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Evening sentinel, Thursday, February 7, 1895 · page 1

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' . - at a brisk pace, followed by
I of the deportment. The
- p , . was drswn by P. W. Baus’
oflsesvy boys, and William An-
docnpied the driver's seat. Prior
sppssrsnes of the ate-mar, the
- . wagon. drawn by a team of prays,
. thehnssjumpers had proceeded to
M, when the first test was to
mode. This consisted in forcing two
~ . . Iportinnofths way up Fitch's
Ming them into one, and then

. ' to the brow of the hill, mak-
osontinnous Iineof hose 1,150 feet. in
I Whentbosteanser srrived the
“has laid. Steam had not been
' opus it was desired to give the
. . speculate test. Atexactly 2:24.
. . , toswatcbheldhyexvdssistsnt
7 0-» . ‘ Thomas S. Osborne. the
l‘ wssspplledsnd instantly s roar-
‘ ill. wood fire was burningunder the bod-
1.0:. Iorowood waspiledonsnd in five
minus-s the gangs registered thirty
Maintain. In five seconds more
infidiustolbsd gone up five notches,
all in five minutes and twenty-five sec-
onb, there was a head of forty-live
pounds of m. At the end of six mzna
sites the steam not turned on, there
‘ bob; no pounds water pressure. which
1; was quichly increased to 240 pounds, or
‘1” pounds more than the average
hydrant pressure. It was not. deemed
uloto put on greater pressure. as the
ud- along Franklin avenue and in that
vicinity use only four»inch pipe and Chief
Engineer mettt did not wish to strain
ills-l. This more, however. forced
the water up the hill without noticeable
lost on the pipe. and s stresm was
1” feet Igatnst the wind. This
is ten or fifteen feet below the
of the reservoir and about no fm
from the hydrant. on the psrlt. The
was in chants of Engineer Wm
at, tho mnfscturen’ delivering engi.
sssr, sublet! by C. A. Tachul Norwslk,
My s steamer firemen for the com.
guy,“ W George ll. Aiken and
[H's-II W. B. Bertram, of inoix Eu

