One day in 1911, the Methodist Pastor Grube Cornish was traveling from the Chesterfield Church to preach in Spofford. As his buggy took him along Old Chesterfield Road, his way was blocked by a stopped automobile with two gentlemen standing beside it. Unable to continue, the minister climbed down from his seat, and approached the gentlemen. The problem became quite evident, a flat tire. Now, the gentlemen were quite upset about this unforeseen delay. They were in a rush to attend service at the Spofford Church. They were quite surprised, when their unexpected assistant assured them, that the service would not start without them. The men joined forces, rolled up their sleeves and fixed the tire. It wasn’t until they all got to the church, that the two gentleman realize it was the minister who had helped them. And, it wasn’t until after the service, that the minister learned that he had helped the Dean of the Columbia Law School, Harlan F. Stone (future Supreme Court Chief Justice) and his good friend Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.