. siste d at
,ley received a volume of well wishes
\VEFKliY NORWA’LK GAZEl
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Local News .
Lester D. Beers of Bethel, is Lis1tirg
relatives in this city.
Dr. W. L. Weed has returned from
a. visit to Geneva, N. Y.
Misses Anna and Mamie -\Valsh
spent Sunday in Fairfield.
The young son of Attorney E. M.
Lockwood has the measles.
Mrs. S. J. Benedict of Orchard street,
is visiting friends in Derby.
Beit Knapp of White Pliins, N. Y..
is visiting in South l\o1ualk
Miss Vivian Soderstrom of Bayview
avenue spent Sunday at Long Hill.
Edwin Gilbert of Georgetown left
Monday for a short trip to Chicago.
DMa1 y F1 ances wife of Moiris Sloan,
died ’luesday m01ring, aged 20 yea1s.
BBL] y Stantonvand sister of Orchard
street, a1 e 1 isiting f1iends1n B1 ooklyn.
Ecner A. Jones of East avenue has
retu1ned from {a visit in W est Stock
bridge
Miss Irene Snydei ofN ew York, is
visiting Mrs. E H.Fe1ris of VVashing-
ton street.
James Farrell of Winnipauk, is
spending a few days in- Mattawan and
Peekskill, N. Y.
R. T. Foster and: family of Danbuiy,
are spendingfa few days at Sunset cot-
tage. Bell Island.
Dr. Cordelia Williams, of New York
cit-y, is visiting her brother, S. L. Clary,
of Orchard street.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnl'uDauler and
fainily, have moved from Orchard
street to Staten Island.
Rev. J. J. Lester
the meeting
hall Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Joseph Pullman. D. D., presidr
ing elder. preached in the First Metho-
dist church Sunday morning.
Miss Johnson, daughter of Roster
Johnson of New York, is visiting Miss
of Silt-eimine as-
in Kundson’s
Katherine White of Cannons.
While at the circus :Tuesday after-
noon M rs. -Frank'Wooclward was reliev-
ed of her gold watch and chain.
Louis Allen, of Middletown.
the holiday with his patents, Mr.
Mrs. B. C. Allen, ofgCross street.
spent
and
Franklin B. Gregary and a force of
men are putting a new shingle roof on
a large barn owned by Allan Betts.
J. C. Wilson & Co. ’5 hat factory will
be closed for the next two weeks,
while a new boiler is being put in.
Frederick Conley, of'the South Nor-
walk post office, started Saturday on a
ten days’ vacation trip to New York
state.
Beginning next Sunday evening
services at St. Paul’s chapel will com-
menee at 7:45go’clock with the sermon
omitted.
Samuel J. Miller superintendent of
the Gilbert &}|Bennett M’f’g. Co.
Georgetown, left Monday morning for
a two weeks stay in Chicago.
Rev. J. Spencer Voorhees of Hart-
ford, will be. the guest of Dr. T. K.
Noble in the parsonage next Sunday,
and will assist him in the pulpit.
Mr. and Mrs.IH. PA. Price and son
Conrad, of West avenue, spent Decora-
tion Day with Mrs. Price’s daughter,
Mrs. James F. Fielder in Jersey- City.
Next Sunday, June 4, will be Pythian
Sunday, on which day the Knights of
Pythias will attend the seiVices of the
First Methodistgchurch in a body. The
Stanford and Westport Lodges will
come to Norwa1k to attend. '
Dr. and Mrs.'.J. J. Strohmeyer and
the Misses Grace and Lena Strohmeyer
of New York. have arrived at their
cottage at Bell Island for the summer:
They have as their guesns, Mrs. John
Reynolds and Miss Alice Kane, of
Newark.
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Congratulate Teacher. l
Mrs. Sdsan Benedict-Lindsley, of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., entertained a.
number of her former pupils of the
Over River school pMonday afternoon
atthe‘bome of James N. Storyon
Connecticut turnpike. Among the
pupils present were Marian Cummings,
Ida Fredetta Taylor, May Olsen, Dottie
Morrell, Grace Glover, Ella Wilmott,
Alice Crossman, Gertrude Mead, Eva
Ely. Ada Osborn, and EliZabeth Aus-
tin, and Arthur Jackson. Mrs. Linds-
on her recent marriage, and the oc~
casion was made a merry one in which
Mrs. Storey and Mrs. Lindsley made
each and all feel very much at home.