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bmhdrsnsttheeornerof Holt sve~
listless-estrous forthesseondtvst
films! theI‘JtIsndelucsnos
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Ill tbstwlst and swirl from the
sod deliver water in [MIMI
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porurthlssssrshxlhslhsusssvssssv manna-storms: the
WW,IIW” use swdtnshwof Wk. All.
mummMume was sppdstsd chain-m of
ssthseorssretlottssssssssdavss theme“ W lurid new
street. Throat new” wrote. Thessaofl’mr
ChislProwltt m ssethsr and more floshsndbvddsrmwssdoptsd.
theronghtsstmsdshefsssshe‘b “up 0”!!!me as follows: Fore-
edhytnecity. Bedousoukuk tiers- IM. A. ll. View: assistant fore.
issnythingthsmstterwlththom, In, 1. (Your, In; smstssy.iltsphse
but wishes to heme belonshsbsessptr lentil; WJshn “allocation
ed. Ifr. ailsby, the company's misses-mums, not» sad (1 W.
has turned the steamer ever to Malaria. “ammonia-murmu-
Prowitt fora test with the mildimWMM,M‘. her shirt and dark
. pestsfwtbst’rsasforu. ultimatum
Attertbstssrsa bampm was «MW in wan st Ass E. omits t
to the members of the department us M'spnisssbn'snd dwelling at South
Phoenix Engine eonpsoy'shesoipsasms. hornets. At IWMW Melting c-M
The steamer weakened-bout 6 o'clock numemsppmto meme non»
sndthoroughly cloned. The 019"], sMhuvetnstvsrkprintetbiisswd
wagon was also housed there to bespwhrtr’. 'mfirstnmleventio the his
tbshosefrom freezing. Chief Engineer tor} Mthempsnymowthe evening
Pronitt entertained the visitors ”of Blush 14, “their. the mun-
memhersof the City Concilinthesowsndeflmsof Meals Eulumtnpany.
pony parlors upstairs. During the be» No. Landmf deliver any Engine was
quot the members of the he www.mz. were invited totbe Person‘s
metsndspproprisledlflblsoi the: do» W and my («mm of the
psrtmsotfondsforths purchasednsst m presents! Ass smith. the chief
oftheEsstmsunosrl'en In them-list; sum,witlss“hs~mdre cap and
thePltmsixhoys entertained the ”belt. (9qu “.131.“ mpsny
henofthedepsrtment. ‘ modem Isst W on psrsds.
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, ___..___. mdmwhokftfor the
rue-ta. nay-«muses iris-lose wsr. “em-ashes“ by the
norm-truss. New Cm has. They turned out
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of the town. Novwsllt’s volunteer Ice ”'9‘” “m ”Ml” "’9 “M 4‘ ‘
department dates buck to tile fmmm“ “l" MW” ”‘9'“ l2.
of the town, when‘..thess~ was a hatchet W. commune “PM “I the 6"“
brigade, followed in Mar years by man W“! 7‘“ “Q“ ”1 WWW “my
necks. The first hand engine helium W to M 3“" “fl“! W‘W“ that
to Nor-walk wasllfdto theUniouiDnnnv “H chWtbeunck “3:3wa
factoring company—«“0“: Rslief'bngine. m" M ”5" ”H Wit» W l” “"9!“
sowell remembered by old citizms Them 3' when M m M house
borough of Norwallt's first engine wire “9"“ “WMM'W‘Y I“ W'
old "Silver Grey." It was at serviceW' M“‘"’*t “Mlfll‘l’ “Mi
when Norwsls’s first big lire occurred. one, w” M‘W‘ m“ 5"" “I“ M
May 2i,1858.which was molly mum“! 3’va 0“ “MW” “49"“.
portion of Durien known ss King's» F‘ ”W” "V" “W 5’ PM? “3
lending. The community was aim W’“"”” ”W” V“. “”9
entirely wiped out. entailing n loses! ”Msflmwo’ma m M"-
820.ooo On November imoflhs’simm ‘9‘“ “(ll-WM W "of“
’m Ill. big “Karine 3.le ”Em udmmmdmm
occurred, destroying about new W“ W m 0‘ WM 0“"
of the "Bridge.” as the bmineseportme mt written '9' 1'4 W ”W
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hesuhdued. This lire brought merrm _ “a“. in up", new
business men to their sense of duty. At swim and pretext-dc: lg'mflorwzlk

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aspecisl borough meeting held WW m thmsh w.“
b" 2' ”358' ”'00” "3 commuted '0' WWW Voter street. mm -
"10 WW 0' procuringone M In" maltthwmsllhwsintbe vanilla {9
fire engines sod other equipment: use» WWW. the
asry for the organization ell “atheism mums M“ W W. m bend

