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V -is* -C 0* ^^, A^ G^ <- . . - •»>■ •'> "°.' r * A* O A^^r.' ."f- '^^. >:^.' .0-' ,0- A,"Aa -^^ /. -*•- r^ v^ V \^ V, -^^ •^.. .-v= V* .■^^ y^ ^'' ^v ^• "<;. .J 1^ .' . ->>7-- ■*bA o-^ -n^ °o .^' ..^ y -^ \ °o ,-0'' -00* -bo* (Ultr iFarminiiitnu fHyth. (t] m HIEN THF. LORD MADIC I'llJi WOULD III-: MADE ASIA, AFUIL'A, AM) Kl'KOl'E, AND LAST OF ALL UK ^L\I1K NOKIII AM) SOUTH AMKKICA. UK. MADE THE AMI-KH'AS Willi M'ECTAL CAUE, AS ITIAT IS IHE I'LAiK WIIEKF I 1 1 E NAITONS OF III K WiiKLD WOULD F1^AL1.^■ COMK roOElllER. WIII'.N IHK LORD WAS MAKING NEW ENGLAND, ONE OF IHE 1,1 FILE ANGELS ASKED THAT HE TOO MIGHI MAKE A SIAFF. SO THE LOKD LF.T HIM MAKE THE SI All. oh CONM.C TICUT. AS THE LIFTLE ANGELS SHAI'l.D IHE KIVEKS AND BUILT Ul' TlII^ MOUNTAINS, HIS ITlEFKs WEKK RED WITH KXCFFEMENT. liUT WHEN lUE WORK SVAS NEARLY FINISHED THERE WAS A LARGE HOLLOW AND THE MATERIAL WAS ALL GONE. THEN THE ITT I LE ANGEL WAS OVERWHELMED WITH CONFUSION. V.VV THE LORD LOOK HIM KINDLY IIY THE HAND, AND FHE LORD TOOK FROM THE FOLDS OF HIS MANTLE SOME OF THE STUFF OF WHICH PARADISE IS MADE AND HE FITTED IT INTO THE HOLE AND THE IT.ACE WAS FARMINGTON. R. l;. B. T 4, ; V ft ■ i CO o H Z -J <; Z <; en o •imBfnnaMi LEWIS COWLES PLACE PHOTOGRAPHIC PEPRODUCTIONS, ILLFSTi; ATlXii KVERV HOME IN THE TOWN. PROMINENT PEOPLE PAST ANP PHKSENT, ALL OF THE SCHOOL CHlLDItLN, LOCAL ANTIQUES, ETC. FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 1906. ^ IPutilisbc? bv X-lriLnir X. .iSran^cocc anC> !l£^^v 1R. Smitb jFiU'minoton, Conn. D'l' ' c THE CITY F'K:NTING COMPANY MAIN STRRET, HARTFORD iFaruttugtnn. ^ I'.iiiiisi:^ i;\ IK\V FiKiM ■■i}ii; w ii,l\i\vs." I" THE town of Farming- toll is as hjautifiil as some of its admirers believe, it must lie largely bscause of its ciimliiiialinn of river and miiuiilaiii landscapes. Contrary to what many think the artist docs not seek those places with panoramic effects ; with snow clad mountains where there is a single ^'iew'. which ma\' look like a map. But he loves liettcr those vil- lages like Farmington. where the coun- trv is broken into many accdients and corners that are picturesque and beauti- ful. 1 ra\ crscd from north to soiuh b\ trap ledges that broke through the sand stone millions of years ago. this town lies along the side of the moun- tain, and below, the Farmington River makes :i great bend and Hows off to- wards .Avon to j(.iin the Connecticut. The wide Hat meadows, chased over by countless effects of cloud where the Marsh ll.awk sails silently along scek- niaples and willows that herald the snring. and acres and acres of sturdy llowers in the late suntmer tiiat rdmost conceal the grazing cattle. Beyond i.s Will Warren's den .anr! The Pinnacle. 'Here is tilkible Land between the mountains, with the res- ervoir that looks like a lake among the hills ( Lake Wads worth). Here also arc the Peach ()rch;irds. Diamond (ilen, "^.:^ |-|.\.\.\(I.K .Mill Nl \l.\. ing its prey, are not one of the least parts of tlie beauties of Farmington. rhere the sluggisli Peciuabnck flows, uncertain whether to move toward New Haven or toward the north. Here the long meadow's are lilled wilh red and Hooker's Gro\e. 1 here is a tradition th.al upon .stil moonlight nights the form of .m Indian may be seen passing down the moun- tainside at Hooker's drove with .a deer thrown over his shoulder. Hut be- ware do not speak to him. for no one may speak to him with im]iunit\'. This long ch.ain of trap ledges, a |i.irt of the Green Monnl.iins, is hlled wilh flmvers, with birds, with sipiirrels anil with coons. It is the home of the partrid.ge and of the woodcock, the Red l'"\ed V'ireo and the ()\>-n Bird. ['"roin the mountains descend some of the most beautiful brooks in the world. Without particularly miiuioning the I liamond (ilen brook, there is the brook tb.at flows through Rice's Woods, h.very beant.\ that belongs to ,a little brook is there, from the brown pools where the trout live, to the broad i;ravcll\ stretches where cverytliing i.s twinkling in the sun. .Another bcauti- n I ■ - I M.I FARMIXGTOX. CONNECTICUT, i\ H> ■! Ml I i; > i,i;ii\ Sii'i: III- 1 11,1 1 i\iii \s I'c.i: I VI I Mi: I' LdT. fill brook is tlie one that rises below the Smith place. One may not see tile stream at lirst for it is thickly fringed b_\' a wonijertu! collection of white bircli trees. At times a deer may he seen returiiiii.s> to these places after an interval of years. In fact there is little change in this brook smce the Indians li\e(l in their fort on h'ort Lot over on the golf links of the Coiinlr\ Club. g n GLANCE AT THE EAPMINCTON LANDSCAPE ■'Such a thoughtful idea of Prov- Klence. to run rivers through all large If she has ever he would have south plan arrangement shadow at and Ibis \u:si « Mtii ■ Kt,siht:\( i: of \ins. i:i)\v.M!i) a. sihtu. cities," said the la(l\ been in I-"arniington considered the north ei|uall\ felicitous, brings effects of light .and nionhng and evening hours that an east and «(si \alley does not. It also al- lows the summer south breeze full pl.i\ tlir. ■ugh it — a satisfactory arrangement, as we ,all know, — while no such sweep IS allowed the west winds of winter. What ,1 be.intiful, distinguished vallej' it is, hills and meadows and forests do- ing just the right, restful thing. Be.\ond the w.irni gray, lichen-Hecked post and rail fence, suggesting bars of music, as the hilltop hay held and old fashioned apple orchard, sloping awa\ to a pas- ture where the cows in the summer lia/es look almost like masses of wild flowers, their color is so soft and deli- cate. '1 hen come tlie steeper open fields gliding down to the main street, now hidden by the line old trees. Here and there shows a bit of roof or old red barn, ;iiid charm of all, the most exquisitely proportioiie dotted with white, .-igain pink or reii Ma};aciiic. Oct. igoi. Cll.\HLES FOSTKR. THE VILLAGE OE BEAUTIFUL HOMES. (il6 ^0us^js in iFarmmgtnu. BY JULIUS GAY rijji MUCK ni!iii(;i:. 0^f M ^ THE winter of 1639. when jl the town of Hartford had been Tl founded three and one-half KS^ >ears, and Windsor and Weth- crsfield about the same time, all three towns began to think their broad acres too limited, and applied to the General Court "for some enlarge- ment of accommodation." .-\ committee was appointed to view the valley of the Tunxis and report on the 20th of Feb- ruary, but Windsor was busy building a bridge and a meeting house, and their neighbors of Wetherstield objected to tlie wintry weather ; so the Court added to the committee Capt. John Mason, who had recently rid tlic colony of 600 or 700 Pequots. and who brought the Court on the 15th of June following to order the Particular Court "to conclude the conditions for the planting of Tun.xis." Five years thereafter, in 1645, the vil- lage of Tunxis Sepus, literally the vil- l.igi- at tile licnd of the little river, be- came by legislative enactment llie town of Farmington. The settlers found the natural fea- tures of the i)lace much as we see theiti to-dav. To the east of the m.iiii street (1) THE .lonx (_'I>Alili IIOUSi:— BUILT IX 171)11— I!A/,i;i) ISSil, their lots extended to the mountain, and on the west to the river, beyond which fertile meadows spread away to the western hills, undisligured for more than one hundred years by divisional fences, a broad panorama of waving grain and green corn liclds. The lanil was indeed owned in sev- eralty, but annually the proprietors voted on what day in October they would use it for pasturage, and on what day in .\l)ril all must remove their flocks and herds. Access to this common held was through the North Meadow Gate just west of the Catholic church, or through the South Meadow Gate near the Pe- quabuc stone bridge. .\Iong the main street houses began to rise, log iiuts at first, each provided by law witli a ladder reaching to the ridge to be examined every six months by tlie chim- ney-viewers. In 171 1 the town granted fourscore acres of land to encourage the erectioti of a saw-mill. Init long before (2) TIIK IIIO.NIiV FAItMAM I'l.ACE. *Part of an liistoi-ical address deliverod at the ulinual nieetiiiK of tile fillage Library Company. Maj", 1905. ARMTXGTOX. COXXECTICUT, (■',) Till': iCLi.iAii m:\ms piack hi'ii/i' in iviio— hhsiiikxcf, (II- ( ii\i:i,i:s i.kwis. whicli was the approved style until the tinu- of the Rfvohition. and which is evrn nnw being re\ ivcd under the name ai the Old Colonial style. The huge ihinniey was at length divided into two. and moved out of the wa\- of the front diMir, whieli now. with its polished lirass knoeker. welcomed the approaching guest. .An old house was seldom pulled down, Init. moved to the re.ir, it maile a kitchen for the newer strnelnre. so that in time the house had as man\ styles of archi- tecture .and d.itcs of erection as an Eng- lish lalhedral. .\s we lirst come in sight of the vil- lage, looking down upon it from the llarlford ro.id. v\ e see on ilie left one of our oldi.-sl houses long owne(l by .Si'ih .Xorih. .and hnilt li> his f.ather 'liniothy or his grandfather I homas. Mr, .\(.rlh did not t.ake kindl\' to I'uri- t.in w.i\s .and never went to church, and so was universally known as "Sinner this lime fr.inie houses h.n! licrn hmll, llir side. co\erel wilh sliorl ckipl>o,ii-.U split toiii jo.^s riie ojiU'sl house of wliich we knov\ lln' dale of eri-clion was liMilt in 170 ) li\ John CI. irk ( I I .ind stood nnlil iX^o on llie east -.ide oj riigh siia-el. ,-1 lilile sonlh of .Mrs Ikar- ne\'s. It hail .1 le.inio roof, llir nppci sloi-\ ninch pri'jeclnig. .and orn.tni.nl ed with conspicni; III; \mm:i;]:i; I) lilt; ii\Mia. < 1 liri.s i'i,\ci: mii.i' in it.,' m ria.-u \i;iis 01. n 11 wis i.iiii;\K\ - KHsiiiicM t; of Fi!i:i). e. .s\\.\.nstu.\. .\orlh " r.\ llie elhlihen he was ple.isvd to lie iiddiessvil ill the most deferential m.anner .is ".Mr, Sinner," .\ most e\- celliail authority, writing me ahoul the I'M-liiiie character of the \illage. men- tioiieil "its mii\ersall\ genteel wa>'s, where i\ir\liody went to church e.x- ci'pt Sinner Xorlh," lie was other- wise so much in .iccord.ince with niodcaai inu- of the liird family from whom the hill derived its name. They have all long a.go taken their flight to other towns, hut our oldest men can easily remember the old house and the tragic end of Xoadiah liird. one of the last of the family wdio dweU there, lie was killed by an escaped hm,-itic on the night of Sunday, May 15, 1S25, and the attempt to capture the lunatic resulted in the death of still another citizen. De- scending the hill toward tlie west, we lind on the corner where the road, for- merly called the road to Simsburv. runs ij-) i'i.'i:hi;i;ii K wiiKi ■; i'i,\(i", iii:siiii:\(i': (■•i) INTEtilOl! OK 01,1) Tl'XXlS l.lltlt.MtV -(/'/..,/„ /,;/ /). y. nart„i/). the line of the old road wliicli once ran where the south gate of the premises of Mr. Barney stands, we come upon the house of Mr. Elijah L. I^ewis (3) built for his grandfather Elijah in 1790. the family living while it was building in an old house just west. Going southerly about thirtx' ri>ds, we lind on the corner next south of the North schoolhouse an old gambrel-roofed liuilding with the end towards the street. ;uid, in some far-ofif time, painted red. In 175J it was the property of Daniel Cin-tis (4) who, twenty years thereafter, .S(dd it to his son Gabriel, who, after another twenty years, found it necessary to pay Capt. Judah Woodruff for new windows anc' for twenty days' labor in making the old structure inhal)ital)le. Gabriel was a tanner and shoemaker, and in iSij sold out to Frederick .\ndrus of the same trade, removing to Burlington, Ver- mont. The old liouse now liecame the i:,M.M \ .1. WOI.'IS. northward, an old house once the home of Josiah Nortii, and soon after his death in 17S4, passing into the hands of Capt. Isaac Buck, who there lived and died at an advanced age. But we must not linger on the site of the numerous houses that once looked over tlie valley from this hill, only .'it the font we must stay a moment, tlimi.gii the little red house of Gov. Treadwell, just north of Poke brook and west of the big rock can only be remembered by the oldest of our people. Dr. Porter and Professor Denison Olmsted have both written worthy memorials of this ennnent pa- triot, scholar, an3 by Charles Frost. The land cm which the iii>use next west 19) stands was successively owned by the families of Norton, Rew, Judd, North, Smitli, \\1iitiuore, and DeWolf. I do not know who l.)uilt the house. The Elm Tree Inn ( ml, where Phinehas Lewis once kepi a famous travern in revidutionary days, was built at various times. Just across Ihe line on wriat was once the garden of Col. Gay and of three generations of his descendants, stood the litile red shop (ill now removed tn the east side of the Waterville road ju-~l north lif Poke lirouk. In 1705, Gabriel Curtis pays Capl. Jud.ih Woodruff thirteen shillings for making lor il a show window of thirty-two sashes (>ou can count them to-day if you like) for ids son Lewis Curtis. Lewis advertises in the Cuiiiirrlii'iil Ciniiaiil under date of 1700. "that be --till continues to carry on the clock-making business, such .as chime clocks that play a number of different tnlle^ and clock-N th.at exhibit the moon's .l.^r. etc.. t.-tt.', A few -.lepS down ibe hill westward bring us to the house buih \i\ Col. Fisher (ia\ (ul in 17(1(1 and 17(17, as appears b\ bis ledger .■iceoiinl wit'n C.apt. Woodruff. Col. G;iy died e.irly ill tlu- w.ir, and some .account of bis public srr\ices can be found in II P lohnsi, Ill's ■■\ale in ihe Kevoln tion." Crossing ihc W.ilerville rond. ue come to ihe house opposite the Catholic church, some parts of which are ver\ old the upper s|or\ of the fioni. however, liaMiig been built b\ the l.ile Capt, l'oniero\ Strong (i_j) soon after le- boughl Ihe place in l8o_'. There was. as carlv as 1(1)5. one more house to the west, .iiid llieii came the Norlli Meadow gate. Returning now to the main street, the highway committee in 1785 sold to Dea- con .Samuel Richards a sliiii oiii of ihe center of the highwav. -'0 leet wide. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. ^,*«J|*Si*^^'*^ ■':^*- ni) 111 IT!).-.— THE CLOCK SHOP OF LEWIS CURTIS. 12 FARMIXGTOX. CnXXKCncU'r, wlivrr. ill till- >r.-ir fnll(i\vin,y, lie built llic lilllr sli(i|) (14) ill uhicli traflic has Iircii carniMl ttu siUTessi\'cl\' 1)\' hinist'lf, llor.irc .iihI Tinicithy Cnwlis, J.uik's K. (',iiii|i, William (lay, anil li\ liis sun. till' |irr--i'nl nwiu-r. t'nissinu llir Irnl- Iry trark. \vr i-ninr iipDn llir l^l (Hi wliiiri Daniel ('nrli> anil liis \ 1 iiini;cst sun. l''.lra/iT. Iiail in 17X?, as tlir ilrril rcaiK, "ninliially at;a'ei'il (<' Imilil a nrw house, anil lia\-e larye |>rn\ isii <\\ lor the same" ( 15 ). As ili.'y helil it niilil 171)1. it is prohalile thai the ]ireseiit eili- liee was hiiilt li\' llieni. The next lionse sonlh. when- .Mr. Aimer Ihilwell h\eil many ye:irs. w.as liiiilt h\ I 'e.ieoii Sainnel Kiehanls in lynJ .as he reeoriN in his il.iirv ( Kil- I li.ave spoken at some leii.utli in in\- last ii.ap.T oT this ver\- worth)- man .ami of hi- honor.ihle ser\iee .all ihrouLih the re\olntioii;iry w.ir. Me was a I'uri- t.-iii of the I'nrit.aiis, of the slrietesl in- ti'i^rily. kiiiill) of heart, preeise in m.aii- iier, .ami wilh .a eomiteiianee .urave. not (o s.a\ solemn, .as liee.ami- a ileaeoii of the olilen time. Il is nl.ileil tli.at .1 small hov onee sent to liis slore. was so o\er pouereil li\ the ,uravil\ of his ileiiie.anor. lliiil insliMil of askin,;.; i'or .1 p.air of II .•iml I. hint's, he ilein.amled of the lior- rilie'l ile.aeon a pair of .arehan.i^els. lie u-.a- the first ]ios|in:isler of kai niiiii;lon. On ilie J-'il of ]iil>. 171)1). he aiKerlisi's ir. tile '. 'I'linr, li, ill C ' ,niy,inl : ■■jnform.Hioii A post olliee is c-slahlisheil al leu iiine^loii h.r pnh lie .aeeoimnoil.iiioii Saniiiel Kieh .irds, I), I'. .Master." 'riie post ol'liee was in the front hall of his house, .ami the li.ilf ear afler he ohlaiiieil Ihis hua-.ali\e ofllee. inslra.l of la-eonliie^ as lierelof.iie the '■eoni imial 1011 of ilislress in iii\ lemporal eoiieiiiis." he i|e|ilores "my niiriaiikfnlness to (.oil lor his ureal j.;ooiliiess lo me. Me is now t r> - iiiii me h', |iros]i(aily." Immeiliatelv to the soiilh slamls a house (17) whieh. hefore il w.as nioileru- i/,,| \,\ llir l.ile .Mr. I.eonaril W'inship, I riiuemlier .as .an ohl reil. ilikapiilaleil stnielnre, huill h\ I know not whom. Duriiit; Ihe Kevohuion il was owiieil h> Xeheiniah Sir. el. who. as I lolil \ou al Ike opeiiiiie, of this lilirarv, w.as liiieil aloiiL; wilh in.an> of the \()Uii^ peojile of the village, heeatlse. heini; .assemhleil al his Iiouse. they refuseil lo disperse until afler nine o'eloek al nii^lil, Mr. Sireel was freipuiillv in similar Irouhle milil tlisgusleil with ruritan ways he converleil his yooils into money .ami 11:;) Tilt: i'i.siii:i; i.\) iio\ii;sia: \ii 111 ii.'r in 171a;— i,ati:i; 1 siai \s i i.i 1; 1101 si' \:\ riit: ror\Ti!\ i i.in. .WD ni:s'ruii\ kd [w vwiv.. a;l 01 I 1; \s i.i II. 1 i\ i;.s... THE VILLAGE OE BEALTrFUL HOMES. 13 ,£S»' ''-''■' ■■■' ■ ~ ' .,-:'M.' L..,..i..,;^,'.i^viii.-v_--^:*^ V' *i2s?a?r (i.'>) Tiih: TiioMi'sox i-r.Ari:. sought the freedom of the far West. Poor Nchemiah ! He soon found some- thing worse than Xew England justice. Having invested his money in a drove of cattle, he sold them at Niagara Falls for six hundred pounds and fell in with a certain James Gale of Goshen, N. Y.. who during" the war ciminianded a plun- dering party on Long Island. This treacherous companion followed him from Niagara, and w.-ilching liis op- pi)rlmiit\ while Mr. Street was bending o\'cr a spring of water by the roadside, struck him from behind with a toma- hawk, and all the Udiiblcs of Xehemiah were ended. The land to the south once belonged to Rev. Samuel Hooker and remained in the family for four generations. Here stands the hou.sc ( 18) where Major Hooker lived and died, and where, under a great elm tree in front, most genial ilooliW \\ \r I'iKlMI'SON I'l.MK. (Hi) BUILT HY nK.\C'OX SAMUEL 1!RIL\I!DS IN 17'J2— ItESIDEXUE 01^ FH.\XI\ IL SXE.VTII. (17) THE I,Im\m;(. \\l\^|i|r 11, \i 1. I,-|m|i|,\i I oK OK. .1. li. NEWTON. of story-tellers, he was wont to sit of a summer evening and entertain his youthful friends. On this locality lived his father, Roger, and his grandfather. John. The latter was an assistant, a judge of the Superior Court and a man of note in the colony. Deacon Edward Hooker states that John Hooker and the Rev. Sanniel Whitman were the only men in Imvn tli.il were saluted witli the title of Mr. Others were known as Goodman or GalTer. Mr. Whitman, tlie minister, he says, would always wait I in Ihe meeting-house steps for Mr. Ildciker to come up and enter the hi>itse uilh bini im Sabbath morning and >b,ire uilli him the respeclfnl salutation of the people. Passing over the site where once stuod the store of Samuel Smith, wc come to the brick building ( [9) erected in 1791 by Retiben S. Norton for a store, and which has since been used for divers 14 FARMIXGTOX. COXXECTICUT, I 1^1 I'lii; M\,i(ii: ii(i()Ki:i; i>l\( i; imcsiihonc i: uy \vm. a. ki.\ii!\i,i,. ]iiir|)osi-s — Nlnrc, t.iiliir's \\\ii]>. tuiuiiu-nl limiM', |)n-,i-iillici-. fliiirrli, yn i,n,<;i'r\-. ami iidu. iiiiii'li cnlarm'il, fi ir a savin.^s liaiik Winn- in\ iic.iisi- (Jill slaiiiN, (lirrr -'toiiil, inilil I rrmiiMiI it in iXjj. ilir vrr>- iild li.iiisc nf S.iImiik.ii Wliilniaii At till' iimtlii'axi i.-(ii'iiri- wa-^ a M|iiafr addiliiiii in wliicli Miss Nancy VVliitniaii liiTsiilril n\ir tlir |i( isl-dflicc. I reiiu'iii- Ikt callni.y mi the way fnnii schniil and scc-iny tlirniii^li tin- small di-li\ri\ uin- dnw a lin.nc- ditiin.y-talilr i-ii\ ltci! with nu'llii 'ditally-arran.m-d letters and |ia- IXTS, anil Miss Xancy, with s"l'l liimiK d spcctncles, lu-ndiiiH mer llu-m I'.y this liltK- wiiiili.w, .III a hi.nh slu-lf. 1. 1 he mil fll reaill It] liii--i'hirMHls hiiys, stiiiid a hin diniiir lull in call the jinst mistress, when necessary. Irnm re.uiniis rcmiite. SiimctillU's .an .idM-tilnnms y.mth, by climhiiii; nil the hack of .1 cniiirade. Mic- ceeded ill Kcttin.L; linhl nt the hi-ll. hut I never knew the s.ame hn\ to repi-al the offense. 'Ihe uc\l hnildin.ns .ire mmleni. so let ns hurry cm p.ast the driii; stnrel _'i ) hiiilt siiincwhere hetween iSi;; and iSiS In hdijah .and ( i.id (/nwles, and Iiast the hrick sclii.cilhnuse ( .'_> I nf .Miss i'lirter, huill h\ M.ajnr ('(iwles as a liotel tn accnmmiidali- the \ as| cmi course of ir.avelers .ahont to conn- to the village h\ Ihe l'ariiiiii,!.;toii canal. X'cNl comes a house ( J.5 ) huill h\ laiit Jti.l.ih W'l.odruff for 'Ihoinas ll.arl I looker in i~()H. .itid very soon iiassinj; with till- mill properly into the posses- sion o| the I )eiiiiiij;s. It wiis -aid dnr- iii.y Ihe d.iys of fu.ijilivo slave laws lo have hcen ;in imporl.int station on the underKroimd r.ailro.id. It is liesi known to most of us .as the residence of the late .Samuel ncmiu!.;, l'",s(|.. for nianv years a trial justice of the town, who fearlessly executed the l.aw, whether his barns were Inirned, or wli.alever hap- pened. We did not suffer from lli.it curve of -ociclx. .a la.\ .idnhnist r.ition of jiistii-i- Ihe house jie.\l north ( J4 I of the postHiflice. now owned li\' .\lr (- h.aitncey I )eiiiin,i;, is saiil h\ the liis- tori.in .if the "I I art I'.aniily " to li.i\e he- loii,L;ed to 1 )eacoii John 1 larl. -.m of L.ipt, John, ;niil if -o, must he .ihoiit 150 years old. The kind w.is in the M.art f.iinily for live .yencr.'ilions. Xi-.ar the site of the post-.ifhce si. 10. 1 the house of .Ser.sjcanI John Mart, sou of hc.icoii .Stephen, the iminiyraiit. in which he Ullll llis f.llllily wia-e hlinie.l .HI til.- Ili,l.;ilt ol Satur.lay. I )eci-iiiher 15. Kilid. rv^]i[ li.r-oiis 111 .all. only one son, .ift.'rw.ir.i known a> Cijit. John, esc.ipeil, he lieiiiK aliMiit .11 their f.arm in X...1. now \\on hr.im this point soiithw.ir.l 1.. the i.ia.l down to the new ci-nich-ry. all the house's wer.' desti. lye.l h\ ill,' threat lire of July Jl. i.'-;(i4. iiiclu.lin.n the L.ii.l; \cI- l.iw house, just ii.irth ..f the |>resent l)arsonnge. which was the home of Rev. Timothy Pitkin during his sixty years' residence in our village. In my last p.-qier I spoke . d' him .is a (latri.it in the War of Independence. Of his high cliar- acter and fervid elorpience as pastor and preacher, we have the testimony of Dr. Porter in his "Half-Century Discourse." Professor Olmsted .says of him : "Do you not see him comin.g in ;it yonder '.!) THE lilc IIAIill (' Miinisiiy. I'arts, if not llic wluilc, nf tlic buildiiiy arc imicli iildcr lli.in its ui-ll-prfM-r\ecl walls wmilil jn- (lioatc. rrailitinii sa\ s tlu- kitclicii was built nut nf tlK- rrmaiiis .if ih,' nlil meetiiig-liousc. and tin- \riilialil\ the frniil. was Iniilt li\ ClnlT I'rrrnian, a rolorid man of ronsiileralilr wi-alth. of coin'M' aftrr tin- (loath of Mr Whitman. Leaving llir main st la-rl anil asi-iiidin.L; thr hill lo tiiL- cast, wu conir at the di- \idint; li)K' het wcrn thr ^romids alinnl Miss F'ortL-r's Mdioolli.nisi- and llir laic residence of Kev '!', 1\ I'esxcnilni (4,?) to the site of the house of Col Xoadiah Hooker, known as the "( )lil Red (_'ol lege" diirint; the da\s when his son. Deacon h'duard, there htled Soutaeiai \onni; men forcidlege, Conmiamler I'.il- ward Hooker of the L'niled Slates Xavy sends me a jilan of the old house, whicli he of course well renieni1)ers. He says, "the part marked kitchen was Moored with smooth, flat mountain stones, and had a big door at the eastern end. .and originally at each end, and my f.ather used to say that wlien his father was a boy, they used to drive .1 \(ike of oxen with a sled load of wood into one iloor and up to the big fireplace, then unload the wood upon the fire and drive tlie team out of the other door." Of ibe building of the hoiiso on tiic corner (44) eastwaril. we have the most minute ac- cotmt from the time when in janu.ary. iSi I. Capl, l.nther .Se\nionr drew the plan to the J.Sth of -May. iSu. when Deacon Hooker took possession with his youthful bride. We e\ en know the long list of tliose who helped raisr the frame and id" those who came loo l.itr I'or the r.iising 1ml in time I'or the re- freshments. tail Tin: siHiHt; .\il\ i-L.vch- rKoii.irrv of mus, a. u. vorce. liul we mnsl hurry back to the m.ain street, lest with the rich materials at hand for ,111 account of this most inter- estin;.^ m.in, we detain you lieeond all iiro]ier bonnils. d'he ne.xt old house to the nortii (45), the home of Col. Alar- tin Cowles. w.as built and occu])ied by John Hurler in 1784. Opposite the S.iv- ings ISank. the south part of the long house oiH'e the residence of Reuben .S. .Xinlon, merchanl, was built b\ his grand f,ither, Ihomas .Smith. .Stii.. and Ihe north third. b\ Dciicon Ihom.is .Smith, son llousr (401, ihi- Latter. ' the resideiic I be next of llor- ;icc Cowles. b"si|.. was built by Samuel Smith, lirother of the Deacon, in 1769; .iiid is .a good specimen of the style of houses erected by Capt. Judah Woodrufif. I he next old house (47I. with the high luick basement, was built about 1797 by ("'.i|it. Luther Seymour, cabinet-maker and house-builder. Many choice pieces of old fmiiiture in town, much prized by relic-hunters, were the work of his li.inil, but ,1 large part of his work, thickly slndded with brass nail heads, as \\,is the f.isliiou of the time, has hern fore\er hidden front sight under ihe sods of the old buryiilg-grouild. Capt. .Si'yniour w,is also librarian of one of the sever.d libraries which divided [■::-} till. I' 11. 1 i.i^ I'l. \i I. i;i..-aiu. ,. I. 01 .y\ii .s. .1 \,M j„s THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 21 (33) Till-; ASAIIKI. WADSWOliTH I'L.AC K - IHILT IX I T.Mi— 1;|.;,SIIJKNX B OF ADRIAN R. WADSWORTH. (34) THE DEACON SIMEON HART PLACE— RESIDENCE OF OFillli.l I Mill - 1111, 1 AlIJUM.. lU.N SIAi.l. \\M. II r\i;>ii\^ liKUII; 22 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 1 III i.l.lr \MlKl;\\S TIN ^'U>\ the literary patronage of the village. The next lirmse (48) on a slight eleva- tinn stamU on a lot bought in 17(19 by Jolm Thnm-iiii, tiiinl in ik-scent of that name, l■lln^|;ic•ntln■. abmu tmvn with his liatheni jaLkrt ;uii| his pnmnnnced lipiniipii un Ciiiuinental |i.i|H-r inimey. Here hved three generations of his ileseeiKhmts. Passing the house (-19) iiwned by Dr. ThnniMin. ami before liim b\ Mr. James K. Camp, and two other buildings. we come to a iiouse built or largely renewed in 1X08 by Nathaniel (Olm- sted, goldsmitli and eloekniaker. Here for twenty years were made the tall eloeks hearing liis name, whieli still correctly measure time with their solemn heat. He removed to Xew Haven tp be near his brother. Professor Denison Olmsted, and there died in 18(10. most genial and loveable of men. His fu- neral discourse was from the words. (;ao t'ouMi':i;i.\ 11 11 \i.i 1 n .^ ihk.i. ■ .1 i.i \< >, s -.1 \ii . 1 - ii ears old. On ilie corner e.-istw.ard sl.inds ilu- house ( 50 1 . much iiiipro\c'd of Lite, built in 1 780 and 1787 ^a7) lirii.r it\ iiii; iio\ riMorin rrrKi\. 1,1. n in l7s^ hksiiiknck oi-^ eii\iii,i;s c.MiuiNcTi.iN, .M.n. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 23 t37a) CAl'T. SKLVII Iwulili iI.mI. lih^lliKMI, nl I'llll.ll' .1. UI:\|J^ (38) "BYDE A WIIYLK"— lU'II.T liV MA.IOR TIMOT.IY CIIW I.IOS - l;i;SI IlKNCK OK \VAI>nO K. CIIASIC. ^ SIDE \ ii:\v 1)1 ■I'.'i hi; a « hi i.i. A-N IMEKIUU l.N -liYUE A NMn E 24 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. i(ii:\ii.i:i,\ i.'KsiDKNci.; of hibkn s. xoirrox (Simv iciti iicwio. I III) 'riii: c; \ii I (i\\ i,|.-,s ri m i i (111 TIIK .lli\\lll\N COWI.ICS IM.ACK— m;|l,T IN' 17II1I UKSIDlCNCr. Ill' FIIANKI.IX WIIKFLKI!, A.M.. ^1,1). THE VILLAGE OE BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 25 by Captain Judah Woodruff for Major Peter Curtiss, an officer in the Revolu- tionary War, who removed to Granby in 1790, and was the first keeper of the reconstructed Newgate prison, leaving it in 1796 in declinina; health and dying in 1797. Omitting the other houses on the west side of High street, for want of time and information, we come to the house lately owned by Selah West- cott (51), built by Major Samuel Dick- inson on a lot bought by him in 181 3. Major Dickinson was a house-builder, and when the Farmington canal was nil. i;i:\ . samikl whitman I'LA( i. I'Kchi.ima cji mh.s. i;iii;li:i r i^i.kp- RAZED JULY. HI0(5. liiiiiitil rii'""'Mi'il'il"iiiiAMiii'iiifii 1 1 (43) THE I!KV. T. K. FESSENDEN PLAH: opened, he commanded the first packet boat which sailed southward from our wharves on the loth of November, 1828, on which a six-year-old boy, afterward a gallant U. S. naval officer in the late war, made his first voyage, sailing as far south as the old South Basin. He writes me: "Long live the memory of the old "James Hillhouse', and her jolly Captain Dickinson, who was not only a royal canal boat captain, but a famous builder, whose work still stands before you in the 'Old Red Bridge,' one of the best and most sub- i\ iloiii>i;ii PL.\CE— l;i..-,iiii.:.i 1. 01 Ai:imi; u 11,. .1 26 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. 7 >7 -^ (4:.i I'lii: 1111, \i\;mi\ c (i\m.i:s ciaii; klsiukm i: tw ii, TUnwniMni.i: m.i.f.n. stantially built bridges of Connecticut." On the norllieast corner of the inter- section of High street with the road tn Xew Britain, long stood the house of Capt. Joseph Porter, one of the tliree houses on the east side of High street, with much projecting upper stories and conspicuous pendants, built about I/OO. This was moved some rods up the hill w'hcn Mr. Franklin Woodfonl built his new house, and was burned on the evening of January 15. 1886, So there remains but one of the three houses, the one bought by Rev. Samuel ^J'».Wl^»--.-l^V.---^^ii 1:1 sill! \( I m:i.i:,s n. i,i;i:. \iii\i;ii to iiii: iikaI! in lymi .wd to uk MICH 10XI,.\l!(:i;i) .\\l) HK.MTIfllCI). Whitman for his son, Elnathan, in i/,??. and is the same house sold by John .Si.inley. Sen., to Capt F.henezer Steel in 17JO. Descending to the low ground I'll ilu- nniili and rising .igain, we dime til the gambrel-roofed house where li\ei! I>r. ICli Todd from 1798 until his remnv.il to Hartford in l8l(). Of this emiiieiu man you will tind appreciative notices in the lun addresses of Presi- dent Porter and in the .irticle on the Connecticut Kelreat for the Insane by 1 >r. Sle.inis in the Memorial llis- ti.ry 111 ll.irll.iril CnmiU lie will !,*•■) IIU. lloKMI. lOWI.K, I'l.UI. HI.^IHh.M I. ot .MItri. lAlllKUI.M; H. I.I! IS« 01,11. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 27 (47) BUILT IN 17'.); BV (.Al'T. fAXMKIi SKVMOl 1{~1{|■:^;II)I•:X(■1■; Ol'' COTTMCIB l'l'l;l!SH[I AND .JOHN \V. TtUSSELL. (4- I 1 111, .lOHN TH0M1'SM\ i->f MAliTIN SOL(.iMl)N.SO.\ ANU MISS MA II IK .1. KAUlLIFP. (49) THE DH. THOMPSON PLACE— HKSI IlKNTK rtl-- HENliV A. BISHOP ANIl KI.VMN F. MLIiHIMAX. 28 FXRMINGTOX, CONNECTICUT, probably he longest remembered as the first superintendent of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane in Hartford, where his s\stem of mininnun restraint and kind treatment opcneii a m-w era for suffering humanity. At the nortli- ern end of High street, facing the road to the river, we make our last stop at the liouse of Mrs. Barney (5.? I, built by Captain Jiidah W'DnihiilT ab.mt 1805 for I-'hineli.is Lewis. I'.etwcen this house and the pl.ice from wliich we set out. there stands no bouse, ohl or new. i.-.iii I'm: ri;ii;K rimiss i'l.mm:- I'.iMi.'i' i7.si; iik.sipkxi 1; or .\lR.s. c. E. whitm.\s. i ■k I ': I .v!" ,-!;■■'-,■ ' TRV, ^ ^H' A (.)]) THK .Sl.l.\ll WE.SCOTT PL.U'E— BIUI.T l.sKi— I'UOI'I'.li l'\ Uh' KDWAIll) foUlilll'. \\n OCCt'PIKD .\S HOME FOR BTJN'l) ClIII/DRKN. to detain us longer. 1 b.inking xon for the patience with which \ciu h.ive en- dnnil nur Ioiil; walk through the village .streets. 1 .ini reminded that it is time we ii.nted ciinip.iny with the old worth- ies whom we have called up before us for the enlcn.iinment of an idle hour, rememhering ih.it in times gone by they were wiinl lo hale- before his lixccllency tile (lo\ernoi- such as lia\ iiig assembled themselves together, refused to dis- perse until after nine of the clock. THE VILLAGE OF BEALITIFUL HOMES. 29 K \lli.u liLi\<. i;i M: iiii.i.i h \o\\ i;i.-.iiii,\( I, 111 i-i;i.ii, Mil.KS. (n:i) Tin: i'iiim:iia.s li;\\ is place- biilt imij uksiuknc i: (if mi!S. s\uaii e. HARNEY AND MISS JULIA S. HHAN11K(.'F,E. ^c. \ \ I lu\^ UEliE MADE. 30 FARMTXr.TOX, COXXFXTTCl'T, »m Alt (§& iCrtlpr. ss; ^^■jT 1 1 ROUGH the courtesy of Airs. / -d Louis A. Tourtellot of L'tica, B P I X. Y., we are enaliKil tn jiuIj- ^^/^ lish a fac-simile copy nf a lel- ter written Dec. jS, IdOS, 1)\ I'resiileul Porter of ^'ale, to lur molhrr, Mrs lliram I'enio. furnierly Miss Ann II. I'itkin. scci>nimr kindness t.. tlu' hnrde <<\ l)o\s thai \\^i:<\ P. lie .ill. .wed Ml.ll i\r, quarters in \our m.itlier's kitchen an.! sometimes in the snnn\' parl.ir, in which st.iiiil y.iur pi.m.i. I rememher p.nluiil.irl\ tli.it \ou pla\eil f.ir me i>n ..lie oi-easi.in .anii.n.g ..llier \\..iid.T- ful things ■'the battle ..f I'ra,i;iie" .\ly recollections of your f.inid\ are as Iresh ,is e\(r. of y.iur fallur in hi.s ollice. the light in which slioiii- as reg- ularly e\er\ e\eihng as llie lii.;lit of ihe sl.irs; of your mntlii'i's liiiiii.ir .am! cheeifulness and kinilmss h. llu- hoys; of \iinr sister .\l,'ir\ .unl M.nrself v\iiii sli..iii' d.iwii upon Us hki' ,ingi Is I'n.ni an upper splu-re .and wlii.m we w.re ...ii tent to .admire .in.l .Jul nd piesnin, p, criticise or judge; ..f \.iiii irrepn-ssjlle hrother William, uli.i w.is .ili.iul iiu age. the greatest ji.ker ami le.ise .nnl yel llu' greatest fa\.)rite ..f ,ill llie set; of limiilln al\\a\s gr.a\.' and l.nnmy ..nee .a li.nndess ijiile li.i\. n.iw a grave D D .111.1 s.ili.l churehman who keeps the e.xtrenies in ..rd.i uilh lii'-di an I low .al (111- Iriiiim.il e. in\ enl i.m, I come lo h.u ininghin sever.al lim.s in the year .and ..f course alw.ays sia yoin- ..111 li.iiiie ni.aii\ limes and nc\er pass ii willioiit being impressed v\itli its emiiuiit iliuihty .and respectability It is just such .1 place ,as I sboid.l like lo live in. I would n.il .ibjcc! lo . I-^U-Ux^ CVC Wnly Inryl. ^ ^'■^ Ji/t.;L.^ y^ i'^ "-'^ H2- '^-"■Xi" ] J /i-trv^^ ?TnVU .^jv^t-^ Ul i^'i^^ U- were in ;''e simple times and the cheerful davo of our childhood and youth ? I hope so for the sake of the genera- tion itself, but the whole structure of family and social life seems greatly al- tered since the days when Farmington was a self contained community, per- fectly a world of its own, with honor- able T. I^ilkin just returned from congress with tassels on his boot tops, and Edward Hooker with his Southern students, and Gov. Treadvvcll with his golrl he.iiled cane, and Esq. Mi.x town clerk, and Gen. Solomon Cowles, the pompous gentleman who likc-l to make speeches to the noisy boys, and (jen. George Cowles with his white norse for regimental musters, and Mr. fLart, teacher of the academy and all the Cowles with their saddle horses, ])ank stock and great suppers, line dinn.'.-s ..,id hea\y silver plate. Farmington then had one mail a week and Deacon Richards was P. M. ! ! F'xcuse me fi>r running on at ihis rate. Surely 1 too must be getting old. I liope Mrs. Porter has told you about Miss Mary. I see her every few days, and she is as young as ever though she has sat at Gen. Washington's feet. Met heart is as warm and fervent and her piety as humble as that of a child. Please excuse all this and believe me most Irulv vours. N. Porter Framed and hanging in the village library rooms, is a very interesting document written by Noah Webster which is reproduced here in fac-simUc. It speaks for itself. To-day the aver- age "Coimectieut Girl" would consider herself perfectly capable of taking a trip around the world by herself. Not a thought would be given to so short a trip as one from Amherst to New Ha- ven. ■^. J»^i3:,'^i V \uMi \', ro\ r\v\'\ vivMis .Maj. ;■';■,.;/( ,IH ,•1,1 lllinl. 32 FARMIXGTOX, COXNECTICTIT. iFarmtugtou ^d|nolB. By E. N. S ■nil: oi.h ( i:\ii;i; si ihhu. rin nd nv MISS ( I,AI;A I, III KI.I1I Kl 0^f d X (»I.I' X\-u [■jinl.niil IdWiis, ^B B sclindN ami cliiirche-- wort' es- Tl lalilisln-il at alioiit tin- ^anu' V ^^ liiiK-. and !*"arniiii,s4l( '11 was iin i-xcfptinii to tliat KoiK-ral rule. 'I'lu- folldwins;, cnncerning "Schorilcs" frcini llic lift (lUfited "Cndc nf 1(1511." shows VL-ry |)laiiily the importaiue th.it was .att.ai-hed to the necessity' of a httle "laniii'ij.;" in tliose early days. "It hein.L; one cheife |iroject of that cdd dehlder. Satlian. to keejie men from the knowdedge of the ^rri|iliires. as in former limes. kee|iini; them in an im- kllowne tonyni'. so in these Latter limes, perswadni'.; them from the Use of tongues. SI, th.it at K-ast. the true sence anil meaning of the ori.yin.dl iiii,L;ht In-c clonded with f.dse ylossrs nf s.iiiit seem- in,L; ileeeixeis -. and thai le.irnni,^ niaj no| liee hnrieil in the i;rave of oiir fore- fathers, in ehureh and commonwealth the Lord assistiiiy our inde.ixors." "It Is therefore ordered l)\ this eonrtc and .iiithorit\' thereof, 'I h.it every toweiishipp within this jurissdiction. af- ter the Lord liath increased them to the ntimher of fifty iinwsholders, shall then fortlnvith appoiiite one within llieire towiie. to teach all such children, as shall resorte to him, to re.id and write, whose wages shall bee paid, either by the parent or masters of such children, or liy the iiihaliitants in .sjenerall, h\ way of supplyc, as the major parte, of those who order the prudentialls of the townc, shall appointe ; provided, th.it those who send theire children, bee not oppressed liy jiaying much more than the\ can have them taught for in other townes. ".\nil it is further ordered. Thai where .my towne shall increase to the number of one iumdred families or ,1 iva^StiS- "■>« ^ k.^1 I'm; 01,11 SI iiooi la iiium. i\ ■ w \ i i k\ 11. i i: insruii r •\ loM. IIMI, \ W \ I l,K\ I 1,1.1 HI- I l.'li ] bowsliolders. the\ shall sett uji .a gram- mar schoole, the masters thereof, being able to instruct \initbs, so farr as they iiia\ bee luted for ihe imi\ersii\, .and if an\ lowne neglect ihe |ierfi irmance hereof, .above one \eare. then e\er\ such town sli.ill |i.iy li\e pounds per annum to the next such schoole till tlie\ per- foiiiie such order. " riu- propositions cnueerning the meinlenance of the scbollars at Cam- bridge, made b\ the commissioners is conlirnied, ",\nd it is ordered. I hat two men sb.ill bee appoiiUed in every towne with- in this jurissdiction. wlioe shall demand what ever\ l'aniil\e will gi\e. .iiid the same to bee g.itbered and brought into some riionie in March; and liiis to con- tinue yearel\, as it shall bee coiisiiU-ri'd b\ the commissioners." In the records in the town clerk's ullice are m.iny interesting notes con- THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 33 cerning the early schools of the village. The accompanying, given with the (|naint orthography of the original, are interesting : "December 26. 1683. Yoatcd yt ye town would have a school & also yt ye town shall give tenn pounds for ye in- corredgement of ye same & also yt each man shall pay fouer shillings a child ye quartter yt it shall be sent." "December 28, 1685. The tonne votes and agrees to give thirty pounds for a man to teach schoole for one year pro- vided they can have a man so accom- plished as to teach cliildren to read and Wright and teach the grammer and also to step into the pulpet to be hclpfuU in time of exegenti. and this schoole to be a free schoole for this town." In 1655. Thomas Thompson of Farm- ington, dying left a will directing the education of his children. The Court in Hartford "finding many terms or AX 01.11 INl'ICmoK .\T "W.^TEIiVILLE.' V . ■ . ^- ^ife^St*'^^^^?^^- - "^^"^ ' .^.»-*«""' '•J03i , i;i \i. i\ XMi;' M i;ii 'I' expressions therein dark and intricate," decided that the proper education for the sons, was to so instruct them that they "shall have learning to write plain- ly and read distinctly in the Bible, and the daughters to read and sew sufficient- ly for the making of their ordinary- lin- en." It was customary to employ a fe- male teacher for the small children and girls during the summer months. In the winter, when the older boys at- tended, a "man teacher" was secured. Not only was an able teacher required, but an athletic one as well, for in those times the}' were firm believers that to "spare the rod" was "to spoil the child," and for many years the brute strength of the "master" accomplished fully as much as his ability as an instructor. It is said that Dr. Johnson remarked on one occasion "my master whipt me very well, Without that I should have done ■^M^f^"^'' i,m. ■UlM. M^'il ^'.^ijj . IsiitlCT." 34 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. l-.l II, dim: liSUn l!Y MR. F.hWAHIl L. IIAliT AS A 1!()\S' S( IKillN. A|-'ri;i!\VAIil)S ('(JNVKUTF.n INTO A .STlDlil \Ml \(l\\ A I'AUT OF 'I'lIF KKSIIiKNcK OF MU. NoliKKT li HI; A\I)F(ii:i:. noiliiiiK ' Ml' 'i.iy says. ".Many years .i.tjii a ^cntk'inaii, llieii |iroininenl in llie pnlilic affairs of tin- tnwn, toltl im- llic cnsloin in tlic ilislrict sclionl nf hi^ hny- liniiif Winter ;iflcr winter tlic lioys had lurncil the master nut of doors mi- lil llie m1io(i1 had heeonu' a total failure I lie enininittee were at their \\it^ eiid- h'inally they he.ird of a \oung in,in in a distant town who Ihnusht that he e.aild leaeh the seliool, 'file eoiinnitlee thought otherwisi-. liut. a^ no mie else would nnilert.ike it, llie>- eii,'.;aL;ed liiin. 'file \er> lir^t day ■.h..\\ed the lio\ s that a new ni.aiiner of lu.in li;id eoiue anionii Iheiu. and tlie\ went h'Une, liattered .ind hrui'-ed. and howliiit; to tluar parents for \ I'U.ne.aiiee, 'flieir f.alhers were ter- rilil\ enr.n;eil, and \owcil that the \'er\ next inornin;.; the\' w.uihl show that master that he eould not tre.it their hux, in that s..rt of waw When the sehonj hell jingled the next morning, every hoy was in his plaee. and everything went on in perfect order. .\n unusual stillness prevaded the room, hut it was a deathlike stillness that boded no good to the master. .\ fire of oak logs was lila/int; in the fireplace, and the master now .uid then, stirred it up with the big iron shii\el. wliich somehow he neg- lected to remove from the logs, and left it there with its long handle sticking out within easy reach of his desk. It was none too soon, for in a few minutes half a do/en burly men tramped into the room without any useless ceremony of knocking, and having briefly stated their business, made a rush for the school- master. I'r.iwing the bu.ge iron shove! blazing hot from the fire, he brought it down upon their luckless pates with all the power of his strong arm' The ac- tion was short and dcc/sive. In a few s iiodi, la ii.imm: \'I' ■•i:as'|' faum.s,-' --^"•-- -^^JliPiJ.^^' .V.sl I'AKM.s M 11(11, \l,-s MISS MM,"! I, M i h, I \ \ I A 'I't: \( 1 1 K K . moments all thai remained cd the in- truders. w,is a ver\ b.ul smell eif burnt woiileii ,iiiil singed hair. I'hc school tint \vinter w.as .a great success. Never Iiail the boys maile such progress in the 'ihrce R.'s." hut when the committee emleavored to secure the master's ser- \ ices fin- the next winter, he declined. Me had proved his ability to teach school, and wandered awa\' to fresh lields of usefulness," In idXS it was voted "that they would lia\e .1 town house to keep school in. linill this \e.ir. of eig'.Ueen foot square. hisides the chinuie\ space, with a suit- able heiglil feir thai service, which house is to lie built by the town's charge." It is not delinitely known where this scho{>l was silu.ated. hut was probably near the church on land set apart for that pur- pose, riiis building was in use twenty- five years, and in 1717, the Ecclesiasti- C(d .Society took the matter in hand and THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 35 voted to "erect a new schoolhouse with all convenient speed," "on ye meeting house green near where the old chest- nut tree stood." In 1747 records show that there was a school in the Cider Brook district for it was "granted to ye school dame yt kept school of the In- habitants att Sider Brook, ye same Sal- lery pr. week as they gave ye dames in the Town plat." In May. 1756, the so- ciety voted to sell "tlie school house in the church yard to the highest bidder." they having previously voted to erect two schools, one at the north end of the town, and one at the south end. During 1773 the town was divided into twelve school districts, and the inhabi- tants were empowered "to erect school houses in their respective districts, where and when they please." Since that time the schools have changed to meet the requirements of the town, until to- dav the "New Center School," an ideal OLD STONE Sl'llOOI. m'iLi)i\(; IN \m;si' uisTiacT ST. SIMON'S CHAPEL. SlIKHiL \V " i:sr IHSIKIi T ing is still used w-ith Miss Helen C. Bates instructing. The old "Waterville" sclmol liouse is no longer occupied, and is falling rapidly into decay. .All is quiet about the place, save for an occasional bird note, and the murmuring of the brook at the foot (if the hill. We are alile to show two interesting pictures made here years ago, when the neighboring woods rang with the voices of happy children at their play. The old brick "South School," though still full of happy children, is no long- er used for the purpose for which it was built, but is now the home of Reu- ben Lewis. Through the courtesy of Miss Clara L. Ilurlburt, we are able to present a picture of the old Center School. The school building in the north dis- trict still remains intact, and in good model of the 20th century school build- ing, accommodates all of the children of the borough up to the High School grade. The scholars above the grammar grade, attend the High School in Union- ville. their transportation expenses be- ing defrayed by the town, it being con- sidered a more desirable plan than main- taining a high school in Farmington The present schools are all prosperous and efficient. The "East Farms" district maintains its own school with Miss Mary E. Mc- Kinney as teacher. A modern building in the "West Dis- trict" has taken place of the picturesque old stone building so long in use. but now known as St. Simon's Chapel (where religious services are held on the Sabbath). Miss E. H. Watson is in charge. At "Scott's Swamp," the old red build- LUiLHHKN M Uisr IIISTKMCT— MISS E. II. \V.\TSON, TE.VCHKK. 36 !• AKMIXGTOK, COXXECTICl'T, repair. Init (luict reigns suiirome. where once childish voices liad full sway. An old-time photograph, showing the chil- dren pla\ini; "ring arouml a rosev." in lliat scliool yard, will donhtless recall happy rliildho..d d,c> ■- to nian\. rile i.lrl scjiiidl bnilding where Mr I'dw.ird 1., Ilart, ■>nce had a very popu- lar >cliM. il f, )!• Iin\s, was afterwards con- \erled into a studio, and later moved to lli.gh street, where in coniliination with another Imilding forms the residence of .\lr. Rohcrt I!, lir.indegee. tile artist. As .1 result of a vote of the (;ener,il As>einlil>' of 1717. a scliool fi)r the iii- scriooL m:iLniN(;, .soirni in.sTiin t— now liKSinENtt: OF liKI'BK.X LEWLS. .strnction of ln>haii eliildreii was estab- lished in I'".irnnngl,,n, ami under the dale of May .7. 17,54, ih^. K.-v, .Samuel Whitman wrote to Cov. T.iUott concern- ni.14 that school as foll,,ws: "May it ]ilease your Honour. I uii- 'lerst.and that ye .Act of Assembly re- l.itniK lo ,r boarding out of Indi.in chil- ''''^■" "' "I'l'T lo their being M-b.,,,k-d IS expire.l, ,nid li.iving ,-, Wk uioinents '" """" "i.\ llioiights on Ih.ii .allair, hope thai >e del.-cts in wli.at i^ lu-re brokenly olTered will br . iverl. lok.-d, | \y.,y^. ],.]. siirr ,,iil\ I,, infonu vour llon..ur (li.ai "'' t''^' "'">■ Indi.in 1,-hN tb.it were kejit ■II sclK.ol l:„t winter. .? can re.id well 111 a lestainenl. ,5 currently in a |i>alter ■•Hid .^i are in iluir [.rimers. Testaments and psalters h,i\e been pro\ ided for Ihose ih.it read in llu-ni, ,5 ,,f ye lu- 'lian lads are entered in writing and one hegius to write a legible hand, I ili,uik the .\ssembly on their behalf for their care of ym & past bounty to them and liray that that Act of Assembly be re- vived anil continued, not ;it all doubl- ing but ye pions care of ye government for ye educ.alion of ye Indi.ins is ]ileas- mg to he.aven, .and in,i\ be of adv.iiUage lo some of them so yt they may be saved hv coming lo the knowledge of the irnlh, I li.iinl lime lo enlarge bul niiiain vour llonoin's hmiilile and Obedieiit Servant, ".Sam W'iiit.m.vn," The school f,,r boys, of I Ji-.i, .Simeon ll.irl, was kipl in tile building thai i^ .at prestul the re^idence of J. lir.adford •Aileii. Il was a noted instilulion in it,-, day, and in the new cemetery is a monu- ment erected in memory of Dca. ilart, hy over 1,000 of his former pniiils. S( o'l'T sw \MI' sriiooi. S(llol.\HS AT SldTT SWAMP MISS lll'l.f.N C. HATt:S. TKACllKli. .\i:\V CKN'TKK tjrllOOI. HI ll.DINC;. THE ^'^.l..\^^, of r.EAi'Tirrr. ttomes. 37 A school was kept by Deacon Edward Hooker, son of Noadiali Hooker, in a building near the present residence of Mrs. M. O. Heydock, where Southern students were given a prcparatorj- edu- cation, fitting them for college. It was known as the "Old Red College." When the Mendi Negroes were in Farmington they attended a school in an upper room of the building that is now the post office. In speaking of tlie schools of our vil- lage, it would seem Ijut proper to men- tion some of the text books in use in <.i;uji;s icKiirr am I I. i:\IKNT BlSll-N'KI.I.. ■■ilk' (ai.\DES Sl.X .\.\ll SK\KN -MISS i;Li;rT.\ L.V\\UHN<'I-:. THACIIKU. days gone by. One of the very earliest of school books (if book it may be called) was the "Horn Book." n repro- duction of which is shown here. It was merely a leaf torn from some book, (usually from the Bible), and pasted upon a piece of board cut to a conveni- ent size, and protected by a thin trans- parent covering, some times of mica but generally of horn (hence its name, "horn book"). Perhaps Cowper's de- scription of a horn book would not be amiss. "Neatlj- secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of their translucent horn, A book ( to please us at a tender age — 'Tis called a book though but a single page,) Presents the prayer tlic Savior deigned to teach. Which children use and parsons, when they preach." 1 SSSS s ;i;.