Former teachers at the school called in
the evening and congratulated Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsley.
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Property Attached:
Saturday afternoon Constable Jeseph'
J. Goodwin placed an attachment upon
real estate owned by James D. J en-
‘1MEMIJH__I_AT 111.
Where the flowers in their beauty set
the woodlands all aglow,
’ And the crystal rivers. laughing to the
distant oceans flow,
Where the bees are in the’clovcr and
the sun of summer shines,
And the shadows 6n the grasses are the
shadows of the pines,
Comes a people forth to duty ’neath the
banner of the stars,
And the Nation weaves a Chaplet for
the heroes of the wars;
For the men who went to battle, for
the tender and the true
Who are sleeping in the sunshine in
their uniforms of blue.
The veteran crowns his comrade to the
music of the drum,
The Nation weaves heroic wreaths, and
will for years to come ;
In the cycles still before us, in the cen-
turies to be.
The rose will fall upon the brave who
rest tWixt sea and sea;
And Columbia, fairer, greater as she
mounts the heights of fame,
\Vill carve on her 1esplendent shield
with pride each hei o’ 5 name ,
And the tide that rushes outward to
the countries far away
Will tell the beauteous story of our
land’s Memorial Day.
Greater love hath no man than this,
we say, as we pause above the graves
of those who died for their country and
lay above the sacred dust cur tribute
of affection and remembrance.
Of all our yearly feasts, Decoration
day is perhaps the most. distinctly na-
tional. The adorning of the soldiers"
graves is but the outward manifestation
of a feeling which is all the stronger in
that our national history is so brief a
(one. The men who fell at Chickamauga
or Bull Run need not share their honors
with the well-nigh mythical heroes ofa
thousand years ago. They, themselves,
have written, the sagas of our own race,
in their life blood, and they will be
passed on to generations yet unborn.
Monuments have been raised in their
honor, but the story of their deeds, as
told from sire to son, will outlast the
crumbling stones. Littlealid these he-
roes dream of all this, as they marched
out to do and die. They had no vision
of honors to be heaped upon them by a
grateful people. With the simplicity
inherited from their pioneer fathers,
they marched out to meet the foe, all
unconscious of the heroism which is the
dearest heritage of their descendants.
Within the circle of the year that
lies behind us since last we assembled
in the “city of the silent” to commune
with the spirit of our dead, Liberty
has spoken a new flat. She has called
upon this nation, with the voice of the
bugle and the roar of cannon, to give
answer to the query, "Am I my brother’s
keeper?” She heard the cry from the
islands of the sea, and to this people,
as once before, she gave the command:
“Go forth! Strike 05' the shackles and
loose the fetters of those in bondage!”
As one voice, from'counter to work-
shop, from farm, mill and mine, from
valley, mountain and desert,
north and south, the strength and
pride of this nation’s youth and man-
“Here am I; send me.”
east, west,
hood cried:
And so they went fourth to offer the
‘ sacrifice of their blood upon the altar
or a righteous cause.
They fought and fell under the fierce
heat of torrid sunshine, they died by
bullets, disease and starvation, they
died of wounds and weariness. Their
graves are on the foreign hillsides, in
tropical jungles,- and in the depth .of
the ocean. SOme sleep in the quiet
churéhyardof their own dear land, but
wherever they lie we offer to their
memory the tribute of our gratitude,
and from their blood and suffering a
.new era of the world shall spring, a
memorial to the bravery of the Ameri-
. can soldier.
