The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-07-17

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worihles weosc sironE benss Of The right
q people. who make q eoansry, to gov.
srn Il insplfed the brave parpOse 10 make
state A. sell ~ help make RSiion, q
state - hese backbone shoald be he
Green Aoupuiut and cue Of whose
Shapes. dofnl pronEs shouid - this
plusky Hsac loWnoi Dorset Dariog the
Z long sud eXhauslinE war many Of The
families q ibis community 10 their eI.
posed eouai,iou, being subject 70 rsids
from British soldiers aud mefoeuAries
and Of the savage tribes, sougbtA meas
IRE Of safety By resort to The mother
State, C0ar ectient. John farwell him.
self, tie father Of Isaac, VeBtured 10 re-
maln aud care for The new home, Bot
while ihas st home with sick wife he
was captured aud taken s. far as AIRING.
ton While spending The nigh, there the
news OF The result OF the battle Of BEN
nington 30 DISASTROUS TO The British
reached their ears aud his oaptors hastily
ged leaving their prisoner to care for
himself which OF course be was willing TO
do. To go back a little, the town Of
Dorset was settled about l76s largely by
Connecticut people. Thomas Farwel
came up with Mr.. Lyman, one Of the orig.
inSl proprie,ors to view the land, was
pleased with Il, purchased tract, put up
3 small log house with 8 bark roof and
returned home 10 spend the winter. The
next spring be with bis brothers Isaac,
Asa aud John with their families, on
horseback, one OF them driving s yoke Of
oxen, emigrAied TO Vermont. Through
Massachusetts up the Connecticut valley
they came and over be Gteea Mountains,
greatly astonished ST the snow drifts In
what Is now Peru and not less so at the
ecnmulated stores Of the not wanted
article 10 their bark rooted house. II
was soon shoveed out aud these brave
young families huddled In. Soon CON.
menced The occupancy aud cultivation OF
the four farms which now lie side by side,
Thomas, unmarried, took the farm. farth.
est south where 6. W. Farwell now
lives, but finally returned TO Connecticut
aud some OF bis descendants are now liv-
ing Ia Hartford Isaac took the south
corner where the shauty stood, now the
Chapman farm. Asa the north corner
opposite, now the Kellogg place, but il
still remains in the possession of his de.
seendants, Mrs. Kellogg being bis grand.
daughter. John, the fourth brother,
planted his foot on the farm where we
aow stand and where bis son has had his
home for full century. No change OF
residence has been made excepting
few years after his marriage this Isaac
Farwel lived just across the way, caring,
meanwhile, for Bis aged parents 10 the
old homestead. Mr.. Far.
well, though doubtless II regular attend
Al. ~ n kaV In, all 10
early and not till late in bis middle life.
He led like many others oftle time a
careless, free, and at times an uncon.
strained life until perhaps three score
years OF age. II is TO his credit that
about this period he did two things
which showed unusual moral discern.
ment aud moral purpose. First be be-
came an out and ont temperance man,
and secondly, not content with the
adoption merely of prudential virtue he
went at the root of ali radical reforma.
ton. He united with the Congregation.
al church when 62 years OF age and has
for IS years been warm hearted, exem-
plary member, and has not unfrequently
and openly testified to bis faith In and
love for the Saviour. Sken.
andoa when more than hundred years
old likened himself TO an aged hemlock,
dead at the top. We gather here under
the shadow OF an aged tree. 1t 10 an
evergreen; its leaves do not wither 10
spring or autumn. We always find this
man fresh In spirit, ready with friendly
word and cheerful thought. He 10 not
dead at the top. Though the organs of
sense may In measure become dim and
doll the light OF reason still shines with a
clear aud steady fame. lie looks ont
with intelligent view upon his home and
the sceuery OF the visible world which, Ia
its development aud progress, he has
watched for q century. lie knows aud
appreciates bis friends, the old ones and
the youngest ones. lie has lively inter-
est In some OF these little ones who are
lable to live half through the goth centu-
ty. Better than ell be knows the God OF
bis life, Him in whom he has believed.
lie IL not dead atthe top nor at he heart.
Many tree which age has desdened at
the top, which adverse winds have bent
and partially broken still bold their place
and proloBg their usefulness. Vel root.
cd In good natural soil aud sound at the
heart the worm aud rot have spared them
aud they live on aud the birds shall still
sing in their branches II | mistake not
be did not 30 shut himself away from the
interests of bis fellow man, IN a narrow
aud exclusive devotion 10 bis private con-
cerns alone, as to shrivel aud deaden the
pIth aud marrow OF his soul, neither has