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thn‘tli . | the now was
per, Deco ms at" also no and it will any route visit ;.-_
the top v j over. pry ‘cslspfiho thorcushlv unto-date;
' “W "‘ w°¥$f+ wsrcsnav A‘couri. 1 ”also or 7:;
thrills . ‘ Housman: FURNITURE AT Loafer roasiaLs 1-:
oil 8 .
“ rile {in Eff».
Waist trimmed nicely
. i lace insertion, only 19.60.
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hillli'ue of White Lawn
i on
_ Raymond and Son’s
‘v ‘ “and 48 Main Street. No
.i the time to tvesr White Lawn Suits.
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China Silk Waist, trimmed nicely, $2.25.
not home in an see what bargains you can
A. ISRAEL, PROP.
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walk.
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The greatest bargain ev-
wits lace insertion and skirt also trim-
. . HAT BALE.
ed Hats have been 84.50 and $.00.
They are all this season's, seeds.
Waists trimmed with lace insertion berths.
Sold at any price. Call and
buy for little money.
South Norwalk, Conn.
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waves w
those within.
a porch is from
"i North Main bi.
WOAL
negl clean.
2‘ NUT $4.75."
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razors. war.
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saint; of racer-may
; of tho _
OR PORCH SHADE
, An effective screen, allowing free circulation of air, easy of op-
.efatlba. Great durability. made from linden wood, fibres securely
Ith the best of scrim twine, fitted with metal pulleys,
and a heavy maitrie cord for raising.
Made in a variety of colors and are weather proof. ' Screens
aporch from the outside, without interfering with the view of
, Rev, Charles M. Selleck. Mrs. Robert
‘Rl'mo scaffold-61746: co
cons
sHtoH COAL i: thoonly’ki
of choice, fresh mined ”so al, of the finest fracture, free from
was OPEN '
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on "or
annexes are. or porous
prions, Music and Dancing
The Harri) Man.
now and neat Winter is he who has
his coal bins filled up now at Sum-
mer prices. Strikes may come
and strikes may go. but what cares
he?——-he is provided against coal
starvation. 0f courst there's coal and
coal, but you are always certain of
the quality if you buy from our yards.
PRICE FOR WINTER OR SUMMER
$6.00 PER TON. NO CHARGE FOR
CARRYING IN.
Emoucsacii
—‘_—-——-
Economy is obtainable from the use of the window poroh‘
,,shade. besides comfort and pleasure.
The expense of equipping
$2.00 to $0.00.
Funeral Directors and Embilmers.
South Norwalk.
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GOAL
no we handle. We have on hand a
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. yer-y, Competent Drivers, Clean Coal. ‘
ll. Cross Creek Bituminous at an attractive price.
married charcoal put in bags ready for the stove.
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to, ,er an account witnlus. Tho saving habit wylprow and
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mob. ,of Not-walk. andihelttotma
amuel wuss, were assembled.
The escort of the party formed in
no at the armory shortly after 3:30
”clock. _ .
First. came Chief of Police Thomas
liradlcy and on either side. Officers
glhsinas Motherland and Bryan H.
They were immediately followed by
tho Ridgcilcld Hand and then Com any
i". under command of Captain Wll lam
l. Coinstock, and Company D, under
command of Captain Howard J. Bloom-
er.
The open barouchca for the officials
and private equlpagos brought up the
roar of the procession.
About 3:45, the line of march to Con-
gressman llill's rcsidonco was begun.
At this point the oillcinis entered the
vehicles. .
Scatcd with Governor Chamberlain
worc Congressman llill, lfx-liicutcnuiit
Governor Kcolcr and Selectman liyncs.
This carriage was followed by that con-
ll
0
- tainliig Mayors Smith and Dow.
All along the line of march to East
avenue, was a liberal display of the
handsome American emblem. Hun~
drcds of people. too, were lined along
the thoroughfares through which the
procession wcndcd its way, particularly
in the business center of the city.
As the governor took his position on
the stand beside Congressman Hill,
whonctod as chairman of the occasion.
there was a loud applause for the
state's chief executive.
