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1. gifts of nature, grace and honor. ”
,2 kiss and Whose and Help it was thep
grondfather of ‘Rnlph', ls‘aac lngersole
United States minister to the empire
‘ «of Russia, such sharing is entitled to.
. email. if nothing, more than in the, in
. locusts of ethpoipsy Why was 'such
. (i perceptible percentage of N
' donsideratlon.
as Thomas” limiters should h
nonefltted and (affirmed its Null
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“pilot?! 5
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ad ' “Jehovah"
suntan;
pinyc dr’sung
loft ching‘ or he word.
Holew wo find results Fitch and Ann.
his wife, of fumily beyond the ficean
(leer
Cudiow; himself (registered Thomas
Fltch,‘ s the wealthiest bran in the
town Mr.,Fitch other died some
years before litt'vln :named (is his
loving friends Thoma trey and the
nubsequcnt launder drvurd Col-
e
Matthew and Alice Mhrvln have
seats inn than, ancient building and,
blip 1} twin complied with me
cont ugency I“that shrouded the per
forniunco obit, practitcal branch of in
(lustry‘ from him at,” the court took
cuneito commit t‘h‘é local administra-
tlon of Justice, to his competent self.
John Gregory, son of Henry, of Hos
ton. there Worshipped. while near to
bin}? prayed his cistern Mrs. Richard
b. whose husband. research indl
cafes. was from knightly reins, (rarest
gruudaon of a knight usher of King
Henry VIII. .
Thomas Barnum walked (1‘ little over
it quarter-mile to attend that sanctuary
and of his accredited grandfather the
monumental record in All Saints'
Church, Hoilingbourne Hill. to this.
hour reads. “A man on every side or
frame piety of his life and death nllke
on whom God poured (it this world's
Illehdrd Olmstend, natiirnlly cudow
ed and ncdiilrcmcnt gifted was a visit.
or beneath that humble roof. and so
was Matthias St. John. ofc (gkuomcds
ed descent. and Nathaniel ly (ind Na
thaniei itinhotd‘e who e converse be
fore, his Norwaik rest once was with
the eminent of the land and lint)
Clark, slsterindavs’ (if the first rector
of Y ole College and Richard Raymond.
the honored forefathsr of five commo
dores in theA‘tnerican navy.
Richard Seymour was another par
lshoner of Mr. llanfordmnd about
not the very. earliest One who was
commlted to the Norwulk earth leav
nectlout's renowned sons and thence
foith resided near the colony's govern
ment sent.
These were some of tile progenitors
of early Norwnlk. all of whom were
numbered among Mr. Hanford’a own
people a people dominated, seemingly
by the idea implied in the injunction
“Drink deep or note not" The pastm
had just (died and the church was vo
cant but at least. one family had been
so thoroughly taught that without wait
ing the chauée of their Wooster s succes
sor itsrincinbcrs- iourpoutto Fairiieid.
where the father mode profession of
his faith and consecrated his little one
to the Lord and had his fmro-yeara-old
niece, who sleeps under- the oldest in-.
scribed tombstone in N01 walk a little
Beldcn bud. baptized...
If is not thernnmmat's part or policy
to keep the blind side of events. cer-
tnlnly not‘to be blind to his client‘s
blemishes. it is not sensible to sup-
pose that this fowu' a virgin story was
thnt. of a not altogether flawless ad-
ministration '
But he it would be luvtdious to im
ply censure unless there is known
cause for it. so is it dishonest to with-
hold prnlsc where it is manifestly due.
The training. civil or ecclesiastical.
which furnished to Canaan pariah soon
a head as 'i‘heophllus Fitch. or Wilton
with a James Betta, or Westport with
a Who Taylor, or Ridgefleld with a
Matthew Keefer.
'l‘ho rearihg.’ in it home lot within
a stone cast of this church which de
volc‘lp‘cd Esther lsancs Whose daughter
Mary was the grnndmothor of the
Prince of College Presidents, Timothy
Dwight. D. ,.,D now in Europe. and
(laughter Sarah. is mother rom whom
dprpng the King‘s". Gracie and Erin
(i, q a tin .12 t finalist;
soon on r2 genera n_ on, o
Josephine 2.,an(L )lrlrj‘,
11 Were, over. lift your th £610
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i Years were the nuns aged sublifcwofi
2 still» further (mm-age sud the first
‘.‘ tide mill erected.
