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milieu. is no. rial: and every WW
gdtly made furniture, with our back
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“rash at“: out
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, «spraying-enl-
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. itwas iroyho'dmlbo consular
. limit. on vb
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“ ti'l‘iihiiljl‘ii’n
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ow which both! on
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history. Sgt? «mob-i», ' ml .
any. as t 3 hr ‘
cuisine“ or
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bu ‘.bcon workin
iyn hrongh .coutu ,
(lod’s purpow and savor abrupt in
their rnuvotnonts
were mat..,
' a hard Stromboli
as and tltblr decisions.
Norwalk has. a
history... ~~ .
rope. With this .oniclreniug of intolloo-
a remarkable successiou ot inventions
order of society. and to widen the
whole domain oil thought and inquiry.
England especially felt this new men-
talienorgyr ~‘ Butrwlth this quiolrouing
of popular thdilhb‘t came conflict be-
tween the old tyrannios ‘over the minds
of man and thans‘w forces or intelliv
goncc; a growing demand for persoun'
roilgipupland political libertymand ,a
detarmih‘c‘d and.cruel reslpthuc . Ito
this demand which in the tlme’o‘ our
’ ancestors made the pages of England
a crimson history. Tho chariot wheels
of God do not turn backward and when
people had come to realize that the di-
‘ vino right of many not only is better
but alsohas hotter foundations than
ihc. divine right of any one though no
may be seated on a throne. no penal.-
tics could. convince them to the con-
trary. and exilh‘ in a wilderness inhnbi
ted only by snl'ngs men and savage
boasts‘scemed ,happincss in cpmpztrl
son With the lsurrcndcr‘of their con
vic cos. it wastiils which pdnplm’
ihc rocky coasts o‘f‘lllymouth in 1620
nnd scnt the succeeding colonieh tr
Salem. Charlestown. Boston. Water
town. Mystic and Lynn. and later. in
1630. the Massachusetts Bay Company
with its 17 ships and John Winthrop
governor, and Roger Ludiow one of tho
magistrates.
The leaders of this company were
romnrhnble for any ago. Rogcr Lud
low. now forty years of age. was one
of these lenders. The followers wore
“not‘nuito ordinary men. They wcrc
men of strong character. picked men
though. most of them had ordinary at.
taiuments. They had taken on the
healthy discontent at home. They nod
been inoculated with the idons of re
llgions freedom and political liberty
Tli‘ey saw no futurcfor themselves at
home. They came. here. for a futurc
Nor is it nocesauryfito bollcvo that in
their heavenly, considerations they
were oblivious of earthly advantages.
Not a few of thooc who liungcredand
thirsted after righteousness had thc
land hunger also, and worc willing to
work for both together in the wilder
ness. They could only look ut the
land in England. They could get it
here. This is not to say that no more
:ichnturers workcd themselves in.
The river which starts from the purc
streams of the everlasting hills on its
onward .swcep to the sea always bears
upon it. not only the rich freights of
commsrco but also the logs and rub‘
blob which have inllcn in. This colon-
ization. howcvcr. was comparatively
trod from restless and unstable elo-
rnents. .
This Buy Colony settled in Dora-hos-
ter. and here Roger Ludlow lived tour
wears. He was honored in Dorcbostor
‘ but not enough for his ambitions. Dis
appointed he turned his thoughts to
the formation of a colony on the Con-V
nooticut river. and finally Rained per-
mission for this. Many followed him
hi this new emigration. and after a
fouricon days‘ JOllTnBY“10l‘ they did
not take the cxprcss trains which now
make it in.fo’ur hours—«they clinic. to
their destinations. Ths‘party divided.
home choosing Hartford. some “Isth-
oraileld. and others going with Ludlow
to Windsor. Here he was again recog-
‘ stand by the Connocticuh colony for
1 his masterly ability and becamodoputy
. gordrnor. but feeling that ho was not
rocomlzsd eunuch aftertour years at
. Windsor. as at Dorcheste’r. hesought
. new. conditions,
, at Hartford granted. him‘a commission
x to begin a plantation atPoquaunocke
The General Court
«now Bridgopprt. instead. of {dollar
this. he settled at what ls how Fain
field. giving its name. For exceeding
no commission be wasroprlruanded by
i ‘ the General Court, but his purchase
was confirmed and
thoagb irregular,
On February 26,:16t0.ho was resid-
ing in Foiriloid. for it was them—ap-
parently on his own psrponal responsi-
bility also-tbst its purchased from
the lndians ohNorawniir the territory.
which now constitutsn the custom part
or , itmflp. .“the . mounds botwc ins
'l‘wos Rivors. the one called N slits.
tho otherflosiratuok to, tho mlddleot
sored lllvsrs a dayswalks, into the
country.” a. p _, .H . .; .
its the name of. was budlo‘mls l
separator sunset: with the best .
him; of Norivslk "it" ny ho wail tomb
lowhio history . c was either sushi.»
out or deputy governor of Connecticut
ovary your for nineteen: years. in man
.0
fl
0o soils t. u orryhlchxpsr
on it. since“
with. scarcely attention
hi i- ? might
to... ., mum-M.
