The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-06
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HOW MR jysTlcE 5EtXAl-t 1o 2 1T
Ebrle WiboW WINTHROP.

s -'i-f r. ia Extremely cau-
~ aoiii ltles WAS This IsOye-
fSaisfn4 dair IN InssaeIlllsetts IN
ne SlteeRsli Century.
ffie feenth century began to
ayyane a eighteenth colonial he
ii "a loes not grow less curtou'
N iIif 20 d S Il what now seem its ex-
tre3ne 3 lefty, but they beg:l
II assr ii their InaniG estation.
IA tSiir.i r. tie eighteenth century
IT 81 10 INr po1i ble FOR 2 laynlap
who ias a,5igen disre pectfnliy OF the
minister lis parish 70 be sentenced
"a s.oti pair OF stocks at his
own s. and sit IN them dIirii
me fIiilr III ice by way of penhnees
IlFIitn |,| n Iieiei TO Henry Q eolf
IS enfor.e Il him Il more decent re
ss6si .r z III Cotton Of Hungnrs
5far -1 vas In the FIRST half of
~ II, century, In the sec
ond hIf ~ lie century, and more
sa5a5eeia Ii.- if last quarter. this spirit
cifricai erity against sin aId
slinfsF lad 4ched IT'S climax In the
SIs-if,tb r.nnIa "a New England. In the
,ssasfi BID ,rieii followed justice sam
1I.si sstoi ID had sat on the bench
~ fh liusetts witch trials, was
n tcoIde by his conscience
ffia4 IS 1867, sit being a fast
be ided the meeting house
aI1S o-i IFS pubIicly to hear read the
y3av,Si4 a., ISL he confessed himself
...,eTf ibif 81 he gniIt contracted" by
his n II if, I'm lon. ON the bench In the
hdntginr II ehes.
Illis ued . conscience whose ten
sder1 fhordinnry in seven
teent lawyer is perhaps due
.,N.,l 7 In
30 hi on for the ennrcn- ~
'stIldiee II Harvard and after gradual
Ing q IS an the career In the min
,istry ieh IRsted until not Long after
ne Is, j n1rtIed d wealthy heiress, the
tiauf.l II 81 0e the mint master OF
1rass II 4 iiisettb. After the event he de
1aflie 40 more ON the church, but dc.
vote ih eif TO the law, rising to IL.
lfiai nities and yet retainis4=
stfIrou 6nt his lifetime until the ripe
NO mich he courted the widow
wi Is his fondness for religious
srisl - don the reading of the Scrip
tIif and good Canary, which make
his ON q account of his courtship OF the
yvili 81 the greatest treasure OF the
I'll chusestts Historical society's ii
..Son SewalP' being grown T.
N hl estate and settled in the min
ma his Daughter SewalP" be
1atIite In age, Justice Sewal
4hern both willing enough tha
~ uld pay his court to the widoN
1t5nfArop. He being at that time Z:
not-tly figure and an agreeab'o
rounded countenance, with a double
chin las his portraits show, met MAJ
am Ity Winthrop at the house of his Son
Sssiilt and told her he was glad to :.
see Her" as he had not seen her IL
h FeffeAN
OF MI. Homes sermons, but said moth
.fll Of matrimony on that occasion
sIsIiFoklgh the good offices of his 'tDaush-
ter $ewan'' he then Informed Madam
winthrop that II she would be pleas
ed IL be Within he would wait on he;
shortly. She answered that she wou;G
e5pect him. ON the Following Satnr
5ify,' after having dined, he waited OF
her and '.spake to her, saying: My 10y
ing wife died SO soon and suddenl!
'tsFas hardly convenient for me
think of marrying again. However.
have come to the resolution that VII
NOT make my court to any other persoI-
y bout first consulting you. Aftei
tis he had a very pleasant discor=7'
nth her, but as there were about ss'H
other persons sitting In the roon
IL made not much progress on tia
oct. 8, when he waited on her
"a. he was received by cher Daugh
Ssoyes,' to whom he said he hoped
hi suit to hep mother WIS not disa-
.srea5le to her. She answered shewoul,
no be against what might add to her
3fhtsYss comfort. When Madam VIII
op came into the room where sal
a. plain Airs, who had hung up his Int
Sc he belonged to the house., the
Ice asked her to favor him with
ate consultation. Thcreupon, when
BE spake of going into another room
ehaplain Airs presently left with Ill"
hers. Then, they two being alone
prayed that she might be the per
"a assigned to him." She instantly
took it up by way of denial, as II she
bnd catched at an opportunity to do
She made some further discourse
out iinwillingness to leave her CHI
r6n, by which, being discouraged M
mat time from warmly urging be-
ie Justice gave her IL copy of VII
fdss' ''Fountain," with the little print
ana verses, saying he hoped she wo,'''5
al it. She took the book and pr
IA her pocket Thereupon the jus.
ice took leave.
on his next meeting with the wiuor
Ee treated him with great denl O.
c6irtesy and also with wine and mar
aiade. She told him that DIR. In
ease Mather visited her that day in
lr. HutchInson's coach. he gave her
u cony Of the News Letter with