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II rains leave South Norwalk as follows:
FOR NEW YORK — Accommodation
trainsatQ. 36a. 111., 1. 11, 3.04, 4.07, 5.33,
6. 41, 8. 11, 10. 20 p. in. Express trains ~
at 4.55, 5. 45, 6.15, (local), 6. 55, (local).
7.13, (local), 7. 56 (local) 8.17. 9.03(10ca'1)
9.58,-10.35, 11.37, (local) 3.. m. 124
2. 25? 5. 05." o. 55, 7. 55 p.111. For VVashing-
ton via Harlem River 12. 53 a. m. (daily)
SU NDAYs—Accommodation 9.15:1. 1n.
5. 43, (local), 7. 23, (local) 9. 28 p. m. Ex
press 4.55, 5. 45 a. 111.
FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EA T—
Accommodation trains “at 6. 32, .2,4
8. 46 and 11. 42a. m., 1. 37, 2. 42, (to B’p’t),
4.20, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28(toB-’pt), 8.41, 9.41
and 11.15 p. m. ExpreSs trains at 1.11,
1.,20 9.1,1 10.05,11.08 a. m. 12.02, 3.05,
> 5.04 (Naugatuck Express) 1. 10 p. m.
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12
a. .2132“) and 7.15 p. 111. Express 1.11 and
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‘ .Norwalk
his first wife. ,_ '
Says It Doesn’t Conflict With
the St. Louis Platform.
MEANING OF BIMETALLISM
He Thinks Silver Would Be Main
tained at Its Present Value by On
erution of the Present Law
Would Have a Gold Standard.
Washington, Dec. 18. —— Secretary
Gage and Solicitor O’Connel, of the
Treasury Department, appeared agaii
before the Committee on Banking and
Curiency yesterday, and Secietarj
Gage continued the explanation of his .
bill submitted Thursday. Chairmar
Walker was not present, and Mr. Bro
sins, of Pennsylvania, presided.
The first- section discussed was tha'
to permit national banks to take 0111
additional circulating notes- to the
amount of 25 per cent., based upon
their assets. In case of any default the
bill . provides. that the :vTreasury .shal;
pay them‘ from a fund derived fr0m the
annual tax of 2 per cent. paid by the
banks on this circulation.
So far in the history" of‘the system
said Secretary Gage, 330 banks have
failed. Had. they been closed out by
the Government, as contemplated in
the bill, it is estimated that the Gov:
ernment would have been obliged to
make good a deficit of $194,000. But
against this, had these banks taken
out the circulation provided for in the
bill for the period of their average life—
eight years—they would have passed
into the Treasury $2,600,000.
The theoretical possible limit of cir~
culation of national bank notes-under
his bill, Secretary Gage said, wouldibe
nearly one million five hundred thou-
sand dollars.. The actually probable cir-
culation would be $550,000,000, an in-
crease, of $330,000,000 over the present
stock.
Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, referred to
gold contracts, and asked the Secre-
tary’ s view of them.
Mr. Gage said he did not consider it
desirable to interfere with private con
tracts of this character any morei'than
was necessary. The extent to which
drains on the Government stock of gold
would result under the operations 01
the bill excited much discussion.
Mr. Gage stated that all redemptions
would be made in gold 01 its equiva-
lent. ’
Regarding the proposed increase 01
the redemption fund from 5 to 10 per
cent., the Secretary said it was hie'
opinion that the change should be
made; the banks could better afford to
pay 10 under the new conditions than 5
under the old. It was his impression
that a suggestion by Mr. Hill, of Con.
necticut, was a good one—that the re-
demption fund should not be counted
against the deposit reserve of banks.
Profit on circulation, he said, would .be
increased under his bill.
To Mr. Cox, of Tennessee, Secretary
Gage said that the Treasury Depart-
ment was spending $70,000 a year try-
ing to induce the people to take silver
dollars, but that’they‘ would not have
them beyond a certain sum, about
fifty million dollars. He expressed alsc
the .fear that in the near future _the
Government was to be exposed to the
menace of counterfeiting Silver dollars
to a dangerous degree.
