This is a sample copy of a Chase Chronicle as it appears on the CD. ____________________ I disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy of genealogical data printed in this publication. _____________________ The Chase Chronicle VOLUME 18 JANUARY-APRIL,1928. NUMBERS 1 - 2 The Chase-Chace Family Association Incorporated at Hartford, Conn., July 6. 1899. Col. Harry G. Chase. 830 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. President Miss M. Josephine King, Secy-Treas. and Editor Chronicle 55 Magazine St.. Cambridge, Mass. Tel. Univ. 7255-W Published by the Executive Committee Address the Editor upon all subjects connected with the Chronicle, or send copy to be published in the quarterly. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Boston, Mass. Active and Sustaining members will receive Chronicle whenever published. Annual dues and names of subscribers to be sent to the Secy-Treas.___________________________ The editor disclaims, responsibility for the accuracy of genealogical data printed in this publication._____________________ THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL RE- UNION OF THE CHASE-CHACE FAMILY ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD IN BROCKTON, MASS., ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30th, 1928. __________ (Detailed notice will be sent out in ample time for arrangements. We hope for a large attendance.) __________ THERE WAS A MIRACLE By Abigail Cresson There was a miracle of loaves and fishes, A miracle of water turned to wine . . . Through the bare earth a little leaf blade pushes, Slim as a sword and delicate and fine . . . >From a brown seed no larger than a pin point, A leaf, a stem, a bud, a flower, and then >From flower a seed in rhythmical rotation To leaf and stem and bud and flower again ... There was a miracle of loaves and fishes; But I have seen the miracle of spring! The wonder that is life itself unfolding I have no room for doubt of anything! THE CHASE-CHACE FAMILY ASSOCIATION MID-WINTER MEETING The Mid-Year Luncheon Meeting of the Chase-Chace Family Association was held at the Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Massachu- setts, Saturday, February fourth. Meet- ing at noon for a social hour luncheon fol- lowed at one oclock. After the blessing, asked by the Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse, thirty-three members and friends sat down to luncheon. Although smaller in numbers, possibly, than at some previous meetings, there was a decidedly fraternal attitude and a notice- able spirit of cordiality. Our president, Lt. Col. Harry G. Chase, presided in his usual pleasingly informal manner. After his remarks of welcome he read cards of regret and messages of greet- ing from members covering the United States. During luncheon we were entertained by Mr. Stewart of the Bellevue staff with songs including Negro spirituals. Col. Chase called on the members present for remarks. Mr. John C. Chase, president of the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society announced his Chase Genealogy already in press. Mr. William E. Chase of Newbury, a former president, made a few remarks followed by a poem. Mr. Maurice E. Chase of Arlington spoke of the loss of his two brothersRev. Jason Frank Chase and Lloyd H. Chase.leaving him the last of his line. Frederick Chase, Attorney of Milton, Maurice L. Chase of New Bedford, and Frank W. Chase of the Boston Public Lib- rary expressed pleasure at being able to be present. The matter of deciding on a place of meeting for the annual meeting was dis- cussed. Mrs. Emma Chase Thwing of Brockton, representing the William line, in- vited us to Brockton, explaining tentative plans and offering an attractive program. Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse moved acceptance of Mrs. Thwings invitation, which motion 2 THE CHASE CHRONICLE; was unanimously carriedand the meeting set for Saturday, June 30th, in Brockton, Mass. (Detailed notice will be mailed to members in ample time for arrangements.) The speaker of the day was the Hon. Ed- ward Redstone, State Librarian of Massa- chusetts, who told of the bringing of cannon to General Washington from Fort Ticonder- oga by the youthful Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. (The speakers notes are appended.) Those present were: Col. Harry G. Chase and Mrs. Chase, their son, Ben:;., and Col. Chases sister, Mrs. John W. Macdonald of West Newbury; Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse of West Newbury; Mrs. Emma Chase Thwing of Brockton; John Carroll Chase of Boston and Derry, N. H., with his daughter, Mrs. Samuel C. Prescott of Brookline; Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Lam- son of Boston and Elkins, N. H.; Samuel Myron Chase of Hopkinton, N. H.; William E. Chase of Newbury; Moses H. Chase of Newburyport; Frederick Chase of Milton; Frank H. Chase of Hingham; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Chase of Arlington; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Chase of New Bedford; Dr. Myrtelle M. Canavan of Boston; Mrs. Jane Chase Doak Black of New Britain, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Batchelder of Wen- ham, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur G. Wood- ams (Mrs. Woodams is the daughter of Harry Chase of Rochester, N. Y.); Mrs. Walter E. Rice of Arlington; Mrs. Clarence A. Warren of Winchester, Mass.; Mrs. Gor- don A. Sherwin of Atlantic, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth G. Hutchinson and Mrs. Mira S. Goodrich of Wollaston, Mass.; Wallace A. Sanderson of Boston; Hon. Edward Red- stone, State Librarian of Massachusetts; and Miss M. Josephine King of Cambridge. _______________ Mr. Redstones notes follow: RESOLVES, 1925 Chapter 29 RESOLVE T0 ESTABLISH A SPECIAL COMMIS- SION TO PROVIDE FOR THE MARKING OF THE ROUTE IN MASSACHUSETTS OVER WHICH GENERAL HENRY KNOX BROUGHT GUNS AND AMMUNITION FROM FORT TICON- DEROGA TO THE COLONIAL ARMY AT CAM- BRIDGE IN THE YEARS 1775 AND 1776. Special commission for marking route in Massachu- setts over which General Henry Knox brought guns etc., from Fort Ticonderoga to camp of Colonial army at Cambridge. Report to general court, etc. Resolved, That a special unpaid commis- sion, consisting of the state treasurer, state librarian and adjutant general, is hereby established to ascertain the route in this commonwealth over which General Henry Knox brought the guns and ammunition captured at Fort Ticonderoga to the camp of the Colonial army at Cambridge in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-five and seventeen hundred and seventy-six and, in connection therewith, to estimate the number of markers necessary to forever mark said route and the cost of the manu- facture and erection of the same. Said com- mission shall report to the general court its conclusions under authority hereof, together with its estimates as aforesaid and drafts, of such legislation as may be necessary, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before December fifteenth of the current year. Expenditures. For the purposes of this resolve, there may be expended such sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars, as may be hereafter appropriated. Approved April 29, 1925. RESOLVES, 1926 Chapter 11 RESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF MARKERS BY THE SPECIAL UNPAID COMMIS- SION ESTABLISHED TO ASCERTAIN THE ROUTE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH OVER WHICH GENERAL HENRY KNOX .BROUGHT THE GUNS AND AMMUNITION FROM FORT TICONDEROGA TO THE CAMP OF THE