The Press., 1908-09-30
ELLINGTON.

OAAO l oldest and best known residents, died l Thursday evening from a general de- cline due to old age. He was 86 years | of age but had retained his faculties to a remarkable degree.
 Mr. Aborn was the son of Jedediah and Laura Aborn, and was born in Holland, November 26, 1922. He attended the district schools until 1842, and the Ellington High School in the falls of 1842, 1S43 and l844. From 1842 until 1850 he taught school in East Windsor and Enfield, working on farm during the sum ner of those years. In 1850 he went to New Jersey, where he taught a large school for three years. He then returned to Crystal Lake, where for thirty years he kept general store and post office. In 1883 he bought a handsome residence in Ellington Center and the Center store from AL fred s. Gillett, and since that time he g3ad carried on. an extensive and suc- oessful business in company with his only son, Miles H., under the firm name of H. O. Aborn & Son. MT. Aborn served his town in many ways, acting as selectman for twelve years, as town clerk for one year and as postmaster for six years. In 1873 he represented Ellington in the legis- lature. While in New Jersey he be- came member of Methodist church there, and after returning to Crystal Lake he joined the Advent church at that place. In the Methodist church at Crystal Lake, October 13, 1850, he was married to Charlotte Slater, daughter of William and Fannie Slater. He is survived by his wife and their only son, Miles H. He leaves three grandchildren, Henry Chapman. Frederick Miles and Ruth Marie, and one great grandchild, Doris Louise, daughter of Frederick M. Aborn. Charles H. Aborn of Ok. lahoma, brother, also survives him. The funeral was held from his late home Sunday at ? p. m., and burial in the Center cemetery.
 Crystal Lake.
 September 23, 1858, in the Metho- dist parsonage at Stafford Springs. Lucius A. Aborn and Caroline O. Richardson were united in marriage by the Rev. Pardon T. Kenney. We'd nesday about fifty relatives gathered at their home to celebrate their golden anniversary. The house was tastily decorated with autumn leaves and ferns, and the table with cut flowers. Mrs. Aborn was attired in her wedding dress-well preserved, both the lady and the dress. She wore antique jewelry, the same that she wore on her wedding day, and her mothers crepe shawl. an heirloom in the family. Guests were present from Arkansas, Illinois, New York, Bos- ton, Hartford, Rockville, Stafford and Somers. Letters of congratulation were read from Oklahoma, Illinois, Washington, D. O., and Willimantio, and an original poem was read, writ ten by Sherman D. Richardson of Rochester, N. Y., which is given below :-
 GOLDEN WEDDING.
 A gateway of gold
 'Orost the pathway of life.
 And those who pass through it
 Are man and wife.
 Fifty long leagues
 From the nuptial bowers,
 So rich with the bloom
 Of the orange flowers.
 A wonderful road,
 Mysterious the way,
 That far backward stretches
 From that festal day.
 Roll backward, o vapors
 Of time. from the view,
 That the old may oommingle
 With the tints of the new.
 The monuments
 Of home arise,
 Where childhood hills
 Wed summer skies.
 To mark the spot
 Of pleasures fled,
 As stand the tombs
 Above the dead.
 The notes of childhood
 Rise and fall-
 Tha OAnnrakioun