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ATER FILTERS
‘ natural stone Water Films are positively germ proof, Is the water
llowiy through a stone disc which removes all germs, dirt and bad
1”“ makes the water clean and owcet. Sizes from 1 to 8 gallons. from
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4f STOVES
13min- "Climax" wood Stoves will l1 cut your room in five minutes.
tier. poll and see them. From $1.50 up.
i . I,
A
0.1 Heaters-«he famous Abondroth Bros. muko.
ill) to $20. 00.
g s—'—(Abendroth Bros.“ ) in 4 styles, 3 sizes cmh Every stove gunr
th by the makers and this house. Stoves delivered and set up free
no elbou‘rs. dampers collars etc, fit low prices,
15 styles; all sizes.
FURNITURE
Do not forget that We have the largest and most up to date Furniture
Hafiflflmont in the Norwalks All the new Ii‘ali designs and finishes, at prlc
are the lowest Let us niao1cmlnd you that we are complete
111111111, furnishere.
,‘Stcinwny, Hardmon, Shouingor Jowclt, Woodbury Pianos. and the won
tier-£111 Piauolu. .
‘Wo will give a. free Pionola cone cit in our store every attornoon this
.,_,e,elt, from 4 to 5 o clock. Change of program daily. All are invited.
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So. Norwalk.
1W6 are readu to do your Fall Furnishing
for Floors and Windows.
“Ii-«mound, TAPESTRY—BRUSSELS VELVET Boor-
BRUSSELS. MARQUETTE, AXMlNlSiER CARPETS in
Newest Patterns.
OiL CLOTHS and Li-NOLEUMS. in Various Widths.
,, CHINA and JAPANESE MATTINU. Standard and spec-
,‘iai Styles.
"“‘LACE CURTAINS and PORTIERS. Draperies and Me-
,daliionsh
SHADES oi OPAQUE or HOLLAND
"12111111155 10 01111131 A SPECIALTY.
9999999999999 999999999999999999999999
The superiority of 1111111111111 our-tit:
dlnory 'oementll‘ in Well ntidbroliodil.
The price is now so low 11111111011111-
duio cement ll. to In extent, 119111.
crowded 11111.1 W11 11mm 1119 “MM,”
which is beheaded to be the hon ilrs‘hil’
0n the market. 1 0111‘ «Tu 61‘ till”- ‘63?
moot bum: increased ten- fold within
a few years. if you are going to on
cement 1m “ATLAS? . . ..
or course, we hm tilwmotonalio"
also. Il'l'ff 11111 line of monono' building
ontorllll, 111391.10“, «war pine. Ito. ,
illoomplotmdi 1.1; .111 11‘ '
"in 111,?
~ slave,
My luformutlonvhirs 11611111111111;er frogl
.‘ ' 9
copccially tho luformutlpll concorglnir
(continued titan: Mmdl Paige).
occupied and many in the guilories, by
the 11051111111”, in which all ubitcd,m‘1‘1k<
ing the old church ring with the vol»
1111111 of song. Previous to this ()l‘llilil'
let A. S. Gibson bud played the pro-
111116. A choral from ‘Dle Mclstcrsin-
nor," by Wagner. in which the fine
tubes 01' the organ and volume wcrc
Excoilcntly brought out The doxol-
ogy was followed by tho invocation by
“in "11ist01 111111 the unthom, trom "The
lo. :y Sixth P5111111," ‘r'bnd‘erod With
vlmc effect. 'by the church choir. Re-
sponsive selection No. (12 and tho
(Morin l’otri followed, ond'Mru. R, (i.
iluvliand sung the contrulto solo.
“Praise 511111." 1 Mrs. llavilund
could not have betu in better you-,9
und gave the selection a line 1',cndltlon
, "lhu scripture iiHiiOil. Rolnnns viii
wuu road by ilr 'l‘ bombs K. Noblc, 111111-
tor culcrilus who 111cuplcd the pulpit
wilh tin: pastor. Not one in the con-
glen ullon but was glad to 111,111 the fol-
111c1' pastor in his place again and with
the new slupbcrd of the flock. The
congregation Joined hcnrtily in sing-
1111;"011 (lod. the Rock of Ages," and
the punter followed With prayer, the
very uppropiiutc 1coponsc by the choir
being ‘l Am the Vine.“ The offering
wos then taken. the choir readeringl
lho untbcrn "lec Unto the Lou] " fol-
l11w<1d by the hymn “The King of I
Lovc" ‘l‘hc pastor then rcnd his his-
toricui address. it was delivercd iui
iii-1 cliolacterlutic style, and was free,
from oil tbut tiresome data that usuul— 1
iy marks uddreSses of that. kind. A
tinge of humor 11111 through the cutlrc i
paper. which was exceedingly interest
mg from beginning to end. VVc print 1
1t ontiic: ‘
llis text won from Psalms 87: ('1'
"This and that man was born in her." ,I
The world cannot be parsed in the;
nouter gender. Things mean nothings
without people. Just as there would-
bc no music if everybody were dear;
and no bounty if nobody now so notb~,
lng would have meaning without men. I
True 01' things and tools A (11118111..
