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DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
SOUTH NCRWALK
and NEW YORK.
FARE, Single, 4:} Cents; Excursion, 70 Cents.
Leaves South Norwallr Daily at 7:15 A. M.
Leave Beekman street, 2:15 p‘; m.; Saturdays, 2 p. in. Leave East 3lst street,
2:40 p. In; Saturdiys, 2:20 p. m.
NORWALK FRElGHT BOATS .
Leave New York. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at§ p. m.
Leave Norwalk, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at o p. m.
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Bicycle beauty comes
from graceful lines and
fine finish, in which points
Columbia bicycles excel.
But there is more than
mere looks to recommend
a Columbia. Back of the
handsome design and elegant
finish is a sterling quality
that over the roughest
road and the longest
journey will carry the
rider with safety and satis-
faction.
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BRANCH STORES:
Boston,
New York.
Chicago,
San Francisco.
Providence.
Buffalo.
Send two 2-cmt Stamps for a
Columbia Catalogire; free if
you call at a Columbia e/Ige'm').
0. FORD SEELEY CYCLE 00..
Agents for Columbia and Hartford Bicycles,
Norwalk. Conn.
no. H.03iorl1onis.
House and Sign Painter and
Paper Hanger
7' Fine Stock
VJ all Paper
Orders promptly and Reasonably Exc-
cuted.
Shop and Residence
4'? River Street, Norwalk
DAILY GAZETTE
classified Business Directory.
INSURANCE,
NORWALK FIRE' INS. 00.. N.In. successiu
business since 1860: no outstanding claims.
WIL ON, 0. E., Gazette bldg. N, Invest-
ments and mono to loan, so insurance
written in b est 0 companiesat lowestrates
. ATTORNEYS.
HUB ELL.JAMES'1’.. 9 Water street. N.
HUB BUTTJ. BELDEN. ,
Attorne and Counselor at Law room 4. mp
stairs) azette Building. Norwalk.
FAMILY GROOEB.
SELLECK. GEORGE WARD. 18 Wall at“
Best goods Teas and Coffees. Specialties.
LI VERY STABLE.
DANN.H- E.. 8 River st.. Livery Stables
UNDERTAKEB.
RAYMOND. G. 11.. 46-48 Main st..: telephone
L'ARBLE YARD
BATES. P.W.Watersr...N; Steam Stone Works
Mont-mental an" ”.lrl'z.
TURKISH ‘UGS
Cleaned and Renovated,
COLORS RENEWED.
ALSO
Drain and filtration Genls’ and
ladies’ clothes
——--A'I‘. suonr NOTICE——
TOCQUE’S
Dyeing and Cleaning Works.
Broad River, Norwalk.
Horace ,E- Dann,
EXCELSth
Armenians Stable 7
Cards under this head $2.50 per line pert/ear 1
Opposite Danbury and '
Norwalk Railroad depot
Norwalk, Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Team
with or without drivers.
Safe horses for women
and children. . .
SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY
Francis E. Anderson,
rEAcuER 01‘ MUSIC and LANGUAGES
21. STEP ROCK ROAD, NORWALK.
Vocal and Church Organ Lessons a specialty
Terms mo ierate. 3'10 tf
inn. any!
Reduction Sole
GRUGKERY, GLASSWARE
AND
HOUSE lUBNlSHlllG GUUD!
Owing to the fire in our store we Will
at once commence aGreat Fire Sale of
stock. Now is the time to~ secure bar-
ronns outline KISS,
23 Wall Street, Norwalx.
The best tobacco for
either chewing or snitch-.—
ing. its high quail y and
delicious flavor makes it.
irresistible. Made by Lora
illard. Sold everywhere.
Webster’s .
International
Diétionary
Invaluable in Oflice, School, and Home
New from Cover to Cover
‘ .m" .. ~ Successor of the
/j‘;/ I? “ Unabridged. ”
a Standard of the
U. S. (10th Tript-
. lngOfiice.tlieU.S.