\in:s I'Oi.i; \ nh r i \ i. \i i>v \\ m , I Ht r. v\ I 1 .1.. I I. \< [ I 38 FARMIXGTON. CONNECTICUT. srsss CUADKS TWO AXn TMREK MISS I!EI,'-:.V Ki;\ Priihablx- tin- iimst noted of all the early liooks useil in the schriols {if I'"arni- ington. was the cilil "W-w luigland I'rimer." The aeeoni|iaii\ inj,' fae-simiUs of Minii.' of the page, of the eilition of 177;, will (louhtless he of interest. I he painfully intereslintj ^ronp. >hou"- ing John Rogers among the burning faggots, with his wifi- .mil nnie or ten small ehildren. inehnhnu the onr .at the hreast. is a problem whieh ha-, iiuzz-led many a youngster's br.iin. We are fortun.itr in being .able to present tn nur re.ider^. an iN.iel Ir.in seripl of the lu'st alpb.-ibet publi^lu-il in ibis ciiunlry. This wilhout doiibl would pro\e Mr\ dull and mnnteri-.|ing to the -^ehool children of to-da\. but in the "days of long ago," it w.a-- in per- fect keeping with the religions icaehings of the times, and was dreadfully re.al anil earnest, and as has been so aptly s.iid. "the whole belongs to that de- |i,irtment of literature 'which he wdio runs m.ay read.' " i'\'W hooks have done more to give uniforniit\' to the ortohography of the lan- .guage. or to fill the memory of succes- sive generations, with wholesome truths, than Jl'cbstcr's .S'l^rlliiii; Buok. No one can forget the hrst introduction to the ch.iracters coinmencing with liltic a and ending with and per sc. ()r the first lessons in combining let- ters, ba be hi bo bu by. I )r the pleasure in reaching words of two syll.ables. as ba-ker. bri-er. ci-der, ( Ir the satisfaction of know^ing ones duty in those "Lessons of Easy Words," commencing "\'o man may put off the law of God." .■\nd later the advanced steps, both in length of words, and stubborn morality, in pursuit of "1 he wick-ed flee," and ending the spelling with Oni-pom-i)a-noo-suc -Mish-ie-li-mack-a-nack, or the practical definitions ".\le, to be troubled." ".Ale. a malt liquor." Did space permit, it would afford gen- uine pleasure to give repriiductions of all the illustrations and quaint fables so \i\id to all of those who ever used the book, but we must be content to ofTer one. uhieb is perhaps the most famous of them all. "Of the Boy WIio Stole the -Apples." To-day everything is different, modern methods of teaching, attractive and in- teresting text books in every study, comfortable, sanitary buildings, have completely changed the school of "ye olden time." until scarcely a vestiage remains. Th« child of the humblest citizen of b'armington to-day. has an opportunity for obtaining a better education, than it was possible for the child of a king to have received when the first school was established in the village. Miss Porter's school of world wide fame, is the sub- ject of a separate article. In a work like this, any subject must he at best, but briertx- treated ( Mr. Gay's paper on "Schools and Schoolmasters of Farm- ington in the Olden Time" is an en- joyable and valuable article upon this matter), but this may be emphatically stated, b'armington is, and has a right to be. proud of its schools, from their first establishment luitil the present mo- ment. *The data for this article was largely taken from .Mr. Gay's "Schools and Schoolmasters of Farmlngton in the Olden Time." ii; il(] ,iu lu.d.c N.nijc ul il^/H-di-r.^vtM^I .Im Si)U,;ui.lof llui UolJilLlofl. JniinS,^ . l/a Jollier, ■.vliidi .-'il ui' -Ht^'vcii, ;:,ill„v..'.-|. i„- iliy ."NVmfe; thy luiii;i!oi,i -laic, Uiy ,\\yj bX^iluiK uu I, Tlii, :s 11 IS ill '£teaten.\ ive iis iiji, ,|av onr clnDy BtAl'; .-ujil loirr,-. ;, oui Tiel'ijalJcsi^s we |. r;ivi' ihciii I'Ual lrefpnfs\-i'jrunli u; : AiiH iMrt us iiot iiiirA T":ii|,lniii.ii, but llf'Uvd- u,, £j-,iii; l-i-u, j„,.,. ■§-? HOR.MBOOK OF THE KIGUTEEXTH CE.VTfRV. brothers. A scholar of the twenties re- calls a school exhibition where Giles Porter had to recite a humorous piece telling about the visit of the Crown Prince to the old woman making apple dumplings, and how. he could not lind the seams where she had )int the apples in : John Hooker declaimed Anthony's oration over Caesar's body, and follow^ ing after that was his own recitation full of green fields and skipping lambs which subject in midwinter gave the girls much cause for merriment. The pleasure of that occasion had spanned three tiuarters of a century and made '29 seem but yesterday. Sometimes the exhibilioi.is took place in the church on a temporary platform. George D. Cowles once gave there a nuisket drill, and for a touch of realism in a dialogue or play, Bczaleel Rockwell town shoemaker, was seen there with bench and tools pegging away for a liv- ing. When the crowd which came to town- meeting was too big for the chapel room it adjourned to the church. Mr. Rowe then store-keeper, remembers being sum- moned, and seated with ink and pen in the square roomy pew of that time, to write votes for a favorite candidate whose chances seemed doubtful. The Grenadiers were also known to drill there on a rainy day, but I am getting across the street from the chapel. Mr. Julius Gay has given some ac- count of the Academy rooms fifty years ago in these words : "The present square tower with its bell stood as they now appear. Turn the main building around to the left 90 degrees and join the center of what would then become the west side, to the tower, and you have the building as originally erected, the eaves of the main building and of the tower lieing of tiie The Honorable JOHN HANCOCK, Efq; Prefident of the American Congress. FROM TIIE M;\V KNGL.WI) I'lilMICK 1777 EDITION. [R. JohnRooers, miniflerof the ■ gofpel in London, was the firlt mar- tyr in Queen Mary's reign, and was burnt at Smithficld, Fcbmarij 1 1, 1554 — His wife 'with nine small children, ard one at her breast following him to the ftake , witli which foirowful fight ho was not in tlio leafi d.iunted, but with ivondcrful p.itience died eonrdgooully for the gofjiel o"" J e s n s Christ. KlioM TIIK .NKW ENOL.WI) I'UlMICIi— 1777 EDITION. 40 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, In Adam's Fall We finned all. 1 1. '.urn 10 find, 'I'he liiblo Mind. (-"hriU orucify'd lur tinners dyM. 1 he Deluge ilrown'd The Eanb around. Elijah hij liy Ravens led. The judgment mode Felix alraid. As runs ihe Glass, Our Lite doth pass. My Book and Heart Must never part. J o B feds the Rod, — Vet blclTes GOD. Proud Korah's troop Was fwalUnved up Lot fled to Zoar^ Saw ticry Shower l)ii Sodom pour. AlosEs was he Who liracCs Hoft Led thro' the Sea. Q V o A H (lid view I lie old world & new Vouiig Ob A 01 A s, David, Jo. siAb Ail were pious. I' R T E R deny d His Lord and cry'd Queen E s i h e r (ues And laves ihe Jcu^s Young pious Ruth, Leli all lor Truth Younp S A M ' L dear The i.ord did lear Vouiii; T I M o T H V l.eanit fin to tly V A s r H 1 for Pride. U ji lei alide Whales in the Sud, (•'Oil's V'olee obey .V E il A E S illd die And fo luuft 1 Whilo youth do thr\i Death may be iieiii 7. ,\ C ( !l ELS lij Did fli;iib ihe 'Vree Our Lord lo lei \li'M\i;i;t \s fi i:i,isiii;ii i\ iiii: M.w i;\i;i,\Mi pi;iMi;ii. i.ihtiiin oi" irr;. OJt/ie Boy Ihdtjlolc Af>f>l,s. which foot! made the ynung Chap haftcn do AN old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees fteahng Apples, and dc- fircd him to come down; but the young Saucc-hox told him plainly he would not. Won't you > faid iJie old Man, then I will fetch you down ; fo he pulled up fome tufts of Grah. and threw at him ; but this only made the Voungltcr laugh, to think the old Man fliould pre- tend to beat hun down from the tree with grafs only. Well, well.faid the old Man. if nei- ther words nor grafs will do, 1 mud try what virtue there is in Stones; fo the old Man pelted him heartily with Hones; from the tree and beg the old Man's pardon. If good w„rds and jpmlc means will not reclaim the wicked, they mull be dealt with in a more (evcrc manner. KUOM WEHSTKirs SI'KI.MN'f; HOOK. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 41 THE OT.n ArAni'MV. same height, and the whole structure presenting a much more harmonious a|v pearance. Yuu enter ami Imd ynursell in a square room painted a dingy red and on a week day you pass through the door into a dark little room with doors on all sides except the south, where hang the shawls and tippets and one thing or another of the school children, while on the shelves stand their dinner baskets. Are you one of those happy youths who did not know tlien. as now how jolly it all was? Then enter the door directly in front of the teacher's desk, salute the master according to the forms then and there required, and pass up the main aisle to the high and honor- able seats in the rear, or sit quietly down among the little folks in front as your years may require. If you are of an older growth and desire to get into tlie library room of a week day and have things all to yourself, which could not be at the regular Sunday evening meet- ings of the company, you will make known your wants to the schoolmaster, who will, if he thinks you trustworthy, reach down the big old iron key from a nai! back of his desk, and with this you will proceed through the dark room and recitation room leading from it, into the room in the south-east corner and lind all the literary treasures of half a cent- ury's accumulation within your reach In one corner stands, just as it stands now, the great closet with whose appear- ance you are familiar, but with a di- versity of hoarded treasure. Directly before you ranged the Edinburgh En- cyclopedia containing to the boy's notion, all the knowledge of the ages. On the shelves above in orderly array, stood the apparatus of the old Farmington .Xcademy. .-Xround the room ran book cases wliich had done service when the books well nigh Tilled Deacon Porter's kitchen. In the center was a huge table piled up with books in tlie most dis- orderly fashion. The roi.mi was for recitations, liut more often was used as a play-yround for t'ne children on rainy d;i_\s." In the trouliled years before the Civil War the Ilnmc Guards, sixty in number drilled in the lower rnom; with arms furnished by the state, and in soldier caps and scarlet flannel coats they made a line show on parade. Very few of ORDER OF THE EXERCISES EXHIBITION OF FAR]fII]\GTOIV ACADEMY, TUESDAY EVENING, ^pril d'l, 1 §3d. 42 FARMINGTON. CONNECTTCUT. rxctClHEB TO COMMENCE PKBCUELV AI 1 O ILOkk. ORDEK OF EXERCISER Tt>e u>»J or themn, - - . . J D HuLt ■ I'lvrcdi-e *et inslCear. - - ■ B. H Li* Eilrarl from Wvbslvr'i Speech un Ihi Tj..ff Qu, i-.l,on. . . - - C B. (tiorrtLD Belihsizir'i doom. .... P HD Colloquy. Travtlttr, J. E- Ci.«it.. Landhrd. J. BMinDEoii Sjiewl. of T.I ru9 Qumiliu* tu llie Ko- W Butxii. VVdUm. Tell 7>;/. C B. Red»(lb GfUr. E. WuLun. Saruin. fl^. . - - - H. TU^DWILL. WcUlcr* S|>eeth al Ibe tiuUr Prescoll. J M WiLLIAMI. HunbiuiJBlilhc H«ni.. ■ - W fluAHltf. BiiM*. W CL4U.. EUTKt ftoDi ibo Ley of the lui Minstid. T C P.IIU.. SicQc from the Lady of the L»ke- F,U Jomt.. H. A- CovLtt. Rodtr^. . . J. D HoLi. Eoirtci from Webtler't Speech oa Uia Tir.ffQ-i-.l ion - i^ \(' SIMM U Poiiia. -i: (»!■■ \\ n 3<.'fni) rcDio ibe Ve>p»rsof Pilcrino. ProHda, . . . F. HfEBAB Jianlalba, ■ A If Li • 1« Bilrmct from VVcbilcr j Spocrrh IL[ the Cal«brKtiODorWutiin|;tun'>birthilsy, W. Cliilk. • & RoDunlic Excunian. t Mr lau/ail, Mr BiiUrr. )J Hog } T V. P.Ti Sophomofe* ftoin College, FalllCTOrOtllDdu. W BklUKT A F.rmn, L T WouDM. Mr Mindi£ttl do ;(**■ j Son. of Mr M.c.J«.ll Ou III'! malvridily oialel^p. G M PodTtH. U. A (-U.H.1 II Aiiin^. R- WlKHEH W- Cl.<., J. M. WlLL.AHl n- The Power uf Medicint HaielKom, nn old gitnlli'iiioii, J M Willihui :SItm/y, wirdofMawlhuni. J H by signs of his troubles. Their round black eyes blinked and the.\' said not a word. Tlien one stooped and takiii.n W ill W'.irren in her arms, carried him 1(1 the low covered opening that leads into the cavern. Later the searchers arrived, a tired people with their dogs; but the Indian women blinked their Iil.u'k bead like eves, and knew nothing and said nothing. The dogs had lost their scent, and the chase was over. Years afterward a hunter looking from a rock saw Will Warren witii his Indian wife and two children playing in a natural yard among the rock;. .Xiitbing was ever done to disturb Will Warren, although he was said to have stolen sheep. His wife is buried near the cave, and the skeleton found inside the cavern is supposed to have been that of Will Warren. If one goes by the cavern late at night he may distinctly hear the bleating of the sheep among the hills. .*l^- ^■?S'i'., SfPPOSlCD BURIAL PL.VCE OF WILL \VA1!HKN-S INDI.VX WIFE. lON'I'UANc 1. Ml W 11,1, \v \l: 44 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, TIIH (:0NGRI:GATI0\.II. CIIURCH.-Ruilt /;;/ THF. VILLAGE OF RKAUTIFUL HOMES. 45 iEi}t (Eougr^gatioual (!ll|urrl| DATK n\ KorXDATION STONES. OX THE 13th of October, 165-'. Mr. Roger Xcwton, Stephen ILirt, Thomas Jiuld. John Bronson, John Cowles, Thom- as Thompson and Robert Por- ter, in simple Congregational fashion, organized themselves into the "First Church of Christ in Farmington." These men were afterward known as "the seven pillars of the church." Before the year closed they had added seven more to their number, and eight years later it is recorded, fifty-one had been ad mitted to tlie membership of the church. And should we follow tlie roll through the years, there would be found upon it the names of a large nunilier, wdio here and elsewhere, have won distinc- tion and honor, in attainment and in service. The original town of Farmington which remained undivided at the time the present church building was erected covered about two hundred and twenty- live square miles, extending from Sims- bury on the north, to Wallingford on the south, and from Wetberslield and Middletown on the east, to Harvvintnn and Waterbury on the west, and in- cluded what arc now Plainville, Siiuth- ington, Bristol, Burlington and .\von, and parts of West Hartford. New Brit- ain, Berlin, and Wolcott. During these two and a half centuries of the church life, up to the beginning of the present pastorate in 1905, there have been in all but twelve ministers, the average length of their ministrations being over twenty-one years. This li;;! is a notable one, beginning with Roger Xewton in 1652, who he.ided the little company of the seven original members, to Dr. Johnson, whose death in 1905, following just a week after that of his IV/ tUc Rr.V. (^UINCY [3LAI'>a Y* beloved wife, brought sudden and great sorrow to the community. Of these I'lastorates the most noteworthy, both in length of time and impress upon the lite of the community, is unquestionably that of Dr. Porter, who was born here, the great, great grandson of Robert Porter — one of the original members of the church — baptized in the church when an infant, received into membership at seventeen, ordained and installed its pastor at twenty-live, remaining as its pastor influential and beloved for sixty years, until his death in 1866. It was during his pastorate in 1818, that the Sunday School was established, which has since that time been one of the reg- ular and most important institutions of the church. In this period also, in / 4 r \ ss«= r~ 1 t ( f^ 14 I The conii)lele list of pastors is as fol- lows ; Roger Xewton, 1652-1657. Samuel Hooker, 1661-1697. Samuel Whitman, 1 706- 1751. Timothy Pitkin, 1752-1785. .Mien Olcott, 17S7-1791. Joseph Washburn, 1795-1805, Noah Porter, 1806-1866. Levi Leonard Paine, 1861-1S70. James F. Merriam, 1871-187.3. Edward A. Smith, 1874-1888. George L. Clark, 1888-1899. James Gibson Johnson, 1899-1905. Quincy Blakely, 1905-. Memorial tablets for four of these have already been placed in the church, viz,: Samuel Whitman, Timothy Pitkin. Noah Porter and Edward .-X. Smith.* 1 jt^nHUHn 7* W -i .\X OLD VIEW OF THE INTEIilOR. September, in 1810. nine men who had been appointed the June preceding, by the General .-Xssociation of Massa- chusetts, as members of the .\nierican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, met at h'armington in Dr Porter's study and completed the or- ganization of this first foreign mission- ary society in America, which has given such splendid and continuous service ever since. The first president of the Board was the ,?. 1781. Ordained pastor .\ov. 5. 1806. Died .Septemlier -'4. 1800, "Hcltold an Israelite ind,-rd in '\'liiiin tlii'rr is no "tiilr" Jciim 1 47 ■■//(■ Ih-in:^ dead, yrl sl^cakelh" lleh XI4 III loving menmry of I'.duard .\lfrerl Smith i8,i5-i8o5 P.astor of this ehureh 1 874- 1 888. "The things that .ire not seen .are etern.il." *2-GLI.\RI)S .\T .MKirnXt;. // is ordered I'y this eourte. That there shall hee a guard of twenty men every sah- hath .and lecliire d,a\-. eompleate in theire armes. in each severall towne u|)on the river, .and at Seabrooke and ff.armington eight .1 pieee; each town nppou the se.i side, in this jnrissdietion. ten ; ;ind .is the numher of men increase in the towiies. theire guards are to increase; .\nd it is furthered ordered, that each man in the gu.ards afore said, sh.all hee allowed halfe .a pound of powder >eare- ly. by theire several towucs." — Code of l('5t>. I'.Mti.sii iioi .-.;, Lij.i 11, Ills iio.MiK 01 .ui.s.^ .s \K \!i roiiii-.ii. i;\ iii.i; to.iMia; fi I'llA The chureli lias had three meetin.u hiiu^es. Where the lirst was huilt is imt known, the "ould hook" which eoii- lained the record lieing worn out and lo'.t. I lu' earliest reference to it is in 107J. when the new hook lirgins. Ii was e\iilentl\- .a \'ery rude structure and w.is used as a fort its well ,as a church 'J 1 he s<'coiifl huildin,!.; was commeiiced in 1701). .and completed in 1714. It was lilt>' feel s(|uarc, .and furnished with ,1 cupola i>r turret which according to Ir.idilioii was in llu- cenlcr, I low hard It wa'- to secure this hnilding cm h- inferred hy the length of time taken for its construction; and how much the prosperity of tlie town adv.anced in the iie.xt sixty years, cm lie seen in the contrast of this siii.ill. and. a- the rec- ords show, very poorly constructed liuildiiig with the lieantiful and splen- didly huilt cdilice. which .at that time succeeded ii. and uliich stands to the present da\. still lieantiful and strong This third ;ind present structure was he- giiii in 1771. as shown in the date so pl.iinlv marked tipon the foundation 1 oiir, Ii was completed and the dedi- L,. .oiii^iim r I OXIi OK TIIIO .MOST I o.M.Mo.N ol t'Ali.MIXC- To.v .\\ti()i;ks— siii.vciiavs i^'ud.m tiik ciii'iicii isi:ii |-oi{ ()\ i;i! la.i yi;.\I!S. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 47 cation exercises were held Xovember 25tli of the following year. The two persons to whom the credit of its build- ing is most due, are Colonel Fisher Gay one of the leading merchants of the town, and Captain Judah Woodruff, who was the architect and master build- er : and who also built a number of the fine and substantial dweltins houses of the village, most of which still remain and in good condition. In building the church, no pains were spared to have the material of the best quality, and the work most thoroughly done. The de- sign of the building, probably made by Captain Woodruff, resembles in a gen- eral way, that of the Old South Church in Boston, as do man\- of the best New England cburcbes. The spire is its crow-ning glory, not only in its ex- ternal beauty, but in the quality of its construction. It was completed below and raised to its place on the tower, its top reaching a height nf 150 feet The impression wdiich it made upon the youthful Elihu Burritt, as described so happily by himself at the looth anniver- sary celebration, was as follows : — "I never shall forget the feeling of awe and admiration which the lirst sight of I'^armington pniduccd in ni> child's mind. -\fter the limgest walk I had ever made on m\ small bare feet we came suddenly upim the \iew of ibis glorious valley .md of the largest cilv I had ever conceived of. 1 was smit- ten with wonder. I dared not go anv further, though urged by m\ older brothers. I clambered up Sunset Rock and, sitting down on the etlge with mv feet over the side, looked off upon the scene with a feeling like tiiat of a man first coming in view of Rome and its St. Peter's. I had never before seen a church with a steeple, and measuring this above us with a cliilrl's eye it seemed to reach into the very heavens This steeple crowned all the wonders I saw. I sat and gazed at it until my brothers returned to me. .\nd this thought was uppermost in all that filled my mind. I remember it as if it were the thought of \-esterday. If 1 coul 1 only stand where that brass rooster stood on the steeple, could I not look right into heaven and see what was going on there? Or if that were a live rooster, and should crow every morning, could not all the good F'arm- ington people who had gone to heaven hear him, and know by his voice that he was a Farmington rooster, and would they not all be glad to hear him crow, not only that they w-ere so happy, but because so many of their children were safely on the way to the same happiness In later years I learned that what to my youthful imagination appeared to be a rooster was in fact a crown, placed there in honor of the king under whose reign this house was erected, which was subsequently changed to a star, as it is at the present time. This was the honest, reverent thought of a child, at his first sight of this church. "*3 ir •■THE OLD SI'tKK.' 48 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. Till: r'\KMi\(;T(i\ nui m now i\ tiii: i;c sill [V.T\. A'l' II M.-'ll'ill,'IJ. ( (i\\ I Sl.li 'I lie .-irran.yciiu lit n{ ilu' iiUrrior was in Ki-'iH'i';il till' saiiu- as at iircsent. The pulpit lifiiiR (ippiisite the west door with aisle exteiidiiiM li.i it. TlKre was also an aisle from llu- north to the soiilli doors so that the hod)' of the house was di- vided into fniir hloeks. eaeh eoiitainiiiH six pews, .and aloni; ilu' w.dl- on every side was .a ni« ni sipiare jiews. a pew in e.aeli eonier, and willi one or two hi-iielies ]iy the ih.rtli and -.mhiIi iln.iis Ihe pulpit u.is hiyli and h .laindahie, and ovi-rhan,yiii,n it wa^ .a lin.i^e souiiij in,H hoard, ' In ihe^e were line e.ir\- iii.ys of i\\ xines uriiuyiit with ids knife li\ ( ■apl.iin W IrniT, wlneh were imuli admired. I'.me.ilh llu' pul- pit was ,1 elii^et wliieli. .ne'irdinn tu leL;eiid, w.as resrr\eil li\ the "tythiiiK man," fni- miruly hlly^ In |X,^6. sixtv- live years later, e\|rnsi\a- .alterations were niaije Ihe old scpi.are pews wi-re ,ill renii.\ed. also the lii,L;li pulpit .and w..nderfnl ^iiundin.L; h...ard. wliieh would he so prized .ano eherished now. if ihe \ar\inL; common t.asle ii.ad not at that lime, di-ereed llirir removal. .'stoves had heeii inlrodneed in iN_'|, |ireviou> to wliieh time, dnniiL; llie one hundred ,iiid M-\eiil\ two \ears in wliieli the |ieo- ple li.id ,L;,illierei| for worship, in this and the two .-.ulier hnildin-js. llie onK |iro\ i-ioii for warmth li.id lieen the fool s|o\a-.. uhieh those who were .alih hroUi;hl vviih them, .and which ihe peopK- who came from .1 distance. IdU-d from the yeiierous Ines of tlh.se livin;,' near Ihe clinrch. In 1 7.5 1 .1 lull was jiurchased and in 1 7J,X ;, imvii clock, lieforc the Ij.II w.is procnii-d Ihe heat of drum ealh-d the ].eople p.-.-lher fr,r .Smida\- worshiii, and for other public meetiiiKs "'MS 01 I III. ( o\ ^1,1 IK ( r III.STOIMCM, loi: M w, \ |.: \iis AT 'nii: ( iiiik 11 lhirin,L; all these ye.ars. especi.alh' since the iireseiit church hnililing li.is stood, with occasional peri, ids of iliminishcd interest .and enthusi.ism. much atten- tion has been given to the music of the church, with results which have con- tributed to the ple.tsure ,ind pri.Tit of tlie congre.uatioii and ha\e .iddeil much to the ministry id' wairsiiip. Ihit here as elsi-where we h,a\-e the s.ail. thouuli souK-wh,al humorous record of many dis- . ,y.-eements as to the conduct of the music, which have lessened the har- mony of the church, and injured its spirit. As Dr. Porter remarks in his anniversary address "the efforts to ef- fect a concord of sweet sounds have resulted in fierce discords between sensi- tive tempiTs and furnished fruitful occa- sion for temporary troubles." At one time a larfje committee was appointed "to compromise the difference among the singers." In 1774 it was "voted to sing at the close of the second service in the winter .IS well as in the summer. In 1X0^^ there were eight choristers to di- rect the singing, with one leader. In iNiS t'ne Handel Societx' was organized w ith .1 large membership under the lead- ership of the eminent Dr. F.li Todd. 1 )r Todd was re]iiM-ted to In- .111 infidel at the time and rarely attended church, tliough he was an intimate friend of the p.astor anil the beloved physician of the community, and it was a matter of .great rejoicing when he consented to ciMiduct the singing of the church. He iliil not sing, hut led tlie choir witli a \iolin. the use of which was introduced ,at this time. The bass-viol was soon added, also llute. clarionet and bassoon It was not until 1861 that an organ was |iiirch.asee. aNo in inein- or\ of Miss Porter, was "erected hy her )in|iils, m honor of her wise, unwearied and nohle endeavor to make real to them the Life h'teriial ',nid this is Life Eternal, that th<\ iiiighl know Thee the only true (iod, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent.' " .\nd Ihix it iua\ he s.aid, expressed in nohle |ihrase, has Vneii the deep and controlling .aim of this church of Christ from the h. •ginning to the present day. *.^ Reference to the church spire — /•lunii " Ihirlfiird Mif^a.'.iuc." July. njoh. .Shaki-spe.ire speaks of "tile spire and lo|i of priise," The heiiitiful sjiire i>f the l'',irming,lon Cougreg.ilion.al Church for more lli.an a centur> has gr.icefully lielil its position at the top of praise among all church spires of its chaste sH le of hc.illlN It is grncrallv coiicedeil to he the d,iinliest ,111(1 most e\i|uisite lined church spire in rural America. StalcK chuiih edilices in t'ne cit\- c.\hihit in t(iwer and turret f,ir more of the grand and v,iried powers of art in church .irchitecture ; hut nothing ill city or count r\ can present a more perfect illustration of the impressive heauty and inspiration possible in a simple idea artistically developed and given to the world in its perfection, 1 his much admired spire has not only turned thoughts upward during these many years, in which it has with sug- gestive grace pointed constantly "as with silent hnger to sky and stars," but in its refined heauty it has been a tran- (|uil power among the aesthetical in- llueiices of a community which holds it ill adniiration amounting to a tender reverence. It li,is held aloft a standard of symmetry and of perfection of work- manship that has been a social and edu- cational inspiration The steeple was huilt with the church in 1771. The (|uality of the material and workmanship put into the structur.' h\ the huilders w,is in keeping W'ith the spirit of those days whey the founda- tion of a staunch and abiding republic was being planned. .\n indication of tills is found in the fact that the shin- gles on tlie roof did faithful service for over a centur\ and a quarter, and it w,is oiil\ hve or si.\ years a.go that it w.is found necessary to replace them with new roof coverings. JJiis is •among the mmierous churches for which is claimed the one time attendance o ( ieorgc Washington. Its beaut)' and it- newness would certainly have attracted the attention of a man of W.ishiiigton's tastes. -•^«i«w»"WiWlpW!lw lake the sniiHi si,},. „|, ^h^. I'ill and gd :, view ol' |)i,niinn.l ( d,-n. so iiaiiied in the pupils ,pf .\liss I'l.rler's ""-■'"'ol I lie clee]i ra\iiie li.as ;i siiciiii ol water wliicli once w.is carried hy a flume and discharged inP) the hncke'.s of an overshof mill wheel carrying the ni;icliiiier> for grinding cmii h,ir man\ \c.irs ilu- mill hiiilding v\:is also used for in.ihiiig gin. Ihc hrook 11. iw takes the overflow of water from ilu- reservoir which eovi'rs several acres .and from which the h>(Iranls .mil many hoiisese and h.inis ,ire siip|ilied, giving hetter prolection from fire th.iii ever hefore, Ihc old |,„,in and dyi' house with the mill opp.isite p.asseil .away long lime ago, hul the enchanling view from that eastern slope will rcin.iin inilil these eternal hilN remove, .and suns ,iiid Stars revolve no more, C. Kowi-;. ON ■(■hi: t\H.MIN(;fO\ lll\ Kli. THE VILLAGE OF BEAIttIFUL HOMES. 53 TUNXrS SEPUS. THE MILL. 54 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICTIT. Zbc Mater Xillics. ■Bv K li. 0|| I' i'i."'l><» -11' 58 FARMINGTON. COXKRCTICUT, llu- fnniicr. liiit ficiiii llii- Mohawk^ tlu-\' wi-rt" still wtiiil til run in al)jcTt trrnir to till- honsi-s iif tlitii- iii-w friends, 'riio si.un.-itiin's (if I'ctluis and Alianid [•> llu- drcd arc liils of jiicinrc writin.i,' m it casiK cN|)lainalilf. Indian siynaturc^ art- iifirn nm-imlli n |irr-.L-ntatinns nl tlu-ir Inirins; lliat i^, i.f llir aniniaK al- ter wlni-li till' clan, and ^onl.'tinK■^ the indiviilnal, was named I'rtlnis' si.una- tun- is a nn-rc si-rawl. Iml Alianin's rlali- .ii'atr drawing la-scmliles iinthin.t; "ill .Iii-avi-n all na-, or llial i^ in llie earth lienealli, nr tliat is in tlu' water under llic eaiali." We nlu^t renienilier, Imw ,.ver. Ilial llu' record is (iul\ a enjiy of llu. nriyinal deed t r'anscrilied January iX, Kill-, li\ William Lewis Re.nisler. wlio ini\ not liave vuflici<-ntl\ admired Indian arl and heraldry to have taken much |iains with his copy. i:l!x\i: (!■■ i;iMrK AIMI'V \iv\i: i\i:M IMi'l'dN l:. K. S-l'A'riON iTfii,j',y /,i,i;.i„). \ he deetl of 1(150 remained in force I weiUy-lliree yearv. hill all compacts, wliellier in I he naliire of treaties like that of (_'la\toii .mil Ihilwer. or of coii- ^litiilioiis like Ih.il of Comieclicilt. do in lillU' ee.i>e to niL'el all tile ri(|lllle- ments ot new conditions. In 1(17,1. the Indians lia\inii liecoine dissatislied. the town "^.i.axe I hem :i meetin.i; liy ,a com- mittee wheiem lhe\ e.niic to ,a fric-iid- l\ ,-ind linal eoneln^ioii." I he liiili,!ns released llnir ri;;lil lo ,1 reel,in.^nl,ir piece of land drawn out in dia.yram ii|ion llie deeil Ihil llie\ mi.ylit see dcliiiitelv what tlie\ con\e\ed I he pieic measured li\e miles north from \\ep,aiiM)ck o|- Kounil Hill, lliiee miles to the cast, ten miles lo the soiiih, ,aiii| eiyhl miles to the west ■■ I he lown of harmin.ntoii fia-ely .L;i\in,i.; lo ilie Indian^ ,lfore^,lid two Imndred acre- of npl.ind within the kind-- oi ilieir idaut.ation, ,as also three pounds 111 oilier pa\.'"- In a postscript (so called) to this (\rt.-{\ llie Indi.aus ;ire conlnanid in their jios-^essioii of hand in the Indian Neck. This (\rt't\ was sif^ned hy lueiitv-oue lndi,aiis and hy live of lluir sipiaws. Sipi,aws often signed deeds with lluir hn-,h:iiids. 'Ihey mi.yht he tri',aled hy them woi-se than tieasts of hurdeii; ne\ eriheless. if descended Irom s.icliems or sagamores, their ri.glit in the liody [lolitic aiul that of their chil- dren was respected. The salic law of old world nations ilid not 'nold with them According.; to IVarkni.an, anions the h-oipiois, the ro\;d line followed the totem down the feiii.ile line. If a Wolf \\.irrior married a ll.avvk squ.aw. the children were Hawks .and not Wolves, and ,a reputed son of the chief was soiiietinu-s set aside for the chihlren of a sister, for a sister must necessarily lie his kindreil, and of the line royal. I'.iyhl years afterward, .Mesecope exe- I(i7,V .and again in l'iX,i, liecoiliing dis- satislied witli these not very well un- derstood lethal ilocmneiits, takes the tovi-n authorities with him, ,ind in ,1 luisiness- like maimer goes to the south, rn limit of the grant, marks a trc'c and huilds .1 moiuimenl. In like manner lie delnies tile eastern and western hounds, so tli.it all men could see and understand, .anil then goes home and signs his heraldic device, a bow and arrow, to a long ac- count of his ilay's work. His son Sas- seii.ikmn, "in the lueseiice and li.\' t;U- help of his father," adds his device. \\lncli may represent llu- sun with its snrromidiiig halo. I he document w.as diiK recordeil and is the last deed we neid Consider. Peace was iTrml.x est,ih- lished. and with few exceptions the re- lations hetweeii tile whites and liidi,aiis were from first to Last friendly. h'or an account of one s.iil e\eeption we must go h.ick .1 little. John Hull, mint mas- ter of I'.i.-lou, in his diar\ 'mder date of .\pril -'.?, I'i,s7, s.iNs: "We received letters from Hartford, .ind heard that at a town called h'armingtou, near ILirlford, an Indian was so hold as to kill an kaiglish wom,in great with cluhl, and likewise her maid, and sorel\- wonnded a little ihild— .all within their house — and then lired the house, wiiicli ,also lired some other hams or houses The Inilians. heiiig apprehended, de- li\ered np the murdered, who was liron.yhl to ll.irtford ;nid (afler he h:id Ills right hand eiil off) w.is, \\ilh an i.ixe, kiiockeil on the head In the e\e- enlioucr " I'liis story- is worth ,1 little study .as illiistrati\ e of the manner in wli'ich imicli gr.ive liistor\ is evulved (ii\i-ii a fi-w f.icis niaii> years .apart, a few tr.adilioiis .and a livel\ imagination .and there results ;i stor\- that sh.all go down through .all time as .antlieiilic as the exploits of (lid Testaineiit heroes. Let Us Consider the facts .ind then the story. The Ceneral Court in April. i(i,s7. t.ikis notice of "a most horrid mindi-i coiiimitleed h\ some Indians at l''ariiiiii,i;- toii, and though .\1 .is.ipano seems to he the liiincipal .icloi-. \ et the .accessories are not yet elearl> discoMied." .Mi'sseii- gers were sent to the Xoruooiuek and tile I'octimtuck Indi.iiis, that is, to those of lladle> and 1 )eerlield, to deliver up ^^esap,allo, wliicii would .suggest that those Indians r.ither than the Tuiixis trilie were the guilty parties. 'Idle lat- ter, however, h.id heeii duly warned against entert.Linin.g hostile' Indi.ans and were therefore held responsihle hir the murder .and the I'lring ot a house, and they "nmtually agreed and ohlfged t'.ieni- seUes to pay unto the (lelleral Court ill ( )ctolier, or to tluir onler, ye.arU. for the term of seven >e.irs, the full sum of eights fathoms of wampum, well strun.g and mereh.antahle " .Xe.arly ten years aflerw.ard the house of John ll.irt takes lire one Decemher ni.gllt and all his f.amily. save one son wdio was ah- seiit. wia'e luirned. We li.i\e several conleiiiporary records of the dis.ister. hut no suspicion of foul play apiie.ared. Putting togither these stories separtited h\ ten years of time we li.ive full ma- ...Ji^^^ \\ 01. n iii:sK \i\im; \:\ \ 11 NM.-^ lNlil.\N — l>i;oi'ia;i'N oi' mi; ll^:^l;^ M.VUTIX ( (IW l.l'.S teri.ils for the hisioric t.ale The In- dians surround the house of John Hart at midnight, murder the entire f.amily, and liiirii the liousi- o\ er their remains. The town ri-corils |nrish in the flaincs. and tile trihe p.i\' .1 line of eighty fath- oms of w.inipmn \early tliere.ifter. In point of f.Kt the Indians diM)iNi:. ON TIM': \VATKU\ ll,l,i; li(lAI). 60 FARi\II\GTO.\', CONNECTICUT, Esq., which I give in his own words. the bed of the old canal and nurth bv Er.mi .Mint..., he received ten pounds of .He savs: "Two Indians came to Old land recently of Mr. Henry C. Rice. „„„,- f,,,- , ,„,„ti„„ |,,j,,,^.j, f„^,^ „,^.,^^, iMiiii. whrrc a man l5\- Ine name id Here were fcirmerlv pliiuohed n|} in Hart was lioeinu cm. Me had a ^nn .Mfeal mtmbers tun kinds ,,f |„,|i;,n arrna ''"' "'^"'';"" '"^ «""■ ='"'' ■'"'>^^'^' f°"r He wnnld hne along a little, .and then luMcK, the hn.a.l. black kmd umiI 1i\ ^"'' '' ''''" '"'-''^'l "f ^''"'i'- He lias ac- lliin mine his .s^im ,i little, and then the Tiin.\i> Indi.ins. and a lesser iniin- >^">iiils aKo iwitii W..n()mie. Judas, and hue- ag.ain. He aKo hail two dogs. The her of a kind narrower, more pointed. "thers for sales .and repairs ,,f axes, dogs ueri- disturbed by the Indians ami and of a lighter color. These latter ''"^'^ scythes, guns, gnidocks, hoes, wouhl run towards the woods. .\ pait- we were told were the weapons of a I'ieks, knives, hatchets, etc. Imple- .ridge tleu upon .1 tree ne.ir where he boslije tribe li-fl here after a great nients for hunting seem to have been was hoeing, lie sIk.i at it and then b.ittle. ( )f this battle. Deacon IClijah '""""' '" demand and were paid for loaiiiil his gun before he moved. The I'orter has left us .an account based on '''"'" '''^' I'roceeds of the hunt. They Indi.ins concluded the\ could not get the traditions ,)f a bnnilred vears a.gd in his "New Eng- found loo man\ bouses to attempt to their old settlement lhe> had intelligence land's rrospecl" is the more ciunmoidy take .in> inisoneis, WeiU on .Saw Root's thai the .Stockbridge Indians were pre- reiei\ eil one. Describing the occupa- hotise on (in.n I'lain, He was .at pray- p.aring to cljuic and tr\ their strength tious ol the sipi.uvs, he sa\s "another ers. The Indians hi'ard him; thought with the Tnn.xis trib-v The\" met ,ic- "'ork is their Iil.anting of corn, where- tliere u ere ni;m\ pei'sous in the house. cordingh' .at what is called the lattle '" t'lcy exceed o;n' k'nglisli busbamlmen. Dogs b.arked, l'lie\ r.an, bound Scott ,\le,Ldo\v The battle was fought with keeping it so clear with tlieir clamshell alone, 'i'ook hinr He resisted, llal- hue Imlian coinage and was vi-ry hoes, as if it were .a garden rather loed, The_\ cut out his tongue .and linal- lilooK. but the Stockbridge Indians than a corn field, not suffering a chok- l.\ killed 'lim," 'I his atrocity also is uere too iiowerful for the duuNis. .and ''iK ' - eed to ai|\-ance his audacious head .allribulcd lo stiMiige Indians. The dif- ;|,e\- gave wa\' and retreated to their al>o\e iluir inf.ain lorn, m- an under- ferences betueiii the whites and the settliauent. whereupon t!ie sipiaws mining worm to spoil his spumes. Tunxis tribe during this perii>d were f.irmed ,1 bitlalion and. attacking the Their (a)ni b.an- ripe, the\- gather it iomp,ar.iti\el> sliglil and appear mostl_\' eiieiiu' on their Hank, soon dro\e them '"i''' dr\ ing it hard in the sun. coine\' it in lae riaa.rds of lines iiniiosed on the from the field .and gained a complete '" t'l"-'''' b iriis, which be great h.)les uliites fcu- selling cider and strong drink victory, I he Indians, soon after the d.gged in the grouml in f,irin of a In'.ass to the Indians, and on the Indians fiu' battle, made prep.ar.il ion to reiiKive to P"'- eeilcd with rinds of trees, wherc- ihe coiise.piences which n.aturally fob ihe west side of the meadow," ddie re- '" 'lie> put their com. covering it lovveil. The cases were all pett\- ,ind a inov.al of the Indians malered !>>■ the from the iiKpiisitive se.arch of their single example will sufficientl\' illustrate I ieiier.al Court in lOsX was prob.abb' gorin,aiidi/iiig husbands, who would eat their u.atnre. In 10,^4 "I'.apaqurrote is s,„,n accomplished, for as earl\' ,as idlu "P l"'th their allowaal tiinnion. and re- a imto J.e.kstr.iw six the bi.gh ground west of I'e(|uabuc sir\ed feed, if ili,\ knew where to find i.ilhoiiis of waiupmn for his injurious meadow was known on tlie town records it" Vuhing of Ills liair from bis head by ,is port Hill, where m.a\- still be seen .'~>i^ years later, in loSS, Rethus .and the roots," .\'ow, if Ihe Imh.aiis in- iju- f;r,avestones which marked Ihe ik-h \li,inio h.id dep.arled ibis life for the dulged in such ,aii irregiil.ar form of place of Imli.in buri.iN, In 1(175 the Ira] p\ hunting griiuiids of their race, scalping as this, and the injured iiarly Court admilted th.il llu\ had "set their and no one reigned m their stead, apliealed to a ^'ankee justice of the wigwams where the authority ap)ioints," L'nder the mild iirolection of the I'^ng- peaie for reclress, ii would seian that During the whole of King I'hilip's lisli the tribe no longer needed chieftains their sa\:igery w.is begiiming to Lake on war in 1(175 .and 107(1, when the towns to lead tliem to battle. ,and the love of a rather mild form, ,irouiid us sultiaaal the horrors ,,f Indian olliee for its petty spoils ,and dignity Ciilil the >c,ar \l biniial their de.id and where of October, 1(175, sent six of their war- did uoi .appeal to tluar simple natures. tlie\ in.aiiU. lined a fort Hither came riors to assist them at Springfield. Xi\ ertheless. it w.is desirable that strange Indians, sometimes as friends I he\ were Xeseheg.m. Waii.i winesse. s,,me of ilu-ir race should have author- ami somelimes ,as foi-s. until tlu- court VVoewass.a. Se| se. I 'ii<-kehep,assmi, .and 'il\ lo .agree with the b'.nglish in the found it iie(a.ss.ar> to oriler "lli.al notice Cuckcowott, In the M.ar iliSj we gel selllemeiit of coni ro\ i-rsies, ,\ meet sh.ill be given to the Indians living at a |i,assing gliin|ise of the relations of -ing of the tribe w.is therefore held on P'.anuinglon th.at in regard to their hostile the whites and liidi.iiis from a sinnle the 171I1 of Septemb.r. idXS. at the linisuils. conlr.ar\ to f.,mier orders of U-.af of the .account book of Deacon house of John W.adsworlh, am! they court, and iiiiisidiring their i-nlerlaiii- 'I boiu.is I'.iill. in which lu. recorded his ' .vere askial. now tli.al their chief men meiil of strange Indians, colli iar\. to the dealings with the Indians, Deacon were dead, whom lhe\ would make agrecaneiil with tlii' E.nglish when they |',n|| li\eil on the east siile of the ro.a.l choice of to lu. chief, Ihey \ er> sat down ill Parinington, whence ensues which diverges from .Main Streel .1 niodeslly "di.sirel .\lr. Wads' ,vortb lo danger lo the P.nglish by bullets shot Ijule south of the t'nngreg.ational uominale .1 man or two. who did into ilu. town in their skirmishes, that Chuiadi. To Clierrv be sells two hoes iiomin.ate Waw.awis .and Sbiiin. and .all lbe\ speedih- provide another ]ilaee f,,r t.vliieh be w.as lo reiaive li\c. and ih.il were present well apiiroved of for their b.cbil.ilion and desert tli.il pl.aca- i,ne half bushels of corn .at liar\esl them" , , ",as c.apt.ains to wdiom wherein lbe\ are now garrisoned," In linu-, p'or one broad hot. John Indi.an the faiglish m,a\ lia\e reccutrse at all lbe>ear 1 7 1 1 . and iierhaps earlier, a cer pr.imises a buckskin well drc-ssc-il and times," d he record of the nieetiiig tain iiiece of band was known in the ,hi|y p,a>s the same, I'o Tapliow he w.as signed by John W.idsworlb. Will- town records .is port l.ot. and it re- lo.aued one bushel of grain and got iaiii Lewis Senior, and John Standly t.ained ihe name iiiitil il was absorbid b.ick one-h.df bushel. He sells .\rwoiis Senior ,is witnesses on the part of the i'llo the golf groimds of the Ci)untr.\- ;, hatchet to hum with, I'or which he E.nglish. and b\ Xoiisbasb, Judas, .and 'lull It is Ihe iiarl bounded west by was lo receive nine pounds of tallow. ekweii others on ihe ].art of the tribe. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 61 COTTACK OF LKWIS X. LONG. !f f wX^' u ff|r ■. JdSK I.AW.N"— l(i:sll)i:.VCK OK N. W.VLLACE. IIIK KAU-MI.MaciN 1 KKA.\lKli\ I'L \l !■; RESIDENCE OV GEORtlE I'. BURGESS. THE .lOH.N TILLOTSON 1 LACE PliOPEUTY OF F. H. AND G. F. ANDREWS. 1--^ '^ ■.MEAIiiiW \ IKW J-\:ii\ N w \M V. I l;l M|.( \> 1. nl .\ll;>. ( . I,. Ml N.\. AMIHEWS rll>l,K .MILL. (.I.N THE \VATi:H\ ILLL liilM' 62 I'"ARM!X(;T0X. coxxecticut. \Vavv;i\vis ami Sliuni. in\ llieir part. ■ ai'('c]>lL-il (it tlir place of (MptaiiiN nr cliii-f iiK'ii am.inysl all tlK- ll|lliall^ imw in "iir p.Hii and cli. iir(>nii>c (o fai-n (|uii.-ll> and puarcalilu towards all I'.n.u;- lisli and to ni\i- an account to \lr Wadsworth of any strange Indians com ing. etc, TueK e others, "not liein;4 innx- is Indians," also siL;neil ,an agreement 'to '.valk pc-ace.alil\ and (|nietly to\v,irds llie iMi.glish . . , and to he siilijei't to Shnni .and W'awawis as their chief coni- nianilers." 'I his agreement seein^ li> ha\e heen failhfidl\ ke|n. In 1 7-',s. .an all.ack from Cinnh hjing feareil .and hands ol hostile Inrli.ans h.i\ing heen found lurking ,ihiut Lilchlield. the (io\ernor .ami Coumal I'esoK ed "Th.al John Hooker. l-.s.i., Wilh.mi W,nU- worth, and Isaac Cou les, or an\ two cd' them, sh.ill inspect the hnli,ins of I'.armin.glon ; ,iml the saiil lndi,nis, e,ieh and every m,ni ol ihem. i> (irdered to .i|)pe.ir hefore s.iid committee e\ery da\ ah lUl sundown, at such pl.Ha- as said co)iinnttee shall .i]i|ioint. and gi\e to said conimittee an account of their r.anihle and business the preceding i\a\ unless said connniltee shall. lor good reason to thein shoun. gi\f tluar .al- lowance to ount their ap|n- nainci- for sonu- time" In llclolur this restr.iinl • \;is remi'\a-l li'om the h.oanmgh mi In- di.ins provided the\' refrained l|-om w.ir I- lint ,iiid wore .1 while cloth iiii llu-ir heads when t!ie\ wa-nt into tlie waiods to hnnl. thus di^tmgnidiing theniseUe^ from the hostile Indi.ins , iia lund them [he conversion of the n.iti\i's n\ tins continent to ( 'aristi.initN was a favorite |)urpose ^et lortli in the gr.ints .and ch.irtva's issued h\ I'airope.iii smiaaigns whether rrotesiants or ("alholii- In 17011 the fieneral AssemliK of Coniivcli- cul desires tile reverend ministers to pre|iare .a pl.an for their convarsioii, ,iiid in;' 1717 the llovaaiior and ('ouiicil ,ire inalcred to present "the husines^ ol Kospeling the Indrins" to tlic> ( >ct ih a- session ol the assinihlv In i 7-'7 pva" si>iis li.av'ing Indi.in clnldiaai in *Iuir families ;ire ordered to ende,ivin' to te.irh llicin lo lead kaiglish and lo catechise them In 1 7.;.! the (reiieral .Xssenililv provides lor the payment ol ■.he hoard of the Indian \onth ol h'.arminglon ,il .a scaool under ihe su |ier\ision of Isev Simiiel Wdiilinm, and the next vear the kilter repoils ]n ■ gress lo (lov, 'I'alcotl. "I Ii.avc l.isun only to inform vonr llouoiir that if the nine Indt.in laiN ihil ware kept .il school last vvinter. thta-e can re.id well in a tesi nil -111. ihree' curreiillv in .a p » ilti r. and I'iree are in llieir primers Tesiaments .and ps.alters have heen pro- vi:I.' I for iImsc that read in llieiii 'I lirei- of ve Inili.an lads an- eiilered in writing and one hegins lo wrile .1 legi hie hand " Appropri.ation, for the schoid w laa- iiKuIe h_v the assemhiy for three successive vears. In 17,17 a pupil of the school, one John .M,il,i'.v'an. hecaine its leaciier- In 1731 the Irihe h.id made such jirogress in adopijiii; ihe customs of their while iieighhiirs tlral the ICeclesiastical Society "gr.anted a lihcrtv to the Cliris- ti.ani'ed Indians helonging to said societ.e to hiiild a seat in the gallery in the .Meet- ing IIou.se over the stairs ,al the north- east corner of stiid house anil to he done .at the direction of I'ae socii-ty coiii- millee" In 17(1,? .Solomon Alossuck joins the church, and two ye.ars after- ward his vvife luiniee also joins In X^i- veinher. 177-'. a new teacher look hi~ pkice in the liltle Imli.in schoolhouse in West District. I hi^ w.as Jose])h John- son, a .Mohegan linlian. \v .losi.- father li.id heen a soldier in the I'rench war. Me had attended W'heelock's Indian Charity School at l.ehanon in 175X, hut after leaving il had led an irregular lile, ,1! one time going on ,a whaliii.g v;iy.i,ge and visiting the West Indies Returning to .1 soher. religions lile, he w.is i-ui- ploved h_v the ".Society fi u' f'rop ig,iling the fiospel in .Xcw I'.nglaml" to ti'acli the d'unsis Iiidi.aiis milil he w.as oid.cinei'i .as a minister .it ll.inover, Xevv ll.amp- shire. in ihe summer of 1774. lie had much to do with the suhse(|uenl removal of III.- trilie to the '.vest, Ihe conlimied progress ol ihe Indi.iiis low.ird a civili/ed life .and their feelings and .ispir.ilioiis in reg.ird to it are set forth in the memori.d of hdijali W'am- pi'V . .So'ianon .\!ossmd<. and the rest of tile Irihe to the Mav session of the ( ieiier.al \ssemlilv in 1774. " \ our lloiiour's Memorialists li.ive alw.avs liveil and inh.aliited in the said town ol laarmingtou hv means whia-eof the most of Us li.ive ill some measure hecome ,ic(|uainted with .and formed some gen eral ide.is ..f the hinglish custom .and m.imua-s. ,iiid ni.aiiv of s,iid trihe h.ave heen in^tructeil in re.iding .and writing in hiimlish, ,iiid have heen .al coiisiikr .ihle expense in .ill.iining the saiiH'. and furnishing onrsidvcs w'th liililes and some oilua- hooks in hiuglisii f. n- our further iuslrm-lion lliough | iK ahle to he.ar the espense thereof, and we heing desirous to in.ake fnrlher pro- liciincv in k'.nglish hler.atnre and es peci.allv lo he .ac(|iiainted with the Stat ule Laws of this Colon.- . . . do tiler. -fiue pr.-n vonr llouours I 1 give lis a Colouv I. aw- I'.ook to guide .iml ilir.-cl II, in oiir conduct " 'I'lii- |ielilioii was L;r.-iiiled, \iioiher nu-inori.il hv the s.inu- per soii .. d.ited six d.ivs e.irlii-r, foresh.-id ows a great c'aange ahait to come o\er the Irihe, 'Ihe restless spirit of the s.-ivage which no civili/iiig inllueiici-s. or religion itself, could wdiolly sulvlne. Ii.-h1 been set on lire bv the allureuienls of lu-w- scenes offered them and of more room for the exorcise of their oUl-tiine freeiloin of forest life. The memorial stales " that they have receired a kind invitation from their brethren, the Si.x X.-ilioiis at Oneida, to come and dwell with them, with a promise of a cor- dial reception and .uiiple provision in land whereon to subsist, and heing slr.iighteiied where we now dwell, think it will he best for ourselves and our children aii had : feast of wild deer. In the evening they held .1 powwow, Tiiey buill a very l.-irge lire and the two tribes joined hamls .ind set to rnnning .irouinl this lire singing and -houling and sounding the w.ar whoop so loud as to be pl.-iiiil\ heard .1 mile" rile grc-it ohsiacli- \. M.inv K-gisl.-itiirc-s perplexi-d lb(-inselva-s vvilh atl(-mpts to do justice to all jiar- ties. milil .-It h-iiglh a commitU-e was .-ippoiiit( (1 in 177.?. which, taking into consideratiou all the circimist.iucc-s of tile case. divi(l(-d a parlicul.-ir holding to each Indian, whether w.-irri(U- or s(piaw, THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 63 Hi;siiii:m i: ip- i i:i:i. n \\iH:i-U.- ■riM. 1111,1, I \\:\i i;i..->ii)i.M I, m i. j. i iii::.ir.-..)-\. MUSICS MiKI".l': IM.\(I'; HKSIDKM r. ell' •I'lllMW Mil, 1. 1 64 l'\K.\ll.\G'l"()N. CONNECTICUT. Ill (|ii.iiilit\ varying tnini ten acri'S to a litllr less than Iwn acres anrl niaiii- a map of the same. Lots wvvc laiil out lo lliirt\ -sc\rii iii(li\ iiliials. l)einK one iiion- than llic census of 1774 re- cords. Acciirdiny to the latter there were fourteen niali-^ over twenty \ear> of a.ye and twehc females, 'i'lic wllole matter was ,iccom|ili>hed in 1777, .and the triUe w.as free to renio\e willi t:ie proceeds of the sale cr and sou.uhl refiij^c- in Stockhridjjc. .M assaclinsetls. ID u-ll the sliiry of laeir dis.asler .al leii,!;lli were to reheirse a l.ar.ye |)art of ilu' histor\ of the Uevolntioii, I In- w.ir over. llie\ renew llieir ineiiiori.ils to our sl.ite le.yislaiure to help them re- turn to iheir now rlev.islatcd lioiiivs. d heir .ap|ic-,il to the ( )ctoher session ol ihe (ieiier.al \sseiii!