c To Get Customers Ada vertise in Their Favor- .ite Paper, TflE EVEN- JNG GAZETTE! Evening . azette.~ Every Reader of THE EVENING G AZETTE is a Buyer. Give’l‘hem a Trial VOL. IX. NO. 21307 NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY ElNVE NING, MAY 29,1899. PRICE Two CENTS THE 1111: THEIR GRAVES TO BE STREWN WITH FLOWERS BYTHEIR LIVING COMRADES. NEW GRAVES THIS YEAR. HEROES OF CUBA AND PHILIP- PINES ADDED TO THE ALREADY‘ LONG ROLL. Where the flowers in their beauty set the woodlands all aglow, And the crystal rivers, laughing to the distant oceans fiow, Where the bees are in the clover and the sun of summer shines, And the shadows on the grasses are the shadows of the pines, Comes a people forth to duty ’nea‘th the banner of the stars, And the Nation weaves a Chaplet for the heroes of the wars; For the men who went to battle, for tithe tendei and the true Who me sleeping in the sunshine in thei1 uniforms of blue. The veteran crowns his comrade to the music of the drum, The Nation weaves heroic wreaths, and will for years to come ; in the cycles still before us, in the cen- turies to be. The rose will fall upon the brave who rest twixt sea and sea; And Columbia, fairer, greater mounts the heights of fame, \Vill carve on her resplendent shield with pride each hero’s name ; And the tide that rushes outward to the countries far away Will tell the beauteous story of our land’s Memorial Day. as she Greater love hath no man than this, we say, as we pause above the graves of those who died for their country and lay above the sacred dust cur tribute of affection and remembrance. Of all our yearly feasts, Decoration day is perhaps the most distinctly na- tional. The adorning of the soldiers’ graves is but the outward manifestation of a feeling which is all the stron :er in that "our national history is so brief a one. The men who fell at Chi‘ckamauga or Bull Run need not sh are their honors with the well-nigh mythical heroes of a thousand years ago. They, themselves, have written, the sagas of our own race, in their life blood. and they will be, passed on to generations yet unborn. Monuments have been raised in their honor, but the story of their deeds. as told from sire to son, will. outlast the‘ crumbling stones. Little did these he- roes dream of all this, as they marched out to do and die. They had no vision of honors to be heaped upon ”them by 8. flowers, that is all. grateful people. With the simplicity inherited from their pioneer fathers, they marched out to meet the foe, all unconscious of the heroism which is the dearest heritage of their descendants. Within the circle of the year that lies behind us since last we assembled in the “city of the silent” to commune with the spirit of our dead; Liberty has spoken a new fiat. She has called upon this nation, with the voice of the bugle and the roar of cannon, to give answer to the query, “Am I my brother’s She heard the cry from the islands of the sea, and to this people, keeper?” as once before, she gave the command: “Go forth! Strike off the shackles and loose the fetters of those in bondage!” As one voice, from counter to work- shop, from farm, mill and mine, from valley, mountain and desert, east, west, north and south. the strength and pride of this nation’s youth and man- hood cricd: “Here am I; send me.” And so they went fourth to offer the sacrifice of their blood upon the altar of a righteous cause. They fought and fell under the fierce heat of torgid sunshine, they died by bullets, disease and starvation, they Their graves are on the foreign hillsides, in tropicaljungles, and in the depth of the ocean. I died of wounds and weariness. Some sleep in the quiet churchyard of their own dear land, but wherever they lie we offer to their memory the tribute of our gratitude, and from their blood and suffering a new era of the world shall spring, a memorial to the bravery of the Ameri- can soldier. There are some who delar'e that fickleness is an attribute of the Ameri- Would they dare say as much could they see the, long pro- can. character. cession which goes forth from city and hamlet alike on Decoration day to lay tribute of flowers and honor upon the graves-of the nation’s dead? Would they repeat the sneer if they could hear the reading of the poems ‘our’ noblest poets have written of their glorious deeds; if they could listen to the songs composed in their honor and sung by the piping voice