The Newtown bee., 1893-09-01
ington, last Sunday, calling on Daniel Rowe and brother.
NEW PRESTON.
THE LATE CHARLES CARTER.

named lnulVluual deserves more Guhu LHe brief mention it received i'll last weeks BEE, deserves more even than we feel within our capacity to bestow at this time. His life has been in experience a long one, passed entirely in this vicinity. Born of most worthy parents, Benjamin and Mary Wadsworth Carter, in Warren, August l, 1919, he remained in that town engaged in farming, and at one time, mercantile life, until April, 1876, when he was constrained by fair business pros poets to remove with his family to Ter ryville, where he conducted, with the | most valued assistance of his estimable wife, a hotel for six years. Then, per ceiving a good opportunity to dispose of his hostelry interests there, he did SO,
 and finding vacancy here in the same line of business, he came to. l. ake Wara- mang and located at the house which had
 previously been conducted by Isaac Smith, but vacated, at Cheerie Point.
 The friends of MT and Mrs Carter in
 Terryville and many other places seemed
 to follow them here in patronage. No
 lake or summer hotel in the state seemed
 to have greater popularity, for years,
 than the Cheerie Point house, under the
 management of MT and Mrs Carter.
 They studied to please and succeeded, in aumber of guests and financial benefit to
 themselves. Scarcely any hotel has ev-
 CT been run on so conscientious, orderly
 and with such law abiding principles as
 this noted summer resort. Under no
 consideration could Mir Carter be tempt
 ed to violate law or order, and the secret
 of success there seems to have been just
 this close adherance to principle and
 faithfulness and desire on the part
 of MT and Mrs Carter to cater to the de-
 sires and good taste of their guests, who
 were always of a most respect
 able order, for no rowdyism or dissipa-
 tion would be allowed about the hostel
 ry. He continued there in charge and
 proprietorship for about 10 years, till he
 and his wife felt that the strain on their
 energies was becoming almost too much
 for their declining years, and with the
 popularity the hotel had gained, he
 found no trouble in disposing of it for
 valuable consideration, and then erected
 for himself and family, cottage on the
 same point nearby the hotel. Here he
 thought to live more quietly and in ac-
 cordance with his advancing age, but
 many of his former patrons could not let
 him so remain. They found their way
 to the cottage and many were the din-
 ners again prepared by Mrs Carter for | ties numbering from 20 to 50 found their
 way there frequently in summer and the
 house was filled for weeks with board-
 CTS. An addition became necessary to his barn to accommodate teams and Mir Carter found his patronage so much more than the capacity of the cottage, that he was influenced to erect another and larg- CT cottage close by, and for several sum- mers both houses were we'll filled with guests. He continued in business till about year ago, when he felt with his wife that he must retire from active
 work, being also prevailed upon by his children to dispose of his interest in the
 same. His son, John A. Carter of Gene va, Ohio, who is agent and one of the di-
 rectors of thesEagle Lock Co.,, at Terry , vile, Conn.,, became the purchaser of the
 cottages and has since sold one to Mrs
 o. J. Winans, late of Newark, N. J. The
 other has been occupied by himself and family, this season. So MT and Mrs Carter finally severed their business con- connection with Lake Waramaug and } went for time to live with Mir and Mrs Perkins, their children, at Terryville. But Mir Carter did not seem quite con- tented without a roof of his own over him. Watching his opportunity, he se- cured of E. Calvin of New Milford the large two story house, formerly occupied by Mir Calvin when here, and moved in as early this year as the place could be conveniently vacated, and at once com. menced plans and contracts with proper
 parties for thoroughly repairing and al = tering the same to his taste and conven t fence as a residence and home. A double t veranda was put around the south anG
 west sides of the same, doorways cut anC :, all finished and painted in such taste al
 to become one of the most desirable anC
 convenient houses in the center of thu d village. Before the vesanda was finish
 ed, Mir Carter was stricken down witt r what was very near, if not quite, para
 lytic stroke. He was forcibly reminded e that his stay on earth might be limited a but he was privileged to live to see hi :, plans carried out regarding the house
 and seemed up to the last week of hi
 life to enjoy the benefits of the same. A o last, surrounded by his children, Joh P A. Carter, Mrs Perkins, and MT and Mir
 F. G. Kelley of Conneaut, O., and hi 1t faithful wife, he closed his eyes in deatl 7. on the morning of August 21, havin
 seemingly known all up to the hour Q ' his decease, but unable for some time t F coherently converse with them yer 'u much. We believe Mr Carter neve
 sought or really desired ostentatiously is public notice or office, but in every tow e. in which he lived through life he wa V. called nearly every year to fill some pt It sition of trust and influence ard alWay is performed his part faithfully and well
 In 1867 he entered Rising Sun lodge, + v & A. NJ, at Washington, as an accepte d candidate for it's rights and privileges x. and on August 23, of that year (26 year ;, to the day previous to his bulial) he wa . declared by it's ". M., to be a worth e and just M. M, entitling him to all th
 benefits of the order. Some time prey
 ous to his death he expressed desire { 'lt his wife that when it came he might | lt- buried by the brethren of the lodg
 which had his highest respect, and { oo 1nnc ag he was able. his nresarca at i