2 for pinut already proposed. Mr. 131ml;
2 in whose brother's dwelling Princeton
(2 to the generation just past The day
h high repute ,(rbuoadv, :2,
, John} Bowen,- the well titted
(tnili' the
$321 b‘ad coir
its population
, he, first pencil»
= later one 1
the children: or Harrier-(lb ionic
lil successors intoletratlhusr ,
race was netting grip v if.
new second meeting lipase. woe,
muel Carter had
arrived. and Baldwin Lyrics and Ralph
terrace and soon plans for a third line
church discussed and two schools dis
titcts provided for and quite an eye
lnxham was not a narrow gauge 1mm
ills London purchased library adorned
e minister's home which was presided
over by Mary Willet'a daughter Sarah
(11 grandchild of the first mayor or New.
Yorkpund one of the input refined in
(lies of the colony, it home which of:
forward formed the birth spot of some
of the merchant princes of the tl«
hunt. It is true that after yours. 0 t-lll
lgonce and devotion a little cloud arose
in Mr. Bucklngbum's horizon but who
can declure its exact, why or wherefore
The great grandson of Thomas Buck
lusham of Saybrooli and the Yale bou
‘orcd Harvard young man was of no
mean status
, (Following Mr. Buckinghum came, in
172.7 a New Jersey man. of thirty- dive
College who burn. .
Moses Dickinson, th son of n trad
‘er ‘apd whose mother as of the Strut
toiil Biakeman fantily.‘ a descendant of
'wiilcb has created the: stone library in
Stratford which so ndorus the .mutn
street of tiint place. was one of thé flu
eat. appearing men in the colony He,
was a man of stature and fl man of
stutellness His tomb and that of his
parishioners, Col Stephen St John lie
in uroidmity and the earth, in both in
stances covers the dust of the acknow
leged two handsoinest people in pro
revolutionary Norwailr‘. ,Mr. Dichin
(3011' s manners no he wnllted up the new
stone steps which held been hid at the
cost door of his East avenue church
(now site of Thomas residence) were
striking. He was oi exceptional parts
and a typical best citizen of New Eng
land. His advent of Norwalk was
marked by the parting with some of
his choicest wheat .whercwitb to sow.
New Canaan and Wilton. A number
of his flock identified themeclyes with
the former place which lmJuno last
most dignifiedly and delightfully kept
its anniversary and which has given
to science and huniahlty a Samuel St
intro and be the service of the, state a
Samuel Raymond,- and as late as this
day in the flower: of his. faculties a
John H Light. Of Wilton, it is honor
enough for the mother town and
church now to recalitlienumcs ,of her
Moses Stuart and Bur-Benjamin Bel
den, andHuwiey- mouthed. 1 «
St. Paul's church was organized soon
after Mr. Dickinson arrived. which
Dickinson and the son of the builder of
the first atiuctnrc used by talc after
its establishment in New Haven. the
first realm of St. Paul‘s cnrod epir
itunliy, for the Norwnlk folk. Mr.
Dickinson and Dre. Judd null Leaning
the last two of St, Paul‘s. lived neigh-
bors for many ycurs. The stormy period
of therevolution set in and the clergy
of the two cliiirchce.i..l.ield opposite
viowa, but both were remarkable men
Dr. Leaning was Mr. Dickinsou's cou-
temporary until within one year of the
boring of both these men's churches
Mr. Dickinson dying, beloved and is-
meuted, on May day 1778,.and Mr. Len-
ning removing from the town to be
thereafter buried in New Haven. GOV
Thomas Fitch was of Mr. Dickinson’s
flock and Dr. Uriah Rogers, and the
future Chancellor Kent was a school
boy in one of his families, while next
door to his house was born the after-
ward godly, gifted and widely celebrat-
ed Bishop Abraham Jarvis.‘ the sue
ccasor of Seabury in. the American
Episcopate.