>lv in 17X0 was wrillen h\ W.iiiip<\. C'nsk. Curcomli, and ivi'ners from West Slockhrid.i^e ask- iuii for funds lo p.iy f,n- the pre.uli iiiK ainoiiL; iln-ni of " D.niiel Simon of the .Xarr.a.y.iiisel Irihc of Indians of ( olley,- ednc.alion .and ord.iined to pre.ach the i.;ospel." Iheir reipiesi, llioii.uh forlilied In .111 appeal from ihe niission.ir> S.amnel Kirkland. was re- fused, .and iiiste.id Ihereof tlie> were allowed 1.1 solicit c:an to re- liirii to tlieir ( )neid.i homes, being eu- coiir.i.ned hy an .act of the New York legislature which has the following pre- amble: ".And whereas the Oneid.a .and I iise.arora tribes inhahilin.g within this st.ile ha\e been distinguished f. n' their .ilLailmieiit to the cause of ,\ineiici and ha\-e iherehN- enlilled IhemseKes to pioiection, .and the said tribes by their hnmble |ietition h.i\ing pra\ed that Iheir land nia\ he sicnrcd to them hc .inlhorily of the legislature." commis- sioners were appointed ti> devise meas- ures for their coiilenliiient. In ,111 .ad ol iNoi we re;id "lli.at the tract of l.iiid of six miles square coulirmed b\ tlic Oneida Indi.ans to the Stockbridgv Indians hy the treaty held .at I'Virt Stanv\is in the >ear one ihonsaml se\en hundred .and eight) -eight sli.all he .and rem.ain to the Stockhridge Indi.iiis .nid their |iosterit\ forcxa-r," , . , ".and he il fnrlher enacted ih.at the tract of 1,111(1 Inretofore set ajiart for tile lu- di.uis cilled the New iMigland lndiau.s. consisting of the tribes called the Mo- hegaii. Montock. Stonington. and Nar- raganset Indians, and the Petpiots of C.rotoM and Xehanlicks ,,f I'Virming- loii. shall be and remain to Ihe said Indi.ins ,uid their poslerit\. bnl wilhont an\ po\\er <•{ .ilien.ilion li\' the s.nd Indi.ins. or of le.asing or disposing of r.ie s.inie or ,an\ part thereof, .iiiil the s.iine tr.icl shall he called Hrolherlown ■Old sh.ill he deemed p.art of the town of I'aiis in 111,' eoinily of ( liicdd.a. ' Ibollu-rlown uas on the ()riskaii\- .and occupied the gri'.ilcr part of the town of .Marshall, wdiicli w.as formerly a part of the town of F.iris and the southern pari o| Kirkl.ind in wliicli is located llamilloii College, \ew Slockliridge u.as si.\ miles to llie xvesi in the to\Mi of August 1 I he Iwo selllements formed .a' firsi one p.irisli. the .Rev. .Samson ( Icrom pre aching .allern.ale Sun- days, now in the barn of h'owK-r in r.roihei1o\\ 11 ,iiiil now in sonic house in .\'ew Slockliridge dlu- liis|or\ of these Iwo selllements. of their conli-n lions uith Ihe l.inil-linngrx whiles. ,nid ol lluir own inlernal ilisseiisious. is loo \ohniiiiioiis lor our preseiil con>i(i- ci.ilioii 111 i.X^i ihe\ .ag.aiii hcg.aii a new ieino\al uesiw.nal. ibis time lo • iicen II.ix. \\ iseoiisin Ihe .amount of Tiinsis blood diffused ihroiigh ih.al con glomer.ation of races nuist now lia\e become s, > sni.all th.al we will noi pnr sue the history of the tribe further. Those who desire further knowledge of the Rrolhertown Indians should con- snli the account of Rev. Samson Oc- cnm b\' the Rev. William DeLoss Lovq and the numerous authorities to which be refers. I shall only quote a few lilies from the account which President Dwight gives of his visit to them in 1709. He says: "I had a strong in- clination to see civilized Indian life, I. c. Indian life in the most advanced state of civilization in which it is found in this country, and was informed that il niight probabl\- be seen here." The Hrolherlown Indians, he says, "were cliiell) residents in .Montville and Farm- ingloii. .and were in number about one hundred and lifty. Ihe settlement is formed on tiie declivity of a hill, rnii- iiiiig from north to south. The land is cNcellenl, and the spot in every re- spect well chosen. Here forty families of these people li.i\e lixe I themselves in tile business of .agriculture. They li.ave cleared the ground on botii sides of the road about ,1 (jn.arler of a mile in lireadth and abonl four miles in length, I liree of them lia\e framed houses. I be reni.iinin.g houses .are of logs, and differ little from those of the whites, when formed of tiie same maierials. Their husbandry is much inferior to that of the white people Their fences are indifferent and their meadows and arable grounds are im- perfectly cleared. Indeed, almost every- wdiere is visible that slack hand, that disposition to lea\e ever\ tnin.g unfin- ished, which peculi:irly characterizes such liidi:iiis as lia\ e left llie savage life" We uill close this |i;iper with a brief account of the scanty remnant of the Tuiixis tribe who lived and died on their amestr.al soil. .Sidomon Mossuck. who joined the eiinrch in 17(1,5. died Jaiin:ir\ _'5. iSoj. al the a.ge of 7!s and was bnrieil in the Indian burying ground on the hill to the left of the road as \on go to the railroad station. .\ wi'll-i-xecuted nioiuniient marks bis graxe He had .1 son Oriniel who was a soldier in llie l\e\ olulionary War .and a son Luke wlio removed to Piroihertown. Thomas Curcoinb. who is said oil the church records to liavi lieen ihe l.asi rniixis Indian of unmi.xed hlood. died llecembcr J I . iSjo. .aged 44. He is hesi remcnibered b\ the story of his hiixing riiiii at the store of Zenas Cowles. the nearest source of supply for the inhabitants of the Indian Neck. It was during tiie early days wdien lot;il .alistinence societies were unknown .iiid ,ill cl.asses .and conditions of men bought nun. .and every nierchanl sidd it. as one ol the absolute necessities of life. 'I liomas. having obtained a gallon for eight shillings, in due time returned for another siijiply and was disgusted to learn that the price in the meantime THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOWES. 65 had risen to nine shillings. It was e.K- plained to him that the extra sliilHng was for interest on the nione\ and for shrinka,ge of the liquor, and that it cost as nnieh to kee]i a hogshead of rinn through the winter as to keep a horse. Yes, yes, said the Indian. He no eat hay, hut he drink much water. Thomas got his rum for eight shillings as before. The story of Henry Mos- suck. son of Luke and grandson of Solomon, is not edifying, but as he was the last of his race and as his career well illustrates the inevitable fate of weaker races in the contest of life 1 must venture to give you a brief sketch of a man sinning somewhat, but very mucci sinned against. His tirst recorded .-ippearance in public was in a justice court, where Esquire Horace Cowles fined him for stealing chickens on the night of July 8. 1824. A month .afterward he was wanted in another matter but had absconded to parts im- known. 1 wo >'ears later he goes to sea for a three years' voyage, and. as I am told, with Capt. Ebenezer Mi.K, giving a white neighbor a power of at- torney to take care of his land in his absence. Just before he returned, his trusted agent sold the land, pocketed the proceeds, and went west. Passin.g over twenty vears of his inic\entful lifj we find him at the age of forty-nine in Colebrook, where on a Saturday night in the last week of March, 1830, two wretches not twenty-one years of age, William H. Calhoun and Benjamin Bal- com, murdered a certain Barnice White in a most brutal manner. They were sentenced to be hung, and Henry Mos- suck, known as Henry Manasseth, was sentenced with them as having prompted and abetted them. A year afterward the sentences of all three were com- muted to iinprisonment for life. 1 have read the lengthy records of the court and the minute confession of Calhoim and have learned much from other sources. There seems to have been no evidence whatever against Mossuck ex- cept th.it of the men, who rehearsed the story of their brutal crime with no more compunction than they would feel at the butchering of an ox, and who had every motive for lying. Mossuck vainl\- petitioned the legislature for re- lease for three successive _vears, in iSOi. iSfij, and 1863, but linally, in 1867. Bal- com on his death bed ha\ing asserted the iimocence of Mossuck. and the chaplain and officers of the State Prison giving him a good character, be was pardoned. He died in our poorhouse on the iqth of October. 1S83. So came to an ignoble end a race always friendly to our fathers. They have left little to recall them to mind. .\ few luonuments mark their graves on b'ort Hill near by where John Mat- tawan and Joseph Johnson taught their schools. A single stone in our own cemetery overlooks the river once cov- ered with their canoes and the broad acres once their hunting grounds. On it are inscribed the well-known lines by Mrs. Sigourney : Chieftains of a vanished race, In your ancient burial place, I'.y .\onr fathers' ashes blest, Xow in peace securely rest. Since on life you looked your last. Changes o'er your land have passed; Strangers came with iron sway, -\nd your tribes have passed away. But your fate shall cherished be. In the stranger's memory; \'irtue long her watch shall keep. Where the red-men's ashes sleep. More enduring than these frail me- morials are the few Indian words of liquid siiunil which remain forever at- tached to the places where the red man lived : Pequabuck, the clear, open pond ; Quinnipiack. the long-water land; and Tunxis Sepus. by the bend of the river. A K.^RMINCTON D.MS-i' FIKLO. 66 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 3m\B mxh lir&B of Jarmiugtnu. ^^ /^^^■^HERE uci'L- twci liiitaiiisls who / 'd mortitifii tlu- spiril liy lr\iii2; 1 P L to make iiiom-\ in Wall -.trrct- ^Jl^r "I licy iK-caniL- ac(|iiainti-il with each 111 her. tlie>e Iwn ,yray- haireil cild l>cp^ani^l^. ami ihey projected a Inp t(i Keiitiiclsy In see a very rare plani that was mily funnel in that slate When they had arrived in this little town in Kentuck\ , une nl these timv- haired l)otanists was taken sn sick it seemed that he was aliont li> die. "Dear friend." said lie tn the i.tlier In il.-niist. ",U'i i>iit into the lields ami search fi n- the plants." The friend searched .and fonnd. and returned with se\ eral of the lirecii'iis herhs. "Let me feel nf tiiem." s.iiij die sick h.'l.inist " ^■es. thev .are .all n.L;lil ; Imw he.inlifnl the.\- are" Mis e\ e hri.ylileneil .and he sat up in heil. " hriemi I h, race." said lie. "are they f.ir fn.ni here"-'" " Qnite near," said the oiher " h'riend Hcirace. if I cnnld lean en >nnr .arm I mi.uht he ahle to re.icli the spnl. .nid Ihere is .a uheelh.arruw lielnw." In :i sni.iU clearin.n in the initldle id' Ki-nlncki were two nId im-ii. lalkin^. KCSlicnl.atin.L;. seated in llu- field. The rare plants middeil llieir ll.iwers on evcr\' side. It w.as ,i c(,mpli-te cure. We d.. m.t pretend u, cl.aim thai lind- injj r.ire |il.inls will inre e\er\ ill, hnt It is h.ird fnr im.sl ills to keep up wilh tlic cnlh'iinr id ferns. hnr his p.aih will he lliri,n.:.;h ihe wi.i.ds .and sw.iinps. and hii^h np where ihe Kni.i Mnr.iria han.ns mil its fr.iil fri.niK friaii ihe f.ice "f tile tr.lp lei|_u;es MllKisI e\cr\ spe- cies lit fern Ihat Is fiaiml in .\ew Iviif;- l.and cm he secured in hariniiiLili .11, .and ll lire .are several pi wir (>tlii,ii:l,Ks.siiiii hi, Ids ci.nrl. .iiiil cerl.ain s.andslone ledges where Ihe ( ',ini/'l,'.s- oriis RhyCdMiy/his line walkini^ fern) haiiKs down its l,iii._: iiie'.^;iili, 1 nnii imse exactly .as il i|i,| ni ihe e.iiK imies nf llic wnrld. The .arisim r.il ic Asplilinnis and \spleninnis .and the sl,iiel\ ( Isimi- ud.as. ihe fr.ail I )icksniiias, |he> are in our wi.nds and fields, .and ihniis.amK ,,f pnlypnilies. .inil .\spleiiiiiiii rriclin m.anes and Eheneiinis Krnw .ainniii.; ihe rocks. We will iiiil ii.ime lliein all l!iis lime, althnn.i;li ii wniild ple.ase iis im- mensely. Ainnii^; ihe inleresiiin.; |liin.us in .Mrs. Keep's sclioni is ihe colleclinii nf n.alive hirds, or rather llie hinls that visil IsarmiiiRlnn. There are llire<' large cases, two iinldin.u ihe I.ar,ne birds, tiic Tin: W M.KIM: I'|:II\ {famiil'nuu-ns i:iif/.,i,ijh,ilhis). TIIK IIKItON f\MILV Of IAl;\ll\i;ro\. •The ninl I'ictiile.s fur this urtiele were iiiiiile tLiiin s|n'iiiiiiiis in tin- e"lleition at Mi: I'lirter's .Sehoul — by perinissioii of Mrs. It. 1'. K(;e[). THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 67 big herons, the hawks and owls, and the others filled with sparrows and warb- lers. The large heron in the picture was collected on the Farming-ton mead- ows. It is a shame to kill these big herons, but they are so large they excite the ambitions of the gunners. The night heron at the right of the picture is known by the long feather hanging from the back of its head. The night heron is more often heard than seen. In the night time his qua I qua ! may often be heard as he flies from one pond to another. The bittern, the second bird from the left, is not often seen, but the green heron at the e.K- treme left of the picture is often seen poking around the edge of a pond. These herons, the green ami the night heron, nest in colonies and tlicy have a habit of throwing up their food, or re- so.Mii OF TiiK I- ai{,mi,\(;to.n \\ isio ones. A i.l;'M 1' I'l F.VLiMI\(;Tc>X UWVKS. gurgitaiting all over file adventurous boy who is trying to rob the nests. The owls in this picture comprise about all of our Farmington owls. The largest, the great horned owl. is met with rarely. We once saw one on the bank of the river as we lloated by in a canoe. The next largest arc the barred owls. These in the picture are a pair, " and are not separated in deat.i." These barred owls are without ears and are the only owds with brown ejes. The next smallest is the long- eared owl anil then comes the common screech owl. This last named owl varies in its coloration so much it was formerly divided into three difTcrent species. The smallest is the saw whet owl. called from its cry which resem- bles the filing of a saw. -All these owls fly so softly, and ex- cept for the occasional hooting are so i:n\| I M I W nuns. 68 I'ARMTNr.TON, CONNRCTTCUT, noiseless, we li.irilly reali/ce Imw many lIuTe are almiil I1^. 'llie lla\vk^ in tlie jiielnre. Iief^iinnnii at tlie riKlit. are. first, tlie reil-tailoi li.iuk The upper ]i.irl nt tile tall i-. .a ili a p cinnaniiiii red. This h.awk is i|iiiie ini- posiny. lie sails .arcaniil in j^re.il cir- eles, iiarrnwiiiL; nicire ami more. ,iml linally ealelies a nuaise i>r a sc|iiirrel. The seeiind fmni the ri.uht is llie reil shouldered liauk. 'I his is cpiite .a emii- iiioii hawk .alioiit l-'.iriiiiii.nliiii. The third from the ri^ht is the in.arsh hawk, I his is llie hawk lli.at we see sailing (■\er llie iiie.adiiws .ilifiiil dusk ll de- stnixs immense iin.aiuities i.f iiiiee. ll is a ver\' (.jraceful hawk .and .tjoes thripu,i;h wonderful ehan.nes in color from _\oulli to .lid .-lye, lieHinnin:,; life .1 deep eliesinnl the first years .and liiril ly tinaiin;.^ .a li.^ht hlne ,L;ra\- tow.irds its later life 'llie iie\t li.iuk is the i^os- liawk. a powerful li.iwk. L.ast id' all, eountiiiH from the ri.nlil. is the I'ooper Ii,iwd< 'litis IS the worst of the whole erowil as lar as ehiekeiis are enuia-rned Thesi' liltk- folk .ire si, assi-rti\e, 'I he l.asi i;roii|i of hirds .are ,i few of our most roiimiiin hirds I'leuinnint; .at llie rii^hl is the ( lloli White I ijU.aik We Used to hear ihem in the nei.yhljor- iiin lots hefore our we.altli\' residents shaiiii ed the llelds .and turned them into widf links. The second liird from the riyln is the ruffed .yroiise. a uolile liirif .and notwit'asl.andint; there are often more liimtca's th.in hirds. some mana.ne to survive. When the hunters .yet through with these hirds the winter descends on them and tries its hest to extenninate them. I'liis senseless treatment of the ^.anie hirds has driven awa\' half a dozen of onr hirds. whieh. with .a hllle n-.ason- a'lle treatment. mi>;hl li.a\e Idled the wamds to iwerllowany .and ,i;i\c-n ever\ one ,a chance to eat a .name hird now .and then without .irreat los, li, the w..,,ds. '1 he third to the riyhl is ihe ia-oi\. a heantiful .ind imicli .ihiised hird We lieat iiiiii as thoimh he were a I'hin.i- m.in I'ndiaaie.ath is the crow's rel.a- tue. the hlue j.iy. Me is heantiful. ,al- thouijli .1 little coarse .\fter his l.aiM suinnier killing little hirds ,ind suekiiiy e.n.t's and iniitatin.t> the hawks, in the winter he conies about the farms he,t;- .i^in.y for a few .yraius of corn. Xe.xt comes the woodcock. I sup- pose his eyes are set in the hack of his head so that they may not get in the mud as he rummages in the swaini)s anil also so that he inav see his enemies, (1 wonder game birds don't lia\e exes in the hack of their heads like school teacilers. ) A little more e\olulion .and the birds will arrive there I lia\e .a friend who h.is eyes like .1 woodcock, and when he rides in the cars he can look out of the xvindows i.n both sides of the car without turning his head. It was a 'O'eat convenience to him when tr.ivel- ing r.ipidl\ through Italx, lie looks imt unlike a w Icock, Hut he has studied .art and w.is a line sculptor and modelled in ela\ instead of poking in the mud like .a waiodcock, 1..ISI of all is the wood duck. We see it along the liorders ol sne.a n'; in smniner. The variety of naluie is .isiiinishing .Some days the Lord must ha\e been in .a jocose humor and .ig.iin in ,1 grimly, dramatic state of mind, — R, 11 I!, till MILK X W XX , THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 69 QUir (il^ (EFuirtrni. I II I I M.n I, \ I I. , \i I \i I \ I " ii"l:i I ^i-*' ISTORS to our ancient town It-I ""^ un frequently return from >^|J their wanderings with many in- quiries ahout tlie old cemetery tliey have discovered on tlie east side of the main street, a short dis- tance south of the church. The ground was set apart for burial purposes at three separate times. The central portion was in u.se in February, 1665 or twenty-five years afler llie settlement of the town, and bow much e:ir!ier is unknown. .\ path led to il from the hig'nway through land addfd by the town in 1692 by purchase from Joseph Barnes. The eastern half acre in the rear was sold to the Ecclesiasti- c.'d Society in 1707, liy Corral Case. Here for two centuries our fathers buried their dead, borne hither on the vill.is^e bier, the bell tolling a solemn knell as the bearers ascended the nar- row path and left their loved ones where now "Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse. The place of fame and elegy supply. And many a hol\- text around she strews. That leach the rustic moralist to die!" i bese frail memorials changed with ihe varying fashion of the da\ from the rough stone bearing only the initial letters of the names of the ile.id to that peculiar form we find in ever\ old cemeter\, the inscriiition decorated by precisely the same side border and surmounted by the same strangely sculptured cherub. This variety seems lo have had a common origin to which imich rese.arcli has not revealed llie chic. The hour-glass and scythe. cr(">ssbf)nes, grinning skulls and other ghastly symbols of death you will not find here, but instead the hopeful though grotesque emblems of a life beyotind the grave. A favorite form of decoration w.as that of a coffin from which the The frailty a leaf or intcrmeiUs vears, and It s|)irit rises as a flame, life was symbolized by fe.idier. riure li.i\e been no the cemetery for many presents nuich the s.amc appearance lh,-il it did fifty years ago. N'ormer resi- dents in our village who return lo visit ihe scenes of liicir childhood will miss most of all the old g:ilew,-iy of l'".g\ptian architecture, modeled .iftir tli.it ol the Cirovc street cemetery in New Haven, substituting, however, for the winged globe, emblem of di\ inily, the words .\IK.\lF.NTO MORI. Monuments are erected to the memory of four of the pastors of the church, to Rev. Samuel Hooker the second pastor. Rev. Samuel Whitman the third. Rev. Timothy Pit- kin the fourth, and Rev. Joseph Wash- burn ihe si.xth, wdio was buried at sea. The oldest .stone having a date stands on the north side of the .ground close to the fence, and bears the inscription The S S : B lest reads .\ No 8 i68s S AG B jh 16 88 which comes Sll : AC; .S5 DSED 18.7. i68() Next after I'rom this last inscrii)tion we learn that .Stephen Hart, son of Deacon Stephen, a.ged 55.. deceased on the i8lh dav of .Sciitember, 1689. .Mso a stone inscribed 17,?,^ S II AG 7-' informs us that Stephen Hart, son of the last named Stephen, died in 1733. 70 FARI\IINGTON, CONNECTICUT, i;k\i:i,- u. \\i:\\ oi' •■riiK old iKMO'ioin ■ \-\:n\\ im; cxri:. *l It-re lies intcrrd ye H(>il\ of ye Revd. Mr. Saimiel Whitman, ye late Learned antl Piuus Pastor of ye i>t church in I-'armington who departed this life July ye: ,vst A. Dni 1751 in ye 75'th : year of his age Here also lies interred ye Body of Mrs. Sarah Whitman, ye pious consort & Relict of ye Rev. Mr. Samuel Whitman who departed this lifi- .Sept. loth 1758, in \e 7olh ye.ir of her Age. Rev. Samuel Hooker. The Second Minister of {'annul Died in the .^7th year of his P.-istorate \ov. (1. ii")7. a.yed ahout 64 years. He wa^ the Son of Rev. Thoma^ I In The h'irst Minister of llarlfi.rd His widow ?dar>' Willetl Hooker married Rev. Thoin.is I'.uckini^li.ini of Norwalk, Conn., died June -Mill 17IJ, and was there liinied This monunu-iit i-. ere. in] 1 descendants in 1805. IN ■■TiiR 01.1) ( i;mi:i i:k\ ." THE VILLAGE OF BEAITTTFUL IFOMES. 71 r-*.^ (lU.W I-: 111' ,MliS AN\A IICIOKKK :l;\\i: 111' Ml.'. nWlKI, lilMIU.in (.Vu(<- cuiUms head mi slow). aged 72. On the nortli siile of the path, not far frnni the entrance to tlie cemetery, a stone is erected "In memory of .Mr. Matthias Leaming Who hars gott lu-yimil the reach of Parcecusion. The hfe of man is Vanit\'." He was one of tile unfortunate men who, in the Revohitionarv war. did not light on the winning side. Near the street, and consequently on the west side of the ground, a stone marks the last resting place of Shem, the son of Noah. Not to claim too TIIK "I'OWr.KS" SRI-riiiN THIS "IIOOKEIl" SECTION. i.:i;a\e oi' .mi:. .m\tiii\s i.i.wiim;, \ 'rmis'. 72 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. -.;- A- ■ • -.-'■• ■.•-••< -■■■: . ■ -^^-i Till-; (ii.iiKsr i;i( \\ !■: :-;riiM: '•P? Till-: SKI'dNIl lil.lMSr CNWK STONI-: THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOIMES. 73 gre;it antiquity for our aucieiit Iiurlal ground, it is propi-r to slatr tliat Slicm was a negro, and tradition, wliiilicr as a witticism or a sneer, tells us that our colored brethren were here interred, so tliat on tile Resurrection day. when all the dead arose and faced the east, they would remain in the re.ir of the great congregation. 1 his must taki- rank with the remark matle me by a learned divine, in the spirit of the author of Hudibras, that our forefathers in pure contrariness buried their dead in this ancient ground in .i direction op- posed to the ritual of their ancestors. ere Liettilntep'rtf'heBo'fy-vg TheAm'iaU^ Consort of ^! Fi^sheeGay EsV Exemplary Chr'jfiantLlv^ ^i*< E '/- grinis found: They softly lie. ami Szvcetly sleef, Lozk.' ill the groiiiuT On a double stone is the following :- In memory of Gideon Cowdes who died Oct. 1st A.D. 1802, in the 55th year of his age. In memory of Eimice, Relict of Gideon Cowles, wdio died Nov. 26 A.D. 1802 in the 55th year of her age: Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Belinda Norton, consor'. of i\Ir. Romania Norton, who died in child-bed. Feby 20th A.D. 1792, in the 22nd year of her age. This luonunient is erected by her affectionate husband. //' conjugality, fidelity, innocence Sr youth could liave arrested the shafts of death. Surely Belinda had not died. Ichabod Porter Norton died May 13, 1813 .\ged 21 years. .S'lV^f mortal sie=e the transient hour, linfrove each nioiiient as it thes. Life's a short Suiiinier, man a tloze'r, He dies, Alas hoza soon he dies. Abigail Porter died Dec. 28, 1815 Aged 76 years. Lonely and painful zmis her bed. Faith ivas her great support Converse zcith Cod her daily bread His grace, her last resort. In Memory of Xodiah Bird wltn was killed In .in insane person May 17, 1S35. This moiunuenl is erected by lihal afTection in meiuory of the Rev. Timothy Pitkin, who died July 8, 181 1 : .in the 86tli year of his age. ffe ?e(i.s I'astor of the Church of Christ ill Tarniiiigton thirty-three years. Tor zoaiit (ij health he zeas then dismissed from his Pastoral relation and liz'ed the rest of his days in retirement, .lie zeas a faithful affectionate evangelical and distinguished Minister of the Cosfcf He died in the delightful hopes of a .;;/(<- riiins iiiiortality enjoying the support oj that lieligion that he had Preached "Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death rif his saints." Zbc Gb08t. When we approach the sunset of our lives, and the long shadows and the chill (if the dew warns that tlie niglu is approacliing we begin to be more in- terested in tliat place, where we shall lay our useless body after the life has fled. Sometimes it seems as though it were better to give over the old hu^k of the soul to the God of Fire, that he may devour it utterly but there stands the patient earth, and seems to say "did I not give you this body, and is it not right that you should return it again to me?" As we walked through the "old Farni- ington cemetery," there were many epitaphs wliere the touch of grief has not faded although a hundred years or so have gone by. After reading the words of praise on most of the stones, we were impressed to find a lonely little stone on the grave of a young wo- man, and into the lines of the name a lichen had grown of a color that was like old gold. It was as though natu'-e wanted to give her quiet tribute to the person beneath. There are moments when life seems long and almost hope- less and we look forward with almost ;i longing to that tinal rest which will onl\- be broken by the voice of God. These long lines of stones are like the backs of books, with only the titles and the dates thereon, and yet we know that if we could read them, they wnuld be the most interesting of subjects, the disappointments and aspirations of hu- man lifes. A X Tin: Lar!.\ part (jf the cent- ^^«y ury which has just closed, ^^r niuch h'arniingtiin capital was invested in cnnuuercial enter- prises. 'I lie ships were wont to touch first at the islands of the South Pa- cific and taking on board a cargo of seal skins, to sail thence to Canton and Cal- cutta, where the furs were exchanged for teas, silks, nankeens, and fur china- ware marked in gold with the names of families who could afford such luxuries. One of their captains was Ebenezer Mix, conmionly known as Captain Eb. He was a son of "Squire Mix," one of the old time worthies of the town, wdio.se house still stands close to the old bury- ing ground on the south, a position peculiarly favorable for ghostly adven- lures. It was a time when all men be- lieved, not only that the dead lived in a future state, but that they could re- turn in ghostly forms to the i)lace of their sepulture as a warning to the living. Sailors as wont to be superstitutious. Their lonely lives on the mighty ocean fosters the feeling. A ghost had been seen several times in the old burying ground, and Captain Eb was not sur- prised, when, looking from his chamber window one dark night, he saw a tall form clothed all in white and having two great wdiite wings wdiich it waved at intervals in a ghostly fashion. Captain Eb shouted to the apparition to be gone, but it moved not. He then proceeded to exorcise it with the rich expletives which sailors are wont to bring home from lands beyond the sea. The waving of the ghostly wings was the onlj- reply. .\s a last resort Captain Eb seized an old queen's arms, well loaded, which had seen service in Revolutionary days, and taking deliber- ate aim at the ghost, blazed aw-ay. When the sirioke disappeared the ghost was no longer to be seen. The next morning, when the sun lighted up the scene of the midnight encounter, there appeared one of the tall white slabs which were just begiiming to take the place of the old red gravestones, and at its foot lay the remains of Deacon l^Iijah Porter's old white goose. J G The "new cemetery" on Canal Street contains many interesting memorials. The monument erected in rememl)rance of The Tunxis Indians, has sculptured on one face Mrs. Sigourney's tribute to the 'red man." A full description and a picture of this monument appears else- wdiere in this work, in .1/r. Gay's article 76 FARMIXGTOM. CONNECTICUT. IITl "III,' I IIILVIS I IllliilllS." /■'liiillr. tlic Mcliili lu'.nrn. will) was dnnviird in the "Cciitrr I'.asiii." in 1S41. is l)iirif(| Iktc. and tlic ,i;ra\i' snital)l\ niarkrd A liealltiflll, llion.uli simple .yranitr nmnn niriU show- iIk- last rrslinK |ihu'c nf i;l: \\ 1: III' 1)1!, NOAII I'dHTIlIt, Dr X'liah I'.niii-. and ill.- .L;ravr of Mis> Sarah I'urlrr is coMTi-d 1)\ a Imri/nntal slal) III |inrr vvijit.' niarhK- sinipK wnrdrd as fi.lli.vvs: Sarah I'lirln- I In 111 An.ynsI id, iSi:; Dlrd I'\'l)niar\ 17. Iijnii. The meninrv of the snldiiis who iravc ihi-ir li\i's for tlicii' cnniiti-y in the war of the krhellioii is |)er])el uated h\ a shaft of Conncdicitt hmwii slum — in- scrilic'd lilt: S(lLI)lt:u'S MONTMIONT. Cettvsi'.i'ki; l-a-ect.d July A. I). 1S7J To the iucnior\ of Vlll.lNTKKU SdI IHKKS tniin this Villa,!^!'. Serc.F-ANts. RiCHAKII CnWLES Watson W. VVhapi.f.s Jkuim I Ml Kki.i.i- V Privates Wll.MAM 11. MlTTDN Cll ARIKs I I, Row 1-. Siiv^riiii III r. S. . /. They i'liTV //(,'))■ livcx for iiiiJ C iHiiilry ami Tri'cdnin. An'tiktam. diMiMin ( ji \ipiiim; ALr.i:i(T !•'. 1 pidmi'sox 111 1. 1 1 Kopek Ai.Diui S. I'"rost Smith S. Ta'ii.or //I'Te A/.r/i III,- hnr.Y '.^■lui sink In irsl. I!y ,ill llicir i,'iiiiliy's 7i'i.s7;r.< hl,\sl ' \\'\xi II KSIER llKxm- Hart Jiiiix 1. Ilria. EiiWARii De W'iii.f JaMES II. Cill.llKRT (Ikorit-: SoriiERiai.i. h'oRT \\'.\i;.\KR IIkn'rv Warren- I-'ri-iierk K Hooker (il-okl.E W. OsilDRN J.\Mi.s II. Skeli.ev Step ii EN DuRNiNti (I'l'il, /ly-r.v. '/•;'!' Ill,' Xuliini in riuirc. ■\.\ii)Ni; Tin: ( i;i)\i:s" \ ia ni \i, i-m;mim:io\ woods THE VTLLAGK OF BEAUTIFUL lUntES. 77 IFarmiugtou Ut 1B3H Tliis articit' is reprinted entire from the "Ciiiiiii-cliciit Historical Collcctinns," by John Warner Fiarher. i)nl)lislied in 1S38. This work is |)rohal)ly tile best known liistory e\er pulilished in the state. Its prineipal feature being a wood cut shi)\viny the nriin part of every town in tlie state, from drawings made by Mr. Barber "on the sfot." and while the work may not lie aceurate in ah of its statements it is most interest- ing, and 110 historieal hlirary. no mat- ter liow small, is eonsidered eomplete withont a cony. ^^f ME first settlers of I-"ariiiington 1 I were frciiii llartford, being ^^ emigrants frnm P.oston. Xew- ton. and Ro.\linry. in Massa- chnsetts. They began the set- tlement in 1640. being probably attracted at this early period by the line natural meadows upon the Tun.xis or [•■arming- ton river. The town was incorporated in 1645. The land was purchased of the Tunxis tribe of Indians, which was a numerous and w.irlike tribe, by eighty-four proprietors, and divided by them and their heirs according to their respective interests. The township at the time of its incorp()rati course being elevated above the level of the river. There are about one hun- dred handsome dwelling houses within the limits of something more than a mile, some of which are elegant edifices. The Academ\ in the village, and the i\Iethodist Church, (recently erected.) both -sand ne.'ir the Congregational Church. I he above view was taken from Rov.uil I till, a singular ele- vation in the me.idows, about half a mile distant from the main street. Ibis hill is a natiind curiosity; it covers, about 12 acres; it rises abruptly to the height of about 60 feet, and is nearly circular in form. It was once probably an island in the center of a lake which covered the whole of the present mead- ow.* *These meadows are now occasional- Iv overflowed. During the freshet, February 14th, jSoy. a cry of distress was heard by some persons on the bank of the ri\er. Pomeroy Strong and George Treadvvell. wi'ut about live o'clock P. M. in a canoe to relieve the sufferers. They proceeded to Round Hill, where they heard the cries of a man named Bebe, to the northwest, where they found a span of horses ami part of a wa.gon, and a man bv the name of Atw.iter. in a bunch of wil- lows, in the middle of a current, abou' two rods from the shore; and with a good deal of difficulty they .eot Atwater into the canoe. .As they were passing a tree, Atw ter in a fright seized one of the branches; in doing this he over- set the boat. He succeeded in climb- ing the tree, while the others swam to the hill where they called for help. .About 9 o'clock nr. Eli Todd, William Hill and Joel Warner manned a canoe, and alternately drawing and navigating it, reached the hill, .\fter a number of attempts to relieve Atwater, a bridge of ice was formed from the tree to the shore on which he was enabled to pass. Todd, Hill and Warner sailed in the course of the road, northwest in search K.VIiMIN'dTOX KUOM "UOl'Nl) HILL," lih:i'KOI)UlHI> FKOM Ji.UtHlillW lllsTl}l;l<\lh COLLECTIONS OF CUSXICCTICVT, PUBLISHED IX lS:i7. 78 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT of BL-bf; t}iL-.\ found tliL- current so rapiii that tlie\ were obliged to return uithi.ut effeetiuK their object, thnu^h they came within spealsing distance, and exliorted liim to be silent througli tlie niglit, except when the\ should lal! to him; his cries before had been dis- tinctly hearri Ihrongli the tnwn I'or near- ly three miles in length; he remiini'rl on a cake i>f ice aliont twi> n.(N in length, throughout the night. At first dawn of day the pe.ipU- ,[>- senihled; ;i flatdiottomed boat was [irn- cured. and manned liy Mrastus Ga\-, Tim., thy R,.,,i, Jr.. Timothy Cowlcs. .Sidney \\;nKu ..rtli ;iiid Henry Wood- ruff, who relieved I'.rhe fi-..)ii his peril- ous position, and brought tin- others on shorc- Al thr lir^l settlemenl of ihr toun. I\"mid Mill was lixeil on ;is a central point of rleparture in all measurements in laying out ibe di\isions of LluiI 1 he town Is bomided X l)\ A\on. K. Iiv ILirtford ;ind Herlni. VV. by Bristol and Ihndington. ami .S. b\ .Soulhington. 'fhe centr.il p.irl is ;iboul lo miles west from I firtf inl. I he number (d" iiilriliitants is .about J.ooo, ■and has not \;iriei| nnicb in the last thirty \e.irs. I he hrsi minister in this phare w.as Roger Xi-wton. seltleil m I(i47-S ami who oftici.iled nine \e;irs, ;uid then re- moved to .\lilf,,rd 'fhc seconil was .Saimu-I Hooker, who u;is ordained in 105S. ,111,1 .licd in l(.(|7, S;imiiel Wliit- in.aii w;is ord;iiiied the iir\t minister in 170I1. He oflici.ited 43 \ears, .and died in 1751. The next \ ear Timoth\ Pit- kin, from [''.ast H.artfonl w;is ordained, he officialeil until i;,^^, ,i„,| ^vas then disniis.scd .at bis own re(|nesl He w;is succeeded by Allen Olcoll, in 1 ;,si7. who in 170.S w.as sncceederl In |oseph Wash- burn. 'Ibis town li;is ;i( present ,1 school fund. Ill-sides what is received from the Stale, .amounting lo iie,arl\ .$10,000, the .iniimil interest of which is .applied to the ]i,iymiiit of teacliris. In iO(,5-(i iIr. town \o|i(| ,1 cert.ain sum for the siip- I'orl of ,1 tciicber for h;ill ;i nar, ;iiid in the diieclioiis lo thr eommiiice for pr.Muring one. ;i clause w.as .addeil, ■thai lu- should be so gificd as |., be ;ible nccisioiKillv (o ^lep into iIh- pnlpil ■■ ' I be native Indi.ans iiiiisl li;i\ e been very nnmeroiis, in .and .about ihe town when the Ills! s, -tilers .■ii-ri\e.l 1 be hnming grounds ;iiid fishing pfaees were peculiarly .ill ractive. Their bury- ing grounds were on two s.inrK hills. one on the west side ,,1 the gie;il me;id ow. .-iiid one oil Ihe e.-isl, and near Ihe center ..f the present village. In ex- c;iv;iting the canal. m,-iny of llu-ir bones were discovered, ;ind soiiu- domestic articles, as cups, Xc. In it«,\ n eipin- miltee was chosen by the town, to des- ignate houses to be fortified against them. It appears that seven such houses uere Used for that purpose. The doors wen- m;ide of double pl.iiik. united b\- n.iils ilriven closel\- together, so as to lire\ent their being cut through Ij\ hatchets. In 17^3 the nuiuber of In- dians w;is about 100, a considerable number liaving remo\-ed in a bodv to Stock-bridge, .Mass.. and another divi- sion of them have since remo\ed to that place.' :l\ AhS— IN lUSINKss ONLY Ml 1.1 \ \:\:\ 'It: \m one-hundredth birthday, but he passed away a few uion'hs before the arrival of the day Samuel Smith Cm^'lcs was born in Farmington, Dec. 9, ienl their lives as well-to-do farmers in this village. Maine Timothy Cowles was second son of Col. Isaac Cowdes, whose home was where .\nson Porter now resides. His brothers were Esquire Horace, Capt. Richard, Solomon, 2d, and Sam- uel Hooker. The last named was a Yale graduate and died in his young manhood, greatly respected. The busi- ness life of Maj. Timothy was passed in farming. He budded the well-known Stone Store which was destroyed by fire July 21, 1864. He also owned the large hotel building, now the place of the Porter Seminary. Maj. Cowles was a broad minded, large hearted man. .Many a poor family would witness to his large benevolence. He loved to see his fellow men prosper in life and gave employment to very many laborers, al- lowing liberal wages to all. His valu- able life closed .A.pril 28, 1858, aged 74. and a good man was at rest. The mem- or\- of the just is blessed. Mr. James Cowles. son of Elijah Cowdes, head of the noted firm of Elijah Cowles & Co., himself one of the wealthiest men of the village, lived at the corner of Main and New Britain Streets. His store was the brick build- ing opposite. In the latter part of his life he moved into the house built by Gen. George Cowles and devoted him- self to the development of his large holding of real estate in Unionville, es- pecially of the water-power. He was a successful business man, conservative, caring little for theories and of great practical common sense. He was born April 17, 1795, and died November 20, 1858. Mr. James ll'oodrntf Co2\.Jes was a farmer and lived on the ancestral farm on the west side of Main Street half way to Plainville. Here he was born Au- gust 13. 1804. and here he died Novem- ber 16. 1867. He will be remembered by most as one of the musicians of the vil- lage. He had a very pleasant tenor voice and led sometimes the choir and sometimes the old folks concert, then a nmeltv. He was also a freciueiu de- liater in the town meeting. Thomas Cozeles was son of Zenas Cowles. long years a merchant in the stcn-e on the corner of Main Street and road to the railroad depot. He was a graduate of Yale College and added the practice of law to farming. Cowles was a man of fine personal appearance, a ready debater and a fluent speaker. He served in both branches of the General .Assembly and was popular with his con- stituents. .At one time he went into business in the State of Ohio, but in a few years returned to his native town, where his later days were passed. His son, Capt. William Sheffield Cowles of the navy, now owns and occupies the Old Gate homestead on the corner. The old store building is doing duty as a laundry for the ladies' .seminary. Thomas Cowles died October 22. i8«S4. aged 75 years. Elizabeth Sheffield, his wife, died on the 20th two days before. So in death they were not divided. One funeral for both. Royal .tndre^es was the fifer for the Putnam Phalanx for between forty and fifty years. He was born Novt;niber 2, 1807. 82 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. i>i; \( ii\ si\ii:ii\ II MCI' I'.ciil'iKT i u\\ i,i:s UK. Iv w r \i:iii\(.roN. 1:1.1.1 Ml i,i;\\ IS, s.\.\iri.:i, s ((iWMis. lii;\. T. K. KK.SSKNDKN. i:i!.\sris scd'i'i'. IK \,>f the olden time and a very capa- ble militar_\- officer. His death occurred January 7, i860, aged 80 years. Augiislits ll'iirJ was bnrn December 4, i8ti. and died .\pril (>, i8S.l, son of Comfort and Plumea Ward. He was a merchant in New Britain in its earlier days. Marrying a daughter of Mr. Seth Cowles in 1840, he removed to this vil- lage and built a new house on the site of the old Cowles mansion. He was a farmer, but had much to do with the Farmington Savings Bank after its or- ganization in 1851, being one of its most able and efiicient directors. Dcacnii ntlicard Lmas Ilarl. nephew of Deacon Simeon, was born in East Haven, December 31, 1813, and died in this town May 15, 1876. He graduated at Yale College in 1836, and after teach- ing in New Haven and Berlin became associate principal in his uncle's school in this village. He was a successful and inspiring teacher, much beloved by all who were favored by his friendship. He was for many years a clireclor in the Farmington Savings ISank. Winthrof Wadsi^'ortli was born in 1812 and was for twenty-seven years first selectman of the Town of Farm- ington. This is the longest term which has ever been served by any man in the State of Connecticut. He also repre- sented Farmington for six years in the legislature. He died in iSgi. Dr. Chaunccy Brown was horn in Canterbury, Conn. He went to Brown University for one year and then to Union College, whence he was gradu- ated with honor. He was a student of Greek, reading the Greek Testament with great pleasure during the remain- der of his life. From the medical school of Bowdoin he returned to Canterbury. In the last year and a half of the Civil War he was physician and surgeon in one of the hospitals of Washington. He came to Farmington about 1835 and in 1837 married Julia M. Strong. He was a strenuous believer in abstinence from alcoholic drink and also in anti-slavery when both beliefs were unpopular. He died in 1878. Leonard JVinshil^. a cabinetmaker in Farmington for forty-four years, was born in Hartford in 1793 and died in 1872. All the mahogany work of the Congregational Church was done by him. While he was working there a iiian from Macon, Ga., so much admired the railing and pulpit work that he or- dered a similar set for a churrh in Ma- con. This order was filled and the work done by Timothy Porter of Farmington. There are many houses in town pos- sessing pieces of furniture made by Mr Winship of which they are justly proud. The mahogany doors in the A. D. Vorce house were made by him. Hon. John Hooker was born .\i>ril 19, 1816. His early life was spent in Farmington. While residing in his na- tive town he was ever forward in all en- terprises calculated to promote the wel- fare of society, and the best interest of his fellow men. He died February, 1901. Samuel Deiniiig in his time was one of the staunch citizens of this favored town. His occupation was farming as he had a large landed estate. The building now a postoffice was built b\ him, and for a period of time he en- gaged in trade with H. L. Bidwell. the firm being Bidwell & Deniing. The building was afterward occupied as a tenement. Mr. Deming was an officer on the staff of Gen. George Cowles (a brother-in-law). He look a livelv in- terest in the affairs of the Mendi Afri- cans, whose school room was the up- per portion of his store building. Mr. Deming served at times as magistrate and was a fearless defender of what he considered right. His age at the time of his death was 7.^ years, which oc- curred the 28th of April, 1871. Justin F. Williams was born in East Hartford in 1805. Coming to Farming- ton as a young man he engaged as clerk in the drug store of Gen, George Cowdcs and was afterward a partner, the firm being Cowles & Williams. When the stone store was completed Williams & Mygatt (Henry Mygatt) occupied it as a general store, stocked with dry goods, groceries and various "oods sold in country stoses. In after years Mr. Williams started a stone and lumber yard in Plainville. The raging canal was then in operation and canal l)oats James Hillhousc, No. I, and Henry Farnam carried passengers, wood and produce to New Haven, load- ing with groceries and pine lumber on return trip^. The stone and lumber \ard was on the margin of the canal b.isin where, near by, was the Timothy Steele Tavern. Mr. Wiliams was lead- er of the church choir in Farmington for many years. In T814 he was very efficient in caring for the Mendi Afri- cans. The business at the stone store was transferred to Cowles & Rowc in 1836. Mr. Williams having organized a compan\ (Williams, Camp & Abbe) and oi)ened a wholesale store for the sale of dry goods in New York city, so several of our former residents left the (|uiet country place for the activities and bustle of the city. Mr. Williams was in infirm health for a considerable period and died December 18, 1885, at the age of 80 years. John ,S'. Rice was born .-\pril S, 1816, and died May 10, 1885. He had been judge of i)rol)ate in New Haven and was in the State Legislature before com- ing to Farmington. None of us can forget Judge Rice, with his long white hair and beard. Walking among the shadows of the large trees neaf his house, with cloak and cane, one was reminded of tb.e stories of an elderly baron on his estates. I once had some papers drawn up by the Judge about a transfer of property. When I wished to |)ay, he replied in his large manner, "t am not practicing law now. but I am .always happy to be of any assistance 1,1 m\ Farmington friends." He was always active in affairs of the town. Hon. Clianncey Kowc. the subject of this sketch, was born in l''armington. March 17. 1815. Concerning his boy- hood days there is little known, but that he attended the common school of the town and later the "Academy" or Simeon Hart's School must be surmised, as all who knew him are willing to ac- cord him a high place in erudition as 84 FARMINGTOX. CONNECTICUT. 7 ^■ Vv ell \ui.i;s I., u iniM \\. I'lMdlin (ii\\I.KS, ■riHlM \s 1 iiw LI'.-j, ■iiiiiN i: idwiKs. \;i'\ \i, \Mii:i:\\s « 11,1.1 \M c \v •l.'AMIS W , rdUI.KS. .i\Mi;s w ((i\M,i;s. .1 \Mi:s ( iiw i.Ks. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 85 evidenced both in his conversations and writings. At the age of twenty-one, in the year of 1836, he engaged in business in the "Old Stone Store," formerly standing on the site now occupied by the present Congregational parsonage, uitli Chaun- cey Deniing Cowles. who subsequently entered the ministry of the Congrega- tional Church. His place was taken by the father of the young divine, the new lirni being composed of Mr. Rowe and Major Timothx' Cowles. This partner- ship continued fiir twenty years and was a particularly pleasant and prosperous business venture. No better evidence of the popularity and esteem of the young merchant by his fellow townsmen is afiforded than the fact that at the age of thirty-two he was chosen to represent his native town in 1847. considered a mark of rare dis- tinction in those days, when so many prominetit families had candidates for this position which had been honored fjy some of the most illustrious names in the history of the State. Speaker Foster of this session was in the United States Senate during the Civil War, and the President of that body during the impeachment trial of President An- drew Johnson. Chas. Chapman was a member from Hartford and William W. Platon was in tlie House from Tol- land. Mr. Rowe was re-elected in 18+S and again five years afterward in the session of 1853. He further served in the House of i860 and 1879. He was elected to the Senate in 1854 ,and was Chairman of the Committee on Educa- tion. It can be said of Mr. Rowe that he filled all the positions of legislative trust and responsil)ility in a faithful, painstaking and judicious maimer, win- ning the friendship, confidence and es- teem of his associates, reflecting credit upon himself and honor to the town he so many times represented. Half a centur\ or more ago Mr. Rowe was identified with that famous military organization known as the Farmington Grenadiers, holding a posi- tion as an officer high in command. Its principal duty was to meet on the "Green" on "training day" and there carefully e.xecute the simple manual that had been drilled into t'ne company since its organization, which dated some time before or during the Revolution, and then to march in their inimitable man- ner through the main street of the town to the music of fife and drum, which w-as played in true old Colonial style, and above which, it has been stated, the officers' commands could not be heard. Finally tlie (irenadiers disbanded when the nunilier inarching was less than the number of officers in command. The rest of the day was given over to sports of various kinds, and eating gin- gerbread and "training day cakes," which were freely offered by numerous venders. Mr. Rowe was a member of tlie llarrison Veterans, being one of the oldest representatives of that body, and he took great pride in recalling in- cidents of that famous "wide awake" campaign. lie voted in sixteen Presi- dential elections, his last vote having been cast for President McKinley. The Rev. Xoah Porter married Chauncey Rowe and Susan Dickenson Oct. gth, 1 839. Mr. Rowe was ' ery domestic in his habits and the familv ties and affection were more strongly marked and developed in his character than in tiiat of most men. Two sons, Charles H. and George, were his only children, (jeorge dying at the age of 18 years. Charles, who graduated from Vale College in 1862 and the medical department in 1864, was appointed as- sistant surgeon of the Eighteenth Con- necticut, of which e.K-Governor P. C. Lounsbury was a member ; later he was appointed surgeon of the Seventeenth United States Infantry and was trans- ferred to Texas, where he fell a victim to the yellow fever scourge in Galves- ton, in September, 1867. at the age of 26 1-2 years. This was so great a blow to the affectionate father that he ever afterward bore the marks of a deep grief, and would be moved to tears in recalling the memorv of his soldier son. The loss of his wife a few years later, added to loss of business, tilled his cup of grief and sorrow to overflowing. His mental balance for a time was threat- ened, but the later years of his life saw his mind and cheerfulness greatly re- stored, and he was regarded by all his townsmen with a deep and sincere affec- tion, llis mind was clear and his steps were active until a week or two before his death, which occurred on Dec. 1st, 1901, at the ripe age of 86 years. Mr. Rowe had many of the strong traits of character that stamp the New Englander ,is a man of success. Early thrown upon his own resources he ac- quired a good education for the time, and reacliing his majority formed a partnership and actively undertook the management of a store, and identified himself with the interests of the town. This interest in the town he never re- laxed until the day of his death, alwa\ s ready in town meeting in" public place to advocate and uphold whatever he be- lieved to be for its best advantage. Dur- ing the Civil W'.ir he was intensely loyal and patriotic in upliolding the strong arm of the Union, and aiding to the best of his abilities the officers of the govcrmiieiu in the discharge of their duties; and afterward he actively inter- ested himself in securing funds and erecting in tlie new cemetery a monu- ment that bears on its sides the names of the battles and the roll of honor of our "soldier dead.' It was an occasion for him, on each recurring anniversary of decoration day, to share his grief with others in making a public address, filled with the great sorrow through which the nation had passed. The last years of his life were spent in pleasant walks about the town, mak- ing visits on neighbors and in social intercourse with all, who have only the kindest remembrances of their friend and neighbor. — J. R. Il'iulsz^'orth in Ftinnington. Mtii^aciiic, .Ipril, iSgj. Ccorgc W'oinlniff. the youngest son .of Major Ozem and Martha Scott Woodruff, was born Jan. 2:>„ 1819. He resided all of his life on the farm where his ancestors had lived as far back as the family can be traced. To the sturdy uprightness of character inherited from Puritan ancestors he added a kindliness of spirit that made him beloved by all who knew him. His staunch loyalty to the church of which he was a member and wlrese services he attended with great regularity duriny hi-, long life, his pleasant smile and kindly word of greeting to those he met will be long remembered by his friends. lie died in 1897. Rci'. Saiinirl llnokcr. tiie second pas- tor of the Church of Christ in Farming- ton, was installed in July, 1661, as the successor of his brother-in-law. Rev. Roger Newton, who in September, 1657, had been dismissed with the intention of returning to England. Of the early life of Mr. Hooker an account can be found in Sibley's Ihirvard Graduates as full and accurate as the iiiduslry of the learned librarian of Harvard Uni- versity could obtain ; how he stud!"il at that ancient seat of learning, paying his quarter bills in wheat, silver, pork, but- ter, rose-water, etc., as was the custom of the day; how in November 27, 1654, he was chosen a fellow of the college ; how the people of Springfield chose him for their pastor February 7. 