What is it? Ablt of sharpened stcel.;
Put brain behind it drive it with the
rumor that moves along tho shutting
11nd belting of nerve and muscle, what ,
1111111? All thou, the Hermes ni' Proxi-
telos~lho Venus of Milo—«tho (lreck
tbnt‘innk‘c the. cold marble 11l-1
most flush with life. A violinist‘s,
bow 11 few strands and :1 stick: bul,‘
band ii 111 Paguninl or illc il.1ll:und‘
thou ripples of melody plusblng wan-
lets of song, 11 w bole landscupc of bndu
lbut blossoms into music.
How is the equation—«Violin plus
Paganini equals vision. But then u
hammer is a tool A :mw is 11 tool
.llocs tbc ccunlion with the 1111111 in itl
1 still hold promi'l A spndc is :1 tool:
'plow in :1 tool. lions tbc equation
with 11 mun in it still hold good? or
course: add a tool boulu' to 11 pioneer
and you have notbm rcuull ofyournd‘di
lion :1 vllinuc instead of u \vlldcrncss:
paving uruln instcud oi‘ bramblcs:
homes instead of jungles; you, and sun
tipped spires that like index iinucru
point the ncstliug village townrdu inc.
stars. So I suy —-add 11 1111111 to u idol,
11nd you get- woh. almost any thing thul‘ :1
wonderful But the masculine and
ilic fcmininc touch the nclticr in other
fashion. Things got much if not most '
1111‘ their ullrnctlveness from people.‘
it becomes dour bocunuc of him or bcr. .
lAssociution.’ Trunul'ormntionil. 1.1:
tuik logctbcr 11 while, today of build
ingu. lint, buildings are only timber
and plaster. and bullet—sometimes not
oven as much as this. W11 talk of
utensils, but utcnolls are only iron and
pewter 11nd wood. Hui introduce into
1110 story the men who felled the forest
uud fashioned the rude vessels. 11nd tho -
rudcst lop; house is rude. no longer. it
is 11 home. The roughest meeting
house in rough no longer: it is a tem- i
pic; and the spinning whccl and the
spinal poor old relics of yours that 111-11
l1uricd.-find u niche in your licnrt and
lit into it. So while we tnllr'of relics.
we think all the while of people We
set a vnlin1 of relics in the currcncy or
heart throbn. n niic we llngcr aboutl
tho old homes wc peopic them with
faithful molbcru and sturdy futhcru'
ond prultllnu children. When‘wo cull-1'
rcvci'cntlv lilo simple little’ churchm-
111 the loin: ago We, 11111 homing agulu
the prityoru of tho mcn who fought on 1
we fight 1‘01" the Nuzrlrcuo who icon
us We, lean on the lovc of tin- corner-1
lcr. 'l‘i 11c iboy lnlkod not with 11111"
accent. but love is dlwoyc the sumo.
They knew not our comforts 1111b 1111- i
vnniuucs but. uclf sucrlllcc ill alw‘uyc
in lime. 'l‘bcy tbmcd tho rough uoll.‘
we pinch the ripe fruit, yet wo Arc
still pioneers positing back but little
further after all, the frontier of under-
inking'. About the old' docncs cluster
associationo.’ us the ivy climbs the
wall 11nd softens its" roughneuo into
beauty. 5 Speak to 1111 from out the low
doorwuyn of yesterday, oh humor; of
old! And teach us for vory 11111111111 to
be heroic. And thou eternal master
of the flying years may the none: cry
out: 11nd may they bkvo' 11 wistful nud-
lance. ‘
My task la mode easier by tho fact
that the story offli'omnn’s, Work for
woman and for man 1111 vvcll. win he ful-
ly told at tho Woman‘li sort. co, and
111111 tlio‘story or the Sunday 1111111111
will find its expression in' the mroln‘en
of «his afternoon: ‘
1iifllc11ill"ouo'ui."lho 1111111. 1‘ 'o‘records
11m 110 lucomploto that ~"lliotnrlcbl
sketch uiust community he tllojoliltod.
é
bookopiuu 111111111an moat from no
mo nyoulmofitbo bud 11111111 innit-torch!