COLONIAL ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE IN THE YEARS SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN- TY-FIVE AND SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX. Erection of markers by commission established to as- certain route in Massachusetts over which guns etc., were brought from Fort Ticonderoga to camp of Colonial army .at Cambridge in years 1775 and 1776. Resolved, That the special unpaid com- mission established under chapter twenty- nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and consisting of the state treasurer, state librarian and adjutant general, hereafter to be known as the General Knox Commission, is hereby con- tinued, and authorized to purchase and su- pervise the erection of a suitable marker in each of the cities and towns on the route in this commonwealth over which General Henry Knox brought the guns and ammu- nition captured at Fort Ticonderoga to General Washington at the camp of the Colonial army in Cambridge in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-five and THE CHASE CHRONICLE 3 seventeen hundred and seventy-six, which guns and ammunition were used by General Washington to compel the evacuation of the town of Boston by the British forces on March seventeenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-six. Marker on Dorchester Heights, erection, etc. Said commission is hereby further author- ized to purchase and supervise the erection of a suitable marker at or near the spot on Dorchester Heights, in that part of Boston called South Boston, where certain of these guns were mounted. Arrangement of markers. The said commission shall arrange said markers in such a manner as to secure a permanent memorial and recognition of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of said evacuation. Cities and towns to provide for erection and care of markers, etc. The cost of erection of each of said markers shall be borne by the city or town in which it is located, or may be met by private subscription, and when erected each such marker shall be cared for, and if damaged or destroyed shall be repaired or replaced, as the case may require, by the city or town in which it is located. Should Proceedings upon failure of cities and towns to so provide. any city or town fail to provide for erection of the marker within its borders, or after erection fail to repair said marker if dam- aged or replace it if destroyed, the work shall be done by the division of highways of the department of public works, and be charged to such city or town and collected in the next following state tax. Expenditures. For the purposes of this resolve, there may be expended such sum, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as may be hereafter appropriated. Approved March 26, 1926. _______________ With his sixty tons of ordnance, on forty- two sleds, drawn by eighty yoke of oxen, Knox left Albany early in January, 1776, and passing through Kinderhook and Claverack, arrived at Nobletown. From there he followed the present road from Hillsdale to North Egremont, except that just before entering Massachusetts, the old road turned sharply to the north, crossing the state line at a point a half-mile or more north of where the present road crosses, as the road of that day went to the north of an abrupt peak, instead of to the south of it as it does today. The course of the old road, however, again coincides with the modem road about half a mile farther east of the state line, and so continues through North Egremont and Egremont Plain to Great Barrington, bearing sharply north through Great Barrington, and then turning east on the road to Monterey. Monterey of today was the Tyringham of Revolutionary days, but the Old Center was a mile and a half north of the present town, in a district now practically deserted. The church shown on the older maps was built in 1743, but was replaced by another building on a nearby site in 1796, which was in turn taken down in 1873 and moved to Housatonic, so that nothing but the cellar hole remains at this time. The evidence shows that there were then two roads through Tyringham. The older was the direct east and west road, which was a development of the Indian trail. There is no question but that this is the course of the Indian trail. It was on the air line route between the east and the western ob- jective. It passed close to Brewers pond and the adjacent brooks, the larder of the natives. The whole character was such as the Indian would have selected. On this road was Brewers, and this road became the town street of Monterey. The northern road was merely a detour to the north to include the town of Tyringham and Chadwicks. The southern road was shorter for the through traveler,the grades were easier, water was more accessible. On the north- ern road was the town life, a tavern per- haps more suited to a fastidious traveler than would be Brewers, with its appeal to the rough campaigner. The travelers journ- als show that the choice of the two routes rested on the mere whim of the individual. It is self evident that Knox, with his heavy loads,with his cattle in need of water,with his impatience to complete his journey, would avoid the steep grades of the longer roads by Chadwicks and choose the road by Brewers, where his particular needs could be best supplied. It is therefore conclusive, that on Janu- 4 THE CHASE CHRONICLE ary 10, Knox reached Number One, after having climbed mountains from which we miglit almost have seen all the kingdoms of the earth, and passed through what is now the street of Monterey, and so over the present road to that road junction which became West Otis. >From there his road when direct through the Greenwoods to the present East Otis, passing between the two Spectacle Ponds, and then through a mountain pass where today there is no road whatever. Here were conditions such as to appall the stoutest heart. Native sons insist that there never was a road there and that it would be utterly impossible for a road ever to have been in such a jumble of mountains, precipices, chasms and valleys, interspersed with rivers, lakes and swamps. After cross- ing the Farmington river, the way was equally bad. Some realization of the nature of this district is gained from the knowl- edge that the outlet of Thomas Pond falls 214 feet in its short course to the river. The outlet of the Rand Pond cascades with a sheer drop of 104 feet. Here was an Indian paradise, teeming with fish,the na- tural habitat of wild game. Through it went the Indian trail, then the pioneer road, followed by the military road. The char- acter of the country well agrees with the description which the 18th century travelers gave of the country traversed by the Green- woods road, which is so unmistakably shown on the 1794 map, where it is so accurately laid down, on a scale of 200 rods to an inch, that it is a simple matter to transfer it to the blank space on todays road map. Knox testified as to the character of the country he passed through on January 11, saying, Went twelve miles thro the Green Woods to Blandford. It appeard to me almost a miracle that people should be able to get up and down such hills as we have with anything of heavy loads. At Blandford we overtook the first divi- sion who had tarried here until we came up, and refusd going any further, on acctt that there was no snow beyond five or six miles further, in which space there was the tremendous Glasgow or Westfield mountain to go down. But after about three hours persuasion, I hiring two teams of oxen, they agreed to