The tablet. over which the ceremon-
ies of the day were hold, was covered
with ii large American flag and near it
was erected the stand.
The latter was of quite generous pro-
portions, prcttily draped with the Na-
tional flag and hunting. but of course
was not intended to hold all of the
spectators. The front row of seats
was reserved for the special guests.
speakers and members of the. Norwaik
Chapter. I). A. It. Among them were
the governor. Congressman Hill. lion.
E. O. Kecler, Mayors Smith and Dow.
Selectmen Samuel Lyrics, W. S. lion-
ford and I'll. Raymond, Colonel F. St.
John Lockwood. Mrs. Christian
Swartz, Mrs. Charles '1‘. Torry. state
regent of the New York D. A. IL. Ulill'
ed States Consul A. Homer llyiiigion.
the Rev, W. W. ’1‘. Duncan, the Rev
G. D Egbert, Mrs. S. R. Weed, Mrs. J.
0. Stevens, Mrs. .labcz Backus. Miss
Tlhbetts. Miss Angeline Scott, Thomas
I. Raymond. Mrs, E. E. (,lorhum, Mrs.
Gilbert. Mrs. Fillow, the Rev, A. F
Beard. D.D, Mrs Sara '1‘ Kinney, state
regent of the Connecticut 1). A. R., the
Van Buren, Mrs. E. J. llill and others.
Interesting relics on exhibition in
connection with the celebration were.
the. chair in which ’I‘ryon sat and wit
nesspd the burning of the village, a
chair owned by Roger Iiiidlow. the
founder of Norwalk and a table con»
nected with Norwalk's early history.
The Tryon chair is the property of the
Rev, Charles M. Selleok. while the hurt
low chair is owned by Mrs. William K.
James. The table is owned by Mrs.
Clilcliester.
The guests of the occasion were cs-
cortcii to seats on the platform by five
ushers, Seymour Curtis. Charles E.
Curtis. Frederick A. Eils. George E.
Curtis and Joseph B. Elle. .lr.
At 4:16 Congressman Hill announc-
ed that the exercises would open by all
singing 'f‘ne‘Stnr Spangled Runner, sc-
companied by the band, everybody
standing. This completed. Mr. Hill
stated that this assemblage was to
commemorate the 126th anniversary oi
the burning of Norwalk and at. his re
quest the invocation was asked by the
Rev. W. W. '1‘, Duncan pastor of the
South Nor'walk Methodist Church.
‘In a short introductory speech, Mr.
Hill stated that no state had the right-
to the title of being patriotic as grand
old Connecticut, He mentioned among
other things that Connecticut gave to
the United States its first and great
constitution. It gave him great pleas
tire to introduce the governor of this
great state, Aibram‘ Chamberlain, oi
Meriden. (Applause).
The governor opened'his remarks in
a felicitous mood and, said that it Would
give him great leasure to go on and
make a speech. a fact to give that of
Congressmanflill. but he was not here
at this time to make a speech and he
had no intention of doing'so. Then,
too. he had been advised not to make a
speech. Rather he was present to
represent the people of Connecticut in.
their governor- He was here also to
praise the D. A. R. for their efforts in
marking historic spots.
‘svnat the D. A. a. had done to make
thestats atriotic could not be told
in words, he governor outlined some
of the organisation's work in erecting
monuments and giving historic resi-
dances. In their work they are melt-
ing object lessons that speak louder
by for than words. ' The ladies were
' here today to unveil this monument,
«which would: speak to coming genera-
tions. Tv‘ao vreeks a‘gothe D. A. it.
had erected amendment to Major
General ’Spencer.’ and then there was
the monument to the great patriot.
Nathan Hal. ’ In this state is intense
patriotism. In fact the tree of liberty
was planted here and the people of the
thole country are now sitting in the
shade of this tree.
