The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-01-18

beyond the estimate of statisticians.
Some 100000 births and deaths of hui
man beings upon this earth during the
year 1888. Changes are occurring every
year. Man was created a progressive
being; he is bound, in some way or other,
to advance. Like the orbs of heaven. he
is in constant motion, doing good or evil.
During the year 1888, have our thoughts
and deeds been productive of the former
or of the latter? None but God is the
true Judge. Have our lives been in ac-
cordance with Natures teachings, with
the true intent of our Creator and taken
on normal action? Or have they been
the reverse, and their action abnormal?
Let us sit down and ponder upon these
things. Have we taken good care of our
selves? Have we loved our fellow beings
Alright? Have we loved and served God
as we ought? The past year has I'M
doubtecly blessed some people and ours
ed others, God rewarding all according
to their just deserts. Thus will it be dur
ing the year upon which we have Just en-
tered. believe in the divinity of the
doctrines taught by Christ: ssLove to
God and Love to man." 'sThou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart
and soul and mind and strength This
is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it. ssThou
cha II Iaya INV po;,rh ho- n q thueolf >, tta,,
these two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets" These two prin-
ciples form the grand foundation upon
which our characters should be built.
The humanizing and purifying of our
race are important and necessary objects
to be considered. The true interests of
the human race and all its members are
essentially one. But the interests of the
different members of the human family
have been, in the past, considered di-
verse and very many people have acted
accordingly. This clashing of supposed
human interests has brought wars and a
multitude of other calamities upon man.
kind in the previous ages of the world.
The rights of person and property have
1>NAA
claimed s'Peace on earth, good will tow
ard men," How many of the rights OF
| man are embodied iu the Decalogue or
Ten Commandments? The results of our
deeds of 1888 cannot be revoked; those
| of 1889 we cannot foresee or foretell.
| Life is uncertain. God has spared the
| lives of those now living thus far and
| permitted them to enter upon the busy
scenes of new year. Whether they
will be permitted to behold the closing
hour of 1889, none of them can now tell
People die at all ages, from the infant
| just born to the man or woman of a CEN
fury old Have we resolved, at this COM
mencement of a new year, to make ouI
| lives tell for good upon ourselves and up
on those around us? That we will dc
what we can toward the humanizing and
unifying of our race? Ii SO and we re-
main true to our new year resolutions.
the closing of 1889 will bring blessings
to the world and the human family will
be better off for our having been individ
ual members of it.
In conclusion, the year 1889 is mem.
orable one in the history of the town OF
Huntington. Sometime during the year
1889, it was incorporated by the Legisla.
ture of Connecticut, embracing at thai
| time the parishes Of Ripton and New
| Stratford, set off from the old town Of
| Stratford and was named in honor OF
| Samuel Huntington, then Governor OF
the State, (perhaps signer of the Declar
alton of Independently. In 1923, the
parish of New Stratford was incorporat
ed as town by the name of Monroe, il
honor of James Monroe, then Presiden
of the United States. Shall Huntington
celebrate the centennial of its birth? Art
our citizens patriotic enough for this? Il
so, then it is fitting that the people o,
the town of Monroe, as a part of the or
4 iginal Huntington, should join in sucf
celebration. If celebrated, historical
facts should be gathered and woven intt
an interesting and instructive discourse
to be delivered by an orator for the oc
casion and, if thought best, published
and supplied to the people as worth.
memento of Huntington's past. Ant
where is the fitting place for such cele
bration of HuntingtOn's Centennialg Ii
the Center of the present town of tina
name. Would it not be fittings at tina
time, to erect a liberty pole upon on
j Central Park, in commemoratiOn of tn
occasion? The incorporation of Hunting
ton reaches back almost to the com
mencement of George Washington's frs
administration, his inaugural takin;
, place April 30, 1889. Probably not on,
of the inhabitants residing in Hunting
ton in 1888 is now numbered among tn,
living. What change has taken plac
during those 100 years, not in the tow
Of Huntington alone, but in our State
our country, the world A great chang
has taken place during the 81 years Q
the life of the author Of this sketch Oh
having been born April Z, 1927. in th
town, now city of Bridgeport) yet, a
almost a life long resident of the town o
Huntington, he feels a deep interest i
whatever appertains thereto Jane
Beardsley Wheeler. Huntington, Janu
J ary g. 1880.