Connecticut western news., 1910-09-29
Rosy Dreams of Youth Dis counted by Love Vision
 of Oncoming Age
PROVING OLD ADAGE
 IT NEVER RUNS SMOOTH
Stern Guardians of the Town Brown and by Threatening to Appoint a Conseryator, Impede the Progress of the Wedding March.

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 When Sidney Reed, Falls Village, died some nine years ago, he left between $10, 1000 and $15,000 to his wife. Sarah Reed. He was well known citizen of the town, owned a livery stable, was deputy sheriff, and quite prominent in local affairs. His holdings consisted of a very pleasant and commodious house near the depot, and other properties. As there were no children, everything at his death went to his widow, hand some, well preserved woman, who to- day bears her sixty odd years with the grace of youth.
 Mrs Reed has ever been held in high esteem by the village people, but when a romance came into her life, that in some respects rivaled that of a girl of IS. the village people were agog over it, and there was no end of speculation as to how it would all end.
 A year ago, or whereabouts, Mrs Reed spent season in Florida, as guest of friends from Kent, who had a cottage there While south, her friends, jokingly told her of very gracious gen. tleman they knew who lived in Tampa, named J. S. Kerlin, and some one jokingly remarked that here was 8 good chance for the handsome widow to secure a most estimable young man. How seriously this bantering was taken to heart. let the sequel show.
 On her return home, Mrs Reed and the Tampa gentleman opened a cor respondence. Neither had seen the other, but both had received strong en- dorsements of the other through mutual friends. Both are estlmable people Kerlin is apparently about 35 and Mrs Reed about 66. Through correspondent 3e a meet n between the two was arranged and report said some days ago that the young man from Florida was coming on to marry the widow.
 Least week stranger arrived at Falls Village and in a bold free hand in- scribed on the hotel register his namc as J. s. Kerlin. He began making inquiries regarding Mrs Reed, as to where she lived, etc. This started tliG SOSSlp ps bblhluSs, tuab d plpTlt1d u1dil was about to marry Mrs Reed and as is natural in small country village, it became the talk of the town, Finally the selectmen, it is claimed, took the m9tter under consideration, with the vlew of having a conservator appointed over the fair widow, on the ground that she is not at present competent to manage her own property, and that "there may be danger ill its loss to her, '" though up to the time of this romance cropping up, no one ill the village enter tained any such impression, as she has always had the management of her affairs, and, so far as known, has managed them shrewdly. AS she has not chick nor child in the world, and no one but her sef to look after, or satisfy. Mrs Reed naturally thinks she is capable of attending to her own affairs without public interference.
 What the outcome of the affair would be was for a week 8 matter of speculation. Tuesday, the two most interested parties met. MT Kerlin was about town during the day, and his presence started the story that a wed- ding was in prospect. Whether the authorities would take a hand in the matter, on the belief that it is a case that warrants such guardianship on their part, or whether the romance would be allowed to take it's natural course was the local question of the hour. @
 Mrs Reed has always been 8 women of good common sense, and many who know her best said that if she had a desire to remarry it was her business and no one elses, and that the town authorities would be infringing on individual rights to take1a course such as had been intimated. Meanwhile the romance continued uncertain, up to the later part of the week, when, at a meet ing between the two most interested, it IS said the proposed wedding was cal!rd off, as the gentleman from Florida fonnd there was a decided objection on part of the local authorities to this marriage taking place. The next dav he left town. and thus has Fall Village romance been nipped ill the bud.