The people were gathered here to
honor the overhor and he was glad
of it, but t ' re was very little to the
personality‘of the_"oiiicisl, He was
here today as the governor and in this
the i work
’it is ”flowing. .mp-
'Oongressraaa‘fiill then delivered s
strong alibi-es; entitled "The ending
of'i‘ry'cn's Raid." Mr. Blunt :; .
, we are assembles fist-stellar to com-
"hsrnin or Norseman
to Consumerist ‘msnoryr‘of the mm.
film ordered the dastard act. ~‘
I I have beech requestedmbo strike one
. ‘ .‘f‘ryliu.
ascending one it“? an
tors any to roth‘levt for:
C." 1‘ “fl.
' not: , ,
private prop.
battering-
Now Yo.
the populace, on board of a British
' ‘ l iii
when .is‘iv“ sustai- solitude. ssd‘t'lils‘ dai-
~ “"9 M"Wm° I0 “it“ via" uly ll. 1?". Captain il‘rsssr un-
Dul," “N. “ onetime M. W" 9'” , or. co and “of Motor General Wil-
iged to take refuge from the fury of ia'm‘ moo. of me army of King
George III of England, had landed his
men at Fitch's point. having first at-
tompted so to do at Cow l’asture pun.
insulu. and lii'lgadicr General tluriii,
of the same service, had orderod his
WEI- ; ,, , Hessian transports to Old Well, the
nut why lpc'at him when he WT two wings of the detail being [will
bill the ill“ 8 "0| Of a 31‘0“” ”113' upon laying this primitive New Eng
aid. the lii'ltisli govcrniiiont, which, in land plantation m ashes.
Eight days prior to the carnage and
its absorbing passion for the extension
conflugratiou of Norwalk the English
of British trade, from that day to this
has hesitated “t nothing, except super- had started to attack the Connecticut
Shore settlements. and that the rav-
ior strength; in. locomplii-iliing its NW“
purposes. Two years before the ow , ,
England count was ravaged in 1779 the Natlw‘nli‘t’twrxsw “32:19:; ‘F 315' “g“ :33
liritisli premier mud" ”n“ remarkable under the law of nations illegitimate
statement in the English Parliament. and without a parallel we niuy not
altogether , insist; nevertheless. we
which in the light of today seems or
do, emphatically. contend that any pro-
niost like a prophecy:
"("0“ tiritain and “"9“” 00““ vocation pretence in extciiuution of
the offense was infamous,
not. both exist in a state of indepen-
i ‘ r s ~ . ill? ' times of
(\l'ifgflllll nilll‘l, Ili:\‘i:'(l“l' vili‘ixrthut‘ :38! contl- w lilwoluld be a 9‘1"]er “5“} pitiable. t‘;
. ' 'Olli )0 a poor c an a. povcr
cent, from its extent. its products. its apology for the July 1779 Norwaik.en-
uctiiigs to offer that the devastation
scas. its rivers, its unparalleled
growth in population, and above all its had been instigated by the patriots’
opposition to the plundering raldlnzs
inexhaustible il'uud of naval tgeasiiref.
that this smal island which ad hiti- ) .
crto supported its greatness by com- :“dmlimfl‘gy: “"0an agarteiredhfl;
iiicrcc and naval superiority, would be No 'k ti " i ll“ Pm“. "“9 1| “SW“.
so cramped in its own peculiar resour- tl _‘ ’l “mg sum ' “5 “’"3‘ k 3“
can and ovorlnvcd in its proper and ,m‘ "“1 anything M? t" d" but "
natural clcmcnt'. that it must in a few “PM.“ ‘illld conibut‘ invasion. dcprcda.
years sink to nothing and perhaps be ‘0" “m outrageous "“0“";
reduced to that most degrading and 0“” borders Werc donioraiized by
calamitous of all possible situations, ”‘1‘ day and night Incurslons of the
um bguomlng a vagsu] (,0 her own to trespiissci's. and were so fear, fright.
bellioug Cotouleg_ u tlicy'were once and foe-ridden that neither doer nor
permitted to establish thcir indepen- “99‘1“ 00“” be tolerated.
