Connecticut western news., 1875-10-15
A CENTENNIAL ROMANCE.
The Two Lovers with an Ocean Betweer
 Them...The Meettng.

Uuo uoHtu OI OOVeruOr NArVcr, was DOrI
 at Ansterfeld, Yorkshire, England March, 1588. His father and mother
 died when he was quite young. He wal
 tenderly cared for by his grandparents,
 and subsequently by an uncle. His
 family was among the yeomanry oi
 England, and very respectable. He was
 reared to agriculture.
 Love took possession of the heart oi
 young Bradford; and often when he
 seemed most engrossed in his books, the
 golden curls and soft blue eyes of Alice
 Carpenter were all he saw. His lands
 joined to her fathers, and they had
 been playmates and companions in
 childhood, he being but few years her
 senior.
 The Carpenter family had in former times received the title of knighthood,
 William determined to know his fate and ask Alice of her naughty old father,
 hoping his own worth and broad lands might induce the father to accept him as 8 suitable match for his portionless daughter. But he was mistaken. He had never before had occasion to fathom the pride of the strange old man. His religions belief alone would have been 8 sufficient barrier had there been no other, and he was haughtily dismissed. There was last sad meeting of the lov- CTS acrsss the hedge that night, and the moon looked down on two heavy hearts and two fearful faces as they both turn ed to their homes, the one to wet the pillow with her tears, the other to walk his room in bitter repinings at the fate which seemed to be settling on his life I in ol011da and thick 1orLYAco
 Alice was hurried off to London, and after few years was married to Mir. Southworth, man of wealth and honor. MT. Bradford sought alleviation from his disappointment in his books and farm, and subsequently married Dorothy May, 8 woman of his own rank and per- suasion, who proved genial and faith full companion. After a few years we find them abandoning their pleasant home, and next we see them upon the tempestuous ocean, in the cabin of the Mayfower. After arriving in Cape God harbor, MT. Bradford set out with a small party to explore the coast, and on that during his absence his wife, Doro- thy, had fallen from the ship and was drowned. He deeply mourned her loss, for she had proved good wife, and they were mutually attached. - l.. ..,I Mir. Bradford was now over thirty years of age, and few months after their arrival, Governor Carver dying, he was elected governor of the little col ony, position which he ably filled for more than thirty years And while with fatherly care he tenderly watched all the interests of the little colony, there was a blank in his household, and none knew better than himself how he realized the need of woman's ready sympathy, and he was often annoyed at his inability to keep his thou ghts from wandering across the "deep blue sea-" The love he had cherished for Alice had never died out of his heart. True, it had been sleeping, and while the husbandeof an- other had never wished himself other than he was :; but now they were both free-for Alice, too, was left alone-he often said to himself CT wonder if she remembers the love of her youth and even if she did, would she not think 1t too great sacrifice to share his fortunes in the wilderness2" ..,-r ...:.
 Men are not like women, and will not wait lifetime without knowing their fate when it can be decided by single word. So he resolved to write and ask Alice, and i'll the spring of 1928 the let ter was sent across the Atlantic. He faithfully set before her all the priva- tions and sacrifices she would be called upon to endure, saying as an equivalent for this that he had only the love of an honest heart to offer her, and requested her, if she thought favorably of his proposal, to take passage in the first ship that would sail for America, as he was too occupied to come over to Eng land for her, fearing the colony might suffer during his absence.
 Time, always so heavy-footed to the waiting, passed slowly to the governor but late in August a tiny sail was seen in the distance. It was the ship that con- tained so much of interest to many, but none waited with such almost breathless anxiety as did Governor Bradford, for it was to contain Alice or her letter of re- fusal. The whole town crowded to the landing, and when the vessel reached the shore many went on board, and the gov ernor passed from one to another of the new corners, telling them how welcome they were but close observer would have seen that the restless wanderings of his eye were indications that something was unsatisfying. She was nowhere to be seen, and he tried to say calmly " It is Gods will, and Twill try and be happy without her 1: there will at least be 8 let ter for me-" He turned to ask for one, when he met coming from the cabin matronly-looking woman. He seemed to have forgotten that while time was hastening him to maturity, that Alice, too, might be changed; he had always kept her in mind as the fair, frail girl of many years ago, and here she was, the beautiful, stately woman. She, too, probably had her surprise, for the two stood looking at each other, when William 1" "Alicel" were uttered | simultaneously, and they, so long kept asunder. met, never to be parted by mans decree again. They were married at once. There was no display, but that | without which all outward show is but | as ''sounding brass or 8 tinkling cym- ball." the joy of two faithful hearts. They lived long and happily together; thirty years longer did he prosper ously guide the affairs of the colony, then died his wife surviving him sev- erat years. She was well educated, re- fined, and much beloved, and did much in assisting her husband in the improve ment of the rising generation, and was lamenGeQ when Sne Q1ed.
 MEDICAL SKILh.-Mr. J. P. Nisbett writes tothe Detroit NeaUs that hiswife sev- eral times underwent the operation kno VII as moxa, under the charge of pr. Mcbride. Of the operation he says " Dr. Mcbride took the moxa out of the furnace, the head pure golden red ,and with surprising dexterity applied it to the eighteen lines indicated on the shoulder and arm. Ateach stroke faint hiss broke the silence, but the patient did not vince. The flesh did not burn. The sensations experienced were inex-