The town in pastor Dickinson’e day
fast. grow its directoryombmcing such
char, Col. Eliphnbot Lockwood, Samuel
Jarvis, Samuel C. Stillman. Col. Thorn
as Fitch, Aaa'lloyt, Nathaniel Benton
Dr. Thaddeus Bette. John Belden, Job‘n
Plutt Nathan Nash. Dennis Wright
Ebenezer Church and Nathan Mailery
Mr. Dickinson was assisted! by. Rev.
Wililhm Torment and followed by: Dr.»
pttbihs Burnct who coming to the
we in 12785, was the first occupant
of the pulpit. so remembered for its
neatness, in tho roVercntiy recalled
structure that stood on the green a‘l
mast facing the site of this edifice
Our old people were wont to speak
(with feeling repaid of Dr. Brunet. of
.lier‘ whom "came Hoswell it. Swans. or
Eastern Connecticut and memory dear
(of his funeral saw the. town in incur-
ins and the cor-term from the purchase
to 'the“ T Hill cemetery. wins it sor-
os (incumbenelee. St;
enjoyed 1. the charge of the 1. scholariy
m Smithiitbei tcrestlus octevicv
onddhrad ilxlenry Whité‘ocit nd thongs
‘2 iv
kitcivu (l8 tiiewl‘flld W
no mo
’ Mild‘tcrr ‘l
min1
instrueircss and benefactress whose '
noticeable homes as Capt. John 'Thst «1
2 During Dr. Burnett rind .3 '
Paul’s .
. roof (Noggin
eat 6: Wins
ll road " have
built great work for the
baoioni Day (trill Matthew
. on will live in Norwaik Chilstion
.11 (did the name of Hill is (She
biwpwith topitnltediy incite the mom
0 but earnest and influential
tulihlon. 2 While the Methodist
up: on. pccount of their distinct vo
i it (have not remained in Norwallc
as their brethren of other
you ill their ardent promulgation
one out faith and their warm
whatever. is of good report
.entttics help to distinguished mention
iMm Eiw‘un come. Rev. Sylvester
thatch, who was intioduced to his peo-
ple by [illicit Sheen, daughter of Can»
Hezekiah Bette. Mica Bette was (in
merits deserve monumcntifl memory
pprpetuatlon. Two of her brothers bee
coins ministers 01' Chi let‘s while another
brother, Henry. was the actual orlgiu’o
star of the rotary printing press. Mr.
Eaton remained some six' years. when
the ministrieaful Henry Benedict, in
11828, filled it brief pastoral term. Then
succeeded; in 1832. Edwin Hull, whose
claim upon this community, deep and
lasting esteem is most valid. He Was
a. thinker. ills talent was due to ro~
flectlou. He was not an orator" but
(other. a calm. impassioned advocate
'oi'xrcrealed truth, who spoke with cor~
mattress and whose expositions of the
some were extraordinarily clear and
convincing. He was a stranger to upset
elation. Such strongman ’of the strbng
rahflelrl County Bar on Clark Ble‘seli
Thaddeus Bette, Thomas ll Butler and
Mason Carter were drawn to him be-
cause. not of gesture. nor of cadence.
but: because of Edwin Hull s incomp-
ttbllity. Like 'l‘heophtlus Smith of
New Canaan, wtth whose doctrinal
views he was in entire accord. and who
was one of his most intimate friends.
he had a mind and a heart for his work.
Norwalk to the” end. of its history will
remain hie insolvent debtor He loved
the town- and did a valuable work in
compiling and preserving its ancient
records
it fell to Dr. Hall to see set off from
the parent precinct the Second Congre-
gutionai Chili-ch, the successful plant-
ing of which Old Well daughter was
due to its foundera' worth It was evl‘
dently a belief in this that influenced.
especially the sister of M111; Moses
Gregory, to surrender a portion of the
mined Hoyt items sent for a site for
the new society’s church lnterrnixed
(with this society‘s roll call of alxty~
five organization members were var-
lone view holders. it is possible. but
when James Knox, in nest syllables.
and with fascinating modennd offer
him John B. Shaw. Francis C. Wood-
Worth, Z. K. Hurley and John Austin
addressed nmcmbership. among whom
were several of Norwaik's central char-
acters. they spoke to a goodly and (lod-
l unity, a fact which (it the church's
rt. so gratified the mother pastor
that bc—Lthls was told of his coffin in
Auburuwwns moved to relinquish what
his own people had provided for his
comfort.- ln order tbotvila former South
Norwalk children might thereby be
convenlénbcd. it is renown enough for
Old Wellt that one of it‘s levels was the
fireside of five sisters. one of whom.