dance and of course their power." To make, therefore. the dwellers
When the following year an alliance ili‘rpi‘l‘nlsly driven defense of their
farms and families a plea for lllt‘l'i‘l-
loss onslaught upon their persons and
was formed between France and the
property would be simply perildious
Colonies, an English commission on
uounced the future policy of (ircai llrit-
and uttcrly conieinptible, detestable
and abominable.
ain as followu:
“The question is how far Great Brit-
ain may by every means in her power. This, in a nut shell. is a statement
of today's case local. Now the out-
come of this statements conviction is
destroy or render useless a connection
contrived for her ruin and the aggrand.
the charge, We have read it from child-
hool, "lot 'l‘ryon be held in exccra‘
isemcut of France. llndcr such cir-
tion." But. friends, there is another
cumstances the laws of self-preserva-
tion most direct the conduct of (irent
charge. We do not know just whence
it emanated, it is of prime principle
Britain and if the British Colonies are
to becomc an accession to France. will
direct her to reader that accession of quality. however, the charge to wit.
as little avail as possible to her one- lay in wait to serve an enemy; may
my." its princely spirit influence on this cv-
That declaration was so brutal and ciiing. At least, may we not allow
hideous in its purport, that it provoked prejudice to so far away as as to iii-
cltc us, even here, on the soot pressed
by Tryon‘s feet on their errand of
ii protest in Piirliaiiiciit itself but, it
was sustained by a vote of 71 to 37
destruction. to vindictivelr vltupcrate
him. Besides this it must not be for
and thereafter licssliiiis and savages.
the scalping knife. the tomahawk and
gotten that historicity integrity forbids
assumptions further than strict truth
the torch were summoned to the help
of the British Army. and it was in di.
rect pursupnce of this policy as we justify.
learn by, letters Wl'lll.(‘ll by Arthur 11430 We are aware of [he existencp of my
at Paris to Governor Trumbull that on gum“. vpracity that argues dopmedly
ders weredauucd to ravage the coasts against 'I‘ryon, and still 1“ any analy»
“f New England and ”it“ Gill'timi" sis of his character. career. or co rsc
William TWO“ 0‘ New York was “i it, is only just. to bear in mind fiat.
”“le chosen i” d0 ”10 WWW“ work, politically. lie was first. and last a
How history repeats itself. In ltilz Britten, whose sun rose three thous-
and miles east of America and them
set. 'I‘ryon was every inch a King
she tried again to crush our growm?
power on the cocoa.
Again when civil war threatened to George imperialist. which was his pit-
illsrupt the, Union. she entered iiiio no full in the South and it accrued in
gottations with France for the recon doom him among the very ludians, iii
nition offline Southern (Materiel-ac: the North. He held. in the camp and
and it was only the refusal of Russia at the capital, that to resist the throne
to join the combination and thc maiil- was treason and. that the resisting
festation of Russian sympathy towards were rebels. Their leaders. he dealer
on by the presence of her ships with cd to our General Parsons. were the
shelled guns in New York, Boston and cause of all the calamities iii ~the
San Francisco subject to the orders of country and were i, was his character
istlc rhetoric, nearly two years be
fore he fired Norwalk, Were [ in mort
President Lincoln that the Northern
States did not how to face all Europe
authority i would burn every commit
ice man’s house within my reach. We
l as'
Ill “'11.
man of war. Ills seal for the crown
knew no limit. and to plunder, burn
and destroy seems to have been his
idea of government throughout his ca-
, ‘t pl‘
shat rally closely a
it her ondovors to
one registrations.
In connection with which thought it
is not too much for me to add, Madam.
that the intelligent support of your
sister regents of the Norwnlk chapter
has handsomely forwarded your spicu-
did cause. .