“filth. Sflhflww
(treat inductions ‘ .
, patient continut~
rips-never haltinglp. .
”by which their minds. ;
I'ectoduund prepared for. .
tho, cvnuia. which asked for thoir choice 1‘
The story of. '
great background of ‘
’l‘o interrogate it no further back“
than whim ouroncsstors were children :
we and a-wonderful agile of mental ac-
tivity in England. whichzhud its tar .
beginnings in the rsnnlssnncuwthc ,
revival of thoimiw lsarnlngw—«in lilil- 3
tool lilo came a now intelligence with ‘
and discoveries. and battertyot, with .
newconcoptions of life. and of the no. 3
ligious freedoih and responsibility of '
man. which began to change the whole “
to Connoct cut aproominont p on in
constitutional history." This constitu-
tion received its chief inspiration from
the greatest mind ln.Counoctlput~ at
this time. the Rev. Thomas. Hooker, or
Hartford, butlt called for the first ic-
gnl mind in New England to, give this
constitution form and ~cxprossion. and
iuotly ranks him oaths greatest law-
yer in the colonists gpnd among the
loading statesmen oi; this age. ‘
(in the 20th of April following ‘Lud-
‘ow's purchase 011an Dunlol Patrick
secured a dead fromthe lndians "from
the middle of the river to a western
bound called Nocwnnton. including two
islands. and an farr up in the mulltry
as on lndlan can. poplin a day. irom
sun risingo to anhyscttiusc.” ’l‘bis
Patrick. a soldier. by profession and n
soldier of fortunoJIl’ nature and char-
acter. was ouspf .tbc, drifts into the
Bay Colony and had, drifted how“ He
came to s violen death. the record
reading “He was hi led by a Dutchman.
who shot him dead with a pistol."
l.udlow hold his purchase tor ten
years when he sold it to the founders
of Norwaik for thosum of £15. which
included interest. with the principal
for his originulxoutlay. History (loos
not tell us who may. have projected
.hc settlement of..Norwnllr. We only
lot for his soiis~4ydinig lads at this
'intowto the volume! £200; made over
the (loud to tho tcrrltory hcre. stipu-
Esting that the plantation should be
begun within a givon time, to be tukcn
up by no loss than‘thlrty funiiilos and
lliilt once hem they should invite an
orthodox and approved minister "with
llll convcnlcnt speed." hiorcovcr that
“they will not recél'vo in’any that they
bc obnoxious to the publlque good of
tho Commonvmnli of Connecticut."
'l‘licsc conditions worn lnscrtmi in bud-
iow's deed. in accordance with a Con-
ncctlcut law at that time. whlchwas.
that before a company should bc allow-
cd to enter upon the work of a new
settlement. the General Court rcquir
cd that they should provc ibcmselvon
capable of colonizing clown and or
maintaining a minister.
Nathaniel Ely and liiclmrd Olm-
sicud. in behalf of ihcmaclvcs and oth-
0rs. at a scssion of thc (lcncrui (‘ourt
of Connocilcut. obtained “approbation
of the court for tho. planting of Nor-
u‘ulk." having made the previous or-
rangcmont with Roecr Ludlow lOl‘ his
inicrests on the cast side of tho rivcr.
Ludiow continued to live in Fulriiold
until 1654. when for raising a littlc
homo-made army on his own account.
to make war on. tho l)utch~_-~a rash not.
but inspirod by patriotism ----- bc again
‘ncurrcd tho displcasuro of thc Gcncr
31" Court at Hartford and again rccciv-
cd its rcprimaud,‘ This. and tho fact
ho had lust-been lined nt Nowilnvcn
for telling it "woman that shc bod—-
‘u'hich she probably didwnnd (or sun.
gearing that she was a \vitchmnnd she
was queer—mimic him particularly sore.
lf’ccllng that ho. was unjustly humiliat-
ed and had lost his prestige. he determ-
incd to return to Englnnd which he did.
