NUMBER 1.953.
Entered at the Post Office at South
Norwalk as second-c
matter.
, SOUTHJNORWALK. 00NN.,’WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20.1894.
“'fiiliiiiiiiiiiti iiuiiwni
connsaoasrisc vita ANNIVER-
siiirr or war rows,
, ______,
Molina d‘f 'Ilnalcnl and Literary Ex-
orcism. Build-red Last night at the
fimou—Il;ftun Hundred People Listen
to laaplrlng Blngln'g and Eloquent Ilia-
W Addresses. ‘
. The Founders' Day celebration, which
began , so 3 anspiciously with a
[and . gathering of the child-
ren of the1 public schools at the
Norwalk Armory, yesterday afternoon,
‘ was continued last night. The afternoon
. gathering was one conducive to enthusi-
arm. The bright faces of fully twenty-
flva hundred school children showed
future prosperity for the town, while at
the evening exercises a backward glance
was taken at our patriotic and honored
lira, of whom any town might justly be
proud. The addresses were replete with
interesting research and of much value
to thou interested in Norwalk’s history,
growth and prosperity.
The spacious drill room, which was
seated to accommodate 2,500 people, was
well filled with an enthusiastic audience,
General Conch, was received with
y applause as he arose in make the
pening address. The general was dress-
in his uniform, which was in strict
keeping with memorial and reminiscent
dentures of the occasion. Mr. Couch
ispoke as foll0ws:
Fellow Citizens of Norwalk. and the
Strangers who have Grucctl the Occas-
i’im wgth their Presence:
n A few days ago I was notified that I
, ‘ must act as the chairman of thiscccas-
ll ion; that I‘ must also appear iii-full
‘r uniform (applause). They went back
,: thirty years and dragged up old battle-
3 field days that they might appear and be
Hrspresented here before the younger
Isnall not have occasion to
«. nddressanandience many more times,
)aud I wish now to express my feelin rs
. . for my fellow citizens. I never willing y
'5‘de man harm and in my declining
“yarn can glance back without any
, 'fsslingsof sorrow or regret. ,
. St. Paul’s surpllced choir next render-
? led "The Heaven-i are Telling," from the
L‘Creatien." by Haydn. ; Thp recitative
“in. effectively rendered by Leigh Whit-
‘juker. Prof. Whittaker was the director
1 d accompanist.
l‘he invocation by the Rev. T. K
able, was Very impressive and in keep.
1 with the order of exercises.
, A chorus of sixteen voices, com-
‘prning a quartetfe from
. th South Norwala Congregational,
nth Norwalk Baptist, Norwalk Metho-
tandNorwalkCongregatiocal,churchcs
consisting of Mis.Lillian Sherwood New
kirk, Mrs. Imogene Ross, Miss Ella J.
Byxbee and Mrs. N. E. Campbell, so-
pranos; Miss Alice Sherwood, Mrs. J. W.
Collins, Miss Jennie l’unzelt and Miss
Anna Stash, contraltos; D. E. Disbrow,
J. P. Treadwell, Horace Match and ll.
P. Price, tenors. and Frank Nash. Wil-
liam Warren, H. 1’. Morgan and Frank
Comatook, bassos, accompanied by Miss
Nash, piano, and Miss Iletts, organ, sang
. Gilmore’s National anthem, “Colmubia,”
and “Blast of (ind, the God of Nations."
by Trowbridgc, and in with selection the
finelone, quality and well-balanced llhl'.
mony were remarkable. The “wk of
this chm?) was exceptionally finc, and
the audio cc manllcsfcd iis pleasure in
hearty and, long continued applause,
which only ('cascil as the president of the
evening announccd tlic address‘iiy Rcv.
C. M. Scllock, who is undoubtedly tho.
best authority on Norwalk’s colonial his-
tory that could have boon secured forlhc
occasion. As Mr. Scllcck rose to spent,
and as the gathering lKPllt‘ld the on» who
had labored so long for Norwalk,’bo rc-
celvcdageiiuinoovation. lllillf’llll’ll! the
esteem and affection in which he is hold
by the community. llis illlflfl‘drl was as
follows:
ltcv. C. M' fiellech’u Address.
Godo/ ”iv Fathers, Glory. Follow (lili-
em and Frl'ciids of this Allll'll’lll I’ll/Illu-
tfon-Gltl-il-z’l‘lxll: Thom Were tllrce al-
ready well established settlements in
Connecticut, Windsor, Wcthcmlluld and
Hartford; the foundations of tho New
Haven colony had recently been laid;
Faltlleld htld just lrf‘fltl‘ll with the Abu-
rigines. and Sti'atfonl and Stamford were
in birth throes when, on February 26.