fire department. and a tax was lhidto rinswfi :hmm mwwfls
raise the money. The committed sip - ‘ Mmpthtelbivi. ;~g.,mmum
pointed to buy the steamer were Miss them of not w. alter he has
3mm. then chief of the transmitter. i“ new ”Klimt?“ W, era-my we
T. J. sz unit and A. (2. Arnold. They . :11”; ”M MM; ‘fmw’m‘wuf‘lmfirm
closeda bargain with J. ft. Slicltlbsmf m.-Mmm iMlineofmtron m“
New York. for a crane neck piano on take-ideas: flame mm. up Want sve-
gins at scoot)... how method Heel! «mym'mwgmf’fi
hose. and twenty-two feet of smuiuw MM 0“ So. 24% “W m rested
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comet: up.» company. m_o7arslh. “I: “Md-.2? but am?
After the closing of the bum for Wflwfiggw m, w... M «mod
the suumur a meeting of chimes- was ”as“ W eerily their invitation
held .t thviix um, on whom»; ”m endowment
evening. member l5, 186%, mil flirt», 11““ M “WWW! W” “at“ "W
nix Engine company was ormimtmfimfi'm’tmwmflflw
Robert 8. Craufurl was elected fore" the? I‘anwusm WW
man: Joiner ll. Waterbury. mim;;m'““ “wmwll‘mw WWW”
0b.?!“ fl. Htreet. mrzitssywnil l‘vedt lflw “ll“ '5"! ”V— tfiw‘l‘“ '0“?!
stick er. John bickwnod. new. gimm- ' m 'WuW flum'
On Friday evening, December 810.11%.“1’” “WW‘ 5 1" 1““ “Li"
thesteatnur reached town and a eonsv ‘W'fl'wi‘wmflfl! W H
psoy of the new metals-rs went M‘WWWv der. hm!
torecelvs her. Upon its mull asth”"r “ Mr“ WIN“ m.
Bridge the engine wusmd‘ in» them WW thmofthe MW"
of the noises novel. esteem mu whim {No-Wm. Mr m-
u. made or the mums... Mumamhm M to 1:-
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«min ofJanoovy to. vase is wns “WMWn-hm - “-2-
decided to send the mmm. mmmnlmmsm am
more powerful machine. this was» main. FM ”N“? W W.
cordisely clone, and owlpsts 0.18M. WM'fl-w;.svemdim1hou-
uewsnglns one up no firm “MW
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is!” “liable! «pincer for in»:
M f finishers“ untlrln; worker
is “Wand is extremely pop
“will,“ lumen. The chief was
hotels low York city. December 7.
I“. M has midrd in Norwslk
first must Engineer W. F. smith
'hss Mo’s marshy of the department
for instruments and for live yous has
held this” liens thirty-six years
talus. .
Second Assistant Engineer A. J. Wheat
rrisssrvisghis first year on the board,
Be a you; man. rlcefldinuly popu-
br 3 the firsmru. and ls rl cipt~
“h“mtllpiout?" done and
Lsddereonpsny.
”residents of Nofwullt itntm every
m to be print of their Vulnnwul’
immanent and tours is no doubt
that theyfully Ipreclat“ this burly of five
humerusshtshowo iu the purchase of
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Ito Tells of her linen-cry nml \le-llnsl
.uv Work in ludln.

The‘bvlies’ Missionary society, of the
m llorwslk Congregational church,
with visitingfriende from out of town
and from the vsrious other churches of
Norwslk sud South Norwslk. filled the
[stateroom of the church. yesterday
“Wandeqjoyed a rare treat in
besrinr Dr. Pauline Root, medical mis-
dolsry from sturs, lodis.

Dr. B'iottold first of her dispensary
work, tbst filling her mrrning hours.
8h. would see there esch day about
seventy psbients. women and children.
smelled with all kinds of diseases.
She would take the pulse of each patient
II she cents in. no matter what the sick-
nsm. This little act was s surprise and
mat much to the lr‘pers who would
conic 'lfll others and whom no one else
would W. Dr Boot said that, ‘4 Min
sheeould not cure the leprosy. the treat-
ment being so very expensive. and it be-
ing impossible to control If e dint of the
pstiern or to he sure in any way that her
directions would be carried out. still she.
could income ways contribute to their
bodily ‘ comfort. and surely mentally.

by letting them are that some
one cared for them. The doc-
tot‘ bad n number of assistants

utbedispsnsary. One of the duties of
the head assistant was to get the unmet
«to its“: my diflcnlt tut,
it living almost impossible to get a
sense to mention the name of her bus-
hsod. If there was no one there to
whom the woman could refer the inquir-
er for the information desirt d, she would
try in some way to describe the god or
person for whom her husband was
earned. so as not to speak the name her-
self

Dr. Boot also treated patients in the
hospital. and the high caste women in
their bone-s. This lust was not easy
work. The sink ones recurs nouttcu
tron whatever from the other members
of their family, the food, boiled rice and
voter, tho the medicines. being thrust
in at the door and the path-ht left to help
herself ashest she could. in the womnn‘n
department the rooms are curtniucd ofi',
odour being no buriier whatcVer. but a
curtain always insuring privacy. ’l‘ho—
rooms are, at the largest. not more than
seven feet equate, with possibly a
Minder: cot. nu springs or mattress, hut
upuslly the bare clay ll lot for a bed. Dr.

