«WEEKIYwNOE
WA L x - G A z a 'r T E
ITS 200th ANNIVERSARY.
The First CongregatiOnal Church of Dan—
bury Begins Its Celebration.
The/First Congregational church of
Danbury began the celebration of its
200th anniversary, Wednesday. There
were present a large number of minis-
tersjfrom surrounding towns, the for-
mer pastors of the church who still sur-
vive, and many of the former members
whatnow reside elsewhere.
The exercises began at 10 o’clock,
the Rev. Noel J. Hough of Berkshire,
N. Y., delivering the opening prayer.
' The Rev. A. F. Pierce, pastor of the
church, gave an historical address and
J udge' F. D. Brewster an address on the
relation of church to town. - Mayor G.
M. Rundle responded.
At 2:30 in the afternoon addresses
. were given by the Rev. Thomas K.
Noble of. Norwalk on “The Mother
Church,” and by the Rev. H. L. Slack
of Bethel, the Rev. Cyrus W. Francis
of Brookfield, the Rev. E. Sanborn of
Ridgebury and the Rev. F. A. Hatch of
Danbury on “The Daughter Churches. ”
. In the evening the Rev. Charles Ray
Palmer, D. 1)., of New Haven, told
“What Congregational Churches Stand
For.”
The celebration will continue to-day
and on Sunday.
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM CHURCH.
William Church a well-known farmer
and capitalist, died at his home on the
old Saugatuck road Wednesday night in
the 84th year of his age, surviving his
wife about three years. He had been
sick since last September, at which
time he suffered a stroke of appoplexy.
Three sons, Charles. E., Ebenezer J .
and Frank Church, survive him. The
funeral will be held Saturday afternoon
Bev- Qharles M. §9lleels emote-ting.
GEORGE w. WHALEY.
George ‘W. Whaley, a well-known
and respected colored citizen, died at
his home on Knight street at an early
hour Thursday morning aged 70 years.
A family cf children survive him among
the number being 0. Bryant Whaley, a
practicing physician of Savannah, Ga.
The deceased is spoken of as having
been a consistent and conscientious
christian.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Emma
Church was attended this afternoon,
Rev. Mr. Hyatt ofthe Methodistchurch,
and Rev. Mr. Robbins of the Baptist
church officiating. The deceased was a
danghter-in-law of William Church who
died last night.
All advertisement placed in these col-
umns brings satisfactory returns.
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IF WE ON L-Y COULD.
If a man could be born when he’s old.
And gradually grow young, .
The wisdom he'd gain and the lore he’d at-
tain
Are not easily said or sung.
If I knew as much as my boy,
Who is six times younger than I,
I’d have a sumcience or general omnisci-
ence—
Be finished and ready to die.
So a man might drink deeper, I hold,
Yes, force out truth's obstinate bung,
' If he could be born when he’s old
And gradually grow young.
Eor the groping and ignorant man
In his darkness would count it a joy
If he had the light to enlighten his night
Of the wise. luminiferous boy.
. If he could grow younger and wise.
And develop from age into youth,
We’d be able to hold when we're thirteen
years old,
The substance and sum of all truth.
And the oceans of wisdom we’d hold
Cannot be imagined or sung,
If a man could be born when he‘s old
And gradually grow young.
But a man is new born very young,
And he gradually grows very old,
And as his youth finishes, his wisdom di-
minishes.
And his ignorance grows manifold.
And so every year doth his wisdom decrease
And his tight knowledge web is unstrung,
And no man can be sure that he is not im-
mature
Unless he's exceedingly young—
What sages the world might behold,
What giants of brain and of tongue,
If a man could be born when he's old
And gradually grow young.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
BETTY’S VERSE.
BY SARAH B. KENYON.
Mr. Rogers was thinking. His
thoughts went back twenty years, and.
he saw himself a. young man doing a.
prosperous business, and, although not
in partnership, still intimately asso-
Ciatod with one who had been his .play-
mate, neighbor and close friend for
thirty years. And then Mr. Rogers
saw the financial trouble that had
come upon him, and he thought bitter-
ly that, if the friend had played the
part of a. friend, it might ' have been
averted.
He saw the twenty years of estrange-
ment; he felt again the bitterness of
that hour of failure.
Mr. Rogers rose from his chair, and,
going to his safe, drew from it three
notes for five thousand dollars each,
due on the following Monday.
“Twenty years is a long;r time to wait
for justice,” said he to himself; “but
now, and without my lifting a. finger,
these notes have come into my posses-
Sion, and I know, Robert French, that
it will be hard for you to pay them. I
knew justice would be done at last.”
And‘Mr. Rogers replaced the notes in
his safe and closing his office went
home to eat. Many a. man will cry out
for justice when it is revenge he de-
sires.
On Monday morning Mr. Rogers
went to the station to take the eight
o’clock train for Boston. He had just
taken his seat in the car when he heard
his name spoken, and saw Mr. Palmer,
his neighbor, standing by his seat.
“Are you going to town?” asked Mr.
Palmer.
“Yes,” was the reply.
can do for you?”