11111111111119; i am iriiid 111 1111111 telephone
my obligation to Dr; Bouiou’il anniver-
Elnl‘Y' hormoni'of any you “1130 Dr.
Helm-invaluable birtory mrilflormlk.
111 «Mr; ernh'o "1r11111111111u9n11"~or '11
, 111111 to vailou‘é‘ pamphlets
.tlmtdrn _ uremic my hanoI through
modifier brand caution? ohm
of Miflmm WNW" 1‘
, "11111111 11111111111
‘Il'om the
habit,
or
11 in? :2 “iii‘iiiji‘wu‘iiu 331511“
1111111 11' 11' 11 y
Iiumleumwhnm. 11111 11111’111 onto
lawman-1111111111111 1 11mm.
Mréil '11: ill ,
' of intcrcst,
- wus conic to mninriiy."
' sonagc.
"But my their to n ,
r 111311111111.
‘ «been uppdlntod iotuecnre d pastor. up
mm date unduly 111111, 11115th 11ml roc-
: ‘ ' to Rev
1111111111 1111:. Hill)- ‘Aa remarked in
1111111111111; 1111': your, the old church
111111111111 '11: he tlino preceding ' Ii son
were 1111th by rats 111 the 11111 mi of the
old parsonage and to my surprlun no
'trdcclcun ’be‘5‘fou11'1l or ”thin vbllmb‘lo
books containing the story or the bio
of 11111 church from 1in5 to .1.,1111,n111i it
is worth noticing in booking. that in
thin New England utniospbore even
tho Hits hove caught the ioutuglon oi
culture, 111111 1111111111 dyspepsia on 11 111111
of dcuconil. ‘ '
Tho history of the church scom; to
me to dine itu‘clf llnilli'ally 111111 lbrcp
11111111111! periods. lfll'ut‘. the period 11 11111
by founding 11111.. oepuration from tho
town in i7‘27;'2nd, thefporlod froth l'lilv
to tho deuth of Dr. Burnett in 180111311.
the period from 1806 to the prcuont
time. The second period in 111tll'lclal
as to its limits, and yet thcrc ore. 1111b-
cntlons that' with the coming of 111'.
Swnn tho church entered upon 11 now“
(1111; lilo 1i11ctrlnui,ul 111111111111 slri'c liil I
doctrinal gluing Wily to tho 111'n1'-,ti1ul !
and tho ovi'lnuelistio icon uninhasis
11111111.: laid upon wbnl 11 man br-limcd
with his hood and more emphasis; 111- 1
lug laid upon what. he bcilcvcd witbi
his '.lionrt i
'va 1110‘ ready tiled to begin lbc
story. in tho agreement bclwccn
ll‘ogcr Ludlow and the outliers ol' Nor-
walk, to whom ho had said the 1111111
purchu‘ucd of the indilms, 1111 11311111-
mcnt bearing the date of .lunc 19,111.10,
the settlers agreed to birth: on o1't.‘-b11
Idox and approved minister with 1111
convenient speed. As tborc is no
trace 0! n cbu‘rc‘ll 1111111111111" 1‘111tll 111113.
and as there is no evident-c that l‘ hom-
no 111111101~11,11w first minister amour:
ibc scttlcrs was in Norwaik beroiu
that your, wc' huvc‘ tbc best of reasons
1111'111W1tcrn1ining upon 1652 no the date
('1' the orgunlnztion of the cbnrcn. Pro
lnibly before that time llic sctllcis 111111
for worship in private houses, 111111
more could be no regular (ilgnniralion
unlil, 1111'oid1n1; to tho 11,111'1111mcni 1'11
(erred 113,11 ministcr wus coilcd 11nd
sci iflod Them in of course no way of
dotcrmiulng tho scuuon in which tho
organization was pori‘mdcd, nor yet of 1
learning the numes of the actual fouir i
tiers of the church. inasmuch 11:1 tho}
church was at that time and for sow “
only-live years thol'cnflcr, thc town?
church, ibc presumption wits and 1111,
that oil of the. ucitlcrs wore inlcrcslod ‘
in its foundation, lhough, of counsel
more were lcudci's in ilic movorucntl
whosc 1111111115,“ they could be KIILWll
liiltllliii be recorded on founders Among
oil the unincs of thosc early days loci
mimc of Thomas liunfoi'rl stands out-
‘011spicuonsly, and his story musl be!
