The Newtown bee., 1893-03-31

l " and aDSOlulely SlNe, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Saml Averill and to his heirs & assigns forever two hundred acre of land situated and lying within the bounds ot Kent aforesaid (vs) Sd part called Vera mague Reserve in the Second lot in the South Division lying in two pieces bounded as fol lows, the first piece beginning at a white oak tree which is the South East corner bound of the first lot thence running East degI ses South about 200 aud 30 Rods to s lot thence | running North East to Sam Chapple land and | bounded on sd Chapple land to the first Lot out thence bounded on the first lot to the first
 bounds mentioned, containing one hundred acre more or less. The second piece lying in the North East corner of the Second Lot bounded Easterly on tn 3d Lotand Northerly on the line divided Hartford X Windsor land and the Colney land and Westerly and South erly on sam Chapple land containing one hun dred acres more or less.
 To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, With the appurtenances | thereof, unto Saml Averill and his heirs and l assigns, to him and their own proper use and behoot And also I the said Chere Ware mauge do tor myself my heirs, executors and administrators and administrators, covenant with the said Saml Averill, his heirs and as- | signs, that at and until the ensealing Of these | presents well seized of the premises as good | indefeasible estate in fee simple, and have q | good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form is above written; and that the same is free from all incumbrances | whatsoever.
 And furthermore, l, the said Chere Ware mauge do by these presents bind myself and my heirs forever to Warrant and defend the above granted anc bargained premises to the said Saml Averill his heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever, | In Witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of July in the 22d year ot the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second of Crate Brittan our King, Auno Domui l749.
 CIIERE WEARAMAUGE (LS)
 Signed, Sealed and Deliv-
 cred in presence of
 Amos Northrup,
 MT Averill's effective work in connec- tion with the Washington grange, is well known and has been commented on in these columns before. Suffice it to say he represents a class of New Eugland's s
 best farmers, of whom there are none
 too many.
 Before closing this article mention
 should be made of Mir Averill's grand
 mother, now deceased, a very remark able and estimable woman who died in
 1891 at the advanced age of 104. In the
 memorial volume of Mrs Averill, which
 was prepared by Rev George William
 Davis, it is stated that among
 MRS AVERILL' EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS
 were those of attending the funeral of her Grandmother Johnson, who died Deccm- l hnr h,, ,l,,G Gx,o T ! a half old, and rode the same horse as her mother, to whom she was tied be- . hind. Her mother died before she was quite six years of age. While retaining no particular knowledge concerning her, she distinctly remembered her and most of the circumstances relating to hel death and burial. In her eighth year her father married again.
 : Two years later we find she had ire ] quently attended school at
 1.-THE BENT,' AS SOUTH BRITAIN Q was called, from the bend made by the 3 Pomperaug river in that vicinity. The = seats were rough benches made of split logs, without backs to rest against. She also attended little school one winter : in Hollow Swamp to learn to work mus ] lin. A fondness for reading, so charac
 teristic her maturer life, began to show
 itself in these juvenile days, for she reaC
 every book obtainable, and every other month drew two books from the public . library. She possessed to the last book
 that belonged to her father. As further indicating the tenacity of her memory may be mentioned the following incl dents: When very young there appeared letter in the newspapers from John Ad . ams, then Minister to England and after. wards
 , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
 written to his wife. He had been break
 fasting with several men of prominence and learning, when they were suddenly p interrupted by "fanatic' who wished
 to introduce steam as motive power
 That fanatic has since become known
 as Robert Fulton, the celebrated Amer
 ican engineer. The general mourning or l the deaGh of Washington, 1799, and tho - memorial services in his honor; the r husking parties which tradition makes so common in New England a hundred n year ago, and the
 ''PEARING BEES'' ' to pear apples, when nuts, fried cakes T cider and apples would be passed around . are among the things of which sine al o ways retained vivid recollection About the beginning of January, 1791 2 she contracted cold which developed r into typhoid condition, proving too pow e erful for the aged frame. After an easy ) sickness of about three week, she passed away as she had lived-calm, happy : triumphant-on Friday evening, e o'clock, January 16, 1891, aged 103 years 8 months, and II days. She was report ' ed to be the oldest person in Connecticut as well as the oldest pensioner in tn, h United States.
 A TIN WEDDING.