Root said that at first she
poled the in very much for their
day bed. but after pnmdiug

a patient with a comfortable bed and
finding her lying on the floor the next
morningmayinz “that the bed was so
hard. her bones did ache an and that the
floor did fit her back so much better,“
sits came to the conclusion that that was
really no affliction, for they had never
known anything else. The men have
lanopesn beds; in fact, they try to be as
English” possible in everything. The
widows. souls of them little girls, do n11
themenisl work. They ere always up
very early in order to get through with
it sud be out of sight before any other
member of the limily ls astir. for they
never must be seen nor most they speak
to any one. One woman bod been left a
widow at seven years of age and for
seventeen years hsd never spoken to any
pisses not been outside of the house
which she had iutered as s bride.

M the conclusion of her remarks. Dr,
Bootshowed a dress given to her by a
womsnoftho Brahman caste and also
how it wss worn. It of thlu purple
silt, deomlnd with gold bread. ltcon-
slvtedofsalngls long piece of the silk.
Mayan! wide. and of it she made
the skirt. welst. head covering and vell.
very graceful and becoming.

_ Mrs. Wheeler sans s very beautiful en-
lo. “Come Thou Feast of Every Bless-
M

Masai-ls. ”mane” ht-

uter the address. lflss Pistt lnvltsd‘sll
to man and partake of the re-
feshnsllts prepared by the ladies. Tye
tables in the east parlor-were spread with
dates, cups and saucers. lfrs. George
I” ad I». Bwsrts. llrs. Light
summit flash prssldsd over the
uses. sslftht Ills-nylon. Bosh. hiss-
M wants. Illsssd lav: Day served
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A WEDDING SCENE lll' IIIGALI’.
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flsrrlsge of Kiss lltssheth In: Kay-s“
lb Attorney clerics D. lines. it! One.-
wlsh.nt the Handsome new slums of the
Bride's hither—other noel-l Ive-ts.

The reception given last evening by
Thomas 1 Raymond, of' Hillside, in
honor of the marriage of his daughter.
Elizihetb Msy. to Charles Dudley
Barnes. was the most enjoyable and re-
“bherche ufi'sir of the season thus for.
Thu number uf guests present. the many
elegant toilette“)! the ladies.and the
beautiful new reudence, all served, to
makeitamost brilliant social sitcoms.
The new home of Mr. Rtymond. which
wu occupied for the first time last night.
is admisbly adapted for an sfisir of this
kind. Upon entering, one was at once
nrnnznd ut the commodious tcmmtnoda-
lions the house alluded. The hallway
is eugisrritcxl lromxbnpulurs on such
side by h'mdeomc arches. supported by
carved minutes. and these moms tire
connected with two others by large
sliding down. 1-: is an aduiit is ur-
rangement, and the effect. vvtth each
room thrnusred with people. was a most
pleasing one Notwithstanding the ele-
gusce of the rooms. there were exten-
sive drCll‘allODB, consisting principally
of palms and other pitted plants. The
beautiful bridal roses noticed among
them were presented by Louis Nos, of
Madison. N. J., a former classmate of
the bride st Hsukettstown C. U. I. In
deep recesses catch side of the mas-
sive stairway were bowls of lemonade
for the refreshment of the guests. A
large mirror on the first landing of the
stairs, reflected the brilliant ic'ne
counter) on etch flour.
hallway was erutioucd the Mandolin
blue, of New Haven, whose sweet music
charmed the ear of every listener. Later
in. the evening the orchestra tool: a po-
sition iu the north paler and rendered
dance music, which the young people
hefirtlly spprecisted as they glided over
the polished fliers. Mazatti. of New
York, entered, and the refreshments
were most excellent, and served by an
efiicient corps of waiters.

