The Press., 1901-01-31
(For The Press.)
ALBUM "REMINISCENCES. NO. 2.


ALBUM "REMINISCENCES. NO. 2.
sTo my friend, Amos Preston:
Dear Sir Il was born hi 1866. lam
SO, was 10 years old at the time Of the
battle of Bunker Hill. My father com
handed the left wing In that battle, and
was killed the next year at the battle OF
Harlem Heights. He was colonel Of the
Rangers. THOMAS JOHNSON.
----.--------~-~----- wellington, Dec. 9, 1858.
Jan. Is, 16, II, Mr.. Knowlton broke
out the roads from his home to Newman
Marcys, with oxen and horses. He rode
on the horses and made good road. He
is now In his ninety-fi year. Where Is
there another man of his age anywhere
who can do likewise Mr.. Knowlton is
considered the richest man In town. He
acquired his property by industry and
frugality, has been generous to the poor
and to all charitable institutions. Enjoys
remarkable good health, is able to do
mans days work, reads and writes with
out glasses. AMOS PRESTON.
Wilmington, Jan. IS, 1854.
To my friend, Mr.. Preston
Dear Sir: In reading your album see
that some have given the names of their
parents, grandparents, and the number of
their children and grandchildren. l am
the mother of eleven children, all living.
The oldest Is A, and the youngest is %
I have six grandchildren now living. My
fathers name was Joseph Hunt of Col
umbla. My mothers name was Mary
Fuller, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Full.
Ter, the first minister in Wilmington. His
father was the son of Mr.. Edward Fuller,
who came to this country with his father
in the Mayfower, in the year 1922. With
this send you piece of bed curtain,
which was brought over in the May flower.
am the youngest but one Of ten children.
1 was born in Columbia March 1, 1888,
and am In the sixty seventh year of my
age. SALLY ID. ELDREDGE.
was rs last October. My wife was
sc last March. She has written so much
on page In your book that think l will
not write much myself.
ELIJAH ELDREDGE.
Holland, Dec. %, 1858.
Dear Sir You said truly when you
remar ked that was probably the oldest
teacher In this county. There are many
teachers, however, in New England, par
ticularly In Massachusetts, who are older
than myself. Many of the veterans OF the
rod and the ruler In the old Bay State
bear upon their venerable looks the frost
of more than sixty winters. Yet the
knowledge they impart to youth is as
| fresh and fragrant as the perfume Of the
buds and: blossoms of early spring.
have been at the teachers desk forty
years. l began teaching at the unripe
age of Is years, Ammo Domini 1914. l
have taught four terms in my native town
Of Mansfield, one term In Chaplin, five
terms in Wilmington, three terms In Gov
entry, seven terms in Tolland, one term
in Stafford, one term in Ellington, one
term In Windsor, three terms in Weth-
ersfield,.-all in this state. l have also
taught two terms In the state of Penn
| sylvania, four terms in New York, two
terms in New Jersey and two terms In
Vermont. My services have been con-
fined principally to the common district
school, among those who are deemed
the most humble of the profession. My
wages have ranged from twelve dollars
to fifty dollars per month. But feel
that my labors as teacher of children
and youth must soon close. A very few
years at most, and some younger and
more vigorous sentinel must stand In my
place to guard our social and religious
privileges, and defend our political free.
dom in those little citadels that are plant.
ed In every school district in New Eng.
land. Your truly.
LEONARD LOOMS"
The first of these writer's refers to q
we'll known Revolutionary hero. The
posterity Of the second writer are scat
tered from Connecticut to Colorado
Sylvester Durham of the Travellers In
surance company, Hartford, is grand
son, while the third writer was vel
known veteran school teacher of Tolland
There may be few living who can cal
up that "rod" and ''ruler"