"40 Roger. the son of Thomas and Jam-
Lndlow, of Wilts county. England.
d the llrst lines of Norwalk history
his purchase. on that date, of the
“'sutern part" of the town, which pur-
chase was within two months afterward
crowned by that of Daniel Partrlclr of.
lathe luatr merit runs, "Meadows and
I do ad lnlng. lying on the westlslde
” , Norwal lrivcr;" the territory thus ac-
mind by t a two lndlan “sales" being
expand a one batted twelve miles to
_ north ly the “Mohawk countryi"
. east by the Snugntuck and west
the “Noewanton” rivers. and the
, horde ed on the south "bythesea."
, ’Ihfa instrlnt day is the anniversary of
national er than of the original "ac.
ant" transaction. 0n Janelllih
1* Dr. 16504 Ludlovv for himself. and
dill Ely and Richard Olmstead, of
_ , crd, principals and agentsmams
«- an" mant,‘ thsforinertoulland
filter to buy the territory heretofore
‘ 7 Walnut: denominated Norwallr.
,3! tbs- rtthreelnltlatoryt ,
‘ . the new aettlcmont’s situation.
“1:32..“ owner-I
. m-paucy m ,mv
, for discussion. The «up
i
'cf
of “into
lss‘li an Indian residence thana sort of In-
dian reserve. Only asmall percentage
of the estimated sixteen thousand
Connecticut red children, in 1640,
was found in this vicinity, and
the “mills,” “ovens." and “burying
places" belonging to the towns two or
three clans lay mainly along the grant’s
distant confines. so that it may reason-
ably be presumed that what in 1894 is
the town a centre was in 1640 more of a
hunting and fishing haunt than of a
living, hiding Indian home. .
‘ As pertaining. svcondly,to the settle-
ment’a name it must suffice to allege that
the designation Norwalk is. because of
its antiquity. justice and dignity. one.
the retention of which is to be recalled
with sincere satisfaction. Beyond, it is
believed. successful gainsay, the appela-
live is. if not purely yet principally.
aboriginal. and xenon a respectful and
rightful recognition of the primal lords
of the soil. Monakewcgo has
been supplanted by Greenwrch. Rip-
powan by Stamford, Saugatuck by
Weatport. Uncowa by Fair-field, Cupheag
by Siratford, Wepawaug by Milford,
Pahquioque by Danbury, Pequonnnck by
Bridgeport, Quinnipiac by how Haven.
and Uncas by Norwich, but Norwallr, to
our father's good sense and sense-of fair-
ness be it credited, has, with the excep-
tion of the addition of one and the sub-
traction of another letter been allowed to
remain uniquely unchanged. While in
relation, thirdly. to the plantations peo-
pling pendency we stop not today to
argue nor to suggest an argument why
or wherefore, but. merely to passiugly
say that as Lndlovv was busted in other
directions, and the attention or immi-
grants drawn to other dlstricts the grave
Mamackcmon, and the lordly Mahaclie-
mo, and the brave Nammake were, mid
ancient Norwalk's wildering forests. and
grand pulpit rocks, and sinuous silvery
streams. sagely making the most of their
fortunate ten years’ grace. Potius war-
fare was over. still the idol of his heart,
the bronzed but beaming faced Powaliag,
princely attired and decorated with belt
of beads and diadem of feathers ever and
anon, it may be imagined, darted down
his grandsii‘e'a sylvan path from Canaan
hither, standing sponsor for. his sachem
ancestor at the council campfire pmsl»
bly, but more probably engaged in draw-
ing the arrow to its head in the eager
chase, within the weird and welcome
wilds of his Norwalk forest brothers"
Pemenante and Pokcsake.
This would be the proper place wherest
to refer also to the Virginlal conditions
that confronted the Norwalk founders;
to the surveyor's milsome trampings, and
the axeiiien's laborious fc ling that
quickly f’ollowedgto the log framer's heavy
lifting and the drain builder’s hard dig-
ging: to the sound from mom to night
of Ralph Keeler‘s saw, and Walter
Hoyt's liammer.ui.d Jonathan Marsh's
mill wheel. and a little later Richard
Raymond's caulking iron. and John
Nash's hide poundrr; to the difficult
task of laying out across the swamps,
and through the bugs. and round the
creeks. the cow path to “the neck," and
the bridle path to "theiuill,"and tiie
cart path to “the pastures;" to the trying
task of converting all a ound the country.
lndian trails into travel ways, and of
preventing the live stock from straying
uveriinfenced wastes, or miring in the
salt water marsheszto the laborious work
of "burning the woods," and the
vigorous work of budding the bridges,
and keeping the Ravages off: all of which,
and the half has not been hinted, invites
and would reward attention, but
reference to all of which as well as toour
French and Indian wars’ contributions
and to the foreign government changes
which disturbed the settlers tranquility,
and to olden customs, politics. society.
education and rciigioii must needs be
dispensed with. that time may be gained
for making «in-cried allusion to the
fathcis tliciiisclvis: destitute of which
ullusiouii louiiilvrs'iliiy address Wuulll
be flfl Illi‘ulli—‘lslmlt and incomplete
pi-rforiiiiiiicc.