. BupremeCourtmxl
' of nearly all the
‘ Schoolbooks.
\Yarmli corn--
mended y State
Superintendents
of Schools, and
other Educators in l-
, sonny.
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mainly f.
most without nun»
ber.
e Great Standard Authority,
So writes Hon. D. J. Brewer,
' Justice U. 8. Supreme Court.
A College President writes :
“ For
“ease with which the eye finds the
" word sought, for accuracy of defini-
"tlon. for efl'ective methods in indi-
“cating pronunciation, for terse yet
“ comprehensive statements of facts,
“and for practical use as a. working
“dictionary, ‘Webstcr’s International’
“,excels any other single volume.”
G. & C. MERRIAM 00., Publishers,
' Springfield, Mass" U.S.A.
nr Send to the publishers for free pamphlet.
a- Do not my cheap reprints of ancient editions. .
Frank T. Hyatt, I). D. S.
Dental Rooms,
No.8 West Avenue.
Meohonicalm-Dentistry;
,4 Speczal-ty.
Thevery best mdterials and the most skillful
workmanship only emp‘loved. All work war-
ranted. le 1m
long-nonwnnn-Lloos.
Another Memorial Stone Erected
at East Norwalk.
Patriotism in the Ascendant.
Wednsday was a notable occasion for
East and all of Norwalk. The N orwalk
Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution have had cut from a
solid column of native granite, a me.
morial stone commemorative of Nor-
walk’s first settlement in 1649, which
is set in a little triangular spot in the
highWay opposite the residence of Henry
M. Prowitt. Esq. This monolith is
about ten feet high, left rough as it
came from the quarry, save where the
following inscription is out upon a p01-
ished shield on its west face:
NORWALK FOUNDED, A. 1)., 1649.
Its earliest Homes were planted in the
Near Vicinity of this Stone.
The First Congregational Church stood
Opposite on the West.
EBECTED BY THE NORWALKDAUGHTERS or
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1895.
A neat granite coping surrounds the
mound upon which the stone is erected.
A large concourse of people were as-
sembled to witness the ceremonies.
Principal Gumbart of the East Nor-
walk public school marched his pupils
to the number of nearly five hundred
in line, from the schoolhouse t) the
monolith. They were headed by the
boys’ drum corps, and each child in the
procession held a small American flag,
while a banner inscribed with the capi-
tals E. N., with the number of the
grades of the school from 1 to 9, was
borne at the head of each department.
All having gathered about the stone
at the junction of the roadways, the
following programme was carried out:
1—Welcome, by Josiah Ray Marvin.
2—Invocation, by Rev. Dr. i’oble.
3—Singing, “America,” by East Nor-
walk school.
4—Unveiling ,of Stone.
5——Presentation of Stone to Town, by
D. A. R., through Mrs. E. J. Hill.
G—Acceptance of same by Selectman,
Daskam, in behalf of the Town author-
ities. _
7—Chautauqua Salute.
8—‘3‘cbool contributions.
9—Address by Rev. C. M. Selleck and
Col. Woolsey Rogers Hopkins, of Ship-
pan.
10—Colonial Salute.
ll—Benediction, >tev. C. M. Selleck.
Mr. Marvin,s address of welcome was
in a happy vein from a descendant of
one of Norwalk’s earliest settlers.
Dr Noble’s prayer, a fervent and pa-
triotic appeal to the God of our Fath-
era.
The singing of America, by the glad
voices of the 500 happy school children,
was swelled by the multitude joining in
the chorus. The unveiling of the
stone was done by the drawing of a.
silken cord which released a huge flag,
by two little tots. The smallest, one the
son of Principal Gumbart, dressed as a
typical “Uncle Sam,” and the other the
daughter of Mrs. James Stevens, of the
Committee of arrangements. This lit-
tle Miss was costumed as to Colonial
Dame, as to bat and‘ gown, both of
which had descended from patriotic an-
cestors of Col. Daskam’s family.
Mrs. Hill’s presentation of the Memo-
rial Stone on behalf of the Norwalk D.