There are some who: delare that
fickleness is an attribute of the Ameri-
can character. Would they dare say
as much could they see the long pro-
cession which goes forth from city and
hamlet alike on Decoration day to lay
tribute of flowers and honor upon the
graves of the nation’s dead? Would
they repeat the sneer if they could
-hear the reading of. the poems our
.noblest poets have written of their
glorious deeds. if they could listen to
the songs composed' in their honor and
nings, in Elm street, Norwalk, to re- ung by the piping voice of ao‘e and the
cover on aclaim. of one thousand dol-
lars, formerly held by Silas W. Greg-
ory, bit assigned to George:S. Greg
cry. The case is returnable to the
shrill tones of childhood, if they could
hear the~most famous orators rehearse
the victories of heroes who died, per-
TO'vn Court at Norwalk the first Tues- l hops, ere they were born? No, surely
day in June.
if our critics were with us on one Dec-
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oratiOn day, they would cease forever
to call fickle the people which so grate-
fully remembers its victorious dead.
Deceiation day will find new graves
this year; perhaps even here and there
a long, low mound upon Which the
grass has not yet had time to grow.
You can cover them With ‘flags and
flowers, that is all. But to the living
veteran you can give the honor and
tenderness which make glad his dc-
clining years, remembering not only
for one day in the year that he, too,
gave his best of youth and strength to
make ours “a union strong and great.”
In decorating the graves "of the sol,
diet-s, don’t forget to lay a flower upon
that of his ’wife. Her part was almost
as heroic a one as his ;
the rain of bullets; she remained be-
hind to weep, to pray, to hope, to fear.
She shared his heroism, let her share
he went to meet
his reward.
New Graves to he Decorated.
The following is a list of the new
graves decorated by the G. A. R
UNION CEMETERY. ‘
Hubbell, Allan P. Co. C. 27th Ct V.
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY.
Buttery. Edgar Co. A. 17th C. V.
Bones, Robert Co. C. 17th C. V.
Cunningham, Peter L. Lieut-Col. 8th
Kellogg GeorgeR. Co. Cr. 28thC. V.
cm
Orton, D1. SamuelU. S. A.
Ruscoe, Andrew Co. G. 10th C. V
ST. MARY’S CEMETERY.
Tierney, Thomas Co. G. 28th C. V.
The whole. number to be decorated
in the several cemeteries is 185 as
follows:
Union Cemetery, 96.
Riverside Cemetery, 40-.
St Mary’s Cemetery, 41.
St. Paul’s Cemetery, 9.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Buckingham Post, G. A. R. attended
service at Grace church Sunday morn-
ing in a' body. The pastor, Rev Jehn-
son McClure Bellows preached a me-
morial sermon. - The music rendered
during the service was as follows:
Morning processional, 520 Messiter;
Venite, Clifford, Pepper; Gloria Patri,
Clifiord, Pepper; TeDeum, Tours in D;
Jubilate, Sohr in C; hymn, 377, Dykes;
Kyrie, Arnold in A; Gloria Tibi, Wood-
ward in D; hymn 408, Ewing; oifertory,
“Come Holy Spirit,” by H. Millard,
recessional, 490, Haydn.
""‘At'th'e Methodist‘church in the after-
noon, Union Memorial services were
held at 3 o’clock, the .Sunday schools
of the Congregational, .Baptist and
Methodist churches partictpating. The
children of these Sunday-schools met
the G. A. R. members at the foot of
Mill Hill and escorted the veterans in
abody to the church. The choirs of
the Methodist and Congregational
churches furnished the music and the
following was the prograinme :
Prelude—Organ.
Hymn 1103, “ Great God ! beneath
whose piercing eye,”
Invocation, closing with Lord’s prayer,
Rev. James Gregory.
Anthem, Te Deum in C,
Choir.
Responsive Reading—Selection 62,
Led by C. E. Curtis.‘
Prayer—
Rev. T. K. Noble.
Male Quartette—“ Strew Their Graves
With Flowers.”
Olfertory—Selccted,
H. Tilly.
Address——
Rev. T. DeWitt Van Doren.
Hymn 563— “ Onward Christian Sol-
diers.”
Solo—J‘ Save me, O God,”
Mrs. J. C. Newkirk.
Address——
'Rev. S. L. Beiler.
Chorus—“ Star Spangled Banner,”
Hymn 1089—My Country! ’Tis of Thee.
Benediction—‘-
Rev. S. L. Beiler.