Although ilir-ccliuuf our gratuliitioiis
at this Coiiiiiicmurutive tido may not
reach lht‘ iiiitlcd cars of the (fluid, we do
iiotwithsiiim‘iing regnrdfully salute and
do homage to the memory of our plain,
in numerous instances doubtless. but be-
cunse piiiiii by no means polcnlless par-
o-uts. In that little band, ro-ckoncd a
humlrcd siroug. that forded the Sari
tuck, and providence piloted, cattle llrs
upon it clearing at the presciit town's
tvrriioriiil ('JH‘, and then to the coast
lcvcl whcrc it finally halted. wcro few
pcrchiincc who had been titled—born, and
yct is “NH solar from being a company
of ordinary lllll'l‘lltlll’t‘l’fl that the old set-
tlement was to a noteworthy extent
made up of dlstinclion—«(:liaracti-rized
inch: of the survicciiblc, staunch kind of
men who. more than adequate to any
strait into which tni-ir jooparil environ-
mciiis incvilably threw them were mils-
It‘ll! not alone of ciiicrgcncies. but of
ovcutiiulitzcszof men in the case of a
number of whom thermallty of mental
wcluht was conspicuous and in many of
whom there was no luck of the moral
wright indispensable to first water ex-
ci-Ileiice; of men to whom the kindling
vuaion of this triumph-epoch in thcir suc-
ccssora' history may not have been vouch-
saled, but who by their right and right-
eous principles underlying indomitable
courage and perseverance hold two hnn»
drcd and fifty years ago, the found-
ations of their children's weal, and not
only invoked but commanded it, thereby
entitling said children to the pardonabls
claim of good and great birth.
Oiir Colonial in memoriam filly has
for its first subject Thomas Hartford, the
town’s earliest tianford and earliest min-
ister, who was of emlnent worth sea
man and exceptional attainments as a
scholar. His perccplcr had been none
the loss than Dr. Charles Chauncey, the
second president of Harvard college, who
himself had fitted for Trinity college.
Cambridge, at the famous Marlon school
next door to the Parliament House of
1005. Dr. Uhauncey’a pet science was
theology and his promising pupil, the
future pioneer pastor of the prime anci-
ent society of Norwalk shared largely his
tntcr'a predelrcllons and like him was of
rare theol foal crudltlon.
Thomaaog‘ltob was annals rated the
wealthiest and lthcquallytrne that he
wasmoftheworthicatandwlamt men
inthaolli’llmlemalt. mummy“
J05?!”
and the risky work of killing the wmvcs ..
chased one-twentieth of Windsor.
James, the youngest of the trio, decided
to make his home in the eastern part of
the colony. where he married the dawn
tor of Oliver Cromwell’s nominee to the
major generalship of the English army.
Descent from such solid hrstheren as
were Thomas, Joseph and James Fitch
is. in the language of Lord MacAulsy, to
be remembered with pride. >
The head of the long line of Norwalk
Msrvins, Matthow Marvin.Sr., has dis-
tinct and distinguished record as ”assis-
tant magistrate" in the colony. Hon.
Matthew and Elizabeth Marvin estab»
lished themselves in this lawn and bore
established an influential lineage. Before
coming to Norwulk they had married
their oldest daughter to the founder of
Norwrch. and their next daughter to
William Goodrich, the father of the far
known Durham, Wethersfield and
Ridgefleld Goodrich families. They had
been no great time in Norwalk before
they gave their next daughter of twenty
summers, to the young Thomas Sey-
meat, and three years afterward their
youngest daughter but one to John Bou-
ton in wedlock; from which last two
unions all of the Norwalk Seymours and
alarge roportion of the Norwalk Bon-
mns, a cable column of worthies, have
sprung. These sisters had two brothers,
Matthew Marvin. Jr., and Samuel, but it.
is through the former that the Norwalk.
Marvin surname comes down to us.
There is documentary evidence that
previous to his arrival in this place, Na-
thaniel Richards closest intimates were,
the meat celebrated New Englanders of
the period, and that this pro Norwalk
home was upon one of the fairest sites
in the vicinity of Boston. a
Henry Whitney was a live 7). As
a capable millwright he gave his adopted
Norwalk the benefit of his critical judg-
ment, which was at once deferred to, and
Whitney's mill built at the great bridge.
lie rendered himself remarkable by his
practical sense, and his memoryhas a
firm hold upon descendants who are
found in every portion of the land.
Richard Seymour and Richard Webb.
close neighbors and follow “iownsmen.”
and Richard Raymond, a tentative resi-
dent, ~iviih Nathaniel Ely, Matthew
Campfielrl, a Connecticut chartercr,
‘John Platt, John Benton, Ephraim Lock-
wood, John lielileu, Christopher Com~
stock, Ralph Keefer, Thomas l‘aylor, Jov
seph Ketchuui. Edward Church. Ed—
ward Nash, Thomas Betta. Thomas Bar.
num. John Reed, Eliakiiu Warren. and
Nathaniel Street, were no cyphera.