go. _________________ Remarks by Mr. William E. Chase Some of you may know that some years ago I was a professional public reader. I gave it up for business after a brief career. I thought I might find myself in the same dilemma which confronted Harry Cantor when after six months tour he opened his door to confront his little daughter, aged four. Instead of greeting him as Papa she ran to the stairs and shouted Mama! That mans here again! Why are we here today instead of listen- ing to what the radio is sending out over the land where we could not see the per- formers ? A little Irishman was summoned to court as a witness to a shooting affair. He was asked did you see the shot fired? No, your Honor, but I heard it. You may step downthe evidence is not suffi- cient. As his back was turned to the Judge a loud laugh filled the court room. Come back here. Why did you laugh? Your Honor, did you see me laugh? I heard you. Your Honor, the evidence is not sufficient. The Judge joined the spec- tators in a smile and the mans Irish wit saved him from jail and fine. In this fellowship and social intercourse we can both see and hear. We are here to add to our personal power by taking from the speaker of the day something which will enrich our minds without loss to him. Some years ago there hung in many homes a picture showing a cross firmly em- bedded in a great rock surrounded by a boisterous sea. A maiden isclinging to this cross. The picture is called The Rock of Ages. It has recently been criticised, but the critic fails to mention an important feature without which it loses its signi- ficance. The maiden clings to the cross with one hand while with the other she reaches down to another who is at the mercy of the waves, in the effort to lift the other to her own position of comparative safety. Unless we try to lift others to our own present leveland we can do no moreour lives are valueless. Pity those whose God lives not in humanity. Mr. Chase then read the poem The Master is Coming written by Mrs. Emma A. Lent. _______________ THE CHASE CHRONICLE 5 JOHN CARROLL CHASE A CHASE GENEALOGY A genealogy of the descendants of the immigrants A Q U I L A and THOMAS CHASE, which has been in preparation by John Carroll Chase in the past two years, bringing the male line down to the seventh generation, is now in press and will be is- sued in a few weeks. Any desired information in regard to the book may be obtained from the author at 9 Ashburton Place, Boston. Editors note: Mr. Chase sent the above modest notice for publication in the Chronicle and I am adding the following: Mr. John Carroll Chase, as most of you know, was the first president of the Chase- Chace Family Association organized in July, 1899. He has always been an active and sus- taining member of the Association and is at present a member of the Executive Com- mittee. He is and has been for some years past the president of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, located at 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Chase is deeply interested in geneal- ogyespecially his own lineand has been an indefatigable worker in compiling this most complete and accurate work. As Mr. Chase is bringing out this Chase Genealogy at his own expense, and as we have despaired of ever having a printed Chase Genealogy because of lack of Asso- ciation funds, we are indeed fortunate in having the opportunity to own a Chase Genealogy of the Aquila and Thomas line so carefully worked out. Mr. Chase, has of necessity, in most cases, confined himself to the male line bringing it down to the seventh generation. The data thus provided allowing of easy extension and amplification by those wishing to go further along their particular family lines. We bespeak a hearty response to this notice in early and large orders. THE AQUILA CHASE GENEALOGY A genealogy of the descendants of Aquila Chase has been talked about for many years, but, as Mark Twain said about the weather, nobody did anything about it. Nearly two years ago the writer began in earnest the work of compilation and since then the full time of one person and part time of another has been devoted to the work. The greater portion of the book is now in type and will be off the press in a few weeks. Manuscript collections in the library of the New England Historic Genealogical So- ciety and the personal acquisitions of the writer have been the basis of the work, sup- plemented by vital records and an exten- sive correspondence, and the result will be a volume of over 600 pages, which will give a very complete account of the family down to the children of the seventh generation. This seemed a logical stopping point as the adding of another generation would mean a large increase in the size of the book and carry the expense beyond the amount the compiler was ready to lose in the venture. It was decided to make it a Chase book, the female lines not being carried forward as families, births, marriages and deaths alone being given, when known. To interest later generations the offer was made to extend the family line of sub- scribers to include their families. This turned out to be a very trying proposition on account of the desire to include the uncles and aunts, the sisters and brothers, 6 THE CHASE CHRONICLE and the children and grandchildren, in fact add a whole family, history, which was never contemplated and entirely out of the question. In more than one case manuscript was submitted that would fill several pages with the ultimatum if you will print that I will take a copy of the book. Needless to say that the offer was declined. It is hoped that in due time a second volume may ap- pear, bringing the family history down to date but the writer has had sufficient en- joyment of the kind and is paying well for it. It is his own enterprise and any praise or criticism is his. The writer also wishes to voice a protest against the printing of so much genealogic- al misinformation relating to the early Chases. He has not yet been able to establish any connection of the Chase immigrants to America with the family in England. If anyone has any actual proof of the con- nection he would be pleased to have it, but to be of value it must be sustained by records, not a mere repetition of what some misinformed person put into print years ago, and which has been discredited time and time again. JOHN CARROLL CHASE. __________________ JOHN C. CHASE HEADS GENEALOGY SOCIETY The annual meeting of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society was held Feb- ruary first in Wilder Hall, 9 Ashburton Place and elected officers and councilors for the coming year. All the present officers were re-elected, including James P. Par- menter, who took the place of the late Nathan Matthews. Officers for 1928 are: President, John C. Chase; Vice-Presidents, James P. Parmenter, Alfred Johnson, Al- bert H. Lamson, William W. Stickney, George A. Moriarty, Jr., George S. Godard; Treasurer, James M. Hunnewell; Librarian, William P. Greenlaw; Recording Secretary, Henry E. Scott, Corresponding Secretary, Thorton K. Lothrop; Councilors, Charles K. Bolton, Mrs. Harriett M. Forbes and Ar- thur W. Peirce. The following announcement was received in November by your Secretary. Mr. Albert Henry Lamson And Mrs. Helen Little Page announce their marriage on Thursday, November twenty-fourth Nineteen hundred and twenty-seven Boston, Massachusetts At home after December first Eleven Dalton Street Boston, Massachusetts Mr. Lamson, who is our genial chairman of the Executive Committee, also announces that they are to give up their Boston