The Press., 1883-07-26

A summer saunterer sends notes tC | the Willimantic Journal, and the para. graphs following tell of the experience while yet within Holland county limits |: | June 4th, 1883, we, wife and I, took train for Holland station. Arriving in due time, we found our brother and wife in two seated carriage to take us over the gentle undula- tions to ''the street." where our brother is for the present located. After our introduction, as we had not seen the town for more than thirty years we learned that she was expect ing company, consisting in part of doctors of the law and summer boarders, so had put her house in order by painting, papering and cleaning up her front yard, etc., and as the common had just put on her new green spring dress, with elm, maple, and other trimmings,
 she really looked gay, young and charming, and we could not blame the aforesaid visitors for wishing to make her further acquaintance,
 as we, though nearly, strangers, were more than glad to meet her once more.
 We never were over fond of excessive labor, at the same time it is not easy for us to keep perfectly still, so, after refreshing the inner
 man, we took stroll down the street. Near the foot of the street, passing neatly built cottage, seated on the veranda of which was a venerable looking man of ye olden time, who, as we passed, gave us half quizzical look and we think we returned the same, and may be with interest Passing along we were struck ] with the thought that the old gentleman wish ed to say something to us, and so, though we I had thought to pass up on the other side of
 the street, we turned and retraced our steps, and, as we again came in front of the cottage, the cottage, the old gentleman arose and lean- ing on the railing of the veranda said to us "You seem to be a stranger here. Come up
 and take seat with me. I wish. to talk with May hn Eroxr %bot
 know" So taking a seat beside him we con-
 versed together for half hour OF more, and found that, though strangers to each other, there was goodly number that we both were acquainted with. I learned that his name l was Ephraim Hawkins, the oldest inhabitant,
 now wading on to his 95th year. AS we gave ! him our hand at parting we said tally one
 hundred ere you go. As he returned our grasp he said, manfully, 'rll try"
 We also made the acquaintance of Obadiah
 Waldo, young sport of 84, who on his birth day mows swath on the common for the
 aforesaid Ephraim to rake up. Met also a MT. Moulton, lad of 80 summers and uncle to our Frank, who can tell you about him. Heard also of lady, whether Miss and Mrs. did not learn, 92. We'll, we do not know
 whether we should like to die in Holland, but really it seems quite nice place to live in.
 Met several others whom most of your readers
 know. &
 Court being in session we one day walked
 in to see justice dealt out in doses to suit diff
 ferent cases. AS Madam Justice is often rep
 resented in the form of woman with bal
 anced scales in her right hand, perched on the top of the court house, the thought came
 to us, would it not be we'll during the session
 to bring her down into the court room and in- troduce her to judge, lawyers, clients, jurors
 witnesses and spectators, even that all might
 see how nicely the scales were balanced. But
 after little, concluded the thought 8 wild one, and so at once dismissed it. Two young sports were sent up for 60 days each, for as- saulting the officer, we think, but after three or four days inside and outside the jail, they left to see their mother or some one else, and we could but think they had served long enough for the crime committed, as number of the outside prisoners gave us the "good morning" as we met them, we concluded they had been well brought up, whatever their crimes might be,