From the Maidstone Telegraph, Rochester and Chatham Gazette, 8 June 1861.

Linton. Friendly Society Treat.

The members of the Linton Hand-in-Hand Society held their anniversary on the 29th ult., with the usual formalities. After parading the village, accompanied by a band of music, the members attended church, where an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Dunnage. Subsequently the members dined at the "Bull Inn." Mr. Goad, the landlord, producing an excellent spread. The Rev. J. Dunnage being appointed to the chair, the health's of the ladies Cornwallis, the Rev. T. Carter, the chairman, and others followed in due order, interspersed with some good songs by Mr. Philpott and J. Gilbert, and some select pieces of music were performed by the band.

The affairs of the club we are glad to hear, are in a prosperous condition. The Legacy of £500 left to it by the late Earl Cornwallis, which has been invested for the benefit of the club, affords an excellent basis for a financial structure, and the affairs being watched over by members who, with very few exceptions, reside in the immediate neighbourhood, the balance-sheet each year presents a more favourable aspects than that of wider spread societies of a like nature.