Roger Ludlow possessed many ele-
ments of greatness. He was a man of
political saucltyaud prophetic. vision.
and was a sound exponent of political
and religious liberty. ‘Thcfact that he
has, mentally. arbitrary. and ludisposod
to nllowdpth’orlty to stand in theway
of his psrsonslwlilhos, stood in his
way. and lathe .way 0!. hlnhlxlmt am-
bitions.‘ Whoa ha lofttbo colony under
,a posse of iniuryfland disappointment.
bonito left it under lasting . dilutions
for ths‘chnty four years of‘
till “this it. whichmerlt and will have
the acknowledxruenta of candid mic
r would be mail 1 couldto claim
l
tints”.to..l_ilcr1rnil;.‘»l .
no . war. ,
w . fibre .toheliavc. ,, lid certainly ,
alto. be called the llmrader 7
human:
mounting of Normal;
«illicit. «ram
finnehold sf!
know that Ludlorvihp'ving reserved a"
is .ovenbl
ad
tumour a months Horror Ludlownastbc
condor or .Norvzn‘iit.‘ All thathtstory .
says in. that Liidiow purchalsd‘ot) the .
indium the less npxputomjlorw lit.
and recounts}: .pla‘niersi Wit ‘lv.
until at tact mops more»
i an rim hora”. . ,,
llevo‘thaawbatwsm . - »» ,. s «
"ill friction “train
.umu» omanVs
Salomon Ermine me to caution the WW0
akin jWorssd
All, been m4 Mum}!!!
; not
_ gigea‘llilm ill
r'iio ' " “a
up“ n
took. them,.llntli"thc. reached
promised" lund.“l" ditlonéwhlch
doubtless. well foundedwbas it.
they wore welcomed b
spent his victims
this
is
thnt
y some_\_vh0 had
,ylnter; hero. anticl,
whey. were as‘tb'pgetin‘dsily in'rniddle
life. They were families. Of those
fearless women who borc their hus-
. band's names history is silent. it were
fairer history had it told us something
of the fairer part of that company who
borc. iliéir full share iii the sacrifices
of those early days. and without whom
the sottloment here would have been
impossible. , ‘ ,‘ .
These No'rwaik planters did not have
among them cmineni mun.
simply honest Englishmen and women,
who in their curly years had shown
character and resolution, enough
break with hOtitiil conditions. and to
leave a land tho Wits unkind. Hollis~
tor-«the historian of Connecticut~ilnds
that “more than four-fifths of the early
landed proprietors of Hartford. Weth‘s
crslleid and Windsor"-—~whenco came
our ancestors—"belonged to families
(lrcui Britain." Whatever their ant-cs.
cry they were born. battling with na-
ture. making for themselves not thc
records of family pedigree. but the pat-
,ents of! extraordinary history. ’i‘holr
borne discoutentment was quicksned no‘
doubt. by the instinct of colonization.
which is natural to many and which on-
abics us to understand input-t. why it
was that. after previous settlements
had bccomc coirtfogtahle. so many Worn
moved to leave them and to penetrate
snow into the deeper wilderness west.
it was thc stirrin oi; that same instinct
which has over n "all been whispering
of boundless possibilities further on in
thc magic. words “:0 West." and which
licginning' with: the pilgrims. has bolt-
ed the continent with their descendants
and their ideas. Our ancestors road
in thcir Bibles—bibs“ one book. which
thchlicrally arcaptted~“The earth is
the Lord‘s." Thcy had the assurance
that thcy were the Lord's pcople. They
read "l‘hc mock shall inherit thc
curth." and they apropriaicd both the
text and the territory. _ '
Thc names of Norwnlk’s fouhdcrs
arc in the records. Among “filth are
some Very familiar now. Fitch. Mar-
vin. Gregory. '
lioimcsg Kceler. .
Richards. St. John. Seymour...
ile lnt‘t‘ir. Bonoiilcif Bctts. eldon.
Church. (‘omsioclc Kctcbam. Lnokwbotl
Nash. Rayruonm Stewart and Toy or.
Once bore and orgnniscil. the "To 'nc
Street" was staked routwtbatr-pa'l of
East avcuuc which extends fro nth?
ancient burial ground to the t ‘fof
Earl hill. ilomc lots were assigned.
other land bcing hold toy-or \ r’l‘hc
limitation of n ' uti'a'mhf agwah’for
the salt;- of co pnclushé‘nn ,l amnion
sniciy. it is pleasant for us to berth-
le to accurately locate those citrly
homes. » at ‘r. v -. I,
The building .pf their shelters was tho
first ncccssily. This meant the begin-
ning of the end of the forests. T5933
trees swayed and fall. but with their
departed, oride came thrirusefnlncss.
