frequently to be imitated:
At the “Old People’s Day” in 1881, I was invited to be with Mr.
Batt. The house was quite full on the occasion. There were sixty
people present who were over sixty years of age, and twenty-five
who were eighty years of age or more. A bouquet was presented
to each of these twenty-five. They arose, as their names were
called, and received the bouquets as they were presented by
the hands of children. At the close of the meeting one of
those addrest said: “It knocked twenty years right off from my
age.”--“Incidents in a Busy Life.”
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