A. R. to the town authorities, was done
in happy phrase and felicitious man-
ner.
Col. Daskam’s acceptance in behalf
of the town, was short, pithy, and to
the point.
The “Chautauqua salute” was led by
the school children enthusiastically
waving their white handkerchiefs
while the audience heartily applauded.
A member of each of the school div-
isions marched up and handed Mrs.
Stevens their collections tied -up in a
toy U. S. flag, then stepping 11an the
mound and planting their flags in front
of the monument to the number of nine.
These Were followed by the little cos-
tumed unveilers, master Gumbart and
Miss Stevens, who also set their flags in
the soil with the others. The following
eloquent address was then impressively.
delivered by Rev. C. M. Selleck:—
God the greatest. Fellow citizens,
this granite is inscribed, and has at this
hour been unveiled, in memory of a no
common coder-constituency. The
founders of Norwalk were no con-
tributors to a convict-colony. Men
, who prefaced their testamentary be-
queathments “in the name of the ever-
lasting God” or endorsed upon their
Wills. They that are in the Lord are
happy indeed,” Such men kept their
lives _nt character pitch. ”
This stone directly fronts the site of
Norwalk’s first place of christain wor-
ship. We to-day introduce our reli-
gious services with anthem, chant and
choral processional. Our fathers also
entered the sanctuary singing but they
held their psalm book in one hand and
their gun in the other, for so imminent
was the danger that they durst not, it
would appear, insert a window in the
side of their log temple that overlooked
this spot lest the same should 'invrte
the red man’s arrows projected from a
forest staddle in- the hollow at our night.
The duplicity of an Indian Sachem
which, but for the high principle of
both parties, might have proven a spark
in a parched prairie, gave the Stamford
chase covered as far as Five Mile River
founders to understand that their pur-'
and the N orwalk' fathers that their
lines embraced a portion of the same
territory; when, consequently, the two
Sides advanced to take possession, there
loomed up a cloud, larger than a man’s
hand, of war. Let us see if we can
come to a lovmg and neighborly agree-
ment _was the brotherly language of a
vote, in relation thereto, taken on this
street ‘two hundred and twenty-five
years ago.
Our .ancestor’s downright honesty,
their righteous deliberations first ll] the
common house, then in Thomas Fitch’s
house and afterward in the meet-ins:
house; their fair and impartial appor-
tionment of previously cleared Indian
lands; their candor, their consc.ence,
their enterprise, their unfaltering trust
in God and their intelligent hope for
the plantation’s future, all this we cele-
brate to-day, and in grateful remem-
brance thereof, set up our Ebenezer.
We are not expected on this occasion
to particularize, neither to be prolix,
but on the contrary, brief. As. .how-
ever, the fathers left behind them two
mementos, we ask simply to recall
these on Founder day, and before end-
ing. There are two wells of water
neither of_them remote from this point,
one of which belonged to Thomas Han-
ford the first minister, and the other to
Thomas Barnum who was chosen 'to
keep the young people still while Mr.-
Hanford was ministering. The Han-
ford fountain to which descendants,
and the venerated Miss J uilette Bette.
here present, was one of the last so to
do, have made annual pilgrimages, re-
minds of children, useful and service—
able during nearly two and onerhalf
centuries; and the Barnum spring also
calls up a long line conspicuous not
alone at the colonial court, or in con .
gress and before the public, but in the
world’smission field,in which arena the
success in Turkey of one of which line
there are those before me who know,
and the eloquence of another drew, in
recent years, crowded congregations
to St. Mary’s church in this town. May
the yearly return of Founder’s day in-
cite to the garnering and perpetuating
of such welcome object lessons.
We close with a remark to the child-
ren, the presence of whom is such a
happy feature of this anniversary.
This monument has so much at the
back of it that you, young friends, Will
all-through life recall with pleasure the
fact- that you had a hand in erecting it.