1659, which honor he declined ; how the year after his settlement here he was ap- pointed by the General Couit of Con- necticut one of a committee of four per- sons "to go down to New Haven to 86 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 5^^ r% ^ «^| .^^ iSw^ iWf w^ ^ .♦ Mwa'STrs u \ni). H[ I II \liN(.KV UUOWN. SAMI'Kl. DKMIXf;. KDUAlil) L, IIAUT, L.EONAUI) WINSIIIP. AUSTIN F. Will. I VMS. W INIIimil' WADSWllIITll. JOHN IIOOKEI!, JOHN S. RICE. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 87 treat with the sentlemen and (ithcrs of our loviiiK friends there . . . re- specting an amicable union of tlie two colonies"; and how the colony in 1667 granted him 250 acres of land. Pres- ident Porter in his address of 1840 says : "He was, according to the testimony of Rev. Mr. Pitkin, 'an excellent preacher, his composition good, his address pa- thetic, warm and engaging,' and as story relates, he informed a friend of his that he had three things to do with his ser- miins before he delivered them in public, 'Id write them, commit them unto his nKiiKirv, and get them into his heart.' l-'roni this notice, and the well-known fact, that his father was famed through- out New England for the force and lire 111" his pulpit eloquence, we have rea- son to believe that he was a warm hearted and eloquent preacher. His death was deplored as 'a great breach upon his people,' and his memory was eml)almed in the afifections of liis dock." Cotton Matlier, in his famous Magna- lia, says "thus we have to this day ani(.)ng us, our dead Hooker yet living in his worthy son, Mr. Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister, at I'armington, in the Colony i>f Cunnec- ticut." The list of the publislicd writings of Mr. Hooker is a brief one. Some of his letters to Rev. Increase Mather and to Rev. James Fitch, from 1676 to iti us liy an address to the "Christian Reader," declaring "in what awful and tremendous manner tin- Lord's anger hath of late in special made to appear against his wilderness jieople, . . . the inhabitants of many villages made to cease even in Israel and some candlesticks removed out of their place," alluding, I suppose, to the death of Gov. Winthrop. Oi the long discourse which follows we have room for only a brief specimen, the "Doc- trinal Conclusion": "When a sinful peo- ple have been chastened, and are still threatened but not destroyed, it is time for them to seek Jehovah till he comes .ind rains righteousness upon them; that is, till he, by the efficacy of- his al- mighty spirit, makes them a believing, sanctilied people." To which he adds : "If God rain not righteousness on you, it may be expected that he will r:iin something else. Seek this geiuk- rain ihal llu- si(irni nf his wratli fall not on you." In .May, 1693, Mr. Honker preached another Election Sermon which the General Court ordered printed "for the .people's good." They twice re- peated the order at subsequent sessions, but no copies of it 'nave come down to us. We hear of him not unfrequently on committees and at meetings of his broiluT ministers for matters of pulilic interest. In the witchcraft case of Ann Cole he was c:illed in as a consulting divine, just as our material age in such matters would call in a consulting phy- sician. He does not appear, however, to have been in any way responsible for the tragic ending of the case. To this writing of sermons and at- tention lo public affairs was added t'ne labor of presiding at endless church meetings, and the recording of the in- terminable discussions of things ncpw left to other hands. Petty linancial in:il- ters were tediously disposed of. 1 lu- Iriwn built meeting-houses and paiil llu- minisUr. but small charges fell to llu- iluirch, ,\ peck of wheat from each member paid the expense of the com- munion table, which might be commuted into sixpence in coin or threepence for "brelhren whose wives come not to llu- Supper." Much time was wasted on that obstinate, crochety, good man. Simon Wrothum, who made more trouble than forty out and out wicked nun. John Woodruff, borrowing witli- out formal leave some small matters, is accused of stealing, and retorts with a charge of lying, and the church votes that John did not "err or speak fjilse in this." Meeting after meeting sat n|ion the m.itter until both parties made (\\w ajiology. An era of good feelin.n suddenly set in, and other parties signed ,1 confession concerning other matters lo be read the next Sunday; but, alas! huiiKin nalure is weak, and before Sun- day came ihey privately requested Mr. Hooker not to read it. Page after page of Mr. Hooker's record is taken up with ithc case of "Goody Rcw," who h.iving committed a certain ofifence, is sununoned before the church, not so much because of her offence, as be- e:uise, not clothing herself in appropriate sackcloth and ashes, she had l)r:i\ ed the matter out in gorgeous apparel of- fensive lo I'nritan taste. Inc|uisitive neighbors hose testimony that they hail seen two tailors in her house working on a stuff samar. Sewing societies and lesser tribunals for the discussion of social matters had not arisen. Every village quarrel was referred to the church meeting, and a lengthy code for their decent hearing and settlement was spread on the record. The propriety of the minister taking the guilty brother before a town meeting and compelling a confession was considered, together with the course to be pursued should the the town decline to grant a hearing. Such were the labors required of the pastor of the olden time, for which the wisdom of Solomon would have been none too great. By the prudence of .Mr. I looker, and to the honor of our \vorlli\ :iiu-estors, the record is not stained with certain numerous cases found on the records of the early clnirclies, fostered by the publicity given Ihem. On llie 22d of September, 165H, three yi'.irs before his settlement here, he was married to Mary, eldest daughter of Capt. Thom:is Willett, a man of note in the e;irly history of Massachusetts, and who w.is afterward the first mayor of .\i-w York city. .-V very interesting char.-icler this Capt. Thomas Willett, of whom we have S])ace only to (|uote from his epitaph; "Here lies grand Willett, wdiose good nanu- Hid numnl upon llie wings of Fame; .\'ow he's hence gone lo his long home, -And t.ikeii from ihe ill to come: l.iM-il lure desired, lamented died. Is wilii his Saviour glorihed." I If his wife. Mistress Mary Willett, the same poet informs us: "W-A. \'enus, Pallas. Diana, and t'lie Graces Compared with her should all h.ive lost I heir places." The clmrch over which Mr. Hooker w.as installed in lOOi was formed nine ye.ars before, in 1(152, bv his brother-in- law, Rev, Roger Newton, and six oth(;r pious nun, known as the "Seven Pil- lars" of the church. On the first of .M.arch, iO,So, llu- church record shows a nu-mliersliip of ilfty-sevi'ii. Some of lluse, no doulil, were attracted hither by our bro.id, fertile meadows, but nian\ had lu'i-n numbers of the church of the Rev. TIioiiKis ll.>.iker in Hartford. .\f- tcr liis dealli. when differences arose, some of llu- clinrch had gone with El- der William (loodwin to Hadley. and at length had followed him to this town lo sit under the ministry of the son of Iheir beloved p.istor. Here died bolder Goodwin; and here, after a pastorate of ihirty-six years, died the Rev. Sam- uel Hooker, as the record reads, "on the sixth day of November about one of the clock in the morning, A. D. 1697," at the age of about sixty-four years, and w.is buried in the ancient burial ground. 88 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. .t^:::^^ ■nii: uii II \i;ii i; \\ I'I.m i: Ki:siiii;\i'i'; hk men ( iiksnkv. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. &9 probably at the spot where the venera- tion and affectinn of liis descendants dedicated a monunuiu to his memory. June 19th. 1895. His house stood on the east side of the main street, a little north of the point at which the road to tlie railroad station branches ofl tn llie riyht. Tlioiiias Bull one of the early settlers of Farniington was horn in Hartford about the year 1(147. lie was a son of Captain rimmas Ibdl famous in Colonial hismry ,is the connnander of the Connecticut troops at Saybrook when Sir Edmund Andross attempted tn read his commission as royal gover- nor ; lie, on learning that the Captain's name was Bull, said: "It is a pity that your horns are not tipped with silver." Thomas the younger was one of the ear!}- deacons of the church and lived on the east side of the road which diverges from Farmington main street a little south of the church and which was in his time known as "the little back-lane." He was a farmer, black- smith, gunsmith and shoer of horses. His account book gives a list of all sorts of work in iron done by him, from hardware for the meeting house and the littings of the village stocks, to work for his townsmen on carts, plows, axes and all the primitive ap])liances of early agriculture. He had his full share in the dignities and honors of public life, and was by turns constable, collector, town clerk, selectman, assessor and school committee. Twice he represented the town in the (ieneral Assembly. His marriage with Esther, the daugh- ter of the first John Cowles, is inter- esting as illustrating the matrimonial customs of the day. The court record is as follows : "Benjamin Waite iiaving publickly protested against Thomas Bull Junr. and Hester Cowles alias Cole their pro- ceedings in reference to marriage and manifested his desire that authority would not marry or any way contract in order to marry them the said Thom- as and Hester. The Court desires the said Wayte that he wnuhl manifest his reasons to them and prochice his proofs of any right or claini that he hath to the said Hester Cole, hut he refusetl to attend any such thing at this time. The Court did therefore declare to the said Benjamin Waite that they did not judge it reasonable to restrain Thomas Bull and Hester Cide from marriage till Sept. next and therefore if the said Waite does not make good his claim and prosecute to effect Ijetween this and the 7th of April next they will not longer deny them the said Thomas and Hester marriage." Benjamin and Hester had hotli been residents of Hatfield where her father spent the last years of his life, but the preferences of the young had little weight with the stern parent or the solemn magistrate. Esther was duly married to Thomas April 17th. 1669, and Benjamin consoled himself with Martha Leonard in June, 1670. We can only guess at the thoughts of I'^sther as tidings came from time to time to tile quiet home of the village blacksmith 1)1 the hrillianl military exploits of her former luver, rescuing his H.-itl'ield friends and relatives from their In- dian captors in Canada after the mas- sacre of 1677, 'I'ld finally sacrificing his life in the \ aiii attempt to save Deer lield from destruction in the terrible days of 1704. Esther died in 1(191 at the comparatively early age of 42, and Deacon Bull soon after married Mary, widow of Captain William Lewis an 1 eldest daughter of Ezekiel Cheever th:.- famous sc'nool-master of New England. He died in 1707 or 1 708, leaving Iie- hind him a numerous family of young Bulls to continue the family name and honors. .Iii/liiiiiy Iliiwkiiis of whom the writ- er is ,1 lineal descendant, recorded his house lot in l''armington in May, 1661. It cont.iiiied Iwci acres, situated on Poke Brook on the south side of the road to Hartford, and was therefore nearly opposite the site of the future residence of Cio\. Treadwell. He was one of the nineteen "truly and well beloved peti- tioners" to whom his majesty Charles II. granted the charter of Connecticut. His life was spent for the most part in the public service. From 1645 to 1649 he was fre(|uentl,\- on the jury at Hart- ford. I'Vom 1657 to 1665 a Deauty to the General Court, and from 1666 to 1673, an Assistant, offices corresponding to our representative and senator. He was early a resident of Windsor, but must have settled in h'armington be- fore May 17, 16(10, when he was appoint- ed a grand juror for this town. He was also a commissioner for Farming- ton, a convenient office established to relieve the burden of the County Court, having power to determine any action to the value of forty shillings, and to do any miscellaneous business coni- milted to it by a higher tribunal. To the coniinissioner in particular was al- lottid ihe pmiishineiit of hulians found walking up and down and buying licpior "after the day light shutting in." .\ matter of twenty shillings and a severe whipping of six stripes at least. He was particularly ein|iowered to distribute the nione\ to In- paid Nearly by the Indians wlio bail lu'en guilty of firing houses, but as they never paid any, his labors must have been light. .'\s a reward for all these numerous public services he was granted by the Colony four hun- dred acres of land. He died "I'Vbruary the last 1673 .... stricken in years," leaving his "body to a comely burial in the common burial place in Farmington." He left three children by his first wife and three by his w-idow Ann, daughter of Gov. Thomas Welles. Dr. Stiles in his history of Windsor, marries him to Isabel Brown during the lifetime of his second wife Ann, to the great botheration of genealogists. .\ll such laborious people can find of record that Anthony Hoskins, now Howd 92 FARMTNGTON, CONNFXTICUT, \:-:?<:UA^:'^'y-.-^^^- ^n l:i.si|ii.\( I. cji 111 \ui,i,s .N. IJA, 1 , < M\\ I sis i? I 111, ll>» S II U.J. \ .11 I. IKK Mi \ THE VILLAGE OE BEAUTIEUL HOME.S. 93 MAIN Slltl:i;T. LdOKIM: NdKlll. THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE. r '^-"li ■ POST OFFICE AM) F. L. SCOTT'S STOlilv M\i\ >ii;m I. LOOKINO SOUTH. 94 FARMIN'GTOX, CONNECTICUT, i,'i:siiii:\i !■: oi' ( ii \ki,i:s w . i.'Mr. iMTTflTmrmTTTTiTr- :7. . -v^ UKSIDKMI'; OK lilllN II II MJ'r. IIKSIIIKNIK A\ 111 li. II a\vm;y. .-^r=^ HICSIIlKNI'K l)V ll|-.\l:^ |j\\ I s :a li 1" J^:!ft«K».s»^i».;i^ — •*"^!_«L.-^- • •''■"■^ - ■■ HKSIIIKNCE OP MI!S. A. D. \(llll'K l'lllll'i:i; I \ ol II w liM.T.oi i; ki:siiii;n( i: i,|- i i;i:ii ii iinT( iikiss ami c ii\ki.i;s i;, iiuti iiki THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 97 * lEarlu Ju&uatrt^a nf Jarmiuijtuu/ « ^^■r HE first settlers of this village I 1 came from Hartford probably ^^ along the same path and tlirough the same notch in the mountain we still use. Finding further progress westward interrupted by the river, they turned southward and built their first houses where runs the Main street of to-day. To each settler was allotted a strip of land about two hundred feet wide, bounded on the east by the mountain and on the west b>- the river. When their numliers in- creased, and their flocks and herds re- quired ampler acconmiodation. they made use of the meadows and forest to the westward, enclosing them with a strong- fence and a deep ditch, remains of the latter of which may still be traced from Avon southward through the Pine Woods nearly to Plainville. This fence kept their flocks from losing themselves in the forest, and was thought a suf- ficient bar against wolves, which do not easily climb an obstruction. Here in much peace and contentment they lived the laborious lives of earl_\' settlers. Let us see what can be learned of their industries and daily life for the first si-xty years of their residence. Dur- this period forty-five, out of a much larger number who died, left estates minutel\ inventoried by the courts of the day. These inventories, showing all a luan's possessions, from his farm down to his smallest article of clothing, give u^ about all the information of his daily life and habits we possess. They were all farmers, every one of them. The minister was the biggest farmer of them all. To him was allotted a double portion of land. The Rev. Roger Newton removed early and died elsewdiere, but his successor, the Rev. .Samuel Hooker, dying here in 1697, left a fariu valued at £440, many horses, cattle, and sheep in his pastures, much wheat, rye, corn, and barley in his gran- ary, and already sowed for the next year's crop, with abundant husbandry tools for the iirosecution of this in- ilustry. With two sermons, not of the shortest, to write every week, and an- other for lecture day, with an occasional election sermon, and much public work in the colony, he must have been a la- borious man. His estate, with the ex- ception of that of Mr. John Wadsworth, was the largest inventoried before 1700, 'I'he work of the farm was done largely by oxen. Almost every farmer owned a yoke, but none luore than two, so far as can be learned. Horses were al):)Ut twice as numerous as o.xen, and were also used in the cultivation of land, as the inventory of their tackling proves. Every man had a cow or two but no large herds. John Hart, burned in his liouse in 1666, left six, as also did Xathaniel Kellogg, dying in 1O57, biU one and two were the common number. Sheep were held a necessity on every farm to furnish warm clothing in the long New England winter. John Or- ton, dying in 1695, left a flock of twen- ty-two, but the average number was ten. Swine were numerous. John Cowles' estate had thirty-eight. The a\'erage for a farmer was fifteen. A few hives of bees usually closed the list. Farming implements were much as we knew them fifty years ago, before the day of horse rakes am! mowing ma- chines, only a ruder construction. They had fans but no fanning mills, trusting to the winds of heaven to winnow the grain from the chaff as in bililical times. Their carts and plows were home-made and so rudely built that the appraiser frequently estimated the value of the iron parts only. Josselvn in his "Two Voyages to New England," printed in 1673, advises the planter to buy his cart-wheels in F.ngland for fourteen shillings rather than trust to colonial workmanship. Certain tools were th.-n common which some of us reiueiubcr to have seen in our boyhood, long unused. There was the heavy and cumbersoiue brake for breaking flax, the wooden swingling knife for continuing the pro- cess, and the hetchel. Wood cards were also connnoii .\ftrr flax wheat w.as the most important crop, and rye was raised when the exhausted land would no long- er be.ir wheat. Misleu. or a mixlmc of wheat and rve. was often si>wrcl in the hoiH' t'lial one i>r tile ollur :-;r.iin might thrive. I'..ir1e\ was raised \nv thi manufacture of m.all, and we lind even oats used for this purpose. It look tin Englislini;iii several generations in Irani that he could live without beer. Wood in his "New England's Prospect," ])rinted in 1634, -gives his English view of the matter. "Every family," he says, "havin.g a spring of sweet waters be- twixt them, which is far different from the waters of England, being not so sharp, but of a fatter substance, and of a more jetty color; it is thought there can be no better water in the world, yet dare I not prefer it before good beer as some have done." After the multi- plication of apple orchards, cider large- l\- took the place of beer. John Hart had a cider press in 1666 and Capt. Wil- li.ini Lewis in i6go had not only a cider mill but a malt mill, a still, and a supply .if malt and hops. John Bronson in 1(180 had ten barrels of cider in his cel- lar valued at four pounds. Potatoes are not named. Probably none of the set- tlers had ever seen one. Peas and beans were common, but by far the largest crop was Indian corn. Corn wa.i the first eatable thing which the starving Pilgrims could find after they left Ply- mouth Rock. The friendly Tisquantum showed them how to raise it. ".\lso he told them except they get fish and set with it ( ill these old grounds") it would come to nothing, and he showed ibeiii that in the middle of April they should have store enough come up the brook by which they began to build." So sa\s Co\'. Bradford in his history. Other Indian advice was to place in each hill a shad, a few kernels of corn, and a few beans. The shad was for manure, and the cornstalks formed in yonil time sufticient poles for the bean \iiies to climb. The savage meanwhile retiring to the sunny side of his wdg- uaiii trusted the rest to all bountiful ii.it ure. with a little assistance from his sipiaw. Other things the settlers soon learned Of the blackbirds which soon imlled up their corn, Roger Williams writing in i64,-5 says, "Of this sort there lie milliiiiis, which be great dcvourers of the Indian corn, as soon as it ap- Iiears above the ground. .Against these birrls the Indians are very careful both to sit their corn deep enough, th.it it may have a strong root, not so apt to be iilucked up (\et not too deep, lest thev bury it. and it never come up) ; as also they put up little watch houses in the middle of their fields, in which tiiey or their biggest children lodge, and. 98 FARIMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, iii'i:i;'iv (IF .IKSSK M(Mii:i: i;i:sii)i;n('K of I'HOI'KIJ'I'V OF MUS. O. \. I, VON H ICSI l)i:\( hi OF' .1, ( '. I'.l SUM. I, I, I III, \\>..\ I'olM IK ri.M Iv THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 99 I'M III \i:i .. w II SHOI- ()|- 11 (I Ull.( ()\. i:i >iim:\. I I i:::- v,-l;i. >l. liKSIIlKXcl.: OF Mils. MVin ( AUItOIJ. \\|] \||;s. SI I l,|,|]|i\- itlf'K. tore. 100 FARMIXGTOX, CONNECTICUT, rally ill tlir niiiniiiii;. ihtmhI tlu- liiriK Iriiiu iU'M)iiring the ccini." As Idr llir criuv. !n' s.'iys. "Tlicso liirds. alilnnii^li iIk'v iIii llu- corn sdiiK- luirt, \ct scarrr will our iiati\e anionnst an liiimlreil kill llu-ni, liccausr they have a trailitinn. thai the crinv brought tlu-m at lirst an In- dian grain of corn in oiu' rar, ami an Indian or hrench bran in aiiotlur, from the groat (iod Cawlanto\v\vit'> liidd in the southwest, from wlienee thev hold came all their corn and beans," In l(i[|_| the town (iffered a reward of two peuee for erows and one shilling the dozen for blackbirds. In llartford. in 1707, it was held the dnl> of e\er\ good citi- zen to kill oiie dozen bl.ickbirds each \'ear, nr pay a line of one shillin.g If he killed more than .a dozen hi- was ell- titled to one |iemi\ lor e.ieli hiial I'rom that time to this iiiaii\ homilies have been paid and much powder burmd. hiU the crow is still Willi us. and his morn in.g voice is still heard as he wings his daily Might from the mountain to the meadow. The most troublesome aiii- m.als the farmer bad lo contend with, were the wohes which, ro.niiiiig h\ night ill packs ol ten or a dozen, with ilre.irlfiid cries, (Kwoiireil sheep. caKes. .and llu' smaller .iiiimals. brum a sir.n le.if of the town .iccounts we le.irii tli.it ill 171S EbeiKver l!.iriies. Stepluii ll.iit. Samuel Scott, ami .\l.itlliew W'oodriilT were e.ieli paid sis shillings and eight pi'iice for killing woKcs, I lie\ were inosth' killed in pits uitti wlmli tlie\ were enticed by bail pl.ic id over the concealed luoiith of ihe pit I lie\ were I r climbers, ami once 111 the |iit their fate w.is sure. Mil- roail iiiiming frinii the ei.ghth milestone sonthw.inl from trie ll.arlfonl n ..ad li.as. since 1747. and I know ni>t hiiw much |ollM^,l-, |,i-en known as the Wolf I'it ro.id. .and cert, 1111 de ]U'essinns in the ground iisid to be diowii lo erednloiis boys .is the aiicinil wolf pits, .\nolber \a-r\ coimnon inelli od of destroying these .imin.ils jossel\ii tells us in bis '"New I'liglanil's Rarities" of I()7_', "The wolf." he s,a> s. "is very numerous, and go in companies, some times ten. twenty, or fewer, and so cuii ning. that seldom an\ are killed with guns or traps; but ol late llie\ lia\e iiuented a way to ilestro\ tlieiii b\ bind iiig four mackerel books .across with a brown Ihre.ad. .and then, w r.ipping some wo.il .iboni lluaii. tluw dip tlieni in iiu It ed t.illow till it be .as round .iiid lug as an egg; these (when am beast has been killed by tiie widvcsi tlie\ scatter b\ the dead carcass after llie\ lia\e bealeii oil the wi>l\es; about miilnigbl the wohes are sure to relurii .ig.iin to the |il.ace where tlicw left the sl.ingbtered bc-.asl. ami the lirsi ibiiig lliey \enliire upon will be these- ii;dls of fat " Hears were fre- (|llently met with, bin lhe\ ni.ide tile f.ariuers very little trouble, ami were es teemed a g(>od-natiirewl than \our lion living," Wood, in his "Xew I'iiigland's I'rospent." s.i\ s. "concerning lions. 1 will not say that I ever saw any my- self, hut some athrni lli.it thee ha\e seen a liiiii at Cape ,\iiiie some likewise. being lost in tlu' wooils, lia\e heard such terrible taiar- iiigs. .Is ha\e iii;ide them much agh.isl ; which niiist be de\ils or lions there biing no other creatures which Use to roar s.i\inK luars. which li.ue not such a lerrible kind of roar- ing" Sundry localities were named after the beast, .\ l.ii.n's Hollow- west- w.ird of Ihe road to I'laiiuille. and a Lion's Hole e.istw.ird id the road to Kensington were frequently nieutioned in old deeds. .\ Lion's Hole near Dead Sw.inip is luentioneil in 1(186, and one. li.irdK tile same, in 1705 on the Great I'l.iin, Ihe .inimal was without ninch doubt a citamount. If \ ou li.ive ever ^eeii the bronze ligiire of this beast standing on its gr.inite pedestal in front of the sill- of the old Calamoiml T.-nerii in I'.enningtoii. X'ermont. "grimiing towards New ^ ork. " Mai will not won- der ,-it its unpleasanl reputation, I'"arl\ in the histor\ of this village, .-IS in all new settlements, it beeanic iu'cess.-ir> for some of the farmers to engage in other industries essential to civilized life. The goodman could prepare wool and llav U>v the wheel of Ihe goodwife. lint not e\er\ one possessed a loom, or knew how lo use it Joseph r.ird .iiid iiissons. Joseph. S.imnel. .iiid I homas. In iiig on I'.ird I lill. on I lie II irtford 10. 111. were .ill we.ners he lore 1700 Simon Wiotlmm. a in.iii conspicuous fiM' bis want of suiip.ithv with the religious \iews of his towns- iiun. W.IS also .1 weaxi-r. Ser.gi';iiit Slepbeii ll.irl. son of Deacon .Steplu-u, li:id "looms, sle.\s. reeds, and oilier weaving tools." v;dued ;il £.s-Js. Ser- .geanl John Ckirk, wiio died in the Canada I'.xiieditiou of 170c) h.id a cover- let of John Root's w-ea\ing. valued at 18 shillings. The latter was known as "John Root, weaver," as early as itxjg. Samuel Xorth. dying in i68j, left "A loom and tools belonging to it," valued at three pounds. Here, surely, were weavers enough to supply all rea- sonable requirements of the little vil- lage. Probably the goodwife of the settler fashioned the products of these iii.iny looms into substantial clot'ning, hut, as early as 1697. Deacon Thomas Porter, son of the first Thomas, came to be known as "Thomas Porter, tailor." His house stood near the site of that of Judge E, IT, Iteming, and here the young men who desired something more stylish than home-made garments doubtless repaired. We re- gret our inabihty to describe the fash- ions of his shop. An inventory of the w.irdrobe cd' a respectable farmer of the d.-i\ niusi suffice. Sergeant John Clark had four coats, one of kersey, one of serge, a cape-coat, lined, and an old coat. Of w-aistcoats he had a bine ;ind a serge. His breeches were se\er.dl\ of drugget, serge, and leather. He b.id a hat of castor beaver, two fringed muslin neckcloths, two pairs of gloves, and two speckled shirts, b'urther it is unnecessary to go, b'ive men, besides the minister, wore broad- cloth. — John Judd. son of William; .S.iinucl Cowles. who. besides two liroad- cloth co.its. valued at si.x p\ (iov. Treadwell years afterward had already set in. Samuel Langdon. son of Deacon Langdon. removing to Xorthampton and carrying thither the luxurious h.cbits of his native village, was with divers persons "presented by the gr.nid jiirv to the court at Xortii- ampton, March .'(x 167(1, for wearing of silk, and that in a flaunting manner, and others for long hair and other extrava- gances contrary to honest and sober order and demeanor, not becoming a wilderness state, at least the professiiui of Cliristi;inily and religion," Mr. L,-ing- don made his peace with the court by p.iviiig the clerk's fee. J shillings and iience, .Samuel Woodrul'f. son of Matthew- llie imiuigrant. was tlie villa.ge slioe- m.iker. ec)iumonly known as ".S.imuel Woo.hidT. ciu-dw-.iiner," .Miout 1700 he reiuo\c-d lo .Soiithin.gton, and tradition calls him its lirst white inhabitant, John .Xewell, .son of Thomas the im- migrant, was another shoemaker. lie removed to Waterbury with those who THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 101 ,>' Ik I KLblUKM i; (jl I IIAI;l,I.S a, I.'ISLEV. RESIDENCE ni l|i\\\l.'|. II hiUlMAX. EESIDENPR OP THOS. H. lilSLEY. -^.1 RKSIDKXl'K OF MliS. AI'fM'ST HITTNKl! i!i:sii)i:\( !■: of (Iiai:i.i> sT^\l,l^ m\sii\. .m 102 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, .iiii:n(K oi-' c. and n ilfHHl liKSini \i I I 'I '.M ii:i.i i; m li,l.■ l,•l.sll)l:^< |-, (l|- KIIANK I!. IKllX'llKISS, «l'vV ■ -;''-^^-\^^^:^ Vf^'V I. I X'. I Kol <.ll THE VILLAGK OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 103 went from this village, but returned, ami died unmarried in 1696. His in- ventory siiows : "Shoe leatlier. lasts, and shoemaker's gears." valued at ig shillings, 9 penee. IVnjamin Jndd. son of Deacon Tiiomas. dying in 1O98, left "Leather and shoemaker's tools to the value of one pound and six shillings." Johanna Smith, who was killed in the l-'alls Fight" of May 19, 1676, was the village cooper, and, after him. John .Stedman and Samuel Bronson. Daniel Merrills was a tanner. and Joseph Hawley had a tan->ard. Thomas Lee. son of the lirst John, was described in the deed of David Lee of Xortli- ampton, weaver, as "Thomas Lee his brother, mason ami liricklayer of Farmington." in i classed as such. Thomas Thomson the immigrant, a brother of Samuel Thomson, stationer, of Lon- don, dying in 1655. left "tools for a carpenter and other small implements," valued at 5 pounds, l shilling. Richard Bronson, in 1687. left a full set of carpenter's tools. Deacon John Lang- don left a set in 16S9. William Hook- er, son of Rev. Samuel Hooker, left a "turning lathe, with saws and other tools, for turning and joiner's work." He was a merchant, and these may have been a part of his goods. John Bronson and John Warner had each a pit saw, — useful tools before saw- mills could be built. The Gridleys were the Idacksmiths of the village. Samuel, son of the first Thomas, lived near where now stands the house of the late Egbert Cowles, Esq.. and his shop was in the highway, as was the custom. Dying in 171J. his son 'Ihomas succeeded to his trade, and was known as "Tiiomas (iridley, smith," to distinguish him from other Thomas Gridleys. His house, given him by his f.itber in 1704, was on Bird's Hill, on the north side of the road to Hartford. The tools inventoried "in ye smith's snop" of Samuel Gridley were pretty much what you would find in a countr} forge of to-day. Mr. (;ridley was alsn a merchant, and the long inventory of his estate is interesting .is showing the evolution of the early country shopkeeper. Silver coin was scarce, Capt. William Lewis hail, by his in- ventory, two pounds and lour shill- ings; John Wadsworth. twn pounds six shillings; John .\ewell. three pieces of eight, that is, fifteen shillings, and John Clark a sum not separately appraised ; and if others had any, it was not specificall\- mentioned. .\'a- thaniel Kellogg had wampum valued, in 1057. at two poiuids. Everyone ac- cepted in payment such goods and valu- ables as the debtor had to offer. Hence .\lr. Gridley, as he perceived his goods increase, opened a shop for their sale. Of such wares he had ;iccuuuilated 3 i)eavi'r skins. ;ind the skins of if) rac- coons, .^ luxi's. 3 wildcat s. ! Ivar. 1 deer, 7 nms)|nas]u's. and _' nnnks. (_)f his own h.indiwi irk. besides ullu-r iron w.ire. li.' sold n.iils. not by llie pound lint by count. i here were J,.3oo four- priiiiy nails. -',.V=;o six-penny. 1,900 eight-penny, and joo hob-nails. In .ad- dilion to the goods he made or got in li.iMUent for work, bis business came, in time, to embr.ace an\ thing the far- mer needed, from carls. ■larnesses. and scythes to jack-knives and catechisms. Here the ladies could procure calicoes, crapes, muslins, laces, ribbons, thimbles, thread, knil ting-pins, combs, and fans, or cf>uld slock their pantries with all m.inner i>f shitiing pewter. llere. too, the huiiler fotinil powiler. IliiUs. and Intllels. John Wadsworth. dying in 1689, son of the first Willi.im. bi-sides a large farm, had a shop containing goods not specifically emnncrated, but \;Lhied at ■'■'7 pounds. He had also a cold still, an alembic, and stnidr\ gallipots. Perhaps he coniliined the business of a druggist with other in- dustries. He was probably the wealthiest man of the village. lb- left a library valued at £i7-i4s-4d. Mis house stood a little south of where now lives Judge E. H. Denting. Wil- liatn Hooker, son of Rev. Samuel Hooker, lived on the west side of Main street, on the corner where ihe r.-iod turns olf to the railro.ad station, .and was also .1 shopkeeper. His busi- ness, judging from the inventory of his goi)ds. tuust have been largely in hardware, such as brass kettles, warm- itig-pans. pewti'r of all sorts, includ- ing 10 pewter tank.ards, 5 dozen pewter spoons, and 3'-! dozen ocomy (that is alchemy') spoons. Farming, however, was his principal occupation. Koger Hooker, another son of Rev. S.imnel Hooker, was also a merchant. aiul, dying in 169S, left as great a varietv of goods .IS von will, lind in the coun- Iry store of to d.n . .and some other thing- from a \er\- valn.cble lot ol bear skins, deer skins, and moose skins, down to fish-hooks and jewsharns. The jewshari) was the only instrnmeiU of music 1 lind inventoried in a h.arnr ington house, and was one of the three .allowed in ihe Bhu' Laws f:d>ricate:l In the Rev. Sanuu-1 I'eti-rs. 'ihe ilnun. 1 suppose, was town properly, .and w.is beaten by John Jndd, drummer, ,it a regular sal.ar>. .\ lillle later, in t7iS. four other men were each paid i.5 shillings 4 iience for drnmming. The three Xew England met'nods of call- ing the woi"shi|ipers to ihe meeling- hoitse were by the conch shell, the drum, and the bell. We had at this period reached the second stage of de- velopment. — the drum. .\ccording to .an old hynni, ".\ew Engl.aiul Sabbath day Is heaven-like, still, and pure. When Israel walks the way Up to the temple's door. The time we tell When there to come By lieat of drtun Or sounding shell." - Another industrv. mostly siiecidalivc. a'nsorbed much time .and attention, — the search for valuable ores and the previous metals. In 1651 the General Court authorized John Wintlirop, after- wards the sixth Governor of Con- necticut, to search for nfines and nnn- erals. and set up winks for i>periting the mines when found. Mis success. especi.alK' with the iron works al Xew Haven, w.as snlficienl lo iMiconrage every land-owner here to believe un- told wealth was just within reach. Deeds of land freipiently appear u|)on our records reserving pjrecions metals shoulil such be discovered. The town committee, in 1712. leased to William Partridge and Jonathan Belcher. for eight years, "all mines .ami minerals. iron mines onl\' ex- cepted, already found out and discover- ed and hereafter to be found and dis- covered." Two years later eight indi vidnals lease to Xew York merchants the right to dig for "oar of Lead or other sort of mettle wdiatsocvcr." for sixtv vears. The mineral mostly sought hereabouts w-as black lead. John OMham, afterwards nuirdered by tile Indians, traveling through Con- neclicut in i6.;3, brought b.ack "some black lead ore, of which ihe Indians said there was a whole ipiarry." In 1657 the Tunxis Indians sold lo Wil- liam Lewis and Samuel Steele "the hill from wdiencc John Standly and John .\ndrews brought the black lead. and all the land within eight miles of that hill on every side." I he sale of this hill was confirmed by deed of Pethnzo and Toxcronnock in 1714. This famous hill, with all its treasure, has disappeared from view as coni- plelely as the fabled island of .-\tlantis. often sought, never found. The Rev. H M. Chipnian. in his "History of llarwinton," is authority for ihe state- nieul ih.at sundry citizens of th.it town .and vicinity, to the number of live hundred, headed by three venerable clergymen, on a day appointeil, re- paired to the woods supposed lo con- lain the black lead, and, forming a long line, marched all day after the m.anner of beating the woods for game, to make sure of llie discovery of the 104 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. I III. iici\\ iiiii^ I'l \M i:i 'iihiAi I 111' iKwi, i!_ Tl;Anl.uA^. 1:1 sihi \i I C.I III i:ii| 111. u.hi.UM w. ni:sii)i';\( 1; i,v u n.i.is r n w is 'H'"'-'"' fill 'i% 9 ' "-■ — r • f ^r^ i:siiii:mi-, iik i: f, riwis. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES, 105 ■Tin; .MAl-l.l..- iK\ll.HL\ THK .lAMI.s \\. (.oULi;.S I'LAl K— UKSllJKM I. nl' ..ISIA- VUS COWLES. THE JOHN L), HILLS PLACE— RESIDENCE OP FRANK W. RIVERS AND F. L. SILVERNAIL. THE CILXKLES HILLS PLACE— RESIDENCE OF OSCAR LITKE. 106 FARMINGTON. CONNFXTICUT, ^ I)l:u'k liaii li\ MHiu- of tlnii' nuiulur iiated in I'^armiiigton meadow near the instant use. Ins sjun. |iike, liayonet, WlietluT tin- stnr\ hail si.nie foumla- ei>rn mill of Capt. 'I'lionias Hart lying rapier. liaeK-^wDrcl, .incl cutla^^. I lion, or u.is mereK the juke of a mill in the Indian Xeck." .md S.inniel think there mnsl have heen a lire- islir nil his elerii-.d lirelhreii. dors iioi Hooker and .Stephen Root testify place in the nnini. for ue liiid luo appe.ir. hill llie lilaek lead is still nil- "that we s.iw Ije Indian Xannoneh heaters, two sin. .othin;; irons, a spit, diseosered. ilelmr two aeres of l.anil eoinmonlx' a jiair of liellows. two trammels, and One ,.f the most neeessarv iiistitn- '■'"''' ^'''^ I'"!''"'''' l:""! ^'f'"-'-' ""-'"- "'>"" '"■"'<^ "^■'■'-' ••"■>^' V'^" -"i^l '^'-•l- ti..iis in .a new settlement is the null. ""'i^'' '" •^''' -I"'"' ''•'"'^" "' H'"''!;"" 'I''^- l-"-^' •">'l -'"•'H- "' '"■'^-^ -"I'l 'ron. s.aw-mills lo pi-ovi.le Imiil.er for hoiis.s. ''-^ '!""'' ■""! '^^'-" '""" ancient 1 here is a ^oodlv display of shining .and urjst-mills to >'riiiil the viluat form of i on\e\ .nice liv the actual de- iiewter. tankards, plates, hasiiis, heak- and coin .Sonuiimc dmiii- the h\er> of a iiiece of the soil anrl ol ers. pcn'riiigers. cniis with hamlles, l.ar- 1,1, 1 i^ii J, .;,,■, |,f ,||,. vill M'e lohii ''"' tinilier Krowini^ thereon. was rel cnps. pewler measurers of all I'.roiison s,M tip a null on ihe hrook douhtless more intelhKihle to the In- sizes, anil pewter liotlles Here is iherc.ifter known ,rs t le Mill Hrook diaii mind than the drawini; a picture nuich wooden xv.ire. earthen ware, and and siihseiiiu iitK as the I'lilliii" Mill "' ■''"' totem .it the hotloin of a e\eii china ware, .iiid here the family llrook. .Mid which riiinmi" down the piece of p.iper inscrilicd with "Know supplv of medicines. M.itthew's i)ills. monnl lin. crosses .\l.iin .Street iusi •'" """ ''-^ these presents." and other lilisieriiiK sihe, and sundr\ drugs iiorlli of the house of ilie kite h'dierl |"Miderous forinul.is. whose names I musi lea\e for the pro- Cowles. hNci r.efore ih^o he had sold \\ ilnoiit goiiii; more .at length into fession.il pr.aclil inner to transcrihe. jt to 1 )e.icoii Slepheii I I. 111. u ho di- ' ' "^' imhislries of the men of tliat da> . Here are the goodm.in's mone\ scales scrihed the premisis as "one parcel on '' i'" time we g,i\e some attention t. and s\cights. his spectacles, and .lis li- whirh a mill sijudeth with a suanni ''"' eipiall\ lahorious occupations of lirary. a colleclioii of hooks wdiich • ,i|j, lining to it in uhich the mill their wi\es and daughters. Perhaps would luo e heen called .L;ood Suiuku \v.iler Cometh .nid coiiiamiih all the •'"' '"■^' "''-^ '" ihistrate the suhject reading litt\ >e.irs ago, 1 hey arc an lanil til, It the coiiiitr\ nave lo lolin '^ '" '■''^'' ^ "" '" ''"' li""^c- of a well- old liilile. .a ps.ilm hook, and other hooks lironson there, except the house lot " It to-do fanner .iiid inspect the house- eiiutled "1\( ).\l Ml ( )1'I'.\ 11 .\. Or a was proh,ilil\ a saw-mill In .a grant keeping .and .ill the surroundings of its Discourse Concerning Comets; wherein of 1(1X7 w( heir of the l'|iper Saw- inm.ates. We will call on the ,loth the X.ilnre of lllazing Stars is I-ai- l\ij|| I'ond 1 )e.icoii Stephen Hart "' ^^''y- ' 7 1 -'• ^'t t.ie house of .Samuel quired into : With an Historical .Account gave the mill in his lifi-tmie to his lindle\. which. as 1 ha\e already of all the Comets which have a))- three sons. |olm. Sli plun, .nid I lioin- nieiilioned. stood near the site of the peared from the I'.egiiming of the as. In 171J the town "gLiiited unto hoiise of the l.ile k'.ghert Cowdes, Esq. World unto this ], resent Year, lOS,?. John lironson liheiu to lunld .1 full- ' '"' ''■'•'^' '■" ■' Ihtle Later than 1 I'.) Increase -Mather," "Time iiig mill ii|ioii the hrook ih.it conielli could wish, liul our knowledge of and the I'.iid of Time." lieiiig two dis- iliiwn the momilain li\ [onalhan ll'c' house is hetter than that of any courses hy Re\' John l-'o\ of Wohurn. .Sinilirs. and also the iiiipro\ emeiit of other. We will examine, not what Mass.. 1701 "Zioii in Distress, or the ,,, niu, h l.md .IS is iiecess.irx lo set a iniglil h.i\e heen seen in such .1 lioust I iro.iiis of the I'rotestant Church;" null upon. ,ind l"or d.immiiig in aii\ ■'! '''''I Imie, hut what llie appraisers, printed 111 lOS.i f.ir Saiimel I'lnliiis. pi. ice luiwien lonalh.iu Smith's lot John W.idsworlh. John I'orter. .and 'S]iiritu.d MiiLiiiin k." 'Ihe Cii|iardon- ;iiii| |..hii ll.irt's, provided he do not Is.iac Cow les, found there tli.it da\, ahle Sin," "Dume rro\idence I ipeneil." daiimif. llie cart wa\ " In 1 77.S the •md made solemn o;illi that tlie\ ".NLin's chief 1-iid to (dorilie Cod, or town gave .Sidomon I'owles, I lioinas found. Tile female inmates of the .Some I'nief Sermon — .Votes on I Cor Cowles, Is, 1,1c I'lidwell, \nios t'owles house we ;ire to iiis]iei t were the m ,i 1 — 1!, tile Ke\ereiiil .\lr John ,inil riimelris Cowles "lii)ert\ to erecl widow M:ir\ and her ihii'e d.iughters. Ikiilej. .Sometinie rre.-icher and rrisoii- oiii or luorr yrist mills 011 llie hrook .S;ir;ili, a girl of eighteen who .after- er of Christ at Limerick in Irel.nid. ;tiiil i-alled the I'nlling Mill l.rook." I heir ward iiririied .Xathanicl (/ow les, M,ir\, now I'aslor lo the (/linrcli of Christ in lietitioii sels forth "la, It .illhoimh. aged four, who dud unm.irried. .nid W.iterlown 111 .\'ew-ICngland " lO.Si). there is one grist null now 111 said Jerusli,i, ,1 hahe of four iiioiiihs who "C'omiiieiitar.\ on h'aitii." "How to W.alk society. \ et il does iio| .at .ill lime' afterward iirii 1 led .Xchemiah Lewis with ( iod." "Ihe Wonders of the' In- well accoimnodate the jieople with We "iH enter h\ t;ie iiorch which \ isihle World." h\ Ke\ . totloii Mather, giindmn. lor m cert;iiii seasons of the opens into the Irdl. on eillier side of a \er> famous hook on witclicr;ift in \ear s:iid mill is rendered eiiliieU use which ,iie the p.irlor .ind kilclun, ;ind Salem and elsewhere, .nid on the ordi- less hy reason of llooiC, ice, etc, hack of .ill the le.iiilo ( )\ er I'acli n.ir\ de\ices of the de\il It was :iu wliereh\ the people are ohiiged to room except the le.iiit.i is ;i chainher, swered h\ Kohert Calef's ".More Won- caii\ their colli IIm- or six niiles |o and ii\er ;ill the g.inet In the p.n-cli ,),■,-, ,,f the Invisihle World." which w as j^,.| it ijrouiid " Ihe inference is \i e liiiil much which li.id lefereiice lo liiirneilh\ oiilerol Dr 1 iici ease M :ither. that the Insl mill on the hrook was a oiit-of-door life, and which the inodeiii I'lesnleiU of ILiiward (.ollcge, 111 the s,aw mill hiiill hefoie 1O50, llie second hoiisewiie would certaiuK ha\e re- college \aid We liiid also. ".Some a fulling null hiiilt in 1 7 u, and that i|iiested .Mr ( ii idley to hesiow idse .\ccoum of the- Life of lleiir\ ( iixiring." the Inst grisi mill w:is hiiill on tin where, harnesses, saddles, the pillion, 1,^ | Shower, "-\ Warning to prepare ri\er wnere a null h.is heen siist;inied and |)illion clolh on which llie good- f,,r Death." a Xew rest.iiuenl. "A to llie ina-seiit d;i\ 1 lind .111 c;iil\ wife rode heliind her Imsh.ind to li.iok 011 Xmnheis," whether an arilli nieiition of h 111 the \ear 1701, which church or el-ewliere. ,a iliesi and tools. nielic or a comment. ii\ on one of llie conlains sewial poiiils of mleiesi In a cut rope, a steel trap, .and sundr\' h.ioks of tin- reiitatenCi does not ap- ihat vear Weneiiio. an Indian, st.de other lliinns l-.nlering the hall we ]ie.ar. "a law hook, and sever.il pic'ces "a good lire lock gun" from John imd the fiirniture lo consist of .a |,f l,ooks." 'Ihe latter entr\ seems to Hates of ll.ii|d;iin. .and anollui Indian. wainscot clust, ,1 t,ihle, a great ch:iir, show tlril the lihr.ar, was iiiucli read. Xannoneh. m save his friend Iroin ihe f,,nr lesser ones, three cushions .and and evi-n the fragineiils of hooks were very serious coiise(|ueiices. mortgaged ,, pJH.iw. Here are stored the amis carefnlK |ireser\ed. loom the hall to said Hates "two acres of kind sH vvliich iwerv 111.111 must Irive reail\ for we pass to the kilcheii. where we lind THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 107 Mwitii^gajMi RESIDENCE OF GUSTAVE A. WOT.LENBERC. THK ROIiRirr (;\I.T,\c:iii,i; ri.Mi; UESIDKXCK (IK Ml! 11. W llnw M{l> OI'KUIA (il- MI.'S. I'M I. F. UOM.KNUKHC CAXOE CLUB IIOISE. 108 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, i:i:siiii:\( i: or mi:s i'\ii. |- \mii,i,i:\i'.i:i:(: 1.1 i:XTr# rui)i'i:i;'i"i (ik .11 mi s c w ISIIilAi 1; (11- TIMd-nn .\|r( MiTIIV. KKSIIllAlK III' ri.l.'ICII (.noliriKI.l). I SIlPl.Ni I "I M 1:- I |i\\ m;|i w II I I I riiOI-l-llfTV OF 1 I 1 ni'siiii:\i 1: (II' i.iiiis Ti;nni:i.i.. ,<"'. Tl. /-r- I--- ..V niMiii.M I ni iii;\i:v issiciniAX. \ii: I s \i \so\ •\\lo\(. I'lll, I \l;\ \TIilNS.' THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 109 in the big fireplace a pair of cast-iron lire (logs weighing sixty-four pounds, two pairs of tongs, a peel, two tram- mels and a jack. The furniture seems scant\-, a table, a chest, a truckle bedstead, a great chair and two small ones. Sundry baskets, keelers, tubs, pails, and kettles stand around. The main features of the kitchen, however, are the loom, the great wheel, two linen wheels, a hand reel, and the great piles of linen sheets, pillow bears, table-cloths, towels, and napkins, large- ly no doubt the production of the loom and wheels, and large supplies of yarn, tow, and flax for further manufacture. Spinning and storing up vast supplies of spotless linen against their wedding da.\ . were tlie great accomplishments of the young maiden. We read of spin- ning matches which lasted from early dawn to nine o'clock at night, the con- testants being supplied with food Ii\ other hands while they w'orkcd, and linally with bloody fingers .sinking from sheer exhaustion. Spinning bees iiave continued until within a few years hi some rural districts. 