Aiming the company of the not a
few honorable women of this place
the names of that royal uutntcttc of
l). A. R. ruler daughters Hill, Noble.
chd, Gerard and Backus will stand
hit in no flickering but flaming light
6 years roll around. Congratulations
0 these for what we have seen done,
[and may their personal and patriotic
,cniiuciice become a constantly cumu-
lative power and its record stimulate
to the accomplishment of still greater
things in the futiirc. Much in thi-
laudable line of memorial indicating
l‘t‘llliilllll to be performed. We would
not lower" the unity of the instant
exercises by suggesting the sites yet
to be designated. but it is respectful
to close this ’l‘ryon function with the
hint that the memory of the European
soldiers' brave Norwulk opponent,
Captain Stephen Butts, merits granite
perpetuation.
Captain Betta, who not far from
noon today saw the departing Britten
turn his back upon Norwalk just at
the moment the- former received. in
France street, the dying charge from
the lips of the hcroic Jacob Nash was
the alert youth who, two years late'r.
watched the Yorktown movements of
Alexander Hamilton, the breast of
which immortal statesman was pierc-
ed by the fatal bullet from Aaron
biirr's weapon precisely one hundred
years ago this morning, Can we, con-
sequently, more opportunely end 'i‘ry-
on-iietts day. concurring as it does.
with the Hamilton centenary, than by
breaking our address thread and
maintaining a second silence as an act
of remembrance homage to Washing-
ton's first secretary and America's il-
lusti-ous son.
Your Excellency. the executive of
our commonwealth, and whose coming
here is such a compliment to us, and
so elevates the day‘s doing; Mr. Pres-
ident of the day's ceremony. our lion-
ored congressman: venerated Nor-
waikcr, our nation's sponsor at one
of the classic. courts that gave a Rs-
phael to the world: vice-president gen-
crnl whom your home town cannot per-
mit your adopted Montana to, alone.
proudly claim: Madam Regent of the
illustrious Empire State: me -
bars of the Fulrtleld County D. A. .
Chapter; fellow citizens. which title
compreliciids all to whom we have
been pi-lvliigcd to speak. salutation;
The sun of July 11th, 1779. sank be-
hiud our woods and waters, its last
rays lingering over the homes, smok-
ing in the dusk, of a depressed, dis-
trcsscd. xiii agitated and alarmed pop.
ulace; but. fortune. in our Nurwalk
scale, has counterpolsed Ult‘, fagol and
the slanting rays of the orb of July 11,
i904. gild the nbodes of a peaceful.
prospered people; anodes many of
which the skill of the artist. has dec»
cruise. and that of the gnrdner orna-
mented and all of which are homes of
domestic. comfort and happiness. Our
slands invite, our shores laugh, and
create are vocal. and landscapes love-
y. Our population is up to date. its
eclianics skillful, and merchants
'ide awake and professional men
hie; our schols are superior, and
ocicties a success, and churches a
Our agricultural com
d .
b
preserve its preo-
in their struggle for liberty and union.
charitably hope that the last of the
Some of our pcoplc scam to have for
gotten this in these latter years.
The Christian Advocate recently said regal governors was “ill 88 so“! wall
that duriug'ihe past nine years Great ‘0“ “B he was 89990“ violent in this
Britain had fougm twelve were at an case. We do not defend him, but it
is becoming on this spot to admit that
the one whose ambition it was to cap
expense of three billion dollars and all
tiire Ethan Allen was clement to
for trade expansion. l
t' o ‘(lsht‘t‘nilll‘c‘t ll‘
m: was t r “a“ 0 “k I ward several Norwalk men and that
it was for Turkish trade :.hc fought he who was ““0”“ ‘0 Lady 13“"
the Crimean war. across the Saugatuck. dealt politely
it was for trade and the possession by Elizabeth "03" Mid Grace Jenv
u; the rich gold mines my me hand that plugs. and Aruba Hitchcock of this
she crushed the Republics of South town.