not only to ulcmllcru oil
this church. but to nil who 111'11 inlcr-f
voted in the biography 01‘ the town. N111
icon 11 person than (711111111 Mnihcr :euyu [
of him that. “111' u‘us 111111 of tho class-11f,
ministers: who, not illl\'lll,'.',‘ linishi'd
their cducution of homo, clinic owr
hero in [li'l'ii‘i‘l ii, br-l’orc 11111' collc‘uv
lic pi'obubiy ‘
finished his studies wilb 1711'. l'nuum-oy. 1
who won lbc sccond pi'csidcnl 111 Hur-
vurd colicuc. Hilving wilni'ssml :1 will in
11143 in tlic Now Plyluouib colony with
which ho was then couuccicd. I111 must
i1111'1- h1111n zit il'n't i."u1 lily 0110 nt that 1
dutc.‘11n11 this Willllil make him sovcim 1
two at the time 01 his dolith in 11.111.
ills pustorutc lasted forty-hue, \ears
and was the longest of buy with illo-
ulnglc exception of that 01 Moons Dick-
inson. lie wnumilli-d from tho posi-
tion as 11 school tum-her in New Haven
by u commlltcc 111 one. whose 11111111: is
unfortunately unknown, and was or-
doincd and inutullcd hero. He. lived
on 11 homo lot granted to him at the
junction of the brain roud of the viiiugc
now known as East avenue. and tho
country road lending to Stamford. ’l‘bc.
record of tho grout showing that. his
land was bounded on the nol'llt unit
cost by a town bighu'uy. The site of
his house was juut this side of the rail-
1'ond truck on 11111 wcst side .of East
iivcnuc. More n 11011511 was built for
him, which was in 11 way lbc first pur-
’l‘ho boned scclne to have
boon given to him, no 1111 bequeathed it
lo his son. Thomus. .li'.. who was for n
wiiilc tbc tcncbcr of thc \'illn1.1,1- school.
The situation in control 1191 l'ngurds ilic
Ircuinindcr of “11‘ unitlcmcut, probably
1111' pi'ofcsuiouul1111111101111 11nd plop i‘or
t'liuvcnicucc. it, 11-1 lutcrosliug to note.
tbnt lhc vory iii‘l-Ii item on 11111 town
records providvu for the rostruint of
wandering uwluc 111111 111111 lilo ycl'y
noxl. for ibc m‘crlioll or :1 l11illisicl"1‘-
,liousc. l nouni‘c you time I14 no can-
11111 tion bolwucn lbo lwo. Hiu salary
Iwnu lbroi- 111-11111 poundo. handily. thirty
poundu in wbcul punk and barley of
film] shillings pci' luiubcl, 1slgbt pouudn
~~—-——-—--- 11-111111'111 11nd lwcuiy lWo
pounds in bccl‘ 11nd pork. iic bud 11
right of three hundrod pounds in tho
commonugc and become lhc richest
than in- the colony, on illustration of
what a man can do if he will on u
ulnnll-sulary. H11 wus mitrricd twice;
the nanio of one wife in not known,
but tho oibci wuu linunnh Newbury.
utop-dsugbicr of tho fomouo W111 bum
pastor of tho blistorlc clluw ii in Dor»
cheater, Massachusetts. She lived to
the ripe ego of one hundrcd yours
dying according to the manuscript of
Manes Dickinson. in 1730.- it in n
pathotio-recordtbut in full of 111111111111-
1.iou.tbat in 1723 ut the 111111. of ninety-
tiirec, she .tvne volod into 1111,- pow with
Mrs. Buckingham. the wife of tho tbon
minister. and tbut-wbcn her husband's
salary was paid to bar after his
death the entire amount, for. tho your
wa you her. though be. 111111 ooivod
but a portion of 11111 perlml. In tho
cemetery at 11111111 Norwnlk. 11 111111111 has
been found in wind bi bulicvod to b1:
the. Hnnforil plot. licni'lng inc word
H'chd.’ 111111 the lulu-1' '{l1."« 1111i loo
1111111111 boon oriulod. . t is kudivn hill
Mr Hsnfol'd‘ 11 wife», nootbor won but-
lod «in April and Mr. Bullock is my
authority for the be of that tho first
1111:1111 of this 1111111111 1111 buried in the
some grave with his mowthor-ln-luw,
very peculiar: clroumiltanco. 1 1 find.
only one: atlflcimt niplunntioni. they
were both dead 11.
The only other minister who served
the chill'oh‘durlng 11111 ill'ot' mind of.
11111111111113 was the t“3.9511111 111111111111.
A- comm till'oe of'to‘n bud
and 111111;-
e, poi-11111111
11 order for
mum on»
pointed at 11. 111111 meeting!
