The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-16
\EIj H,tfEN.

Ono Of the pleasant events of last
week was a social party given by Mr..
Ambrose Grow. of New Haven, in hon
or of the marriage of his oldest son.
Edward. TO Miss Agnes Gully. Not
until the arrival of all the guests did
the young gentleman enter the parlor
and introduce ''my wife, to the aston
ished company, who, until then, had
been in complete ignorance of this hap
Ply surprise. OF course. congratulate
tions followed by the score and call went
merry as q marriage bell" The tables
were marvel of culinary skill, and re-
Elected much credit upon Mrs. Grow.
The wedding cake, especially, was not
only beautiful TO look upon but excel
lent to the taste. The company left at
an carly hour, wishing many long
years of happiness and prosperity TO
the newly welded pair.
Mrs. p. II. Barton has recently re-
ccivcd from Curtiss & Chids, Publish
crs, Utica, n. Y, u work written by
herself, entitled "Expcricnccs of a
practical Christian Life in form of q
Journal" 1t contains nearly three
hundred and fifty pages and includes a
period of iifty-siX years: from April,
1921, to August, 1877. She was about
nineteen years of age when the journal
commenced, and after giving an ac-
count of her parentagc and experience
up TO that time, she keeps regular
journal written ut various intervals.
This work shows that hers has been
life of remarkable suflerings. Under
date of September 2, 1886, she says, 81
have taken my staff and travelled into
the east room, rested n few hours and
returned in the same manner. | have
not walked so far before in nine years"
And under September 20, 81 have
walked few steps in the door yard for
the first time in nine years. one mouth
and half" Amidst all her Affections
there seemed to be perfect rcsigna-
ton TO higher and ovcrruling power.
and in the darkest hour her cry was,
'"Thy will, o Lord, not mine, be
done" She was converted at the age
of thirteen, and has ever since been an
earnest Christian worker. She having
given much attention to the study of
medicine, was frequently called TO the
bedside of the sick and dying, and often
speaks of talking and praying with
such and of the joys she felt in seeing
! iiiNni VA ltiiti't Ibl' VI ~ tii' ~
You'd.
She has ever led n strict temperance
life, having never partakcn Of sale cot-
fee or snuff, and having drank only two
cups of tea in over forty years and they
were taken for medicinal purposes.
At her present advanced age (being
in her sevcnty-tifth year,, the effects
of her temperate life are plainly visible !:
she never used glasses of any kind to
sew, read or do fancy work with, so
her eyesight seems unimpaircd; her
memory is also remarkable for one of
her age.
In an. appendix TO the work, she
gives the dates of reading the Bible
through by course: the first time she
finished it February ,, 1912, being
only ten years of age, and the last was
June >, 1877, having read il through
eighty-nine times privately; also in
family worship it was read through fif-
teen times, making in all one hundred
and four times that she has read, or
heard it read through. She also gives a
complete family record. She was mar
ricd to Walter Barton in 1915, and has
since lived in New Haven. The work
includes many historical facts in refer
cncc to this town and church as we'll as
TO her friends here and in other states.