resi- dence in June and live permanently in Elkins, N. H. _______________ TREASURES IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Frank W. Chase Gave Illustrated Lecture at St. Pauls Frank W. Chase, reference librarian and former custodian of special libraries at the Boston Public Library, spoke January 30th on Devoted Collectors of Devout Books and Their Treasures in the Boston Public Library, before an audience in the crypt of St. Pauls Cathedral. His lecture was illus- trated with stereopticon slides of pages from early books and manuscripts and from the woodcuts and title pages of special editions. One of the greatest treasures of the lib- rary, said Mr. Chase, came from the New England library of the Rev. Thomas Prince, minister of the Old South Meeting House from 1728 to 1785, whose collection includes a copy of the first book printed in America, The Whole Book of Psalms, under date of 1640. >From the library of 16,000 volumes of the Rev. Theodore Parker, grandson of Capt. Parker of Lexington, Mr. Chase exhibited pictures of old Bibles printed in obscure languages. He pointed out that Capt. Parker was an omnivorous reader, with a special aptitude for such volumes. The third collection of the lecture which Mr. Chase discussed was that of Josiah H. Benton, former president of the board of THE CHASE CHRONICLE 7 trustees of the library, which included a number of early books of common prayer. PROF. CHASE ON ANCIENT PAINTING NEWPORT, E. I., Jan. 14One of the largest mid-winter gatherings of the season assembled this afternoon at the Art Asso- ciation to hear an interesting discourse on Ancient Painting, by Prof. George H. Chase of Harvard University. The lecturer, in a very graphic manner, summarized the history of ancient painting, describing wall paintings from the bronze age through the Roman era. ______________ STUART CHASE Stuart Chase, whose recent book, Your Moneys Worth, has become a best seller, contributed to the March number of The World Tomorrow an article on the advances and gains made in the last ten years in business and industry. He has taken for his title New Outposts of Business and In- dustry. This article of Mr. Chases is the . seventh in the series Recent Gains in American Civilization which is running in The World Tomorrow. Mr. Chase is well fitted to write on this subject; he is director of the Labor Bureau, Inc., and formerly was an investigator for the Federal Trade Commission. _____________ THE PERMANENT FUND Our permanent fund is only $300. (plus a little bank interest). How fine it would be to have a really substantial permanent fund! How easily this could be brought about if the members would remember the Associa- tion with giftsno matter how smalland by legacies. THINK IT OVER! _________________ TO FRAME AND HANG ON THE WALL? Suddenly we recall that we always did have a warm admiration for Salmon P. Chase, and that nothing would please us more than to have one of the portraits of him the Government is printing on the new $10,000 bills! (Springfield Union and Boston Globe.) ____________________ THE CHASES OF GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK Written by Jay E. Tompkins, 142 North Street, Catskill, N. Y. For the last 140 years the name of Chase has been associated with what is now the town of Jewett, Greene County, New York State, and for many years with the county in a larger sense. True to the motto on the family coat of arms, Ne cede malis, Yield not to difficulties, many of the name and lineage have conquered difficulties and pressed forward to positions of trust and prominence. Zephaniah Chase (1748-1828) in the year 1787 sold his property at Marthas Vineyard and with his family moved to what is now Jewett Center. He was born at Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard, and was of the fourth generation from Thomas Chase, who came from Hundridge Parish, Chesham, Bucking- hamshire, England. His first wife was Abigail Skiff and after her death he was married to Love Skiff (nee West). After disposing of his property, he and his family started for Binghamton, where a relative was living. On the journey they stopped for over night at Windham, Greene County, and while there learned that a severe wind storm had blown many trees across the road to their proposed journey, thus making it difficult if not impossible for them to proceed. While there he met Thomas Harriott, who offered to sell him his farm at what is now Jewett Center, which offer was accepted. His eldest son by his first marriage, Ben- jamin (grandfather of the late Judge Chase), followed the ox cart, which con- tained the family effects, around by the way of what is now Prattsville and Lexington, while Zephaniah Chase and his family crossed the mountain over what is now Jewett Heights, following the trail by means of blazed trees. His was the second white family to settle in the present town of Jewett. There was a log hut on the premises and a house under construction. Later Zeph- aniah Chase built the large two story frame house which for many years served as his 8 THE CHASE CHRONICLE home and that of his descendants. For many years it has not been owned by the Chase family. It is still standing, but the windows have been removed, preparatory to tearing it down. Zephaniah Chase and many of his early descendants are buried in a family cemetery on the old Chase farm. Although Zephaniah Chase was a Baptist, most of his descendants are either Methodists or Presbyterians. He served as a private cap- tain in the Revolutionary War from the State of Massachusetts. He was a cabinet maker by trade. Following is a brief resume of some of the descendants of Zephaniah Chase who have been prominent citizens in. their day and generation, but this subject is by no means fully covered: Two of the early Chases, Rev. Charles Chase (1790-1844), son of Zephaniah and Love Chase, and Rev. John Chase (1812- 1854), son of Joseph and Jemima Howk Chase and grandson of Zephaniah Chase, were local preachers of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Benjamin Chase (1774-1862), eldest son of Zephaniah Chase by his first marriage, was thirteen years old when his father and step-mother moved to Jewett and it was he who followed the ox cart by way of Pratts- ville and Lexington. He married Lydia Skiff, a daughter of his step-mother by her first marriage, and spent his life at Jewett Center. He served as an officer in the local militia. Albert Chase (1819-1902), was a son of Benjamin and Lydia Skiff Chase. He was engaged in the lumber and contracting business and later purchased a large farm near Hensonville. For many years he was active in the work of the Methodist Epis- copal church and for twenty-six years served as superintendent of the Sunday School. Emory A. Chase (1854-1921), son of Al- bert and Laura Woodworth Chase was born at Hensonville. