Putnam patriot., 1912-07-26

turer in the state of Rhode Island at that time) for a number Of years. It is stated of him that he was very gen erous in all educational matters, and that he educated one or more young people at his own expense.
 He was great walker, and it l. said that he often walked from Pas coag to Providence. Being oyertaken once by the stage coach and invited to ride, he declined, saying he was some what in a hurry.
 He was q hard money man and de- clined to take paper money for some years after the war, expecting the gov. ernment would go into insolvency or repudate the war debt. In lS53 the l government made new Issue of pen nes. The Squire made business of buying the old ones and paying for them with the new. At the time of l his death he had about Ss0o0 in pen- nies on hand, which were stored in a greenhouse on his premises. These pennies weighed 9500 pounds. The writer saw them in the depot at Quin- ebaug paeked in boxes and reaoy to ship to New York, where the coin col. lectors no doubt made many valuable sets.
 He had one son, now a resident of Grafton, and who enjoys an annuity from his fathers estate. The Squire willed each county in the State of Con neelicut >10eo for the purchase of law library, thus building for himself an enduring monument. The Squire was very peculiar in some respects. l think he was the only man in Thomp- son who voted for Ben Butler for pres ident. He was an answering Demo- erat and it was an ugly job to hold a political argument with him unless you were better posted than are ordi- nary mortals.
 In the latter years of his life the Squire became nearly blind. Being a great reader of the New York Journal of Commerce and other financial pa pers of the period, his blindness tried him sorely. The writer has visited him at his room many times and read ways very grateful. He occupied but one room, doing his own cooking and all his housework. Some of his wealth was there also, as he had large tin pans and quarters sitting around in various places.
 The Squire had large mineral ca binet which was pronounced valuable by those who were capable judges. The writer purchased all Of this pei sonal estate except money after his death. There was a good sized build ing full of every conceivable thing al- most, that he had accumulated during his life, the most remark able collection of it's kind ever seen. Yarn on the bobbin that he had spun when a boy, old rakes, old hoes, old forks, old tubs, pots, kettles, and other articles, many of then entirely worthless to numerous to mention. The writer found in th $ collection more than 1000 tin types of eminent men who flourished during the war period. He also found 65o pounds of tirth's English steel ,which the Squire had purchased to make PikeS for the soldiers. This was in the original case as was also the tin types. It would almost seem that the Squire $ mind was little twisted on some sub jeets. He seemed To have had but lit- tie faith in the government. When Jay Cooke failed, the Squire approach ed the writer tFemblingly with news paper in his had andi announced the failure, saying that the government could not survive the stroke.
 Being asked about the great common wealth, levy upon that, he said, "wilh this country in its present. condition and you will have another civil wnr worse than the last. His conversation on general subjects was highly interest ing, but financial topics excited him. IL was little strange that a man of his intelligence and foresight could not see the every day progressiveness of Il e country, and the inpossibility of the consumstion of his prophecis. IL is hardly to kbe accounted for except il might b. considered monomanis. The Squire lies buried on hill just little ways from the village of Quinebaug