Africa. We grant that there may be no proof
It was for trade that me. entered that be here spoil enriched himself nor,
Egypt and stays there in Violation of probably, that he was to blame foi
her pledges to France. the; Hessian element. in his ranks. Wc,
It is for trade that she is slaughter know that l.“ comranv with Timothy
“,8 the people of 'l‘hlbet today 8mg Dwight, he was the guest in a mansion
taking possession of their country. no in W3 vicinity, where 101111 Hancock
der the guise of a peaceful mission. so 3‘50 was a visitor, and that he was
cruelty and so wickedly that evcn Par courtesy considerate 0‘ Hannah. sis-
llament itself again protests against “if 0f NOTWNRE first GOO“ Hoyt. it
is recorded that he deplored the burn-
ing of the Fairdeld churches and than
tl‘i‘e murderous means employed. ldt is
t a same 0d 3 irit of i 79 re eats in
p ‘ p be there ordered that ’ the Norwalk
sanctuary should be spared the like
i904. May the time never come when
this Republic shall forget that the
Lord God Omnipotent reigns and con- “0“."689. _
trols the destinies of nations. and that We gladly cite Lady Tryon, for
iustiee and mercy and good faith. rath- whom he have only words of com-
er‘tbaa human greed and selfishness. mendation. Caesar's wife must be
will win the final triumph. above reproach and Tryon's wife. and
Chairman Hill next introduced Mrs. W sitter. Esther Wake. were the evi-
Kinney. the regent of the Connecticut turcd center are home of refinement.
D. A. R. Mrs. Kinney said that the and “‘3“- thank GOG. ‘8 the potent in”
mission of the D. A. it, is to teach ““9““th 0‘ lofty womanhood that
loyalty. it wishes to make the world it 599ml! ‘0 “9 impossible that “19
partner of such a uueenly one should
have had the brutal side to his nature
pftriotlc. One of its methods Iwas £0
ace me as ea on tons. Dur n ' t e
p s g a 3 that is attributed to Tryon. We at»
sist from detaining the man; at the
past nine years. to historic places in
same time. and with intense realism.
flierstate'rlli‘ave been markedi by the D.
. . is flu or plant on’s‘mem- .
a go comprehending how and why there are
“1088‘th consider that he deserves
bersbdo not shoulder gaggdand g? t:
was t athe in f an t - .
r u r r prov es d c 0 atom Norwalk handling. But now that
fruition has succeeded fatality and
lag fgr the sufferers from war. “Digging
t e punish war it has given .1 a
mo . 1 05 lothin “a. that we have survived the woeful and
say 2 ’ 7 packages 0‘ c ‘8 “ wicked destruction of our heritage, let
us forget. and forgive. and especially
medical supplies, 7.992 packages ”for
food and sent several thousand trained
forego. for we are not celebrating Try-
on on this occasion nor. excepting
nurses.
‘ Mrs. Kinue co ratulated the Nor-
walk Gimp“: an: R., for its “091.. inferentially, the days reminding lib-
‘ srty cause. eW are here to mark. and
monumentally make lasting. another
lest work in marking historic spots anal
h o t ,
a, d that no chapter in t e c an ry a history‘spot within this venerable pa-
trlmony‘s storied precincts; and it be-
marked as many sites as the Norwalk
comes the to give remittance to the
Chapter. , This is the fifth historic
site marked. ‘ , ._ ‘ , _ .
fact that We are do as this under the
auspices of a modern but alredy mag.
nitlcentiy achieving organization the
tenants and ,tmideacies of which are.
’i Chairman Hill now asked Governor
Chamberlain and Mrs. Kinney to unveil
strongly calculated to‘revive tbe‘study
of our glorious your and to bear
the monument before them. This cere-
richifr‘u‘ii: hi ‘t t love of country
many toukbut a moment and when
the assemblage had gathered around
to read the inscription. .llas. ashes
emergent oftbe Nor-walls Chap-
, 3-,, bflseatod it .50 "I" To
walk; making an excoiient
the purposes. sic. .
