Horton

“ He laughed gayly as he took her hand.
"And there's a goose in the pantry, bought at a fabulous price, just waiting for the pan——"
"Be sure you don't kill your prisoner with kindness," put in Nurse Newberry.
"I'll take that risk," said Horton genially.
"Sure and he must," put in Moira. "It isn't every day one brings a conquering hero home."
"Especially when he's your husband," said the artless Miss Newberry wistfully.
Jim Horton had a glimpse of the color that ran like a flame up Moira's throat to her brow but he glanced quickly away and busied himself with a buckle at his belt. ”

“ Horton would a good deal rather be making you a visit than driving these horses to Antonito, I can tell you!” said that lady. “They’re quiet as lambs until it comes to cars and engines, and the sight of them scares them both nigh to death, and the railway track runs along right beside the highway for a mile before you get into Antonito. I’d have been obliged to drive Jessie over, for the hired man is gone, and Mr. Horton met with an accident to one of his hands last night, and couldn’t have driven.” ”

“ Horton, inquiringly.
“All the section, I hope,” answered Gordon. “Some of us, Mr. Horton, have made up our minds that there has got to be a change in D section. We don’t like the reputation that we are getting.”
“I am very glad to hear you say so, Gordon,” said Mr. Horton earnestly. “I feel deeply ashamed of it myself, and have been giving most serious thought to the matter for some time past. But if you boys will set yourselves to work in real earnest, you can accomplish far more than is possible for me.” ”

“ Horton gently.
“No, sir,” he said. “She gave up every dollar of her own private means, and if I live, every penny [49] that was lost thro’ my father shall be repaid, if it takes me a lifetime to do it.”
“Clark,” said Mr. Horton, “I am proud of you. No danger but you will succeed, only,” he laid his hand kindly across the lad’s shoulders—“only you must not allow yourself to grow morbid under it. Remember you are responsible for no one’s wrong-doing but your own. Keep that in mind, and don’t let any chance reference or intentional fling embitter you, or turn you against others. ”

“ It would bring to light much that is now in darkness, and must forever remain hidden from the generations of the living.
At the death of Jonathan G. Horton, the old homestead became, by will, the property of the Rev. Mrs. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was the adopted daughter of Jonathan G. Horton, he never having had issue, so that on the 3d of July, 1873, the old homestead went out of the Horton name. ”

“ Mr. Horton, the writer of the foregoing letter, was a highly-respected member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Malone. He died 31 August, 1873. He was a dealer in flour, lumber, and dry-goods, real-estate, and merchandising of various kinds. Mrs. Myron G. Horton, informing me of his death, remarks that she is now (1874) the only one of his children living.
171⁄2 West 30 St., Cincinnati, Ohio, May, 1871. ”

“ Horton, that the young lady's bolted with that Britisher as was so uncommon peart on board the Selma. They left by the St. Louis packet half an hour ago. I thought there was something in the wind, but I'd no authority to stop 'em."
"D—n!" muttered Augustus Horton; "that Englishman has foiled me at every turn. The next packet for St. Louis starts the day after to-morrow. They'll have eight-and-forty hours start of us, and they'll make their way to a Free State."
He walked away from the quay, followed by Silas Craig. ”

“ On being appointed a commissioner of the high court of justice, Horton attended every day, and signed the warrant for the execution of the king. For a few months he acted as a commissioner for South Wales (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1649–50) , but in July 1649 was ordered to accompany Cromwell to Ireland. According to Whitelocke (Memorials, p. 418) , part of his regiment refused to go, and disbanded themselves. Horton, who had been long in failing health, died in Ireland in the autumn of 1649 (Probate Act Book, P. C. C. 1651) , leaving an only son, Thomas. ”

“ In his minor poems, which were composed during his residence at Horton, a charming rural retreat in Buckinghamshire, where the freshness and varied beauty of the landscape and the attractive aspects of the midnight sky were ever before him, we find enchanting descriptions of celestial objects, and especially of those orbs which, by their brilliancy and lustre, have always commanded the admiration of mankind. ”

“ Lord Horton advanced to the table and looked round with calm deliberation. He [81] was a notable man—the best amateur low comedian of his day, a traveller who had pressed far into Thibet, a diplomatist at the mention of whose name the Turk shifted uneasily in his seat and fixed his eyes despondently on the floor. He had won his V.C. in China. He had done many things.
"Your Grace, my lords and gentlemen," he said. "I thank you. In accordance with the usual custom of your Club I will explain how I have been able to fulfil my appointed duty. ”

“ What’s one lie more or less?” said the other coolly. “Besides, I’m going to be a model of good behavior now, you know—a perfect little lamb,” and he laughed at the remembrance of “Bobby’s” face, and the way they had “taken him in.”
Never had Mr. Horton been so perplexed and so worried and tormented in his class-room, as in the weeks that followed the return of Crawford and Henderson. ”

“ Israel Horton and his wife were pious people, active members of the Southold Church, and after removing to Orange County they became members of the Presbyterian Church of Warwick. Their children were trained up to love and fear the Lord and keep his commandments. ”

“ IV. Mary, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, married Geo. Beemer, of Beemersville, N. J.
Children:
Sarah, Horton, Elton and Halsey (twins) , Abbey, Harriet and Jane.
V. Abigail, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Sommerville, N. J., 6 March, 1795; died 19 August, 1875; she was never married. She made teaching her profession for many years. She was a skillful educator and a great favorite of children. She early professed Christianity, and became a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a lady of marked piety and intelligence ”

“ An unusual fact about Horton is that a wooden railroad is being constructed to con nect it with the outside world to furnish a means of transportation for a very large stand of yellow fir and cedar timber that grows in the neighborhood. ”