Should there be a recurrence of con-
ditions obtaining in 1893, when a doubt
arose in this country and elsewhere as
tovthe kind of money in which the Gov-
ernment would redeem its obligations,
Secretary Gage ,told Mr. Brosius his
bill would be an immense help'in the
effort of the Treasury to maintain the
credit of the Government, with the
, added power given to the Secretary to
borrow $100, 000, 000 in such a crisis.
Mr. Fowler, of New Jersey, explain-
ing that he wanted to ask a hypotheti-
cal question, said:
“Should' the next House pass a free
asilver' bill and send it to the Senate,
where it would pass, would not the ex-
..perience of the succeeding two years
result in breaking down your system
had it become a. law?”
Mr. Cox at once replied: “I submit,
Mr. Chairman, that it is not a. hypo-
thetical question—it's almost a cer-
tainty. ”
When the remainder of the bill had
been read a general discussion began
,_In answer to a cross fire of questions
Mr. Gage said the bill would not result
'in a raid on the Treasury by bank
notes. It was not the substitution of
an0ther “endless chain” of bank notes
HeSaid:
“This bill is simply a step in the
(right direction, and a. most important
step.. It’wouldl-give the Government
$325,000,000 of the very liabilities which
are most likely to be brought against
it. Of this $125,000,000 is in gold.
“:‘Then, with further measures recom-
mended by the President, giving au-
thority for aloan up to $100,000.00?
when required, the Government would.
be so strong in time of emergency as
to-resist‘ any stress. Faith would be
established, and people would not c0me
to the Treasury for lack of faith, but
only from necessity.”
This brought on an interesting and'
amusing discussion of politics as relat‘
ing to finance. .
Mr. Gage was given a vote of thanks
Several members sought to have an-‘
other hearing during the holidays, but
there was strenuous objection to this
and the original plan was adheied to
of adjourning until Jan. 12, when the
Gage-abill; the ‘aMonetary Conference bill
and other financial measures will be
taken up.
Fell and Was Captured.
Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 18.'—In a dispute
at the Exchange Hotel yesterday James
C. Hainey, an alleged confidence man,
shot liand. mortally wounded William
McNamara of this place. The bullet
passed through one of McNamara’s
lungs.
Before Halney had run a block to
escape he fell into a ditch and frac-
tured his right leg. He was taken to
the County prison.) McNamara is 25
years old and has a wife and two chil-
dren.
Child Killer Hanged.
Kansas City, Dec. 18. —-William. Cari
was hanged at the Clay County Court
House, Liberty, Mo., yesterday. Can
.v. as an ignorant backwoodsman, whc
sought to please his second wife by
drowning his , 3-year-old daughter by
[an “endless chain’ of green-backs for '
_ sistant Appraiser
THEEvssiaeeez
GAGEEXPLAINS 115311
NAMED BY‘THE PRESIDENT.
Willixun W. Thomas to Be Ministei
to Sweden and Norway.
Washington, Dec.18.——-The Presidenl
has sent the following nominations tn
the Senate:
William W. Thomas, Jr., of Maine, tc
be Envoy Extraordinary and Ministei
Plenipotentiary to Sweden and Nor-
way.
Hamilton King, of Michigan, to be
Minister Resident and Consul-Genera.
to Siam.
James C. McNamy, of Pennsylvania,
to be, Secretary of Legation and Con-
sul- General of _the United States at B0-
gota, Colombia.
Edgar C. Achorn, of Massachusetts
to be Secretary of the Legation of the
United States at St. Petersburg, Rus-
51a.
Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia
to be Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. - , ~
John Peterson, of Minnesota, to be
Collector of Customs for the District 01
Minnesota; James H. Cooper, of New
York, to be Collector of Customs for
the District of Oswego, N. Y.; Alfred
W. Brown, of Massachusetts, to be As-
of Merchandise in
the District of Boston and Charles-
town, Mass; Edward C. Duncan, 01
North Carolina, to be Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for the Fourth District
of N01th Carolina.