1 remember as late as the fall of 1859, passing, on a by-road near Farmington, Maine, just at sunset, a merry procession of young women with their great wheels carried by young men, on their way to a con- test with the spinners of the next vil- lage. Let us now inspect the parlor, then as since the crowning glory of the house. We find a bedstead with a feather bed and a great supply of blankets and coverlids, and hanging over all. a set of calico curtains with a calico vallance to match A warming- pan, a most useful article in a cold room, completes the sleeping equip- ment. Other furniture is thre- chcsts. a trunk, a round table, a great chair, three little ditto, a joint stool, and live cushions. There is also a cupboard and a carpet for said cup- board. A carpet was not a floor cloth but a cevering to furniture often showily embroidered by its owner as a specimen of her skill. Probably a green rug, valued at five shillings, was for the floor. Here are Mr. Gridley's pair of pistols and holster. There now remains clown stairs only the leanto, which will not detain us long, though it probably detained Mrs. Gridley many a weary hour, for here are the cheese-press and churn, the butter tubs, and all the machinery of the dairy, and, last of all, an hour-glass with which the various mysteries of the place were timed. This hour-glass is the nnl\ instrument for the measurement of time I find, except the watch and clock of Rev. Samuel Hooker. The sun dial answered very well when the sun siione. and a blast on a conch shell when the good wife decreed it to be dinner time, called the village home at noon. If you please we will now walk up stairs. In the parlor chamber we lind a bed with a silk grass pillow and two leather pillows weighing ten pounds, and a goodly supply of blan- kets, coverlids, curtains, etc. There are a number of chests and boxes and twenty-one pounds of yarn, and there was room left somewhere for Mr. Gridley to store 50 bushels of wheat and 80 of rye. a practice which the tidy housekeeper of to-day might not approve in her best chamber. It was, however, the custom to store grain in the house where it would be under the protection of the household cat, as we see illustrated in the picture books of to-day. "This is the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack Iniilt." In the hall chamber we find a feath- er bed and belongings and a great store of wheat, barle\', corn, and peas in baskets, bags, and barrels. The |)orch chatnber is given up to malt. oats, and peas. In the garret are 10 bushels of rye and 100 of indian corn. If ,\i>u care to inspect the cellar you will lind it pretty well filled with barrels of pork, beer, soap, hops, oatmeal, and (ilher family stores. Here we must lake leave of Mrs. Gridley and her household treasurers, pleased no doubt lliat our lot has fallen two centuries later, and that seven generations of men have come and gone and left us the better for their hardy industries and honest lives. *.\n historical address delivered at the annual meeting" of the lillagc Li- brary Co. Sept. 14, 1898, bv Mr. Julius (niv. SUNSET ROCIv. 110 FARMTNGTON, CONNECTICUT, '-^*^^s^- Rl.SIIU.N'l-K OK lilIIX HAdSTKOM. > M \ M.l,^ M \,--'i\ ('AIII.SUN'S S'lTlllO. i;i;siiii'.M'i'; oi'' \ii:s w M sii\M,i-n'. KKSIIlKMi; OF MliS, (., N. WIIII'IM: I ; I M I > I \ ' I THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTTFUL HOMES. Ill Tin-. .lAMKS SOlTHKIiGlLL PLACE, liUSI- DENTE OF C. J. CARLSON. I(Esiiii:N( i; (ik thos. ii. ( ollins AM) It. .1. H.\HTEI!. lIESIhEXCK OE IUAL CHIDSKY AMI MI{.S. MACCIK fiALL\(;HKR. 1'I:(im;ui'-\ oi' n, n. ii.Mi.Ni-.'i . ■■a" •-: -, -- E. \\ . in UMll IM'S lil.M'K.S.Ml I II , Uil'. ••i*;^ RESIDENCE nl- .\ 112 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, HK.SlDKNll'. (11- U. \ l:ils~U I KNl) (ITTCI Mvl.SDN. RF.SII'I.M 1, ul IIAlua l.'KiMIS. / rnrr Ki:siiii:\(i: di' \ii:s s k i.iiumis KKSiuicNi 1. til I KLiJ 1. (.ii.i;i:i: r. I'ltiPl'l.li n I II' Ml>^ II 1,1 X s I;K WIIKC ki,siiii:m i: (H-' u \i i iiihsiin IM Mi>i:\i i: iM II \i:i:'i i: i:i;r. HI'.SIIlKNCK (11' IlllIN l,"il i:m;. i.'i siiii:\t I I H » \ I -. I- ^\i I I ,1 r ii mill IDj^i.v^^..^-:^ ^. nil II rlBfiiT,"^ -;£^*^'-' rillll'I.U I \ III II u;; i:. ■n'.I.KI'IIONH IC.VCII.WCK. .WD H ICSI DIIXCK or ilKNRV S'l'KI.MKT/,. \\ M MM THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 113 St. Ipatrick's HIMssion, ^~rf ARMIXGTON was detached T^ from Bristol in February. 1885, ^^ and assigned to the jurisdic- tion in Plainville. The first disciples of the faitli in this handsome old village were Thomas Smith. Lawrence McCahill, John Reilly. John Brady, Mrs. Mary Skelly and Jcihn Flood. The first mass was said in the early fifties in the present resi- FATHICR RODDAN. fkiice of John Flood. The Catholic population of Farmington is chiefly Irish and numbers 200 souls. Mass is said evcr\- .Sundav in the brick church pur- chased by Rev. Patrick Duggctt, and dedicated in the honor of St. Patrick. */j_V Samcs II. O'DonncIl in the His- tory nf III,- Piocrsc of Hartfurd. Mr. John Reilly is the authority for the statement that mass was said by Fatiier Duggett in what is now the resi- dence of Mr. Henry Rice on Cedar KATiiKi: w \r.sn. street some fifty years ago. In those days it was custoniary to say mass in private homes in the different towns. M.iss w.i> also said regularly at the li'inie lit .\lr. Reilly's brother at the "Ciip]nr .Mines" near Whigvillc. Some of the priests who have officiated in harniingliin .arc h'athcr Daley, Feather Hart, h'atlu-r Duggett, Father Roddan, and Father Walsh who has charge of the parish at present. Tllh: .lOll.N l''L00l) PL.\t:K. Ttic t'lrst mH.-ia ill l''armin[itfm — said in llic liouse in titc rear. 114 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, XLbc Ibart Jiuj. 1032. (IM> .hi: HliOI'(il[T FUOM KNCU.ANI) IN 111:!-.' BY STIOI'IIKN HAIiT. 'I 111- ^■llri'lll^ old iu.y sluuvii ill ilu- :ir- ci'iiipanv III;,: illiisi r.iiii m \v:is limiiijlit to lliis riiiiiilr\ III Ki.iJ 1p\ Sti-|ilu-ii Il.irl fii'iii I'jiMiiii I c", Sii^>rN Cti , l'.nt;laiii| Mr Il.irl -illlnl III .^l,■l^-,.■ll■llll^cll'. I'ay :iiiil ill I'l.V) w.is a pml^rii-tur al Hart fnril, ('null Ilu- rroM(ls slmu th.it in Ifi7_' lu- was iiiK- I'i ilu- riL^lil \ -t< lur Jilt i|)ru-ti trs ril l''ariiiiiii;h 111. .mil piir- chascd laiiil III till' liiiliaiis at a place ii'uv knnwii as "i'ulri linml;" He die I Marcli. |ii^_', .'i^rd 77 ,rars. Vhe jua li.is ri'iiiaiiu-d 111 ilu- l'.iiiiil\ ever since ils prrsriil inviK-r M i.s l--llru lllaii/ /'r;)i/n,i,' liiiiiL; iif Ilu- iiiiiili j;eiu-ratinn of ll.irts uliii have possessed it. In llie li,iekL;roiiiid of Ilu- photograph is a .very lie,iiilifiill> decorated servin;.; tray in perfect eoiuliiion. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 115 3From tltp itaru at tun of the Govern- or, and then to New London to Mr. lamford, and obtained from him an order on Messers. Clark ami Xightingill ill Providence and returned to Camp the 19th and made report In the Gen- eral to his great satisfaction, 20th. Took Rhubarb and worked well. 2ist. Sergeant Maggot (Hed in Cap- tain Hart's company. 24th. Went to Cambridge and Wa- tertown. 4 /-■ .L'y^/wnu^/ijiMti^^}^.. ■^'"7„.!}, iJZ('^] F.IC .sj \llli: ( ol.oMl, CAVS (OM.MISSIOX. 26th. Unwell by a bad cold and sore t'nroat. Was officer of the day. and very much fatigued going the rounds at night. Returned and got to bed at about ,1 o'clock in the morning. 27th. Returned at 9 o'clock and made report to General Ward, being so un- well Major Brewer carried it for nie bard sick wit'n pleurisy and got to lie sweating and came on an alarm and reported that the regulars had got on to Dorchester. I turned out and on with my boots to join the Regiment although advised not to by Mr. Perry and others. It hai>pened to be .1 false alarm. The doctor came in .ind blood- ed me and sweat at night and physicked the next day. Nothing materi.al more. Our people began cannonading the town of Boston the 2nd day of March .at evening 11 o'clock. Continued Salibath and Monday evening, nights. Monday evening I went on to Dorchester Mill with the regiment as a covering parl\ 2500 men sent on ,ind were relieved on the morning of the .stli by 3000 men. That night we throwcd up two forts on 2 advantageous hills. 1 lie eiiem\ made an attempt on the (ith at evening to come out to disposses us of rmr forts and drive us off the hill. The uiml proved contrary and we continued forte- f>'ing until Saturday evening — that is the loth — we went to go on Hook point to fortify. The enemy prevented by firing about 1200 cannon. They killed 4 men for us with one cannon ball. Providence so ordered that I went out of the way of danger from any other quarter only from the castle. Sabbath morning had orders from General Thomas to return to headquar- ters. There saw the 4 dead men. Came off the hill at evening. I commanded a party of 400 men from the castle. Nth. Colonel Woleolt on the liill. .\n alarm in the morning I ordered the regiment to meet before the Colonel's doors after prayers. I marched them ofif with Major Chester. Near the alarm jiost, found instead of going to action the enemy had abandoned Boston. 500 troops ordered immediately. Ordered to march into and take possession of the fortilieations in Boston. Colonel Lear- naril, my self. Majors Sprout and Ches- ter with a number of other officers and troops marciicd in and look possession and tarried there until the 19th at night; then returned to Camp at Ro.xbury. never people more glad at the de- parture of an enemy and to see friends." """wvaa SWORD CAKHIKD IN TilK WAH OF TirK HKVOHTION BY fOlAINKI, FISHKU fiAY- NOTIC'E THE ENOH A VEI) MOTTO ON TIIK KI.AIlf. "KliKKnOM OH DE.VTH." 116 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A lutqur (EnUrrttmt. /I X DHLVlXi; in tin- niiiu-s ^^*J tlii'i'L' iiui^l lie a ciMiliiuial iii- ^^0 Irrc'.t t'l MH' what may ln' uii- cci\ ci"cil ; il nia\ l)i' a uhikKt- fiil Ci-d.li' 111- a i,.ickrt (]f kdIiI. In ^t-aia-iiiny anmnn tile \ aliens ma- ti'rial i>f I'aianinj^li '11, wr ueir a'-tmi- i,-.lic(l iiiiK-eil t.i iMiil tlir^e umidrrful I'rruviail i'eniaiii> Snim- distaiirr In mi llu- trcilk->' anil in a \v\-\ (|iiiit iU'iL;li- liorli 1 we re-ilisciivcrcil tlu'-^e wmi- (lirfiil iriics, arran.ueil in our of ihr l'"anniii,ulini liMinr^ It is trne llial Mr. lldiikiT had hioiii;lit tliciii fr.nii IV-rn some \rars ■.vi,y\ and iiidsI nf tin- di-- cn\(r\ hi'ldii.ys III liiin. ami aKn inan\- thanks fur allmviip^ lis tn iisr tluin in tliis vviirk As wr read wlial he has writlrii (nncerniiv,; tlk-ir uses and dee- nrali\'e \alno. it is alsn \'erv inleresiiim til li-aiii that llie\ are i|iiile like the utensils (if thai nnsleriuns earl\- |ieii|ile .if niir eiinntrN. llie Mniiinl Hitililrrx It is eertainl\ a heanlifiil n illeelii m, and every speeiiiieii is iierteel. Mr, ilniiker writes as f.illiuvs ahinit them: This aneieiil I'ermian |intt('r\ was ex- liimied fnim the hnrial iniiiiiids cd the earliest knciwn inhahitaiils nt that innii lr\ rile --iieeiiiiens are Irian j in In III I J ill. in lieii^hl. red. L;re\ and hlaek in enlnr. are all nn.nla/ed and slmw \ari lilts stages in the eeramie art, Imm eiiarse iiiiiirnaineiiteij i;niiiil like Inrins Id e,irve(l and jinlished vessels elnseK resemlihny (ireek .mil l,.itiii anil'linrtit-. Tliev are inileeil iiearl\ .ill w.aler ernfls. Slime arraii,L;eil Inr e.irrvini; in the h.iiid. iillu'i's fur siispeiisii 111 .Several .are 111 iriiiieiileil willi the liriish .IS well .as with the tiiiil .Siiliie nf the speeimells are ilesiniiedly j;riitesi|iie. tun .ire |irn- vided willi a emil ri\ aiiee wliieli eiiiils a wiiistle when waler is ]iiiiireil in .Miuh nf the wiiik in shape and iiiii.i ineiit.ilinii is like til, It nf the Mmind r.nilders ,-iiiil of iilher iMrl\ ]i.nples nf Xnrlli \iiieriea. .iiid iii,in\ nt the \es sels iiia\ lie sei-ii miiiiiteh repealed in ntlier eiilleetiniis nf reriivian Imae.is 1 liriiiiKlit this pntler\ frniii rein in '.SS. V'erx I rill \ MUirs. W A II sKK, I'.iriniiiKliiii. June ,, ii)ii(i. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 117 THE UESIDEN'CE iM- n, N. ll\lt^r:^ riiii: .hiiin nok-tox I'I.ali;) ■ (•o'i"r\(;i: \t \k s. iiAUNKV's-— kksidknck ok NA'I'IIANIICL slocombk (Photos by N. Slocomhe.) 118 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, •Tii]: c_i:ijAi:s" Tin; umi .hhaii wdiji.kiikf i'i.\( i; i r.i ii.iii:i; i.i i.n TKIXAI. Cincilj IIKSIDKNCI': ilK IIIAIM ( '. HICK. Tin: MOST ULAI Til I I, MMi.i: l\ 1 \UM1X(;T0-\— AT TIIK •■('KDARS.' THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 119 KKciNi' liiiipii AT ■■Tin; I i;i)Ai;.s." •W wmj m t 7 . .^%l»^ vJ©ki^ l.*-^# FARM COTTAI.E A 1' -THE I'EDAliS.' \VM, A. HIHIKEirS COLLF.rTIIlN 111' I'KIUiX IAN WVII'II I KllFTS. (See a Vniqur. Collec- tion on {'at/' I III. ) TOOLS USKLl HV .IIIIAII W (li il iL'l FK— .s,(;<;i.«. ,i (,. /luir hi-<-u us, ,1 in th, trccliun u/ the Coni/reyatioual Church, 120 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, m-. ■■••"»»,.> ■'***Wv4 .^^. .Mdi .,1 ,1 . .rki,,(, 1 \i;M ri'iiii.i, I , 111 I II. \>. M i;i.\i ii ni.-.iiii..\i !■. i;ij|;r. Mcki.i:. tCJ. ' ..Ik-Vi*--'- J-J-.*'-.-;. • ( lll.l;l:\ 'I'KI'.DS AT MIUNTMV SI'I.'IM. IXUM ■^te'CV I'WiiAi f'o'fr vi;i: \'i' Miir\r\i\ si'Iiim: I'AltM TliH OLD \v\UD i-m:m NOW \ r\i;r or \ic.i \i\i\ si'Imno iaum. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 121 m^^ I'lli; •■SIIA< k." \'l' Mill \T\I\ srillM. FAIJM RESII I _\n \ln\ IIAUmS. i\ii: i;\iii: cmxA hki.hncim: to miss .ui.ia s. hi!AMii:(;i 122 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, jfanninoton anb the XHnbevorounb lRail\va\>. /] T IS hnrd to Ij^'lievt- mnv. ulini ,^m7 the X..i-tli :iii(l Soinii an- lif- ^^^ ciiMiiiii^ nmrr ami tiiorr cIhscIn joined, tliat at i>iie time hat nil was liitter hclwini th<- Iwn piirtiniis of tlic couiitrx. ami tliat hirr in i|iiicl [''armiiigtoii fcclinj; ran hit;h ami thr tn|4itivi'-sla\u law was opposrd ami iliM-(.-garik'e it was hard th.ii a^ now to decide every ([Uestion on it-- own merits So we give the lira\e ad\oeate^ and prophets of freedom the more honor. and easily forgive them their share m the distnrbances of the time. I lie I'mlergronnd Railwa\ was the name gi\cn. I suppose, to ;i route for fngiti\e sl.i\es from the Sotith |o Can ada, and I'armington is proud i>i the opprohiinm of being one ol its sl.itions. I he ronte led from Xew liritain en' Soiithington through to Siinsbur>', and several fugitive slaves were helped over this, no one of wiioni was cap- Inred. Mr Row I Na\s .)f these tunes "It i- true that .-ni oeeasiou.il h.ruilman found his u.i\ to C.in.iila fur freeilom hanninglon eili/eus had re.irl some- where: '\Vi- hold these truths to he self evident Ih.il .ill men are ere.iled Iree and ec|Ual. and h,[\e eerlain inalien.ihle rights, .nmaig \Uneh are life, liberty ,and the pursmi of happiness' ,So the llec-ing fiigitiv<' w.is fed ,ind hoitsed nid then sent on his wa> to liheil\ with .1 blessing and .1 eheer. to gam in .1 monarehy what was refused in a repub- lie ( )ne of the- strangers remained for ,[ lime in t)ie emplo\' of a f.irnier Mis baek exhibited marUs of .1 fearful seonrging with .1 raw hash. In one ol the- stores he w.as aski'd ,is |o the sulYer ing. I'rell\ h,iril to be.ar, he said, but when the bleeding llesh u.is rubbed uilh rum, 'I tell ye, boss, that fetcried ye home from paster !' The daughter of one of the strong .abolitionists writes; "I remember m\ f,ither going to Hartford onee lo one of the hiding places wdiere a negro was concealed in a wardrobe in the house. It was winter ,ind sleiginng I he man w.as ]mt in the bultom of the sleigh and e'i\ered in suc-h .1 way as to res^-mble a l.p.id of feed He was hrongbt to our barn and there |i,assed on to another |il,iee of safet\ ,ind reached Can.id.a in due time " There were .about lhirt> .iholitii mists in town and e.ich had to sutler more or less fcM- the failii that w.as in him liers, rotten eggs — sometimes threats or worse Those were the days when helping one's fellow man w.as an .actual 'nard f.act. costing re.al self sacrilice. The daughter of another iinanineiit abolitionist recalls her excitement o\er lliiugs for which she cliil nut know the re.ison. her feeling that all who were not in svuijiathy with her father were his bitter enemies, the m\ sterx that surrounded many ol his comings .ami goings Siie and her brother dug often in the griiund, hoping always to lind the "L'ndergroiinil Railway" I here were three stations in town, one Mr. Horace Cowles' house, one Mr. (ieorge Hurlburt's, .and the other Win .McKee's, the last house in I'.ii iinngli ni iiii the \\'aler\ille ro.id Th.' chmme\ of this house is still siamhng A colored man living in town, in .Mr (ieorge Hurlburt's house, often wiiil |o .Mr. I lijah Lewis' at night, gi\ing .a sign,cT Then they would go ,iwa\ to gethc r ( )ne night abnut nine o'clock .Mr. Lewis met this colored m.ui .and a sla\e wher^- the wolf-jiil road loines out b\ the llarlforil Turnpike. I lu\ followed the liigli ro.ad to the Deer Cliff T.irni .iml from there to .Simsbur\ . .Mr. Lewis once sold some land to J.ine and M.aria Thoin])son for (jeorge .\nderson, who was a fugitive shave .\ndersr)n hail expected to settle down in I'armiiigton, when one da\ he saw- in the sinrt a planter, a neighbor of the plantation from which he had es- caped. .-\ndersiin was afraid to stay and never was seen here again. .\ \er\' interesting story is told of Mrs. Hardy. One ila\ her father left home telling her not to answer any ipiestions that might he asked wh.ile he was awa\. .S.ie, ne\cr dreaming of asking wh> to an> of her father's re- ipiests, spent most of the long summer day on the doorstep, and saw in com- mon with the rest of the village a horse ciwered with l.ither hein.g driven franticallx through t.ie street. Later she learned th.il a sl.-ive b.-iil been hid- den in the s,,ii|liwest hedroi.ni and the man who droxe so furiously through the town was iiis owner. But the slave escaped. How we shnuld love to have helped! .\'ow we ha\e no furious galloping, no secret signals and m\sterious hiding |il,ices .-itteuding the freein.g of sl,-i\es. T'.efore me lies a curious sheet of pa|ier, a bit of anli-sl.-iver\ literature. \ bl,-ick kneels, his imploring hands and enokei! ankles chained together. T'.e- Tjw hnn is t.ie uioiin: ".Xm I not a ni.ui .uiil ,1 brother." Then follows ,-[ piiein, the Tirsi \erse of which I ipiote : " T'orc'd from home .-mil all its pleasures \frics coast I lefl. forlorn ; III increase a stranger's treasures, ( I'er the r,-iging billows borne. .Men from Tngland bought and sold me. Raid m\ price ill ]iaUr>- gold ; I'.iil ihongh shoe the> ha\e enrolTd me Minds .ire ne\er lo he sold." ,\iid llieii .1 note; "T'.ugland h.-id ,s!oo,iMio sl,-i\es ;iiiil she has miide them loni-:. .\ineric.-i has _>,_>5o,oik.i- and she Hill. IIS 'TiiKM T".\si I ! !." !•;. IT .1. in /(iniiiir^li'it Mttiiiiciiic. Sept., tool . THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 123 8« St. James' l|>aiisb. mm ST. .I.\MES' Cliriicll. 77/r I\c'i\ H. Gordon Miiiiro. Rector. ST JAMES' PARISH owes its bcginniiiH In the zeal and labor of tlie Rev. luKvanl R Broun and of Charles Loring Whitman, lawman. It was in tliis way. Mr. Whitman's agi-d father, lying at the point of death, desired to be baptized in the faith of the cliurch. This sacrament was administered by the Rev Mr. Brown and it w'as then de- termined by those present that a mission should be established in Farmington. Immediately after, October 3, 1873, the first service was held in tlie district scno.il house. In the folic. wing \car the chapel over the Post Office was prepared and services were held there for upwards of twenty-three years. The Rev. Edward R. Brown continued his ministrations until October. 1878, anaih was advertised to leave llartl.nd .>n Monday, Wednes- day, and hriday at ^ o'clock .\. M. and .irrise in Boston at S o'clock 1'. M. Fare, $6.50. Also we are informed that the "New Post-Coach Line Dis- patch, in si.K hours from Hartford to Xew Haven, leaves Hartford every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at II o'clock A. M. precisely, and running through Farmington, Southington, and Cheshire, arrives at Xew Haven at 5 o'clock P. M. ill Ihne for the steamboat. . . • The above line of Post-Coaches are new and in modern style, horses selected with great care .md are lirst-rate. drivers that arc e.sperienced. caieful ami stnnly." The broad Comieclicut furnished ample means of communication for the river towns, and in the year l8j_>, of which we are writing, any restless spirits who tvere unwilling to waste 130 I'ARMIXGTOX. CONNECTICUT, i!i:siiii:\( !■: uv kdw \i;ii \. 'I'inclkv. \ i'i,\i i; KKsiDKNci: or \ii;s inTTii; m, siimkm i; i;i;siiii;\(io ok miss suiaii tiiomi'son isesidknch ok uk iiakh i.kwis. \ M I ' r \ 1 ; 1 1 ii^"ri.K I ■! (II |.|;\\ IS A. sloi:i:: I I i: I IS C. COOK. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 131 UKSIDKXCK OF Ml!. KDCAK li, II ILLS. Tin; ri:.NTi,()\\ i'l.k i,. RESIDENCE OF THOM.\S ENO. RESIDENCE OF PItOF. IIO.MKll W. HILLYER. RESIDEN'CF OF MRS. lii\UI,l-..s l-..\( El'V^E^^ ' -" ■ ' ■■'■a*'' V»K ai RESIDENCE OF /,.U ILMCi T.VVLOK. )!i:sii)KN('i-: OF .iKssi; .mooue. parliink nf a iliimcr proxiilcil tor llu- occasion." 132 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, liim- in l)calii)K asainst head wind- rival capital like others since their day. Previous to commencing the excava- conld leave Hartford for SayhrooU i.ii conmiended the wisdom of the New tion. (iox'. Wolcott delivered tiie fol- llu- ^leanihoal l:.\-p,-nuii-iil . Captain Haven people who were ahout to di- lownij; address: Haskell, on 1 ne^c!a> and lM-ida.\, and \ert the waters of the Connectient /■cllnw Clicriis iind Friends: —We retnrn llu- follow ini; da\ s. from llowint; pa-.! llanf(.rd ami tnrn are assembled on this amiiversary of Such were the means of intercom- them npon the nuid llats in which tiieir onr National Independence to per- nnmication in liie \ear iSjj when Jiio own shipping was nsuall\ stnck fast. fnrm an interesting ceremony. The miles of the h'rie Can.il were an ac- -At length by a In-illi.mt bit of linancier- time, the circumstances, and the ob- complished farl .nid bo.ats were lo ing the money was raised. The jecl of oin" meeting are calculated to run when Ihe season o|iened, Whv Mechanics Bank of New Haven was awaken rcHections and to suggest shoulil not this stale h:i\ e .i c.ni.il chartered on condition of its sub- thoughts peculiarly impressive. The also' .Sii ihonghl the pnhlic-spiriled scribing for $_>oo.ooo of the stock of noble enter|irise of uniting the Val- men of .New lla\en who, not con- the Canal Company. The plan of Ice of the Coimeeticut with the city tent with ii\aliiig Hartford in llieir reipiiring a bonus from a newly char- of New- Haven by a navigable canal foreign niiinnerre, wished aUn a w.iter tererl bank for some woriliy object is ibis dav to be commenced. To me conmmniration wilh the iiUerioi- towns, having been previously inlroihued with bas been .assigned the high iionor of < )n the Joth of January. i.Xjj, a meet- the I'boenix I'l.ink of llartforil and lirst appKing the hand of labor to a ing of citizens ficm se\enteen towns ((■ntnuied in the case of the Connecti- work which is itself magnilicent. on Ihe proposed line of the c.ui.il was cut River Hanking Coni]),in\ ami though, as 1 lirliexe. but the lirst of In Id at I'.iiiinngton with the Hon others. In Jul\, iSj.s. we learn from a series of like operations which are Tiinolhy I'ilkin as moderator, and a the Xew I lawn /\'i-.i,'i.v/i-r that "on to combine the resources of an ex- conunillee was appoiiUed lo procure a Monday the 4tb inst.int the ceremony tensi\e and llonrisbing comUry. . . snr\e\ ;ind r.iise one thons.iinl ilolkirs of commencing the e\ea\,ition of the ( ^^^ eoneludin" the address, the to p.ay for the same. In .\Iav, iSjj, I'.irnnnglon Canal Ir.ok |,l,,ce at Sal- g.^rrnor lug.ni the ceremony of ,lig- Ihe I'arnnngP.n Canal Comp.uiv w,is in,.n I'.n.ok vill.me in (,r,iiiby. The ^,j|,„^ ,,, ^^,|,,,.|, ],^. „..|^ assisted bv the charlere.l. 1 be canal w.is to run day was remark.ibly ple,is,int and the I'rcsidenl of the Canal Company. fi-oni the tide waters of the liarbor of exercises were ar.proi,riale .uid interest- After the performance tif this cere- Xew H.iven Ihrongh b'arminglon to ing, Ibere were from two to tiiree „„,|,^ ,;,,. ||,„, \|,. Lyman addressed Sonthwiek. .\l.iss:,clmsetts, ;md a thous.and pe.iple present on the occa- ,,,^. assembly. .\fter the ceremonies branch al.mg ihe 1-arnnngton River si(m, and among them s.ver.d gentle- ^^.^.^^, ,.,,„^.u„i,.,| a numerous company Ibrough \ew Ihartford to the iiorlli men of distinction from .M.issaebusetts. line of Colebrook, Tlu' hr.ineh. 'I'he b.arge fitted up hv (/.apt. Ceo. thou.gh Ihe subject of much afler con- Rowland of Xew ll;i\'eii. ilr.awn b\' troversv, w.as never built. (If Ihe four horses, in which he ,n,d several ^e used to hear that much of this six charier coimmssioners, C,en genllemen of onr ciU (New ll.iven) glonbcation occurred on the S.abbath Ceorge Cowles w.,s ibe member from einb,,rked for Soulhwick. gave an ad- ''■'>• ■""' "^'-'t "^''^ "'■''^ "\<^ ^''"'•'y "'^' Ibis town. :,n.| here thev held ibeir cliiion.d interest to the occasion. and '■"i''' '"-'"-''' b'-ospered. 1 be Pourth lirst nieeiniL; on ibe ,Sth of hiK. iSj-' i1k- sight of ii was h,.;hlv gratifvin^ to "' )"^'- liowever. that year fell on .Snhscriplion hooks were opened liiK .all present, the plan w.is well designed Mondav. and Oeacon Hookelr.^ a IMh .iiid Ihe sloekhohlers held tlieir and h.ippilv executed, and rellecls great """ ' '■'>->'■"'■ "f '''^' ''"ntan Sab- lirsi meelnm on Ihe list .uid ehos,- credit on the gentlemen who con- ''■'"'■ •""' '""- "'"' '""''^ 1''""' '" ''"'' iwenu-one direelors, of whom Solomon ceued the proje,! I he services ,,f eelebrat.on, writes. •■()n Satnr.k.va Cowles a, Ml S.muiel Demm^ were the dav were cnmienee.l with praver '"'■" "" ^^''"''^ '''''"" ''-^' '"'"' '^'"■"" two. In Ihe l.Mler ,url of the vear bv the Rev. Mr. i\lcLean, The Dec- ■"■'■'^'''' '" '""" ''■'"" ^'"'' "•'''■" iXj, a siirvev was in,,d,'. .and the es- laralioi, of Independence w,is read bv ''''^ aflernoon containing old Mr imiated cost of Ihe work u.is $4_.o,ooX- I he I Ion Tmioilu I'llkin. .in.l .iii able Hdlhouse. the superintendent of Ine S.S b-roin .a ni.,p of the c.in.al printed oration was deluered bv Ihirrage '•"'■'I- •""' ^■'■"''' "'' ^'-^ '^'''^■'' P^''-^""- n, iSj.S. yuiim dist.mees and ihe I'.eacb, Ks,| . afler which ,, procession " "^'^ ""'-'''^ "'"' ■' "'""' ^'^^'""S heigbls ,Mid posii, f ilie locks. it w.as fonn,-d under the eoinmand of ^""' •■"|-1^""> decorated with two ap|>ears liial ihis cm.al w.is onlv a Ceii ( ,eorge Cowles, whicli moved to "''.^^ ' ''' "^ ^'^■'" " ''^ l''"'"';'' .small pan ,,f a gran.l proiecl ll ihe north line ,.f ibe state m ihe fob ■h-,,riiniiglon (anal, and on each .side- was lo coimecl ,,t the sl.ile line wilh lowing or.ler. vi/: 'I'"'' Soulhwick X- Memphremagog. Ihe llampsbn.- .and Hampden Canal The Siinshnrv .\rlillerv, f^" Mon.I.iy." the deacon writes, "at lo be c.nslrncled in .\las„,cluisetls. Capt. Rowl.imrs bo.,1 dr.iwii hv six ^ "■'''■'■'^ "''- """■'""■g. I rode with and that in turn w.is lo he conlimied horses. |ilie reporter h.is ,iidicionslv hrolber Marliii t owlcs in a chaise to northward alony ihe west bank ,,f the increased the numher smee we s|arled| '■'•"'1'^ ^ '"■'K^' "'l"^" ■' '■"'8'^' ^'"iH-ourse Coimeclicul River. cn.ssing ,1 at in which were seale.l the ( e n ernor of oi people .assembled to celebrate .\men I'.rallleborongh inlo Xew llainpshne, ihe St.ite ; ibe I'rcsidenl of ihe (-,nal '■"' ln'l'Ten.lcnce and to perform and and Ibeii. somelimes m X,w llnnpsbne Coinpaiiv ; ibe orator of ihe d.iv. the "'"»■-■ '''^- '•>•'■'•'""">« "f 'irfaking .uh! somelimes m \ermom, il was Hon baialban 11 l.Muan ..f Xorib- -"■'""' '"' ''"' '■•"'""i.^'"" ^ ■'"■'^ lo reach l.,d.e Men,plMein:u,o.4 lliionuh ■amploii; the (/omimssioners and the ( ,ov. W olcotl read an address and wliieb eomieelion w.a, possible will, haigineer ; together wi'tb several of |Mrlonne,l the ceremony of hreaking the St, Lawrence Ku.r m Can.id.i ihe (/lergv. """""' ''^ 'I'Hguig a small bole with .\ grand scheme lo rival ihe b.rie Tin- Directors .md Sloekhohlers of •' -l'-"l^' '^1 '^ I-.vuiau. ol Xorih.m.p Canal in iin lance Siibscripl ions ihe Canal Comp.mv 1, .n. made an ad.lress on horseback, and. came in slowlv. The river towns Cili/ens from lliis slate ,ind .Mas- ■'f'-' ■' '"^ ""i^''' ^-'remomes, the laughed ,,| Ihe projecl winch was lo saclmsells. innllilnde relnrne.l lo Cranhv. an.l rival Ibeir br.,ad river. ,ind wrilers in Ihe procession, composed of .gcnile- •'l"'"> ''">'■ lii'"''''^-'! 'I'''^''' logether on ihe (e»,„v//,»/ C.i/co,/ who iniisi men in carriages. wagons. .and on '''>■ ^ '"■'■~>- -'■'■•^■" '""'^■'' ■' ^""''^■''^■ b.ive Iheir ioke at the expense of ihe horseback, was two miles in lenglb. Returned h.ane an.l arrived about ten THE VILLAGE OK BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 133 liKSIIJliNCK II,' S\M1 I I, I l.i:,S\Vl)I.O. UKSIUK.NCK 111 I MM \i i:\ I. i.KI^Hi'i.ii LM FAliM," HESIDKNCK OK IL AHIINC K A. Al.llKliMAX. UF.SIDKM'K OK JOSKI'll II- 1111:1,1,. A !.■ i; si\ I i"\ I!i:.>■■■ ■-"-"■■i'-'.'t^, m ■^ ■>- - ; -^^s'-'-^-'rX '■■'*'j«'- r-T^T iiKSIDENCE OF DENNIS UYAN. Tin; MIC ii\i:i. i.iiM: M,M I. i;i;siiii:\( i: m- .kisi'.I'II M.initMirK. ■I'm; .iiiii\ i,(i\i; I'l.Ac i: runi'ijcrv fyv \VM. lOSI'EH AM> liKSIDKNCK OF \V.\I. LEWIS. 138 I- ARM I XfrroX, CO.VXECTICUT, have hci-ii seen hastening to raise llic sates. In cnnsiileratinn fur his serviees he was allnwed ti> huilil a tnrninL; >hi)|) I'M the north liank ipI' the hmok ailjoinini; tile tow-path. ;iiul use the snr|»liis water to turn Ins wheels. ( )ii one nieniorahle oec'asioii ihe w.ater Minple u.is so nnieli in exeess of his needs .IS to e.iri-\ olT his hig oversliot wheel \\r\] ni.L^h to the ri\er ;inil tliiaiten the whole estalilishnient. 1 rememhei' seeing thi.- waeel standni.^ tinder an a]i|iK- tree where it had lodged all one sinnnier. It w.is hna!l\ .got h.iek into plaee liefon- the ean.d e.aine to an iiiglorions eml The year lHjS was now prelt\ nnic h si)enl. and ,is yet the prineip.il husiness of the ean.il had heen to e.arry exeur- sion p.arties short distanees with inuch oratory, mtisie, and good ehei-r, .1 ivvv advertisement of the gie.n thin.gs whieli were to he Mere is .1 spi ei- nien eard imMished in the Coinieeti- eiit t oiiriiiil returning the th.inks of the good people of .Sinishnr\ for mie of these pleas.ant oer.asioiis ; ■■'Ihe undersigned, .a eouuiiillei' in heh.alf of nearl>' two hundred ladles .iiid gentU-nieii who were gratuit. 'nsl\ furnished with passage .and eiilert.iin- ineiit on hoard the new .and eleg.ant paeket-ho.il II' raln^iic. huilt .and ..wned h\ our enterprising eiti/en, John (J. I'ettihoue. I''.s(|,. whieh ni.ade ,111 ex- eursion from Siinshiir\ to the .niuediict aeross the l'',ariiiiiigloii ri\er. at I'arni- ii gtou. oil 'I hnrs la\ afternoon the j.Vl of ()e|(ih-r. present the thanks nf the pirls- til the proprietor for his po- liteiies, and lilieralit\ inaiiifesied iiiiou the oeeasion. and to Caiit;nii ICnnis for his aeeianinod.ilmg and geiitleiiian- K' eoinhut. llkewisi- to the eili/ells id' Xorlhinglou for the eheerfnl greeting anil eordi.al reeeiitmn of liie ho.il and p.irl\ in that \ill.rge. This with .Mr. dridley's liandsoine ho.il. the .linrn- tiiii /;(J,y/i-. of karinington. whieli |iassed us on an exeursion ol pleasure north- w.ird. heiiig the two lirst hoats whieh h.ave navigated this i.,irt of tlu- line, afforded .-i seeiie no less interesting from from its no\elt\ lli.ni gralfving to our eiti/ens, as .111 i\eiil furnishing evidenee of the ei mipli-l ion of the canal." I.el Us now return to the u.irrali\e of De.aeon Hooker: ■■.Monikn. N'oveni her loth. iSj.S. I his moruing the eaiial hoal Jmiirs 1 1 illlKnisr . with I )iek inson as C.aplain, Xewell lieutenant. (' i|itain I i.iiidrii-li, .an old sc-a ea|it lin at the helm, I 'iirtis hulger. ete , ete , and several p.asseiigeis, sl.arled for X'cwv Ihuen, and is the lirsi hoal from l'"armingloii th.il h.is nndert.aken to go ihrongh. the ranil lieing now open lor navigation, hut the water nut having \et risen high enough tn render the prticticabilily of the nuderl.iking per- feetly eerlain, hut the proprietors ( ui\ neighhor Dickinson and Col. dad Cowles) are auihitious to have their ho.at enjoy the honor of making the hrst pass.age. I'leasant hut ratiier iiild I'.dward and I rode to the .South l.,asin in it. Wetlnesday, \o- \'eniher uili ,\ notahle da>- .it l'",arm ingtoii .ind to he reniemliered as the lirst time of r.anal Imats arriving in onr \illage from other towns, .\hout 1 1 the lanal ho.at luilrrf'i isi\. huilt at Ithaea, .\'. V.. .uid loaded with si\t\ thousand shingles from Seneca Lake, arrived. In ahont half an hour afterward the // 'la/Zog/o-. a handsome liaeket hoat, arrived from .Sunsliur\ with a eompan<- of lailies and gentle- nun on t.ieir w a \ to Xew llaven, and alter stopping an hour dei>arted on their vva\. The I'anniugton band of music .accomp.iuied them a few miles out It was dr.iwn 1j\ three horses. .\honi 4 o'clock, r .M , the elegant p.icket hoat. .\ «';e l:ii:^hiiid. arrived from Xew llaven with passengers and one hmidreil h.irrels of salt on ho.ard. Ihe h'.n inington hand. h.aving met the ho.at. returned in her lo the \illage with annn.iting music. ( )ur village lull could not ring, having hroken its tongue ringing for joy at the arrival of the other boat at noon, Init there was some sctittering liring of muskets, lietween o .and 10 in the evening the sonud of the lingle .and the tiring of their swivel denoted the arrival of I l.ekinsiiirs ho.at. which demonstrated tile pr.ictu .diilitv of navigatmg our 1 .111 al, espei lally hy her return. al- ii oiig.i in going down liier.- was harelv eiioitgli vv.iler to Hoat the boat betvvi'eil I'.armiuglon and .Si iiithington, b'ridav. .Voviaiiher jSiIi. damp and nn- 1 iimfort.ihle dav Uode to Xortiiing- tou til attend all .adji iiirned tovvu meet- ing, ,\ numlier of peoidi- went down lliillier in ,1 e.an.al boat as far as K, !•', ll.awh-v's and then walked about a mile to the place of meeting," I his W.IS the first instance of our citi- zens .attending lnwii meeting liv canal- boal. I he meetiuL' h.ad reference to the division of the town vvliieh was soon ,ii- terwaid h.ippilv 1 oiisuimnaled to the lasting peace and lia|ipiiiess of all I'ar ties coiiceriual, as must ,ilvvavs be the case when diverse liie.il interests clash Xor Wile tiiwu ineclings the milv g.ilii- crings ,iltiiidi-d In c.in.il hoal, Hefore .1 clmrch was ereiied in I'laiii v ille. wor- shipers 1 ame thence liv boat to the old meet ill" bouse .at the center, be.guiling the w.av with ]isalin singing and other piiiUs 1 ecre.ltiolls ( )lle ol tlk'se nM- tiiue worshippers once told me that the sin.all boys were wont lo lisli bir shiners from the stern of the boat, their elders conniving at Ibis mild form of .goiiig- a lishing-ou .Snnd.iv .So ended naviga- tion for the yetir i8j8. The constantly thickening ice impeded the passage of boats and the water was let out to await Ihe return of spring and the opening of business. 'I he merch.ants began to advertise in the newspaper* in big type. "Canal Xavigation. Port of b'tirming- lon. Just arrived and for sale," etc., etc. Mouse and farms were adver- tised as highlv desirable, only sucli and such distances from the canal. The administr.ator on the estate of Seth Lewis recouiuunds bis tavern as being only liftv rods from the canal, .\ new hotel, now a jirinciiKil p.irt of Miss Porter's scboolhouse, of tliniensions ( iimmeusnr.ite with the coming pros- peritv, arose .and was loiidlv deemed the most magnilicent structure of all the region round. A \onng man. writ- ing iiome an account of his travels through the principal towns of Xew, Lngland in |S,?_' cnuld find no higher luaiise for the .irchiteclural wonders he saw than that thev surpassed even the Union Hotel of Karinington. The canal bo.it owners also advertised that dur- ing the ensuiu.g season .as soon as the canal is navigable, the American Jiagic, Capt, John Matthews, will leave h'ann- iiigton on Mond.av, and the Ih-ll ill CUntiiii. Capt. L, O. Gridlev, on Thttrs- (kt.,-, of each week, and returning, leave Xew Haven on each succee lin.g Thurs- day and .Monday, .And now while the elegant packet-boats and other craft are frozen in the ice, and Ctipt lin Dick- inson is Inrning bis attetitiou to house building, and the owners of all this line properly .are lookin.g anxiously for some returns 011 their investment, let Us con- sider a little the linanci.il situation of the canal companv friuii its published statements. I liev tell us tli.al in 1826 the stock of the I'armington t, .anal Coni- liauv was niiited with that of the llauip- shire .iiid llain|ideii Company of .Mass- .acluisetts In |8_7 the funds from the stock subscription were i-xhausted. In i8j8 the coui|iaiiv labored uiiiler great embarrtissment from the w.iiit of funds, •and sulTered from freshets and from the work of malicious individu.als. In |8_() the ciu.al w.as opened to Wi-stlleld .and ihe linanci.il emb irrassiueiit s of the coinp.anv weri' relieved bv the suhscri])- lioii of oiu' hnndred thousand dollars to its stuck bv the cilv of Xew Haven I'or the next seven years considerable iiiisiness w.is done which had a percep- tible etTecl upon llie pros|,eritv of Xew I Liven and other |il:u cs mi the line of the canal. In lS,is the e.an.al was lin- ished to the Coiiiua'ticut River, the tirst bo.al passing ihrough on ihe Jlsl of .\ugnst of that vear. Ihe company did not own the hoats which passed through its canal, but allowed .am one to use it on paving toll. Such was the custom of the earlv railro.ads as well as canals THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTTFUL HOMES. 139 w uuuia ii"s Jill. I.. Tim S'ilA KSTI'li; \\Ol)llHI'l''F PLACE. Tin; i.i:iii:(.i; wodniii n ri.M i., i.'I.siium i; oi w 11,1,1 \.\i .\. « (xiiiiiuKr. \iiii I, i-{ \i 1: i,'i;siiii.M I. uv .\\iii:i;\\ M. s\\ wsuv. 140 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. \l i ■■M M'l.L i: iiii.i, I \i: \i ^ Ul.-.lhl, .1 I. lU ,■^ \ .ll M. ( . 1 ol.l , i ^S^ff^i^aep-^*^ ri;(ii'i:iri ^ oi' .mhin i. ii \ w i.k\ i\i,-\iiHii si; 111 s (• ciii.r Ki:siiii',\( i; di' \i. .r. haii.hv. KisiiiiAi i: III' \i i:i ST 11(11. \i I It' ki ■,rAU 1.1 1 V*' \ ttfmt Hi \s Hj, I \i,'M i;i Sim \i I 111 r \ m THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 141 iiiilil trains became niiincrous and the confusion of separate manasemcnt in- tolerable. The tolls were only suf- ficient to pay the ordinary expenses of the company, while its heavy debt and very extensive damages to the canal in 1836 made it necessary that some meas- ure of relief should be found. The plan finally adopted was the formation of a new company, the ^cw Haven and .Viirthampson Company. .As the plan involved the entire relinquishment of all tile stock of the Farmington Canal Company, it may be proper here to men- tion the amount of it. It was as fol- lows : Shares. Mechanics Bank, Xcw (laven. j,ooo City of New Haven 1,000 Citizens of New Haven 1,2.^9 Citizens of New York City . . . 924 Citizens of Farmington IJ5 Citizens of Cheshire 74 Citizens of Simsbury 46 Citizens of other towns 16 5.414 Farmington also subscribed 76 shares in the stock of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company. The New 1 laven and Northampton Company was organized June 22, 1836. The stock in the two old companies was surrendered, the creditors sirbscribed their deljts, and tliere was a casli subscription of net capital, $r20,!84.9_'. .\nd now a rival appeared to whom all l^rllinary canals have had to give way, more formidable than the Connecticut River itself. Oil t'ne 3d of December, 1S38, the Hartford and New Haven railroad was opened fnim \ew Haven to Meriden, the time over the eighteen miles being fifty- seven mhiutes. The subser|uent history of the canal is briefly reported thus : 1841. This year, for the first time, a business communication was opened through the canal between New York city and the upper part of Massachu- setts, Vermont, an knockeil into wide gaps for their acconmiodation. Tlie farmers hated the canal. 'I he water leaked through the towpath anil turned their meadows into swamps. The rickety bridges frightened their e.ittle and were set so higii thai it was bird to draw a good-sized load of hav ov.-r one, but it will be hard to fiiul one wdio was a lioy in those happy days speak evil of the Farmington >:anal. Nor was it the small boy only that found re- creation on the old canal. Those of an older growth did not disdain its quiet pleasures. I remember standing one line autumn day on the old "Yellow Store Basin" wharf and watch .1 pack- et-boat sail away northward with a jolly c. rew for a week's fishing on Southwick ponds. They were farmers who had linished haying, merchants tired of daily drudgery, and foremost among them all and chief organizer of the expedition. Professor John Pitkin Nortoii, who loved his favorite science nuich. but nature more, enthusiastic, laborious, healthy minded, an ardent disciple of good old Isaak Walton, and ever ready in spirit with him to invoke the bless- ing of St. Peter's Master "upon all that are lovers of virtue, and . i;i;sii>i:\( i: v John i.. i_ adu i,i,l. Itl.SIDKM h; UK U. .1. MALIINKV. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTH^'UL HO>rES. 143 ■KIKJKWOOU'— KEISIOKNCE OF JUSEl'll llAll.K^ l!i:8Illi:.\C'K OK S. CIIAIiLES BALAZV. FAIiJl ( iiTIAl.L A I i.ln.l.WiMil).' TIIH \VM. IIAXNON' PLACE. /N ,\ KL.llLa,..i. ;. I'l ..I-L.-,m:. ... K'.'^\W.LL. FAliM iSLILIllM.iS AT •■liDGEWOOU," 144 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, TiiK \i,M-< iiiirsi:. nil; \oi!iisri;(iM n.Mi: iiksiihack oy hksidkmi, or Mi.'s \i.i;\ winj: sun /. WIII.IISIIN •■WAIvMT (.l:ij\ I, 1 AK,\| I.. \>.. A:>,i -N. \l . Ill THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 145 H Zvuc Stor^ of ®lb XTimcs in dFanninaton. C!3 ^^ EVENTY-FIVE years ago : no ^^^ railroads, no telegraphs, — but ^T^f liearts were brave or cowardly, true or false, just as now. It was an evening in late Octo- ber ; the sun had set clear ; and frost was in the chilly air. .\wa\- up on the 'mount;iiti mail," in the lowbrowed wide spreading farniJKjuse, Air. Brow'n- low looked around with a sigh of con- tent on the ohcery square roimi w'liere the famil\ would spend a peaceful evening. He rejected that his stock was well cared for, that his barns were full, that he was able to assist those who were poorer than himself: and after praising the especially delicious supper which his wife and sisters had prepared, he threw fresh sticks on the I'lre, and settled down for the enjoy- ment of the WcclAy Courant, which he had brought from the village that afternoon. With his reading he mingled running remarks: "Good apple crop this \ear, they say. We picked the last in the home lot to-day. They're the best I ever picked. We've got a good yield of turnips, too, and the turkeys are getting as fat as but- ter ; we shall have plenty to eat and plenty to sell. Be sure to invite every- body to Thanksgiving, mother." Again: "Well! t;ie paper says that old Mike, the crazy man, has got out, :uid that he's running loose round the country. You must look out, girls." Miss Maria laughed .a little: "I don't believe he'd come way U|i here?" "\o : I suppose 'twould he rather too much trouble. H'm, — 'when last seen, wore a plaid c:Lmlet cloak.' " The cat purred, the cli>ek ticked, the knitting-needles clicked; Mr. Brown- low almost nodded. A knock resounded froni the "end- door." which opened directly- out of doors. "That's Stebhins, come to see about buying that colt." So up jumped Mr. Brownlow, :ind hospitably opened wide the door. -A vision of a wild, haggard face, a plaid cloak, a flashing axe was all, and poor Mr. Brownlow lay dead across the threshold, his head cloven at one stroke ! Oh ! the horror of that moment for those women ! Speechless and be- numbed, they looked for instant death for themselves at lirst. But, ap- nareiuly, the uKnlman hail turned li:ick into the night. When their terror could find vent in screams, the only support that they could bring was Jerusha. the "help;" for tile hired m;in had already gone for his evening's pleasure. So the four women left their dead, and tied to the village for aid. in a moment, for them, peace and happiness were turned into terror and grief. I heir agonized flight down the shadowy hillside was finished just .is the tranquillizing good night of the nine o'clock hell was booming; hut it enanged to a wild clanging wliicli brought fi)rtli a hasty crowd of men and boys, with "What's the matter?" on every lip. Each one was ea.ger to Set out on the search for the luna- tic, lest he should do some other deed of horror Lanterns and warm coats were quickly brought, and in an in- credibly siiort time, at least si.xty men were ready to start on the quest, and in groups of eight or ten, were rush- ing ofT; ndien "Hold on!" shouted Deacon Deming in stentorian tones. "Call those boys back! .\ttenlii)n! every one." "Now neigliliors," he continued, "we shall never accomplish anything in this hcltcr skelter way. I move that we have one man to direct jnatters to- nigiit, and that man'd better be 'Squire Morton, in my opinion." The satisfaction of all with this proposal was expressed b\ a cheer ; and after a little modest hesitation on 'Squire Morton's part, he stepped on the church horse-block, and gave out his imprnniptu orders. He was ;i m:in of spare frame, and simple manner; but his clean-cut features and dee])- sct eyes gave promise of a Infty, fear- less nature; and on his face the lines of experience indicated wisdom and penetration. lie neither assumed nor demanded especial atithoritv, but his simple words showed that he was :ic- customed to lead. ".\h friends, .i dreadful lliiny has happened to-night. Don't let :iny carelessness of ours bring more trouble. I see that most of you have lirearms. 1 make it a strict order that no man shall fire on old Mike, even if a good chance oflfers itself. Surround him if possible, catch hint by all reasonable means; btit bring the poor creature into town quietly and safely, so that he won't be roused to fury, and, above all. don't shoot." Then he distributed the men by twos and threes in such a way that all the districts of the tow^n, which old Mike could have reached by that time, would be faithfully scoured in a systematic maimer. If old Mike should be found, a whistle and a halloo were to inform those who were near at hand, and as soon as possible the church bell would give the signal ihat the search was over. If he should not be found, the difTerent bands of men, converging from the outside to the center, would meet at sunrise on the green to discuss plans for future search. .All assented cordially to the plan of the campaign; and soon the village center seemed deserted, ex- cept for the lights of those who were hurrying off to accompany the af- flicted women of the Brownlow family to their desolate home. There was nne dissenting voice, however, that of J:nnes Williams. He was a son of one of the leading men of the town, bright and winning, but spoiled by lack of early parental training. He and Jonathan Hinsdale, who was considered the pride of liie village, h.id been inseparable friends from childhMi.d, and they were often called "David and Jonathan." James almost idnlized h\- friend, who, besides having great powers of mind, was endowed with the stability and self-control which James lacked. Jonathan was soon to marrv the pretty sister of James ; and U was a matter of rejoicing to the friends and neighbors that he was to be a minis- ter, then considered the profession of most honor in the community. "Well!" grumbled James, as the two started for West Farms, their assigned place of search, "1 don't see why I should be hampered by 'Squire Morton's orders. I know how to use 146 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, IN' coNSTurcTloN ■iiii; i;i.Ms- i'i: wiiicn kin'Isiikd To r.i: 'I'liic ui:siiii:nc !■; (u- mi;, v v.. iiicldkn ii Jim -III i;i;siiii:\( i: or i:i ssi;i,i, i. .loM.s riioi'i i.'l'v 01' Jll.li s r.\\\ •■(IV ■I'lll'. \ II I. \i.i s I i;i.i I M hi: |ii:\li\i: wii \li: iii;\i!N \l roui.ics. itlcsiiiDM i; o|- MKs. u A, I \iii,i;\\Miih ioi;\ii.M.i iiii: ,ii mis s, ioui.ls ri,v<.'K. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 147 JdlNKI! HIIOl'— .Y. I). Kri/s. PropriXor— HLA( klS.M III I SIKH' "/ l.'-.,,./' Leopard. Tin; \ ii.i,\(u: liA^s■l'll,l■: lUvSlDI'.Nl'l'. <>!•' Mli^- -I^NI-- H- mflSWllLM. 148 FARMIXGTON, CONNECTICUT, a mm uilliMiu liciiit; tiuil up by any [■Id .uraniiy n;;iilaticins like- that. I ilrspisc pcnplr who nrv afraid of every- thing, 1 :ihall use my own iiid.nmeiil ahoni liriii;^ " Joiiallian tried to rea- son with hini a htlli-. lint it was Use- less ihen. and he liad no idea that James wouM reall\ eneotmtcr Michael; so he turneij to oilier sulijects while they were prowlii),i4 ahotlt in the dark- ness, liours passed on. I'atienlK the men. most of them weary at the start from a d,i\ of toil, ploilded over hill- siiles and me.idous. lhiou^;li swamps .and foi'esls. Nolhin.n eouM he found of old .Miehael. e.xeept that a lir.meh of a young m.aple, freshl> lopped .ill. looked as if he nii.!4ht h.ive hceu wieldiirn liis terrilile a.\e again. ,\nd. Ii\ the l.uilern'.s light, tracks were seen around an old. lonel>' house wlneli m.ide llie eight or ten men wlio h.icl met tiler.', sine thai old .Michael hail secreted himself in the cell.ir They gathereil in the old kitchen for consultation If .\lich.ic-l was realK in Ihe cellar, he iimsl lie hroiiglil oiil. .md the se.irch iiiiisl he ended; liiU who wished to creep down ricketi' stairs into ihe ;ili\ssnial d;irkiiess of an old-f;isli- ioned celhir. to he met hy ;i iii;idni;in ;'rnu-d with an :i.\c.^ '.Squire .Morton looked ;iioinid llie little comp;m\. ■■| will go ,lown to look lor .Mich;iel Who'll g.i with me?" \'o one \ olnnteered, ■| .nil going, 1 i.ill no one of you to go with me," lL\en his authority f:iiled. Kach head w.is shaken to show tli:it courage w;is kicking, llicn witli lips ;i little more ririnl\ sel. and e\ es looking slr;iighl foru;ird, 'Sipiire Morion lighled ,a c.indle, :iiid hriell\' s;iyiiig. "Then I will go :iloiie." opened the door ;nnl calinl\ stepped down into the d;irkiiess ;mrl to possible dc;ilh. l'.\er\ f;ice W';iS p:de. — the men hardlv hre:ithed. so ;iciili' w;is the suspense while tlic\' liud- clled ;ironiid the iie;id of the cell.ir sl;iirs lo listen. 'I'hey heard his careful footsteps as every part ni the dim ca\erii w:is esplon-d .and then :it kast lie cMine li.ack to them, safe ;ind .alone. Ml llrat he said was "Michael is not there;" .and i.icli man knew th.it il w.is certain lh:il no lurking place in that cellar shehered .Michael from sight Ihil ;iftci that modest pr.iof of iiii llinching courage, those men wmild ha\e obeyed 'Squire Morton's slightest word, 'T never saw such grit as that," said Ihll Jiidd in relating the incident to a circle of listeners the next day, I hit the dreaded and yet much sought lunatic was not even seen. lie eluded them or had lied to some region entirely beyond their field of search, (dinimers of the d.iwn appeared, and Ihe night's work seemed about to end in ilis,qi|ioiiitnient. Just then. James Williams, sleciiily stnmlihng through some underbrush, s;iw a fi.gure iiio\ ini; tow:ird him Inroiigli a .grove of young trees. 