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At a meeting of the Directors at this Society,
.. held this day, a dividend at the rate ofoOUR
AND ONE—HALF (41/3) per cent. per annum,
. Wwas declared to Depositors from the earnings of
l ..‘:the six months ending June 30, 1924.
- pan—wenAOWow-
. _ The same will be entered on pass-
‘ paid on and after July 10, 1924.
'MONEY DEPOSITED' ON OR BEFORE JULY
10, 1924, WILL DRAIV INTEREST
FROM JULY lsT, 1924.
. OPEN MONDAY EVENIN GS 7 TO 8
flm' Deposits Over . . . . . . . . . . $5,600,000.00
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Frederick A. E113, Treas.
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codefendcnt, was acquitted. They
[were charged with murdering Char-
; lcs Love. hotel proprietor, here May
11 after an altercation in which
Love was said to have attacked
Nolan with a blackjack.
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AN l‘NCODDION NOUN.
The grammar lesson was proceed-
ing smoothly when the teacher ask-
ed a. small boy what kind of a. noun
"trousers" was.
“it's an uncommon noun," he an
swcred promptly. "because it's sin-
gular at the top and plural at the
bailout—Peoples Home Journal.
on Officials Are
Freed on All Counts
' ‘CAJIBRIDGE, Massmeuly 5.—A
. dict of not guilty on every count
. \__ the indictments against them was
fitumed Thursday night by the jury
Evin; William J. Corcoran; formt-r
“riot Attorney at Middlescx county
. “(1 Daniel H.‘Coakley_ tiisbarkcd
Eaton attorney. on charges of ex-
,‘fifrtién. The jury lulu deliberated
flatly twenty-seven hours.
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:SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. July 5——
mriee Raymond Nolan of New
' . I ven. (Team. was found guilty of
it” . - aughtes by a jury in Superior
,” -‘ hen “night. Jack Carlton.
"Gladys is a pretty nice girl. take
her all around."
"figs, if you take her all around."
—.(P:nnsxlvsnis Bunch 3011.;
By HELEN VOSBL'RGH.
Hundreds of automobiles scurry
lpast the old burying ground at the
’corner of Van Zandt street and East
avenue every day. Their drivers
look right past the little cemetery
and watch the turn for apprdaching
cars. for the curve of the road there
is sharp—and the cemetery is much
too familiar and quiet to attract at-
tention. The grass in it is high now.
and the sun beats down upon the
graves. There are not many trees
'in the cemetery; only a few willows
and tall elms. An ol tree casts n.
heavy shade ovcr the woathcr-hcatcn
table marking the grave of Gover-
nor Thomas Fitch; and thick
growths of dark green ivy make cool
\vreathes on many of the stones.
Time and the “'catlicr.
Time and the weather have ob-
literated the inscriptiOns on some of
the stonesr the curling ivy shields
others from the peering eyes of in-
trudcrs. An interesting old table
standing near the St. John plot has
had its inscription entirely wiped
away. Near it. though. is a. head-
stonc on which the epitaph is still
lrgihlc:
Buckingham St. John AB late
tutor of Yale College in New
Haven who was drowned in re—
turning home on the 4th of May,
1771 in the 2‘th year of his
Age A youth adorned with
strong mental endowments cul-
tivated with polite "and useful
literature A sudden Gust plunged
him in the sea
Blasted our Hopes
and left his Friends, Country and
Science to brave the loss
and learn the Vanity of depending
l on fleeting Dust.
Rev. Moses Dickenson.
Another marker tells of the death
on February 3. 1.745. of the “Rever-
('lld: Buckingham. Pastor of the
Church of Christ in ,Norwnlk." The
Reverend Moses Dickenson, who died
in 1775. has the following tribute
paid to his fifty years' ministry:
“Beneath this monumental stone
lics interred
the body of the
Revd Moses Dickenson
late Pastor of the first Church of
Christ in Sorwall:
who departed this life May lst.
