The Newtown bee., 1893-07-07
405 Main St.

exertion Is not an old one repeated, but a new | one. On this account the world is 6 thous- | and times more real than it seems. He who thinks life treadmill, Q mere routine, has never awakened to q real knowledge Of it and he who deems the kingdom of the depart ed a silent monotony, has never felt and thought long and deeply upon the subject. events, both here and hereafter, are entirely new, the br1et sketch Of the earthly career ot terest. Charles Henry Wakelee was born in Southbury, Conn.,, October F, ISl9. The first 10 years of his life were spent with his par ents. At the expiration of that time he made his home with his aunt and uncle at Roxbury where he lived until he was Is years old, dur ing which time he learned the moulder's knowledge of all that belongs to the work of a small toundly. He next made a short visit to Ohio. Returning, he settled at Sandy Hook, where on May II, 1851, he married La vinia Clark, whom death took from him about five years ago. At Sandy Hook he engaged in foundry work, and after remaining there about tour years, he located in Southbury, where he remained until his death. Here in his trade he called to his aid both water and steam power, doing quite a variety ot casting and fitting, but giving his attention chiefly to the manufacture of stoves and blows. The Wakelee blow had large and steady sale, and at his death, many orders remained un- filed. While Charles Wakelee's educational advantages had been limited to that ot the common schools, he had in his life shown considerable intellectual power, giving not little thought to those questions that lie about | the destiny Of lite. While he did not hold to | many Ot the doctrines as commonly held by | the Cnf1SLl1n cnurC0, ne lalu lOld Of points | of truth the religious world is just coming to value. He was a hard worker and has been | spoken of as an honest man. During the last | two years of his lite, he confined to his | house with complicated maladies and during 1 the day was obliged to sit in his chair. He | died June 22, 1853. The funeral was conduct | ed by the writer. George Wakelee was born 1 in Southbury, August 4, 1891. His early edu- | catiOnal advantages were not what he wished | they might have been. He felt this lack keen. | ly and often spoke of his life as incomplete In | this particular, and was led thereby not to l, | first l7 or Is years of his lite spent on the, farm. After that he learned the shoe makers trade, at which he labored faithfully | the greater part of his life. Shoemaking by | hand, in his earlier days, was a very eXten- 1 sive business, and MT Wakelee was man l that always worked at it with a purpose, 1 making shoes in great quantities tor firms in | Waterbury, New York city, and other large | centers. When machinery began to take the place of hand work he stiIl made shoes and | found his own sale for them. Much of all this
 work was done on his is farm arm il in kettletown ing the later years ot his lite he has given much of his time to farming, and it is said that he was man who in his life did almost | two mems work. Heart disease had been tos l tering itself upon him tor some years, ant with this, he met his death suddenly, on the | moI ming ot June 26. The writer conducted funeral service. He leaves a wife, a son anC 1 daughter to mourn his loss. In life he was | quiet, steady man, both in his home and il his neighborhood, and gave forth a steady in ffuonce that was helpful to the cause Of the true and the good.-[B. F. Cokely.
 Mrs William Morris, who shas beer
 visiting out'of town, has returned home
 Miss Augusta Osborne bas been sick
 A family by the name of O'Conne
 has moved into the St John place.
 A large number of our people were in.
 vited to the lawn party at Mrs Arthur
 Munson's in South Britain, the evening O
 the Fourth.
 Mrs Melville Page of Mt Vernon, N
 Y., is the guest of her mother, Mrs Mon
 roe Smith.
 Miss Clara Bostwick of Middlebury ii
 visiting her aunt, Mrs H. NJ. Hunt.
 A meeting of the Temple was held ol
 Friday evening.
 MT Morehouse of Thomaston has re
 moved to Mrs Smiths house, and hiret
 the shop occupied by the late A. c. Win
 ship, where he will carry on blacksmith ing.
 MT Baldwin entertained friends ol Sunday.
 Rev B. F. Cokely preached at Hull'
 Hill, Sunday afternoon.
 Miss Clara Gray is home for her sum mer vacation.