Postlude.
, At the South Norwalk Congrega-
tional church the vesper service was
memorial" of the soldier dead. Co. D
assembled at the armory at 3:30 and
marched to the church in a body. The
Douglass Fowler Post and Union Vet—
eran Union were also in attendance.
Gen. Russell Frost delivered an elo-
quent address to the old soldiers in
memory of their dead Comrades. Thel
church was well filled despite the warm '
weather. The programme follows:
Organ Prelude, Fourth Sonata, ,,
Guilman‘t
Edward B.’ Manville. '
Call to W01 ship by the Pastor, and the
Lord’s Prayer.
Quartette and Congregation—“O Co-
lumbia, the Gem of the On "
Responsive reading of Psalm
Prayer.
Quartette—“Consolation,” D.M.H live
Hymn—“Joyfully,Joyfully,” Men 1
tempting Collation served by that other
‘ keeping together over
Address by General Frost.
Quartettefi‘Tenting on the Old Camp
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Quartette and Congregation—“ Amer-
ica.’
‘Ma1che Romaine.
Memorial-Day 199 opened dark and
misty, hilt,” was for a short time only
as old Sol soon forced his firy rays
through the threatening clouds and
shone forthin resplendent glory. \It
was an ideal day both on land and
water.
In the early morning the uniform of
theG A. R. was seen hem and there .
as the living veterans piepared to
honox their dead comrades by lovingly
strewing roses on their mounds in the
several cemeteries.
Like 98 memorial Day 99 was cele-
brated while the nation was at war.
New graves were decorated and fresher
tears fell upon many a mound upon
which the grass has not‘ had time to
make green.
Instead of three wars the heroes of
four wars were remembered this year
for thier brave deeds, and thus was
added a new significance which touch-
ed us the more keenly.
There were some graves which were
’ungarnished by flowers, the resting
place of those who f;ll before Filipino
bullets making that impossible, but
the great hearts of the American peo-
ple held them in honored memory as
they reverently paid tribute to those
buried in the home churchyards.
’ G. A. R. Services.
At the shore resorts and club houses
all was bustle in getting ready for the
annual opening day, while all day long
the streets were filled with visitors
who had come to town to spend a da y
in the country.
The members of Buckingham Post,
G. A. R. assembled at Post rooms at 10
o’clock and at 11 o'clock marched to
St. Paul’s cemetei y and decorated the
graves of thei1 comrades buried ther.e
From St. Pauls they vistted Union, St.
Mary’s and Riveiside cemeteries in
turn, where a like tribute was paid to
the dead heroes.
After lovingly and
forming their duty, the surviving mem-
bers of that once great army returned
to Post rooms where they enjoyed a
reverentl y per-
band of patriots who compose the
Woman’s Relief Corps.
At South Norwalk, Douglas Fowler
Post. headed by marshal music, march-
ed to Pine Island cemetery and laid
roses upon the mounds of their
comrades.
' This duty done the veterans return-
ed to Post rooms where a collation was
served, afper which they took a Tram-
way car and visited the Five Mile
River cemetery where a like duty was
performed.
The Yachf Club.
,It was opening day at the Norwalk
Yacht club, and the club’s handsome
house at Hickory Bluff was thronged
with members and guests during the
day. _
At 2 o’clock the colors were hoisted
and saluted with 13 guns.
The races were the chief attraction
and added interest to the occasion.
There were five classos started,sloops,
cabin cats. open cats, 18 to 24, open
cats, 15 to 18 and canoe yawls.
In the sloop race Commodore Keeler’s
Defiance was the only one entered, but
Dr. Ean knock about Cockatoo sailed
the course with her making a most
interesting race and exciting finish,
the :Defiance passing her rival only
within a few yards of the finish line.
The race between the cabin cats was
also an exciting event, the two boats
the entire
course. The Ayli crossed the line ‘59
seconds ahead of Commodore Sanford’s
Shippan, but owing to the latter’s time
allowance she defeated the Ayli by
nearly one minute.