The tsurrisge ceremony was performed
at 7:30 o'clock in the south parlor. the
bridal party standing benesth a bower of
lsurelsud fragrant flowers. Rsv. Her
vny E. Burnett. of Brooklyn, father of
the uroammss the emulation clergyman.
The bride was attired in a white satin
gown. s ith pearl yoke and bodice. trim~
tied with rune p'dut lacs. seams outlined
with pearla.cut en train. The bridal
veil min caught up with orange blossoms.
Thebrulecsrrind a white satin prayer
book, with a spray of orange blossoms as
a marker. and the ring used in the cere-
mony wss thutnf her mother. Miss El-
sie Tolles Ray mood. a sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid. Sue was costumed in n
gownof while brocaded satin. en train.
and carried u bouquet of lilies cf the val-
le-y. Everett A. llurnrs. the brother of
the groom. was best man. and the ushers
were Davul Melick, of Yale, a former
student at llucketteto-vn, and Harold A.
Parsons. of Bmokside. The wedding
msrches m-rc skillfully executed by Miss
Nettie Day, of Merriam“), N. J.. salons.
mate of the bride. The bride and groom
presented thrir attendants with dainty
lsvors. They were ussistwl in receiving
the gucsts by Mr. and Mrs. T. 1 Ray.
mend uml llw. and Mrs. Burncs. The
former was attired in white satin. cut Mn
train, With duchiss lace garsiture, end
woreadlumund and pearl tiers. Mrs.
Burnt-s was costumed in black satin.

The numerous gifts received by the
young couple were of the most costly
and beautiful character, and included a
check from the bride‘s father, silverware,
brie-s hrsc, etchings. etc.

Many were in attendance from out of
town, among the cities reprereuud
being New York, Philadelphia, Morris~
towu,Brldirsport, New Haven, llruuk-
lyn, Dsnbury. Bethel. 8t. Catherinou,
()spadu and Flushing. Each guest. upon
departure for home. rec -ivsd a box of
delicious wedding cake.

The Gilt Edge express stopped at south
Somali: st 10 o'clock for the accommo-
dstlon of the bridal party. After a brief
tour, lfr. and Mrs. Barnes will return to
this place to spend the Babbllh. and next
em will goso Greenwich, where they
will board until their handsome rssl-
dsnce, now In course of cbnstructlou. ls
completed.

)ir. Burner: is one of the most
promising young attorneys now prac-
ticing in the slate. He was for
some time located in South Nor-
walk, but left here to sccept s t-
nsrsltlp with ex-Secretaty of State R.
Jay Walsh, of Greenwich. who snj in a
large and lucrative practlcs.

Hrs. Burner will be greatly missed by
herlame circle of friends in this city
with whom the was a general fsvorlte.
and none have but the best wishes for
hvrfuhm happiness. She lssprsdusts
of thsflouth Not-walk High school. end
stills Estimators. N. I, Gasman

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Glsnhroohfisst night. his , H ,
thvlr ‘Norwslk friends, who vs ‘
so in a slelgb,hut as there!!!
city of snow they were son
in the camel! "Newport." A. m
joyahle time was spent lo phylum
and dancing. A bountiful Whom .
served. The party mohedhoins at?
In. Those present wevetbs Klsstsw 1,
gsret Peck, Annie Tech. Hattie , ‘
Grace Scofleld, Maud Wesvsr, m
Kellogg. Buvsn Benedict, Berths- Kon-
quardt, Recs, Nellie and Clara. Ills.
Lulu Stanley and Miss Golding; M
Harry Smith. Milton Peck, Charlie Clio,c ‘
var. Joseph Gregory. Victor Bullock and
John Hunter. ‘

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The Four Hundred club went by train 7
to Bridgeport. yesterday afternoon. and
from there took a carrysll to Trumbull, ..

