The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-28
Goshen, Mass. Pastor and
Family Depart
BABIES BADLY MATCHED
Is Decision Of Women Children Are Be.
lieved to Have Been Obtained
from Charitable Institu-
tons.

Goshen, Mass, Aug. 2s.-All the en-
thusiasm over the bankruptcies describ-
ed BY the wife Of the Rev. S. II. Sec
combe, pastor Of the Goshen Congrega-
tional church, as being born to her has
departed from residents hereabouts,
and Thursday the pastor, his wife and
the babies left in obedience TO the mr.
gent request Of the church trustees.
Two months salary was advanced to
seccombe to speed him on his way.
Goshen dimisses the incident with
the opinion that the bankruptcies are
the most inconguous assortment that
housewives herabouts ever saw. Indi-
vidually the babies are fine specimens,
but viewed collectively, it is hard for
Goshen to believe that the stork brought
them in the same basket. There is
difference Of several days, II not more,
lin their age apparently. After inquiry
Goshen announces that, according to the
best information obtainable the four
babies we're secured from Chicago char.
liable institutions.
The affair leaves Goshen with a sort
of heatrache. The citizens were proud
when Seceombe e0nhded to them a month
or so ago that his wife had given birth
to bankruptcies in Chicago. Goshen well
coined Mrs. Seccombe and the babies
on their arrival in the village with re-
pressed enthusiasm, because Seeeombe
said that he was married to his wife, for
merly a widow, late last November. The
stork, be explained, arrived ahead If
schedule, being frightened BY burglars
who visited the Chicago home where his
wife was staying. So. under the cir
cumstances would Goshen forego a publ
liz wecome.
Nathan d. Bell Of Springfield became
50 interested in the family that he sent
trained nurse to assist III the care
Of the quadrupiets. The Seccohube's
deny that they received contributions
totaliug a large sum from many bene
factors all over the country who heard
Of the additions to the family.
Seccombe began bis services here last
spring. He later admitted be had been
utpJbtl 4ENHA a pulpit III 0hld4Vhth dAAEE
divorce from his first wife. Goshen
never saw Mrs. Seccombe until her re-
cent arrival with the bankruptcies and
four other children Of tender years, the
blessings of q former marriage. Pastor
Seccombe explained.
Women who visited the parsonage
came away shaking their heads in per-
plexity. They saw the babies, two boys
and two girls, looked unlike enough to
have been the offsprings Of different par
ents, and that obviously there was an
difference in the ages Of
the littlest girl and the huskiest hoy.
Goshen stopped sewing on gift clothes
to make inquiries The chuych COM
mittee talked earnestly with Pastor Sec
combe, thus learning about his Okla
homa divorce and other things which
the committee declines to divulge.
The number Of carriages and auto
mobiles which had stopped in front Of
the parsonage dwindIed Seccombs
pleaded with the local paper or cor
respondents to cease writing accounts Of
his bankruptcies blessing He said he
would secure documents proving that
the bankruptcies were the oifsprings OF a
comparatively single birth. The church
committee delibemted long yesterday
and adjourned to request Pastor Sec
combe to depart swiftly from Goshen
He and his family adopted the sugges-
ton to-day. II is understood their des-
tination ID q little village near Spring
field.