In the open cat race, 18 to 24, Samuel
Lynes’ Little Joe ran away from George
Jennings’ Daphne and was a good mile
in the lead when the hook holding the
throat halyards slipped off and put her
out of the race, Rear Commodore Os-
born’s Gemini towing her back to the
club house. \
1n the open cat,15 to 18,1ace Victor
Ferris’ Vision showed Van Solvers"
Gladys May and ' Phil Knapp a. clean
pair of heels and wort handily with
time to spare.
In the canoe yawl race? NV. H.
Byington’s Grace again demonstrated
her ability by defeating Fredei ick Nor-
ton ’s’Restless by. half an hour.
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The winners of all but two races
were new beats which have come into
the club this yea/r, the Daphne and
Grace being the only two of the old
boats to score a victory.
' The official record was as'follows:
Slocps Start. Finish.
Defiance, 2:35 1.46-49
Cockatoo, 2:35 1.47-09 ‘
Cabin Cats. ~ ,,
Shippan, 2:40 1.46-36
' Ayli.2:<10 1.48.04
13 to is.
Daph ne, 2:45 2.09-40
Little Joe, 2:45 Disabled
Cats 18 to 24.
Vision. 2:50 2.16-57
Phil Knapp, ":50 3:20-40
Gladys May, 2'50 2 25—34
(linoe Yawls.
Grace. 2:55 2 .31 32
Restic1‘9, 2:55 3. 01'02
In starting the G1 ace fouled the
stake boat and was obliged to stait
again. '
Music by Weidenhammer of Bridge-
port enlivened the afternoon, and after
3:39 o’clock refreshments were served.
In the evening dancing was indulged
in, the boat house being crowded with
participants.
The boat races will be continued on
June 10th, and 24th; July 8th, and 29th;
August 24th and 26th.
At Roion Point.
No special attractions were advertis-
ed for Roton Point, but the grounds
were crowded all day with visitors who
came to enjoy the sea breezes and
listen to the music. The Iron Steam-
boat Tarus brought an excursion to the
grove, which helped to swell the num-
ber at this popular resort.
At The Knob.
The Knob Outing club does not open
its season until July 4th, which prom-
ises this year to be a record breaker,
yet Freeman’s orchestra was present
all day and furnished fine music for
the large number of members and
guests who visited the grounds.
Senator Ferris was on hand as usual
with his handsome launch Eva L and
carried passengers back and forth be-
tween the Yacht club and Knob dur
ing the day. '
A’l Dorlon Point.
Landlord O’Sullivan splendidly en-
tertained his guests during the after-
' noon and evening with dancing to
music furnished by Lowe’s orchestra,
and thousands visited this most popular
resort during the day. The celebrated
chore dinners provided here were not
forgotten and the chef and his assist-
ants were kept busy serving the many
guests of the hotel.
At the Fair Grounds.
The Italian Independent society of
South Norwalk held a
picnic at the Norwalk Fair
which was attended by an immense
grand festival
grounds,
crowd.
A large delegation from the Stam-
ford society came up, and the parade
headed by Prof. D. Cappelliere’s band
of Port Chester was an imposing one.
Bethel Halters Insolvent.
F. W. Smith & Son, Bethel hatter-s,
filed an assignment in insolvency Sat-
urday with Referee John W. Banks.
A hearing for the appointment of a.
trustee is called for June 10. The
liabilities are $22,743 and assets $18,000"
- Mrs. Howe Surprised.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Howe of New
York city were tendered a surprise at
the home of Mrs. Howe’s parents, Mr
and Mrs. R. D. Wyman of Taylor ave-
nue, by a party of 35 friends, Monday
evening. .
Cards were played, dancing and
vocal and instrumental music were en-
joyed. Refreshments were served.
A Yellow! Fake.
A statement published in the New
York World to the effect that Chief
Vollmer was looking for the Clark
baby and that he had questioned some
of the La Pearl people, is denied by
the Chief. The statement is supposed
to have been contributed by a local
. newspaper fakir.
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Runs Away.
A horse belonging to Fritz Kosmeck y
of West Norwalk, ran away in that
place Monday. The only occupant of
the wagon was Miss Grace Kosmecky.
