The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-07-13

a wonderful faculty for memorizing
what was useful for him to remember
and never forget. Thus when COM
mencing the study of law in the Office
of Gideon II. Hollister of Litchfield,
he recited from memory the long and
splendidly written opening chapter
of the immortal Blackstone, word for
word, without a break or blemish from
beginning to end. That truly was no
incoDsiderable feat for a young and in
experienced student, and it greatly
surprised his instructor. He was not
without a keen perception Of the
humorous in later years when not more
seriously engaged in the consideration
Of political problems or matters of
national interest. I take the liberty
of quoting from one of the many letters
addressed to the writer as far back as
vein as follows: II have got to put you
of with typewriter letter. For II I
waited until can as the Apostle Paul
says with mine own hand write you a
large letter. am afraid you won t get
it and want to answer yours of No
vember 9. have not baited bears to
any considerable extent; have not
hunted deer and have not fished trout
all this summer. spent considerable
time in the Adirondacks, partly sitting
on log whiting, building little
addition to my camp or putting my
elbows on my knees and holding my
head in my bands. 1 had a good deal
of rest, plenty of sleep and a deal of
loneliness. That sums up my recre-
alton for the summer. Since my re-
turn Ito Meriden) have been as busy
as q bee with no time to think, etc. -
In closing the same letter he contrasts
the modern style of cookery with that
of the good old fashioned way in
Connecticut which makes the mouth
fairly water to think about. 1 quote:
"You cannot excite any sympathy or
pity in my breast by telling how you
had to peel potatoes and cook your own
meals. II you had said wash dishes
you might have been pitied, but the
cooking part is fun. I claim to be q
good cook myself, not of the later style
where taste and relish is sacrificed to
appearances, but in the good old
fashioned way which we used to enjoy
in Litchfield County. 1 do not believe
that things taste as good to the young
people now as they did to US in the
early days. I have discovered that
table adornment and aesthetic dishes
are supposed to constitute the Gull
mination of epicurean art. But when
Isee mutton chop tricked out with a
paper handle and fringe on it, long
for the good old days when we killed
our own lambs and ate them up with a
gusto which the world is never again
to realize. am an old fogy suppose,
but being so it is a great consolation
to know that you are another"
HIS SUBSEQUENT CAREER.
OF season spent in Towanda as
assistant to Frederick Gum, and their
return 1.-THE latter married to Miss
Abby Brinsmade and the former cap
tured for mate by Miss Annie Bully
to Washington where Mr. Gum took
charge of the Gunnery he made SO
successful and Orville started for
Meriden to practice law, the world is
already informed. The last time L
met Orville before his departure was
Frank Brinsmade's store, when he told
me it was his intention to enter the
political field as soon as practicable. 1
supposed at the time it was a bit of
bravado on his part and never dreamed
he aspired to be a United States Sena-
tor. wished him success, we shook
hands and parted. When a few short
years after in Chicago learned of his
being sent to the state legislature, then
made Speaker of that body, then
elected State Senator, it certainly
looked as If he was on the upward and
path to high political distinc.
tion. 1t was only after comparative
ly short interval he was chosen United
States Senator, a position he has held
ever since with infinite credit to him
self and honor to his constituency and
the nation, holding many successive |
positions of honor and trust. He Sc
cured the respect and esteem alike of
partisan friends and opponents, and it |
could not be said of him that he had |
an enemy in the Senate, certainly not |
D personal one. He was the very soul |
Of honor, honesty and good sense, and |
rose to be statesman of the first rank.
One of the most beautiful and pre-
traits of his exalted |
was his loyalty to friends.
He never made promise he did not
keep. He was true to the letter OF his |
word. He was far above the trickery,
and treachery of politicians |
solely by motives of selfish
greed, and utterly regardless of the
claims of Others whether just or not.
His friends knowing this, chung to him