To be Consuls of the United States——
George H. Moulton, of Colorado, at
Demerara, British Guiana; Robert P.
Pool‘ey, of New York, at St. Helena;
Louis H. Ayme, of Illinois, at Guada-
loupe, West Indies; W. Stanley Hollis,
of Massachusetts, at Leurenco Mar-
quez, Africa; Levi S. Wilcox, of Illinois,
at Hankow, China;,Chester Donaldson,
of New York, at'vManagua, Nicaragua,
Robert P. Skinner, of Ohio, at Mar-
seilles, France; Frank W. Mahin, of
Iowa, at Richenberg, Bohemia; Mar-
shall Halstead, of New York, at Bir-
mingham, England; Harlan W. Brush,
of New York, at Clifton, Ontario:
Charles W'. Merriman, of Wisconsin, at
Brockville, Ontario; Daniel E. McGin-
ley, of Wisconsin, at Athens, Greece;
Lemuel W. Livingston, of Florida, at
Cape Haytien, Hayti; John C. Billhei-
mer, of Indiana, at Zanzibar, Zanzibar.
John K. Pollard, of Ohio, to be Con-
sul—General of the United States at
Monterey, Mexico; Louis Dexter, of
Rhode Island, to be Consul of the
United States at Leeds, England.
John Mel, of California, to be third
lieutenant in the revenue cutter serv-
ice; Richard Lebért to be Surveyor-
General of Colorado. V
Navy—Passed Assistant Surgeon
Francis TV. F. 'Wilber to be a. surgeon;
Paymaster George H. Grilling, to be a
pay inspector; Assistant Naval Con-
structors Robert Stocker, Frank W.
Hibbs and Elliot Snow, to be naval
constructors.
BIG BAG OF BURGLARS.
leu-ee Famous Crooks Arrested with
Tools of Their Trude.
. New York, Dec. 18.—Three 0f the
best-known and most desperate crooks
in the country were arrested,yesterday
and remanded to Police Headuarters to
await the arrival of requisition papers
from Philadelphia. The crooks are
wanted in the Quaker City for the bur;-
glary of Albert Abraham’s 'jewelry
store, 24 North Ninth street, on’the
night of Dec. 11.
The men are Ed Farrell, alias “Mi-
lady;" Andy Craig, alias “Fairy Mc-
Guire,” and Ed Mason, alias “Ed Mc-
Gee.” All are professional burglars.
The men were arrested at the house of
Farrell,‘-at 331- East Seventy—seventh
street. In. the house was found a choice
assortment of burglar’s tools and a
quantity of the jewelry taken from the
Philadelphia store. The men are also
wanted for breaking into Peyser’ s pro-
.vision store, at 1398 Third aven'ue, on
the night of Dec. 5 last.
Ned Farrell is the best known of the
lot. He began his acquaintance with
the police in 1877, when, with Charles
Fisher, he robbed the cashier of Hall’s
piano factory of $2, 800. In 1880 he broke
all records by robbing Patrick Jerome
Gleason, new Mayor ' of Long Island
_City,'of $2,400. This was the first'and
last time that any one ever robbed
Gleason.
A Cuban Ultimatum.
washingtcln, Dec.18.—_'-1‘he Times
says it can state as a fact that the
Cuban Republic has lodged an ultima-
tum with secretary Sherman declaring
that the island Government will ac-
cept no sort' of intervention which does
not contemplate independence.
‘ The information is?_g'iven that docu-
ments under the seal of the republic
have been presented, to Mr. Sherman,
containing principally the statement,
and the reasons for it, why the insur—
gents would never agree $0. the Autono‘
mists’ plan nor to any plan, that did
not mean the absolute independence of
the island. 1
Lost In Yukon Valley?
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Depart—
ment‘0f Labor is about to institute an
inquiry as to ,the whereabouts mi its
special agent ' and expert. Sandie] S.