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880. He rose to prominence in his profession, became a jus- tice of the Supreme Court of New York State and at the time of his death was a judge of the Court of Appeals. For many years he was one of Catskills most highly respected citizens and was identified with its religious, financial and educational circles. David Chase (1786-1871), son of Zeph- aniah and Love Chase, was born at Marthas Vineyard and was less than two years old when his parents settled at Jewett Center. Tradition tells us he was carried from Windham to Jewett Center in his mothers arms. He was married to Abigail Pratt, a sister of Col. Zadock Pratt, for whom the town of Prattsville was named. He was for many years a respected member of the Presbyterian church. Rev. D. Noble Chase (1813-1895), was the eldest son of David Chase. He was converted under the preaching of his cousin, Rev. John Chase, and was for many years an ordained local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. It is estimated that dur- ing those years he preached one thousand times without compensation. When the Methodist Episcopal church was built at Jewett Heights, he let out his farm and took the contract for building it, himself paying one-fourth the cost. He was a member of the first Board of Trustees and continued such to the time of his death. For over forty years he was a steward and most of that time recording and district steward. Rev. Platt N. Chase, Ph. D. (1848-1923), was the son of Rev. D. Noble Chase. For nearly half a century he was a member of the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and during his long minis- try was very successful in evangelistic work. He was active in the Prohibition party and was at different times its candi- date for Member of Assembly from this district and in 1912 was the party nominee for Representative in Congress. His last years were spent at Kingston. Charles P. Chase (1820-1907), youngest son of David Chase, was an honored mem- ber of the Presbyterian church for sixty- two years. Dr. Walter B. Chase (1842-1920), eldest son of Charles P. Chase, for several years practiced medicine at Windham, but in 1879 moved to Brooklyn, where he built up a large family and hospital practice. George H. Chase (1845-1922), youngest THE CHASE CHRONICLE 9 son of Charles P. Chase, for many years conducted a store and summer boarding house at Jewett Heights, where he was postmaster for several years. He repre- sented his town as supervisor for several terms and was a member of the building committee when the Greene County Court House was built. He was elected Member of Assembly by the Republican Party in 1913-14-15. For many years he was an official member of the Jewett Presbyterian church and a member of its choir. Henry B. Whitcomb (1837-1917) was the eldest son of Rev. I. Barber and Polly Chase Whitcomb and a grandson of David Chase. He was for many years proprietor of the Winter Clove House, a large summer board- ing house at Round Top. He served as school commissioner and county clerk. West Chase (1788-1880), a son of Zeph- aniah Chase, for many years kept an inn at the Chase homestead. He was post- master for forty years and in 1860 repre- sented his town as supervisor. West Chase Baldwin (1843-1918), eldest son of Samuel A. and Eunice Chase Bald- win and grandson of West Chase, was as- sociated for several years with a coal company in Brooklyn, the last few years being manager of the business. During the later years of his life, he and his good wife opened their Windham home to a few boarders, particularly teachers and high school students, and by their kind and courteous treatment made it far more than a mere boarding house. It was home for its guests. In compiling the information for the above article, the writer is indebted to old records, traditions and newspaper articles. He believes that the points covered are es- sentially correct. No attempt has been made to acquaint the readers with the liv- ing members of the family, but to aid in keeping green the memory of those who have passed on before. ________________ GENEALOGICAL DATA DESIRED Mrs. John Theodore King of 121 West Lanvale Street, Baltimore, Md., asks that we publish the following request: Any in- formation concerning Philip Chase, son of Ph. Chase and Hannah Buffum, born 1743. ___________________ Mrs. Jessie Chase Primm of Meridian, Texas wishes assistance in tracing her line. Her father was William Riley Chase whose father lived in Newfane, Vermont. ___________________ GENEALOGICAL Thomas Lynn Chase sends his line as follows: Thomas Lynn Chase, born Oct. 15, 1886, Oshkosh, Wis. Present address, 1217 Ala- bama Ave., Burmingham, Alabama. Father: Arthur Edmund Chase, b. May 31, 1853, Woodstock, Maine. Mother: Alida Eldora Little, b. Nov. 22, 1856, Town of Algoma (Winnebago Co.), Wisconsin. Grandparents: Edmund Chase and Anna Spofford. Family line: (1) Aquila, (2) Thomas, (3) Nathaniel, (4) Edmund, (5) Merrill, (6) Edmund, (7) Arthur Edmund, (8) Thomas Lynn Chase. Mrs. Thomas J. Foster of 130 W. Ross Street, Wilkes Barre, Pa., sends the follow- ing data of her line: (1) Thomas, (2) Isaac, (8) Joseph, (4) Abel, (5) Zephaniah, (6) David, (7) Erne- line Harriet Chase, (8) David Chase Har- rington, (9) children of David, (10) grand- children of David, (11) great grandchildren of David. Emeline Harriet Chase, b. 20 Feb., 1811; m. 1 Nov., 1832, James Harrington. She d. 17 Apr., 1878. Their son David Chase Har- rington, b. in Lexington, N. Y., 8Dec. 1834; m. (1) 11 Sept., 1856, Ann Jannette Kern- merer, dau. of David Kemmerer of Scran- ton, Pa. She d. 20 Nov. 1904; m. (2) 18 July 1906, Jeanne Ethleen Smith. He was a lawyer and principal of a Law School in Scranton. Ten children including Blandina Jayne Harrington, b. 8 Nov., 1862; m. 4 Mar., 1896, Thomas Jefferson Foster, b. 1 Jan., 1843. Their only child is Thomas Jefferson Foster, Jr., b. 4 Oct. 1900; m. 18 April 1927, Elizabeth Catherine Leach, dau. of Andrew K. and Mary Eliza (Mc- Cromb) Leach. They live in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 10 THE CHASE CHRONICLE Mrs. Stanley A. Wallace, maiden name Mable Holmes, born May 31, 1884, George- town, Madison Co., N. Y. Present address, Newport, N. Y. Father: Sullivan G. Holmes, born May 10, 1861. Mother: Alice Kellogg, born October 22, 1864. Grandparents: Abel and Algina (Chase) Holmes, Newton and Amelia (Shepard) Kellogg. Descent from William Chase: 1. William Chase m. Mary . 2. William Chase m. . 3. Abraham Chase m. Elizabeth . 4. Phineas Chase m. Desire Wing. 5. Daniel Chase m. Hannah Cook. 6. John Chase m. Deborah Wing. 7. Dorcas Chase m. John Chase. (They were second cousins.) 8. Orrin Chase m. Diadema Button. 9. Algina Chase m. Abel Holmes. 10. Sullivan G. Holmes m. Alice Kellogg. 11. Mable A. Holmes m. Stanley A. Wallace. Phineas (4) had another son Nathan (5). 5. Nathan Chase m. Abigail Milk. 6. John Chase m. Dorcas Chase. _______________ FROM THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT CHASE. A. F. H. F., March 5, 1928. Rachel Chase who married first, Jacob Freese, was the daughter of Joseph (2) Chase, son of Thomas (1) Chase a brother of Aquila. Joseph (2) Chase was born 1645, married Jan. 31, 1672, Rachel Partridge, daughter of William (1) Partridge of Salisbury, Mass. Rachel (Partridge) Chase was born Jan. 9, 1650; died Oct. 27, 1718. William Partridge was made freeman 1638. Received land in First division in Salisbury, Mass., 1641 and 1643. His wife was Ann . He died July 5, 1654. Thomas (1) Chase was born before 1618, died 1662; was one of the original grantees of Hampton, N. H., 1639. He married Elizabeth Philbrick, daughter of Thomas Philbrick; she died Feb. 11, 1677. References: 1897 Connecticut School Journal; Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., page 279; New England Genealogy, vol. 2, page 779. B. G. J. ________________ Jane Chase Doak Black Maria Chase, b. April 9, 1843, Coopers- ville, Mich. (d. 1927). M. July 5, 1865, Appleton, Wis., Robert Kennedy Doak, b. Dec. 4, 1836, Goderich, Canada (d. 1904). CHILDREN. 