wedded a medical celebritynanothor a
Washington congresfilnnn, another a lo-
cal reputation iuha'b tent and another
still the grandfather of William Te-
cumseh Sherman, and that ‘on one of its
primitive meadow patho‘ was bred the
young man who fired. when Garth
came. one of the shots poetry declared
to have been heard round the world
and that near one of its little ontlorns
was brought. up another youth. who on
ks sixteenth blrtbdny. June 20. 1815
half as soon as he left his bed and
gave himself‘ forever to God, the same
Old Well boy becoming afterward the
founder (of' the American Home Mis-
sionary Society, the historian of the
state of New Hampshire. and ‘the
preacher in this pulpit. in July, 1851.
of- the remarkable sermon on the occa-
sion of the iii-centennial of Nbrwlilk
Chei'.lshcd in Norwalk and South N01—
wnlk. be the memorye—thelr inheritance
-—of Nathaniel 8. Benton. whose old
testament blessing to the concourse
witlrln these walls of fifty years ago
was the very benediction he breathed
over his family the last Sabbath night
of his earthly life
The Congregational and (rib other
churches of pr‘omlaeful South Norweili
have examples of high virtue to honour
forth incite them Deacon John Benton
was a faithful forever mi: no‘ ’one
don ted Daniel Kr Nash‘s sincerity;
Willem H.‘ Benedict's spirit was his
Was pure.
Di! Hull's neighbors (it St. Paul’ B
we're Jackson (temper iand William
Cooper Mead, two of the rarest mem-
bers on the clergy list of the American
Eplaczpal Churn The first if these
‘rsctor was call u from Norwr_ . to‘ the
first blshopric 0. the great. i orthwest
and the second Was for runny sessions
secretary of“ the House of ‘Blshtipa. and
"Father" eon deilomlnrttlvo of the
the” United St tea; He
hnr’ch‘.
ave the parental r‘o f
lice parish ha
charm. Stephen G. ‘Ferrls’s sainthood ‘3
Avcunc, (sh most lillCl‘C‘Slillgilhplay of l’hilortd downs for
" lull wear. A luicfdcscription (if each will not lac amiss for
those who have not yet seen tlicsc latest productions of hash-
ion (5 workshop.
A Suit of finc‘ ()xfoul Mixture. made Willi seven gored Flare
Skirt and Hip ( out with single breasted Blouse lirorit
null Collar and Vcst of him k \. clv-,(t stitched with white
Silk. ‘ . ,
A black Cheviot Serge Suit with 'l‘zifl'cta lined”, nine gored, Flare
Skirt and Short Skirted flip ("out Your of fancy lraskct
wcavc Silk; trimming of l)l.i( k and while Silk Braid
with stitclicrl Velvet (
Gray lwiiie Cloth Suit with Flouncp Skirt and gray Silk Drop
Skirt with plziiicd Ruffle. Eton jnckct trimmcd
black Braid and gray Silk Strapping.
Bin-c V'cncliau lllousc Suit trimmed with black Silk Braid and
with black Taffeta Drop Skirt.
Norfolk ,lackct’Suit of Oxford Cheviot with Founce Skirt. Has
lilac-k Velvet Collar. l
with
FAll IIABERDASIIERY-n
lSkIEl’ RFSLNTFDJIVRF hlrcady by a handsome line
of Colored llosmii Shirts iii the honest figiircd and Striped
patterns (if Garner li’crczilc. The general effect of these patterns
is light and vcry neat and stylish. tlic Shirts are abovc'reproach
in fit and in every detail of the making. and the price may be
said to ho below reproach for so satisfactory a combination
of good $' 00
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features.
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EXTENSION DINING TABLES
CATHEDRAL. AND.WE1(1“HERED OAK are two
charming finishes of Oak in which Dining tables are made.
Mahogany and Golden Oak have also many representatives in
the big Furniture-Store upstairs. Qunrtcrcrl Oak top 6 foot
'Entcnsion Table, 'liziiid rubbed (111d , ..
polished for $12..00 tillrcrs from , ‘.
