New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
ROMANCE OF WATERFOWL
BRIDE OF NINETY YEARS is A WIDOW
ONCE AGAIN.
HOW CUPID PLAYED FRANKS WITH A PAIR or
ocToGENARrANS WHO WERE HAPPY IN

HOW c1-prD PLAYED FRANKS WITH PAIR OF
ocToGENARrANs WHO WERE HAPPY IN
EACH OTHERS COMPANY.
The death Of BENJAMIN F. Hunt. in Watertown,
" T. last week. ended p romance which would be
unique the pages Of fiction and proves
that tho human heart never grow TOO Old 70
take on a new love On October % of last year. at
the ago OF eighty-eight he married - Mrs.
John A. Sherman. who had arrived At tho mature
age Of ninety. Mrs. Sherman, the widow - one
OF Waertown's oldest and most pubic spirited
citizens was on account Of the death of her only
daughter who had been invalid for moro than
thirty years left alone with servants In the great
house which had been her home for half con-
tury. Mr. Hunts wife died five or six years ago.
and a letter OF coincidence from Mrs. Sherman
started a correspondence which proved o. grea.
interest and comfort TO both.
Mrs sherman had long been famous among her
friends for her bright and Interesting letters. Early
las, summer she sent an urgent invitation 70 her
friend 10 visit his old homo In Jefferson COUNTY,
making her house his homo while doing 50 u.
accented her invitation and together they visited
the Old place and friends IN Rutland where they
had played together as children and been neigh
bors and friends for many years during their early
married life. the Hunt and Sherman farms adtoi1-
ing each other The aged couple made several
other trips together visiting old acquaintances In
finally proposed marriage. His sweetheart said
afterward they could not brave public opinion at
the time but when tho tlme 10 part came they
decided that Tho speech Of people was OF leSs I'M
portance 10 them than they had supposed" 81. on
October 90 they were married. Mr. Hunts chill
drcn and grandchildren and company % three
hundred guests were present. The bride wore
pcarl-colorsd silk covered with black Brussels net,
and carried a bouquet OF bridal roses. which were
afteruari distributed among those present After
the guests had gone the newly welded pair wen.
% the brides family vault. in BrOokside where her
first husband and he- daughter lie. and left all
a mos, characteristic act. as mora faithful
wife devoted mother. her friends say. never
lived. and IN her new-found Interest and Joy
John ard Caroline were still her thought
Tho months that passed were full Of happiness
for both bride and bridegroom. as they read o.
visited together entertained their friends. The
had peculiarly happy. sunny disposition. and his
wife always maintained a sweetness and patience
which made her universally loved.
After their marriage. many peculiar accounts
the country. and letters from far and near poured
IN upon them. Some 81 these were amusing one
from a man. who said h. was only seyenty-1ve
requested that they ADOPT him. he was IN
orphan and wished an education. He promised,
should his request be granted. TO be ohedient and
studiOus.
Mrs Hunts home gives evidence % refinement Of
taste and love FOR tho beautiful Among Other
things she has large collection OF seaweeds. which
she herself gathered the Pacific Coast and mounted
after she was eighty years old. duplicate 81 this
the Smithsonian Institution. in Washington. She IS
"A good housekeeper. and boasts that a turkey has
never been baked in her house which she did no,
prepare and the baking OF which she did not SUI
bands death. and fears are entertained that she
may no; recover from the shock II has caused her.