That he should almost constantly have
been in public office is testimony In sup-
port of Richard ()lmstead's acknowledged
cleverness. Matthias St. John and John
Gregory were traditionally and inferen-
tially, lineage noted; and whatever im-
portance may be attached to the matter.
John flu-cue. the Huguenot. and
Thomas ' Benedict, Walter Hoyt, Na-
thaniel Hayes, _and Daniel, the parent
of the Norwalk Kellogg's. as well as
Thomas Seymour were "nominated in
the boodz" were Lord Charhs‘, Norwalk
patentees. and there was; somewhat
later, it vital influx by the accession to
the new settlement of John Copp, Sam»
nel Carter, William Jams. l’ewr White.
and later still Hezekiah Jarvis. Jonathan
Camp, Samuel Grumman, Ralph Isaac's,
Ebeneezer Carter. Matthew Reed, Ebe-
neezer Church, Josiah Thatcher. John
Cannon. Eliakim Smith, and Jacob Us-
born.
Coming down from these a number of
more modern names arrest attention.
()ur limits debar us from the considera-
tion of such. and we conclude this para-
graph by a few testimony words ri-lative
to some of the formiwflu'r: of Norwalk.
The country was rough, tho habitations
quaint. the surroundings primitive: cle-
gant libraries. choice paintings. and
curious old Coin collections Were rare.
nevertheless culluro and colonial socml
supremacy ware not entire strangers
within our ante-revolutionary precincts.
One of tho best names in Massachu-
setts and Connecticut wnstliatof llun-
nah Ncwbcrry. Wcll dcsccnilcd, its om:
historian addiices, of ample int-ans, and
highly connected, hcr Norwulk home
was om- of refinement and prominence.
She was thc first wife of Rev. Thomas
llanford, and her mother, one of the re-
nowned women of the land, was ll. tenant
at Mr. Ilanford‘s Norwallt fireside and
there closed hcr eyes in dcalli long before
her learned grout-grandson, President
Aaron Burr. assumed the headship of the
college of New Jcrsry. and hot heroic
greatogrnndson, Roger Nowherry. having
stormed Carthcgcna, retired below deck
and gloriously departed, leaving a child
who, by marriage, took the name of and
became kin to His Exccllency, llou.
Cliirk liissell, of Norwalk.
Mary. daughter of Richard Mill's, of
New Haven, and the widow of New
England‘s astute mathematician, and
aunt of 'l‘hcophilu's Yi’il‘e, was the second
wife of Rev. Thomas llaiiford, thus per-
petuating the ilunford family import-
ance and becoriiing the mother of all of
Norwalk llunford blood today.
Mrs Stephen Buckingham is reported
to have bccn the "most accomplished
lady that ever came to Norwulk. Her
sister was iiiother-iii-law of President
.IonitthunEdwards; her father a fellow
of’fllirvnrd college; and of her granfath.
er, Rev. Thomas flooker. of Hartford, it
has been said that he could put a king
into his pocket." [is prompted if not
actually penned the first Magna Charts
ever submitted to the votes of a free
people. The block of granite recently
putln placein our oldest cemetery has
most proper losition.
Mrs. Ruth ‘ltch, the grandmother of
Governor Thomas Fitch. was of a broad-
ly known Colonial family. She was a
sister-in-law of Abraham Pierson. the
first rector f Yale college, and an an-
oestress of, besides the Norwalk and Wil-
ton Fltchs, the Norwalk Woodwards,
Coleus. Daskamii, and Mallorys. After
her son, the father of Governor Fitch.
had grown to young manhood, she was
bereaved of her floor, and married.
secondly, Robert lum. the head of the
family of the late Hon. Preston B. Plum,
of Kansas and Washington.
The widow of Richard Seymour. and
mother of all the Falrlield and thchlleld
county Seymours. wedded for her second
husband. the Hon. John Steele, that sum
rotary of the Connecticut government
and one of the . moor-ll“
Dr. Allstawhogavs the. name of ..
,Mlb MW “by. ’
ll . .
Ran;
In. Edward Nash had been the wid-
ow of Thomas Barlow. a kinsman of
John Barlow. the great-grandfather of
Hon. Joel Barlow, poet, strict and min-
iam plenipotentiary to rance.
In. Ralph Isaaca was the daughter of
Benjamin and Mary Ramsey, the latter
of whom was a grand-daughter of Hum-
phrey Hyde. forefather of the “stucco.
sfcrl fig, and thrifty" Hyde family of
Windsor and Fairfleld.