of age and the 'shrill'tones of childhood, if they on 11d hear the most famous orators rehearse the victories of heroes who died, per- haps, ere they were born? No, surely if our critics were with us on one Dec- oration day, they would cease forever to call fickle the people which so grate- fully remembers its victorious dead. Decoration day will find new graves this year; perhaps even here and there a. long, low mound upon which the grass has not yet had time to grow. You can cover "them With flags and But to the living veteran you can give the honorand tenderness which make glad his ‘de- 011’s DEAD HEROES. clining years, remembering not only for one day in the year j that he, too, gave his best of youth andstrength to make ours “a union strong and great.” In decorating the graves of the sol diers, don’t forget to lay a flower upon that of his wife. Her part was almost as heroic a one as his gilhe went to meet the rain of bullets; she remained be- hind to weep, to pray, to hope, to fear. She shared his heroiSm, let he'r share his reward. L The members of' Buckingham Post, G. A. R. will meetat Post rooms at 10 o’clock a. m. and at 11 o’clock will ma1ch to St Paul’s, Uui-on, St. Mary’s '< l and Riverside cemete 1195 where they S will decorate the are. es of their dead com1ades. After the decorations have been com- pleted the members will 1etu1n to the Post rooms where acoliation will be served. New Graves to be Decorated. , The following is a list of the new- graves to be decorated by the G. A. R. t0~morr0wz UNION CEMETERY. Hubbell, Allan P. Co. C. 27th C. V. RIVERSIDE CEME'LERY. Buttery, Edgar Co. A. 17th C. V. Bones, Robert Co. C. 17th C. V. Cunningham, Peter L. Lieut-Col. 8th C. V. Kellogg, George R. Co. G. 28th C. V. Orton, Dr. Samuel U. S. A. , Ruscoe, Andrew Co. G. 10th C. V. s'r. MARY’S CEMETERY. Tierney, Thomas Co. G. 28th C. V. The whole number to be decorated in the several cemeteries is 186 as follows: Union Cemetery, 96. Riverside Cemetery, 40. St Mary’s Cemetery, 41. St,_;Paul’s Cemetery, .19. ~ SUNDAY SERVICES. Buckingham Post, G. A. R. attended service at Grace church Sunday morn- Rev “John- preached a me- ing in a body. The pastor, son McClure Bellows morial sermon. The music rendered during the service was as follows: Morning processional, 520 Messiter; Venite, Clifford, Pepper; Gloria Patri, Clifford, Pepper; TeDeum, Tours in D; Jubilate, Sohr in C; hymn, 377, Dykes; Kyrie, Arnold in A; Gloria Tibi, VVood- ward in D; hymn 408, Ewing; offertory, by H. Millard, recessional, 490, Haydn. At the Methodist church in the after- Union Memorial services were “Come Holy Spirit,” noon, held at 3 o’clock, the Sunday schools of the Congregational, Baptist and Methodist churches participating. The children of these Sunday-schools met the G. A. R. members at the foot of Mill Hill and escorted the veterans in abody to the church. The choirs of the Methodist and Congregational churches furnished the music and the following Was the programme : Prelude—Organ. Hymn 1103, ’1‘ Great God! beneath - whose piercing eye,” Inv ocation, closing with Lord’s prayer, Rev. James G1eg0ry Anthem, Te Deum in C, Choir. Responsive Reading—Selection 62, Led by C. E. Curtis. Prayer—— Rev. T. K; Noble. Male Quartette—“ Strew. Their Graves With Flowers.” Olfertory—Selected, . H. Tilly. Address— Rev. T. DeVi’itt Van Doren. Hymn 563—“0nwa:d Christian Sol- diers.” Solo—“Save me, O God, ” Mrs. J. C. Newkirk. Addiess~ Rev. S. L. Beiler. Chorus—“ Star Spangled Banner,” [-Iymn 1089~My Country! ’Tis of Theo. - Benediction—— Rev..S. L. Beiler. Postlud'e. At the South Norwalk Congrega- tional church the vesper service was dead. Co. D assembled at the armory at 3:30 and memorial of the soldier marched to the church in a body. The .f-Douglass Fowler Post and Union Vet- eran Union were also in attendance. Gen. Russell Frost delivered an elo- quent address to the old soldiers in memory of their dead comrades. The church was well filled desplte the warm _-Weather. The programme follows: : Organ Prelude, Fourth Sonata, ‘ Guilmant . Edward B. Manville. Call to Worship by the Pastor, and the Lord’s Prayer. Quartette and Congregation—“O Co- lumbia, the Gem of. the Ocean.” Responsive reading of Psalm 111. Prayer. - Quartette—"Consolation, ” D. M. Howe Hymn—“Joyfully, Joyfully,” Merrill Address by General Frost. i Quartette—"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.” Quartette and Congregation—“ Amer- 1ea.” March’e Romaine. OOH—— THE WHEEL CONTEST. The ballot at noon to-day was as fol- lows lrving H. Reed, Pioneer 3373 J. J. Goodwin, Old Well- 3049 J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 896 Smith North1 op, Phoenix 227 wElbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158 D.Hart Weeks, Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, 72 Leo Davis, Old Well 68 L. M. SmithfiMayflower D. W. Harford, Old Well Chief F. M. Wheeler, EN. F. D. Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, E. V. Baker, Old Well Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer Harry Mitchell, Pioneer Fred Weiseit Howard L.Lowndes, Old Well Ggo. F. Foote, Old Well John Yost, Putnam Hose —————-—-«O’-—-—-,— Fires in Stamford._ ..~ Saturday afternoon a large frame building in Pacific street, owned by John McNally, was destroyed by fire causing a loss estimated at $3.000. partially insured. Two large brick buildings on either side of the burned building caught fi1e, but were ex- tingu1shed with slight loss. A large wooden pavilion at Shippan point, which was in cou1se of construc- tion and would have been finished in a few days, was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night under circumstances which point conclusively to incendiar- “11W Qwvv WM? gum/1AM swam “’3 _ “r ERoAJ Shcviatttny“ S RVWVVQQVV Saw, QEWVM‘ Dwdw- . Stubble/WWW, HHHb-‘l—‘l—‘Hb-‘Hlx'lw Latter Day Saints. The rite of Baptism was administered in the Silvermine stream, near the Lat- ter Day 'Saintis: chapel at Broad RiVers Sunday, Elder .A. E. Stone of New Canaan, officiating. _ The _ candidate . 'was Ernest Buttery of New Haven. Confirmation was administered by Elder Stone with the sacrament. A large number of saints were present. A.:' Weather. Showers and possibly thunder storms to-night and Tuesday. Warmer to- night, cooler Tuesday. 1 A ¥ Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Er lpblO'lS rob life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures them, also Old, Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers Boils, Felous, C‘01ns._ Warts. Cuts, _B1uises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile Cu1e on ea1th. Drives. out Pains and Aches. Only 25cts. abox. Cuie guaianteed Sold by John A. Riggs, d1uggist, 11 Main street. ,1. fl Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo..S. Grumman, Phoenix 15 F. w. Darmer, 01d Well . 16' H._D. Cornell, Fire Police 20 "3111 Hlll 111111. Miss Myrtle Faulds Thrilling Experience With - RunawayTeam. ONE BROKEN BRIDLE. Horses Ran Into Wire Fence and Wire Had to be Cut to Release Them. One of the most exciting runaways seen in town occurred about 9 o’clock Sunday morning in front of William A. Benedict’s residence on Main street. Mr. Benedict’s son William drove up to the house witha. pair of Dann & Banks’handsome black horses attach- ed tola buggy. Seated in the carriage was Miss Myrtle Faulds who was to accompany young Benedict in a ride to Danbury. As the young man alight- ed from the vehicle and entered the house, his father stepped out of the yard and stood at the horses heads. At thisjuncturea trolley car came alOng from Winnipauk, and as the off horse appeared frightened at the car, Mr. Benedict caught hold of his bridle- As the car approachedthe horse com- menéed to back, and the check strap of the bridle broke pulling the bridle from his head. The horse thus freed, made a dash up Main street with his mate with no one in the carriage but Miss Faulds. Miss Faulds, nothing daunted quick- ly picked up the lines and. although they were fairly flying she cooly took atum of the reins about her wrists and endeavored to keep them in the road. When the head of Main street was reached the horses turned Nash’s corner and entered Tyndall’s through which they dashed. At the corner of Granl street and the lane the team turned again, this time overturning the carriage and Miss Faulds out upon the lane throwing steep bank. The horses continued their mad run into the garden of Mrs. Edward Brady on Grand street, where becoming en- tangled in a wire fence they were thrown. Miss Faulds Mrs. Brady’s house, but outside of the shock and excitement escaped uninjured. The horses finding themselves en- snared in the wire commenced to kick and soon placed the carriage in a wrecked condition. They were releas- ed by cutting the wire and both escap- ed with but a few cuts. A AA: ‘vv Commencement. The commencement exercises of the East Norwalk schgol will be held on Wednesday evening, in the East Ave- nue Methodist Episcopal church. was taken into There are four members of the class of ’99, Misses Jennie M. Cameron, Han- nah B. Valentine, Ada F. Warden and Cecile S. Osborn. The programme is as follows: . Prelude, Adagio sostenuto. (Op. 27) . Beethoven. Harry J. Zehm. Invocation Rev. W. H. Tenor, Solo—Ashore Chilton Baker. Essay—Character of Lincoln, AdaF. Warden. Essay—Self Culture, Hannah B. Valentine Piano Solo—Spinning Song, Wagner-Liszt Hubbard. Trotere Mr. Zehm. Essay—Decay of Spain’s sPower, Jennie M.