Dunham, investigating affairs in the
Yukon valley. There is reason to fear
that Mr. Dunham has fallen a victim.
either to the rigors of the climate or to
some mishap. The last communication
received from him was from La! 1:; Ben-
nett on Sept. 1'4.
A Woman Colonial.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18.—The Gov-
ernor of Arkansas, has commissioned
Miss Emma Whittington, of
Springs, as an honorary colonel in the
Arkansas reserve militia. Miss ‘W‘nit-
tington is a. daughter of Col. ,Albert
Whittington, one of .the oldest and
wealthiest of Hot Springs' citizens. She
was first selected as sponsor for the
Hot Springs Rifles. ‘
‘ Six Burned to Death.
' Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 18.—The residence
of Patrick Leahy was burned yester--.
da morning, and Leahy and the of his
chi dren, the eldest but 9 years of age ‘
perished. Mrs. Leahy and a boy named
Frank, aged 5, were saved. It is supi,
posed that Leahy dropped a- lighted
lamp, which he was accustomed to
carry around the house.
Shin-key Would Meet Muller.
San Fra'nclsc‘o‘, Dec.. 18.—111,1:ep1y to,
a message from, New Orleans asking:
Tom Sharke‘y whether he would meet'
Pete: Maher in a twenty- round 11.111"
Sharkey has replied that he w: '11 sign
. Immediately on receiving the art . ~ '
left on Dan's swollen nose.
from cut eye.
night on head
. 'on body.
Hot
“just within the ten-seconds limit.
la’COY WINS THE FIGHT
Creedon Knocked Out in (the Fif-
- teenth Round.
BATTLE WAS A STIFF ONE
Creedon Pushed Game for All II
\‘Uns \Vortli—His Seconds Threw
Up the Sponge ‘Before Iiid De-
canw Champion. ' .
New York, Dec. 18.—Kid
the champion middle—\V'eight‘ pugilisi
of the world. Before the Long Islanfl.
City.:Athletic Club last night he do
feated Dan Creedon, heretofore sup-
posed to be the premier in the class
which weighs more than 158 pounds.
All the‘records of the men pointed to
the probability of Creedon winning.
The Kid had met. the same then, but
he had been beaten by sinferior‘fight-
ers. The only one who ever disposed
of the Kangaroo was _the sandy-haired.
conqueror of the Pompadour from the
Pacific coast.
Although the betting was in McCoy‘. =
favor, the sporting fraternity looked
upon the Hoosier as a victim of the
New Zealander’s prowess, and when
the chopped-up body of the Australian
champion was limp upon the floor, the
crowd, pleased but surprised, burst
into a cheer that echoed past the walls
of the clubroom.
McCoy was handled by Doc Payne,
Homer Selby, Tommy West, Nat Fen-
ton and Jack Fogarty. Joe Choynski,
Tom Tracy and Benny Murphy were in
Creedon’s corner. Sam Austin was ref-
eree and Jim Lavelle the timekeeper.
Creedon entered the ring at 9.35 and
McCoy at 9.55. The men agreed to box
twenty-five rounds, and if no decision
was rendered to fight to a finish. Mc-
Coy weighed 155 and Creedon 157
pounds. The men shook hands at 10.08.
The fight by rounds:
First Round—Men 'fiddle. McCoy
leads first. Creedon plays for stomach,
but misses in a‘clinch. Kid jabs in
stomach. Creedon hits foul and is cau-
tioned.‘ MoCOy punches Dan four times
in belt. Few blows struck.
Second Round—Both men cautious.
McCoy lands on body. Both run into a
clinch. Kid dodges a vicious swing.
Creedon the aggressor. ’ Dan fouls
again. Kid lands left jab, and follows
it with another. Time. Honors easy.
McCoy cool and steady, but‘Creedon
seemed anxious.
Third Round—Kid rushes and lands
on stomach. A right in face. Kid leads,
but misses. Creedon clinches. Creedon
again cautioned for fouling. No fast
work as. yet. Both clinch. McCoy jabs
Dan's nose. Time. McCoy’s round.