Haines.- who have many friends in
South Non-walk. The occasion was s ds-
lihtful one in every sense. The party
reched South Norwslk on the 1 o'clock
train this morning.

The marriage of LeGrsnd Raymond. of
Nor-walk, and Miss Sallie Ayres, of New
York city, took plum in Grace church
chantry In that city, at noon today. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
David L. Ferris. of Homhends. N. Y.
Only these“ relatives of the contact,-
ing parties were present.

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lire. Edward F. Kunpp.ot Whitfieot,
entertained s number of her friends yet-
terday afternoon, at a whist party. The
prizes were won by llrs. Edward K.
Sells-ck and Mrs. George R. Bylngton.

POPULAR amusement.

Some of the Events In Which lolwslk
People are Interested.

The pretty opera “Prince Pro Tem,” to
be presented at Hoyt’s Theatre. tonight,
received the followiugjendorsement from
the Burlington Press: “The very large
audience that gathered stfthe Howard
Opera House, last evening. leaving hard-
ly a vacant sent. is another widows
of the fact that the amusement loving
people of Burlington wont. cot-in opera.
'Princs Pro Tem’ is called an operatic
(anion, but for all that it bnssplot, and
a very fuduy ope, too. The cast carried
their parts well aniline chorus, on which
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psnds, left nothing to bed
Pro Tem‘ will rank so one of

‘Tommy Tompkins. how d'ye do' and the
other pretty airs will long be remember-
ed by those who heard them."

Russell H. ConWell, p‘l‘tll’ of Temple
church, Philadelphia, Pm, nho is very
careful whom he recunnmuuds, says of
the little paupic who Will appear in the
entertainment in the South Nor-walk
Baptist church, under the auspices of the
Sunday school, totnunnw nighl: “The
Vernon Family gave a concert in the
Temple. Monday evening. and delighted
our people greatly. The children are l0
modest. so sweetly Christian, and so zil-
ted withal. that our audience was more
than well pleased; they were enthu-
elastic."

“Who is this pretcrnaturnlly grave
ntl’lpllng in n swallow-tail. with a goodly
expense of immaculate shirttfront? Be
is Charles Blltl‘ll Loomis. lmd his recite.-
lions almv huh to be a humorist sud
mimic nl manning qualities. The more
you her Imuuie we better you like
him."»-—Ncw Ulleaus Picayune.

Mr. Luwmis is to be heard in the enter-
tsiument February 12th. at Hoyt’s Thea-
tre. the chart for which opens Saturday
morning. at Pmisted‘s and Pinneo's.

PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE.

Opened Last Night Under l'svnrsblo Onl-
dlttons at the congruent-sat church.
Lnstnight the People's Institute. con-

nected with the South Norwslk Congre-

gational church. opened its radius room

,in the east basement parlor. The tables

contained a varied assortment of first-

class reading matter. Including a number
of the leading periodicals. A large num-
ber of new games new else to be found.

with which the young people pssstd a

pleasant evening

Professor H. II. Heydrick orgsnlred e
class in gymnastics. the present member-
ship being twenty-five. This number
will be increased five or ten. sod after
that the limit will have been reached. as
a greater number could not be «commo-
dsted resdlly. Membership is free to oil
young men and boys (mar ten yesrs of
age. on condition that they attend every
Wednesday. evening promptly at 7:80
o‘clock. Any member absent more then
once a month will he dropped from the
roll.

The same cominlttse which condqu
the Institute to successfully last yssr. is
In charge again. It consists of Ohsrles
E. Jennings, E. Beard. Oourtlsndt E.
Hiltdon, Rev. G. H. Beard. tire. I. E.
Plslvtsd, me. Ill. Lender and tiles Esth-
srlne Sivlck. Superintendents will he in
attendance every evenlug. Thus for
lost sight and for Wednesdsyl through-
out the month are Dr. Pmnssndfll-
mull: but.

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