disappeared very mysteriously during the past winter.
Whether _strayed or stolen_ it is not yet definitely
ascertained; but from circumstances recently developed, the
latter idea seems most conclusive. Rumor says it has been
tracked going Westward; but still, as the Church is located
on quite an elevated piece of ground, and near the brink of
the hill, it is possible that it may have slid off to the
Eastward.

Any person who will give correct information where said
fence may be found, or where it was last seen after leaving
the premises, will be liberally rewarded by the trustees of
the Baptist society. Any person wishing to make any
confession in relation to it, may rely upon having profound
secrecy maintained by applying soon to _one_ of the Deacons
of the Church.

Oneonta, May 20, 1841.]

From the town book the following copy of the doings of the people, at
their first town meeting, has been made:

"At an annual town meeting held in the town of Oneonta at the house of
Thomas D. Alexander, on the 1st day of March, present

Eliakim R. Ford,} _Justices in_
Robert Cook, } _said town._

"After the opening of the meeting by proclamation, it was resolved,