Fourth Round—Creedon swings his
right. sMcCoy uppercut on chin. Kid
rushes and lands twice with left. Cree-
‘do‘n lands prettily on body. Another
clinch. Creedon is not rushing as ex-
pected. The round ends in a clinch.
Fifth ‘Round—Creedon fouls. Kid
lands hard. right on neck. Puts straight
lofts on Dan's nose. McCoy lifts him
with a‘ left. Creedon cautious.
.;_ Sixth Round—Creedon lands hard on
neck. Kid returns with two straight
lefts. Creedon lands right over heart.
Kid tries uppercut, but misses. Cree-
don gets in good left on chin. Kid
lands a heavy left, then swings right.
Creedon ducks prettily. McCoy’s round.
Seventh Round—Kid tries left and
misses. Creedon jabs in hard right.
Both land lefts on body. Kid pushes a
good right on Dan’s jaw. Kid lands
right and left on Creedon’s head. Kid
uppercuts hard. Rains a flood of blows.
Creedon'gets in a good right. McCoy’s
' round. Creedon’s face shows punish-
ment. /
' _ Eighth Round—McCoy lands right on
Creedon’s body, counters on head. Mc-
Coy jabs on nose. Kid lands a corking
Kid’s
round.
~ Ninth Round—Creedon put a left on
chest. Creedon rushes, but is straight-
ened by a left jab. ,KidJands two g00d
lefts in face. McCoy stops Dan’s rush
with a terrific right on eye. Creedon’s
right eye is cut and rapidly closing.
Dan clinches. McCoy' 8 round. Creedon
is receiving hard punishment, but is
still strong.
Tenth Round— Creedon resorts to
roughing in a clinCh, and is fussed.
McCoy lands a g00d right in ribs. Kid
sticks left on Dan’s sore eye.‘ Creedon
returns a hard left on chest. Both
clinch. ~ 5 '
Eleventh Round—Creedon lands ' a
Kid puts. in. three savage
Dan bleeding badly
McCoy covered with
Creedon‘s blood. Creedon‘lands léft on
jaw. Kid uppercut on chin and put
hard on jaw.. Kid knocksgDan down.
He remained down nine seconds, and
low right.
rights on face."
~.- the gbng sounded just as he regained
his feet. The round closed with cheers
for McCoy.
Twelfth Round-Creedon fresh again
and lands left swing on Kid's head
Kid soaks him with“ left on eye. Kid
puts two lofts" on jaw. Creedon lands
Kid lands hard left "on
bodx.
Thirteenth Round—Creedon rushes
into a clinch. ’Kid lands left and right
McCoy landsltwice on face,
then lands heavy ri t hook on jaw.
Dan landed right on chin. McCoy's
lound. ’
Fourteenth Round—The Kid dodges
Creedon’s 1ush.McCoy jabs left on eye
and lands right on ear. Creedon lands
left on stomach. Kid lands two lefts
on face and then a fieice right upper-
cut. Kid 5 iound.
Fifteenth Round—McCoy shot three
straight lefts into the face as a starter,
and pushed Creedon's head back with
a blo’w, from the same hand. Then he
jarred his. man with another straight
left, and bringing his right around
like a flash almost felled him. ‘Follow-
ing up his advantage he rushed his
man, and planting a right over the
.heart brought his left up with terrific
force Creedon dropped to the floor
and rolled under the ropes.
By dint of the greatest energy and
courage be managed to regain his feet
gong savrd him. the round ending just
as McCo:y was about to bear down
upon him. He practically was out, and
his seconds seeing that he had no
I'.1ance,thre}.\ up the sponge amid the
'rech' of the crowd.
dds On the fight ranged from 100 to
m M ccoy to even money. It is es-
": :‘ed that more than one hundied
1:. 'r; ~ind «Julia. s changed hands on the
McCoy is
I‘liirsty.
The‘
2‘
u—9.
. TOO 'VALUAsLE fro EXECUTE.
