The Press., 1905-11-22


 authorizing the selectmen to draw an order upon the town for $674, being the proportion of Stafford of the ex. pense for a permanent location of the field railroad.
 Born In West Stafford. 14th, a daughter to Clifton o. Smith.
 ! In Stafford Springs, 17th, a daugh- ter to Peter Larive.
 Died. In Stafford, 1lth, Amasa Jewett, 93.
 Continued from last weekly EARLY HIST RY OF THE STAFFORD MIN
 RRAL SPRING BY RRv. 0 HAMMOND OF
 MONsoN.
 His descriptions of Hartford, Weth- ersfield and Middletown, a hundred years ago. are very interesting; and he seems to have greatly enjoyed this part of his visit to Connecticut.
 Arriving at Wethersfield, June Sth, he said, II have spent this morning in riding through paradise. My eyes never beheld so fine a country. He dined at a tavern kept by Widow Griswold. The landlady was very chatty. She says the deputy governor calls here, and always has some con- ical story to tell her. He asked her the other day to come down and see his wife make cheese. He has twen- ty-two COWS, and his women make cheese in the forenoon, and then dress up and go out or receive company at home.
 That jolly, rural deputy governor, to whom MT. Adams alludes, was Matthew Griswold of Lyme, Conn. He had been judge of the supreme court. He was then deputy governor, and afterwards governor succeeding in both offices the Elder Jonathan Trumbnll. called by Washington his "brother Jonathan, Governor Trum. bull and Deputy Governor Griswold both held their offices together, by annual elections, for fifteen years, from 1769 to 17S4.
 Mrs Griswold, who "made cheese' in the forenoon. and "dressed up" and received "her company' in the afternoon, was remarkably connected with Connecticut governors, and some of them were very distinguished. Her father, Roger Wolcott, was gov ernor four years, 1750 54, and was previously deputy governor niue years, 1741 50. Her husband, Matthew Griswold, was governor two years, l7S4-96, and had been depu y fifteen, 176964. Her brother, Oliver Vol colt, was governor two years, 1796- 99, and deputy ten. 1786-96. Her son, Roger Griswold, was governor, and died in his second year of service, 1S1O-12, universally lamented. He had been deputy two years, and a member of congress ten years. Her nephew, Oliver Wolcott, was the first governor under the constitution, ten years, from 1877 10 1927.
 Let Governor Hawley find, if he can, Governor Griswold's old cheese press, and give it place in the cen- tennial exhibition at Philadelphia. It will be 8 great curiosity as to it's model and action. It will visibly symbolize the hoQsehold work of the peerless women of New England 8 century gone by, and before, and txuo cS A00 as the wives of John Adams and Mat. thew Griswold never themselves thought of scorning, and never dream ed their daughters would.
 From Grlswold's tavern MT. Adams rode to Middletown. and put up for the Sabbath at Shaler's, near the court house. Notwithstanding it's pleasant scenes and incidents the day closed in discontent. II shall not take another journey for health. I sometimes feel sick of this, I feel guilty I ought not to saunter and loiter and trifle away this time. I ought to be employed for the benefit of my fellow men in some way or other.
 "In all this ramble from Stafford I have not met with anyone know, except Jo. Trumbull, who, with his father, was crossing the ferry at Hart ford for the east side, while I was for the west. "
 The meeting, that morning, for a moment in crossing the ferry, unex- pected and tantalizing doubtless to both parties, would be likely to give tinge of soberness to the thoughts of MT. Adams for the rest of the day and evening. The sight of the Trum- bulls-father and son-must have awakened unavailing longings for Q conference with those representative men Of Connecticut, on the political issues of events in Massachusetts, then regarded everywhere with the deepest solicitude, by the friends of the popular cause. Both the Trum-> bulls were in the most cordial conf dence of the Massachusetts patriots, both were in the plenitude of their  influence with the people of their own state. The elder Trumhull stood foremost among the noblest of Con- necticut statesmen, in office, in wis dom, in infiexible patriotism, in spot less integrity. Both were graduates of Harvard, the younger not far from the tune of MT. Adams, and was his faithful and life long friend. The elder was a class Innate of Thomas who was then governor of Massachusetts, and was known by him, then governor of Connecticut. to be, and to have long been, the most relentless enemy of "the brace of Samuel and John.
 The friends as they met could only