'Ihe steps were light .iiid quick, the iiriii certainly carried a lieav> weapon, .and J;imes thought tli.it he detected in the dimness the llutlering fidds of ;i cloak. lie Could iiol. alone, c;iptnre .Miidniel. for surcl\ il iimst be he; if he should wotinil the violent iiriii in the ;irin. he woiilil gi\e himself no more tirin a |no|ier .advantage. So he raised his musket ;ind tired, Ihe slmt rang mil omiiioiisl\ ami it brought ;i b;ilf-ilo/en men rnniimg to ihe scene, I he\ found J.amcs Wil- li. mis wihll\ c;illiiig on jMii;itli;in lliiis- d;ile lo speak. Ihit the de.id speak not, |):i\iil h;id si. nil Jon.itlian. Ami thus, before tile sun lookeil on the e.irth ,ag,iin. ,i seconil family was plunged into woe. Three f;imilies, I iiii.glit s;i\. fiir while some bore v\ith melancholy steps the lifeless form of the gifted Jonathan to his home, il re- (jniiiil .all the efforts of three or four men lo restrain the sclf-reproaclifitl r.ivings of the unfortunate James, who knew that his return to his lionie nuist bring a blight blacker tli;iii de;itli III his family. "f)h, wdiy did 1 imt obc\' orders? Oh, Jonatli;in 1 1 lo\'ed \oii better than inxself, .and I iiave killed you! Oh. my sister' Wli.it sb.ill I do when 1 sec miu?" lie voiced the ihouglits of all; they contrasted tJie calm fearlessness of .Mr. .Morton with J;iincs's reckless in- dependence of control. Terhaps you would like to kimw the gentle means by wdiieh old .Miciiacl w:is ;it kisl caught, h'or weeks the whole coimtrx side w.is aroused to secure him, I'.ills describing him were posted ;il e\er\ mad, so lli;i| every one ill the coiiiiti\ knew Ins ;ip|ie;irance. b\' report, lie was someliines traced, but w;is not taken, l'.ver\ one fell lh;il life w.is in ico]i;iril\ while he w;is at large. One sunny allcniiioii in early winter, a prior woman in a house miles away from the scene of the tragedy heard a timid knock at her door. So childlike was it. th.it she forgot the cus- tomary fear of opening doors to out- side knocks, only to hnd herself con- fronted by old Michael himself. There were the tattered renmants of the pkiid ciiiiKt cloak, the wild eyes and sunken cheeks. — yes, it w:is surely he. llcr \ery frame seemed to collapse; but she w;is a woman of nerve. The a,Ne w;is not visible, and the man looked wc;ik .ind lired. "Will you ple.isc give me something lo eat?" was all that he said, "Certainl\, certainlx," re- plied she, with re;id\' tact, "Sit down by the fire to .get warm, while 1 bring \ou some li;Lked beans." The wom;m's slock of prinisioiis was poor and sc;nU\. bill s'ne brought forth the best she li.id. and set it kindlv before the liimgr\ 111:111, cleftl\ m.ana.ging to re- move all kiii\es from sight. Then she asked: "Would \oti like some milk" 1 will get it in the buttery. (_'onie Solomon." to her little boy, whose patched clothes ill licc:ime his roy:il n.ame. "Come ;md help me get il." .So she took the boy to the but- tcr.\-. :md once within, she pushed him through the little s(|Uare window, charging him to rim for his life to the ne:ires| neighbors, and to say that cra:-:\- Mike w;is in her kitchen, but w:is "peaceable" just tiieii. Her pl:in worked |ierfectly. 1!> various soft be- guilcments, she kept Michael interested in bill food :inil drink until some men ;irrivcd, wlio :i]ipro;iched him :is friends, were by him received as such, and so easily led away the m:in who had caused terror for weeks. The ]ioor demented man was taken lo the house of Mr. Morton who w;is ileput\' sheriff for the counl>- for fort.' \e:irs; :iiid there strong men kept their vigil :iromi(l his bed :ill night, lest his fury should Inirst forth again. Morn- ing came without :iii oiubreak and be \\:is t:ikcn lo Ikirlforil, where he was I lied. :iiiil his iiis:iiiil\ h:iving been |iro\cil. lie was assigned to safe-keep- ing, Xevcr ;ig:iin did he esc:ipc to lcrrif\ the dwellers in l'':irinin.gloii ; but ofleii w,is the lr:igcd\ of lh:il night rcpc:ilcd to awesiruck listeners, and the story has been handed down to succeeding .gen- erations. — b'.i.i.KN .Stkiim. i;,\uri,i:i i , in /■i;;/»i/ii'- Imi \l,r^'t-iiir. ,\pril, loo_'. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 149 PROr'KliTY OK IIIONIiV MAKTIN CdUl.KS- RKSIDIJ.VCE OF JOHN IIIIU.KV AND FRANK CHIIJSKV. "ROUND MILL" /"n.m III,- wrxl. r m'M' ^ -*^-----j "LITTLIC liLi II \l PROPERTY OF KKKli MILES — KL.SlIJJi^(JE OF CHARLES KISLEV. JR., AND JASPER \VrLLL\MS. ■ rnn nou.si. ri; vhr.." 150 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ©pening of the l^illaoc Xibrarv Of Farmington, Conn., September 30, i8go. B V JULIUS G A Y m \: II.W'I', nu-l tliis iMiiiiiL; 1.. n|)i,-|l, til lllr use 111 lllr |illli- lic, tile lilirary. winch the .yi'ii- erosity nf the citizens .iinl frieiiijs of this vill;iHi' has iii- ^litlllell I!, the way iit int ri iihietii Ml. a iiiic-t account has hecii tlimmhl ritlin;^ 111" an iilder lihran- fnniuleil lure a ceii- liiry ann. nf the men who iiif4ani/eil it, anil lit' tlie liteiar) taste iif their limes. I here have lieen other liliraries in ihis town also well-iieser\ inf4 ci msiiKralii m. il tnne iiermitteil. Seven were in active operation in the \ear iSoj, with an at;- grcgate 111 1,041 Milunies mi Iheir shc'lves costing $i,J4i.oii. Tile niiisl re- ci'iil lilirary is too well known to \ on all to iieeil any enliig\ or ilescii|il 11 111 lioni nie 1 1 the IniiNis Lilir.ir\ hail iiol attaineil its rem.irk.alile iirosperilw there is little reason to siip|iiise we slioulil haxe heeii here this e\ eiiing. In the year 1705, when the KiMiln- tioii,ir\ \\ ,ir hail lieeii a tlnni; of the past for twcKe lears. the people of this \ illage tonnil time to turn their energies to pcicetnl pntsnils. Ilie long ami hitter conlenlions in the cliiiri h hail jnst given pi. ice to peace ami goml will h\ the settlement of the lielo\eil ]ias|or, the i\ev. Joseph \\ ashlinrn, in Ma\ of that year I he Hon. John Ireailwell of tilis town, afterwaril (iii\ Ireailwell. U'.is at this time ,1 niemlier of the np per house of the St.ile l.egislatnie. ami lohii .\li\, l'.s(| . h,iil just liegnn to rep resent the ttiwn in the louer house twice eacli year as cerlaiiiK as tlu- months of .\la\ ami ()ctiiher came arunncl. I luse wmtln .iml public-spirit- eil men, with siu h assistance as their fellow tovaisiiicn were le.nK to oiler them, fiuinileil. in that \e,ir, the Inst lilirary in this \illage of which we lia\e .any extemled reconl. I hev calleil il ■'Tlu- Library of the hirst Siiciet\ in larmington." and this library with snn- i|r\ changes in name .mil organi/a- tioii li.is sur\i\ei| |o the jiresenl time The first lihr.iriau w.as hdij.ih I'orter, .1 soldier of the Kcm ilntiou, who served three M',irs with the ("onnecticnt tmoiis on llie llirlsoii, .mil was for many \e.irs ,1 ile.icon in the Congregational church. 'I he members of the lirst committee were .Martin I'.ull, John Mix, and lsa,ic Cowdi-s. Martin rmll, also a deacon of the church, was a man of \ers,itile powers and occn]i.atiiins, — ,1 goldsmith and maker of siher spoons and ^il^er billions, a m.inufaclurer of salt-iietre when il was needed in making gunpow- der lor the army, a conductor of the ihnrcli music with Cov. Treadvvell for .assistant, the treasurer of the town for eight \cars, and clerk of jirobate for lhirt\-nine years, and until the uf- lici' passed out of the control of the old I'ederal party. lie was one of thu .seventy signers of an agreement to ni.irch to Boston, in September, 1774, to the .assistance of our besieged coun- liAmeii. if needed Of all bis numerous occupations, perliaps none pleased the worthy deacon more than writing long .aiiil formal letters to his friends. One series of liltceii to a student in col- THIS BOp^'BIU^ONGS TO THE ^ r"^ v'r; i\ ^^2d?^^i .ibrar A^- Twopence P' Day for ixtainin^ « BooV more ihttii one \4ontK One Penny tor lnWuig down a I.caf TKrfefKillmo-s for lending a Book to « I Nonpropnetor . No Member lu retain a Book after ti o clock on drawini/ Evetiu\ litl I'Hii'ijiliun'j^iiiuUtK^- .S-ff/airirfiir-iTrmftlf hhrrhuw r,-,f>-€J^ Ilr.hr almir i >i Hoiwrj lioiir .iliuJi jla't V rtnrn'il iri-lli Ktifu'ilj^'' rnii'il iil-otc hu i THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. ISl diipiii:!!i'i^Nlli:i;.ili, ^'rijKiiKs!*!''??"' iii'.siiii'Acio OK .Kiiiv i;i:ii.i.v. jra^I ■WAiTiNc Fiiii Tin; Ti!(irjj;v -r/i:iff I'LArlO. 1!i:siiii:n('i: ok wii. ii. kostick. liKSIDEN'CK OF N'KilOI.AS SIXDCHKX. hi:siiii;mi,: nv c c ii\Mii,i,\ 1. I >ili| M I - ■! \t . ,i ^ I \ N |.),K,>* liFSIDKMi: OI' I'I'.TLl: SlMKiUKN'. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 155 The old vveatlier-liealeii sign repro- duced by the accompanying photograph was suspended for many years over the front door of Tlic Caj^tain Joe Porter Tavern which stood at the northeast corner of New Britain avenue ansed the subtle ili'-lincli. in-~ of their theology with an excitement and too often witli a bitterness miknown e\en to the moilern ]>i'btuian 1 he> held stormx debates on these high themes Ik tlie wa>siile, at the country store, and over their flip .inil .\\w l*Ji,g- l.ind rum at the tax eni. 1 he\ tborough- Ix believed their creed — beliexed that the slightest deviation from the irirrow |iatb ibex h.iil m.irked out for their ste|.s xvould lonsign them to the eter- nal agomi-s of .1 material hell. .Such was their belief ,inil siub the literature that pleased them. Even the young ladies of the il.ix 1 e id the works of Jonathan I'.dxv.inls as the recorils shoxv. lint let no om- picture them oid\ as I'riseilla singing the llim- ilredth rs.ihn at her spinning xvheel. or xvaste unnecessary compassion on their gloomy puritan surroundings The same ladies d.inced wilii tlu- h'rench of fleers of the army rif Koiliamhean li\ the li.ght ol their camp lires down on the dreat I'laiii, with tlie approh.ilion .mil .•tttetidance of iheir fathers, ,ind ex en. as trailition s,i\s, of the courtK ministi-r of the cbiirch We kiioxv from old letters, careftlllx' treasured, boxv i'armin.gton society spent its evenings, .it xvliat hotises tln' young l.iilies xvere wont to gather, what tlu-y lid. and. xx hat xoung men. xvitli more nioiu'x th.in brains, were froxvned upon lor stopping on the xvay at too manv of the numerous i.iverus then lining our street. We kuoxv how (iov. Treail well lined the society ladies of his day because, as the indictment read. "Thev were convened in coinpanv xvith others at tile house of Xehimiah Street, in said toxvn, and refused to disi)erse until after nine o'clock at night." The nine o'cloe-k bell meant something in iIkkc days. ()nly a few years Liter, the (ioxernor xvriles in a strain wortlix of |olin Kiis- kin. "The young ladies are chan,gin,g tliiir spinnin.g wheels for forle-|>i;inos .iiid forming their luaimers ,at the danc- ing school rather than in the school of industry. ()f course, the people are lax iiig .aside their pl.iin .app.arel. matui- lactm'ed in their houses, and clolhing tlu'Uiselxes with l''.uro])ean .and Indi.i labrics. Lab.n- is groxving into disre- pute, anil the time xvhen tile indepeiidriil f.irmer and re]iiitable cili/eii could whistle at the tail in' his ]ilougli. xvith as much serenity as the cobbler over his last, is fast drawin.g to a close. The present time marks a rexolution of t.isie lh.it day. but because our ancestors read on the first page of Holy Writ, that the evening and tile luorning were the first d.iy, and when ibex saxv the last rays ol the setting siin disappear behind the xvesteni mouiit.iins. the S.ibbath xxilb all its restraints was ended. The hoys miglit resume. thou,gli soiiiexvhal quiet- I . the sports of the week. Tiiose of older growth were expected to present ir.eniselx'es in all the braverx of their Sundax attire xvherever their xoiilhful afi'ectious called them; and they, both xomig men and maidens, d lublless blessed the nexv libr.irx' as a iiio-i suil- :ible place of resort for their elders. Ililher tliex came from far and near. not siniplx for books, but lo exchange frieiidlx greetings, to discuss the affairs tillact:; .:L,jBiR/\.R.T, f^. ^■. ' Bft'Jui ill rpftn Ikit'r firvUy »ytt miv rrlt : r M SIX! II I and of manners of immense import to society, but xvhile others glorx in this as a .great .adv.incemenl in relinemenl. we can not helj) dropping a tear tit the close of the golden .age of our ances- tors, XX bile xxilb a jieiisixe |ile.isure xve relied on the p.ist. and xvith susi.eiise .and apjuehensiou anlicipale the future." Such xv.is the soci.il life iheii. Much he.arlx' enioymeiU of the increasing good thin.gs around Ibem, tempered and .alxvays oversh.idoxved In their ever lireseiil belief in the stern iloctrines of Calvin — "lixed t'ate. free-will. fore- knowdedge absolute." I be meetings for the draxvin.g of books xxc're held on the tirsl Sunday of each month, not because the cmiueiUly re- ligious character of the library became of the State .and the Church, the health ol their l.iinilies. tlu- labors of their f.irnis, ,ind ,ill the details of their ex ery- day life. It was a I rue liU'r.irx club m.ide up of the most intelligenl and xxoillix UK-mbeis of the communitx*. Wiien all xvere assembled ;iud had .accounted for the books char,ge. On the first day of January. iSoi. the first day of the new century, the name of the library- was changed from 'I'lit Libniry in the First Society in Fiirni- f/i.C'"". to Tlir Monthly Library in fcirmingtoii. probably to distinguisli it from some other library. Deacon Mar- tin Buell, still the diairman of the committee, engraved for it a new book plate in the highest style of his art. It contains the by-laws of the compan}-, and this motto : "The youtli who led by Wisdom's guiding hand Seeks Virtue's temple, and her laws reveres, He alone in Honour's dome shall stand Crowned witli rewards and raised above liis peers." Wisdom is represented in the central picture in tlie form of the god Mer- cury leading a very small bo\ up to a bookshelf of ponderous folios. The boy is dressed in the fashionable court costume of the period, and with un- covered head contemplates a personifi- cation of virtue crowned with masonic insignia. By her side stands a nude figure of wondrous anatomy, perhaps a siren agaiiist whcise allurement the youth is being warned. The books were kept in the house of the librarian, wdiich stood on tlie east side of the main street, next north of the graveyard, and here sat Deacon Porter, the village tailor, in this solemn neighborhood, and among these serious books read}- to minister to the literary taste of the community. In the mean- time the beloved jiastor, Josejih Wash- burn, died on the voyage from Xorfnlk to Charleston, whither he had gone in the vain hope of restoring his health, and on the 23d day of August, eight years afterwards. Deacon Porter mar- ried the widow and moved into her house opposite', now occupied by Chaun- cey Rowe, Esq. He relinquished his care of the library, and Capt. Liuher Seymour succeeded him for the vear 1813. At the end of tlie year the Monthly Library Company came to an end. The furniture was sold and the cash on hand to the amount of %?,A■9^ was divided among the proprietors. .A few weeks later, on the utli day of February. 1814. Deacon Porter was re- instated in oflice and the books set up in the kitchen of iiis new abode, and, as was the fashion of the times when .in\ dead institution started into new life, after the manner of the fabled bird of er who turned down a leaf to keep his place while reading was fined a penny, and a strict record was kept of every .grease spot or other blemish, giving the volume .uul pa.ge where it occurred, so that any new dama.ge could be charged up to the offender with unerr- ing certainty. Two-pence a di\ was the cost of fiirgetling to return books on time It made no sort of difference wdio the imlucky offender was, be he of high degree or otherwise, he had to pay. Major Hooker pays liis six-pence. Col. Noadiah Hooker his shilling, and even Gov. Trcadwell is reminded that it has cost him five shillings and six- mythology, which is supposed to arise from its own ashes, they called the new institution the Phoenix Library. Nine years afterwards it was incor- porated under that name, January 28, 1S23, by leaving a copy of its articles of association with the Secretary of State. Contemporaneously with this, another library called the Village Library, also holding its meetings on the first Sun- day evening of each month, had existed for many years. The leading spirits of the compan>- were Capt. Selah Porter at the center of the villa"e. Cant Pomeroy Strong at the north end, and John Hurlburt Cixjke, at WJiite Oak Its records date hick to January. 1817. but 1 was told some thirty years ago l)v Capt. Erastus Scott, then one of the most prominent men of the town, that he and his fellow schoolmates were the real founders. The\' met on a Sat- urdav afternoon under the church horse sheds, and each contributing ten cents, began the purchase of the little volumes entitled "The W'orld Displayed." This selection seems to indicate a reliance on the literary taste of the schoolmaster; but when the next purchase was made the true boy's instinct asserted itself, and Robinson Crusoe was the result. These and some subsequent purchases were the nucleus, he said, of the Vil- lage Library. The accuracy of Capt Scott's recollection seems to be sus- tained by the list of books bought from the Village Library at its dissolution in 1826. Two of the twenty volumes of ■■'l"hc World Displayed," the bovs" first purchase, are still in existence, bearing the book plate of the Village Librarv. a work of art probably beyond the skill of Deacon Bull. It substitutes for his awkward boy a self possessed voung lady seated in an arm chair in the most approved position taught by the board- ing schools of the day. She is absorbed in a book taken from the library shelves at her side, and through the window. of the room has before her the inspir- ing visidii of the Temple of F'ame crnwiiing the summit of a distant mountain. Beneath is the motto: "I'eauties in vain their pretty eves may roll, Charms strike the sense, but merit wins the soul." Thus earU- did the Village Library recognize the \alue (if female cduca- t'on. In March, l8j6, the Village Library was merged with the Phoenix, and Capt. Selali Porter, who, since 181 7. and per- haps longer, had been its librarian, now took the place of Deacon Elijah Por- ter, lie held the office until be resigned .April 4, 18.^5, and Simeon Marl. Jr., was appointed in his stead, and it was voted that the liooks be remnved to the house of the latter. The .affix id Jr. sounds strangely to those wdio remem- ber the venerable and beloved instruc- tor of our youth better as Deacon llart. -a name wdiich brings back to many hundreds of men scattered all over the world the recollections of the wise teacher, tin- kindly director of their sports .IS well as studies, the liigh- uiinded man trusting the hniiin" of his pupils, and uorlin of all hnnor in w- ti;rn. Deacuii llart had just linisheil his twelfth year as principil of the Farmington .Academy, and one month .ifter his .ippi liiUiiKnt as librarian "Coni- nienced," ,is he wrote, "a Boarding Selioiil in my own house May 1. 18,55." I his new dep irlure of his so occupied his time thai mi llie dill nf .March he felt it necessary to resi.gn, and Kufus Cowdes was appointed in his place, fill ing the office until the company came to an end, and was reorganized on the i8tli day of February, 18.59, nnder the iKiiiie iif the Ivirmington Library Com- p.inx . 1 he library was given a room in what w,is then the northeast corner of the lower lloor of the old .•Academy building, and the Rev. William S. Por- ter was installed as librarian, which ollice he filled until March 1, 1840, wdien he was succeeded by Mr. .Abuer Bid- well. I'nder this admiiiistralioii ilu- lilirar\' conies within the limit of my personal remlleetion. I he meetings were held on the first Sunday evening of the month immediately after the monthly concert.. I'o this missionary meeting came the patrons of the library from llie Eastern harms, from White Oak, and from most of the districts of the town, each with his four books tied up not unusually in a red bandann.i h.indker- chief. Mere we waited, more or less patientl\. the men on the right hand and the women on the left, while Deacon leo FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. niM88 Iportcr, HDrs. IDow, anb (lIMss (Xowles. MISS COWLICS. MISS POHTEli .Mi;s, IMIW. The accnmpanyiiif; description of the piitiirr h\ tile ;irli>t who made it will iloiilitli'ss he of intere^t to niaiiw 1 liaM' been asked to tell h'lw this l)ietin'e eaiiir to lir taken, V'er\' well 1 asked .l/i.v.v /',-/■/, T. .l/r.(. n,:w and Miss h'lixy C'le/.-.v to emne t^ the slndw at a eertain hour to he photiiLjraiihed. and llie\- all viT\- ,L;raiaousK accepted in\ in- \ilalion Al lirsl Mis-, (/owles dia'W hack Willi hr|- characteristic niodes|\, hnl Miss I'oilr]-. patlin;^ the place he- side lui wnh her hand said, "ilon't hi' foolish Roxy sit right down there." and Miss Roxy sat and the whole thing was done in h\t' niinntes. Manx enlar,L;enU'nts and jtrmts ha\'e heen made ■■{ ihi, piclnre. nntil jiroh- ahl\ a Ihons.nid jienplr h.i\e a coi\\' id' it Miss I'lirlci- was fi.r a lont; time ad\iTse tci ii.ixiiiL; her piclin"es In-come pnhlie priipertN. hnt her .ya'cat fame ;it last m.ide it ont id' ihe ipicslion lo keep her likeness fioin the wurld ll wonld he like l|-\in,L; lo ^\n'p|■ess ihe likeness of ( ir.Mit 111- lancoln. — 1\. 1!. U. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL H0ME3. 161 CHARLES CAUIMNCTOX, M.D. .IIIIIN 11. NKWTON. .M.I). I'RAXRLIX WIIKELKK, A.M., Jl.D., BiSOilKC'TON 'V. / ,\N 01. I> M.M', rlllll.iSHKlJ AUDl.'T I SOO. 162 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, IlaiM navL- lis a suminan nf iiiissidii- ar\ iiilc-lli,i>i'iice fur tlic iiKiiitli, ami tlu- liiU' MiilaliU- portion of the Si-riptiin-s and invoked the hU-ssinu of 'ioil npMH lis and on all dwa-IU-rs in iKallKii lamU. wlu-ii tile choir in tlu- northeast eoriier of ihe hall hail eonehiderl our lU'volior-- uilh llie Missionary IKiiiii. a lar^c- pari of llu- meetiti;^ repairi-d lo llir li- lirar\ room lielou. Here were llie hooks, a thon^aml or more, some in cases, some on henehes. some on a hi:^ 1 dile. some in rows, some in piles. - liilt .all scattereil wilhoul reLj.iiil |o I'h.ar.acter or si/e or iiimiheriitu; in a confusion lh.it wniiM Ii.im' .istoimded Ihe orderl\ soul .,f I le.icon h.lii.ih I 'oi- ler rile hooks pnreli.ised iliiriii.n ihe lasl month were .iiiiioimeed. .iiid the lirst re.idinn of eaeh was di-lermim-d In a spirited and ion .it which e\er\ hf lok w.as descrihecl .is .i "vcr\ inleres|iii;4 w.irk" Then .after tmnhlin.i; o\cr the hook piles wilii \'.ir\iiit; snei-ess. .and Willi Ihe exeilemeiil iinknowii in more onlerK collections, of possihK miearlh- illy sr.iiie niicNpected treasuri:. each had his loiir li(.oks ch.ir.med. and ile|iarter| to enjoy the spoiU of his search. This eh.ipler in Ihe hislore ■>f Ihe lihrary w.as .ihriiplly lermin.ited in i.'^si. hv a cii.iii.Lte ill the ownership of ihe hnildin.i.; in which ii h.id its lein|iorar\ home The i.ld hiiilihiiL; .iiid .idioin- iii.U premises were owned joinilv In ihe \c,aileiii\ Ihoprielors. the hirst h'.ccle- sklslic.ll .Soeiel\. the .\1 iddle .S.dlool 1 )is- tricl and the lowii llie upper room w.as Used for .all sorts of purposes dhe Siiiid,i\ -school Ikh s;,w its w.ills .idonied wilh hi,!; pl.acirds which l.ainyhl hiin "Uememlier now tin fre.alor in the i|i\s of lln Noulh." and lli.al '■The w.ayes of sin is death. " hiil his mind was imicli niiu-e .apt to dwell on the .yrotesiiue e\ hihilious he li.id seen and iie.ird from the s.iuie hemdies the e\c-iiiii.L; hehire. - the poliiic.d or.itor. the veiitriliKinisl. the ikuro minstrel, the mesmerist, the imcoiilh inaKie l.intern pictures, and the war d.ancc and war-whoop of imita- tion red men. The situation hecame so iiitoler.ihle that the Kcclesiaslieal .So- ciel\. after no lud of skillful di|iloinacy and li.ird work on the p.art of Deacon Simeon ll.irl. houn'ht out the other owners, .and the upper room w.as dedi c.iteil to reli;4ious uses ouK. h\ a \ole which will iii>l scein strict to lliose who reinemher the ahomin.ations of the pa-l 1 he nioiiev chancers in the iioK tem- ple .al Jerusalein were most respi'ctahle h> eonlr.asl. h'roin the .\c.ideiiu hiiihl iui; the hooks were reino\ ed to the of lice of De.aeou Simeon llarl. who w.as appoiiiled lihr.irian once more. l'\'hru- ary i. 1853. only twelve weeks hefore his ile.ilh. Tie was succeeded h\ Aus- tin llarl. ICsti,. who h.iil ehar.ne until the olhce huildini; w.is sold and moved .iw.n, I lu' lihr.iry once more home- less, was moved .across the street into the stone store which stood hefore the ,i.;reat lire on the site of the iiriseiil parson.age. [•'inally. in 1X55. the town ;4a\e it .a restin.i.; place for the iicnI Ihirtylive years ill the new recinal hnildin,;.;. it hein.u .iL;rced in consider.a- lioii tluaad'or. "'that any responsihle per- son helonying to ilu- town in.n have llie right id' dr.awing hooks from the lihr.arv upon pa\ing a re.isoiiahle compeiisa- lioll " Mr, (.'h.iiiiice\ D Cowles, the lown cKrk. was lilirarian for the ye.ir iS^s, In l''ehiiiar\ of Ihe following \e.ir. Mr.. now I )|-,. I.imes R (■mmniiig. llu-ii ihe \er\- successful priiiciii.d of ihe Middle Dislricl school, was .ippoiiiied lihr.in.in Willi his hahilu.il energ\ ,iiid e\,icliiess he hroughl order out of confusion, ami llie hhr.irx hecame once more .a verv useliil .111(1 prosperous iusl itui ion Dur- ing llie next ten \e.irs iie.irK' .ill of Ihe most \aliiahle hooks of Ihi' lihr.arv Wi-rr ac<|inred. ih.inks lo the line lilerarv lasie. lln- generous gifts, ,and ihe pr.ac- lical good sense of Deacon lulw.ard L. llarl Such, then, w;is Ihe lihr.arw which foi .1 oailinn- li.as heeii no iiiimii .idiunct to Ihe ]iulpil and the schoolhoiise, in gi\ing lo the cili/eiis of tills \illage whiUner cl.imi to intelligence ami npiighlness iii.i\ iusll\ heloiig lo lliem And now. .after its w.iiiderings from one lein- por,ar\' resting pl.aci' to .mother, il li.is found an honorahle .and iilling pl.ace ol ahode. .Ma>- il with main .idditioiis .iiiil with a .generous c.are coulinne for another ceiiliir\ to hiess this vill.agc. l.iia;,\ki,\Ns. h'.i I j Ml riiKTi R. 1 .r I II I u .Sk\moi u. I'l I j \ii roiM IK. Sia Ml I'ouri-K. .Si MIIIN 1 1 .\kT. Krirs Cow i.KS, Wir.i.i.\.M S. roitTi;u. .Xii.N'KH liiiiwia.i.. .Si MF.riN 1 1 .Mil. .AnSTIN n.NRT. C'li \r.M i.-i D, Cow i.t 1 \ M IS Iv Ci'M .\l 1 \1.S 111 lis I i \\ . W'll I I AM ly 1 1 Mil, 1 IIIIM A.s d'ui. \IIW III . TlloM As 1., I'olMKl;. h'.lccled. im.s Dec jS. i.Sij h'eh ij. 1S14 Apr. J, nSjIi .\pr. 4. 1835 I S.iO h'eh i,S. i8.^g J.in, s. 1840 h'eh 7. 185.; Sep. J(i. 185,1 18.S.S h'l-h 1X5(1 jail. _'. 18(111 Jan. (.. iSfiX J.aii .|. i,%o 1,111 J. i.SSj The present lihr.arv was estahlished in a room made for the purpose, in the Town ll.all. hinlt in iSijo. There wile sever.d hundred of llie 1110,1 valnahlc hooks helongiug |o ihe I'.iwu i.ihrary, also near1\ lifleeii hundred hooks from the TnuNis Free Lihr.ar\ , and with others donated l)y individuals interested there were nearh, tweiity- li\e hundred hooks. -\hoiii iwo humlred hooks are added aiiiiiiall\. more ihan half of these are gi\eii. aii'l nearly all the better maga- zines .are ill circulation or on the read- ing tahle. I here are now over 5.000 hooks slu'Kcd .iiiil more room needed. Ihe hooks reach nearly every house in this section, and also nianv of the ■idjoiiiing districts. There are some threi- humlred regular readers and fifty or niina- Ir.iiisieiits. 1 he lihr.irx is open Wednesday and Saturdav afternoon and evenin.g. with an .aver.age of over seventy-live visitc)rs •and one Inindred .and twenty-live hooks .and inag.i zincs loaned. Miss jiih.a P.ramlegee was appointed hhian.iii with Mrs. '['. H. Root as her assisi.int. During the \ear Miss Brande- gee was .ahroad. .Miss .\nna Rarhour served in her position. .After several \ears , . 17J. Hooks .and m.ig.i/ines h.ive been given llie l.ihr.ir\ b\ the following fia mis: Mrs, llutler. Mrs. 1), X, llariUA. Mrs. Win. Cowles. .Mrs, Wm .Mhii. .Mr. Julius (i.i\. .Mr. (ir.iiil. .Miss hde.uior Johnson. .Miss Cl.ir.i (iriswold. W. !1. Gocher. .Mrs. C. S. Mason. Mrs. Pope. Miss Pope. Miss Kedneld. Mr. Russell .Siiirgis. .Mrs. ViM'ce. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 163 REPORT OF TREASURER. JVLIUS GAY, Treasurer, in tiicniiiit ci'illi the Library Co., Dr.: To cash on hand, reporter! September 14, 1904 $ 295.73 To Permanent Fund 2,969.50 68.00 5-3-t To Membership Fees To Fines To Dividends from ton Savings Bank 1-4.30 To Gifts from Mrs. D. N. Barney 150.00 %'irnuiin- $3,612.87 JULH.^S GAY, Treasurer, in account with the Library Co.. Cr.: Bv Permanent Fund in I'arm- iiigton Savings Bank $2,969.50 By Cash paid out for ordinary expenses 487.37 By Cash on hand 156.00 $3,612.87 EXPENSES ITEMIZED. Books and Magazines I5inding Books Janitor's Bill Librarian's Salary Insur.mce l-'urnaee Repairs Printing .Animal Reports Wood Coal Electrie Light Labels Express , i.50f).S 91.60 19.41 150.00 12.50 1. 00 7.30 20.00 16.44 2.00 I.OO $487.37 OFFICERS. Lillian R. Root, Librarian. Julius Gay, Scc'y and Treas. Committee for three years. Alfred .\. Pope. Julia S. Brandegee. Coiniiiillee for tivo years. Danford N. Barney, Ed. H. Deming. Committee for one year. .\lKn I). Vorcc, Malvina A. Howe. ox THE ILIFF .VI I'tJN-VIS OUCUAIiliS ll w.js .il lliis imii,l ll,.il f,, intent ItuuscnII lirstrnih;! In tlir sirii':! belotv, 164 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A iHusiriau s Si^mtutiinir^B. 1 1 >iir iililrr rc.iik-i^ iiui-t lia\r iMiicril in tlu'sc cnliniin-, .huc or twici' t-.u'li yi-ar. alnm^t fnnii tlu- l>c.yintiin.y nf i>iir pa]K-r. ^Iinrt rc|iiirts and iniiyraninu-^, \-i.'r\* ilassKMl, I'f ciincert> ,L;i\t-n in a ^^|^llu: l,ailit-s' Si'liiiol in I'arnnnyldn, ( cnni, nndir the ilircction of an earnest, slerlniy leaelier. wlm all lln^ lime seems t'l lla\e :l)een mnre fnnil nt snlul L;(nrl work in a enrner, llian vil llie niitiiriel\ uiiieli )nnsieal men, \a'll\' his inferiors. stn\'e hi aelneve lu" aclverlisiny rather than li\ worth. — From Dwi.yht's Jnur- II, il ,'l \liisii. March 2X |S;_'. ) y^ lll':SE few words from a \y musical .inthority t,S so man\ ^^^ \ears a^o. sliow the estim.ite th.it was ]int on .\lr Kl.mser's wiirk for the ini-re.isini; nmsu-.il knowledge .mil mnsie.il enllnre ''■-■I'"-' 'II tile h'arminKlon seliool || seemed ,is if some wurds from .Mr. Kl.illser Innisrlf. lemimseenl of these concerts and the f.imons men alio lia\e Msited here from lime to time, would he (d' ureal interest. Mis own i:irl\' lite deser\cs some mention. MU'ied as 'I "■■■IS I'.oru in St. I'elei-shurH, he lived somi- \e.irs hoi h in Leipsic .and ILimlioin- Ihouj;]! divoud to music. he was .i|i|n-eniued to the 1 k-tr.ide and sindied the h.icks of his li,,„ks so faithfulK -donhilcss tin- in^idrs .also, lli"i'.:;li he do,-, not speak ..f th.it— th.al in his lalk xviih I'residenl I'orler pre vioUs hi Ills eulerniK the si liool, Ik- « ,, .isked at wii.it I'niversity he look Ins de.t;ree. so coincrsaiit w.as h,- with lli'^"l".Uie.il .iiicl pliilosnpliic.il iinestioiis Ihil the tune c.imc when he w.is free lo diMile himself to music, .and soon .after Ih.il, on his weddiiif; day, he left Havre on a sailiuK vessel for .\'ew ^•ol•k. ■■|u iS.s.s," .Mr. Kl.auser s.ays, "] came lo {•'armiuKlon as teacher of music in .Miss Porler's School. She ii.id writ leu to (ierm.inv. lluu to lleiirv I iniiii. leader of ihe .\'ew \i,\k I 'hilli.ii iiionic. to ask that an nisiruclor he recoimiieiid ed to her — one who would leach 'nol lashioii.ahlc music, hm as il i, l.au.ulit in (ieriu.aii\.' I h.id heeii ill .N'cw ^■ork fue \ears. hnl nl;iill\- came to h'.ii inin^lnii. for life in the eoiiiitr\' is more natural lliaii cil> life. Trie ve.ar .ifler I came, the conci-rts, now so en joyed, were si.arlcd .and t;i\eii duriiii.; llie lirsi two \c-.irs in ihe \ill.aL;e .as- semhlv li.ill :iiid for the pnhlic-. The rnoFi'.ssoK \\ \\;\. M,\i si:i{. Iirsi inusician to come was Theoilore 1 lioui.is lie had heeii m\ friend in .\ew York, where hi' hail heeii lr\iiii; hard to K.iin a innsic.il foothold, .and came to see iiow I was getting aloiiy 111 k'urmiuglon — to look alioiit him lie was well s.atisliecl .-nid i.iine .iljoni foii\ limes .ifler that, at lirst once a \e.ar, then oftcucr." I )r Leopold Daiiirosch in his letter ahoiil Karl Klauscr, writes of \'ew Nork .It this time. It was "•then a sort of musical wilderness in which many a clever niiisiciaii, lo escape utter misery, was ohli^cil to ni.irch in inilil.ir\ hands .and heat the cMiihals, or seek his hread with hkackcned f.ace aiiioUL: llie iic^ro minstrels." I hionL;h siidi .i hard school did Theodore Ihom.cs come hcfore he ){aine(l the liinh plan- he now occii|iies. Mr. Klauscr descrihed some of these tri.als of Ihoui.as's .and then went on lo tell of his comp.anions. "When I iioinas came to l''.arinin.uloii he pla\a-d Inst violin in a (|uiutt.'lle. This h.ul no leader; was a sort ol re piililic. Win .M.isou was the pianist, Moseiithal. a pn|iil of .Spohr. |ila\eil second xioliii, M.al/ka the \iol.i, .mil I'ler^m.-in llie 'cello. I'lernm.in w.as an exCL'llent iniisici.iii .iiid was llie prede- cessor of I hoin.is in symphoiu con- certs hew imisicians are educated men; Thomas had no yeiicral educa- tion lint Kuhenstcm wiio came ahoui 1X75 and Dr. \'oii Ihilow ill 1X75 were hoih well ednc.ited knlieiistein w.as .1 ureal l.alker, llneiii mi e\er\ possihle suh- jecl Me came here thronyli Iheodore riioin.is who kiuw him and e\hiliited him, — W.IS in fact hi-ai- l,-,iil,-r. Kuben- slein w.as ihe iiiosi i\pensive inusician we e\c'r li.ad Me .asked $500 for two hours and tliiai came only as .-i jjreat l.iMir of his m.inayers ' Tin- lirst tiling he asked lor w.is a pl.itform, to keep him .iw.ix from tiic jieoplc ; he felt too near them in the parlor. "V'oii Ihilow w.as a Rreat friend of mine. Me c.imc lo see me in.iii\ limes. Once, soon .after his wife, now Mine. W'.a.uncr. left him — lluu he was very THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 165 sad — for his fricndsiiip fnr Kicli. Wa^;- ner had been great. I remcmljor once receiving Von Bnlow's creed — hi.s con- fession of failii, in one of liis letters. Sebastian Bacli. Lndwig von Hecthoven. and Johannes I'.rahnis were his Trinity. Then there were always others who came, among them, Emma Eames, when she was a girl. ■'Farmington was begimiing to In- known in Germany through some ar- rangement and editions of musical works wliicii I had made. Ur. Von Inten, earl\ in the sixties, was coming to .America and asked where he would jirobably play. He was told in .\'ew York, BostoTi. and Farmington. Some of Schumann's works which I had arranged, I sent Madame Sclnun nui. it pleased her very much and in tlie m my letters which I had from iier after th.it she sent greetings to 'Schumann- ville."" Much more of nuisic and niusieirms Mr. Klauser h.ad to saw showing the pleasure he felt in his memories of work, both among his scholars and for the broadening of musical culture through his editions. It does not seem complete to close without saying more about these editions and 1 tpiote friiin the letter written by Dr. Leopold Dam- roscli .and translated in the journal mentioned at the beginning of this article : ■■A'(7)7 Klig,ton Maga^rine, Xov. iqoo. THE KARL KLAUSER PLACE. 166 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, Death of €apt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Aiitifiitafl, July, 1830. | Dim .lusi! Riii/. and Don IVdro Montez, of the Island of Cuba, having pnrcliasod fifty-tlirpe slaves at lla\ ana, net ntly iniporlcd from Africa, put theral on hoard the Ainistad, Capt. Ferrer, in order to Irari'^jiorl (hi in to Principe, anolhcr port on the Island of C'lihu. After hcinj; out from Havana about four da\s, the African captives on hoard, in order to ol>l:iin llieir freedom, and return to Africa, armed iheniselves «ilh cane Knives, and rose upon the Captain anrv •'/ llii- .liiiistail C'al^Hi'cs, hy Juliii II . Huihcr. fiihlisliril 1840. ^ I 'R I \l . the nil nf NllLjnst. I."<,"||. Ihr pilhllc .lllenllnn u.ls iinewhat cxcilcil li\ sc\cr.il rcjinrls. st.atinn th.al a \csscl nl sii,picinns ami piratical ch.aractcr hail liccii seen near the cn.ist nf the I'nitcil Stales. Ill the \iiinil\ nf New N nrk This vessel w.is rcprcsc-ntcil as a "Iniii;. Inw. black schnniicr." ami manncil li\ lil.icks. The I'nilcil .St.itcs slcaincr k'nltmi. ;iml se\Tr.il re\cinic cullers, uaac ilispalciicil .iflci Inc. ami iintice w;is ui\en tn llic fnllcctnrs at wiriniis sea pnrts lllc t'nllnwin;^ yixlnj^^aii .accniinl nf lllc ciplnrc 111 this xrsscl. ami nthcr p.irticnlars, is taken frnm the "Xcw l.nnilnii lia/ettc:" "I III- Siis/^i,i,iiis l.ddl.-iiii; Sclh'diirr" Ciil'liiit-il iiinl Hi-,iii'.^lit mill litis /'mi ".\liicli cNcitcmcnt h.is been created ill .\'ew Nnrk fur the ]i.a,t week, frnin the rcpnrt nf se\cr,il I 'tint I'liials havin.i; seen .1 clipper bnill sclmnmr nl'f tin- I Innk. hill nf ne.urncs. ami in such a ciinililiiin as In lead In the siLspicinii ihal she was a pirate. .Several riiltcrs ami ii.i\al \csscls arc s.aiil tn Ii.im' been ilisp.iU'hcil in pursuit nf her, but she has biiii iiinsi jirnv iilciili.illy c.iplnrcil ill llic Sniiml. b\ ( '.ipt ( ;ciliic\ . nf Ihe siiiv .y lie,; llrij; W'.ishini^lnii. \\V- will iiii Iniiyer iletain the rcailcr. but snbjnin lllc nliicial .accnnnt nf the c.iptitrc \cr\ pnlitcl\ furni^iicil tn ns b\ mic nf ihc nllR CIS. ■■(', .V, Hii- II iislilir^l.ni. "New l.nmlnii. An;.;. Jli. I.S^i). "While this vessel was sniimliiiL; this il.i) bclwceii ( i.irilnci's .ami .Mniitaiik rniiils, a sclinniici w . I s seen lying in slinre nff Clillnilcii i'nint. umler circiini- stanccs sii su-,picinns a^ tn .iiithnrixe l.ictil. Cniii. (icilncy to stand in in see wh.il was her character — sceiii,i; a luiiii- bei iii ]icoplc oil tile beach with carts .iiiil Imrscs. and a bn.it passinsj to ;iiid frn, ;i bnat w.as aniicil .iml ih^p.ilchcil wilh an nl'licer tn bn.ird her. ( )n cniii inu alniiL; ,ide a nninber nf nc;.;rnes were iliscn\c-icd nil her deck .mil twenl\ or thirty iiinrc were on the beach — two white men came forward .and cl.ainicd lllc protcclion of ihe ollicer. Ihe schnnller plnved tn be the ' \ini,t.iil.' I. .apt. kainniilhies. from I l.iv.iii.ih. bniiml III (iii.majah. Port Principe, with ,s4 lil.icks ;tiid two ]:)assengers on bn.ard; till fnriner. fniir niglits ;iflcr liicy were nut. rnsc and imirdered the captain and THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 167 C'IN'(J(TK — RoprniliK'd'im <.f ;iii rti^Tnvint; I'y •lithn S'irtain. 168 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. lliri'c of till' c'lTw — tlicy tluii look pns- SCssiDll of llu- \'l■s^(■|. witll lllr illlclllioll of rclurnlii;^ |o tile- i-oMst of Africn IV'ilro Aioiiitv, j);i-vs<-n,L;i'r. ami ji)^r Kui/. owiuT of tlu- shut's anil a pari ot tlir caryo, wiTC only -.a\i/il |o iia\inilr tlu vessel. After hoMiii; alioiit for fiair ila\'S ill tile Pialiaiiia Cliaiiiul, ilie \es-.el was steereil lor tile islaiiil of St An- drews, near New I'rt >\ ideiiee — from thellee she Weill lo (Ireell l\e\, where llie l>lael s off ihe coast of Loin.; Isl.nid. to the eastw.ird of I'rox ideiici', after which tlie\ were two months on the ocean, somelimes steering; to the e.isl- w.ird. .md wlieiu'\er an occasion would perniil. ihe whip's wi.nld aller ihe course to t !u' iioriliw.ird .ind wes|\\.'M"d. ,d\\a\s 111 ilopes iif filhllL; in with soinr \esscl ol WAV. or li.'iiij4 eii.'ihled lo mil into Some pol't wlu-n lhe\ would he lehe\i.'d lotin llleir lioirul snn.ilion ,Se\'er;il limes Ihey were hoardeil hv \'esse|s. once h\ .'III American schooner Ironi Kin^s- loii ; on these occasions ihc whiles were ordered lirlov\. while the lu-eioes coni- niniiii .'ip'd .iiul Haded willi llie vi-sscN ; llie schiioner trom Kmvispin. supplied llieiii Willi .1 deinpon o| walei for the luoder.ile Sinn ol ..ne diaihliion ihi scllonlli r. whose ll.'llUe W.'ls llol asCl'l laiiied. Iindiim lli.il tlu iieL^rors h.id plenty of nioiiex. rem.inied laslied aloiiy side Ihe ' Amisi.id' for lweiil\ four hours, llioiij^li llie\ mils; li.a\e lieeu .iw.iic lli,i all wa- llol riylil on lio.ird. and proha hli siispeeleil lie.' character of the \'es sel tins w.'ls 11)1 the iSlh of the pies i-llt monlll. the vessel w.'ls steered lo tlu iiorlhwai'd .'llld wesUvard, ..'ind on ilu' -'iilli iiisi , disi.int from .\ew NOrk Js miles, tlu I'lloi I'.oal \o. i, came aloii.t; side and ,i;axe llie iicjjroes some .ipples -She was als.i h.iileil h, \'.. |. \vlien the latter ho.it came iie.ir. llu' lu-i^ioes .iinied themselves, and would iioi peiniil her lo board llieiu; they were so e.xasperaled with the two whites for bringing them so nmcli out of llu-ir way. lli.il the\' cNpected ever\ moment to he iniinlered I hi the J41I1 the\ made Moiitank l.iKht and steered for it in hopes .if rimninL; llie \e^sel ashon-. but the tuli' drifted ihein ii|i the li.i\. :iiid the\ .iiichored where the\ were loniid h\ llie l>i"ig W .ishuiKlon. oir CnlloiKn I'oiiil I he negroes were found ill eoumnmicat ion with the shore, where the\ laid in a Irish snp|ily of water, .ind were on tlu- point of sailing ag.iiii for the coast of Alrici I lie> ii.id .1 good ^uppl> of inline., some ol which il is likel\ was I ikeii by Ihe jieople on the beach ,\fler dis.irimng and sendnig them on bo.ird Irolll llie he.icli. the le.lder juiupi'd o\er- board with ihree Imndred doubloons about liiiii. the property of the Captain, .'ill of which he succeeded ill loosing from his person, .iiul then submitteil himself to be c.i|ilnred Tlu' schooner was then taken in tow by the brig .ind carried into New London." "I iic.ultiy IJ o'l-liirk M. "We have jusi n'lnrned from .1 \'isit lo the W'ashmgion and her jiri/e. wliieli • ire riding at anchor ill the bay iie.ir the fori (In bo.ird tile former we saw and coiuersed with the two Spanish geii- llemeii. who were passengers on board the scliooiier, as widl as owners of tlu- negroes and uiosl of the cargo, ( liu- ol llieiii. Jose Km/, is a ver\ geiille- m.iiily .llld mielligeiit young 111. m. .ind spe.iks b'liglisli l1uentl\ lie w:is tlu owner ol most of the sl,'i\es and cargo, wlnili lie was coiueying to his est.ite on tile Isl.ind of Cuba. Ihe other I'edro .Monte/, is about .so \e.'irs of .'Ige. .'llld Is the owner of four of the sliiM's lie was loinierly a ship mis- ter, and has navigated the vessel since her sci/iin- In the bl.icks I lot h of them. .'is may be n.iliir.ilK siipposeil, are luosi iiiifeigiu-dl\ ih.'inkfnl for their delixer- eiice. "Jose I'edro is the most striking in- stance of coni|ilaceiic\ and mi.illo\ed de- light we luiM' e\cr wilnessed. ,nid il is llol strange, since onlv \<-slerd.i\ his sentence was plollollnceil li\ the chief ol Ihe bncaniei's. .ind his cleatli smig w.is chanleil ]t\ llu- gi uii cn-w. who g.ilheri'd with uplifted s.ibres .■irounil his de\oted liearl, which, as well .is his ,'iriiis. be.ir llie scars of sever. il wounds inllieled ,il the lime of llie nilll'der of the ill f,'lted c.ipl.iin ,'inil crew lie s;ii sinoking his ll.'o.in.i on the ileck. .iiid to judge from ihe iii.'ii'l\i' like sen-nil, of his coiin- len.ince. his eiiioiinns are such as rarel\ stir the heart of 111,111 .\li I'orU-r — the prize mister. .-issnrc-d bun of his salet\. and he threw Ills amis around his 11. -ck. while- guslimg le.us coursing down his fiirmwed cheek, be-spoke the overllouing iiaii-]iort of his soul I'.very now ami I hen Ik- clasped his liaiuls, and with uplifted eyes gave thanks to the "llol\ Virgin" who h,id led him out of his Ironbles. ".Scuor Km/ has gi\en us two letters for Ills .igeiits. Messrs .Slieltoii. llrcith- ers X Co, of Loston. :,tu] I'eter .\, liar- mom \ Co, of .\ew \ork. It appears that the sl;nes, llu- greater |)ortioii of whom \\ei-e his. were very much at- tached to him. and li.id di-termined after reaching the coast of .\frie.'i to allow him to seek his home wli.it wa> he could, while his piior eoni|i.iiiiou was to be sacriliced, "I'll board ihe brig, we ,-dso saw Ciii- i|Ue, ihe uhisler spirii of this bloody tragedy, in irons Me is about live feet eight inches in height. _'5 or jfi years of .-ige, of erc-ct li,giin-, well built and \ er\ actixc-. Me is said to be a ui.ilch lor .iny twn men on board the schooner. Mis eotinleiianee, for a nati\e .African, is uiuisttally iiilelli.geut. evinc- ing unci iinnion decisinn .mil coolness with a composure char.icteristic of true coura.ge, and notiiing to mark hiin as a iiKihcioiis man "l'.\ |ili\ sioguouiN ,'iiid phrenology lie lias considerable ckiiiii lo benevolence according to Call and Spurzheim. his moral sentiments and intellectnal fac- ulties i.redomin.ite considc-rabl)- over his .-inim.il ]iropeiisi| ies, IL- is s,-iid however, to have killed the C.'i|itain .■ind cn-w witll his own band, b-, eutting their ihro.-its. Me also has se\ eral times atleiupted tile lifi- of Seilor Moiitez. and the backs ,if several of the jioor negroes .-ire scored with scars of blow's inllieled bv his lash to keep them in subji-clion, lie CNpecls to be eNeeuted but nevertheless manifests a san^; froUl worlliv of a stoic under similar cir- cumstances. "With (.',iptaiii Cediiev, the surgeon of the port. :iiid oilu-rs, we visitv-il the schooner, which is anclion-d williin musket shot of the Washington, and there we s.-iw such a sight as we never s,-iw bel'ore, ,-ind never wish to see a,g.iiii. Ihe boiioin ,-iiid sides of this vessel are covered with barnacles and se.i-grass, while her ri,g,giiig and sails |iresi-nli-d ,111 appearance worthv of the ■/'/yin,;,' I '11 tell III a 11' after her fabled cruise. .She is ,1 l'.,'ihiinore built ves- sel, of 111,-itclili-ss model for speed, about I JO tolls burthen, ,-iiid about si.\ years ohl I 111 her dc-ck were grouped among v.-iiious goods .ind arms, the remnant of her l-.tliioji crew, some decked ill the most tanl.isiii- niinner. ill silks and linerv. pillered fioiii the cargo, while others, in a siale of iitiditv. emaciated to iiiere skeletons, lav coiled upon the di-cks llere could be seen a lu-gro. with while |i.-it,iloous. .-mil the sable sliirt which n.iture gave him. and a planter's bio,id brimmed lial uiion his head, with ,1 string of gi-wgaws about his neck; and another with a linen THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 169 l!KSIDEN-CE OF F. M. IIAWLEY. ]!l:SU)K.\CK OF MliS. ESTHEli H. MIX. r^ f^r^ liESKiK.W'K o.' .lOll.N II liESinENTE OF En US F. llOliM.W. /:\ /^ WPh^^ '^^Mr^ "^ ^ 1 1 , RESIDENCE OF KM II l".\RSO.N"S .\ND FUANK llAKItlS. "CENTURY COTTAGE"— RESIDENCE OF CH.UfI.ES mi.WDEGEE. 170 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. .\ \ -, I : \ \ I , \i 1 nl \|; I II ri; I . IIRANllKIIKK. ni-.sihiACh: oi'' (:i;(iK(;i, c \i.i.\i:ilKlt. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 171 cambric shirt, uliose bosom \v;is uorki-d by the hand of some dark-cycd daiighli-r of Spain, while his nclhcr proportions wore enveloped in a sliawl of gauze or Canton crape. Aroun); 15 FULIWULU (/•■»//); 16 H.\-u (broke) ; 17 B.\ (/(nrr none) ; 18 Shule ('^i'aterfall) ; 19 Kale (a bone) ; 20 B.AGNA (sand or gravel) ; 21 Sa,- 22 KiNNA (jnan or big man) ; 23 Ncahoni ( Tt'fl/ci- />/)-- were going to be killed and then eaten. 1 iiis ill time mockery w;is t iken for earnest, and was the la,st incitement needed to rouse the captives to strike for liberty. During the second night out they rose under the load of Cinque. .Several of them had armed themselves with knives of the kind used to cut the sugar-cane. The captain of the schooner was att.icked. killed iiis first assailant, and then fell himself by a stroke from Cinque's knife. The cook paid for his pleasantry with his life, also at Cinque's hand. IMontez was severely wounded. The cabin hoe. ,a mulatto slave of the captain named .\n- tonio and Ruiz were securely liouiid. Thc rest of the crew esca|)ed in oiu- of the boats. It ua, a s'larp .iiid sud- den struggle. .Mr. I'.irber inaile il the sub'ect of one of his quaint woodcuts as a frontispiece to his history of the Amistad Caf'tives* *A reproduction of this rare print ap- pears in this article. "The cane knife, of which the negroes iii.ide use, is ;i formidable weapon, and does its work something after the fash- ion of a hatchet or short bill hook. In the grasp of a stron.g arm like that of Cinque, it is as sure and deadly as the guillotine. It was his design, if the rising was successful, to attempt the voyage back to their na- tive country, of which they only knew that it was three moons distant, and lay toward the east. One of the ne,groes could speak a little .Arabic and an- other a few words of iMiglish. By signs and threats they iii.ade Ruiz ;ind Montez take the wheel b\' luriis. .nid steer to the eastward. By day they kept this direction, but as soon as the tell tale sun had set. they would bring the vessel gradually about and head for the north. Two months of these zig-zag courses brought the little schooner at last to a shore far from that which the .Africans had hoped to sec." (Their capture is described elsewhere in this article in detail.) "When Cinque was taken back a c.iplive. 10 the deck of the Amistad. the oilur negroes gathered about him. and he made an address which moved them very deeply. .Antonio, the Cabin Boy. understood enough of the words to give a summary of the speech in Spanish to a newspaper editor in Xew London, wli.. tr.ansl.ated it in English as follows. Published in Xew York Sun of .August 31. 1839. "'Friends and I'rothers: — We would ha\e returned, but the sun was against us. 1 would ni>l see you serve the white man. So 1 induced you to help me kill the Captain. I thought I should he killed. 1 expected it. It would have been better than living many moons in captivity. I shall be h.inged. 1 think, every day. But this does not pain me. 1 could die happy if by dying I could save so many of my brothers from the bondage of the white man' Mis second speech as .Antonio and the Xew London editor gave it to tiie newspapers, ran thus : " '.My brothers, 1 .•uii once more .among you. having deceived the enemy of our r:ue. by saying tli.it I li.ad doubloons. 1 came to tell you that you have only one chance for death, and none for lib- erty. 1 am sure you prefer death as I do, ^'ou can by killing the wdiitc men iinw on board (and I will help \ 1 m I , make the peo]ile here kill \ ou. It is better for \ on to die thus, and then you will iiol .iiil\ avert liondage yourselves. bill iircMiit llu- entailment of unnum- bered wrongs on your children. Come. Come with me, then !' "When the Africans heard' that the argunu'iit in the supreme court was aliiinl to collie on they determined to write lo .Mr. .