It Is Decreed, However, That He Shall
Die When Bio Work 10 Finished.
The city of San Luis PotOSi is build-
ing a hall that will be the eighth won-
bder 0f the world. It has cost millions
and will cost millions more. Seven
, years ago a dozen skilled stonemasons
,lrom- Pennsylvania were imported to
"do the Ornamental carving of its front.
Dne Fourth ‘01! July a member of the
party got, drunk and killed a Mexican
In a barroom bran. His compan-
ions, in the language of General Cook,
"rose like a flock of quail and lit run-
ning.” He was tried and condemned
to be shot. Then arose the certainty
that with him in the grave there was
no one to'dO‘the fancy carving "on the
City Hall. It was decided to keep him
at work and shoot him when he had
finished. Every day, in summer’ s
shine and winter’s snow, this work-
man hangs like a fly against the great
white wall and peeks away at gar?
goyles and griflin’s heads. A file of
soldiers stands in the street looking
up at him. His life ends with his job,
1nd they say that he is the most de-
liberate Workman .ever in the Mexi-
can Republic or' any other republic.
At the present rate of progress, ac-
cording to the. best obtainable calcu-
lat,i0ns the front of the City Hall will
*be sufficiently scrolled and carved
tbout the middle of 1950. —Chicago
Times-Herald.
4--
. ‘-Awa an."
PATENT LIFE SAVING BELT.
Ban Be Worn Under the Clothing With-
out Attracting Notice.
Among. recent English patents is a
felt for saving life, which consists of
1. band of canvas, with cork layers at
Intervals. Attached to the belt are
four floats or bladders of rubber, With
1. protective covering. This is strap-
ped around the body under the arms,
the bladders being inflated with air by
the wearer by blowing through a: tube
which runs around the belt, and is
fitted with a self-closing valve. The
filling takes less than half a. minute.
Equipped’with one of these belts, a
man can walk into deep water with
his clothes and shoes on, and be sup—
ported with ease in a perpendicular po-
sition without making any effort. He
tan, in fact, smoke a cigar while in
the water.- This life preserverdoes
not prevent its wearer from swimming,
but if he is exhausted it enables him
to float in an erect position, it being
impossible for his head to fall under
the water. A passenger at sea who is
nervous can wear a belt under his
:lotlhes without its being noticed by
his fellow-travelers.
_—
CURRENT HUMOR.
“You know,” said the steady . loafer,
‘that I have never_betrayed anything
rou told me."
“Exactly,” said the editor.
“Well, I want to know how you could
publish a portrait of the ‘girl who
Inubbed the Prince on the same day
:hat the cable dispatch came? You
(now very well that the dispatch didn’t
tome until about ten minutes before
:he paper was closed. ”
“0h, ” said the editor, “the lady sent
is the picture three weeks in advance.”
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
“"Which would you. rather be, Har-
greaves, rich or handsome?"
“I’d like to be rich, also.”——Cincin-
iati Enquirer.
Mrs. 'Hautton
were such a charming debutante, my
iear, fifteen years ago.
Mrs. Inglefe-'—Was I? I only remem-
aer you made such a lovely chaperon
’or me when I came out.-Tit Bits.
“Miss Belle, I am sixty-eight, but I
iave one million in g0vernment bonds.
Do you think I am t00 old for you?” -
“No, indeed. You are about ten
rears too young!"
.-—
“PaJ‘ remarked Clarence Callipers,
Ifter watching his father’s efforts to
entertain the baby for half an h0ur, “it
s kinder quéer that all babies are born
?opulists, isn't it?"
“Populists! What put such an idea
13 that into your head?"
“Why, although a. baby is always
wanting some'thing, nobody can get it
".1-
(maliciously)—You'
'or him, because it is always something ,
user—Puck.
Mrs. Longwed (yawning)——“Ol1 dear!
'wonder if angels ever... get sleepy?"
Mr. Longwee'—4‘You never did When
1‘. was courting you, darling"
Then the old rascal kissed his wife
1nd went to the club without a strug-
:1e.—Up-t;:-date.