“ Horton went to the window and peered out.
"Monsieur de Vautrin, there's nothing to keep you here now," he said. "It may be even dangerous to remain. You must go away incognito and by the first train. You've been very careless with your affairs. Lay your entire case in the hands of your lawyer—telling him all that has happened here and sending to Ireland for a careful search of the birth records of the parish of Athlone——"
"But you, Monsieur. What will you do?"
"I shall stay here awhile. There's something else that I must do."
"And Piquette——?" ”

“ Horton, interrogatively.
“Oh, Doctor Redfield was recommended very highly, professionally and otherwise,” replied his wife, “but you know,—well, Lucy and I had planned it differently.” She spoke in a slow and hesitating manner. Mr. Horton made no reply. Presently she said, “The death of Mrs. Osborn has been a great shock to me. I cannot bring myself to believe those shameful rumors about her and Lord Avondale; I really can’t.”
“My dear wife,” replied Mr. Horton, with more firmness than was usual with him, “it is proper to let the dead rest in peace. ”

“ Their daughter is living, and has a good property left her by her grandfather.
VII. Lewis Beers, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806; married 1. at Royalton, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1827, to Lucy A. Bedell; she died 9 Aug., 1864. He was married 2. in the spring of 1866, to widow Elizabeth Spencer, of Michigan. By his first wife he had Caroline, born at Royalton. He is a farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist Church, of Royalton.
VIII. Anna, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born 5 July, 1808, died at Palmyra, N. Y., 29 July, 1854. ”

“ In Terrytown, Pa., on the 7th inst., Miss Nancy T. daughter of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged twenty-five years. Born of pious parents, from infancy she enjoyed the advantages of religious culture. In early life she made profession of faith in Christ, and ever after adorned that profession with a consecrated life and godly deportment. She was among the first to unite with the then recently organized Presbyterian church at Terrytown, which she loved with the ardor of a sanctified affection. ”

“ William P. Horton and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, active in the work of the church and Sabbath-school. He follows the occupation of teaching in the public-schools of the county, and is a skillful educator.
XII. Hannah, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born in Sheshequin, 10 June, 1834; married in Wysox, Pa., 15 June, 1859, by Rev. Andrew Barr, to Cornelius Dubois Hasbrouck Cole, son of John Cole and Catharine Letts, and born in Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., 4 April, 1818. Read Medicine and Surgery with Drs. ”

“ Upon graduation from Cambridge he went to live with his father (who had in the meantime removed to the village of Horton, Buckinghamshire) , determined to devote his life to literature. At Horton he wrote his early poems, "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Lycidas," and "Comus." "Lycidas" is an elegy in memory of his intimate friend Henry King, drowned off the Welsh coast.
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After six years at Horton, he spent fifteen months making the Continental tour, and would have stayed longer ”

“ William Horton to the present time. He has no children. He possesses more than ordinary mental ability, and gives good satisfaction to his employers, and commands their confidence and respect, and the esteem of all who know him.
II. Lucien, son of Homer Horton and Jane Davidge (Isaac, Hon. William, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.) , born at Bethel, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 14 December, 1836; married 12 Nov., 1861, at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., by the Rev. Mr. Mack, to Hattie Burr, daughter of Bradley Burr and Polly Sherwood, and born at Liberty, N. Y., 21 August, 1836.
Children:
1. ”

“ HORTON, ROBERT FORMAN (1855– ) , British Nonconformist divine, was born in London on the 18th of September 1855. He was educated at Shrewsbury school and New College, Oxford, where he took first classes in classics. He was president of the Oxford Union in 1877. He became a fellow of his college in 1879, and lectured on history for four years. In 1880 he accepted an influential invitation to become pastor of the Lyndhurst Road Congregational church, Hampstead, and subsequently took a very prominent part in church and denominational work generally. ”

“ The place they had chosen was in the shadow and the hour was late, and no one was about, but Jim Horton took a glance up and down the deserted street before he resumed his interrupted remarks.
"I don't want any man's uniform when it's been defiled. You ought to have known that. I'm going to take it off and give it back to you."
He saw the eager surprised look that came into Harry's face and raised his hand in warning—"But not yet. First I'm going to tell your wife the truth and then I'm going to warn the Duc de Vautrin." ”

“ Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in the township of Goshen, N. Y., in the year 1770. He was a master builder in the city of New York, when quite a young man. He was said to possess a mind peculiarly adapted to mechanical pursuits, and he engaged in them before his majority. When about 23 years of age, he took the small-pox, in New York, went home to his father's, in Orange County, where he died in a few days. ”

“ David Horton is a farmer—was largely engaged in the oil trade—carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.
V. Horace, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married Melissa Putnam about 1833.
Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:
1. ”

“ William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River. He resides at Elkville, at the old homestead of his father, and his sister Sarah lives with him. He is not married.
I. Hon. William, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill (Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.) , born on New River, 9 March, 1828; married at the residence of his wife's father, near Boone, N. C., 1860, to Nancy Rebecca Blair, only daughter of Henry Blair and Mary ——, and born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 26 Aug., 1835,—the Rev. Joseph Harrison, a deaf preacher, officiating.
Children, all born at New River:
1. ”

“ Elmore Horton and family reside at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa. He is a farmer and lumberman; was an engineer on the Pennsylvania canal when a young man; has some part of his life been engaged in mercantile business. His son is now one of the partners in carrying on a general country store and doing a fair business.
II. Mary, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 19 Nov., 1818; married at Terrytown, 15 June, 1841, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to Dr. Nathan Wells, son of Nathan Wells and Sarah Coleman, and born in Orange Co., N. Y., 15 Oct., 1815. Dr. ”