The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
COUNTY NEWS.
NE w HAVEN.

A centennial exhibition and antiquary
supper will be held in the town hall at
New Haven on Tuesday evening, Oct.
ober 81. Admission Is cents, children
10 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock.
The thirty.ninth anniversary Of Is.
quire Almon Clark's marriage, was cele.
brated at his residence on the 10th inst.
His sister, Mrs. L. @. Shedd Of Keene, N.
H., having allured them by stratagom to
dine with bis neighbor, Mrs. 8. s. Wright,
the friends by preconcerted arrange.
ment came in their absence. When the
table was spread, and supper under the
excellent supervision Of Mrs. Abair was
in readiness, messenger was sent to call
home the absent Esquire and his lady.
They were completely but agreeably sar.
prised when they came to find the house
full of guests. After the repast was end.
ed, which had been supplied like pic.
mic in great abundance, they all repaired
to the parlors to enjoy pleasant visit.
Little speeches were made by Rev. Ward
Billiard and Rev. N. G. Clark. The
day was fine. the roads we're in excellent
condition, and the guests came from Brs.
toll, Middlebury, Weybridge and Vergen
mes, which being added to the group of
neighbors, made an agreeable, and we
hope not an Improbable surprise. Mr..
Billiards. remarks to the company were
excellent, being both sober and timely.
But Mr.. Clark's speech was comic, and
historical. He began with reference to
the wedding Of Adam and Eve in the
farm.yard of Eden. and Of her subsequent
coquetting which had been the occasion
Of great deal Of mischief ever since.
He would be glad to trace their family
genealogy from then down to the present
time, but time would not permit. He
saw great events in this worlds history
often result from marvelously little causes.
But lovers "tremulous question" is not
so very Insignificant, when seen in its re.
suits. It is the fulmen and the dynamite
hidden in the unfathomed depths of his
heart, beneath the hidden rocks of pur.
pose, and the frightful lodges Of hope,
upon which the angry pillows Of He'll.
gate constantly heave and yawn.
"Where the mountain pillows to the clouds
In dreadful tumult swelled, surge above SURGE
Burst into chaos with tremendous roar
Courtship is the arrangement OF the tel.
egraphic wires leading to the mino DO.
meath. Nor is q "maidens yes" less
effective. Finely was it said il:
'soft is the breath Of maiden's Yes:
Not the light gossamer stirs with less;
But never cable that holds SO fast
Through all the battles Of wave and blast,
And never an echo Of speech or song
That lives in tho babbling speech SO long.
1t costs the maiden her maiden name,
And under the folds, that look go still
The bodice swells with the bosom's thrill.
while Yes" is whispered in an almost in.
audible tone, and the ineffable fire leaps
to the wires, and the results are seen in
coming ages as tho electric spark rends
the unheeding rocks beneath the tide Of
He'll Gate.
Mr.. Clark then proceeded to trace the
family history, half seriously abiding to
the scenes which generally precede wed.
lock. and the results that sometimes fol.
low. The family he said was dwindling
out, only one son surviving. Ira w.
Clark, Esq, the late tall states attorney,
IF the ratio Of decrease continues, it will |
soon end. There were Two extremes: of
great intellectual ability, or where there
is none, when genealogy expires. Great
superiority, such as your Bonapartes,
Millions, Websters, etc., generally soon
end. But none in our family have evor
excelled; our decline cannot therefore be
attributed to that cause. On the other
hand, extreme worthlessness does not long
multiply. When We reach that point, we
shall doubtless become extinct as do pau.
pers and fools. 1t is the boast of some
persons that they belong to very ancient
families. Their extreme vanity is often
their only excellence, they are either
wiser than Solomon or richer than Croe.
sus. and often both. A family with such
proclivities will never become extinct.
Let them live aud let them boast.