Ling upon for: the littic cabin structures
arose. The doorshwhtn not of the sob
id earth. wrm or split logs as smooth
us their axon could bow thorn. The
seed for the next season must he got
into the. ground as noon on the patches
could be made ready. Those were busy
days. Meanwhile the women were null
meeting in. their; re’sprctivc clubs. They
were "stepping; lively" st‘homs. These
men did not convert trees into habita-
tion; living on faith_only.. Tbs innti‘
man can have? . by; it tailgating
outer man to s an . can .1
tbs soil that n. . ml bird I! std! ,
since it was or , ‘ ‘ comma
’ and til ‘
H.
Was
More will.
. all:
.' a
hm harm
. next door
subsist
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it led. his told
' hirirwitik.
am
. tar nonunion . our. . town
loom-dc. that snowman. which had
‘ ' ' lonely. dun
Milli»
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c to Monti
. manu tom toll
pittinghecossitlcs“ of the. company. '
'i‘hcy were '
it),
which had arms gruntnd to them in '
a maritime
‘ into an idea nor into a vote. The meet-
_ ins house. bowovcr. became a realltyl
M dud poultry. 4 WMiAMFNHM...‘
is on kimono:
, . dbsen’ it mm;
Mahdi ‘WM 91 Mi
prcli): much ailfitlf'onc rcccss‘t‘wl
waist liuttmisniidvniorc or less i
scvcrcd connections with ‘ib
Mother's Friend: milkc. lif'fiiic
dcrcd. with two collars to match
75c; thundered llosom Waist
(ill)
soon for u litilc talk. We arc ft
._plcusc tlic first few inquiries a:
fit the preferences as well as. ii
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you are ready.
RllllilCD CORSET COV
the morning trip down town i
shown in our lr‘airiicld Arc. wim
trimmed. of a grailc worth
50c. but arc marked only
Mahogany and Golden Oak hm
the big Furniture Store upstairs.
tension Table. band rubbed and
polished for $13. (’lthcrs from
*7
was erected. which answered
third one was provided. _ ‘ _
After the drvcliingsand the absolute
and immediate provisions for life were
assured. they turned their first atten—
tion to the erection of a "Meeting
house." Their theory was that the peo-
ple themselves were the church. and
the meeting Moss was for tho people.
Without stretching their logic much.
they came to think when they met in
it. to transact town business..that this
was church Work. Amordlngly, on the
22d of May. 1655. after four years of
meetings with Rev. Thomas Haui‘ord.
preaching where he might. they voted
to send after “the buying for the meet-
ing house with all speed". Their idea of
speedor at least their realization of
it. may be noted from the fact that
three yours and eight months subse-
bucut. the meeting house was yet only
an ideu.‘0ne cannot drive "nayles"
until a
“thirty foot in length
in width."
’ As the years rolled on. the wilder‘pess
was incessantly invadedhy mesmer-
rnlned workers. » bots no [they were? not
claimed were planted and fenced. are 7
lirds were begun. gardens ware» cultlrs
ed. The rods iogcsbinswith their oil:
bapered windows. giro wnyrio frame
houses with'massivo timbers. Milt :two
looms on the lower floor and the great
stone chimney in the centrerilud little
diamond shaped'glnss'windomw ”Tho-e
within thovhouse'wvere‘pstiont workers
loo. We read: of am servants inttlne
lichens.» The “lady of tbohause'f 'wsn
took. inundresr. mm mm charlie
maker. tailors“. drusmkcr. thinnin-
her. attaching knlturr and :mnanl re~
alter and there were growing- children
n the family. The lndlen bread and
tornbreui. the Asm'enduhomiuy. the
iluccotslh, the art of which they had
learned from tho 1adians.tho bean soup
or porridge, the nasty corn puddinn
for the table. repeat/ad their invitations
three times a day too scrap days in the
track. Formats there was wild urns
galore. Wild turban. parts-trim. snails.
wild gem and amounting their mu.
had mild duckl. Mil: bear «out .md
reniwnwwhich with abundant-omitted
to spars the lives at theirsliwv. wise
and eighteen foot
I“.
iackberrlcs. wh abandon andw 6
lb mower: plan “Mill-h of the
b rumgand the fish of the gait trailer.
man and as n no»; a .
liy obtained snow , idling
liver are accustom . , £th in. .
inhabitants, The firm was the rim
to be cardiac!i snd.;limm.-thc not to in
immunised ddrsrssdfor r
own reprint; filth!» .
may: it tumult wasp.