1778. in the 55m year of his Age
and Slst of his Ministry in said
church A man of good tinder-
standing well improved by Study
tiliearful in temper. Prudent in
Conduct, and faithful to his
trust ’
Became to his grave in full Ago
like as a shork of corn cometh
in his Service“ ,
Tito table marking the grave of
Governor Fitch. fourteen years gov-
criior of the Colony of Connecticut.
bears an interesting and carefully
Composed epitaph. Some of the
words are worn by the weather; but
of the original inscription the fol—
lowing lilies are still visible:
“The honorable Thomas Fitch.
12qu Governor of the Colony of
Connecticut. cminclit and distin-
guished among mortals. for great
abilities. .lnrgc acquiremcnts. and
Virtuous character. .1 clear.
strong. scdate mind;
an accurate, extensive acquaint-
ance with Law and Civil
Government: .
a happy Talent of presiding.
chase application. and strict
fidelity iii the discharge of
important Trusts. no less than.
for his Employment by the mice
of the People in the chief Ofilce
of State and at the HEAD of
the Colony
Having served his generation by
the will of God fell asleep
July 18th
Ano Domini 1774
in the 75th year of his Age."
The Pitches.
Governor Fitch's grandfather.
Thomas Fitch. one of the early set-
tlers in Norwalk, is buried in the
cemetery. too. So is Colonel Fitch.
son of Governor Pitch and command-
er of the regiment about which tra-
dition has it "Yankee Doodle" was
written.
Maps of the original settlement of
Norwalk show the old East Norwalk
burying ground to have been the
first. cemetery of the town. It stood
on what was then the main street of
the village. "The Towns Street."
running from about where the Coch-
ran schooi now is. down to near the
Country club. Along the Townc
Street stood the'houses-of the or-
ginal settlers. The hbuse of Gov-
ernor Fitch. which war'partially
destroyed during the Revolution, is
still standing in East avenue. In it
lives during the summer the Gov-
ernor's great—great-granddaughter.
Miss Sarah Fitch. Crossing the
Towne street not far from the bury-
ing ground ran the Stamford and
Fairfield Path. along which travel-
lers through Connecticut passed. It
was along this road one spring
morning that a herald rode and an-
nounced to the colonists the acces-
sion of James II to the throne of
England.
Less than a hundred ‘years later.
the citizens of Norwalk who had
heard so eagcly of the accession of
their new king. Were at war with
England. It was during the Revolu-
tion that the home of Governor
Fitch was burned. The Governor
died two years before the beginning
of the Revolution; and his wife.
who was in the Fitch homestead
when the English troops entered
Norwalk. was afraid to maintain her
rights as the wife the Colonial
II.
-x macaw“ .br, the"t‘rom‘eo¢
governor. In some ey the orders
to respect the governor's house were
usuouum u
lS RESTINGPLACE 0F MANY , ‘
' " OF OUR EARLY SElTLERS
the Fitch place was burned.
Wolves.
The old Norwalk town records
contain interesting acounts of the
provision made by the town to re-
ward citizens for the killing, of
wolves. To every man killing a wolf
was to be given 20 shillings. A no-
tlce issued in June, 1693. promised
two shillings in addition to the or-
iginal 20. Perhaps it was passed af-
ter a winter in which the wolves
were especially annoying.
That the drum was to be beaten
every Sabbath and on "other occa-
sions," the town records show. In
them are laws passed to regulate
the behavior of youngpeople in
meeting. too. and provisions to pro-
vide schooling for the children of
the settlement. ,
There are no lava there about en-
largement of the old burying ground
though. Probably the colonists
found they had more ground than
was needed for people' who died in
the little settlement. Today there
are whispered tales that graves In
th cemetery are "four and five deep"
and that ground is never dug for
a. new grace without "hone. being
uncovered.” Yet the old graveyard
has a peaceful air for all the grue-
some .ories that are told about it.
The sun shines down on it. except
where the willows and elms—old
records show Norwalk to have been
noted for-«its beautiful elms—stsnd
sentinel over the gray and red tomb-
stones: and the crickets sing cheen
fully from the long grass. Sunshine,
old trees. ivy and tall grass, and the
crickets' chirping in the the sum-
mertime. are a part of the old ceme-
tcry's charm.
A Gift.