Mrs. Phebe Bouton. wife of Esaias,
wasthe fifth generation from assistant
governor Stephen Hopkins, of Massachu-
setts Bay. The record of her mother's
marriage and the will of her grandfather,
hothof which documents have recently
been found, settle a long-standing Nor-
walk genealogical claim. She was the
mother of the excellent Mrs. Phebs War-
ren. of Troy, whose icus memory child-
ren’s children, the arrens. Thompsons,
Point's. McKeans. Goelcts. Trotta, Bories.
lagersolls, Aldous and Millers of today
revere and bless.
Mrs. Gould Hoyt and Mrs. John Can-
non ware from old Fairfield families.
Mrs. Hoyt’s magnanimity and Mrs. Can-
non’s cultured tastes are matters of inter-
esting tradition. Both thes foremothers
have influential representatives among,
omitting those of their own names, the
Sheets, Boom and Browns. and the
Betta, Birds, Camps."Cramers, Greens,
Ogdsns and Tibbetis of today.
Mrs. Mercy, widow of Jabez Gregory,
and Mrs. Mary Esther, wife of William
St. John, were connecting links between
colonial and. current times. Mrs. Greg-
ory was a grand-daughter of James. who
was a grandson of Matthias. the Norwalk
St. John settler, and her home premises
in upper Norwallr, as Wen.- those of her
sister in lower Norwalk, were promises of
botanical beauty. She was the grand-
mother of Commodore Francis ll lifeg-
cry. and the anoestress of professional
sons. One of her nephews married the
neice of Bishop Abraham Jarvis, and a
graudneice married Ebenezer Carter, of
Carter street preforiiient Mrs St.
John was a Hidden and a great
grand-daughter of one believed to have
been of signal connection. The time
may come when William ilayncs’ sus~
peeled rank will be disclosed. [is is the
subject of pedigree research and an “all
revealing"clue is industrously sought for.
A successor to his elegant property, Rev.
Justus Mitchell, was one to whose high
reputation our ancient town was not in-
different, and the mortuary historic hill-
side at, as the fathers so poctically, if
not pathetically, expressed it, “the binne-
ward end," of Haynes Ridge, the original
burial site of this revered progenitor of
the White Plains Mitchells, ihe Norwalk
Matthews. and the imperial Dr. Chaun-
cey Mitchell Dcpsw his memory shrine.
William Haynes' life tide reddc'us Ill”
veins of the Norwalk and New York
Lockwwds, St. Johns. Hoyts, Slicrrys,
Skiildys, Lynes and Fishers.
Finally Mrs. Nehemiah Rogers wasa
Norwala born woman of unchallenged
position and prestige. and mother of an
honored posterity, embracing as a por-
tion of its line the Austins. Doers,
Gracies, Hopkins, Lawrences. Lamberts,
VmRt‘nfiiele and Winthm of the
present day. One grand—dang ter mar-
ried, as his second wife, the father of the
late Rev. Dr. Henry Bglinton Montgom-
ery,of New York: another married the
late Dr. Pyn-a, of Washington. and a
great-grandson married a daughter of
Bishop Wainwright. Could Elizabeth
Fitch have seen herself as others of a
later generation see her, self—complain-
anca would have been excusable. Her
funeral cortcge. in years agone, extend-
ing in length from the old bowling green
mansion through a godly portion of
lower Broadway was only one uticsia-
tion to the renovation in which licr
memory was held. Those were some of
our native town's colonial mothers. amid
the society of whom the poet's praycr
could have had but poor application;
"We hope the plant of grain min thrive.
Ln forests where civility can‘t live."
In addition to all which the Norwalk
plantrrs. among whom as we have soon
were substantial. skillful mun. and
women of desert and destiny, were tho-
bons aiiilsiiiew progenitors of not a few
of the noble iind notable of the nation
since thcir day. We dispute with no
sister settlement the palm of coiistitucncy
tiierit.auil it may. as another says, in:
but an ounce of historic truth; for
iiiodeaty‘s sake we will grant it: but it is
an ounce nevertheless of grateful fact
that Noiwalk has contribiitcd at least
its quota to the motor of the cighwi-litli
and nineteenth centuries” inch of
renown.
