The Newtown bee., 1892-05-06


 JANUARY 1, 1SS2, ,..................,........ 601 LAST WEEK. ......................,..2 250s ---r---~-- THE GREENS FARMS MEMORIAL. OPENING REMARKS OF PRESIDENT J.
 II. JENNINGS ON D. II. SHERWOOD.
 When good man dies, the feelings and affections of the community in which he lives, or was we'll known, go out to him in warm effusion, because his career and his life is admired and, in his death, all good citizens feel it in more or less a degree personal loss or bereavement Such was our feeling when we learned for the first time that we should never again, in life, look upon or grasp the hand of our friend, David Hull Sherwood and coming, as it did, so soon after the death of MT Wakeman, made us feel that we were doubly afflicted. Both those men were original members of more than 30 years standing and very regular attendants at all meetings. remarked at the meeting, a little more than one year ago, that, of the original members joining 30 years before, majority were still living and present at that meeting. We little thought then that, in a little over a year, two of our most prominent members and honored citizens should be so suddenly called away. While Mir Sherwood was not citizen of this place or town, yet we always felt a faalipr nf lin chin r6 him nd that he was one of us, having one business. Our interests ran very much in the same channel and our regards and affections were mutual. l think he was one of those rare men who always looked at the bright side of everything and always had a smile upon his face and a pleasant word or joke for every one. He ever took active part in our discussions and, with his long and successful ex- perience as farmer, his remarks were always interesting, instructive and ap- preciated by the members present. He died in the vigor of full manhood, before the shadows were heightened and small things became a burden. Our friend went to his long home and we mourn his loss, but not as those without hope.
 OPENING ADDRESS OF PRES. J. II. LEN
 NINGS ON II. B. wAKEMAN.
 It would be impossible for me to say or write anything about our departed friend, Henry B. Wakeman, that you all did not know before, but, when such a man dies, it ts well to speak of some of his many virtues, if for no other purpose than to hope that some may be led to im- itate his worthy example. MT Wake man was emphatically a Greens Farms man. It was here that he was born, lived and did his life work and here that he so suddenly received his summons to come to the higher court above. No man who ever lived here took a greater interest in the place than he did Any thing that was proposed for the benefit of the community or church was sure of his liberal assistance and support. While not man of many words, yet what he said was always to the point and could be depended on. A few years
 
 one noted for his strong and truthful say ings, who, like our friend, has since been called home. In the course of that con- versation, our friend was referred to and he remarked with some force that Henry B.Wakeman was one of Gods noblemen and l think the term a good one and, in the case of our friend, it might be con- strued in it's most liberal terms. Who will ever forget his kindly words and true friendship, the generous hospitality at his fine home? Who of us that has not partaken of it with feelings of regard and admiration for our host? We shall never know the amount of good that his example as a farmer has done us all and the place in which we live. He has al- ways been a leader in his business and one that it was always safe to follow and attempt to initiate. If it be true, and none of us doubt it, that those who have passed out of this life still watch and take an interest in what transpires in this world of ours, with what feelings of kind ness must our lately departed friends watch us tonight.
 We all remember the day, only a few weeks ago, when we assembled to pay our last duty of respect to our friend. The crowd that assembled in respect to his memory, the words of love and tried friendship from his old pastor, that SO impressed our hearts and, finally, as his body was committed to the earth, I thought, as saw the beautiful sunlight of that April day follow our friend down to his last resting place, of how many hearts and homes he had caused the sun to shine in by his deeds of charity and love. I also thought, as the sun that lights and warns the earth followed him into it's bosom, that the Sun of Right eousness would meet and greet him on the other shore with the words, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the king dom prepared for you from the founda- tion of the world"
 HENRY BURR wAKEMAN, BY sILAs B.
 SHERWOOD.
 After it was decided to hold this meet ing to express our high esteem for our deceased friends and our sense of loss in their death, it was laid upon me by the president to say something about the life and character of Henry B. Wakeman. Il aI.. n nz-. I