Records of the gift of the town of
the "burying place." as the settlers
called it. are no longer in the pos-
session of the East Norwalk' Ceme-
tery association. Edward Gorham.
president of the nuociution. re-
members hearing that the burying
ground was the gift to Norwalk at
two old ladies. They gave it as a
public burying ground. with no pro-.
vision for its care by the town. Re-
lativcs of persons buried in it were
were to assume the responsibility of
caring for the graves. Today the
association receives no help from the
town and must itself rai’se, any
money needed for improvements in
the cemetery.
Cows and sheep used to graze in
the old burying place ye s ago. One
year there was a rcso on passed
by the town forbidding the posturing
of cows in the cemetery. Later tin-
other law was passed prohibiting
grazing of cows. sheep or other ani-
mals in the burying place. Alter
that. the grass in the cemetery was
sold catch your. -
When the rclativcs of persons
buried in the graveyard decided to
have a fence built around it. they
raised a. part of the money by sub-
scription and levied a tax on the
opening of new graves for the rest.
A fee of 81 was charged for each
new grave. This charge was known
as "fence money."
Improving the Cemetery.
There have been movements at
various times for improvement of
the burying place. in 1902. a year
after the two hundred and fiftieth
celebration of the. founding of Nor-
walk. Miss Angeline Scott. librarian
of the South Norwnlk library, wrote
an article for the New England
Magazine, in which sh‘e said:
“All the early Sonoratinns of Nor-
walk are buried in this cemetery at
East Norwalk. which has been so in-
rl'fectlvcly guarded that many old
graves have been cncroached upon
by modcrn burials. It is proposed.
however. by the Historical associa-
tion, to protect those that rcmain.
and a plan has been started to build
a wall about the grounds with a
monumental arch at the entrance
composed of blgcks of stone eli-
scribed with the names of the fa-
titers of the town, contributed by
their descendants."
The Historical association was
founded in 1898 and was largely re-
sponsible for tliacelcbration IL‘So-y
walk's founding in 1901.
A few years ago a. committee com-
posed of members of the East Nor-
walk Cemetery association and the
East Norwalk Improvement society
had the old fence removed and a
hedge planted in its place.
Stone posts were erected with an
iron gate and much of the growth of
ivy and cherry trees was cut down.
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Boys,
bank Estate ,
STAMFORD. Conn" July I.—
Two brothers. aged nine and ten
Itantly when they fell from s raft
on which they were playing into the
waters of s. lake on the Mllbank es-
tate. Greenwich, early yesterday at-
noon.
telThe twa boys, Peter and Frsnl:
Zingles. of Brooklyn. N. Y.. had been
in Greenwich only an hour when
their deeth oecured. With their par-
cuts the had come to
to spendy the holiday with relatives
on Davis Avenue. It was suggested
they Join them in a. bike. The two
boys consented and they journeyed to
Millbank estate together With five
other boys intent upon seeing the
sights and watchingfilhe automobiles
st ‘on Full .
so’l‘fr‘ing of seeing the automobiles
pass by a suggestion was made that
they play "stunt the leader." The two
lads readily agreed and followed the
other boys to the edge of the lake
which is quite a distance from the
ad.
rc.Srelng d raft moored to the bank
of the lake the boys started for it
and the two Brooklyn lads who
wcrc'ln the lead Jumped onto the
float and in some unexplainable
manner the raft broke away and the
b0\s were carried out into the lake.
The oldest of the two boys. Peter,
attempted to paddle the craft back
to shore with the old of his hands.
His brother in the excitement rush-
ed ovcr to his brother's side and as
he did the float careened to one side
throwing the boys into the “'Mcr.
Standing frigid on the bank. too
scared to mme stood their five
or
young companions who because
their freight were-unable to render
assistance. The cries of the two
boys gradually died out and in a
last dcsperate, attempt the lads
made a futile attempt at swimming
ashore. '
Paralyzed by the sudden (incr-
sion. the two lads could make no
headway and trey soon sank out of
sight. Not seeing their two cori-
panioiis in the winter the lads on the
shore bmame alarmed and rushed to
the Post Izoad where their cri-:s ut-
traototi parsirg motorists.
An nth-mitt ut rescuing the boys
prim-d N no wall and the pmlcc
aullimit’irs mrc summoned. .iftci
considerable difliculty the bodies
Were finally located and brought to
the suri’ncc. The bodies of the two
htni will lie lenimed to their bonus
in Brooklyn sonic-line today.
