The Newtown bee., 1892-08-12

When, from the Aero .Corinthus,
 They stood to greet the sun,
 Upon that scene of beauty rare,
 Their eyes looked forth as one.
 When, meath the fair Pentelic fane,
 They bowed the God to praise,
 One morning plaint or vesper psalm
 United voices raise.
 So dwelt they in those days of peace,
 Until the Argive foe,
 forth
 To fill the land with woe.
 Girding their shields and grasping
 spears,
 The Corinth soldiers bold
 Went fearless forth to emulate
 Their fathers deeds Of old.
 So marching bravely side by side
 Went forth the brothers twain,
 Each hoping that the gods benign
 Would bring them home again.
 Mad was the onset, fierce the fight,
 As foes joined in the fray
 A cruel, cruel Argive spear
 Stole Timon's life away.
 While Corinths soldiers, hotly pressed |, Were slowly giving ground,
 Timoleon fought by his dead
 'Gainst all the foes around.
 Thrice rushed they on him; yet, un-
 moved,
 He measured shield with shield
 And, fighting tor his brothers corse, The ground he would not yield.
 His comrades saw his noble deed,
 They turned to join the fray,
 Until, with jealous care, he bore
 His precious dead away.
 And when the bloody strife, now Der, They judge the bravest deed
 On shattered marble pile cen now
 Timoleon's name you read.
 To-day when wise men praise the brave And bards of heroes sing,
 They mention this fraternal deed
 OfLove's sweet blossoming.
 It's lessons we this hour may con,
 Kindred assembled here:
 Let true blood tell; let brother love Cherish these ties so dear.
 PosrLUDE.
 Would you learn to solve the riddle Of the sages and the wise men?
 Would you find the golden girdle
 Which shall bind the world in union? Seek it in sweet Loves dominion;
 Find it in the ties ot kindred.
 Than sweet Friendship, what is truer? Than Fraternity, what nobler?
 Heavens own ties are bonds traternal; For the cherubim and seraphs,
 Rowing down and chanting praises, Worship Him, one Loving Father,
 Praise the Lord, one Elder Brother.
 And the Earth, shaped from Gods
 fingers,
 Shows us, too, this bond traternal,
 Meath the pines whose thousand needles Upward lifting, pointyou heavenward' Bloom the orchids in thelr shadows. And the fiowrets, by the brookside,
 Bend in storms to kiss each other.
 So let us, in sun or shadow,
 Comfort bring and aid each other,
 Till at last, to Heaven translated,
 We shall bless the bond fraternal. INGING OF FAMILY ODE, TUNE, DoxoLoGY. Blessed be the ties of kindred dear, Which bind us to each other near, Fit symbol of the Heavenly love,
  Kept by Gods care through all the way. We meet to thank His name to-day; May peace, and joy, and friendship sweet, Abide to make our feast complete. In toll, in care, in shade or sun, God guide and keep and bless each one, Till we are gathered on that shore, Where we shall meet to part no more. Nine children of the late Rev H. B. smith gathered at Bridgeport, last Fri lay, in honor of the birthday anniversary If their mother, whose health, though lever very robust, is very much better han in previous years. Only one of the 0 children were absent, Mrs Sarah S.. [encks of Colorado Springs, Col, who ent chatty letter with picture of the amily group, Mir and Mrs Jencks, the wo boys and two girls. Reuben H. Smith, the BEE Man, was present with lis good wife Rebecca and five wide wake children. Robert D. Smith came ,n from his father-in-law's Orange coun- y farm with his wife and little son. Will D. Smith, principal of Warwick, N. r., schools was there without his wife md little daughter. Rev Charles H. Smith, pastor of the Windsor avenue Congregational church of Hartford, brought his wife and two children in the pretty turn out with which he drove to by way of Burlington, New own and Greenfield Hill, all bright spots n the family life. Henry M. Smith, now ,lerking at Hartford, was present with lis wife and Carlton. Allison F. Smith, he irrepressible reporter of the Spring field Homestead brought his wife, the whole family of 10 children being hap oily married, with the exception of Ar ,hur J. Smith, who is with the Farmers $ Mechanics savings bank. Mrs Emily s. Fairchild came from Valley View with ler husband and baby Mary Hazen and Mrs Clara s. Thresher, though but re- gently i'll and unable to remain through III the exercises, was present with the company of P who sat down to shore dinner at Lewis's at the foot of Seaview
 
 avenue. Dinner over, the literary pro gram was carried out on grounds back of he house. purse of $26 being given the mother by her children Besides the pa- pers called for by the program, Rev MT Thresher made few timely extempo- raneous remarks, showing how the Smith family grew by appropriating from other families. The name sprang from the word to smite, as his from to thresh, so that the two names represented the worlds toilers in mechanics and afield. At the close, a family organization was formed, with R. H. Smith as president and A. J. Smith secretary.
 BRIDGEPORT. MT and Mrs DIV. Thompson left, Mon-