When George Washington passed at
one time through Norwalk he stopped
at the house of the great grandfather
of the citizen of East Norwalk who this
afternoon welcomed you to these exer-
cises. One of this gentleman’s kin,
then a very little girl, came into the
room in which Washington was partak-
ing of a hasty lunch. The Father of
his Country advanced towards her
which caused the child timidly to shrink
back. “Tut, tut, my little miss.” the
General exclaimed, as be embraced her,
“the time is coming when you will be
proud of this.” The more children,
that you in after years, study the lives
of our Norwalk progenitors, the proud-
er will you be that it should have fallen
to you to take part in this day’s cere-
monies inaugurated, so properly by the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Citizens of Norwalk, there is with us
this afternoon a descendant of an old
Norwalk family the reputation of which
is as wide as is this land broad. His
grandfather, brought up in the meadow
just here at my side, was one of the
merchant princes of America. I
have the honor of introducing to this
assembly, Colonel Woolsey Rogers
Hopkins, of the U. 'S. A., and of Ship-
pan Point. Stamford. ‘
After an address by 00]. Hopkins,
Mr. Selleck concluded the exercises
with this benediction.
The Lord our God be with us as he
was with our fathers. May he never,
never leave us nor forsake us. The
blessin of God Almighty, Father, Son
and Ho y Ghost remain wrth us always.
Amen.
Mr. Selleck was "followed in a few
brief remarks by Col. Rogers Whose
grandfather Moses Rogers, once lived
upon and owned the land adjacent to
this stone. He had not been made
aware of the fact that the ancient home
of his Colonial ancestor was within
the sound of his voice and when ap-
prised of it was so overcome with emo-
tion as to be unable to proceed. The
Colonial salute of thirteen guns was
fired from the East Norwalk 'mortar.‘
In a carriage near by, and in view of
all, sat Miss Juliette Belts, whose father
was a captain in the War of the Revolu-
tion. She is in good health, in her 93d
year. The venerable Mrs. Wm. K.
James and Isaac Buxton and other
octogenarians were noticeable among
the interested auditors, as were Gen.
Couch, Col. Frost, Albert P. Comstock
of New Canaan, Rev. Messrs. Seward
and Elwood, and many other notables.
Room No. 6 of the East N orwalk
school made the largest contribution
$19.80, to the monument, and the D. A
B. have voted it a picture of Washing-
ton, set in an oak frame.
A trolley car, heavily festooned in
red, white and blue bunting, awaited
the ending of the dedicatory cere-
monies, and then bore the D. A. R. and
Sons of the Revolution and invited
guests, to the residence of Col. Daskam
where the ' ladies held a formal meet-
ing, and Miss Scott and Mrs. Andrew
Thompson of South Norwalk read in-
teresting historical papers bearing upon
the early settlement of Norwalk. Their
precedings were enlivened by delight-
ful singing by . Mrs. Bradbury,
and by an exquisite whistinz solo
by Miss Bowen of Brooklyn, rivaling
the mocking birds song. She is a guest
of Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens, and a
granddaughter of Henry 0. Bowen, of
the N. Y. Independent.
These dgtails ended, the guests were
invited into 001. Daskam’s spacious
yard where under the shade of trees,
light refreshments were served in honor
of and as a farewell to Mrs. E. J. Hill,
their regent, who is to sail on the City
Rome on the 29th inst. for Europe.
The day was an ideal one, indeed one
of the rarest of June, and the whole
affair, of the dedication of the monolith
and the reviving of a more ardent in.
terest in our rich Colonial and Revolu-
tionary history, was one of unalloyed
deli’ght, andpatriotic inspiration.
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SUNDAYs.—Accommodation 915 a. n1.. 0.14,
(local).7.23.(loeal) 9.28 p.m Express r..::O 5.26
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For: NEWHAVEN AND THE Ewan—Accommo-
dation trains at 6.32, 7.38, 8.46 and 1‘ 44 a. 111.,
1.40. 4&0, 5.27. 6.27. 7.28 (to Bridgeport),
8.41 9.41 and 11.15p.m. Express trams at 1.01.1a20
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Norwalk Chronicler