AlviiiOwsley Is Out
For Vice-Presidency
I NE\V YORK, July 5.—
Alvin ow-lcy. put National Com-
mander of the American Legion. has
entered the field for the Democratic
nomination. it was announced today
by Florence M. Sterling. who says
.‘Ir.‘0\\'sloy—-the youngest man ever
to seek the office-has the support
of 400.000 women in the Anireican
Legion Auxiliary and other organi-
zations of women. ‘
"Enthusiasm and progression will
win its election for the Democrats."
Owel‘ry said. “It is because I am of
the boys who fought. a. son who
knows the feelings of the mothers
who made the supreme sacrifice.
that I peck this office."
It is contended for this thirty-six-
year-old candidate party 3.400.000
votes.
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In the Old Days.
(Concinnatl Enquirer.)
Blinker "I often was, cnterta‘ined
with comic pictures lofll before the
movies came along." .
Jinks: "ch..1. too. often spent an
evening with a girl who would enter-
tain me with the old family album."
Now that the committee has dis-
solved. the East Norwalk Cemetery
association has sole charge of the
burying ground. ,
This year. the association hopes to
bank the south and west sides of the
cemetery. and plant Dorothy Perkin
ramblers’ there.
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The chums had just decided that
it would be easy enough to escape.
BBy the aid 'of an old packing box
that stood beside the shed they
could all jump the fence. ‘
But whot«bothered them now was
where they should go when they
escaped. The city was very large
and it stretched itself out along
the banks of the Hudson River for
miles and miles. They wanted to
go in that direction. as 'way up
north. lived Nannie. Billy's little
wife whom, he was crazy to see
after his long absence abroad. She
was away up in Wisconsin on the
dear old . farm in it would take
weeks and weeks to reach there if
they traveled by foot all the way.
But they expected to steal some
rides as they always did when
traveling. Stubby and Button had
not a relative In the wbrld they
knew of, but they loved Nannie and
all of Billy'- family as if they were
their very Own blood relations.
They had known them for ,years
aqd years and had always been.
very kind to them. especially Nau-
nie and Daisy. Billy's son's wife,
while the Kids. 'Billy's twin mad-
childre‘n, were their delight.‘
The three Chums were lying per-q
fecfly still.
own thoughts and plans as how but
to‘get out of the city when they
were aroused by a loud meow ~ovor'
their heads. Lokintup, then-u?
o
e big.
mi
BILLY WHISKERS
BY FRANCES msoo "03"!me
-other cats had been appearing on
:us, this ,inérning that" celebrated
rived from oversees sodwere shut
it‘lll'bv.‘ miles .
' iorld.;s‘nd when w‘eheerd that you
each engrossed in his a
@1le and‘ invite you to speak and
mum-row they hrs invited't "
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"Good-morning. friends and dis-
tinguished travelers!" said the cat.
“I hope 1 am not disturbing you.
butthe cats and the don‘of the
neighborhood—and there is a. good-
ly number of them -— appointed me
the head of a" committee to call up:
on you and welcome you to our
shores." '
As the out had been talking.
top \of the fence and now a. line of
them. all sizes. colors and descrip-
‘tlons. eat on them of thofsnce
winking down at” the Chums. while
through holes under the fence 1p-
pesred- dogs' heads, as evidently
they were too large 'of bodywi
crawl, through the small holes. '
.hanging out. of that upper_yrindow.
and the parrot in the window of the
next house sang and called out to
travelers from the w.:' had just a.
In. Grandpa. Stubbs' beck . uni.
Esau .’oiie_1 around, 1;me .
' use he is so-
kind to mu. chlldrén and ‘te in
may“... 2 W9; "conveys glad to
hear home (things of? the outside
were fresh from the war song, we,
to wagons acquaint.
tellfiiis Of‘ some of
- your adventures
on Jule-other: side. . "
While Playing,
Fall Into Water from
Raft on Lake at Mil-h
years old. were drowned almost in-
Greenwich“
"The canary you see in the cage .
by boys who lived in the Vicinity that .
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