‘ Cameron. Essay—Disadvantage of Hurry, , Cecile S. Osborn. Duet—The Moon has Raised Her Lamp Above Messrs. Percy and Chilton Baker. Address, .- Rev. J. J. Foust. P1 esentation of Diplomas, Rev. J. J. Foust. Benediction. AA“ ‘vr ‘ Bethel Hatters Insolvent. F. W. Smith & Son, Bethel batters, filed an assignment in insolvency Sat- urday with Referee John W. Banks. A hearing for the appointment of a t1ustee is called for, June 10. The liabilities are $22,743 and assets 818,000- r - 1 Has‘ J. Benedict ‘ 111nm 111:1. thol’s Hat Shop hold Handicap Race. NO ACCIDENTS. The Weather Was Ideal, and Large Crowds Were Out to Witness the Race- ideal for bicycle racing, and, many people took advantage of it to assemble at Gregory’s Point and along the route of the race of Barthol’s hat shop em~ ployes. The course was from Gregory’s Point to Hanfoi'd’s The race as is usual was slow in get- store and return twice. ting started the limit men getting .off at 3:15 ' " There were very few tumbles, one being that of Ernest Barthel who fel while rounding the Dorlon House the- first time. . - The time 18:12 was very fair for the condition of the road, the distance be ing about five miles. . Someodifl‘iculty was experienced 19 keeping the crowd back from the accidents. All of the fifteen men entered, started except Arthur Singerwald. As soon as the race has over the ofiicials adjourned to a parlor in the; hotel where the figures were computed and it was announced that William Gunther had won first time prize, Er— nest Barthol Second and Q’COnnell third. The following are the names,position, handicaps, and time made by the men: Handicap. Time. 1 Patrick Murphy, 2m 19:43 ‘ 2 James O’Connell, 1m 18:51 3 Horace Keyworth, 2m 19:54 4 Thomas Layhee, 441m ~ 22-25 5 Walter Saunders, 2:}m 20:28 6 William Gunther, scratch 18:12 7 John W. Smith, 5m 23:15 8 Ernest Barthol, scratch 18:27 9 John Hartwick, 11m 20:16 10 John Carr, 31111 21:17 11 Ben Kelley, 395m 22:45 12 Fred Raymond, 2-2111 22:11 13 Fred Stoots, 111m 21:05 14, Robert Smith, 5m 24:36 The officials of the race were as follows: _ ‘ Starter, Victor, W. Ferris; Judges, FredB. Coleman, Fred 0. Hanford, Robert G.Mitchell;timers ahd checkers, Fred Barthel, George A. Davis, Bert Godfrey, John Mylol, Fred Ambler; referee, H. A. Saunders. The prizes: One, electric battery; Two, bicycle pants; Three. bicycle shoes; bicycle suit, miller lamp oil, box perfectors, gold pencil, briar pipe, hat, gas lamp, bag flour, Hartford bicycle tires, boxing gloves, load of wood, sweater, unbrella, bicycle shoes, knife pearl, leather medal, for booby prize. Riders had the choice of prizes in the order in which they finished. =-A _ A HAPPY WEDDING Justice Leo Davis Unites Alfred Larson and Johanna Allen. Town Clerk Smith this morning issu- ed a marriage license to Alfred Larson and Johanna Allen. Accompanied by Chief Bradley, who acted as best man, the couple entered theoffice of Justice Leo Davis where Miss BeSSIe Sims, the Astenograph‘er, was impressed into service as maid of h'0nor, and were made one by the smiling justice, who gallantly_ saluted close of the ceremony. —————‘O-l'———‘—'— Severely Burned. ~ assistants in his blacksmith shop on Hoyt-street, was severely burned on Saturday by a piece of red-hot .steel slipping from the tongs and striking him on the cheek. ———¢o.o>—-—— WHEN NATURE Needs assistance it may be best to render promptly, but one should re- member to' use even .the most ”per- fect remedies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Sy1up of Figs, manufactured by he Califor-Ji 1. Fig S rup Co. The Employes of Otto Bar? , Saturday afternoon the weather was . course but the race ended without any ‘ the bride at the. James Farrell, one of Asa Fancher’s I k 1 l
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