5 (1) Julia Eleanor, b. May 7, 1866, De- Pere, Wis., m. Aug. 31, 1892, St., Paul, Minn., Chas; Erie Ray, Canaan, Mass. (d. 1910). CHILDMary Ray, b. Feb. 16, , St. Paul, Minn., m. June 29, 1918, Wendell Tip- ton Burns, Minneapolis, Minn. (2) Elizabeth Doak, b. Nov. 4, 1867, De- Pere, Wis., unmarried. (3) Emily Catherine, b. May 20, 1870, DePere, Wis. (d. 1916), m. Jan. 3, 1889, George McIntyre, b. July 8, 1867, Blooming- ton, ILL. CHILDAimee, b. Nov. 3, 1890, St. Paul, Minn., m. St. Louis, Mo.; Mar. 10, 1915, Fred August Spitznagle, Indianapolis, Ind. (4) Agnes Eliza Doak, b. Jan. 28, 1874, Greenleaf, Wis., m. Aug. 1, 1901, St. Paul, Minn., Benjamin Archer Phillips, Portland, Maine. (5) Jane Chase Doak Black, b. July 30, 1877, DePere, Wis., m. June 26, 1901, St. Paul, Minn., Isaac Black, b. Feb. 28, 1878, Milwaukee, Wis. Grandparents of Jane Chase Doak Black, Henry Chase, Persis Averill, John Doak, Eliza Yeoman. LINE OF EDWIN HYDE CHASE, Jr. William Chase (1) Born in England about 1595. Came to America with wife, Mary, and son, William, Jr., in 1630 in the fleet that brought Gov. Winthrop and his colony. Settled at Rox- bury, Mass. Later joined a colony which settled at Yarmouth, Mass., where he died in May 1659. Had three children: WILLIAM, Jr., (2) born in Cornwall, England about 1622. Mary (2) Benjamin (2) William Chase, Jr. THE CHASE CHRONICLE 11 Had eight children: William Jacob JOHN Elizabeth Abraham Joseph Benjamin Samuel John Chase (3) Married Elizabeth Baker in 1674. Had six children: JOHN, Jr., born April 6th, 1675. Thomas Isaac William Jonathon Jeremiah John Chase, Jr. Married Sarah Hills. Died November 26th, 1755. Had nine children: Charity Ebenezer John Benjamin Earle ELISHA Elizabeth Judah Rebecca Elisha Chase Born December 15, 1712. Married Sarah Dean in 1733. Had thirteen children: Elisha Mary Sarah (died) Walter Sarah Seth PAUL Weltha Prudence Dean Benjamin Phoebe Grindal Paul Chase Born July 17, 1744. Married Betty Ken- nicutt. She was born March 4, 1748 and died January 17, 1838. He died July 1st, 1824. Resided at Swansea, Mass and later at Guilford, Vermont. Had nine children: Anna K., married Timothy Starr Betsey, married Aaron Barney Abigail, died Elisha, married Lucinda Grow Abigail, married Seth Rice PAUL, Jr., married (1st) Gratia Hyde Married (2nd) Lucia Hyde Jarvis B., married Rhoda Campbell John K., married Rhoda Houghton William Paul Chase, Jr. Hadchildren. EDWIN HYDE Edwin Hyde Chase Married (1st) Dickenson (?) Married (2nd) Susan Cowan. Hadchildren: Emma Allethair CHARLES EDWIN Jennie Charles Edwin Chase Born August 11, 1850 Died March 29, 1920 Married (1st) Julia Reynolds Stockwell, died Nov. 30, 1882. Married (2nd) Carrie Law French, died June 26, 1927. Had three children by first wife; none by second wife. EDWIN HYDE, Jr., born Nov. 15, 1872 Martha Ludlow, died Oct. 15, 1879 Susan Hart, died Aug. 22, 1881. Edwin Hyde Chase, Jr. Married (1st) Hattie Russell Phillips (Divorced) Married (2nd) Helen Hurt. Had one child: Foster Phillips >From a letter written by Mrs. Maude Vary Bear, 215 E. Washington St., Mon- roe, Wisconsin. I am a descendant of Judge Samuel Chase and am trying to verify, and add to, the line that was given me by an aunt. My father was Ernest Elbert Vary, a son of Elbert T. Vary and Sarah M. Chase. She was the daughter of John Chase and Friendly S. Sumner. John Chase, according to the record given me, was the son of Solomon, who was the son of Samuel. Can you tell me, in your paper if you prefer, if this line is given correctly, and also, Id 12 THE CHASE CHRONICLE like to know Samuels line of descent from Aquila. I have it Daniel, Moses and Aquila. I lack dates of death of John Chase; dates of birth and death of his wife, Friendly S. Sumner; dates of their marriage; dates of death of Solomon Chase; dates of birth and death of, and name of his wife; dates of their marriage; name of Samuel Chase, with dates of her birth, death and marriage; from whom Solomon Chase descended. If you could help me in any or all of these quests, it would be very much appreciated. It might interest you, if you do not hap- pen to know, that the new State Regent of the Wisconsin D. A. E. is Mrs. J. F. Trott- man, 568 Lafayette Place, Milwaukee. Yours sincerely, Maude Vary E. Bear. ___________________ >From a letter to the Secretary, written by A. H. Chase, 186 E. Main St., Battle Creek, Mich. Re TALLMAN CHASE I wish to thank you and the other friends I have met in the Chase Family Association for the assistance I have received in solv- ing the mystery of my ancestor TALLMAN CHASE. I am somewhat surprised at the results, but the proofs given me seem very conclusive that the main line of my descent is as follows: (1) William b. about 1687 in England. (2) William b. about 1622 also in Eng- land, wifelived in Yarmouth, Mass. (3) Abraham, b.m.Elizabeth, lived in Tiverton (at that time in Massa- chusetts, now Rhode Island.) His will proved Oct. 17, 1738. (4) Phineas, b. 1693, m. July 1, 1719, Desire Wing, lived in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (5) Daniel, b. June, 1720, m. Aug. 7, 1740, Hannah Cook, d. Providence, Saratoga Co., N. Y. (6) TALLMAN CHASE, b. Nov. 2, 1766, m. Elizabeth Birch, d. Aug. 1817 at Steph- enstown, N. Y. (7) Daniel Chase, b. June 27, 1787, m. Hulda Young, b. Apr. 28, 1793, the dau. of Eli Young, b. Sept. 15, 1765, d. Stephens- town, Feb. 14, 1817. (8) Eli Toppan Chase, Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1813, m. Margaret Ann Whit- comb, Sept. 8, 1837, d. Eckford, Mich., Jan. 19, 1897. (9) Charles Sumner Chase, b. Eckford, Mich., Nov. 30, 1866, m. Sarah Jane Ma- honey, Mar. 25, 1878. (10) ARTHUR H. CHASE, b. Feb. 13, 1879 at Eckford, Mich., m. Grace Bell Brooks at Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 23, 1903. The above Hannah Cook, I am informed was the daughter of a woman by the name of Chase, or the grand daughter. I should like to know what was her descent, and I have a suspicion that Hulda Young also may have had a strain of Chase blood. When I undertook the task of tracing our ancestry, notes relative to Hezikiah Chase and Aquila Chase were in the collection; also the name of Benjamin. I still have a notion that they may have been some foundation for the theory that they may have been mixed up in the line somewhere. There were two Hezikiahs father and son, who lived at Swansea, Mass. I wonder if anyone knows what the relationship of Hannah Cook was with the Chase family through her mother, or of any other wife above mentioned. I shall certainly appre- ciate any information available. ___________________ Editor Chase Chronicle: To assist a future Chase genealogist who might be puzzled over the name of my brother, Lewis Chase Wheat, of Delaware County, N. Y., I will state that he has no Chase ancestry, but was named for Eev. Platt N. Chase (or N. Platt Chase, as in Chase Chronicle, vol. 14, p. 16), who was pastor of the M. E. church of which my parents were members. I have found your magazine of value a number of times in my genealogical work. Very sincerely, Edwin Webb Wheat. 