John I‘itch. thc inventor of steam-
bculs, is a piriicular star in the World's
genius consmllation. His grandfather
was hutonc remove from tho Norwallr
Joseph Fitch.of 1652. Peter I'srlcy,viliosc
sun no American youth will psriiiit to
set. descended directly from one of the
best of this town's early dwellers. Moscs
Stuart, the eminent biblical critic and
parent of sacred literature in this lilnll
was son of Isaac. who was of the podi-
gree of Robert Stewart of old Norwtilk
registration. The Seymour vine, one of
the first to be transplanted to Norwnlk,
was one of the earliest to be touchml by
by the frost of death. The father, Rich»
srd, was removed and left four lads and
one older son. The widowed mother
married again, but herself and husband
were loyal and loving to the Hey-
mour offspring. From Thomas
the eldest, have orignnted all of
Norwalk Seymour names, while the
Seymour daughters have been the
mothers of our floards and Mallorys and
Samlsses: and from John, the senior of
the onnger quartette, which accompani-
edt a mother and are father to Hart-
ford, havs proceeded ratio Seymour,
doctor of laws; and Judge Orlgen litorrs
Seymour, of the Superior Court; and
Governor Thomas H. Heymour, head of
the Connecticut bar: and Hon. Horatio
Seymour, a former candidate for the
meal they of the United States. The
able an. Thomas Fitch, His Majest ’s
Connecticut executive. and his sold er
son, Colonel Thomas Fitch. of the Con-
tinental army. were born and bred in Nor-
walk. The world‘famed Cbanoellorhlames
the foot thatNorwalk notwithstaad
U. 8. senate. emanated from
a Norwalk planter, who himself emanat-
cd from a graduate of the University of
monument.
United States minister to Russia; ex-
Governor Collins M. logersoll; President
city of St. John in the province of New
Brunswick; James Brown. barrister, of
the house, Genealogical science inti~
males, of the Browns of Lincolnshire.
Elizur Goodrich, D. 0.; Hon. Chauncey
Goodrich, United States senate and
lieutenant-governor of Connecticut: the
three Warren brothers, Eaaias, Nathan
and Stephen, founders of Troy; Hon.
Thomas Betta. of the United States
Ray moud.foundcr of the NewYorkTimes;
Captain Moses Rogers, commander of
the first steamsbi that crossed the Al-
lantic; the late on. Phinneas '1. Bar-
num: Madam Grace Grellet. wife of one
of Bonaparte’s generals, France; Mrs.
Colonel Coll, of Hartford; the Duchess
of Marlborough. England; Right Rever-
end Abraham Jarvis, second bishop of '
the diocese of Connecticut; Colonel Le-
Grand Cannon. of the Union league;
Hon. Joseph Mahbett Warren and Dr.
Nathan Bouton Warren, of Troy: Gen-
eml Joseph P. (jOOWlf the Revolution:
Captain Benjamin Marvin, who was
loud out with sixty-six comrades fiom
fayette's regiment, to storm the
enemy’s works near Yorktown, Virginia,
and Wind up the Revolutionary war:
Captain Stephen Betta, who did his best
when Norwalk was burning; and his
cumin. Captain Hezekiah Betta. whose
patriotic soul bled when Independence
Day in af'cr time failed to be duly cele-
brated: ill". brave Captain Daniel Ketch-
uin, of the war of 1512; General Rufus
King, and Brigadier-general E. F, Bul—
lard, who honors us With his presence on
this occasion, of the Civil War: Colonel
\Voolecy R. Hopkins, Unite-J States
Army; Rear Admiral—we say it with en-
thusiasm—Rear Admiral Francis ll.
Gregory. of the United States Navy; the
old United States L‘omiiiixlorc—oc say
it with increasing enthusiasm—
nnd every lll‘lll,W01llall, and child of Nor-
walk Raymond name has ii share in the
honor—the old Commodore Christopher
Rtymoud Perry, of the ("illed States
navyzund Comllltldlll’f' (hirer lliizzurd
Perry. of Lake El‘lé' celebrity: and Com-
modore Mutthcwl‘. Perry, who opened
the empire of Japan to the commerce of
the world; and lust, not least. for be him-
self rose to the. rank of l'mtcd States
Commodore. Norwailk's fit’ili commodore
that gallant boy, not twelve years old.
who While llowiiie's lll’5l. M14 blaring
down on Maclhmough, was wounded in
his effort to help iiiakc illustrious his
L‘Ullllllinlul‘tt's lake Champlain victory.
and received from Congress a sword, be-
ing it is believed. the youngest receipient
of suchadisiinction on the. lace oi the
globe, these all were of Norwalk fore-
fatherage: and their names it is safe to
predict will grow in favor as the centuries
sweep on, and brighten and. brighten
the renownthat shall {mover halo the
memory of this old wwn's primeval sons
and daughters.
With reference to the period in our
local history covered by the events of the
Revolutionary war we have space barely
to say that Norwnlk‘s pure pitriotism in
the days that tricd men's souls demands
what it is to be hopub will yct, through
the efforts of our admirable organizations
of the Sons and Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. be acconlcil to it, Harm--
ly, cxtcndi-d. especial .‘lllll t'llljlllltrfll‘
rccoril. The stiitciiient that tho spirit of
our people from sevciitci-n nuiidrnl and
seventy-four until the close of the event
ful struggle for liberty \vus invincible,
can be clearly pruven. The imprint of lif-
l':iir.~i was here fully griispcd. and as soon
it! the faintest iiiuttmiiigs l. f our were
(ll‘f‘r‘l’nllllf' Lllcl‘re wcrc, as thc [own regis-
ter exhibits, iiiiiiiistzihiilil» indications
that tho tire was lillllllt‘tl. “'9 gave our
lsons, and we gsivo of our hilllsfllllf'f and
lsympatliy. 'llic buttlc of Nor-walk is
worthy of lengthy lli‘i-‘Prlflllllll. 'l’mrr-
wcn- incidents CxlllliH‘Lr'Il l\ ith it l'i-pleh'
with Viilor-cxiiibili-in. ‘l‘lm shill-rings ot‘
our fiiwtnnbrcllircu roilsi'd cur pcop‘e.