,Inlho : ,al‘lff'sbo .
inedo‘ofthohitlns of naturals: and” .
oma summoni- tactfully and woudm.
idly mile. J .
i Preparing ten and colon. however.
ldroiilodd' to: human“ hundreds.
more acid-or of. more in Horn
balk Valor n - ”WM“ rur- 110.com»
m. ‘ on: tinirvutloblassrohblr.
a potato. s rune smirk um
all noplsoo. . Thai: ocular-plum and
Mos '
,.
.Vflfl!
icndstyl
arc not sure of this, wait ”until he has plnycd “Strap tbs whip"
m rilfiiiisi (foot nus
To wcar with Shirl Waist
kderstood his own,
submit to their help; his master. Al-
-oi!.-o~olommblo confirmation Ir.
phenol
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4‘1‘7\4‘W‘*rt‘1lf§ -
i ' i :n l” . ”‘1 ’2' i
c of Shirt ‘Waistu .va you
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rich he is bound to do.) This
)f ihc mnicriul itself will have
it Shirt \‘l'nist. ‘ Then‘utry the
Percale at 39c and glow, flaun—
VES
i
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. PERHAPS a bit early to wear them but certainly not too
u'cliandcd bccausc we want to
s wcll as. the multitude of later
. . ‘l .
ones. For men and women, misses and boys-401' evening
wcnr,nficrnoouiwuar, walking‘or driviugmwc'vo llig‘ .,exat:tiy
snitnblc kind, with cuough differences in material audshade to
w fingers of you all.~ ‘thncver
ERS with long sleeves are the
acme”, of comfort during that period when cool (lays fraternize
with the warm ones unexpectedly and on three daysoftiic week
5 uncomfortably chilly. Those
low arc of ribbed cotton. «Silk
39c-
rxrsnsron nil-lino notes
i".\'rinznn.\i. AND WEATHEdEfi OAK are two
charming finisbcs of 09k in wliic
b Dining Tables arc) made.
'6 also many representatives in
Quartcrcd Oak top 6 fbot Ex-
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'45:?le _
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or saw'onc. Nor was much time used
in millincry. Hoods'i‘und sunborinets
went with them to the meeting house
and homespun was correct fashion.
Calico was as costly as silk.
l have not montloped their special
environments. WoIVes‘Awere not dan:
gerOus, but they 'wcr'e troublesome.
Bears would have been unwelcome
neighbors. but for the fact that they
purpose. Cockenoé. who taught his in-
dians were relatively ”few. about six
thousand in the entire static, or tWelve
hundred warriors. Those in Norwallr
were ready for friendly alliance with
the settlers. Somé entered the service
of these English farmers. learning
meanwhile the English tongue. One
Norwalk indlan. 3.x. did this to good
purpose. Cockano who taught his in-
dlan language to the great lndlan apos—
tle. Eliot. I quote “Eliot's own testi-
mony. ‘ "I found a pregnant-wittcd
young man who h‘ad‘been a servant in
an English house. who pretty well un-
derstood‘our language.“ and well up-
, _ till bath a blear
pronunciation. Hi. , 'i hallway inter-
preter. By his he I”! ‘tl’h‘ti‘slatéd the
Gommsudments andwmmr texts or
‘ ripiure." .Pences e as the Norwallc
1l titans Wort" tbsp wMimvmhelc-ss
indium. and the". muss-m our on»
cations were ever ready in the fields
and in the house of worship.
So far as the records show, the sub-
loci of education did not greatly add to
the burdens of the people. One genera-
tion probably had to conteb’t itself with
such instruction as .could be acquired
at home. There maymp‘olsibly ‘hsve
been public instruction previousto the
time of the first record of it, but twen-
tyaeven years had passed before tho
vote is recorded. that in. Cornish was
entailed “to teach all the children to
lame to resdand Write}: it (does not
appear that the néxiile art of spelling
had then been discovered. Thongs»
In; of our recordplnvaa .wcordiiix .to
the moods and tennis ot‘thq‘ione who
made words his mutt. but wouldnot
most any combimition Mill” do. with a
supremo“ indifferent»! ‘40..“ how the
words cam out. and if they Were never
twice silica. you: they ,Qflldm were. it
only-“a dad-tortilla inform lothagwsy
Cornish w, j 3! Jon}. m 4-.
"rs Miamtrr
Mo it in, .or
, muons“ in tho colony. “mt
,rcry‘townohip. after the Lord both
tournament” to» the number of my
hmhoids shall forthwith appoint
all such chlldmrpmsmt
rectum writol'nd'
m incl-elm so its“:
. hundred ,Mniilsathcy
lac-twp: moor about.” lion
it?" Why get William???
fut . ' at. a.
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m ‘mflomrubfiam '
attire claimants-d rm In
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