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Sm •MPMA ^ —-- t--- -—Dr. Lewis Swift of Marathon, N* Y.• •markable youthfulness of body, mind, and thought, Mrs. Huntley replied with this expression of new thought, which at least in Isolated Instances is old as the world:Why, I don’t worry, and I trust In God. I believe my destiny was maj-ked out from the beginning. I dldrt’t have many educational advantages, marrying when a mere girl, and I’ve worked hard Ail my life, but I’ve tried to improve my mind and use my eyes and profit by the lessons I’ve learned. And, above all, I've kept cheerful. By keeping cheerful I’ve kept my health. I’ve kept my faith, and that’s all there Is to It, Isn't it? The concluding remark of this old-young lady fairly bristled with the eterjval feminine. . \Pose for my photograph?* Why,' I don't know. Aren't you afraid lil crackthe camera? No. Well, all right, then.But I wish you’d tell the photographerfor Heaven’s sake to pose me right. The last time the man had the capiera nofi more than four feet from me and it broadened my face out so It didn't look any more like me than you do. Have him be careful, please. Good-bye.When Hailey's comet made Its last visit here, Joseph Evans, 84 years old, veteran of the Mexican war, now living at 184 Belleville Avenue, Newark, N. J., was a country lad 10 years old, and he still has a dim recollection of the comet’s visit.At that time Evans lived with his father, who was Richard Evans, a gar-*dener by trade, at Tarrytown, N. Y., near Buttermilk Hill. There was a party of surveyors in the vicinity of his home for some time making land measurements.One day, Mr. Evans says, while the surveyors were thus engaged they placed a telescope at the top of the mountain. The country people became curious at the presence of the big Instrument. They gossiped much about It, and soon the whole countryside population besieged thasurveyors. IIt had then become known among the people that the com«t was about to appear.- They gfft restive and their suspicions and superstitions became aroused.During all this turmoil, Evans says, his boyish imagination got active. He noticed the country folk making frequent visits to the top of the mountain to taka a squint through the big Instrument After their visit to the mountain the people would troop back to the village and tell all sorts of tales of what was going on up in the heavens. Those of the villager* who had not gone up to take a squint through the telescope were Impelled by these odd stories to hie themselves to the top of the mountain and see what was going on.Mr. Evans does not quite remember whether it was what the people saw or what the surveying party suggested, that stirred the people up. But it was enough to arouse his natural bent for star gazing. So, with the determination of thecountry lad, Evans sallied up the mount-r. ,4 - . . _ * A -• ** a.--\\I4V’ft4• ;%;v» ■ *. *1* • Af*.* 'itvSarah D. Huntley of PhoenixArizona.- .. »* . * n one day, and begged one of the mencharge of the telescope to allow him• have a squint at the great heavenly lenomenon.been in correspondence with Mary Proo-tor about the present visit of Hailey’* comet. Mr. Evans said that he attended many of ihe lectures given by Mary Proctor's father. At the time of the visit of Donatl s comet in 1858, when Mr. Evans was living In California, he wrote to th* newspapers regarding his observations,believing that he was one of the first persons to detect the presence of the comet.Mr. Evans was born In Birmingham, England, and came to this country when * hlt; was 4 years old. His father was a Welshman. He has written several newspaper articles on astronomy, and he wrot® the Incidents of his life, extracts of which have been published in newspapers from time to time. He served all through th® Mexican War with Stevenson's CaliforniaExpedition. J, -Among those who saw Hailey’s clt;r!toett In 1S35 is Mrs. Mary Snell Btfsh, widow of the late George BuBh, now a -nesMent of Lowvllle, Lewis County. M. Y., Who on July 12 next will be 92 years of age.Mrs. Bush, who has been a widow nearly forty years, resides with her daughter, Miss Hattie Bush. She Is in complete possession of all her faculties and as much interested as ever In current events and every-day happenings of th® world.Although in middle life, an Invalid for many years, she is now quite strong physically, and is able to attend to her household duties quite as easily as many women who have not seen half her days. A few days since her daughter, meeting a friend on the street, was asked about the health of her mother, and replied that she must be pretty well, as she had Just left her at work cleaning the cellar,^She has a distinct recollection of ,Haley’s comet as it appeared trr 1881V was then a girl of about IT oiand resided with her parents on, a. fhtfv in the town of Harrtsburg. twelv^ tit#** from her present place of residenceWith her girl companions and others she .w as accustomed to watch the comet, and while greatly interested In the appearance of the strange visitor in ihe heavens, she does not recall that any of her neighbors regarded It with superstitious fear and uwe. or considers! it an omen of impending evil, the pne-( cursor of some great calamity. It camoto those country folks unheralded, was I viewed with interest by them, was thetalk and wonder of the day, and thenpassed quickly out of thejr sight and almost as quickly out of their thought, ^ remaining afterward only a memory.
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Sun, May 15, 1910
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