64 W. 97th St., New York City, Nov. 8, 1927 _________________ In the record of members of the 13th Street Presbyterian Church of New York City (1839-1844) the only Chace-Chase found is (without date, but evidently as early as 1839): Chase, Miss Mary Ann; Dismissed. This is from the original record which, no doubt, was made by Rev. S. D. Burchard. Chace-chase males in my marriage index to Hurds History of Worcester Co., Mass. THE CHASE CHRONICLE 13 (2 vols.): Page 1679 Anthony Chase and Lydia Earle; Page 582 Homer Chase andEarle; Page 1303 Nelson Chase and Polly Bowen; Page 1259 W. H. Chase andHarwood. >From C. J. Thorps Gregory Genealogy: Mabel Clare Chase, born Jan. 4, 1876, mar- ried Floyd G. Bolton, born Dec. 20, 1874, son of L. D. Bolton and Adelaide Gregory of Oneonta, N. Y. They (P. G. B. and wife) were of Syracuse, N. Y. Following are the only Chase males in my index to Delaware County, N. Y., mar- riages covering (a) Biographical Review of Delaware County; (b) Munsells History of Delaware County; © Jay Goulds History of Delaware County; (d) Murrays History of Delaware County; (e) Frenchs Gazetteer of New York State (pages 257 to 266); (f) Norths Founders and Founding of Walton; (g) Sidney Centennial (1872); (h) Souvenir of Walton (1900): A583 Augustus B. Chace and Harriet Monfort; A583 George Chace and Maggie Suther- land; A583 George Chace and Christina Van Hunsen; A583 Levi S. Chace and Mary Tiffany, 1859; B341 Levi S. Chace and Mary Tiffany, 1859; . A583 William G. Chace and R. Church; A456 A. Chase and Betsey Kelly; A627 Harry P. Chase and Olive Roberts; A220 Jared Chase and Harriet Gould. EDWIN WEBB WHEAT, Nov. 19, 1927. _________________ I love your very name, 0 April dear, There is the trill of robins in the sound; With misty eyes I note your message clear Written in emerald green upon the ground; There is no death, you seem to say, behold The babbling brook now scampering on its way, >From icy fetters free! 0 days of gold Yet not all goldsweet April, gold and gray. OBITUARY MRS. MARY L. CHASE Mary L. Chase, wife of John Carroll Chase, passed away in Wellesley, Mass., December 7, 1927, after several years of ill health. She was the youngest and last sur- viving daughter of Samuel and Lydia Ann (Emery) Durgin of West Newbury, Mass. Her early married life was passed in Manchester, N. H., where she went as a bride in 1871. From there the family went to Wellesley, Mass., then to New York City, and thence to Wilmington, N. C., Mr. Chase being identified with water works construc- tion and other engineering work in these places. In 1893 the family returned north and settled in Derry, N. H., which was her residence until the end, although in late years she had spent little time there on ac- count of ill health, dividing the time be- tween her daughters in Coronado, Calif., and Brookline, Mass., her last trip to Coron- ado being in 1924. Her last visit to Derry was to vote in the election of 1920. For many years, until the state of her health prevented, she was prominent in various activities, church, social and fra- ternal, and blessed with an attractive per- sonality, was universally liked and es- teemed. She was one of the organizers of the Womans Club, had served as Regent of the Molly Reid Chapter, D. A. R., as Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star, and President of the Ladies Benevolent Society of the Central Congregational church, of which she was a member. In the work of the society she took a great interest, and quite recently a tribute to the service she rendered was dedicated at the Church parlors. A devoted wife and mother for over 56 years, she leaves to mourn her loss a hus- band, two daughters, Mrs. Raffaele Lorini of Coronado, Calif., and Mrs. Samuel C. Prescott of Brookline, Mass., and three Prescott grandchildren. LLOYD HARRISON CHASE The funeral of Lloyd Harrison Chase of Lexington, who for 28 years was chief per- mit inspector in the public works depart- 14 THE CHASE CHRONICLE ment of Boston, and a brother of the late J. Frank Chase, secretary of the Watch and Ward Society, was held in the Union Con- gregational Church, Columbus Avenue, at West Newton Street, Boston. He was born in Chelsea, 58 years ago, but removed with his family early in life to the South End of Boston and later be- came identified with Charles H. Innes, then a rising power in politics. He was for years a well-known Republican worker in the Back Bay and was one of the founders of the Innes Associates. He was a member of Columbian Lodge, A. F. and A. M. in Bos- ton, and in Lexington was a member of the board of trade and a charter member of the Mohawk Club. Surviving Mr. Chase are his widow, who before her marriage was Gertrude Adams; a son Perlie Dyar Chase; two daughters, Miss Emma Chase and Miss Hildred Chase, and five sisters and a brother, Maurice E. Chase of Arlington. The Chase Family Association was repre- sented at the funeral by Mr. Albert H. Lamson, Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee. RODNEY G. CHASE Funeral services were held Nov. 27 at 2 P. M. for Rodney G. Chase, 88, Dartmouth, class of 64, and noted authority on pewter ware, who died at his home, 109 Brooks St., West Medford, on Nov. 24. He was principal of the Appleton Acad- emy for Boys at New Ipswich, N. H., for some time, and he was submaster of the Dwight school and head master of the Wells school in this city a number of years ago. He was born at Derry, N. H., April 30, 1839. He was a collector of old pewter ware, and at one time had about 1300 pieces, including specimens of the colonial period. He was also an inventor. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy W. Derrah and Mrs. Manfred M. Goldsmith. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. CHASEOn January 4th, Edward Rondthaler Chase, eldest son of the Rev. Arthur and Alice Rondthaler Chase, after an illness of fifteen months, in the twenty-fifth year of his life. Buried at Ware, Mass. Apud te est fons vitae. CHASEAt East Orange, N. J., January 1, 1928, Louise A. Jackson, wife of William B. Chase, in her 84th year. Funeral ser- vices at her home, 67 Lenox av., Wednesday afternoon, January 4, at 1 oclock. Inter- ment Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. STEPHEN CHASE Stephen Chase, a graduate of Harvard of the class of 86, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Harcourt Amory, at 293 Beacon Street. Mr. Chase, who was 64 years old, was the son of the late George B. Chase and Ann (Lowndes) Chase. He prepared for college in the Chauncey Hall school of Boston. He was in business for a short time. He traveled about Europe considerably during his life. At one time he was secretary of the Har- vard Alumni Association and he was inter- ested in the Associated Charities and the Widows and Orphans Society. He was a member of the Somerset Club and of the University Club of New York. He is survived by his wife, who was Daisy C. Taylor, and two children, Theodore, a student at the Pomfret school, and Kath- leen Chase, and a sister, Mrs. Harcourt Amory of this city. ________________ MRS. GRACE A CHASE PASSES AWAY AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN DEDHAM Grace A. Chase, who for many years con- ducted a china repair and decorating busi- ness at 175 Tremont Street, this city, has died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hilles, 72 Harvard Street, Dedham. Mrs. Chase was born in Weymouth, and her maiden name was Churchill. Her first hus- band, also of the same name, was Chauncey S. Churchill, by whom she had three child- ren, all living, the other two being Mrs: David Collins of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y., and Chauncey Carroll Church- ill of Jamaica Long Island, N. Y. Mrs. Chases second husband was Waldo Chase. She had been ill three weeks and was sixty- six years old. _____________ MRS. EDWIN B. CHASE Funeral services were held at the Church THE CHASE CHRONICLE 15 of Our Savior, Long-wood, January 18 at 10.30 A. M., for Mrs. Mary Emory Chase, 86, widow of the Rev. Edwin B. Chase, who many years ago was rector of St. Peters. Episcopal Church, Cambridge. Burial was at Newburyport. Mrs. Chase, who died in Brookline, was a native of Unadilla, N. Y., daughter of Vincent M. Page. She is survived by a daughter. Miss Clara P. Chase; two