"I wish you would take charge of
my- little girl as far as M—. Her
grandmother will meet her there. I
have promised her this visit for a. week,
and intended to take her down myself,
but just at the last minute I have re-
ceived a dispatch that I must be here
to meet some men who are coming out
on the next train.” .
"Why, of course I will,” said Mr.
Rogers, heartily. “Where is she?”
At these words a. tiny figure clam-
bered on the seat, and a. cheerful voice
announced: “Here I is!”
“Thank you,” said Mr. Palmer.
“Good-by, Betty; be a. good girl and
papa will come for you to-morrow.”
“Good-by, papa; give my love to the
baa-lammie, and all the west of the
fam’ly,” replied Betty.
People looked around and laughed at
Betty’s putting the lamb at the head
of the family. They saw a. very little
girl under an immerse hat, and with a.
pair of big blue eyes and rosy cheeks.
Mr. Rogers put her next to the win-
dow, and began to talk with her.
“How old are you, Betty?” he asked.
“I‘m half-past four; how old are
ydu?” promptly returned Betty.
“Not quite a hundred,” laughed Mr.
Rogers, “but pretty old, for all that.”
“Is that what made the fur all come
off the top of your head?” she asked,
looking thoughtfully at his bald head,
for the heat had caused him to take ofi’
his hat. . .
Mr. Rogers said he guessed so.
Betty pointed out various objects of
interest and made original comments
upon them, not at all abashed by her
companion’s age and gravity. Suddenly
she looked up and said: “I go to Sun-
day school!" .
“Do yOu? and what do you do there-‘3.”
“Well, I sing and I learn a. verse. My
teacher gived me a new one ’bout bears,
but I don’t know it yet; but I know the
first one I had; want me to tell it to
you?” and the big bluejeyeslooked con-
fidingly up at Mr. Rogers.
“Why, of course I do, Betty,” he re-
plied.
Betty folded her hands, and, with her
eyes fixed on her listener’s face, said:
“ ‘Love your innymunts.’ ”
Mr. Rogers flushed, and involuntarily
put his hand to his pocketbook; but
Betty, all unconscious of his thought,
said: “Do you want me to ’splain it?”
The listener -nodded and the child
went on: “Do you know what an ‘inny-
munt’ is?” but receiving no, answer, she
said: “When anybody does naughty
things and bweaks your playthings,
he’s a. ‘innymunt.’ Wobbie Fwench was
my ‘innymunt;’ he bweaked my dolly’s
nose, and he sticked burrs in my baa.-
lammie’s fur, and he said it wasn’t a.
baa-lemmie, notfin’ but just a. lammie;”
and the big eyes grew bigger as they
recalled this last indignity.
Mr. Rogers looked deeply interested,
and, in fact, who could have helped it,
looking at the earnest little face? Bet-
ty continued to “ ’splain:”
“It doesn’t mean,” she said, “that
you must let.him bweak all your dolls’
“Anything I
noses nor call your baa-lammie names,
’cause that’s wicked; but last week
Wobbie bweaked his ’locipede, and the
next day all the boys Were going to
have a. wace, and when I said my
pwayers I told the Lord I was glad
Wobbie had bweake’d his ’locipede. I
was, but when I wanted to go to sleep
I feeled bad here,” and Betty placed
a tiny hand on her chest, and drew a.
long breath. “But by and by, after
much as a. hour, I guess, I thinked how
naughty that was, and then I telled
the Lord I was sorwy Wobbie had
bweaked his ’locipede and I would lend
him mine part of the time; and then
Ifeeled good, and I was asleep ina.
minute.”
“And what about Robbie?”
Mr. Rogers.
"Well,” replied the child, “I guess if
I keep on loving him, he won’t be a.
‘innymunt’ much longer.”
“I guess not, either,” said Mr.
Rogers, giving his hand to help her
down from the seat as the cars slack-
ened speed at M—-—-, and stopped at
the station. He led the child from the
car, and gave her to her grandmother’s
care.
“I hope she has not troubled you,”
said the lady, looking fondly at the
child.
“On the contrary, madam, she has
done me a. world of good,”said he, sin-
cerely, as he raised his hat and, bidding
Betty good-by, stepped back into the
car.
Mr. Rogers resumed his seat, and
looked out of the window, but he did
not see the trc cs, nor the green fields,
nor the peaceful river, with its thou-
sands of white water lilies like stars
in the midnight sky.
Had he told the Lord that he was
glad his “innymunt” had broken his
velocipede, and could not join in the
race for wealth and position? When
he came to put the question straight "to
his soul, it certainly did look like it. .
It was of no use for him to say that
the notes were honestly due. He knew
that he could afford to wait for the
money, and that if Robert French was
forced to pay them at once, he would
probably be ruined; and he heard the
sweet voice of the child saying: “Love
your ‘innymunts,’ ” and he said in his
heart. using the old familiar name of
his boyhood days: “Lord, I’m sorry
Rob has broken his velocipede; I’ll lend
him mine until he gets his mended.”
