The evening times., 1898-10-14
SEVENTY YEARS OF BLISS.
The Long Married Life of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Haskell N Happy One.

New York Oct 14.-Mr and Mrs. Samu-
el Spring Haskell are still celebrating the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of their wedding,
although the date was October IL At the
home OF their daughter, Mrs Clark, at
No. 81 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, they
have been entertaining the many friends
who came to wish them joy.
Mr. Haskell is ninety years old, his
wife eighty-six. They are both far from
being infirm. The husband uses no
glasses; the wife reads comfortably with
them They talk spiritedly of the old
days when Brooklyn was a wilderness.
and they are the idols of their children.
their grandchildren and their great
grandchildren.
What is the secret of your long life
and happiness?" asked a reporter yester-
day. And this is what they answered:
There is no secret for old age and
happiness in welded life said Mr.. Has
kell. 1T is in the Bible. Psalms cxxviii
Blessed is every man that feareth the
Lord; that walketh in his ways; =
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well
with thee
Il have tried to do this to the best of
my ability.
Thy wife shalt be as fruitful vine
by the sides of thy house: thy children
like olive plants round about thy table
| have been blessed with loving wife
and loving children
The Lord shall bless thee out of Iii
on, and thou shalt see the good of Jeru-
salem all the days of thy life says the
Psalms. l have prospered. and in my
old age 1 enjoy the promises set forth in
the Holy Book, which adds: Yea, thou
shalt see thy children's children and
peace upon Israel
Il have seen my childrens children and
their children, and though we have had
our sorrows, peace is indeed within us.
We have tried to follow its commands
and we have enjoyed the fruition of it's
promises. We are still dear to each other.
my wife and /. and our children and our
childen's children have proved great
blessings ito US.
"A man must choose we'll when he mar
ries, and having chosen, must make up
his mind to be hapy and to make his wife
happy. When sorrow or differences arise
they can find comfort, advice, consola-
ton, hope in the Bible. For many years
my wife and l have sat every Sunday in
Plymouth Church, listening to the words
of advice and hope. We heard the first
sermon preached there by the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, and we owe much to his
lovable influence
MY husband has told truly what has
been the guiding influence of our life,' >
said the wife. ITO be happily married a
couple must be properly mated. In tastes,
ambitions, affiliations they must agree,
they must start out with a determination
to agree always. Each must make prop
er allowance for the other. The weakness
of one must be balanced by the strength
of the other. They must abree to agree
and so carry out faithfully the vows made
at marriage. Their children will draw
them even closer together; their chill
dren's children will bring them back to
youth, and as the generations come they
will even be brought further and further
away from the fears of cd age and it's
infirmities.
MY husband and 1 are still young in
spirit. We have been blessed in many
ways, and we have determined to enjoy
these blessings to the fullest. True there
have been sorrows in our life. Within
the past year we have lost two loved sons
faithful children who had blessed us in
their noble lives But though their loss
came heavily, we did not despair There
were other children to bless US, to live
for us and to be lived for.
when our sorrows came we leaned
upon each other as we had shared our
joys. There is much sorrow in the world
and many joys. We have tried to remem-
ber the joys and make the most of them,