. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. f reminiscence never to be forgotten. Mv uncle seldom went to Waterbury without me, and once whenI went to Litchfield with him I thought there was nothing moreto be desired : he seemed to be always thinking of my welfare, anddoing what he could for my well-being. One can never but in asmall way repay the many kindnesses so ungrudgingly past pleasures of childhood 1 think have no parallel in lateryears. It must stand by itself, or it sh
. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. f reminiscence never to be forgotten. Mv uncle seldom went to Waterbury without me, and once whenI went to Litchfield with him I thought there was nothing moreto be desired : he seemed to be always thinking of my welfare, anddoing what he could for my well-being. One can never but in asmall way repay the many kindnesses so ungrudgingly past pleasures of childhood 1 think have no parallel in lateryears. It must stand by itself, or it should, the fairest, most enjoyablepart of all. If the years come to us, as James Russell Lowell says. Shod withfelt, so that we hardly notice their approach, and as we all mayhope to have them, there seems no reason why life should not be asfull of enjoyment to those of mature years as to children. It much depends on ourselves. Circumstances and general sur-roundings have much to do with it, Imt the sunny disposition, thecontented mind, can almost always fintl l)ooks in the running brooksand good in everything. Waterbury, Conn. Jesse April 5, 1900.—From the fact that the leading character of thisstory is at present acting- the part of a peaceable and law-abiding-citizen, we will not snffer him to bear the humiliation siu-e to followshould I choose to give his real name, so familiar to the people ofWoodbur}-. For fear that he might seek revenge by returning to his old wayswe will, for the time being, know him as Ben, just Ben. Taken as a whole, Bens life was one in which the sunshine pre-dominated, he sought to make it so. If troulile came, as it sometimesdid, he conquered it by means fair or unfair, and laughed at itsflight. While Ben was not generally superstitious, he believed that fateruled certain things. For instance, one bright June morning he wascalled three times before making his appearance at the breakfasttable, then in reaching for the syrup he upset his cof
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