\daiiis. and Ka-le. a bright boy i>f eleven wlio li.id [lickeil up more English than the older ones, was se- lected as the scribe. The following was the result, written with no aid from the white men : — "•Xew ll.i\en. Jan. 4. 1841. "Dear l''riend. Mr. .\dams: — I want to write a letter to .\ou because you love the .Mendi people, and you talk lo the Grand Court. We want to tell you one thing, Jose Ruiz say we born in Ha- vana, he tell lie. We stay in ll.ivana 10 days and 10 ni,ghls, we stay no more. We all born in .Mendi — we no under- stand the Spanish language — Mendi peo- ple been in .America 17 moons. We talk American language little, but not very good. We write every day ; we write plenty of letters; we read most all 172 I'AKMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. niosiiii:\( !■: Ill' w .\i ii iii;\ii\<: ii 1 :K.ji I :n>^ l()KMI.M,~i 1 Sl.l> \s Sll Mill in MISS I'OIiTKli- Miw i:i;sihi:N( i: (H ii\i:i:\ BAKKIi AMI CliilKCi: l.l.(ir\l,'li iiiMin \i I or II \i:Kis r \i;ki;i;. ni;sii>i:.M i; ok iiiiNia i. \i.i.M,iii:ii THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 173 of the time; we read all Matlicw. and Mark, and Luke, and John, and plentv of little hooks. Wc love hooks very niucli. We want you to ask the Court what we have done wrong. What for .\niericans keep us in prison. Some people say Mendi people crazy; Mendi people dolt, beeause we no talk Ameri- can language; Merica people dolt? They tell bad things about Mendi peo- ]ile, and we no understanil. Some say .Mendi people very happy because the\ l.iugh and have plenty to eat. Mr. Pen- illeton (the jailer) come and Mendi people all l'".ik ^'lrr> liecause they t'nink .Mendi land and frieiuls we no see now. Mr. Pendleton say ^k-ndi people angry. White men afraid of Mendi people. The Mendi people no look sorry again — that why we laugh lUU .Mendi peo- ple feel sorry; O, we can't tell how sorry. But people say, Mendi people no got souls. Why wc feel bad, we no got souls ? We want to he free very nuich. Dear friend, Mr. .\dams, you li.ive children, von have friends, you love them, nm feel verv >orry if Mendi people come .-mtI carry them all to .\fricn. We feel had fur our friends, and our friends all feel hid f>.'r us. .\merieaiis nii take us in ..hip, we on ^hore and Americans tell us that slave ship catch us. They say we make yon free, thev tell lie. If .America people give us free we glad, if thev no give us free we sorry — we sorr\- for Mendi people little, we sorry for .America people great deal, l)ec;inse God punish liars. We want you to tell Court that .Mendi people no want to go back to Havana, we no want to be killed. Dear friend, we want vou to know how we feel, Mendi people lliiiik. lliink. think. N'obodv know what he think; teacher he know, we tell him some. .Mendi peo- ple have got souls. We think, we /r/unc God punish us if we tell lie. Wc never tell lie, we speak truth. What for Men- di people afraid? Because they got souls. Cook say he kill, he eat Mendi people — we afraid — we kill cook, then captain kill one man, with knife, and cut Mendi people plenty. We never kill captain, he no kill us. If Court ask who brought Mendi people to .America ? We bring ourselves. Ceci hold rudder. .All we want is make us free. Vour friend, " 'Vr>ur friend, •■ 'K-N-Lf:.' " (This Idler was pid'Hshril in Ilninnci'- f^iitnr fill- Mairli _'5, 1841.) The following was written by Miss Julia S. Brandcgcc in Aug., iSg8, just as it was told to her by IVfr. Elijah Lewis, and it seems as though it should form a part of this article. We print it word for word : "Aug., iSgS, "MEXDI NEGROES." .About the year 1S41 some Negroes were stolen from .Africa by Spaniards and when well out on the Ocean the Negroes were led to mutiny by Cinque their Leader they killed the Officers & some 20 of the Sailors. They then steered the Vessel & made the Harbin- of New London, sonic say. New Haven l''roni lluiue through the .Agency if .\. l-'. Williams Mrs. Vorce's Father S: .Mr. John Xorlon. who built the house of 1), X. r,arne\. they were brought to h'armington for safe keep- ing |)nt miller llonds for Mutiny Mr Williams built for their use & com- fort one or more small Buildings on his own grounds. They went to School over Ldw. Deming's Store they were here about a year when it was thought best to relnrn them to their Native L:ind When they were ready to sail Cinque .addressed them in their native Ton,gue. .\ Missionary Society was formed & they were taken back to Alemli in Africa. West Coast near Liberia While in I'^irminglon they showed themselves kind X f.iilhfnl to those who employed them. Cinque, (irabbo, I'hillie, Fuli. Taniie hoone. are names remembered by those who knew them. In the Farmington Ceme- tery .across the Path from the Soldiers Monmnent 011 the .'sout:; side of the ground is a simple .Marble, Stone bear- ing the following I nscriiition : "A native .African who was drowned while bathing in the Center Basin .Aug 1841 He was one of tin- Company of Slaves under Cini|ue on board the Schooner .Amisted who asserted their rights and took possession of the Ves- sel after having jiiU the Capt.ain, Mate, and others to rle.itii. sparing their Mas- ters Rnez, and Motitez." The Center, or I'itkin li.isin was where Miss Porter's Laundrv now st.ands .\i i8'>S. .Mi i III part with Taiuie. fur slie was vrr\ interi-sliiii; and 1 vvnnder ^hall we niei-t at;aiii, — J, .M. Hkiiwn. (UtuqitPB, O^lir Hark frturr. ^I\r\' years ago a Iiand of ^•"V \ friean savages led hy llieir ^7 ^m warriiir ehieflain> and in de- liiinLe (vf oppositinii on the part of inan\ ti i\\t]-.]iei ipli.'. ni- vaded mn- [leacefnl \illage and in a way took possession of tlie place. lo \ery many of the presiiu gener.ilinii the fore- .going slattnent ni.n seem .altogether in- credihle. hut it is nothing more th.ni historv slightlv "euihroidered" fur ilr.anialie effect. In 1X41 the ca-.e of the 'Wmislad Caplixes" wa^- nf iiilernitii uial impnrl- ance, and ne\er h.i^ iMrmingti m hren ^1 > truly the ci-nler of |inlilic attenlion, as when these distingnished toreigner-- weri' among lier smnnier visitors. Their story is i|nile .i> rom.anlic .is those that .ire ■.cr\eil up in the mi idem novel, and I am prrniilled hriellv' tn re- eonul it lure for I e.in clearl.. reniemher. as ele.irly that is as aehilil uia\ who wa-. harel> three year-- old .at the lime- In nv lhi^ s.aine I'diek Trinee u^ed In Ins^ me np and seal me n|ioii his h|-(iad Nhouhler while he eseculed ;i harliaric dame on ihe l.iwn for in\- eiilerlain- nieiil, I here are llm^e. however. h\- iug in hannington. whose pergonal ree- olleeliniis of Cinque/'" .iiid his foilowing .are clearer than inine. .0 I h.i^Ieii In eile the s|or\ fnnu .inlln irilies. In the \ear iX.Vj saiding in.aster^ on the high seas were slill on ihc Innknnl for sus|)ieions cr.afl. .ind deemed il prii- denl III gi\e a wide lui lli lo "long. low. hl.aek >ehooneis with raking inasls." he loved in liie slorv Imnk^ of venlureMiine ho\s and very jusll\ ihe terror ol honesl inerehanlmeu. When, therefore, siii h .1 schooner was ^ighlel on an .\ngnst mnrning of the \ear in ipie^li.in. lin\- iiii' ah, ml off .Monl.auk I'liinl. .ill well disposed coasters and li^her lolk lied to the nearest i)orls for safely, and the governnienl was nolilie 1 h> m.iil. ihe telephone hring mil nf nrder. lli.il a sure enough pir.ile w.as r.i\agiiig ihe e.a.stern end of 1 .ong NIand. Steam was unknown lo the revenue service of thai period, .and several (la\ - passed hell ire ihe swift sailing culler "W'ashinglim." l.ieulenaiU (iedne\. overhauled I he supposed marauder .ind with her erew al c|U.irlers sent ,an .armed ho.al to t.ake pos.,ession. During these few d,i\s hefori' Ihe revenue culler put in an appearance, the supposed pir.ate h.ad sent very formidahle looking and ne.irly naked hl.aek men .ashore lo pur- chase supplies hir \\hich llie\ paid in .Spanish doiihl is. .mtX certain ventnre- siime s.iilor men with conridence in the speed of iheir hoats had dr.iwn near enough In the suspected schooner In see that site was manned entirely In hlacks. ,and apparently only vv.anted lobe let .alone. Her name was found to he the ".Xmistad." Xo serious resistance was offered to the re\eiiue men. hut nue splendid spcei- !ni-n nf an .\fric.in plunged nverhnard. struck oul for the open si-a. and w.is niiK rescneil from death h\ drowning ihrongh the ell oris of all entire Imat's crew-, whn l.assoned him and hauled him .ilmard after he w.is ipiiiv e\h.iuslrd hv his cNcrtiniis, This was C'inijUc/. the I'.laek rrinee. and he aflerw.inl .idnnlted that il was Ills inleiiliou never In he t.iken .ili\\- llelnw decks were fnund Iwo while men. .Sp.ini.ards. .MonUv .and Rnis by ii.ime, .111(1 .\iiloiiio. .1 eahiii Imw .Ml ii.inds were taken to .\'ew Lnudnii ,ind held fnr .government .iclinii, riun it came nut thai the ".Nmisiad" was ,1 sla\er. and that the lliirly- fniir hiack men .and three wnuien found on ho.ird were the sur\i\ors of a "cargo" run nff fmin ihe west coast after the usu.il nielhnik of traders I lie\ musi lia\e heen treated with snmewhal nmre hiimaiiiu lli.iii iisn.il for less Ih.iii a score nf Ihem died anil were thrown nverhiird during the pas.sage to Ciih.i. where Mon- te/ and Ruis houghl ihe whnle nullil .and sailed .11 niice fnr their pl.int.itinns at riierin rrinci|ie. Ihil they li.id n'cknned williniil con- sulting the I'll.u'k rrinee I lis miisl in- deed have been ,1 high order of native inlelligeuce. for .alliiongh born, so to sa>. in an .-\frican jungle .and having lived his thirty ye.ars or s,, in liII es- . sentials as a barbarian, he w'as observ- ant enough during the voyage to notice ih.at the sun always rose astern and sel ahead. Therefore, said this Prince In himsvlf. .IS he lay chained and gasp- ing for air hel ween decks, "when I s.ail low.irds iioiiic I will steer Inward the rising sun." The capture of the schooner before she reached her destination was more in ihe line of Cinquez"s experience. None nf the crew were ever heard from ag.iiii. hut Ruis .and Montez h.ad merelv hniighl the black men as chattels in open m.irkel sn ilu-sr twn were s.aved alive with Ine c.ihin bny afnresaid, who was neither old enough nor big enough to li.ixe made enemies among the ue.groes. t'iiii|ue/ noiifu-d Ins prisoners in un- mistakable terms that the ship's course W.IS i-ast. hut iialiir.ill\ eiiniigh while the unli'tlered \ fric.in ennld l.i\ a cniirse h.\ the sun the iuyster\' of the mariner's cnmp.iss, with its strange hierngl\ |ihics. w.as Inn nmcli for him. so tin- white nun m.inaged In keep her headed In the unrth .and west between suustianil sunrise, .iiid e\enlually she brought up ■ IS has been related, off Afontauk I'nint. .and straighlw.ay the slavery .and .iiili- shavery f.actinns were set b\ the ears Ihe sl.a\e Imlders and their unrlhern s\ in|i.alhi/ers suppnrled the claim nf the .Sp.inish minister thai ihe .Xfriciu. were liwlul prnperli. wdiile the .aiili-sla\'er\' l.iclinii hrld lli.al since ihe trade in hu- 111.111 creilurcs w.is ille.gitim.ite alike nil der Spanish and .\merican' law , the caji- *.\lso spelled "Cini|Ue." Il was po|)U- kirb- pronounced ".Siuipie" in \'ew I'hi.g 1 Old. 1 he .Siianisli lermin.al / is here aclopied as most likidy lo be corn-cl. HI llvlUMi ISKIi \S "1,11 AKTi;i;b 11\ till. Ml. -Mil -M.oUul.S.' THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 175 lives were well uitliin tlicir riijlits when they demonstrated their title to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" on the high seas. This last mentioned view of the case was taken by the lower court sustained by the district judges, and thence carried up to llic L^nited Slates Supreme Court, where it was .irgueil 1)y the venerable John Quincv .\danis of lioston and the Hon. Simeon nil: HON. S-VJirnL dkmini.;— .\ st.\un(ii .VHOHTIONIST. E. Baldwin of New Haven. Mr. .Adams devoutly wrote in his diary on the day when he decided to act as counsel in the case: "I implore the mercy of .Al- mighty God to so control my temper, tn enlighten my soul, and to give me utter- ance, that I may prove myself in ever\' ua> equal In the task." W'lietlier in answer to this petition or not, his speech occupied more than two days, and on March gth, 1841, Justice Story delivered ihe opinion of the Court, affirming at last the freedom of the captives. During all the weary months since their capture the .Africans had been kepi in confinement at Xevv Haven, where they were provided with more creature comforts than they had ever known be- fore. Mr. Lewis Tappan, of New York, a noted philanthro])ist. and nne nf the founders of the .American .Mis.-iiinary Association, was a leader in .all steps taken for their benefit. He was well known to many of the older generation in l-'armington, and if I mistake not. often visited the town. During this st.ay in New Haven some of the students in the Vale Divinity School devoted much time to the instruction of the captives in tile primary branches of an F.nglisb education, sn ihal when the edict of emancipation went forth, the brightest among them were able to read and write :i bit, and all had been lifted a little toward the light of civilized Christi.an- ily. When it was decided to (|uarter them in l'"armington, pending arrangements fur their return to .Africa, there was consternation among the timid souls in the quiet village. Stories of heredi- tary cannabalism were plentifully circu- lated, and there were not wanting for- mal protests against forcing such a bur- den upon the cr)mnuinit.\-. lUit .Mr. Tap- pan ,ind his friends ijrev.ailed :il last, and with but little delay the whole b.iiid of thirty-seven embarked on a canal boat,* and, singing the Christian hymns that they had learned, voyaged up the placid water way that then led from New Haven to Northampton. Barracks had been erected on land at the rear of the old Wadsworlh House, now occupied by Mr. Dunning, and ad- joining the cemetery, and here the late captives speedily made themselves ,at home. These barracks were still stand- ing when I last visited the place, though 1 am under the impression that they have been moved somewhat from their original position. Cinquez was a born ruler, and, ably seconded by bis lieutenant Grabbo, he maintained :[ very creditable degree of discipline .muMig his half savage fol- lowers. 1 hey were for the most part free to roam about e.Ncept for regular school hours, and the townsfolk soon ceased to fear them. .Anxious mammas at the first trembled and kept their tempting morsels of chililren behind bolted doors, but before lung the be- lief in tales of canniablism died out, and it was no uncommon sight in those d.iys to sec the big grown-up black chil- dren' playing with little white tots in \illage door yards. The .African visitors, or some of them at least, were often welcomed by my father, the late John T. Norton, at his home, now the properU" of Mr. New- ton Barney, and .is I have already said I retain dim, childish memories of the str:in"e kindU black men. .A broad llight of steps then led down from the southern piazza of my father's house, and I distinctly remember seeing the athletic Cinquez turn a somersauh from these steps and then go on down the sloping lawn in a succession of hand springs heels over head, to the wonder- ment and admiration of my big broth- ers and myself. .Again I recall a visit ti) tile b.arraeks, where I beheld the whole black company clad, as it seems to me, in dark brown or gray jeans. In m\ childish eyes they seemed a mighty host, and as such they will always re- main in my memory, for probably I had never before seen so manv men together at any one time. I was a favorite, too. with (irabbo, the second in command, who was al- lowed sometimes to take me out for excursions in the neighborhood. I can even remember that my mother was very anxious at lirst about these expeditions, but eventually acquired entire confidence in these l)ig sable pla\niates of her little boy. The ex-captives were expert swim- mer.--, and very fond of bathing in the canal basins or in the mill pond until, unfortunately, poor (irabbo,* on a cer- tain day, was taken with a cramp, and drowned, in spite of the efforts of his cninp:iniiins to rescue him. .A mcssen- ,ger came at once for my fat'ner. We were sitting on the piazza in the cool of the evening; it was early dusk when we s.iw ;i dark figure striding up the |i,illi; I'lking no notice of the rest of us, he went straight to my father, and said in broken accents, "We — want — you — Grabbo he daid." and with that he '>:;-4^ „ /■ iia- i-o-c 3* I CI .^^1:2^'^ •KiTC'iiKN in:T-\ii,"— .\T Tin: ■.Mi:.\l)r' (^U.MiTI'.HS fOI! A I'AliT Ol-" OCTOBKII, ISll. (Vixv Simile) 176 FAR^[INGTO^^ CONNECTICUT, .^: ^,^W FH?^ ^if^- •j^ , N^ J)! ' ■^»i-ki.- '>^ '<^ <■■•• sri Pli(.|nHr,i|)li ..I" .111 ol.l lilii, and wliUr ■'Aliolilinn" |ilalr. I'.ul nf a m-i llial was iiscil tiv Mr. Saimul I)tinin.t; wluii . I iili Shrvrry cmn I'lilioiis uarc luM at liis linniL- ill l'aniiiii!.;t()n. Now iiwiuil In his (l;nii.;liUT, .Miss Kate I )i.'iniii;^. THE VILLAGE OF BRAUTIFl'L HOMES. 177 FAC-SIMir.K OF ArTOCRAPHS OK IIIIC "MKNl)! XKIiliOKS." 01!li:l\AI, IN POSSES- SION OK Mlt. .JULIUS UAV. 178 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, Innuil about and ^ind aua\. tin- lii.n tears ciiasiiig one aiiotlai- ilowii liis dark clu'cks. Siirli are ^(■iiie of tile dim iiieniorie-, thai lin.m-r with nie eoiieeniini; thi^ siii- f^nlar episode of sixty years ayo. ll is uith some diffideiiee thai I veiUure into iiriiil with them, f-ir after so Ion;.; a lime I ma> easily be at fault in de laiN. and as 1 liaee already hinteil. ihere are some, older e\en than 1. xehose reeolleetions of liie lilaeU I'rinee and his peiiple must be far niiue worllw of record . Iivcntuall\-, throii.uh the etfoi'ts of charitable folk and the Missionary So- ciety, the thirty-six sur\ivors were sent back to their native Africa willi a ;4en- erous ec|ui])nu-nt of tunds and leachers. and in Januar\, i^>4-'. were establishrd in a .-ol.inx known a^ the Meiidi Mis- sion, near Sierra l.eone. — L'll AUI.ICS l.rn- ^ AKii XoivTox. in l't!!'iinii;j,t<>n .\[ tti^iiznii'. hebruary. 1901. *lt has since been li-arned that the Africans pntbably came up from New llaven in wai^ons that were sent for them. "Called h'ooni in records. S^apanese Students. OXh:-Ql'AR'li:K of ., ceniur\ at;o a ,u 11> luunlu-r of \oiuhs from Japan tA]nv to our \ il- laye .anil fonnil ,1 yoi.d lionu-. ,ilso careful insirnetioii .11 \lr Kdw.ird 1, 1 lart's Somr ueia^ sent b\ the Ja]i.anesi' i;o\ ernnieiil . others paul p.arl tlieniselvc-s and .1 few li.id .ibinid.anl means, Anionui liie nunibei'. three siaml onl in our niemoi-\ mort- prouiineiil l\ ih.an the others, Sinn.ad/. who wis ol rov.d birlli, ilisiin;4inshe I binisrlf h\ .appe.arin.n several times daily in dil tiTent suits, of v.irioiis shades .ami eiils. .ill Anuiican l.iilor-m.idr ; willi be.anti- tnl it aids wheriwer a iii.in could we.ar them; iieid< .am! footwr.ar ihe most choici.- ; ,and crownniL; .dl. .1 \ir\ con- scions .air, lie was a urnume iludvl MoL;aiiu, Ins i.ppi.site in i-\ir\ \\.i_\. w.is poor, ot humble birlii. modi-st. and li.id .1 mosi loMd\ n.aturr \xlneli elide. ired him |o .all his .\iueric.an associ.iU's I I I am not mist.iken all bis education was reeri\ed here where.as tlu- others, .al- ter le,a\in^ here, .nr.adualeil from the Hartford High School .and N ale Col- Ic.tce. Mogami had with him a friend who siidresented them. wntin.L; in e.ach, both in l''.ii,i;lisli .and j.ipaneM-. words ■)f gratitude .Mitsiikuri. .111 ini- iisu.illy hri.sjht youth, made frieiirls here, .and .It lioine .1 11. line fi>r Inmsell which e.i\e him the title of profess(n- and hrou.nht him to this coinilry a few years a.uo on sonu- business of scientihc iiii- porl.ance, lie remembered his friends. e\eii those in little h'.ariiiin,L;loii. c.allin,:; n|)on them .ill .Maii\ i,'\enin,es wvre devoted to these yomi.u; iiieii uiiile tlie\ were here ,it their studies. They were most ea.i^er to le.irn our .games .ami were ipiick to acquire ihem where we were slow and clnnisy to learn theirs, owing to the exceedingly ipiick and deft iiiiger mo- tions reipiired d hey were too piditi- lo l.aiigh at us but we did thai ]i.irt for ibi-m ver> well and gave up Irving lo inanipiilale our lingers as it w.is quilc' onl of the i|Uestion to do an\lliiiig in tint line ,is skilfully .as tlie.\ without practice from infaiic\'. At one g itlier ing, when refreshments were passed, .\logami was asked to "take a kiss. lie arose soiuewhat einharrassed hut evidently deteriuined to do his full ilut\. When it seemed uecess.ary to explain lh.it the kiss he was to take was of sugar .and on the pl.ile, he .also explained Ib.at "kiss is of ilu' lips." .and il took him some time to :^et tile idea straightened out. relaining an i,\])ri,ssion of wonder for .1 halt hour or more, .and 1 iiiust add, he w.is \ery good naliired .about Ihe nierriment it created, Ihe double me.aniu.g of words per]ilexed them gre.all_\ , .Milsukuri .iflerw.ards often wrote Ills friends here of his efforts to secure for the w. linen of his countrx more lib- erty .and pleasure. ,\fter many, many months came .1 jo\ fill Idler sayin.g his sisters were .allowed to join himself and .a lew friends occasion.alK of an e\eu- ing f ir games but it was a much longer liiiie before the\ were permitted any insiruclion .Some M-.ars a.go al tiie World's h'.air, the lie.ul of the Japanese dep.irliueni w.as pleased when these loimlrvmen ni his were eu(|nired after and said, .iiuoiig oilier ihiiigs, "Slmiadz is a gre.il man in our coimlry. very high in rank, and .Mit/iikuri is ver\ learned; he b.is a great mind." — S. L, CiHfM.\N in l-(in}iiii,^li>ii .l/i/.c'ijj/fic', Oct.. igoi. 1 iii;nkn m \\ \i:ki,n THE VILLAGF, OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 179 (il^ ^turr Arrnimta, ^^■r HE recent nnc:irtliinir of an / 1 old day book of Elijah Lcwi>, ^^ the great grandfallicr of Mr. Charles Lewi.s, brings to light tlie nearly forgotten fact that, sliortly after the close of the Revolu- tionary War. he Icept a "general .store," in the building that is now the store and residence of -Mr. A. J. Parker. Many items in the book are charges for brandy and phlip, which were prob- ably the products of a still kept l)y Mr. Lewis, the foiind.ition walls of which are still plainly discernible, in the rear of Mr. Charles Lewis' residence. To give jnsl an insight into the sort of goods kept for sale, and the prices for which they were sold, some of the entries in the "old store book" are c|uoted just as written, the quaint spell- ing of the origin.al being preserved. The aniount> an- in pounds, shillings and pence. Sept. 2, 17S0: i 5. d, Amos Clark to phlip o- i-o To half Jill of rum o- 0-4 " a half Point of nmi o- 1-4 " a Jill of rum o- 0-8 Oct. 31. 1780: To a Jill of rum o- o-S To half a Jill I'.randy o- 0-2 To a Jill of Brand\- o- 0-4 To half a Mug of Phlip o- o-S January. 1782: To a Quort of Brand\' o- 1-3 Ditto to Brandy o- i-,? To a Quort of Brandy o- 1-2 To a Quort of Brandy o- 1-2 To a Jill of Rum o- 0-8 (This acciinni runs iiloiti; for soinr fire years, i^'ilh till of the items much the s:nuc. There is uo record of its bciiiii settled.) April, 1780: John North Dr to five hundred Contenental Dollars. Apr.. 1782: Isaac liuck Dr. for a two year old helior ^-16-0 .Aug., 1782: 20 Pounds '-J of -Mutton o- 7-1 To Carting Timber o- g-o To 17 Pounds of Veil o- 4-? Dec. 21, 1782: To a hide 58 Pound 0-1 4-f' -Apr. 24, 178,3, Judah Wooilruff To Bushel of Corn o- 5-6 To a mug of Phlip Judah bad o- 1-4 To Ca.sh I- ^-" To Candels 'J- o-^) March, 1786: Charles Woodruff to my hors 3 miles o- "-9 March 24: To use my hors O" -"° .M;iy: To use of my hors to worth- ington o- 2-t, .April 17, 1789: .' To forty Shillings in Certificate att lenn Shillings upon the Pound I- 0-0 Creadit. Apr. 17. 1789: By Si.\ days work att 2-6 pr. day 0-15-0 To bringing () Inmdred feet of Clapboards from barkhemp- sted o- 6-0 September, 1787: Gersham Nott 8 pounds & Six ounces of Pork 4-2 half pound of tallow O- 4-6 Decemlier 25, 1787: To load of wood o- 5-6 .April 2, 1788: To sixpenc worth of Candels o- 0-6 N'ovember, 17S9: To two .Sheeps heaiK & plucks o- 1-0 X(i'l)L-r. 1790: To a Dung hill fowl o- 0-8 Cre.idit. September, 1789: 1;,' mending 2 pare of Shoes o- 3-0 M.ncb. 1730, Gabriel Curtis: T.i a (hiy work and a half o- 3-9 Ahi\-, 1790: To a Beehive o- 3-0 September 28 : Paid for one Mounth School- ing fer your boy to Mr. buck. School Committee o- 2-^ No'br 20: To Sheep Skin o- 0-9 -\dney Curtis Dr. December 6, 1794: to 18 pounds of Mutton o- 3-9 " 21 pounds chcse att 6 penc pr. p. 0-10-6 July, 1796: To pound of Buttor o- 0-9 .\"ov 26, 1796: To 2 Qourts Brandy o- 3-0 Creadit. December 6, 1 794 : By a pair of hand irons o-ir-o July. 1795: Lutiicr Shepard Dr. 2 pounds of Buttor o- 1-6 July. 1795: To loth pounds of cheese o- 5-0 .August : Tr) a nil, >l<'lil-. 01 I.M.hVll WIS. 180 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, Klizcr Jiul(i. Crcadit tci a Galon of Ncwiiislaiiil nim o- J-d Niivi-niliri- iilh, 17X1): I'Jiiali Slidiiu Dr. to .^ix iniii- drrd of l)i-iik 0-15-0 lo a l)ii^licl of lime O- 4-0 Martin Li.-\vi> Dr. lo nij horse troopini; o- yo 1 he liiiok is full of interesting entries hut the spaee at onr eonimand oom- pel'S us to stop with the aeeount of Juilah WooilrntT. the huilder ..f [hr Congre.national Chnreh. who i> |>roli. ably tile best known of all of the iic-r- sons liavin.g aceonnts with the old store. Ncnemher I7tli, I^So; Judab VVoodrutr Dr : to fifty two Pounds Chese att £ ^- d O penee pr pd I- O-o to lift> Pounds lliittor att y ])eiu\' .1 pd I-17-f' to \our eattel dougbing damige in my Carding 40 heads of Cabliagc spoilt o- 4-0 November, 17SS: lo hriiiging your horse-, out fd the me.idow when 1 har- r.ird o- 1-0 .May J, 1789: to a yoake of threi' year oUl Steers R- 0-0 to a stiek of timher for a well Croeh o- 1-0 .\iigust. 1781): to 00 weiglit of veal _• h.ippetiy pr pound o-lS-g Seplenihrr. 1789: to 3 stpiires of glass O- I-4 October, 17S0: By Kli/er .Steel X Shillings yon .\ gred lo pay o- S-o Xoveniher J, 1780: to Ji) (i.-iUons of P.r,iiid> .VI4-''i .Xoveniher -'4. 17S1): to feteiiiiig oiu of the Coiii- iniui lield >oiir eallel o- 1-0 Deeember 5. 17X1): to J hundred & .'4 feet of pine Ho.irds 0-7-10 to 1 hundred of .,ke lioards o- .Vo My hors lo Pristol o- l-o .luK. 1704: to 5 pounds l.iiu nuilton n- 1-5 l''ehrii.ir\ iX. 1 70.^ ■ to a I'.Ushel of poi.itoes o- JO I'aniungPni b'ebriiary -'J. 170'' then Keeoned with judab Woodrulf and due lo biiii four pounds .mil l'le\ru Shillings, •as witness our hands : JinAii WoonufF, b'lijAii l.ruis. b'.irniiiigloii. hehv, 2,^ 171X1. then P.alleiieed onr I'.ook aeeoniils bv Money. [ri'Mi W'noiiHt'l'. Li.il.Mi Lkwis. jfanniiiGton Mater Morhs. |.\ltbough written some live \e.irs ago, -Mr. Wadsworth s.iys lli.il this article is tboroughly np to il.iie, as no changes have heeu made- in the system since tli.at time, | ^^■r' IIE history of the present sys- 1 1 teiii of water works in Farni- ^^^ ington uoiilil not he rom- plete without recording the many .ittempts made \i\ its citi/ens, since the earliest times, to bring the jiiire, clear w,iter from the springs on the monnt.iin side to tbeir bouses and h.iriis in the |irosperoiis vil- lagi' helow, ,\iid this prosperity is not a in\tli. l'"arinington w.is in fact iiji to lyXj the center of the most pop- ulous ilistrict in the St.ite. Likewise it e.in he safel\' sl.ited lli.at the wealth ol llie down w:is .at this time not sec- ond lo ll.artforil. lli.it the earl\ eitixeiis of k'urming- toll were alile, energetic ,iiid resource- ful is evidenced by the high .gr.ide and class of their homes and f.arm huild- ings, m.aiiy of which on .Main Street. erected before the War of the Kevcdu- tioii, st.iiid to-day as the most spacious, eoinfint.ible and tasteful dwellings in the vill.agc. Into some of these water was conducted from an e.arl\' perioil h\ means of a priiiiiti\e and most imji-u- ious systein. wbich, for w.iiil ol ,a more descriiilive name. might be called -ddie Yellow Pine l.og Piir Lines," These log |ii|)cs were made by boring ,1 two ineb hole through ei'^lil foot sections of yellow |iine logs, \ar\- ing ill si/e from six inches to one foot in cliameter. The melhoil of i. lining was to c.irefilllv taper the smaller end .and ream the oilier to prfiper si/e. The well known resist- ance of tiiis variety of wood to splitting made it possible to drive the sections together with gre.it force, insuring .a perfectly water tight joint, in fact these lines were Laid through valleys and over hills, niakin.g not miK good gravity lines, lint to .1 limiled exteiil servire.ihle force in.iiiis W'.ilei cmilil be di\erled at an\ point b\' siinpK bor- ing lo the axis of the main, lliere re.iming and plugging in .1 hi.nich 1 be "Log Lilies" were met with every where in treiiehing Main .Street and with few exceiitions an a\e was required to reiuoxe a section the width of tile trench, so sound .and well pre- served were the logs. I Inc. in ]iartic~ nlar, which snii|ilied the buildings on llic site now occupied b.\ the lowii llallj after beiii.g cut through, m.iiiitained a flow of clean s])ring water for several hours, and this How was stojiiied only li\ thorou.gb plugging. Residents ill the \iciiiity for fifty years could not reiiiemlier the l.i\iiig of this "Log Lille," which would indicate the lou- ge\ily of these pi|ies under f.ivorable eoiulilioiis. I liese lines undoubtedly performed their mission faithfnllv lor main >eai"s, eheaiaiess being their great reconiinendation. \iiotlier kind of pipe line fre(|Uent- ly met with was constrncted of red un- gl.izeil brick tile of great thickness ,aiid strength, ha\ iiig a small bore not over one inch, I'liis was ]int together in sections of two feel with eonc-sbaped ends, tlu- joints being packed in clay. These lile lines could only have been used as .gravity conduits, as the resis- tance of the joints could not li.ive been greater than lb. it of the ela\ forming the bond at each joint; on the whole tlie\ must lia\'e been leaky failures and llieir use ahandoned in the colonies be- fore the advent of hydrants, as other- wise the use of this form of tile would li.ive ser\eil, to a limited extent, as ,1 ]ierinaneiit .Hid serviceable con- duit, 1 he next ilep.irlure was the use of le.ad in in.Lking pipes 'Ibis was ob taiiied in sheets, cut into proper widths, .mil roliLd .and soldered togelber at the local tinsmith's. Some of this old "Seamed Lead Pipe," laid some se\ent\ >ears ago, is doing service to- ,1,1V, Da\id Carrington claimed to li.i\e made the lirst of this "Seamed I'ijie" for S.miuel Deniing, to displ.ace an old Log Line In laving it across M.iin Street it w.is aetuall\- run lliroiigb the old log main, either for the purpose of ]irotection or to save the expense of digging, or it may be both; ,11 aii\' r.ile this s|,md:ird pioneer pipe was not molested or e\en found b\ the recent treiichina for the w.aler works or sewer s\stem. ddiis style of pipe in time displaced all the older, -.iiu] inan\ new ones were l.iid. reaching lurlher up llie side of the mounl.iin. ( )ii the longest lines iii.my persons joined 111 bearing the cost .and sharing the |iri\ileges, so creating rights w'nieb are jealoiisl\- guarded to this da\ and p.irliciilarl\ valued for the excellent i|iialit\ of the drinking water supplied. ,\ll the older iiipe lines were laid with |iipes of small di.ametcr, generallv one inch or less. Thest were capable of THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 181 supplying only a very limited amount of water, say two or three houses and farm barns to one line, although there are two lines with pipes of larger dia- meter that supply several premises to each line. The most notable, largest, and b\- far the most e.xpensive of these private water conduits was the two inch con- duit constructed about the j-ear i860, by Austin F. Williams from the "Gin Still Brook" to his residence on Main Street, some two thousand feet. In 1878 the buildings of the writer were connected with this system, thus af- fording a happy relief from the unre- mitting toil of pumping water from a well for sixty head of stock during the winter months, a task continued from the earliest recollections of the writer. In 18S1 an interruption occurred in this service from early in January to the following .-Vpril, the cause attributed being the usual one, the presence of an eel in the pipe. The persistency of that eel, and the fact that the well went dry, so necessitating the hauling of water with wagons, were a combination that raised a determination to have from some source an independent supply for the farm ; accordingly early in the summer of 1881 the "Gin Still Brook" was chosen as affording the only adequate supply for . a gravity system. Land was bought of Lucius F. Dorman in the August following, and later of William Pentalow. '1 he two purchases included the tracts known as the "Old Still Ponds," the lower being called No. i, and the up- per No. 2. In September a two inch galvanized wrought iron pipe was laid from Xo. 2, 3500 feet to the farm buildings and house. Under the pres- sure due to a fall of 112 feet, this gave a supply ample for several farms. Aside from repairing the dam to res- ervoir No. 2 there was no further de- velopment or extension of the system until the determination of a lawsuit in 1 886, brought in the year 1881 by a lower riparian proprietor. '1 he real extension of the system began in the fall of 1886 by connecting the houses of Mi.ss Sarah Porter (parsonage), Mrs. Rebecca Keep, Mr. Chauncey Rowe, Mr. Jas. L. Cowles. and the farm barns of Miss Sarah Porter and Jas. L. Cowles. In Jnlv, 1887, a four inch cement water pipe was laid in Main Street as far north as the front gate of Miss Porter's School, connecting at this point with a one inch water pipe running as far as Charpentier Avenue. In October. a one inch pipe was laid in Char- pentier .\venne from Main to Canal Street, and on Canal Street from Mr. Mason's on the .south to the residence of Mr. T. C. Collins on the north. In i8qi the four inch main water pipe w;is continued on Main Street to a |)<)int cipiiosite (iay's Store, setting four liydrants and two horse fountains, also running one Iiranch down the Avon road to the house of Mr. Noah Wal- lace and another down the passway to the houses of Miss Julia Hrandegee. Later in the same year a one and a quarter incli pii)e was laid on New Brit- ain .Avenue to the residence of Mr. II. K. Woodward. In 1892 it was clearly evident that the small reservoir was wholly inade- quate to supply the rapidly increasing demands of the patrons on the new lines. Therefore a tract of l.iiid of thirty-two acres was purchased in this year, and in the following year a (him was constructed seven hundred and twenty feet long across the valley, set- ting the water over some twenty acres at an average depth of ten feet and im- pounding approximately sixty million gallons of water. All this water is sup- jdied from springs, there being no brooks contributory to the system. The two- inch main from the mountain to Main Street was displaced by a six-inch "Cast Iron Pipe" and the two-inch pipe was afterwards laid from Gay's Store to the residence of Mr. D. N. Barney anddater to that of Mr. Wm. A. Hooker, the pres- ent terminus. In the session of 1895 a charter of incorporation was obtained from the (jeneral Assembly, and in June follow- ing The Farmington Water Company was organized under its charter with a capital stock of $20,000, divided into 800 shares of $25 each. In September, 1895, a six-inch cast iron pipe was laid as far south as the Risley House. In 1896 the one and a quarter inch pipe on New Britain Avenue was dis- placed by a six-inch main, and carried up the avenue as far as the ui)per driveway of Mr. Redfield's, and a one- inch pipe carried as far as the "Fhish T,ink" at the summit. In 1899 a Filter Plant 80 by 100 feet w.is constructed below the main res- ervoir for the purpose of purifying and rendering wdiolesome the storage water during the sunuucr months. The method employed is sand fdtration, and litis last season it gave entire satis- faction, removing every evidence of fer- mentation imlicated either by taste or smell. In September, 1900, the water com- ically made a contract with the hre dis- trict for five years, to set and maintain tweiitv-three fire hydrants at ;i sti])U- lated price of fifteen dollars each. The water company in fufilling this contract laid 4,700 feet of six-inch cast iron |)ipe on Main Street and 2.270 feel of four-inch cast iron pipe on the side streets and highways. They also set eighteen additional fire hydrants, mak- ing with the four at the south end and one on New Britain Avenue the full number of twenty-three, capable with one thousand feet of hose now owned by the district, of protecting nearly every house in the borough. The de- pendence of a community upon hydrants for fire protection has been deiuoiistrated, from the standpoint of promptness and efficiency, to be the most economical and satisfactory. Especially is this true in conununities where relative high pressure can be obtained, capable of maintaining at least two effective streams sufficient to cover the highest structures. The hydrants in front of Miss Porter's School and the Congre- gational Church, at a test last Novem- ber, demonstrated that a stream could be maintained covering both structures at the same time, thus realizing in prac- tice what was predicted before the in- stallation of the present system, and the results cannot hut be a satisfaction to all. It can also be seen at once that the widely distributed hydrants form the basis of a more efficient system, when- ever the wealth and necessities of the District* require the purchase and main- tenance of a fire engine. With a wise and proper distribution i^ the hose at points in the North, South and Middle Districts, where it can be oh- ►ained and promptly attached to the hydrant nearest the fire, the Borough would be in a position to secure tlie greatest efficiency of the present .sys- tem ; and this system would meet every (h-inand and necessity that might arise, within reasonable bounds, for m.my ye.irs to coiuc, and be a sub- st.'uuial protection and safeguard to tlie inriammable properly of the borough. I'roni the above il can be seen that the present Water Works System has been one of gradual and natural de- velopment, based on the growing de- mands and necessities of a prosperous community, the members of which have at all times been ready to co-operate in its construction, and quick to avail themselves of its benefits. In connection with the excellent separate system of sewers Farmington may be said to occupy a position, from a sanitary point of view, equal to that of the most favored community. — .A. R. W.MiswoRTH. in Fnrmiiisli'ii Mai;a:iiie Ma\-, 1901. 182 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, Jpi^adi latBtuij. /] X iX(ij the 1m. Ill I'.i-iiiluTs \,v- ^^•^ I'liniiiii; iiitiiTsU'il in pcacli ^^0 iMi^in.y fi-i)in lalking witii I'llin !'■- Siiiilli. m.iiiu.ycr nf till- r.rrliii pr.irli i n'cliard. ami rc-ailins; llu- llali- I'.rnllirrs' nf (',la^lllll' liiir\. ai'fiiiinl^ nf llu-ir ^iicrrss. drcitlrd III utili/'i- a Inl nf 1 r |ia^luri' laml 330 fi-'i/l al>ii\r M-a k'M-1, i-nvcrc-il uilli stoiii' and linisli. I liis was ])arliall\' clfarnl and .ioo piaili Iri-cs scl iml. hi tlirrr yrars llicsc Irrrs linri' siU'ii ihnirr frnil I'lial iiinrr Ircrs wcrr si'l ■i'i!i:i' auim; i'hk ■iiii: i'imit" ai' i'iii'. ■■iKKn-- im;m (MU, niniT land jinialiaMil and cdrarnl. till there are Mmv IwenI)' aeres nf iliis high land planud xvilli peach, plnni. eherr\ and apple Iree- in a In^li stale nf cnlti\alinn. liearin',; elmiee Irnil- in Oetnli i-, |i|oi. i'le.ident Rnnse- \a'll visited Ins sislei-. Ml■^. Win S. t'nwies, residing at ( >ldt;ate, !''.arl\ nn the iiiornini; aflef lii^ arri\al I'leadent Rnnsex'elt. aeennipanuii le ins dali.yh- ler. Miss Aliee, and Ins nieee, Miss Helen Kiinse\eh, ('ajil \\)ii, S. Cnwles. Seerelai\ ( niielMMi. 1 'r ki\e\ am! Mr. l''erLHisnn ualki-d np In Rallle^llake Mninilain. ( )m llu-ir \\a\ hiinie llie\ stnpped at the I'luixis ()rilLird. as ihe Rnni I'.rns, had named il in menmi \ nf ihe In- dians wlm nine uaiidereil n\er i|s wilds. Durini; the nine >ears nf ile\ eli ipineiil this land had heeniiie i|nile a lesmt. owing In llie ImmiiI ifiil \ iew frniii ihe ledge. Ihe I'rc-^ideiil sahili-d tie ilag raised ill llnllnr nf his V isil . adllli Tell I lie \ iew. and, disilainniL; ihe p.illi. plunged mer Ihe elilT. f.illiiwed In ihe whnle paru Chiiging In rnehs .md trees. lhe\ uinl dnwii a iiearlv pel peiidic iil.ii deseeiil nf i.sd feel and reached .Main street in safely. Miss .\liee Kiinse\ell had heell diiwil the same plaee the \ear lu-fnie. aeeniii- paiiied liy her hrnther I lunilnri' ; Irving to take a rnnnilahniu wa\ Imine they heeaiiie Insl in Sli.ide Suaiiip, .iinl .if ler hnurs nf siriiggliiig thmiigh iiiiid and mire reached .Mrs. Cnules' residence in a weary and ludraggled conditimi. Abnnt live years after the Tiinxis ()ndi.ird was started. .\. R. W'adsworth planted ten acres tn jieach Irei-s near the Knnt I'.rns. ..11 Land tliat had af- readv prn\ed its \.iliie i.\ ,grnwin,g ex- cellent aiiples. .\nrth nf Mr, W'.irlswnrth's Int. W.ir- reii ,\l,isnn li.is se\-er.il linndred peach trees ill bearing kimwii .as the "I'nplar Trei- ll.ars" i.rcli.ard. Still f.artlier iii.rlli Al.aii I'liillip, h.as set iie.ach trees nil the site fnrnierlv knnwn as ■■The ■'hixil's Kncking (hair." owing In .an iniinens,' l.ntilder pnised there. This ruck ii.is now f.illeii ,iiid been crushed In .aid in ni.iking mir iiiuch iH'cded good rn.ids, A \\. Cook ,iiiil .\lliert Knime are .alsn .among the successful orcli.ard- isis on the heights, .Ml Ihesi- upl.ind orcli.irds now hear fruit ^^S rare i|iiali[\, lii,i;h color .and line l1.i\nr. and .are s]i..keii nf .is siiperinr In .any in I'niinecticul, 'I liese ver\- successful ventures en- couraged fanners owning laud iu this vicinit\- tn ni.ake attempts to do like- wise, but. nwing to lack of facilities for spr.-iying. the .San Jo.se scale has worked Ikuoc among their trees, and only tile utmost diligence li.-is protected the larger orchards. Two years ;igo I'rof, Winihrn]. I 1111- \er. of the Wisconsin L'iii\ersiiv. de- cidc-d In iiursue .i.griculture instead of teaching. lie made .'i Imir nf invesli- .galion nmou.g iie.ich grnwers from Michigan tn M.aiiie and lU'cided th,-it Ivirmingtou h.ad the soil, cliinale, ac- cossihility |o ni.irket. etc. lU'Cessary for siu'cessful pe.ich culture, .\ccnrdiiigl\ he purchased hileeu acres nf mount.iin kiiiil .iiiil iu the sprin.g of niofi ]uit out _',noo yoiiiyu trees on the kind lornier- K owned l.\ the Hart I'.rns.. .•lud used b\ liiein for the successful raisin.g of small fruit. This nrcli.'ird lias .great pnssibilities from its situ;itinn and al- read\ h.is .a iiiosi promising Inok. i\ IIII I'lM II mil si: \ r 1 111, 1 1 \ \rs oki 11 \i:i THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFl'L HOMES. 183 JlriHU-itii of Alfrrh A. JJiijir. ■IllLL-STRAlV— RKSIDIONrE OF ALPHKIl A. POl'li. AN i\i'i;innR at '■irir.r, stiimv" 184 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT. KAllJIIIDl SK ON -1111.1. SI i; \li" l\K\l .%y< *-**->»* .;>;■> -WJM* A lil^lANl \1)U' OF llll.l. Ml'. All U.VDi:i!i,i:iii;i-. i m iai.,i-.— o.\ • iull-stkau" i-.vh.m. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. "®bt» mi> Eiib Shop." "Zhe (Brunb^." 185 .1/. /; n ill the [■aniiiir^lnn Maaci: 'inc. July, /Q02. ^ ( ) RETURN to the (lays of rag ^J carpets and brick ovens would ^^ scarcel}- be the choice of peo- ple enjoying the hixm-ies of to-day; but it gives them a distinct pleasure to step into the past for a half hour, a pleasure close at hand in the privilege given by Miss Pope to go through the O'Rourkery. This, as may be known to all, is an old farm house on High street, once be- longing to Mr. O'Rourke, whicli passed into Miss Pope's possession several years ago and which she has tilted up in perfect keeping with tlie customs oi the times in whicli the house was built. The outside shows the architecture that was the outcome of necessity for protection against Indian attacks — the overhanging second story. The inside reproduces and follows faithfully in most details the simplicity and severitv of even the prosperous householder of a hundred years ago. Xobodv attempt- ing to live in an old house nowadays would dispense with the comfort of modern heating and plumliing. 'i'hese are found here but they do not ex- clude the fire-place or tile r|uaiiit cor- ner wasli-stand. Tliere are line specimens of four-posters witli their canopies and hangings and patch quilts of riotous gaiety, and beside each is found the demure candle-stand so puri- tanical in suggestion that one would hesitate to lay upon it the Dolly Dia- logues or the Confessions of a Frivolous Hirl. The ancient timepiece counte- nances on the wall only samplers and high colored prints, and the melodeon suggests the psalm singing tbat s.itis- lied all the nuisical instincts of the times. .\11 the furnishings are genuinelv old and the survival of the brilliant black and red table cloth in the "settin' room" is a triumiih of vigilance against its natur.il enemy. Its color and design make one glad to live in the days of Ruskin and .\lnrris. The many im- pressions one liriiigs away of spacious rooms, simple and elegant lines of fur- niture, of light and air in every cor- ner and an absence of small tilings th.-it crowd, make the survey ,i l.isling pleasure. During the last twelve years some additions to the original structure have Ihimi in.ide and one room in the ell has grown into a shop, best described by its sign, so modest that it has never ap- peared,— "Odd and End Shop"; where every day soothing beverages that in- vigorate in the cold winter and refresh in the heat of sunmier are much sought li>- Miss Porter's school girls and oc- casional villagers and visitors. No better summing up of the resources of this unique place could be found than the lines sent as a joke bv a Hartford ladv: ODD AND END SHOP, fientle stranger, will vou stop And raise the latch of mv small shop' I*" not pass by in restless haste, r\e something here for every taste Mittens for both girls and boys, Knitted reins and other tovs. Hot roast peanuts, toothsome cakes ('Uiger snaps, and Bagdad dales. Coffee too, which you must know Crows in sunny Mexico, ' 111 far Esperanza's height, Vyiiere the coyotes cry by night. VouMl find its flavor unsurpassed To crown the end of your repast; .\lthougli you sail o'er seven seas, Sto|;ping aiiNvvIiere you please I'll be bound, you'll never see The equal of our special tea. Named for England's ancient tower. Symbol of her might and power. Every day we serve it here \\"\\\\ cream and sugar, or just clear. Sill mid you w.int a didly drest, Or a golfer's hand-made vest. Or a rug of colors gay. Leave your order now 1 pray. Time forbids that I detail .All the goods 1 have for sale; Come and see them, row on row. Something you will buy I know. Should you hail from foreign climes. Nor understand our English rhymes, With just, though modest pride I'd say : "/(•/, iiuuldinr. I'nn /^aiir Praiicais." om) AND END SIIOI 186 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, TNI, n'\'.:,\ 1;M |:\ ii\ ■ iliM -I [,\\f F \U\[. I'.i.i, (II' 'I'lii': (l■l:l)I■l;Kl;l;^ . sikiwinc ■■(hiu wii i:\ii sihii'" AN iN'n:i!iiiit AT Tin: (iim and i;\ii siici' miss siiii:i,s. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 187 f r^Btftnit Snns^u^It B liatt tu iFarmimilmi. ( I'^rom Hartford Couraiit Wednesday. October 2;}. igoi. ) IN I'ARMINGTON— PRES. ROOSE- VELT VISITS THE ANCIENT TOWN. .All Informal Reception — Guests Greet Chief Executive at Covvlcs Residence — Governor McLean and Senators Havvley and Piatt in the Dis- tinguished Company — ^Mc- Kinle\- Oak Planted. Vesterdav and la-.t night the ancient and beautiful town of Farmington was honored by the presence of the Presi- denl of the LInited Slates, and ,the he.irty welcome and generous hospitality exteiideil to him must ha\e lieen a source of gratilicalion to the chief exe- cutive of this country. 'I lie President and those who made the journey from Washington with him arrived in Farm- iugton early yesterday morning. 1 hc\ wenl up frimi New Ha\en on the Northampton division of the Consoli- dated ro.ad. Tliose with Pre.^idenl Ro(ise\elt were Cnmmander Will. Shef- lield Cou'les, Ills bnither-in-law, .Secre- tary Cortelyou, Dr. P. M. Rixey, .As- sistant Secretary Harnes ami D. Mun- roe Ferguson, formerly of the Rough Riders. There were also four men of the governmeiil secret service who had been detailed from WMshington to watc' over the president's person. At the station a number of townspeople were assembled and they cheered the Presi- dent as he left the train. Mrs. Cowles. the President's sister, was also on the platform ,ind extended a w.-irm greeting to her brother. Be- sides there was a detail from the Hart- ford County sheriff's office ami the con- stabulary of Farmington. reinforced liy special appointments for the day. As soon as the greetings were over the distinguished visitors were driven to Olilgate. the home of Commander and Mrs. Cowles, where they were to be guests during their stay in Farniiiig- ton. The house is situated on Main street, and is a fine example of colonial archi- tecture. Between the high posts in front of the main entrance hangs an iron gate of ancient pattern, and this fea- ture gives the residence its name. On the mile .and a half drive from the station President Roosevelt occuiiied the first c.irri.age. and with him were Couun.