The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-07-28

claims upon your Difference and kind
offices. This is his will upon whom
you are DEPENDENT, and who will judge |
and reward you according as you obey
or disobey his commands.
Obedience to this divine Injunction |
will have most beneficial effect. 1t
will soften and refine the manners, and |
cultivate the finer sensibilities Of the |
soul, and beget feelings and habits Of
reverence. Let parents then be es-
pecially watchful in training their
children to obey this divine command.
Let no rudeness, no Impotence Of
childho cd manifested toward the aged,
pass unrebuked. Let your children all
be taught, both by precept and exam
pie, to rise up before the hoary head,
and
TO HONOR THE FACE OF THE OLD MAN.
Allow me now to call your attention
to some facts and "reminiscences con-
nected with the life of the venerable
woman, the Goth anniversary of whose
birth we are assembled to cOmmemo-
rate. Mary Ann Glover, the daughter
of Solomon and Mary Glover, was born
November 10, 1776. The place of her
birth was near where Mr. David Curtis
now lives. 1t was called at that time
the Burroughs Farm. Her father
moved, however, from this farm when
she was an infant, to the place now
owned by Mr. Lamson Lake, where she
grew up and lived until she was mar
ried. There were IL children, of whom
three are now living, and are present
here to-day. Our friend was baptized
by the Rev John Beach, the first min
lister of this parish, and in the second
Church erected by this parish, which
stood in the street nearly opposite Mr.
Dicks. She remembers Mr. Beach
perfectly we'll, and describes him as
being somewhat corpulent, and not
remarkably handsome, but as being
very pleasant, and fond Of children.
That this was SO, one circumstance, OF
which she has very vivid memory,
testities. The children we're invited
to his house The lived where David
Glover now does), to speak pieces and
act plays: he had little platform pre-.
pared to accommodate them. Mary
went with the children from bel
neighborhood; but was enjoined by
her father not to stay in the evening,
because she was too young to come
home after it was dark. (She was not
quite six years old when Mr. Beach
died). In returning home she parted
from the other children, insisting that
her way home was through the street
When she arrived nearly opposite
where her son now lives in the street
a man who kept little store, imagin
ing that she was lost child, came out
and asked whose child she was? She
told him, and he kindly carried her tt
her home. This must have occurred
IS years ago, and yet she remembers il
perfectly we'll.
She relates the following anecdote
respecting Mr. Beach, which she heard
from her father. Her father anc
others were fishing on Saturday night
near what is now called Benefits
Bridge. They we're having very gooc
luck, and the result was that they
trespassed somewhat upon the Lords
day. In returning home, Mr. Glover
was under the necessity of passing MI
Beach's house, and he bethought hin
to beStow shad upon the minister
imagining, perhaps, that the gift would
act as sort Of salve for his wounded
conscience. Mr. Beach received the
shad very gratefully, remarking
| eyes, yes, you have trespassed upor
holy time; but then, there is only one
season in the year in which you Car
fish," 1t is evident from this story
that the shad answered the double
purpose of salving Mr. Glover's con
science and splicing the parsons logic
Mrs Birch remembers the encamp
ment of detachment of the French
army in Newtown during the Revolu
tionarY War. The camp was where
the railroad depot now stands Theil
horses were brought by the servant:
to the stream near her fathers house
to be washed and watered. The
officers were frequently at her fathers
house. They spent their money Law
ishly; at least it appeared so to the
frugal colonists. One item Of theil
expenses is somewhat amusing. They
would pay dollar every time they
could have the privilege Of kissing the
little girls in the family. Mrs B
remembers the breaking up of the
French camp, on the departure of the
troops for New Haven, and of seeing
the glistening of the SUD upon theil
bayonets, as they marched up the bill
near Frederick Sanford's. These
things are for US matters of history
and yet there is here with us veneer
able woman who saw them with bel
own eyes. Her father was a Tory, as
we're many other residents of New
town; and he suffered not little per
secution for his adherence for King
George. He and others had places Of
concealment in the woods, to which
they were accustomed to retire when
ever search was made for the Tories
Sometimes they remained in theil
hiding places for weeks. A certain
negro, who was accustomed to exercise
his musical propensities in blowing a
shell, gave them warning in this way
from time to time, of the movements
Of the Wings. A party of them came
at one time to the house of Mr. Glover