The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-12
Mr.. PORTER'SLOyE LETTERS.
,ors or TEE corIss TEAR owe or
yuE MILEIox<IRYs SONS MlDE

n. uefwNaeaNA1 -MNN AHMA N.H'
Of u. sops who sssh - Have sis
p..,--ed Iassse-Jswsis fsr o-s o.
an. Youss wowe- vho- Hs Aa-ires
sr,NroRp Conn Jan. 1.-THE epistolsrI
..,t Of the love making which seems to hav,
s,eupIed tho leisure time Of the paralytio mil
ronairs. Thomas II. Porter. since the death Of
AZ. elf q three years ago and which h pre-
.nnably the m ain excuse for the application
.oe.ntly brought 10 have him adjudGed In
80. was produced in court through his son
pi.cbeley. who copied them from q book In
hitch his father FIRST wrote them. II Is largely
mon these letters that the case OF the sons
s.sts. II is insisted on Mr.. Porter's side OF the
controversy that they show evidence not Of
,sn,al weakness or alteration. but the con-
,,,ry. In the absence OF standard for love
u,ting at various ages. this may be matter
Al opinion; but his sons think that any one
,bo could write such lstters and send them
.hould certainly have some one TO guide him
IN his affairs.
what might be regarded as popularity In
NJ. porter's love m aking lie the fact that he did
not seem to think IL necessary to be OF with
ths old before he was on with the new. IL
vould also seem that there was n particularly
,.nder spot in his heart for school teachers.
and that the age he preferred In superb
vomanhood." as he liked TO call the sex. was
.omsUhere between 30 and 50 years. The
ls,,ers read In court are but few OF many. The
hoot in which he Is alleged to have written
than out, preparatory 10 making q duplicate
for despatch. covered only the period OF few
brief months and 1t fell into his sons hands
only twice or three times. The supposed re.
cinients ~ the letters have not come forward
10 prove that they ever received them.
Tbe nrst Of the letters bears the date Dec. 80.
Ma H.. t sG Of Stamford. After telling Of the
writer's health and some of his family trou-
bIes, il goes on In this fashion;
Nth y. soa e:
village on how SnIcd for yS, my Ss. H. beloved
ny o. Il Fora we're only hsrsi How ia.sSy
roIS Ss
n. U sn n m s.d % m. ss
weary head nDSn her shoulder and T., me rs: .9%:
Ss... ,S.i wa. Va. In the, villas. Jul.
S SSiss secs ny fnsy. Il VA. venus sr..iias
n .. .gd sSs al -; IN
u. eonc,p,lon wa. wsr,sy Of much richer .:..,na
Il vas since This could DO worn without attracting
;S.p . .ss.aSa % by NINA
turs would almost surely betray our mutual secret
sseS founa and bought it and incio.s Il to you in
s SS,, a npa Il. GODDESS Of ors her an
varying and .dulgent boasas upon the rising
ss .' i' Ia. s''n; :'s
Tho next letter Is dated four days later. Jan.
3, 1893. and differs from the other specimens
IN that It begins with q term Of endearment.
1t 10 addressed TO the same young woman. and
reads:
Apo,I,Ls, Impossible thanks for your precious let.
,.!d nn a, my in airsD9.S .,h a.s ana
h.T:-y.st,rday morning about the d.noing elias.
rom SO sx in The sfisrnoon: IouI letter gave me
own T.H.P.
-Four weeks later. on, Jan, 20. comes the fol-
lowing. still addressed to Fora;
iesns. ana entirely alone .Is:p.inF tss T.. %ina,:.
% nam. s.:S VIII
leading tSoSshs ,hs. oeouDi.d my mind. wssshsr wax:
rasasr 5. e home ,s.a az SaafeD and have
n.y occupied ecu d,d ny oSngs sss entire day Sw
my hand with that soft dainty hand OF yours and
so &c mi :'I ss,s
day q rest indeed have .p.n, arsas any sun
the day when either OF did mos feel Ike go
A. This is sunday why should not close with quoting
versa mOdinsd version from your Sunday School
: NJ Fora, love thee. I know thou Art mine
al ether us ;';:. S q n,s
Il Ger / had love. my zors, its now"
That Is the only letter In which Mr.. Porter
seems 10 nave dropped INTO verse. 1t said.
howeyer. that he once com posed an ode for a
wedding celebration which WAS considerad
:sssiisnt. and ShIeh was attsrwsrd printed
Tor private circulation.
. The next letter OF record bears date OF April |
"a, but meantime Mr.. Porter had prepared |
Of iisr of Jewels which seems to heys mum
intended for transmission to Fora, as note 10 |
appenosu' AZ oeheEeo tnIs memorandum
logue OF gems each item was followed by An |
extended dissertation and running eom mant
The numbers In the frat seotion also coprs
spond with those In the second. Mr. Portsr
$50 $3.50, n.e - ~.
, n.s - os sw.L uasA sELhcrhp Ioh Z
8 A ARE rnbx rn1 Eith h..utifri si.uo.s -.
ting " ~ 'na Wv
large sApphIrs ring richly sat with h. Az.
monds. .
s. A very beautiful smsraId ring ts.tsfullx ,non.,.x
With diamonda = . A-oN-'se
g. A supe rb Narouise al amond rtn1
T. very large Isx andTian Ttng m ount. "A ~,,s a..
large diAmonda. "''1 "As
4 An amsIhyst brooch eonst,ting Of a largs u,azrtn
AM ysI ed in diAmo .sttinr ~ ab,ns
$50 nrst water oldmius stonss " 'n'"''
All Of the above sonss hkys h. an and ..I...s
By ma nsrsonHIy sxsn ~ ~ ~ III, .nu sseesd
the mounting and have been Ioantsd andsr m 49,.
ton and under my ne M suneTyIsion .s e''Se |
IWiI deliver 10 Won 10 ~ orrow onI~ mar, a, an. |
above list for 40 n o. utsh 10 sudd.nix 49, no
By nv eEtrayaKanea a. ~ siys snn m. -, tou
have lost my mead Rssidsn Won IIIi mi n. .hs