Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-17
REMINsCENsEs.

est to number Of our readers. 1t |
was written by Hon. L. G.. Lyman,
Jr., a prominent lawyer of Exeter.
N. H., aud the old persons alluded to
are several of them the relatives of
Stephen &. Wentworth, Esq, of this
county. The Isaac Wentworth men-
toned, as being actively at work at
the age of "a. is the first cousin of
Mr.. Wentworth's father. and all the
old folks spoken of were schoolmates
of his brothers, sisters and himself.
A personal paragraph. elsewhere in
the same paper says: "Isaac Went
worth, of South Milton, "a years old,
goes to Rochester. frequently, to do
his trading"
Messrs. Editors: = To-day, Nc
Gregor like, my foot is upon my ma
tive heath. l have just been to the
old school house of my childhood,
aud heard youths and adults rccite
bible lessons from Sunday school
papers, where years ago We recited
verses from the new testament. Luth-
er Hayes, Esq, is chief manager of
the school, and is entitled to much
credit for bis good work. Over fifty
were present. Hayes and myself were
the sole representatives of the school
mates of our childhood. There was
the old seat we had SO often shared.
The emotions of such all hour can
not describe. AS | recalled the form
nf no
| would mois:en and the bosom swell.
Some OF the rude scars upon those
seats were to me almost as sacred as
were the names of the martyred Scot
Ish covenantcrs, upon their mossy
head stones, to old Mortality. Let me
recall the aged.
From the nearly opposite homes OF
the late Joseph Walker and the living
Isaac Weutw orth, to that of the late
Joshua Jones, is, think, about one
mile. Upon this mile, including one
house few rods of upon the cross
road, lived eight families: viz
Joseph Walkers, Isaac Wentworth g
Samuel Bragdon's, Sllas Tuttle's, Il
G.. Lymau's, John Twombly's, Aaron
Wentworth's, Joshua jones'. Mrs
Joseph Walker. died at 81 years o
age; Isaac Wentworth is now doing
his having, being "a years old the 6tf
day of last December Mrs. Bunker
mother OF Mrs. Silas Tuttle, died,
think, at 9S; L. e. Lyman at SO Johl
Twombly at 93; Aaron Wentworth
at about 100, and Mary, maiden sis
ter of Joshua Jones, at about 90. Th,
last wife of T. G. Lyman is living
and think in her 9th year. latel!
called, one Sabbath evening, to se'
Mrs. Jones, widow Of said Joshua
but she had gone on foot to meeting
for the third time that day. She j
81 and does her own housework
About mile distant, Mrs. Hayes
widow of Daniel Hayes, Esq, die,
aged 1O2. In the next house, as yo,
pass Jones' for the Three Pom
milies) lived the revolutionary vete
ran, ''Sir" Bragdon, and he, aud hi
recently deceased wife, must hav
lived far up in the nineties, but can
NOT state their exact ages. The onl
one of these old homes not furnishin
its nonagenarian is that of Samue
Bragdon ,,and his last wife died a
SO. We think this remarkable.
AFEw FACTS AND INCIDENTS.
The house of the above name
"Sir' Bragdon, was rather of th
; Valley Forge order of architecture,
Neither brick. lime, shingles or claI
boards were used i'll its construction
The lire place was of stones and til
chimney "a "cat-tail," that is. col
house of sticks and then plastere
on both side with clay. He was
worthy man and member of Parse
Willey's church. / mean 3. {
Wiley. of blessed memory. WI
the aged pensioncr was always calle
Sir | know not, | can only ST
. that my aged friend, "Oid Countr
mau" Downs, was a perfect genius
naming people, and that his nam
generally, in common speech. entire
superseded those given by the pa
ents. Joseph Walker was devote
christian. | think that he and b
eight children were baptized Il
!, same day. He died at 80 years.
. Samuel Bragdon followed the S
in early life aud acquired handsor
!" i property by farming.
m John Twombly was, think, son
oiu 1otcI w III dlUlOSt do uUteu l
q his strength as Will Wallace of Hig
S, land fame, and brother to your o
Capt. Twombly. Forgive me, L
Quint for am upon your ground a
49, may be wrong! John started fre
10 his home, where iatterly, Tor ma
years, lived that best of all old fas
ioned rake makers. Lemuel Varnt
with his small steer team loaded W
rum, for the soldiers in Old ri,
ce Ticouderoga was fsmiliarly callt
and when he returned found his W
no chiidrenl out of the house, Whi
.e creditors had taken possession
aud hence he moved a little ovel
o. mile, to South Milton. But bad lu
followed him, for one night a bt
broke in aud bore away the black c
of his three sheep, and hence
stockings and clothing were unmiY
white, although father Miller had l
tEen been born. However, he S
vived the loss, and was at one ii
almost famous OH account of raisll
the then very large crop, of h
hog.head tub full of potatoes.
was one year older than Washingt
and born earlier than any other {
| have named. However he prosp
ell SO at South Milton, that he wa
ed a barn. and sent Il. G. Lymau,tl
boy of u, to Lancaster on foot,
fell trees and thus pay a relative
Twombly's for coming down, (,
framing the barn. But they co
not think of raising the barn with
rum. and hence the raising was
journed one day, while II. G.. and
other boy could g" down to Garri
hill, TO that old yellow house in y,
city, close to the street and where
Gently old Lombardy poplars stoot
front, and lug home one gallon
en- rum. Happy days when grog sh
were II miles distant from OF
home. In those days houses were
III the White Mountain region,
an uniuhabited log hut, near
Notch, sheltered such as night o'
cook, and waking up in it early
+; morning the boy, L. e. Lyman,
moose feeding near it.
South Milton, July II, 1877.
ise' Grant weighs III pounds. He
gained several pounds since he W
weigh.
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