111111qu 11 1111111113; 111111.15 '
on trial torlalirlmontirr
the 1111911111111 11111111 hoary
'yond the railroad track 'on 11111 edit:
. bub'ly in loll: mm used only unlll 11.11111.
‘1'11mc into 11311 ul'icl'wni'd, but were 1'1111-
members over connected wltm this
~ churoll. Gov. Thom»: Fitch. to ullooile-
ills 11111111111111...
knight
(‘0111
111111 from 111111, .ioudph Gregor»,
' s tho portion 01 land just bo-l
side of Most uvonuo, 11 little 1111..cr
11011111 than the loud oi 1111 l: 'sniord on'
the other ship of the loud iicl‘c
house 112111 1111111 built for 111111.11- l‘coti
long 211 foot wide, two stories 1111111.l i
111111 11 purl l1 nod 11 collui' and 111
”comely gaio." lspcliod (Jr-ti) 111 1111111
on 'l‘bl’s wun‘. llicrcl‘111'e,l11c noiono
111111.111'1ugc but ultor tbc sumo ‘uubicb
1111 Unit pitch to Mr, lionllnd. 11 111-1111 '
cut 1111111 11111 i‘ilill’l it From lilo min-i
isl'fl'l 11 1'. 11111111101 ht, 1111,- illurcb bail for-m i
1111 101111 habits curly in tin 1111111111». ‘l‘iloi
toun 1'Ie1111'd 111111 fenced iris portion 111
lbc 1111111111111 licid,1’1wo him 11 pm cc! of
suit incndow. l'cnccd that portion
\vbll iii“ nd finully gruntcd him too 111-11111
for owing. uniifullthi‘u in 111111111011 111i
uni-'11; biln it mildly of 80 pounds 111
illil dollui'u. in thin liouuc W111 1|<
podicd Air. llucklnuiiuln 11 lui'lgo N11 .1
1y for lluisc dllyd, 111ntnini11g lilllil
volumes wild itcro hi1 iiH‘i‘i 1111111 111'"
pillspbri 1y pcl'linps turbid
and be 111d1111,1d in spill lntcmpciutc‘l
piii‘o'ilt on 111111 n 1111111 prone 111I tnci
1:11111111 lilili w mid 1101 down until ho.
l'ccigncd in l7"'i. At our rutc llll
ocemn lo have been thb cause of tho
ll'.oubl11 nillloui'h pcrbnm. 1110 d nicuily
ibut urosc about the site 111‘ lbc now
pivoting bouso may bnvo cullinglcilI
him. and this may scrrc to ckpioin 1111-;
opposili1‘11l.lii li‘ilh’i to some cxt1111l.'
With L'hc resignation of Mr. Bucking-
Mi!“ “'1: rcuch the curl of the lust, per-
1111
\l'c [liilli‘il :1 ulolumlt to notice uomc
if'diilli‘s of [ill' ilt‘iiUii. \111l tii'.- t (is
to tho 111111111111: ill)liH(‘:i.‘ii1(‘i'(l bovc
bowl in all six buildings 11151111 by tins
church‘ 11;: places of woi'uhlp. The first
was 11 icnipm'nl'y ul’i‘uctm'u crcctcd pm-
lu nil probability it. wood log struc-
ture, the iusicnin‘gs ilE'iili: simply wood-
cn pour. or plus, 1111 under date of May
32d. illi‘si'i, the iowusiuon wore instruct-
(‘ii to 1:111'111-1- nulls. The second build-
ing was ci‘cctcd in liibll on the same
spot, 11 swampy plzlcu requiring under;
111’ 11111 loci in length. 'l‘his incollnlz
1111111111, Hitllillt‘d‘ just opposite the me-
morial 541111111 at tho cross-roads lids
.«ddc of rho railroad, was :1 very simpli-
structure, ti had but one window.
glass was ('xpcnsivc. and oiled linen
or solu- other translucent material.