Had the sun suddenly come out from
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u.- and delivered to all
behind a dark cloud? Mr. Rogers
thought so; but it had really been
shining its brightest all the morning.
A boy came through the train with
a great bunch of water lilies, calling:
"Liliescentapiccesixforfi.”
“Here, boy!” called Mr.
“Where did those come from?”
“White Bond Lily cove,” said the
boy, eying Mr. Rogers with some per-
plexity. He had been train boy for
five years, 31nd never had known him to
buy anything but the Journal.
“What’ll you take for that bunch?”
“Fifty cents,” replied the boy,
promptly. ,
Mr. Rogers handed him the half-dol-
lar, and took the fragrant lilies. “How
do you get into the cove now?” he
asked, as the boy pocketed the money
and was moving on.
“Git out’n’ shove her over the bar,”
replied the boy as he went on.
Mr. Rogers looked down at the flow-
ers with streaks of pink on the outer
petals, at the smooth, pinkish-brown
stems, and thought of the time, forty
years before, when he and Rob, two
barefooted firchins, had rowed across
White pond in a. leaky boat, and by
great exertion dragged and pushed it.
over the bar, and been back home at
seven o’clock in the morning with such
1 lead of lilies as had never been seen
5.. the village before. Yes, he remem-
bercl it; and Rob’s mother was frying)r
doughnuts When they got back, and
(Le had given them six apiece. Oh, she
knew what boys’ appetites were! She
had been dead for thirty years, he
thought.
Just then the cars glided into the
station. Everybody rushed out of the
train, Mr. Rogers fol lowing in a. kind
of dream. He walked along until he
came to Sudbury street, and stopped at-
a. place where he read: “Robert
French, Manufacturer of Steam and
Gas Fittings.” ’
He entered -the building and, going
up one flight of stairs, opened a door
and entered a. room fitted up as an of-
fice. A man sat at a. desk, anxiously
examining a. pile of papers. He looked
up as Mr. Rogers entered, stared at
him as if he could not believe his eyes,
and, without speaking, rose from his
‘chair and offered a seat to his visitor.
Mr. Rogers broke the silence. “Rob,”
he said, holding out his hand, “these
came from the cove where we used to
go, and—and—I’ve come around to say
that if you want to renew those notes
that are due to—day, I am ready to do
so, and—and—-—”
But Mr. French had sunk into his
chair, and, with his head buried in his
hands, was sobbing as if his heart
would break.
Mr. Rogers awkwardly laid the lilies
on the desk and sat down. “Don’t,
Rob,” he said, at length.
“You wouldn’t wonder at it, Tom,”
was the reply, "if you knew what I
Rogers.
’ even.
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.26 II’ALL .812, NORWALK.’
ORPORATED SEPT. 1. 7876.
APITAL, :- - - - - - $100.00C
non M. HOLMES, President.
. 1... Berna. Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. CURTIS, Cashier
DIRECTORS :
URGE llI. HOLMES, H. E. DANN,
L. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrrr
n. L. Borax, S. H. HOLME
J .‘CobsmsfiJn.
Illscounl llay, Saturdar-
Having purchased
the Market ofaE. J.
WADHAMS, I have
WADHAMS
HAS
SOLD
OUT-
restocked the same
with Meats, Fish
Vegetables and Can-
ned goods, and so
licit a share of your
patronage
HOHARLES E. SOHEUBEM—
2 l ' Wall Street.
WILLIAM S. KEMP,
Carpenter -:- and -:- Builder,
34 West Main St.. Norwalk.
Mr. Kemp has been a carpenter and builder
in Norwalu for the past 25 years. and refers to
owners of buildings erected under his super-
vismn as to workmanship.
Chilton- Paint,
Every gallon of paint made by the
Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and
ground in pure Linseed Oil. All shades
are mixed and ground by machinery
seven times, making them uniform and
Compare the size of cans and
You
weight with the cheaper makes.
get an honest gallon.
you will be convinced.
H. 'H. WILLIAMS
1’? Main St.
had endured for the past forty-eight
hours. 'I can pay every penny, if I
have time, but to pay them today
meant absolute ruin.”
“Well, I guess we can fix all that,”
said Mr. Rogers, looking intently into
the crown of his hat. “Have you any
more papers out?”
“Less than two hundred dollars,”
was the reply. 5
The twenty years of estrangement
were forgotten, like a. troubled dream.
as the two men we nt over business pa-
pers together; and when they finally
separated, with a. clasp of the hand,
each felt a. dozen years younger.
“Ah I” said Mr. Rogers, as he walked
away with a light step, “Betty was
right. If you love your inn ymunt, he
won’t be an innymunt any longer.”—
Christian Union.
I from an injury received early in lifeu.‘
——Walter Scott’s eyes were a. grayish
blue and very quick and keen. His
,hair was rather light than dark, and
he always walked with a. decided limp,
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THE WHITE SHOE STORE
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$2.00 and $2.50 Tan, Lace and Button Shoes at
$ I .75 a pair. '
About 300 pairs in this lot.
your selections and get the greatest bargain in town:
Come early and make
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