_ it:
, mil. the foot of
fill- Aafihsihead
of with thehlatorr of our town desire
slit of today may have a distinctive
pe of its own.‘bnt albeit its highways
lad. and river is serpentine, and
bile buildings of diverse architec-
re and business centres somewhat
print. it is native Norwalk and Hea—
en bless it. Its skies are blue. its
ii bouutllful, its surface beautiful.
ay no 'l‘ryop again desecrate it: may
cry returning anniversary witness
the betterment of the ancient fold.
i av its sons and daughters consecrate
temselves to hish thought. and exalt,
ed living, and may its habitations and
their children, and children's children.
to the remotest generation dwell se-
curely floated over. by the beloved
23g. filled full with stars, and shelter-
. by the Divine Arm, and shadowed
by the Divine Rock.
.And to the Eternal Jehovairbe all
the praise.
' Rev. George D. Egbert, pastor of the
Norwalk Congregational Church spoke
as follows.
,Withln easy distance of this memor.‘
lal stone, about which we gather to-“
day, are the sites of three of the
churches that have been the homes of
the Ancient Prime Society. The
fourth church building stood fro the
site of the present residence of the
Thomas family, nearly opposite the
Seileck School; the fifth stood on the
Green on the spot marked. through the
courtesy of the Norwalk Chapter of
The Daughters of the American Reva.
lutlou. by an oak tree, and the sixth
is the building now occupied as its
house of worship by the ’
gatloaal Church. It bah s ’ med fitting
that I. as Pastor of the ”Ancient grime
Society, should repres‘ent'that society
our church shared with the town the
baptism of fire that meant a secret:
walk architectural; but also; and more
especially because the First Church
was the old town'church: its officers
were elected by town vote, its support
was obtained from town taxation. and
its building was the town shrins.’i‘heso
conditions maintained until 1727.
when. because of the, indiscretions of
its minister (indiscretlons,,J am glad
to say that have hot asyet been re-
peated) and also because of the large
influx of members,“ .the church of
England. devoted tween own rt as]
deservedly well-beloved. the l‘S’hn h
and townsgreed, toss ate. 3, . “It:
thus belch" relievedmrtrho burde‘nmgt
the support of a denominational insti-
‘tory has been so closely interwoven
., sun ., 9i . .
, , the state incineration,- you reproach.
take the‘ 131;: whose staffing pfitrlgtiiimhha‘s
'_ no. Cm Q5.“ I.)
. Metamorphoses;
your ‘
t
of all to congratulate this snub.
today that our forefathers lived:
nicest! “extinctions"! after ,
dinner summons and applause to not -
about incandescent-on mothers
resort-sues “ ‘
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first
once
with ’ hoir lei‘i‘fit“ "
st Congre {
at these exercises. not only because u
p A sachets
granite. The a ., motors tour in-
stitutions is beau its! sad gives prom.
ice of permanence. but that «superstruc.
tare has been possible only because the
fathers clinched the substructure ma-
sonry to the rook that is strong enough
to hold up the eternal hills. And time
too they brought us and our institu-
tions into line with history. It was
Calvinism that kept, the Waldenses
faithful among lli‘ ”ions and guiiies
of Northern italy: it was Calvinism
that made the Hugeuots mighty
against assault. when the urban ave-
nues and the rustic lanes of France
ran red with the blood of St. liartho-
ionicw's Day. It was Calvinism that
hold the stern Scotch steady before the
witherics and sort-cries of the most
beautiful woman of her time. Mary
Stuart. It was Calvinism that sent the
splendid roundheads of Cromwell in-
to the charges of Dunbar and Worces-
ter with the psalms of David upOn
their lips; it was Calvinism that made
the exiles dare. the surge of the sea
and the forests swaying with tempest
and swarming with savages, that they
might rear on the rocky coast of New
England a fair fame dedicated to civil
and religious liberty. Translate Ply-
mouth Rock into man and call him
Pilgrim.