11115: ofi‘vn uscd. A conlrncl for ('lnp-
boarding it 111il11l iill‘ 1111 npproprinfion
of ibc lingo sum of in doll: 111:; plus, not
1111 mtruvngunl pi'ic11 wbcn it is r-e
luclnbcrcd that it was ’30 loot, long uud
iii fuel wldc. 'i‘bcre “'11s 1111 plaster
and lbc hem-hm u'urc simply rough
boards without backs. 'i‘lu- house Wits
too small to admit of galleries. or or
anything 111111'11 111.111 lhc incrc hint of
11 pulpit. Artificial bcnl. wus unknown,
cvcn il11- H‘ul'tim'd church did not how-
stows until about lls‘l'l. l"o(1tr.lorcs
sidcrcd cfl‘r'liiinalc. i1 is inii‘l‘i‘fliill}! 111
View 111‘ the cxtrcmi' Filililiif‘ily 11nd
l'udcucss of H111 curly stl'ilclurc, lllnf ii
is n multcl‘ of record. lbut Mr. iimll’m'll
wow 11 1-l1'1'icnl robc in the pulpit. A
film suuwcuiion of the slirrill'z rimc.K
was a bunch 111.1111' lhc door on which
1111 nrmcd guard snl, for four 111‘ ludinn
incursion, and one of tho old Now Eng
land lows Win; 11 quote) that “\VhOl‘Pb‘n'
cvor, tholundu ,of any- mun‘s inheri-
luncc shrill full yet no 1111111 shall col
his dwclling houuc above the distance
of half a mile or 11 mile at the furthest
from the meeting of tlic conurcpution.
wlicrc the church doth usually nsscm-
bio for the worship of God.“ it won tbc
civic and military 111': 11-1-11 as 1111- rc-
liulouu center of tho town. ‘l‘hc town
1111111111115 u'crc hold ‘111 it until 172:.
and it was uscd for a dcpomiory i’oi' ‘
arms, lullllnry provisions and lost or
slolcn proporty.‘ 'i‘bcri- one no bcllr'y
upon ii. Hartford alone bud 11 boll
which woo probably tho only church or
public bcli on tho continent. The sum-
mons to church or public incctluizo won
givcn by u drum, n 1111111 tuklni: 1111 1111-
nuni contract for ill,‘iliilli.’.‘ it not only
for cervicc but disc "for such uli'uy
bdrm: as 111-11 brought in in be sold. "
'1l11- sulnry for 1111' ‘si‘l v11 11 won .,.‘. .10
y',1'ully and i011 111111111 0111 ii for iiorscs.
'l‘hc dlum woo loun propi'i'iy you
111111. Our first bcll cumc in 111111 and
i may add no :1 mol'c mutlcr oi‘ rccord,
liull the bell of lbc 1'l'11111l1 1111 T1111
(ir'ci 11 and foi' lo 111. in our pi 111-11111 11111
fl',,\' 1111121 lncllcd iulo 1111111111111 bciin.
u'llcu our proscnl ln-ii 11.1% proscnlcu
by Mills .iuliu l.o1k\\1111d us 11 inconclul
lo hcl' {111'1 i'iliill'l't-i.
'lbo lilsl scxlon on 1'1'1rord was
'l‘bmnuu, licucdlct who 111111 puld 20
idliiiings for Hwocninu‘ ilw, rimming;-
i11,,111uc for (1111-, your. i"111'.'1'1'- yours tiis'
offices of scxiou 111‘ ibc church 11nd of
,imiitol' of tho town house \vcrc coul-
blood:
'i‘wo oustomn arc with good reason
Joined by Dr. lloutou in bid inolnorlul
normon. Ono Won the cuotom or us-
signing purtlcuiur aunts for those in
authority ililii for tho morn wealthy.
iiilllii or respected in tho congrnuutlon.
This was dolicuto business and was
ddno by town volc.
i kayo ulrcmly referred to tho cour-
tcsy kilowu to Mrs. l'iunford in votim:
her into the soot with the successor of-
her bunbund, and when m» are tempted
to rotor to cuctomo like this remarka-
blo custom 11s cvldonccu of u unobblsb
deference to woullh 11nd position, W11
ought in oil fnirnooc mark the delicate.
courtoolco tbut, appear unite nnturuily
on H111 town record. . -
'I‘hlu in only an curly confirmation of
the customs of thin church of 111111le
to its minioter who ililli done good nor-
vicc 11nd his family their opprccluilon
OF'MB good work. ~
Itiwns rilgbt. loo, liml rfliglll‘ii should
lie nbown to lhe reprouunluilvoo. of
umcrnmcut and no built our- 1111 found
with tho booting of the Kingo t‘ommiov
sinner in the upper moat- round soul--
it must have linen My most 111111111111 in
that old moetln‘u house-nor tho permis-
nice to one of the most prominent.
oily piano in the meotimt'r more do
111111111: 111ch for lmaelf 1111111111111 faintly.
Thovcustom ha 1' nondiscrimination:
11111 11111911111111.1111, petty 11111111111111,
.othoud’ho ubgloot of tho Youthful
monibario of the dongle-1111151011. '1‘th
111111111111111111111 tho ottobllnbln‘g or the
111111011111 custom referred to: the 1111-
polntmcnt of tithing men whose duty
it war to. keep l-ordsr unions the
'bid hcud‘ ,
Brzdgeport 11'1de
THE D M.