The iirrcst of the Illll'lilh‘ ill. (lid \M-ll unit
tlii-ir spiu'tiiu siilliii Sslilll sprillc voliinics
Another insmncu—wsiiiguhir that it should
hiivc remained. iii some of its puns, iia-
wri‘ttcii, although not :iltogcilict im-
kiiown history until today ~ is all that
can he incntioncil tonight, rind all, llll-
less tlic sunic can lic disproved, that
howls bc brought forward us cvidrncc
of the animus and action of old Norv
wullr's veritable mus of lilicrty. It is
Iifl‘s‘t’flll'll aoiiiowlbit iii dutnil llf‘llilllbl‘ if
true Norwallt [lilll'illl‘lll lt-l challenge
proof.
The Declaration of liidcpcudcncs was
nine months old “'ltl‘ll King licorge's
men to thc niimbcrof two thousand had
landed upon our smith wistcrii limits bout
upon the dwiructlou, its soon its they
could reach it, of it plant of our own
cstablishin’g. llanliiiry. 'l'lic foo hml suc‘
ccssfully llfl‘lvml at tho objective point
and tho I'dlllil mission hill] liccii accom-
plished. 'l‘ryon’s mun Were, not unic-
sistully, making their way toward the
shore again, off which lay vosscls await-
ing their crews rc-embarlmtion.
it now occurred to our Norwnlk pairi-
ots to organize. thcir ambition being
nothing less than the capture’of that
host. it call was without delay sounded
and as prom tly responded ti. Young
men and midi le-age inch and menoa the
hither side of three score and ten entbu~
sinsiicnlly rallied. A small army at
once collected. Cleverly officers-d, and
every youth, every man, every old man
armed, it started, growing in strength as
it advanced, and came finally to a coal-
cul elevation in the northwestern part of
the present Westport. Here the ardent
company massed. Black and iron gray
hair and white locks commingllng. all
lay closely and quietly round
that should terminate in the surrender of
the British column advancing southward
from Ridgefiold.
had been observed and lafonuatlon given
to'l'rycn who wheeled off another way
that losing to our braves a confidently
looked for victory, but emphaalzlng tile
Timothy Dwight, 2d. of Yale College; citizens and friends of this finclcat
Nehemiah Rogers, the founder of the taiion.salutation.
the preface of an expression of
and grateful a precration of
and purposes w ich inspired and
suspiciously consummated, this
ing and notable anniversary
Surely it must he the earnest
present that the spirit of historical in-
quiry now awakened may lead to loan
extensive and thorough efforts mama '
from oblivion, the rich and priceleu bil- ,
m in
mortgt ed none of its magi) , in
any aucficeding era, but as 100”me ‘,
through New England's lets do '
Oxford. and from it fore mother to a history, Norwalk’s colonial and retains
member of Muse family citizens of tiunary story.if not ,
Massachusetts have dedicated a public enriched with the do ity of sturdy
Hon. Ralph I. Ingersoll, cellcnos.
outlaw)!
We feel, therefore, to and
Fathers. oioryé my ~
l m.
Followiag‘Mr. Selleck’s flow of my ,
we began:
God of our
“The Bridal Chants,” from “Baum
en." by Cowen,was sung by St. E’anl’l
England, “a house of no small repute.” choir. Professor Whittakerdiraclodond « ,
Miss Jennie K. Nash accompanied.
"Niirwnlk in the CJvII War.“
Hon. A. H. Byington was then inm-
duced by General Coach and delivered“,
renamJames Gore King; Hon. HenryJ. 3,“ “bl? and eloquent address 0“ "NW“
walk in the Civil War."
Hosald: - r‘ g
Ladiesaml Gentlemen: Kindly permit , »:
my do? '.
ths‘qi t ‘-
havssa ‘
“mm. .
wish“ I!
torical treasures of Nurwalli's great and
glorious past.
State Librarian Hoadley has many
times urged upon me the only and im-
portance of our people securing for poo-
ierity, before it be too late, this town’s
histories of the sacrifices, sufferings and
valiant deeds of our ancestors in
those early days, which as never be-
fore, “tried men‘s souls." Charles H.
