Arizona republican., 1920-01-25

A. WyckcIiffe twice governor of Ken lucky.
 Restless men and women of rest less world; skeptics who believe that the joys of the old order are myths fancied in the minds of irresponsible iGeaiists, and that element of human ity that believes marriage d failure and that happiness in wedlock is an irideScent dream, would do well to visit the humble and peace loving commun- ity of Breckenridge some fine morn ing, and there enter the white cottage where pr. and Mrs Joseph Singer Hal stead are spending tranquilly the re- maining days of lives made useful and glorious.
 Married in 1852 Back in 1852 this couple were mar ried and during the 6S years that have followed Mrs Halsteda will tell you that her husband never has spoken an unkinc word to her-that in all those years she never saw him mad at her"
 And Doctor Halstead, lovable and kind. with q flood of sympathy beam ing from eyes that no longer see the objects of the world, will say that his good wife, Margaret, never was harsh with him in all her life.
 Not single jar has come, during ,all these years to mar the happiness of the house of Halstead. A silver we'd ding and a golden wedding have been
 
 to pass-if the span of life continues for seven more years, Joseph SingeG Halstead and his helpmate, Margaret, will be the central figures in a dia- mond jubilee.
 Eight living children are the fruits of this marriage. solemniZed in Lexing- ton Ky, 6S years ago. and from these have multiplied for Dr. and Mrs. Hal stead grandchildren, great -grand-chi dren and great-great-gra that count, in all, 5S.
 When one sits and chats with this venerable man, it seems scarcely be- lievable that he has lived for more than Q century, yet the documentary eVi- dence is there. On March f, ISIS in Louisville, Ky, Joseph Singer Halstead was born.
 At the time pr. HaIstead was born the battle of Waterloo was still cur rent world topic: Napoleon was still alive and passing away his declining days at St. Helena, and St. Louis was a frontier trading post of the vast re- public that now stretches it's ciViliza- tion to the Pacific ocean.
 Mind Is Still Alert
 While feeble in body. Dr. Halstead's mind is still keen and alert and his memory serves him we'll He can recall having seen the great Lafayette in Lex ington when Dr. HalStead was : years old. He didn't shake the hand of the great French patriot, nor was he near enough to be patted on the head by the great hero but he knew what the idol ized visitor had done for America, and worshipped in his path, along with the other yOungster of the little town.
 'T was taken to Lexing ton by my par ents when I was 4 years old" said Dr. Halstead, "and with the exception of 10 months spent in Richmond. Mo, l re- mained in Lexington until 1860. was Q ted nhNSiri4n Tran sylvania university, and l began the practice of medicine in my own town. Lexington was busy place in the days of my boyhood. The tide of irnmigra- ton from the Carolinas. Virginia and others of the older states was at it's height. Land was cheap in Kentucky. Most of it was given on payment of the recorders fees only and many of those who came continued to wear their Colonial dress.
 Lexington not only had the Transyl- vania school. the best in it's day. but t had a good chance to become a great manufacturing center. At one time it made and marketed all the hats and shoes that were worn west of the Ale gheny mountains. Beaver caps and coonskin caps were popular in those days and many men brought hides to be converted into caps
 Had Good Physicians
 We had what we regarded good physicians in those days and the younger men in the profession had the same hard time of it they have always had. It is human nature to be afraid of young physician.
 "But one evening I was called to Ashland, the estate of Senator Henry Clay, and upon arriving there learned that it was Mrs. Clay who had sent for me and that some of the slave children had scarlet fever. During the calls upon the slave children I got well ac- ouainted with the senator, with the re- suit that we became fast friends. He died in the fall of 1851 and 1 had at