.1600 Up.
READE’
masterly parts and. wonderful mental'
resources His signal ability securely
held his congregation. which it is the
plain truth to any. be fed on elegant
competencies From his day to this
day. this church has continued to be
presided over by men ‘of. weight. inoh‘id—.
log the names so familiar to and re-
gardfuily esteemed by all. of Anderson.
Dunham, Hamilton Guilds, Noble and
Egbert.
To treat of its long line of fatty will
fall to the annlist next. year of this,
then quorter~tiiousand years old socie-
ty. His work will be a recompenseful
one, and We can hardly repress the
convhtion that the occasion would be a
suitable one on which to indugurate
measures looking to the restoration of
the believed to be resting place. in our
old cemetery. of Thomas Hapford who
has had several Nerwalk born minis-
terial successors, to one of whom. in
whose veins the most honored blood of
the plantation news. it most nppropl‘l‘
ateiy and happily falls to pronounce on
ednesduy next the oration of this
c lebration.
The summer of 1837 had reached its
that day. when the Baptist Society of
Norwalk came into existence Among
it); vig'ordus first members the n‘ mes
of Arnold of NorWnlk. and Men ton,
of Westport. will ever stand prominent-
Ly. out. It was not, at the start. a term
(it it was (in earnest body. and
1; owth has beeng d c (e a candid. pre-
antutlon or its dis tuctive dogmn and
principles. For the early two or three
years of, its history its peerées were
scuerally held in the (present town.
house, and there was it somewhat trun-
silent supply of ministerial service in
11840 the present c u h, on The Green
was demented. an ti:a alteration of
Rev; Joined deisey’ liter (1 11 Mr
Viioo’l’s‘ey was an honor, to his9 profess:
'Esrdblirfica
in it .5on
ET e’ '2'. I .2.
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ln 1851, in Chapel street, which answer-
ed nntll the erection of the loftler gran-
ite structure. on‘1West avenue. St.
Mary's has been under the care of some
fifteen pastors. including the scholar.
Rev. Dr. John Mulligan and also of one
of fine instincts and refined ways and
who. like Edwin Hall, séerned to love
our wovedklssecl beach along which
his quiet figure of saintly linen would
be seenln apparent meditation and con-
templation, and of Rev. Peter A. Smith.
who built. in 1869. his memorial, the
present temple, and whose idetatitabil—
ity at‘that time is well recalled. and of
the great~souled Father Slocum, the ap- j
preciation of whose fidelity on the pair-t l
of his own people, and of life exception-
al spirit. by those outside his flock was
ever, until his bishop summoned him
to a higher position, in the ascending
scale. St. Marys has enjoyed the min-
istratlons of a devoted clergy. and its
iaity has been a generous body. It has
provided for itself a stately and bean-
tiful habitation, and soon built a com-
modious tabernacle for its South Nor-
walk daughter. it has also enjoyed the
honor of filling with- one of its own
children. the Episcopal throne of the
Diocese of Hartford. '
Unitarianism has never had a foot—
lug here,'and Universalism only’ 0. tom
tative one. There are those among us.
probably, whose vtqiws incline in ’these
directions, but this number is caliper,
atlveiy small. We, German and
Swediph congre'gatidn so a, so~cal ed
Latter Day Saints organization. or
Hebrew populotlon has a burial plot.
but Mermoniam, albeit: firighain Young
and Elder gnow and a companion of the
two‘ spent about. we): in the place in
“Cb. the r belief. has
endcwom to cats ii
enever here thrived.
shaped that all our eccclealtiiiltlcal
lea have gathered' data in connccr
refills
stun. riser equipp d telleciiiiillir, 0f tiop with this month’s Observances (1nd 1
deep spiritual nuiiu w‘d “to inc critv viii is unheated (hit the some will be
lttieif eloquence pioperiy cor
rd for... .
plift‘idictue. Che ba‘r. the school ,and
lid academy. art manufacture. commercf:
agriculture”, banking?» (1. general (to
pass. till these have he 5’ urpseutp'
a burn at of whom be 221) been (its,
and all merit rec much, .,
er time . iii engine in: to
n (-
1 i elicit
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whereverdipovt'n ‘1“in beloved by
. ctiop visit
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