He-——I should like women better if
:hey weren’t so fond of coutradicting.
She—But they aren’t-L-Pick-Me-Up.
Thirsty Thornton—Docs yer notice
lately how- ‘many f00ls dere aredat’s '
killin' demselves in ,_ bathtubs?
Soiled Sammy—Don't condemn ’em,-
Would y0u feel like livin’iif
,er found, yerself in a bathtub?—New
“fork World.
- Fusty Turnpike-"I‘hem fellers wot’:
allcrs talltin’ an’ writin’ about de net
cessity an’ dooty an' majesty of 12.110:
make me footsore in de cranium. I tell:
yer, Clarence Doolittle, it’s no wonder
de lunatic asylums h-gettin’ fuller an
fuller every day.
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GROBERS- EVERYWHERE.
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CONN ECTICU T’S SMALLPOX ROCK.
A Relic of the Days When Inoculation
\Vas Practiced in the Nutmeg State.
A party, of bicyclists from Thomas-
ton, Conn, under the leadership of
Charles T. Hunter, While making a run
to Hartford through Farming‘ton re-
cently unearthed a curiosity in the
shape of ahuge flat rock or ledge in
the woods, covered with names, ages
and dates. None of the dates were
later than 1794. The rock is part of‘
the trap formation which crops out of
the little mountain to the southeast of
Farmington, 0n the old road running to
New Britain. Upon returning Mr.
Hunter made inquiries and obtained
from an old resident of Southington
what is probably the story of the rock.
It appears from the South-ington
man’s story that a smallpox inocula-
tion hospital, owned jointly by the ad-
joining towns of Southington and
Farmington, stood in the wilderness
near the sculptured rock for three
years after 1792. The rock was the
meeting place for the ~h-OSpital attend-
antsand the messengers from the two
towns. At that time and for years aft-
er, until it was forgotten, the ledge
was known as the smallpox hospital
rock. _
Smallpox was held in dread by the
old residents of Connecticut, and until
Jenner’s discovery of vaccination came
into general use inoculation was prac-
ticed. Hundreds of people were. in-
oculated at the Southington-Farming-
ton hospital and the names carved on
the sculptured rock are those of some
of them. There are thought to be hun-
dreds of these inscriptions, as the sur-
face of the rock has been uncovered
for a small area only. The dates run
from 1792 to 1794. A bit of an old
Farmington letter found by Mr. Hunter
throws further light on the old pest-
house times. It says under date of
1794: . ' ‘
“The young girls here are all in the
pesthouse. I have been'up to see them.
They are as thick as toads after a. rain.
Nancy Hooker and Fanny Cowl‘es have
it the hardest, but they will do well, I
believe. ” ‘
A story is told of a bride from New
Britain who was sent during her hon-
eymoon to this old pestb'ous'e to have
smallpox “according to orders.” 'She
was Mary, the daughter of Col. Gad.
Stanley,.a asoldier of the Revolution,
and had just been married to‘ Oliver
Dewey. The young couple had planned
I wedding trip to North Carolina,
which was a long journey for those
lays. It occurred to the -’bride s father
:hat she might be exposed to smallpox
while traveling, and he insisted upon
her going to the .pestbouSe on the
mountain to take the disease in its
mildest form.. The bride Wept and en-
' created not to be separated from her
uusband, and the latter expostulated,
out to no avail. The old soldier was
determined. To the pesthouse she
went and after a. stay of several weeks
passed through the disease in safety.
Then she went on her wedding jour-
ney.— —New York Sun.
. A Dinky-Proof Hen Coop.
A man in Cartersville purchased the
gallows on which a man was hanged
and built a hennery of the lumber. He
has never had a chicken stolen from
‘ it, and it is'said that the colored
brother won’t go within a block of it
if he can possibly avoid doing so. - A: -
Lantic Constitution.
The woman who gets along the nest
in society never remembe. s unpleas-
ant things about those she meets.
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Norwalk Chronicler