nephews and a niece. ________________ MRS. ARTHUR CHASE CONCORD, N. H., March 11Mrs. Maud Scribner Chase, 40, wife of Arthur Chase of Wheats Mills, Webster, died today at the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital. She was born in Melrose, Mass. She is survived by her husband and a sister, Mrs. Alice Groswold of Groswoldville, Mass. ___________________ CHASEOn Tuesday, February 7, 1928, Thomas Perley, of 413 Decatur St., Brook- lyn, beloved husband of Mary C. Chase. Funeral service at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, near Grand Ave., Brooklyn, Thursday, February 9, at 8 P. M. AN OLD LILAC BUSH (From An Outdoor Diary in Cleveland Plain Dealer) A bird is perched on a lilac bush by the brink of an old, old road. And the lilac bush is as old as the road, and the hands that planted the lilac bush and builded the home and wrought through the years are as dead as the sand of the untrodden path and as dead as the asters of autumn. And the home is dead, and the work is dead, and of all the work there is only seen the cellar stones and the faint green path from the old front stoop to the roadway. The old foundation is covered with moss, and the weeds have reclaimed the old cellar. In autumn gross weeds are abloom in the shade where the bins and the baskets were laden and sweet in the autumn of years of the lavender past, in the pale dreamy years of the dim long ago when the lilac was young and the life of the year was the life of the home and its candle-light joy. There were roses that gossiped in sisterly groups by the side of the burgeoning lilac. But now there is only a hole in the ground, with cellar stones softened by moss and gray weeds, and a lilac with March swelling buds by the road, and a bird at the top of. the lilac. A song-sparrow perched at the top of the bush, the motherly bush of a realm of the dead, and the wind from the west had a wintry bite, and the song-sparrow perched but a moment. He. looked to the right and perchance by a whim he looked to the left, too, and then flew away. He flew to an old broken fence by the road where the weeds and bushes were woven. And he sang not a song in that place of the dead, in that place where the lilac alone held alert to pro- claim that the life which had once been so dear, which had once been so worthy in fact and in hope, was dead as the oak leaves of ten years ago, was as dead as the deadness eternal. __________________ IN CHANGE UNCHANGING January! Darkness and light reign alike. Snow is on the frozen ground. Cold is in the air. The window is blossoming in frost- flowers. Why is the ground hidden? Why is the earth white ? So hath God wiped out the past; so hath he spread the earth, like an unwritten page, for the new year! Old sounds are silent in the forest and in the air. Insects are dead, birds are gone; leaves have perished, and all the foundations of soil remain. Upon this lies white and tran- quil the emblem of newness and purity, the virgin robes of the yet unstained year! April! The singing month. Voices of many birds call for resurrection over the graves of flowers, and they come forth. Go, see what they have lost. What have ice and snow done unto them? How did they fall into the earth stripped and bare ? How did they come forth opening and glorified? Is it then so fearful a thing to lie in the grave? In its wild career, shaking and scourged of storms through its orbit, the earth has scattered away no treasures. The hand that governs in April governed in January. You have not lost what God hath only hidden. You lose nothing in struggle, in trial, in bitter distress. If called to shed thy Joys as trees shed their leaves; if the 16 THE CHASE CHRONICLE affections are driven back into the heart, as the life of the flowers to their roots, yet be patient. Thou shalt lift up thy leaf-covered boughs again. Thou shalt shoot from thy roots new flowers. Be patient! Wait! -Henry Ward Beecher. ___________________ AN OLD PRAYER STILL GOOD Here is an interesting old prayer in verse, which dates from the eighteenth century at least. It is of English origin, but its author is unknown. It is as appropriate today as when written, as a petition for divine help in living a happy, healthy and useful life here on earth. Give me a good digestion, Lord, and also something to digest. Give me a healthy body, Lord, with sense enough to keep it at its best. Give me a healthy mind, good Lord, to keep the good and pure in sight, Which, seeing sin, is not appalled but finds a way to set it right. Give me a mind that is not bound, that does not whimper, whine or sigh. Dont let me worry overmuch about the fussy thing called I. Give me a sense of humor, Lord; give me the grace to see a joke, To get some happiness out of life and pass it on to other folk. The Churchman (New York). ____________________ Sol Browns old mare Kate had a bad toothache which caused her nerves and muscles so to contract and expand that her left hind hoof caught Sol in the right hip (or thereabouts) throwing him through the barn doorway into the sheep pen in front of the old ram who pitched him over the fence into the pig pen. Sol, considerably begrimed and somewhat dazedlosing his sense of directionlaboriously climbed the side of the pen which brought him into the back pasture where the red bull was feed- ing. His Highness resenting this intrusion, met Sol more than half way and Sol next found himself in the hen house and sitting squarely in a nest where he had inadvert- ently scrambled a dozen eggs. Said Solafter due deliberationNow Ive done my daily dozen I need a bath and breakfast! Gosh! aint I glad I played football when I was in college! ___________________ THINGS THAT COUNT By Stoddard King (An inspirational poem.) Its not that your ancestors blood was blue That makes you a first-class man, For many a chaps as good as you Though he comes from a humble clan; It isnt the gilt on your coat of arms That gives you the right to smile, And it isnt the list of your social charms; Itswhat have you done worth while? Its not the cut of the clothes you wear, Or the sheen of your silken shirt, But its just how much of your wealth you share With the man who is hit and hurt.. It isnt your creed and it isnt your race That wins you the golden crown, But its whether you choose to adorn your face With a happy smile or a frown. Oh, it isnt the cash in your bank account Or the size of your motor car, Or your diamond rings or the large amount Of your stocks that are over par; Or the races you run, or the hills you climb, Or the part of town where you dwell And it isnt the sense of this species of rime, But the fact that its sure to sell! ___________________ WHEN OLD BEN FRANKLIN SCORED Long after the victories of Washington over the French and the English had made his name familiar to all Europe, Benjamin Franklin was a guest at a dinner given in honor of the French and English ambas- sadors. The ambassador from England arose and drank a toast to his native land: To Englandthe sun, whose bright beams enlighten and fructify the remotest comers of the earth. The French ambassador, filled with his own national pride, but too polite to dispute the previous toast, offered the following: To Prancethe moon whose mild, steady and cheering rays are the delight of all nations, consoling them in darkness and making their dreariness beau- tiful. Then arose old Ben Franklin and said in his slow but dignified way: To George Washingtonthe Joshua who com- manded the sun and the moon to stand still, and they obeyed him. ___________________ Lonnie Chase [email protected]