' Established 1857.
READ co.
m. o m4...”
‘ A, STUDY IN CARDINAL. '
In the window north of tho Main street 11111111111111.- a
display of modisb dress materials. 1Thcy all verge on lice]?
cardinal or automobile red.
The weaves are Ziboiihc,
Canvas Homespun, Dolphinctlc, and Granite Vigoreaux.
The priccs $1. 00 and $1. 25 a yard.
Thcy may be more
closely examined at the Dress Goods Section insole.
OTHER VALUES IN DRESS GOODS.
Two small lots of Waisting materials to close out.
Imbroidere‘d Frou 'Fr‘ou. a plain finely woven fabric. with
mail embroidered figures in self colors.
There are six
colors, all pastel shades. soft exquisite lavender, old rose,
urgent, mode, old blue and crimso
42 inches wide, $1. 25 a yard, reduced from $1175
Printed Cashmere, ,Eight different effects. mostly Per-
sian colorings and designs. 27 inches wide, 69 cts a yard.
WOMEN 'S UNDERWEAR.
Union Suits Harvard Mills, $1. 00, $1150 and $2.00.
Oneita so cts, $1. 00, $1 50. $2. 00 and $3. 00.
Merceiized cotton and merino Suits, guaranteed un-
shrinkabie, for $3. 50 each.
cts. each.
Special, Bleached fleeced-lined Vests‘and Pants, 39
MERCERIZED BLACK SA TEENS.
Some special values in Merecrized Satteens, black on—
ly. some of them direct from the mills. others selected
from our stock which is too full.
X quality, 20
XX quality, 25
. value for 15 cts a yard.
. value for 19 cts a yard.
CX quality. 30 ct. vein: 5 ;' 25 cts. ayard.
CXX quality, 37;; ct. vain; I .; 3: J. ;. ayard.
Do not fail to see the Orient .i T;
c
For those who
5"”
admire and like to study these specimens of a wonderful
foreign art, they are well worth an especial visit.
mm W“...-
On the lower floor are many attractions to interest the
practical housekeeper, in fact a clearing sale of all- sorts
of kitchen necessities.
THE 11. M. READ COMPANY,
Bridgeport, Conn.
scriouu uspccr 1'1) the case bowcvcn: if
the youth in docstion should prove in-
corrigibie, he might. i111 put in the house
of corrcction and subjected to 11111-11
lubor; my more nccouling to Roger
l“s.udiou 1:,01lc il he were sixlccn years
of :l"(". lic might fail undcr tlu1 death
pcnnlly of lhc Mosaic code. if this;
low wcrc unforccd nowndny lil'.‘l“11
would bc 11, good luuny cycouiionu, and
many of 11111111 of persons ovcr oixtccu
—~—son1c very much Uiiil‘l‘. ll Will bc of
lntcrcst and surprise in many b11111 io-
duy to be informcd liinl W11 still clout
llililng nicu cnlb y;1'1ir the cilia: bow
cv'ci bus bucomc :1 sin 11'1111': .1i lcusl
i have 111-1'1-1' 11111111 the small stick in
11311, 1-\'1'u according to directions, in
cicmcncy. llul in l'l'illl'll for 11 mo-
11111111. to our list of church buildings. A
third meeting house won ‘ei'cclcd in
lliiil and continued to bc uscd for this
pnrpouc unlil 17.2. The old church
bud boon sold for ilio muguillccnt sum
of lweuty dolinrs. which 111111111 n 1111111
111.11: for lho new building. 'l‘iiili boukc
oucuplcd the irinnglo now occupliul by
the house of Dr. Augustus l". liourd.
1n. ihn junction of blast avenue, blurb:
Place and Raymond street.
in this hounc iboy wm'o found wor-
ublpplng as Dr. linli lolls 1111 when the
English revolution dmvo .luluoo il
from the throne. Here ilioy worship-
ped loo‘during the: first 'li‘rencb and
lndinn war, 11111111111111 tho mocilnr:
house anulnet the lndlnnsl Warned by
the horrible massacre nt Bciioucctady.
A symptom of improvement. comes: A
gallery, and tho contract called for its,
speedy erection in tlmu for 11111 instill-
iatlun of Mr. Buckinubum. 'l‘boy evi-
dontly expected 11 crowd. lint cvun thbv
addition did not Million for the new
demands of tho, church and therefore
11 fourth bulidlup; was coinmcnccd in
11182 and comblctod'in 1723. »
'I‘hio stood fulfill“. uvcnquuot lic-
yond the "Phonics .rooldonco mud won
tho bullil'ingburned by'l‘ryoul but 'thiu
did not olioltm' tho unilcd church long.
