Kingsteignton: Harvest Thanksgiving: Harvest thanksgiving was celebrated by the industrious inhabitants of this little village yesterday, and the proceedings passed off very successfully indeed. Special services were held in the afternoon in the chapel, when an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Bennitt, of Dawlish, who took his text from the 13th chapter of Joshua, and the first verse “And there remaineth yet much land to be possessed.” After the services a public tea was provided in the chapel, at which a goodly number sat down. Mrs. W. Widdicombe, Mrs. Stark, and Miss Pinsent kindly presided at the trays. In the evening a public meeting was held, which was presided over by J. Bowden, Esq. who delivered a very appropriate and eloquent opening address. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Rev. B. Browne, Newton, Mr. Mann, and others.
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