But i congratulate you today not on-
ly that our forefathers lived, but 1 con-
gratulate you also that they died. Fun-
erals are presently pitiful, but perma-
nently fruitful. 'l‘iie reaper whose
name is death, clears with his keen
scythe through the weeds of prejudice
that have gone to seed. ii pathway for
.the whirring wheels of the chariot of
progress. it is well that the three-
score years and ten of holy writ are
not often extended into a second cen-
tury. if a man lived two hundred
years. even were the first century one
of progress all tilting. the second must
be one of retrogrcssion, for humanity
in its experience has solved for itself
the problem of perpetual motion and
unresting; must either advance or
move backward. Had these fathers
lived until now, this gathering would
not have been possible. At any rate
they would have been startled to hear
the pastor of the First Church congra»
tulate the people that church and state
have been torn apart. They would
have been horrible to find the Ameri-
can Republic obenlng its gates to the
north and south to the east and west.
and to hear the ancient prime society
rejoicing in the open portals and de-
claring through its representative to-
day that Americans care not whether
the stranger be Jew or Gentile. Ito-
manist or Protestant, Mohammedan or
Buddhist; they ask only that he shall
stand with them shoulder to shoulder
under this standard, sworn to defend
the right of Men, the inalienable right
of men to worship according to the dis.
totes of their own conscience. And it.
was this spirit. in embryo indeed. but
in fact nevertheless, that was kindled
anew in the hearts of New Englanders
by the homes that followed the foot-
steps of the infamous Tryon. Every
patriot set his lips more closely in
firmer determination, gripped his mus.
ket with a tighter grasp, dogged the
fleeing tharauder moreoearly because
he felt more keenly than ever that men
have rights. whatever the creed whit-
ten upon their hearts or trembling up
on their lips. And we in the spirit or
these brave men, say to profane Ro-
man priest and profane Protestgpi:
minister alike who dares with implants
hands seek to steady the‘ark’ot the
covenant of our liberties. “Hands offl.
or else be smitten Uzzah-like. with the
plague well-deserved, indicted in ac-
cordance with the sentence of the
voice of couple which‘we believe to
be the voice of God."
And so, the crimson in our standard
reminds us thatrthe blood of every
man is red; that we look not for the
blue in the blood of. any American cit~
izen, but only ill :the, fitment 8810!!!
with stars. sleamlas symbols of these
mighty stator. the iii-meat that bends
in beauty and benediction above the
splendid Republic we love so, well.
Mrs. Charles Terry, .rege‘nt of the
NW YOTRD. A. ,R-. bmugbtwarm coir
sratulatlans'trcni, tbepcugjhters or the
Empire State and ahe’uppl‘eb’lated the
honor that had‘beeft‘cohferred 'on her
by asking her to 'make'an enuresis.
Mrs. Terry said that ‘her ’trip to Gen-
nccticut was like a heme coming. as
she had spent the earliest and Jolliest
years‘of herziife in‘Tolland Countyi
She said she would not refer to‘ the
work of the ,D, A. R. in aenerai but
would make specific mention.
She had reference to that movement
inauguratedin 1&95 in Ergolrly‘n by the
Rev. Charles West, ti). “0.0 ma fitting ’
memorial to the isomers. o the 1.9.000
Americans whohad Reflfihed. lib“!!!
the filthy British prison ships. A intimi-
ment to the martyrs had bean propon-
ed ”and erected. ' ‘ ' ‘ ’
After men had fails the D. A. R.
took up the matter’of Mlemorial Mono.
mental Hall, which is‘ncw succeabfully
in process of construction ‘ln Wishing-
» Attorney John Beideii delivered is
response for theSon's of the Ameri-
can Revolution. ' Said Mr; Hurlbuttz,
yr. Chairman: '
‘In respondin for the Sons of the
American, Reva ution. i am compelled
to courtesan shame that they have or
lowed others to anticipate them in the
photos of this tablet. ,. .
The, principles and objects of
swimsuits? ~ ‘ ,
g I'Detuttie .ille memory and MIG
snlrltlgéthe anon who achieved Ameri-
the or
trioug
million. and the chug:i gaining an if“ .
,r tomaalge are, .l'l- 3.9, , m, ea.“
precautionthen. echnrch‘whose hl8~ m - Spirit!!! 195,,ngg
casters and; earn mm -.‘the Donahue
ofthe United states of Assorted: " ~
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asset that seems home $91.?
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an ' lamenting. filer
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