Pond, of Milford, a brother “Son of
the Revolution.” and an expert in
Connecticut antiquarian research. hav-
ing had occasion to examine our old
Colonial wards. in the town clerk’s
vaults, said "it was a crime against his-
tory and the coming generations. to
permit these invaluable papers to re-
inaiuilisarrangcd as now, and to perish
by v “ay.” .
Assing pardon.,for this digression
from the subject assigned, let me crave
your indulgence to relate just one more
cognate fact: At a party given in
Washington, by our late cx-gcvernoz,
Marshall Jewell, while he was
master-general. he with his accustomed
, leasnnt FfitlSlVBDPrS. iiitroluced out
l‘ 5'
speaker to George Bdthl’O‘l, as “a
Yankee from Norwala." "What, Nor-
walk. Connecticut?“ instantly ques-
lioiicl the venerable historian. with
corneat enthusiasm. Assured that the
town of my nativity was none other, he
continued, “Well, do you know that
little Somali: in Connecticut. lurnished
n in? “1““ and means for the war of the
REVUlUliUll than any other town of equal
. ' ‘ v‘a H
population, in all the country . Re y-
'ing that some such story had been
but the loose statement never respond, by
verified as a historical fact, he quintl!‘
added with dogmatic emphasis, "But
is is fact, neverthe ess. and afoot beyond
dispute. And more than that," he
further asserted, "I had become so much
interested in the patriotic record of Nor-
Walk in the Revolution, that I watched
very closely her action during ourhivil
war, and I find that when bountiea rang»
ing from $500 to, in some cases,$2,5ll0 ‘-
pcl' man. were being paid for army re-
cruits. by towns and Cities whose war
quotas were unfilled, your town sent to
the front a large number of soldiersin
excess of its quota.“ Such facts from
such an authority its Bancroft. i-hould not
only forever remain incur vimiiiorirs, but
are ivortliy i f enduring [i‘d‘ill'l will”) up-
illl the M. [17.9 whims of N... suik‘s com-
ing "soldiers nioiiiiiiiriit.“
all live to are oupi'avul on such
ciiduring tzililrtn. the name of every
Siillllt‘rllllll sailor son of Norwalk, who
ga'vc his service and his lifc to his
cminlry, from the morning of April 18,
1723. when i-«iiniiicnccd the war for
ll.lli’lll‘i'.tl(*lllf', down to the cud of our
sallglllllftly ('l\'ll war. at x\:‘rj.if.lnlltl.l.0.
"Ni l' \‘zllk ill the (“ii-ll W at." in theme
s' i proli'T '. that it hummus bewildering
as in , vl'i' iulioglunrid where to end;
“hi. i ,4 v» and what. to omit, in my
bro-i a: mu fit of lime.
lf l:- . l-uir mid uiiiiiistiikithlc, however~
fll it we are assembled to comriiemrrate
the alfllllVrl'sary of the founding of our
litulllllllll town: to pay revcionf‘. 5“er
ll) the pitriot sires of tho Revolution
who ”gave their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honors.” to establish
liberty: to WPlL‘Ol‘llH with lieartiest greet-
ing. those present, who in tho civil war
fought to maintain what the father:
established. to culogize with our tears,
more eloquent than words, those
whose sacred dust consecrates every
Norwnlk cuiiii-tcry and upon
whom: gravel-l, loving hands have so no
May we »
.
crutlvlald the beauty and benediction
of Springs tribute of brightest and most
fragrant flowers,
The first shnt fired at Sampler by
rebel hands at 4:30 o'clock on the morn-
mg of the 12th oi April, 18l'1,sent lta
protesting cchocv icvcrtmrnti g around '
the globe. lt shuttled wi ‘
and indignant horror.
North. This first shock of war,
dissections: fired with late-nasal. fervent“.
every loyal heart, and the aroused pat-
riotism of our people. burst
the sudden. irresistible power of’lome
terrific voléanic eniptlon.
red flames that crimsoncd the waters of
Charleston harbor, are the coming of
that lawful morning’s light, thrilled
every patriotslro and son with an lmw
petuous, iincontrolable
the Nation’s murderous
tl-i sliuddi-rin "
till the loya’lmg
ended at".
forth with
The blood.
a.” f
11*".—
zeal, to avenge
wrong.
President Lincoln’s call for 75,000
volunteers, to "suppress hostile combin-
ations and enforce the laws,” was a
needless prompting for the valiant to fly
to arms. Thsrinlted, loyal outburst of
military enthusiasm,
North, was as unparallcd amt sublime
in its intensity, as it was s
that height waiting eagerly for the fray and "'95“!le in “5 I"DWNL
thri ughom the
pmm.
Nu m.
thanks to our noble wilt governor. Bock-
lagham. was better prepared for discon-
Our hem how'ygp, that “I.“ Connecticut.
No town” was ~
gore ready and eager than. Norwalk in
e
or of men and means to aid in
“0:3 down the tuna Inaugurated n.»
Rosina had momma list. ”in its
fig. Ollrmfllillt >
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