The wagon and harness were wrecked
and Miss Kosmecky was thrown out but.
not injured. The horse was badly out
up.
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Officer Hunt‘s Father Dead
Bartholomew Hunt, father of Other:
Thomas Hunt, died Tuesday morning
in the 76th year of his age.
0.
meublein Dead.
Andrew Heublein died at his home
in Hartford yesterday morning after an
illness :of several weeks.
HATTEHS 111:1.
The Employes cf Otto Ba? -
thol’s Hat Shop hold
Handicap Race. "
N0 ACCIDENTS.-
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The Weather. Was Ideal and large Crowds
Were Out to Witness the Race-
Saturday afternoon the weather was
ideal for bicycle racing, and many
people took advantage of it to assemble
at Gregory’s Point and along the route
of the race of Bartholis hat shop en:-
ployes. i
The course was from Gregory’s Point
to Hanford’s stere and return twice.
The race as is usual was slow: in get-
ting started the limit men getting off,
at 3:15
There were very few tumbles, onlet
being that of Ernest Barthol‘ who Eel
while rounding the Dorlon House the:
first time.
The time 18:12 was very fair for the‘
condition of the road, the distance be
ing about five miles.
Some difficulty was ‘experienced in
keeping the crowd back from the
course but the race ended without any
accidents.
All of the fifteen men entered, started
except Arthur Singerwald.
As soon as the race was over the
officials adjourned to a par1101 in the
hotel whom the figures were computed
and it was pannounéed that William
Gunther had won first time prize, Er-
nest Barthol second and O’Connell
third.
The following are the names, position,
handicaps, and time made by the men:
' Handicap. ‘ Time.
1 Patrick Murphy, 2m 19:43
2 James O’Connell, 1m 18:5].
3 Horace. Key worth, 2m 19:54
4 Thomas Layhee, 41}m 22-25
5 Walter Saunders, 2%m 20:28
0 William Gunther, scratch 18:12
7 John W. Smith, 5m 23:15
8 Ernest Barthol, scratch 18:27
9 John Hartwick, 1111111 20:16
10 John Carr, 3im 21:17
11 Ben Kelley, 31km 22:45
12 Fred Raymond, 22m 22:11
13 Fred Stoots, lilm 21:05
14 Robert Smith, 5m “2436
The officials of the
follows:
Starter, Victor W. Ferris: Judges,
Fred B. Coleman, Fred 0. Hanford.
Robert G. M itchell;timers and checkers,
Fred Barthol, George A. Davis, ’Bert
Godfrey, John Mylol, Fred Ambler
referee, H. A. Saunder.“n
The prizes: One, electric battery;
Two, bicycle pints; Three. bicycle
shoes; bicycle suit, miller lamp oil, box
race were as
perfectors, gold pencil, briar pipe,hat,
gas lamp. bag flour, Hartford bicycle
tires, boxing gloves, load of wood,
"sweater, unbrella, bicycle shoes, knife
pearl, leather medal, for booby prize.
Riders had the choice of prizes in thd
order in which theyffinished.
lHEWHlEL EllNliSl.
Irving Reed of Pioneer Wins
the Rambler Bicvcle.
HAD vorEs TO’SPARE.
Received the Wheel and Took his First Lesson
Yesterday.
The contest for‘ the Rambler whee
presented by Chief J. T. Prowitt to
the most popular fireman in Norwalk,
closed at 7 o’clock Monday night.
The contest had" narrowed down to
Irving Reed of the Pioneer Hook and
Ladder company and J. J. Goodwin of
for each of the contestants met at the
J..'I‘. Prowitt store at the close of the
Contest and counted the votes, announc-
ing the following vote for the two
leading candidates: .
Reed 7099.
Goodwin 32-1-1.
Reed had a majority of 3855 over
Goodwin, and the, latter gracefully
yielded the wheel to Reed who invited
him to the Truck house to accept of.
his hospitality.
.Chief Prowitt at’ the close of the
count turned the handsome wheel over
to Reed, and yesterday he took his first
lesson in riding about town upon it.
—Ad\ ertise in THE GAZETTE.
the Old Well’s, and a representative .
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Norwalk Chronicler