Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-01
Valuable Picture Saved at Westerly
Portrait of Lincoln in Library Owned by John S Bsbcoc Whose Houes Was Burned Wsdnesday-W C. T. U. Convention Closes- Superior Court Docket for Mon- day Next-Horton Golden Wedding.

H The three days session of the for-'l ty-first annual convention of the Wo- mans Christian Temperance union of Rhode Island, held in Grace Meth odist church, closed Thursday. with the sentiment that the sessions were ceded. and that the White Ribbon army of the state was fin as good con- dition as ever to battle for the prin- ciples of the organization. The final ! session was colled to order by Mrs | Jennie Lois Rooke, of Providence, song service led by Mrs George F. Perry of Providence followed with scripture reading and prayer by Mrs.l C. C. Ball of Block Island. The min approved for record, and the commit tee on credentials report was accept ed, and the officlal list of delegatesl ordered on record. The officers elected are: Mrs Jen- nie Lois W. Rooke, of Providence. president: Mrs. !. H. Nichodls of Wes- lferiy. vice president-at-large: Miss Emma G. Welch. of Warren. recording I secretary; Mrs. J. O. Babcock, of Wes-. Il teriy, assistant recording secretary;
 Mrs. Bva H. Smith. of Washington. | treasurer
 I At the final session, women prom | inent in the work were formally intro Il duced to the convention and short l talks of good cheer were well received. Il The customary resolutions were adopt | ed and the convention terminated with l the usual closing exercises. The del- II egates to the national convention to | be held at Seattle are Mrs A. NJ. Suffa Il of Providence Mrs. Hannah Owen of Il Central Falls Mrs. Bertha L.. Tender
 son of Newport, and Mrs E. J. Steere
 of Greenvflle.
 H John s. Babeock, who lost many arr ticles of priceless value by reason Of rarity, antiquity or family connection. | in the burning of the house and barn
 he owned at Wamphassett, on the east side of Stonington harbor, wednesday
 afternoon. is the owner of the large II oil painting of Abraham Lincoln in
 the art room of the Westerly Memo
 rial and Library association. which he
 loaned about three months ago. But for that act the picture of the immor- tai Lincoln, the only one of its kind.
 would have been destroyed by the fire.
 The large gi1ded frame bears these words, in raised letters: Post Nublia
 Phobus," After Cloudy Weather
 The large picture was painted from
 life by George Frederick Wright, in
 the Fall of 1S61 prior to Mfr. Lincoin's s
 leaving Springfield ILL. for Washing
 ton. In the picture Mir. Lincoln holds
 an entwining rope, which is explained
 
 Mir. Lincoln in the open. without pro- tection, with a storm breaking, and II with the dissenting states in his hands. 2 though still fastened to the Rock of } l Government" MT. Babcock purchased the portrait from the artists widow. There are great many Italians in Westerly, perhaps one-ffth of the population, and every mothers son of them, and daughters, too felt pride II F~. 4. ~N . l.. band when they arrived at noon. but their pride knew no bounds when a :. couple of hours later the Christopher Columbus ship Santa Maria came up the river in tow of steamer Westerly
 and took berth on the Connecticut side
 the original ship that brought the Italian navigator to the shore of the
 land of the free and the home of the brave, after serving at expositions and the demonstration in honor of Hudson has been going from seaport to sea port for exhibition purposes. and has finally made the periloue trip to the head of navigation of the Pawcatuck
 river. creating a genuine sensation. Il
 being almost as much a novelty to
 some residents here as the original Santa Maria was to the Indians de- picted in the picture of the Landing of Columbus
 The Santa Maria is a square rigger
 and is the first vessel of that class
 to be seen in the Pawcatuck river
 within the memory of the oldest in- Ihabitant and there are many old peo- pie in Westerly. While the Santa Ma
 ria is not a big craft, still 1t is said
 to be the biggest to come so near to the Pawcatuck bridge and the pres-
 ence of the vessel has created a rip- residents on both sides of the river |
 ft The superior court for Washington county, with Judge Chester w. Bar rows presiding, will convene in Wes-
 terly at 10 o'clock Monday morning
 The cases assigned are: Walton vs | Palmer, Joseph HladiSch vs. Julia Sar-
 man; Alexander Mccall vs. Chauncey
 Delano, Lydia W. Palmer vs. Charles T. James,, Mary S. Burdick vs. Will
 liam A. Wilcox; David Syme vs. Jean P. McNen: Herman w. Brown vs Nick Piccillio: William W. Hiscox vs John T. Edmond, e8ecutor.
 At their home in Providence, Wed , nesday evening, Mir. and Mrs. William
 A. Horton observed the golden. jubilee . of their marriage, which occurred in the First Baptist church, Westerly
 with Rev. Frederick Denison ofdciat-
 ing. Mir. Horton was born in voIun- . town, Dec {, 1S42, served in the Civil war and was discharged after three
 years service on St. PatricfCs day
 1865. September 2e he married Miss Mary A. Fielding of Westerly, who
 was born here April 28, 1s46. MT. and
 Mrs. Horton moved to Providence 25
 years ago.
 In the superior court for Washinator
 county at Kingston Thursday, in the
 case of George H. Barber, deputy sheriff. against Allen Anderton Y
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