Aid alreadyuolcd tho ohm-oh '1llvi11111l
over the lmbllu of Mr. bucklngbmn
11nd tbomi Who clung to him acceded
and funded the Epinccpnl llburnb. it
in pioiuiout no wo move llllo tho occ-
and period 111 the church' illslor‘y 115
record that tho dililc ulty loll. no bitter-
neos. Just now 11111111111111 “grout 111111111111:
in the relations of the flute to tho
church. 'v 1
Until 'nbw'thcro 111111 11111111111111.1111.-
ilahed churchl lbo Congrekatl’onal. and
every effort bud bean put 111111111111 force
dissenters into the Congregational
fold. Texas for the support of the
minliltornnyvere to be levied and col-
lectedi'llko other 111111111. The condl
tllmo-iof voila Were'fhc 1111111111 in nocioty
inoetinge as tn'clvil'townmeetinzb. it
the church refused or neglected to sup-
ort tilt? inhibitor the general bosom-
11111111111111 tmopor tutu of mainta-
um 1:10"! it on lilo church.
Mil
WW lolir‘ir would ,
. W, m“ _-. -4.“
church of Jngland, in any town; its
members were excused from paying
mice to the Congregational minister;
their-tax obligation Was transferred
to their own minister and . the old
church was to be known as the ancient
prime society. Here begins the bio
fury of our society. You understand
that it was simply the continuation ol’
the idcu of town control. (1111' society's
committee are civil officers succeeding
the committee wppolntcd by the town
under the old system. The sopurotion
ol‘ the church from the town is well
symbolized by the provision 110w mode
for 11 town house. The end of the os-
tnblisbcd church is bore. An Episco-
pal soclcty goes off by itself. And
hero nzain W11 con point with satisfac-
tion to
. the kindness and gon-
croolty of our prcdcccsnol‘u in
the privileges 1 of» this church.
Though thorn bud boon
ugrcclncutu about Mr
and though the scccd‘cl‘s wore to form
11 now body undcr a different donoin
iuutlonnl namc, tho 11101111111111 of the
ancient pi'iruc moiety made them 11.
donation of tho present site of tholr
parsonage and church and of lands for
a globe and admitted the members of
tho lipiouipul Church to a proportion-
utc shurc in the moonlit-inept of tin
111111111111 1 110111 (hone poiutu ospcciniiy
to 1'cmov1- what is il‘l too- common
on imprcosiou that tholic old worthicu
\11-1'11 c,old utoln 1ncu,uovore in their
Judgm' 11111-1. 11.1r1 ow in their prejudices
and rudo in their treatment of thOHo
who dieugreod with thorn, especially
in matters of belief. The mombers of
this church may 1111 proud of tbi-lr'pro-
deccluioro. Tolcrntlon in not 11 m‘odoi‘n
dillbovciy or invonlion. in your own
church history you hnvo tho pmof of
the? plutonium.
I Mr.’ buckinnhnm rouign‘cd in 1727
and who uncreedod by 11111 Rev. Moi-1011
ll‘lckiiluon. Mr illlckinubom rpmain‘nd
in the town until his 1111111111 in 1745. 111111
his tomb mny be found iii the blunt
Norwulk ccrnct cry W11 lluvo lllllo ditto
upon which to build for this period of
the church history: *Mr. flickineon'o
w'uu'tho lonucut purltol'alo 111.1111, lust-
lug from 1727 until our 11 porlod 111’
51 Work. For bovon ydnruloi‘ that thou
(from i706 to 177,111 hd’Was 11111111111311 by
11111 11311111111110 pastor; llnm Toununt,
11- non of the famous 'i‘ounlnti, but Mr.
chklnuon continued matching 1111111 lie
win; ill: yours or 1111111. 1.1111 min tho bro
tlmr of Rev. Jonathon Dickinson, proa-
lrlont or Princeton 05111131314 Hill ruinin-
b-y covared the period of 1111111111111.
11an Indian war. and in his day occur-
red the mliltlrry'opebttlolii 1111111111111
George and Ticonderoga' and 'tho full
or: «dance and all the litlrriny 11111111111
luuldont to pra~kevolutlonory activity.
Strange to any thorn ban conm‘ into my
nostwlnionwlthln Mow woekmwo doc-
umonto in the hundwritlniz of 1111'.
Dick son. one 11. dead bearing 111.111 of
1789, 111 which boron 1 111111 11111 11111111-
ed to no lililulrh 111111. Woodhull the
it ' 0117112, uskw _
Vioiullt (iii-b
Buckingham
Norwalk Chronicler