-inder and Mrs. Cowles. In the second carriage were Secretary Cortel- you. .Assistant Secretary Barnes. Dr. Rixey and Mr. h'crguson. Deputy Sheriffs Foote of West Hartford. Cowles of Farmington, and Egan of Southing- ton followed in a third carriage, .ind tile rear of the procession was brought up by the four secret service men. On the way from the station the President remarked the be.uUiful scenery of the mountain and meadows disclosed and spoke enthusiastically of the ;it- tr.ictive homes that line the borough street. On reaching Old.gate Com- mander and .Mrs. Cowdes and llieir gnesls .at once went inside the nrnisioii and soon .after breakfast was served. In the meantime ;i .guard was iil ice I in from of the house to keei'. out in- strusive visitors. .Samuel .Scott was placed in charge of the entrance gate .Old no line was admitted t^J tin- lnuise thereafter during the da\ . except b\ the presentation of a card which had first reeeixed approv.il. I he secret service men were stalioiie 1 ah mt the outsiile nf tlu' house and several energetic boningb constables kept the crowd, which had assembled in the streets, in proper order. The deputy sheriffs were also on h.iiid to lend their assist- ance if needed. After hri-akfasl President Roosevelt changed tile business suit in which he had traveled llirough the night. I'or the formal presidential .g.arh of black frock coat and vest and dark mixed trousers. At 10 o'clock Warden .Adrian R. Wadsworth of the borough of Farm- ington, .aceomp.inied by Burgesses .A. A. Redlleld, David R. Hawley. William ilurlhurl. K. E. Hutchinson, T. 11. Kont .mil Clerk Charles I'randegee. c.illed npnii the President .and when they had been presi'iited by Commander Cowdes. .Senior ISurgess .Redlield de- livered tills address of welcome: "Mr. President: — We arc well :iware. sir, lint ihe occasion of \onr \isit to l''armingliiii is purely donieslie :uid person:d. (iool m:iiiners dictate a je.ilons :ivoiihince on our p:irl of any ili^lurh:inie of the (|niii you seek. We an- therefore doubly grateful to you for conseiiling to receive the borough council of l''armiiiglon in this informal and kindly manner. On behalf of the people of this vilhi.ge :ind of the town of I'^irminglon. :is well, we bid you a ciirdi:d weUoine. We beg you to be- lieve th:il :is our Chief Magistrate we entert:iin for _\oii the highest respect and good will and as a rc|>resentative .American citizen you have our wannest FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. ridniii-.ilion ami allcHtiniialc regard. W'r lici; villi til ariT|il tlu' frcciliiiii nf llu- linrDHuIi 1)1 l''aniiin,yliiii." rrv^iilnil KiiiiM\ill mailr a lirirf rr|j|> III llu- aililrc^s, 1 U' thanked tliu vvanlrii and liiirKL'ssrs fur tlic i'.\])ri's- sjiiiis III" Li'Mid will ri iiitaiiu-il in llir ad- lll^■^-. and said llial wrrr il pi issililc lu- uiiiild lir must lia|i|i\ III nUTt all tlu- ])cii|ilr nf l''arininL:liin ]H-rMiiially. As this vMinId IMI lir piissilili- lir di-sirrd till- 1)1 in iiil;1i riiiinril tu ri-iTi\c fur tlu-iiisi-K I's and llu- pri)|ilr nf I'aniiin.L;- liiii his i-i>rilial thanks and hrsl wislu-s. ■| la- l'i-(-,idi-iil alsii di-.-lincd llu- hiiinir nf iiliiilni'^ an nak' I ri-c in inrMiiir\ nl I'rrsidrnl McKinli-\ mi llu- Sarah I'nr- lir Mriiiiirid I'ark, sayiiit; ihat as lu- had drrlnud In lakr in nllu-r inriiinrial srr\ il r ■ It Wnllld llnl 111- in L^nnd lastr 111 make an rxi-i-plinii in llu- case- i l'"arniiii;jliin. At in:3o n'fliick, ihi'rr carriaL;rs wrn- drawii up in rrmil nf llu- rnlraiirr i;alr, ,-iml snnii afirr the pri-siiK-niial parl\- ranu- frniii tlu- hmisi- fi n- llu- ])iirpiisr iif lakiiiL; a shnrl (Irnr, rrt-siiU-nt Kiiiisi-xi-h eiili-ri-d llu- first carriage and with him mdr Mrs, Cnwh-s, his sisU-r. In llu- iK-\t carriaiii- wi-rr Cnminandi-r C'liw'h-s. whii had iml mi his iia\al niii- fiinn. Si-i-ri-lai-\ CnrU-lMni. Mrs W. r>a\ai d ( ■nllin.n nf Xi-w \i Mmirm- i-'i-r.iiiisnn. Assistant Si-i'rrlar\- I'larnrs, Miss Alin- l\iiiisi-\-i-ll. a danL;h- li-r nf llu- rn-siih-nt. and Miss Ih-lrii Kiiiisr\i-ll. his nii-i-i-. The parl\ was diiMii lip ihr iiiaiii siri-rt tn l-'arniiny- Inn a\i-iiiir and llu-ii past I) Xrwlmi I'.arnr.'s risjdrncr In llu- iinrlli fur a clislaiu'i- nf Iwn niili-s Tlu-n llu- rmili- was 111 llu- wa-sl 111 llu- Cidi-r I'.rnnk rnad, and llirn smilli lhrniu.;li llu- main sirri-l a^aiii A turn was lIu-ii maiK- lii Ihi- hiL;hlaiuls at llu- i-asl. and as llu- Pri-siiU-iU's i-arria.ur n-ai-lu-d llu- Cmi- Ltri-iialimial I'hiin-ii. mi llu- wa\ hark In ( IhJMalr. llii-rr. drawn up in liiu-. wi-n- 151) lillh- lii)\ s and i;irls rai'li waving , ll:|.4. As llu- I'ri-siiU-nl pi-rii-iM-d this dainl\ wrK-iinu- lu- anisi- in llu- rarriam- and -milinyK raised liis lial. d'lii- ehildreii rhei-n-d him gleefully. I he relnrn was then niaiK- In ( dd.nale and llu- earria.yi- ride was i)\er. Ihil llu- rresidi-nl ilesin-d In see mure nl l-'arniiiii^lmi and si 1 w-illi ('miimander Ciiwles and Sei-retar\- {.'iirlelMiii he Iniik a slinrl walk frmii llu- Imnse f^n in-> lip a;4aiii In llu- IiilU In llu- easi and ayaiii eiiiii\in,y the line prnspeel (In his walk the rre,iileiil iiiel I'hilander Ser.ueanl. a veteran nf the I wc-lflh \'er- nimil- Mr. SerKeanI wnri- a lirand Ann- hnlliin and hal ami this al mue .-aii'^hl llu- PresiiK-nl's e\e. lie asked the M'leran his name and re.uimenl am' shiink him warniK \i\ tlu- hand, lle even recalled the name Stannard. nf the siildier's nld hriKade cmninander. In the nieanliiiie (inNernnr McLean. .Senator and .Mrs, llawley, and Si-natnr and iMrs. I'latt Ii.mI .irri\eil at llu- Cinvles luiiisc. and mi the rresidenrs re- turn frmii his shnrl pedestrian tmir. lhe\ extended tn him .-i welcnnie In Ciinnecticiit I.mulu-mi w.is served at I n'cliick and the L'nited Statc-s sena- tnrs and their wives jnined the presi deiilial partx as the i;nests nf Cum- m.inder :inil Mrs. Cinvles. .\fterniiiin l\i-i-e|iliiin In the afteniniin llu- rresulenl n-- ci-ned tlinse whn had heeii inviled In p.-|\ their res|)ects In liini. ,Adiiiissinii w'.-u liy card and niaii>- visilnrs av.-iiled llu-mselves of tlu- in)iiiirliinil\ nffered In meet the eNCcntixe nf llu- ii.ilinii. .\l 3 ii'cliick the Mimu4 wniiien frmii .Miss I'lirter's sclinnl were received d lu-\ wi-nt tn the hnnse ill .-1 lind\ .nid ^raci-- fully pa\iiit; their respects In President Knnsevelt were as Ki':u'iiiUsl\ received. In the meantime a lar,t;e crnwd h.id ,i;.illiere(l ill frmit nf the hmise and were interestedl> watchini; the prnceed- in.us. Suddenly and withnnl w.irnm.L; the President. Coniniander ('nwhs and .Mr. Cortelyou appeared in llu- dnnr- w-av. .Mninst .is rapiill.\ tlu-\ pas-.ed diiw-n the ]>ath thrnu.uh tlu- .s^ale and ,lrppeil into a carriage. 'I lu-v wen- al mice driven north tliroii;_;h the stn-el 111 tlu- park where the nak w'.is lii-iiu..; planted in honor of President .McKiii lew dhe crnw-ds in the street .-iiul a.! the |i.irk. cheered tlie I'resideiit heartily all nf the w-.iy. On arriving at the park llu- earriai^e was driven arninid llu- .urass plat and then hack |o ( lldi^ate. The ohiecl of the drixe w.is that the Presi- dent might see the tree planled in hmim I if his predecessor. ( )n the return In llu- house the re- ceplioii was at mice resmiii-d .iiid iii- xiled .niu-sts sniin tlironifed the resi- deiii-e, .\fter ])resenl ini; their cards al llu- .yate the •^nesls were received li\- Indei- l>i-iiiiiifi of I'.irminfiton and pre- seiiled In Mrs. Cowdcs and Miss .-Mice Ronsi-vell. whn received in the en- Ir.ince li.ill. Ke\ Dr. Johnson of l''arm- inKton then iireseiiled llu- visitors In ('miiiiiander Cnw-les. wlm in turn ni.ide llii- iiilrnihii-tions to the Presidenl. Tlu- Presidenl stood in the lar,i;e iiarlor al the left of the residence and w.is as- sisted in reeeiviiiK hy .Seii.ilor and Mrs. Ilawlev and Senator and Mr,. Pl.ill, In the lihrarx, h.ick nf the p.irlor. at llu- reipu-st of Miss llelell Roosevelt, the antonr.-iph of every visitor was writ- ten in a hook ]irovided for the |mrpose In llu- l.irtje ilininj' room refreshments were served. Miss I'dorence Gay serv- inti llu- tea and Miss .-Mice Cay the eliocol.ile AiiimiK those who were present at the reception were : l-rmii Il.'irtfnrd. .Maynr ll.irliisnn. .Major J. (i. R.-ilhhiin. .Mr. and Mr.-;. Walter (irit'fin. Dr. and .Mrs. j. II. Rose. Ivxecntive Secretarx loliii I". Rohiiisoii. .Mr. and .Mr.s. 11. J. Wickham. Mr, .iiid .Mrs. Lewis D. F*;irker. Mis, .Marx Ikir- Imi. .Mr and Airs. F.rnesl ('.idx. .Mr, and Mrs l-'ranklin C Whiimore, |. 1'. Rx.ui. .Miss Elizaheth W'ainxvriyht and Mi,, M.-ir,!{;iret Warner. I'rom I'.irmin.iitnii. Rev. I)r. .iiid Mrs. J.is I) hihiisnn. llu- .Misses Jnlmson, •Mr and Mrs. Julius (iay. .Miss [■"lorence liax, Mr. .and .Mr,. D Xewtoii I'larney. Mrs Saraii Ikirnex. Miss Brande.yee. .Ml and .Mrs. Lrastiis Ciay. the .Misses (i.ix. Jiidse and Mrs. h". II. Demin.n. Mr .-iiid .Mrs W K tli.isi-. \ \ Red- lielil and .Mis, Reihield. I, I-'. I )iininnii- aiid .Miss Dunniiu,;. I. lines I, Cowles .Mill the .Misses Coxvles. .Mr. and .Mrs. R 11 I lawley. Miss .Maria Purler. .MisS F.lizaheth Porter. -Mr. .ind .Mr,. A .\. Pope, Miss Pope. Mr. and .Mrs A R. Wadswnrth. .Mr. and .Mrs (/has. lirande- .Hee, .Mr. and .Mrs. Rntil. I'.raiule.yee, Mr and .Mrs. F. L. Scott. .Mr. and Mrs. C. P.. Vorce, the Mi,ses A'orce. .Mr. ;in(l .Mrs. IL L. Allen. .Mr. and Mrs. W. I',. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse .Moore. .Mr. and .Mrs. 1. pi. Griggs, Mrs. Lyon, .Miss l.xoii. |)r. .iiiil Mrs. Chas. Carriiigtmi, .Mr .and Mrs II. W. I'.arhonr. Miss l',,irliniir. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Rnnl. .Mr. ,inil .Mrs. 'V II. R.inl. .Mr and Mrs. .\iisiin Porter. Rich.ird (lax. Mi,s Jnlia P.rown. .Mr. and .Mrs. II. II. .Mason. .Miss I I ax. lock. .Mr. and Mrs W. .\. Hooker, the Misses Klaiiser. .Mr. .mil .Mrs. .\lherl Il.irt, Mrs, Win. II .\1- leii. Cliarli-s I.exvis. .Mi,s .Marx Lewis. Dr. 1-rank Wheeler. Mr. :ind Mrs. C. W Rnic. Mr. and Mrs Paul Wollen- lieri^. Mr, .-Mid Mrs. l-alw. I'illolsnn, .Mr .Mid Mr, J. 11 Andrews. .Mrs J. I-: Cnwles. .Mr .-iiul Mrs ( . J I Imrpe. Prof, and Mrs. Swell. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. M.-iso n.Mrs. I'.rilton. .Mr,. Samuel Rool. Mr and .Mrs. Janes and .\lfred Skonglaiid. The receiilimi cnnlinned milil after 5 n'l-lnck. .Mill afli-r llu- i4iii-s|s h.id de- p.irled llu- Presidenl passed llu- lime iinlil siindnwn in llu- limise .-Mid ahoiil the i;innnils of the Coxvles residence. In Ihiisi- wlin called upon him in the afternnnn lu- expressed his pleasure al llu- rei-epiinn given In him mi llu- occa- simi of his visit In l-^arniingtmi. I he evening was p.issed ipiietly hv the pri-sidenlial ii.irlx. Dinner was served at ; n'l-lock .111(1 at Ihi, fiindioii C,ov. McLean xvas .-1 gni-st. Mi-lxinlev. Memorial Iree. While President Roosevelt xvas mi- ahle In lake pari in the exercises inci- di-nl In the pl.-\nling in iiiemorv of Pies McKinley mi llu- Sarah Porter Memorial Park yesterday, the exer- cises wore of exceptional interest. Gov. THE VIT LAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES, I89 McLean went to Farmingtnn 011 tlie 110011 train from New Haven and aflcr liuu-hiny at llie Cmiiitry Clnli ami meet ins; ['resilient Rooievelt, went U> the |.ark anil placed the first shovel of dirt .ihont the tree. The governor also made a shm-t address in which he drew a lesson from the life of the dead Presi- dent. Addresses were also made by Warden Wadsworth and Bnrgess Rcd- lield of Faniiington, and Mayor Harbi- Min of Hartford. While the ceremonies were in progress President Roosevelt driixe alnmt the park and witnessed the planting of the tree. A large crowd was present during the ceremony. The following citizens of Farmington borough served as constables yesterday: l'raid< llawley, borough sherifif Sainue' .Scott, F. Gilbert, Albert Rlynn, Henry I'.isniau, Thomas Collins, Julin Rhodes, Henry Gallagher, Amnii Janes, Chaun- cey Griswold, Edward Miles, Kcron .M.inion, ('"rank Harris. Harry Reed, \\illi,ini Iteming, H, H. Mason and h'rederiek Hurlburt. Each constable ,ind deijuty slieriiT was designated by a ]):idge, which he displayed at any time it became necessary to warn the crowd.- liack. The best of order prevailed • nd no shiiw of force was at any time needed- E.xtra cars were run on the F'armington trolley line and tliev weie crowded all day. Faniiington str'C^s were Ihronged with visitors. COM^L\NDKR William .S. Cowles, of the U. S. Navy, has recently restored and improved the fine ccntury- old homestead in this village at the south end of M.iin Street, in which he was burn. Mrs. Cowdcs is a sister of President Roosevelt. When the President came from Washington to attend the bi-centenial celebration nf N'ale L'niversity and to receive his de- gree of LL. D., he fulfilled his promise, made long ago, to visit his sister in Farmington. It was soon known that the Presi- dent would be in town on the 22(1 of October, and everybody was alert to sec him. The special train which brought him from Washin.gton reached the I'arniington station at h.alf-past seven in the morning. 1 he bcinuigh had appointed special constables, and tbev with a few friends were there to welcome the distinguished guest. With him were Mr. Cortelyou, his private secretary, and Dr. Rixey, whose names had become so well known in connec- tion with the sad tragedy at linffalo. They drove at once to the bimse i)f Commander Cowles. Soon after ten o'clock the visitors drove through the town, the line of carriages being led by that containing the President and Mrs, Cowles. The houses had been decorated with (Lags, and the people .stood in front of their homes, the .school children on the church green, waving a welcome. The President's response was most liearly and winsome. From half-past two until live there was a quiet reception of invited friends at the Cowles mansion, in which the hosts were aided by Dr. Johnson, Mr. ' D. N. Ranicy and Judge Dcmin.g, also bv a few young ladies. As usual the President charmed his callers by his genial reception of thciii, always reinark- ing when possible on some association of armv or college or ne-ghborhood life. Senator and Mrs. Phtt, Senator and Mrs. Hawley and Governor McLean stood with the President in receiving the guests. The President's visit to l'"arniingloii will long live in the memories of the people, an. The earlv .yrowth of the SI ho d was slow- -all lliiii.ns moved .li>wl\ ill llie forties .iiid liflies. I'.iit i-very one of llmsi- earl\ pupils had a hirye share of .Miss roller's iiilliieilcc .-iiid e;inu- to re;-i;ird her with .111 aflec- lioii .-iiid >;rali!iide wliieli words eaniiot deserihe. .Mori- and more it e.iiiie to he realized how Kri'id and peeiili.ir was tlu- advaiit.i.ne wliieh .yirls ij.-iine(l from Miss I'orler. It was not mereh tli.it tlu-v studied while ill llu- seliool ; no doubt tjirls studied as hard iti other THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 191 'I'll I A M.'h III M si: "ID* i ly . i^- ^?' nil. ■I'lUlMI'MlX I'lJl -I TUK I'-BANCIS COWLES I'LACi;— KNOWN .\S -riM; liUKK llOUSli." 192 FAR>riXGTOX. CONNECTICUT, MiMdKi \|, s ri hio. M-liiiul-,, .\l)si>liik-, inii|n;iliric.l rcspcL-t fin- .\li■.^ I'ortcr vva> a ,i;ir.ii iimlrrlving f''i''t I 1h-v I.)\c'I 1k-i- I'(m- lli.it interest • iihI ^Mii|i.itli, which iirvcr failed, (hiliiieii and Ki'andihildnii had heard lur prai.sc.s .> 1 1 I i 1 1 •^'l^^:-—-. SUMMKU llUUSIi. "THK SCHOOL HOUSE ox Tiir. hill.' Till': ■•iM'iiiMAin . rill-; Ml SIC co'ii 194 FARMINGTOX, CONNECTICUT, \\ iNri.i;i(ii; w iiii: ■■( di.ow HUM Mill l,l;\\ IS, I I r,i iihi\KS I i,-oM I \\\i sT I 111 ' wins," THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 195 from many part< of the country to do honor to her memory. After an im- pressive service conducted by the pastor of the rhurcli. l>r. Johnson, the Rev .Alexander ^lerriam of Hartfort,-nK-es of her aid in it'- development, and of the carrying out of her plans by the alumnae and school girls. The art building of the school on Xew Britain avenue i-< an instance of their delight in bringing her wishes to fulfillment. It bears a Latin in- scription dedicating it to Miss Porter and was erected because she desired to give a building that would be an orna ment to F.irmingloii. The village green, (in the line "f the trolley road from llartforrl lo Unionville. oi)i)osite the Flni Tree Inn, is another of her bene- factions to the people of Farmington. in which Miss Porter was aided In- her pui)ils to accomplish her purpose. Since her death it ii.as seemed as though their remembrance could not sufficiently ex- press itself in lastin.g memorials. The beautiful marble eliapel on Main street, near the Congregational Church, was built by Miss Porter's girls, and dedi- cated to her memory. The "Lodge" at the southern end of the village, a home for working girls, e.slablished ;ind main- tained by her pu|)ils, was de.ar to Miss Porter's heart. She felt as did Pro- fessor Sloane of Cohunbii l.'niversity, when he said, ■'there is nowhere in the world, a more beautiful scheme than Farmington Lodge." It is fitting, there- fore, that it should be formally dedi- cated to Miss Porter by the placing of a memorial tablet therein. b\- her girls, the year after her death. I hie who knew .Miss Porter well has thus summed up that character which has left such deep imprint n|ion suc- ceeding generations of school girls : "I have spoken of Miss Porter's debt to her ancestors, aiul I coulil emphasize every word which I have said, if neces- sary, more strongly. But it is cc|ually important to recognize that Miss Por- ter became what she was by a wise and unintermitted self-culture and training, which others mi.ght imitate if they had her force of will, her love of her fel- lowmen. her sense of the sacredness of human life. .\ part of the inspiring power of her life seems to me to lie in this f;ict th.il she did not imp'ress others with a brilliancy and with at- tainments bevond the reach of other mortals. I know of no one of whom Wordsworth's word could more trulv be spoken: '.\ creature not too bri.ght and good for human nature's dail\ food.' There w'as a reasonableness and a moderation about her counsel wdiicb prevented it from seeming impracticable. Miss Porter's activity seemed to be w'itholU friction. .She wasted no time. Important things were done with the -same quickness and ease as little things. She seldom spoke of being burdened or hurried. Much of her work was done in the early morn- in.g. .\ picture ri.ses before me of her de.spatching a large part of her correspondence in the morning before breakfast. In the same w.av. she would stirlv in the earlv morning hours her .\ew Testament in Greek, her Dante or whatever she was interested in. "Miss Porter's' unusual inHuence upon a great variety of pupils was due large- Iv to the fact that she had something di'^tinctive to give to each one whom she met. It was due. in other words, to the breadth and dei)th of her own na- ture. Her points of contact with peo- ple were very numerous. The secret of her freshness of mind was her habit of making continual additions to her own knowledge. Her teaching never used up all her energy; she always prosecuted her own studies and her own reading. No teacher was ever more deeply interested in all her pu- pils or more truly lived for them. .-\t the same time it is equally true that she fed the springs of her own life from sources outside the school. . "One reason why Miss Porter's words had so much w^eight was that she never exaggerated and rarely found fault. Mer criticisms were construc- tive, helpful, suggestive. She .showed ■ what one hiight do that was better than what one had done, and took it for granted th.it what she suggested would be accepted. . . . She refused to take discouraged or discouraging views in regard to human nature, in regard to public men. and in regard to public af- fairs. She lulieved the best things of those who were her pupils. Tin- more complicated the responsibility whicli wealth and sf>eial connections w-ere cer- tain to bring to her pupils in after years, the more important she felt i to be that she should awaken them while in her care, to true intellectual ellort, to self-direction, to a sense of responsrbility for others, to the great idea of service; and she was successful in so awakening them. The roots of her cheerfulness lay deeper than tem- perament and education. Tliere are passages in her journal which record her meditations about prayer, about the relation to the soul to God, and which reveal the sources from which she drew tiie inspiration of her effort for others." liy Josephine Canning. (Hi, don't vou remember the schoolhouse red \\ liich stood far back on the hill. And the great oak tree which lifted its head Close by? It stands there still. You learned addition in that old place, ,And the use of verb and noun ; They have earned you much in life's hard race — Give some to the dear old town! You h.ive wandered far from the hearthstone gray Where your infant feet first trod. You have walked in many a devious way. But vou worship your father's God For you'll never forget the le^-' h- taught. When at night you all knelt down In the home that \ou hold with the tenderest thought, 111 your own old native town. .Mil go when the summer solstice burn-i. .\nd vour citv home is hot, G.I look where the winding river turns In the green old meadow lot. Then ask the peoi>le what it neeils. .•\nd count it life's best crown To build it up with filial deeds. \'our own dear native town! — F'roin Cyllinsville Record. Julv 1.^. lyof'. 196 FAR!\[INGTON, CONNECTICUT, I'lisiNc [■■(ii: ■■i\iciri'iii;ii i,\i Miin loi; MLss I'uuTKir.s s( iiooi. I'OHMKIIl.V TlIK "I'llOKNlX."' ■niMi AiKiiMi \ i;iisi:\ \ i.KiM !■ oi III, II i..ii;i,>,. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 197 MRS. R. M. STn.\RT, XEP Hehitia M. Ilnlrl, MRS. nOKATIO «' KfNC. nkk Esther .1. Ihiiiatil MRS. CHAIiLKS SKDOWICK. nkk MiircUl Ffutfiu (Drrcasrtll. MISS .\NVIK P. ROi)M.\\ (Dcrin.siil). -VUTHCR KOIil.NSON', SEE Jeitnie Porter. MISS ANNIE KENT. .\1I!S. illi iiutij Mr.Miiilhi. MRS. W.M. P. ROBESON, SEE (jrarc Unit. PHOTOCRAIMI T\M;N AT Till; r<)l,()\V AlilllT lsr;:i. 198 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. Urainino 2)a^. ^ n WW ^■>•:l^^ .vjo rv.-rv al.lr ^•'V liiidiril man in tnwii. nf suil- ^^ W alilr :i,HL-. was rc<|nirri| l>\ law In present hiniselt miee eaeli \ear on Iraiiiinu 'la\. anneil mil ei|ni|ilie.l a^ llie law direels 1 le was I" I'e ^nlljeel tn llle lllvpec- tinn aii'l eomnianiU nf tlial niaunilieent |ier-.oii, the iiain liau'l I'aplaiu 1 lie tnwii li(ia-.U-il III Iwii eiiiniiaiiies nl iiiiliUa. line llie ( '.reiiailier-. uilli eleijanl lllllimin-.. lillK- rnaN laeeil uilll while, wliile linnser^, anil koinaii lielineN siiriiinnnleil wilh waMii;.; while phinies. —a selei-l hoil\ ..f men wliiise niinj- aira\i-il in aorscnuv iinilcinii;. Tlie rank anil lile, with an occasional levl anil hlaek nniform repres 'iitiiiu the jiast rIdi'.v of the coiiijian.', wei" drawn n]i in a single line ulnen reatlu il t'riini llle store hearing Ji.' ne a'K ]iaiiile.l sit;n of Win (lay and ' 'o,, eait- waril ne,irl>' nr quite to Whilniaii's la\ern Some had nm^kc-ts with ha\oiiel>. and some w ithoii' S.inii carried fowlint^ puce^ ^n' an ihiiiLj from whiidi pnuder eoiild he tired Tile iiiher-. were armed and eipiip|ieil wilh whip stocks, iniihrell.iv, or with amlhin.g with which lhe\ coiild ciriw out tlu- order to "shonlder arms." I he fa\orite comin.iinK were "make reaiK." "lake a.iiii and lire." at the latter of which the .ynns het;an to go off like a rattling long-draw ii-oiil pe.al of thunder 1 his tlonc- iIk' Coni]ian\* was marcheil off to other groiiiul to repeat their exercises as long .as the twehe rounds of .•immnnitioii lasted. 1 he whole ri'si-mhU'd a modern I'lilirth of Jnly. hnt was \'aslly more amusing, less dangerous, and less annoying "Trainin.g Day" was. or rather had hci-n, one of the three .gia-at da\s of the \ear in Xew I'.ngland. sharing with h.lection Day. and lhanksgi\ing Day. the enjoyments that came seldom, and were all the more enjoyed. — Jui.If.s G.w. in r-armin'^ii<\i Mi\'^az\nc. July, igoi. •■(;ui;\ \iiit:i:" ii \\' hers were consl.anllx' dinniiishiiig .as ihe .ancieiil inililar'. glor\ of Ihe lowai drc.-oed I lie ollu'r eoiiip.in\ com- prised .all oihers who were liahle In mililar>- dn1\ .ind was legalK kin.xMi ,,s llu- I'irsi ('oinpaii\ of ihe hoiir leeiilh Kegiineiil of Inf.iiilrv hill |iopii- l.arK- as tli.' "hiishwliackers," ( Ine of llu- old nnlil.ire nrders has eoine down lo Us wilh lis Wood eiil of ll.igs, diiims, leiils. .and oiher del.iils of the in. nip .and circumsl.ances of war. and the fol- lowing older; '■ \iieiilioii I h'irsl Coiiip.niN , hour ■ l.elllh Uegimelll. Illfalltl\, lo either ,.f the noil eomiiiissioned ollieers ; N on ;ire henln appoinled lo gi\ e legal warn- ing lo .ill the menihers of said Com p.any lo appe.ir i.ii parade .il lac usual pl.ice. on \loiid,i\. ihe In-sl d.o of Ma\ nrxl, at o o'lloi-k \ .\1. armed and ,, pupped as ihe l.aw direils, lor (oiii |ian\ iiis|ieilioii .anil e\ereise l.l't 11 .S S ( 'I )\\'1,1'-S. Ciil'hnii {'oniiii.niiliir^. d.il.d ,il h'.irniinglon. this ijlli .|a\ of ,\ptil, i,V|; \lsi, are reipu'sled to Inrnish i -' Konnds lil.ink carlridges" 1 his last speciliealioii concerning powdi-r w.as the thing of prime iin liorlaiice .as will preseiilK .ip|n-.ar, 1 reiiieinh.i with great dislinclness llle eveiils of this peenli.ar milil.irv dis plav .iliuost. if not cjiiile llie last lliil took place in our sireels l.iiciiis Cowles w.as I'aplaiu. and I'rederick Cowles was his laeiiteiiant. liolh were ••MKi;i i\i: iiorsf. si,irMii"' AUoi'T issu. w (11.11 ■■ 1 1: \\ I i.i\i. loMcwioN ri.'oriai I ^ oi \ii; ii \i (owi.i.s. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 199 fe^^^ Elm XIree lliin. By Hugh L. Whits Cnlonial law ordered each town to provide one sufficient inliabitanl lo keep an ordinary for the occasional enter- tainment of strangers in a comfortable manner, and Joseph Root, of the vil- lage of Farmington. was appointed hy the town to attend to this duty. In 1691 an inn with its swinging sign, ofifering entertainment fur man and beast, may have existed. It is well known that whenever the house was built, — about 1700 — it stood on the northeast corner of High street and New Britain avenue; faced south and was for many years the tavern of Cap- tain Joseph Porter. From an extract from "l-'armington Two' Hundred Years .-\go," by Julius Gay, he says : "I have the tavern sign, which bears a picture of a house on one side and on the reverse side that of a goddess, armed with helmet, spear and shield, in apparel better befitting the heat of summer than the blasts of winter. She was doubtless the first goddess to bear on her shield the three grapevines of Connecticut." While this inn is of great historical importance, what is it in comparison with the Elm Tree Inn, with its modest swinging sign, so old that the paintings are almost obliterated on both sides by exposure tn the weather. This inn, ow-ned and conducted by ilr. J. B. Ryan, a most genial host, who, together with his amiable wife are al- ways looking after the welfare and com- fort of their patrons, is about ten miles from Hartford by trol]e\- cars. It is beautifully located on higli gronnil. in a pretty, spacious park of large elm, maple and other varieties of trees and rare shrubbery, overlooking the main road and town park directly op|iosite. The foliage and beds of choice flower.s surrounding the premises of many acres, lending a most enchanting scene ; the patron has every opportunity to breathe the purest countr\ air. Even some of the oldest elm trees have a history to themselves, well worth knowing. General Washington, during the rev- olutionary war, passed through Farm- ington on his way to meet General Lafayette. The following extract from .T. B. i!v.\N. i>i;oi'i;iF,Toi! oi' Tin: ki.m ti!i:k inn. page 18. "Old Houses in Farnungton." by Julius Gay. says : "We will h.ilt un- der the big elm which overh.angs tin- little house where Manin Curtis spent his life, long enough to say that his father Slyvanus Curtis, in company with Phineas Lewis, in I7'i-', the year when Sylvanus was married, brou.ghl home, from a swamp, three elm trees. One was planted back of the Elm Tree Inn. one in front of the housi' of Mr. Curtis, and the third f.iiled lo Wvr. The enormous slum]) of the tree. al)Out fifteen feet high, is covered each yc-ar with morning glories and is a pietures(|ue and inli'resting sight to visitors. The other still living and in a <'ood state of preservation, stands di- rectly opposite I he jiremises. Froiu "Early Conneciicui Houses." by Isham and Brown ; •i'"ew visitors to the Elm Tree Inn at Farmington are aware that a house of about 1660 is concealed at tiie cen- tre of the ma.ss of buildings which form the present hostelry. At the end of the long hall which runs back from the entrance we come upon the stairs — of comparatively m.KUrn dale — just in front of which runs a passage at right angles to the entrance hall. These -t.Lir- occupy exactly the place of those in the ancient hou.se. The present smoking room is the original hall as tlu- simmier ovel-hcad and the oven. pr.>li.ibl> liuill into .an older lireplace, proebrm. "The ]iarlor is now absorbed in the dining room of the inn, but the sum- mer still traverses a part of the ceil- ing of liie new room. As you stand in the passage at the front of the stairs, you will see above you, with its solht llush with the rest of the ceiling, the ancient overhang which sliow.s even the edges of the bottoiu board of the sec- ond story front. "There is also an end overhang as 200 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. ■■Tin: i;i.M 'I'lti:!; i\\ i i:(i\i riii; ik(i\'i -rill. i.i.M I i.'i I I I'li(il(i!>r;i|)li of two 1>lui' and wiiitf I'llip MiiLjs that will- nsoil at ihr I'^liii I ric Inn li> Mr. Si-lh l.rwi^. wlu-n Ik- was pnipru-tin'. Now nwncii by lii^ Hranddaiiglitrr. Miss Callicrinc 1.. Dcni- ing. Tin- design on tlic- mugs shows the Dnku of Wclhngton on his horse. THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 201 the plan sliows. whicli can be seen on the outside of the present smoking room. It is small, however, and there are no liraekefs now remaining under it. "Who liuilt the house we do not know. It may have been Captain Wil- liam Lewis, whose son. also n.amed William Lewis, one of the schoolmaster.^ of Farmington, undoulitedlx- lived here in 1704. It belongs soiuewiiere .about 1660." Many persons unacquainled with this famous hostelry suppose it is merely a summer resort where occasional clam bakes and sheep roast are given by the proprietor for the benefit of his patrons and invited guests. This is tar from the f.act. .Many ])erm,inent board- ers live here during the summer and winter months. While there mav be more g.ivety during the sunnner anrl autumn montiis. yet in the winter the inn is a great resort fm- sleighing par- ties. I he |ierm.inent bo.irders ;ire a genial family liy themselvcji. During the crisp, cold nights the ladies can be seen in ihe iilil rooms alread) mentioned, around llu- bla/ing log lires where hang the original cranes, with jiols, kettles, etc., amusing themselves in v.arious ways. In the main olfice around .mother log fire are the men, boarders mingled with the villagers, discussing topics of the times and gossiping generally. Many people of prominence from dif- ferent states visit the inn at intervals. .Many parents, who have daughters at .Miss Porter's well-known school for xiiung ladies, make the iiui their head- (piarters for longer or shorter lieriods during the year. Many graduates return to the town, some who left twenty or more years ago. They come to .see the old place and renew old association. They also enjoy the inn. From all that has been said about the Elm Tree Inn it only goes to show that it is of the greatest historical in- terest as well as popular resort most excellently kept and managed. i\ I'liK DiNiNc liooM At I'ln; t:i.\i TUKt; i\\ SI \ KOoM XI Tilt; EL.M Till;!: INN, 202 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, Evtracts from a ni>anu8cript Ibistor^ of jfanninoton 1B^ Samuel IRicharbs, THE FIRST POSTMASTER. TlinniHli the rMiiiic.\- r\liiiiU-il |p\ tilt' ('niiiuTliriU I I r,|.iiir.il SiKii-l\, \vr |)^ll)li^ll till- .irriini|i.in\ iiii; cNti.'u-I-. Inim a iiianii-.rri|il hi^l'M'\ mI I'arniiiiijli hi. t'nmuHiu 111, uriilcii li\ Mr. .SaiiuK-l RichanK. aluiiil hid \r.irs a!.;ii. Mr. Ricli;ii-(ls' K-iUi- III Mr |..liii llimkri- (■( inrcniiiiL^ llir in.i!in^rri|ii i-. priiili-.! lK*re\\itIi Wilkrv l'..irrr. I';i . \ii,u j;, iS;,n. .Mr John llnnkrr. Dear Sir; — l'i\ l!ir lir.irrr I snul Villi .a in.aniiM-n|il i i ini.iniiiv^ all llu' infiiriii.il ii III I r III liiiil. in llu- |iiiiiil^ Mill n.-i|iir^lrii ..!' iiic I ^cml il \'iii tlius carlw kihiuiii'4 "ilk' Iniic nf my (Ifliarliirc is .il li.inil " I |ir.i\- \iiii In liav llic' iiainr, nf llu- (HiL^iii.il |irn|irii-- tiirs riiurni al llic nhl. wiuaa' I lia\i- riiK-il llu- sii'4'_;r-.i I li.m- iii.ulc .il the cUl^ll■ i'. Ill raiiii-sl ik-siia- Within).; \.iii li,i|i|iiinv, in ihis wnihi ami thr u.irlil l.i r.iiiir — .mil «i|li .if- fi-ctiiin ill- ri';;.ii i|, |m h.,ili V ,iir ]. iia in-,. I am. Dr Sir. N'iiiir ( )hl Si rt., .Sx.MIII. Rll II.XKIIS, J lu- "siii^i^i'.-ilii'ii III III,- t-iid" rrl'i-rrnl tn h\ .Mr, Kii'h.iril-. in llu- |ini iiliiiu li-lli r To M r. jiiliii I loi iki-r I it lMriiiiii;^lciii. I III- ^llhilllllc•ll ,ki-lrlu--, urn- ncra siiiiiall\ ciiUri-i| III ihi^ kinil nf rnmmnii pku'C hnnk. Ullhnlll .|ll\ r \ j HC 1 a 1 in| 1 nf tik-ir luiiiLi iiiihh^liril III lac M-ar 17X11 I W.ls .l|l|inllll,-,l rk-lk nf ihr l.\< nf alU'ii-lll prn|iri(-|nr', nf lIlc tnuil, ullk-|l K-ii Ilk- In .-lllrmill III rnlk-rl ullll nf llkir anrii-iil rc-iniils I rniihl, riiiihiii; lln-iii in a M-.-illi-rnl silii.ilinii I hrnii'^hi tllnsi I fnlinij Inl^l-llk r .liul snnll lli-'_:.in In inakr r\l|-.-u-K, liiiilnr.' llu- .irrniiiil nf llu- lir^l Iransarlinii \i-r\ nliM-iin- I r.-lllnl .11 llu- .iIIk-,- nf Cnl Cl-nrKI \\'yll\s .-11 I l.-ii-tfn|-il. kiinunu; lli.il llu- n.-i-n|-iK nf llarlfnnl h.iil lu-i-ii prt-M-i'M-il in tlk- \\\ll\s' faiinl\ finm il-> lirsl -irt- tlc-nu-nt. I Inn- I s.iw .1 na-nnl liiink lcllc-ri-(l nil llu- link ll.irlfnrck \\'inil sor, W'l lIu-i-ruM (In c-N.imin.ilinn I coulil liiul lull link- nf k'armin,L;lnii. vvliicli milsl li.ivi- bc-rn laiiHidcri-il Inr soiiK' link- an .-ipiii-iiil.-it;i- nf llarlfnnl; one vote mi llu- Ikiilfnnl rnnnl al- lr.kti--il ni\- .ith-ntiiin — viz. — "Mr .Su-rle is appninli-il In ki-i-ii tlu- n-riinls nf k";irmin'4tnii niitill llu- Inun sii.ill li-i\-e .1 llMll i|ll;illiu-il Inr s.iiil ilnt\ I cnminil lliis tn wiiir c;irr. iniisiiK-r- iiiK it a relic nr kiiul nf licir lnniii In llcM-l'lul In n\\ snil .Mill hi- MlCCCssnrs. Uilh llu- IllJllllCllnll Ih'l /.I /.'//(/ 1 sinll ilircct him tn c:ill nii -.nii fnr il snmi. ;iflrr the cninplelinn i\--. 'I ke s -tlk-melll III- .1 e;ill,- I / nil V::y. li ■ irn III llu- I I anil 1 \ inliatiile.l h , ni iii- ili III Irilie nf |h:il iriiik- 1 lu- pilnil w.is nliLiineil frniii llu- ueik-ial .1 ^eiiiliK lu ;i i-nniii;in\ cniisisi- iny nf H^ prnpru-lnis. heiiiL; in pirl llie iiu-ii wlin e;inie aernss llu- \\ ikkrik-ss m KiM .^ U llll llu- Kl-M-M .\lr I Innkei . .Iiul were |irnli;ilil\ snllU- nf lllnse uiln knuleil Il I'Kniniilh, .\'n\ eiiiher. Kiju. & 111 p;i|-| their sntis. Ascirh :is iiijnii ;i|ipe;irs llnl :i mini li.i- hail cniiie frniii I kirl fnni .mil Iii-l:;iii ;i sclllemelll ;il tills pi. I.e. lull llle pit eiil In llu- iriiiu- <>\ i'.irmiiii^lnii w ;is iklleil ill I'iks. -l"!' enlllempkileil llu- 1-sl iiki inn nf llll- iiiih.in ink- h. pnr elu-ise In llu- \i-ii- Ki.sii a i.nri-luise u;is 111 iile nf llu- rhii-fs nf lae "kiiiis;is Irihe. h,. llll- s ml ,X| pinpik-lnrs i>\ ;ill llu- klllil . ineliuk-il III ilk- p;ileiil fmiii llu- i;eiier.il :issemlil\ enimiiiii; frnm llie mnikl hill, III eslellil ,! miles l-'.asl. Wesl eli,;lll miles, Xnrlli liM- mik-s, Sniilli u-n mile., Mtlinimli r.ie piircliase ilescrilied 1 .^ In I I miles, yet liy siibseijlienl periiii- liiikiliniis frniii llle niniiimienl - ;itli\eil, il was fniiiul tn lie \ery ne:ir Hi li\ I-' miles. 1 lie snil 111 llu- kiikl in llle Inwii is \er> \';iriiiiis. llu- iiinimt;iiii seem- enm- pnseil |iniieip:ill\ nf ruck nf llie lilue nr ,!.;reeiisiniu- kinil. the fninukilinn nf which Is :i n-il slu-lli mck. 1 he suiii- iiiil nf llu- mnmiLiiii is ciivereil with siinie shnililn- naks, cedars .-iiul spruce. I he ileclniu nil llle e.-ist is well tim- lien-d. :ini| fmin the- li.ise eastward is priiicip;ill\ p;isinr;i;_;e. iiuich incuiiiliered with nick and simu-s. The -nil is ijnnd lull li;ird. nf red .gravel .iiid ,1 sneill iiuMiirc nf cl.iy .iiid In.mi -\liniii h ilf ;i mile frniu llu- ri\-er and in llu- me;idiiw- sLaiids the Kniiiul llill. ele\aleil :ilinnl lliirn nr fnrty feet. prett\- steep ; i meriiu,; :iliniit fniir nr five :icres nf kiiiil. llu- Ini, le\-el. ■riieiiijjh called in, Iiul. ili.il lieiiii; its .general appear- ;iike In llle e>e. the nnri'iwcsi p;irl is sniiuilim.u we.l,i;e-like, .\s this kirge Ikil is imercl with water al times nf frediels. .-md ;i c insider:ilile current, il li.-is prnliilil\ hi-eii wnni iiiln th;it sli :|ie lu tlu- pre. sine nf the w-;iler, iM-niii llu- wesl side nf lliis Ikii to ill- iiMiiiiliiin il is w ,111 je.l. w illi sneill hills, which eniii.iin, wherever npeiiin.gs lia\e Ill-en iiridc. red free-stniie. The inresi iii-i-s ;ii-e white. vvi\ and \-ellnw nak. cliesinni. w;iliiiil nr hicknrv, and nil llll- iiiirlhwesi pari \ellnw )iiiii-. 1 lie pii i,iiii-l iniis ;ii-e siieli .IS art.- cninmnii In .New I' ii,i;l.iiid. iiidi;in enrii. rM-. nats, ll;i\, ;illd sniiie \\lu-;il Tlle iii-cluinU :iri- ,iliiiiukiiil, hill ihe i|ii:ilil\ nf llle frnil li:is mil ln-eii well selected hilheiln, hill 1, gaining, llle 1) id\- of ihe In-.Mi ;is 11 liu-els the eve nf tile lr;i\elli-i-. Ill ;ipprn;icliiiig il llinuigli llie easi nr west moniUain, presents a very piciiin sipie .-Mid pleasing appearance. llle lle;iliu-ss ,if hnllsc ;inil inelnsiiies ; llu- riihik-ss nf ilk- s.iil and llle ;ip|H-:ii-- aiice nf gnn I riill i \ :i 1 il 111 :iiid gener.il llirifl In llu- lirsl snciel\ nr 111 I ■|n«ll lilnll.' In wllicll lllcsc- llnlices will he |irinci|i:ill\ cniiliiied — lliere are eiglil nierch.-ints' ,linps. wliieli to.gether Irule In r.k- :iiiiniiiil ni peril ips eiglily lliiiiis:ind diilkiis aiiiuiall\. 1 lu-rc are gnml meclKinics in e.ich liranili siiriicienl to supply the inlialiit- aiiis; lull link- iii;iniif;ictnring except in the f:iiiiiK i'V ilninestic wav.* THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 203 *Now iK-;ui\- a coiitury after these notes were uritteii liy Mr. Richards, there is only one ni.inufactiiring" con- cern in the village. Mr. H, C. Rice at the "Cedars" carries on the niaiui facturing of a patent calf wrtiiwr or niuzzel, for vviiich he hnds a ready sale. — Editor. The average nunihcr of deaths annu.ally for tlie last thirty years has been about 30. which will be seen is one in a little over 60 and is a proof of the healthiness of the place, the air being very pure and water perfectly clear, fresh and good. .\ considerable quanity of grain, beef, pork, butter and cheese are carried to market and sold. . . . The buildings are all of wood, hither- to, except half a dozen of brick, but the time must soon come when brick and stone must he the principal m:tteriaU for building. . . . Until about half a century ago abund- ance of shad and sahnun were taken in the ri\er in the center iif the town, but now very few if any. But the rixer and small streams are well stored with small fish for angling. . . . The meadows were found to be -.o easy of cultivation that the inhabit.ants until very latelx conhned their labor almost e.\clusivel.\ to them; but lately having turned their attention tn the uplands, they Inid tlieniseKe^ .imply re warded, those lamK being cleared and well pulverized and mederately ma- nured yield good crops in quantity and of excellent quality. . . . The roads or highways were in a very squallid and bad situation until since the revolutionary war, in^tead of being "cast uii" they were gullied down by the water running in the center. They are now kept in tolerable condition, the turnpike system having operated favor- ably in the repairs of the roads gen- erally. The bridges are generally of a poor quality. The ones over small streams are indeed miserable. There are two over the main river of about i.?o feet long of timl)er, one laid on stone abutt- ments and piers and is tolerably con- venient ; the other is ])Oorer. The OHe cost $1,500, the other about $800. It is much to he desiri-il t.i.tt these import- ant parts of roads should be conslrueird on a better plan. . . . The Indian n.atives must have been very numerous in ;ind around this set- tlement, when the whites came on . . . When 1 first become accpiainted here the number was about 100, this w.as in the year 1763. ... In I'Qi :i '""i"- mittee was chosen by the town to designate houses to be fortilied, so as to defend against tiiein. I reme.mhei- three houses which were thus fortihed. The doors were double plank, and nails drove closely together in them, the windows high and small. At a meeting March, 1704, seven houses were named to be fortified against the Indians, viz., beginning Xorth, Thomas Orton's, Wil- liam Lewis, llowkins Hart James Wads- worth, Jahn Hart, Samuel Wadsworth. The revolulion.iry war which conunenced in 1775 .ind ended in 17S3, secmeil very nmch to change the state of society ; vices of al- most every kind appeared to have arisen towards a state of luaturity far beyond what a sober Christian or even a philosophiT would re.idily adnfil. without strong demonstration. The ef- fects of a depreciating paper currency, the intercourse with the depraved of the British army, as prisoners and other- wise, so many of the youth serving for seven years in the army, an illicit trade uith Xew York to some extent, . . . resulted in showing a i)eople very dif- ferent from what thev were half a i-enlin-\ before. lla\ing gained the p lint contended f(ir in the revolution- ar\- struggle, the i)eople showed signs of impatience under the government, and almost every one thought himself i.qiable of governing. . . . .Advance in refinement has produced its good as well as its evils; the grosser vices are in a good degree banished from the better part of societv. Profauitx and intemperance are anmng the number; .•ind espcciallv imjiroper intercourse be- tween the sexes; liberties which were I. lien and admitted as in some manner nf course, would now !).■ spurned b' the ladies. No allusion is here intendeil l<> what is viewed dirertlv criminal, hut to those levities which a comparative niile state of society sanctiims, and a more refined state has corrected. . . Ti\c spotted fever raged extensively in the village in the years 1808 and 180Q. About 30 died of it in 1808 besides .30 of other diseases. In 1809, 3i died of it besides 30 of other diseases. It at- tacked those in \outh and middle age principally, and proved f:ital in 2. 3. or ,| day.s. It did not ;ippear verv con- tagions, though in some instances it conld be pntl\ fairK traced to the patient of whom it was taken. .-\ stim- ulating course of i.rarlirr was pursued Ii. the phvsicians; bleeding was avoided. In a number of cases as soon as the patient was attacked, the wdiole system pppe.Tred corrupted, and dissolution en- sued in a few hours. . . . HO;!Sn OF INIK'.STKV O-i l>F.NMTRNTI.M(V, iai;.\K IN |8_'4. This l.ieing so important an object that it deserves a partienlar notice. Its location was fixed, after long ami ma- ture enqilir\ .and consideration, at the northern end of the great meadow, dis- tant a little more than a mile from any other house in the village. The first ptirchasc comprized a mansion house, two baru.s, and 67 acres of land all in the great meadow, and under g(X)(l cul- tivation, since which a purchase has been made of 21 acres of wood land at a distance of three-quarters of a mile. Its superintendence is committed to the care of nine overseers, who appoint a manager wdio conducts its internal concerns in general conformity with a set of bye laws planned for its govern- ment. Another building has since been added to the establishment for work shops, where is manufactured a great |iart of the clothing and articles of use for the inmates ; the number of which has varied from 18 to 24. In the base- ment story of this building, which is of strong stone masonry, arc three sep- arate cells for the conllnement of the refractory. The utility of this establish- ment can hardly be appreciated without actual observation and comparison with the former customary way of sujjport- ing the poor. . . . mini-;k.m.oi;v. J'rrhiiitc. — On the east mountain, which belongs to the trap ranges of Connecticut, two miles north of the meeting house, and against the house of James Andrus, prehnite is found in such abundance that waggon loads might be collected. I he momUain here is preciptous, and large masses are con- linu.dl> detached bv the inllueuce of the weather, forming a mass of ruins be- low. The prehnite may be seen in al- most every crevice of the rock, forming as it were the cement b,- which the whole is bound together. lUit it is more easily obtained and in greater abundance among the debris b.dow, ['".very vari- ety of this mineral described by min- eralogists may be found here, and of all the varieties specimens may be se- lected of uncouunon beauty. Sul/'litilr ' of baryta: — This mineral does not occur in any quantity. .\t the lirelniite locality there are evident marks of it. ... lloniltlrnitf. — .\t the s.ame loc.alitv 1 have found one specimen of cryslalli/ed horirhlende. Clialcrdony. — This is foinid in the tr,ip of the mountain in many places. . /.yd/c. — Very fine agates are found three miles from the meeting house on the old road to Hartford, . , , The .ig.ite.^ .ire from the size of a butter- nut rlounwards. They receive an excpiisite polish and would doubt less be very highly esteenioil by lapi- daries. . . . Coffer. — Several years since a piece of n:itive copper w;is found in a brook bevond Janles Audreiis' house. It must h.ive been of considerable size from this 1 ircumstance— Mr. .Andrus sent it to Mr. Sillimau for inlormalion. he ham- mere 1 it IV, 1 into ,1 bar, and returned 204 FARMINGTON. CONNECTICUT, it. ,111(1 Mr Anilni^ used it in liis shop :is Ik- liad circasinn, Siil/'huirl of id/'l^rr i> foiiiiil fnnrniiUs niirllic.i--t of t'lU' iiK-L-tiiiH housL- mi land of MiiM-,^ (ioodinan. I lierc- i^ an rx- cavalion made lix' the fatlu-r of tlu- pn-^- L-nt gi-iKTation, ulio Mipposini; that he liad foniid gold, sent olT a i|iiaiilily to l-higland. and .is thi'\ iu-mt heard of it again idiKlndcil th.al <; (•(uiidii of it was gohl. . One mile sontli of Talcott .\h)nntain tnnipikr. tluiL- .in two old sh.afls fornuTl\ sunk .mil worUc-d h_\' Col. Partridge ;ind others; the largest shaft is called, in tlie ree- oi(N. Xr-iiU'll Miiir. These mines were piodiicti\e and would ha\e heen ])rolit- ahle hnt for the rlifiienlt\ of relinini; ,it th.it period. ( )ne Samnel I'.ird ni.ide copper coins from this copper, which were .afterwards honght np with .i\iili- ty. heiiig fonnil to cont.iin a small por- tion of gold.* , . . Mcilliiclic o.viili- of iron — 'I his miner.il lias heen disco\ereil h\ .Mr Joel lieeeher. who i an not ,is \ et he per- suaded to di.-.close the locality. It oc- cnis in nodules the si/e of a w.ilimt and Larger, imhedded in red feld-.|i.ir, 1 .-.llouUl call ihein cr\^l.ils were there not such a ili\ersit\ in their form, . 'The fact that the\ cont.iined gold rests on tradition. The rmeiies^ uf the copper prohahly g.i\e them tiiiir value. l-iu-tiil i\iilum,il,- iif ///»i- — This is fi.mid on the l.ind of 1 Inr.ice Cowles. 6o rods east of the meeting house. Rounded masses .is large .is .i in.in's head .are turned n]i li> the jiloughs. '1 his led til the siipposiiK.n tli.it there w.is a hed of the -..iine helow. which was conlirmed In the f.icl that an iron har t.iriisi down n. the depth of tw.i or three feet in an\ li.irl ..f the lield. struck on a solid rock. ( )ii digging. liowe\er. the rock was found to he gn'eii stone. 1 he masses of limestune appear as if worn h\ w.iter. and when hrokeii emit a \ery ol'feiisive siiiell. What is their origin rein.iiiis a ipiestion (Jiiai'l::- — V'er\ li.ainlsome specimens (if cr\stah/ed (piart/ li;i\c heen fmuid at the ( iiii still hall .i iiiile smiili uf the meeting house, .Most ,if these ;ire well c'.iar.actcrizcd anieth>sts. I he coiunioii limpid crystals occur in iiiaii,\ other places. l.iHiilslniir. .\ colored ni.iii hroiight a specimen uf luadstniie to Juel lieeeher •and said he fduinl it mi the inoinilaiii e.ast of I'^zckiel Cowles, 1 he specimen was a four-sided prisoin, i i -• inches long, .and i-_' inch in di.imeter. Its al- tr.icti\'e pdwar was \-cr\ gre.it, /'liiiiil'ir^i'. --- ;\ specimen of I'liini- hago W.IS shown me h\ Solomon Whit- man who s.iid he foniid it mi his i>low land opposite .\oadiah Ihrd's I he specimen was the size of a w.ilmil. nn- couuocted with any hjrcign m.iterial, and of ;i pure i|ualit\. CiniL — Half .1 mile e.ist of the meet- ing lioiisc mi the triangular ]iiece of ground helmi.ging to llorace Cowles, .1 \(.in of co.al was discovered two or tlirei' feet helow the surf.ice in the (le- c:i>-e(l tr.ap which forms the Hole (knoll I in the center of the lot. The vein lay north and smith, horizontal, and several inches in diameter I'erh.iiis .a hushel of coal W.IS found .'ind then the mine was exli.austed. The specimens very much resemhle the Xewcastle. are pure and hum with riMiliness. SiiiKlshnirs. of .1 glohnl.ir fnnii. from the size of a hullet to :i six pmind shut are found in gre.il nmnhers in .Xhirtli- iiigton ne.ir .\lainoii W Ifmal's (in hre.aking them o]ien. there is iiiiiforml\ found .-1 glohul.ar ca\'it\. tilled with con- creted s.iiid, ,\'(ni/(',( ((/ //;<' nir^iihil I'ro/^nrliirs en- tered .It the end uf Mr, Rich.anls', as per his reipiest, _|ohn Wadswdrth. Thom.is ll.irns. Uiiherd Se\ inmir. hhlmiind .Scott. Tin mi .is r.nll, .Mr W\ll>s. |la\id Cir|ienter. Iiihii r.roiismi. Jr. Thomas Jmld, Jr. J.ihii Ih-oiismi, Senr . Ji.hn Xurlh. Jr. Thmnas Kicherdsmi. Maliheu W 1 ruff, Willi nil lligaiisnii, Jnliii Lee. Thus. r. liter. Senr, Uoherl I'orter. D.aniel I'orter, rieiijamiii Jmld, I'hilliii Judd. Captain Lewis, Mr. Samuel Hook- er, D.iniel Worner. John Worner, Senr., William Judd, John Worner, Jr., Z.ichriah Seymour, riimnas Porter, Jr., .Mr, llaynes, John Clark, Moses Ven- tris. Joseph 11 ickco-K, Widow Orvis. John W illmi. John Xortoii, Rich.ird P.rown- son, John Steele, Samuel Cowdes, John Root. Jr., John Porter, John Judd, John Andrus, Daniel .\ndrus. .Miraham r.roiwnson, Thoni.as Judd, Senr., I'honias .\ewell. Stephen H.art, Jr., Isaac Pirowusiiii, Thoni.as Tl.anckox, .Miraham -Aiidrus, I'.eiioni .Steele. John St.anley, Jr. Widow Smitli, Sain'l Steel, Jr., John Root, Senr., James P.ird, John .Scinell, Stephen Hart, Senr., Mr. New- ton. John Stanle\-, Senr., 'Thoni.as Hart, John C.arringtou, ( )h.i(liali Ritcherds. Lent, .S.ani'l Steele. Isaac .More, John 11,111. Jonathan Smith. Joseph Wood- fiird. John .Xorlli. .Senr., Jacoh Hrown- smi. Joliii rhmiipsmi. ddionias Thomp- s, III, .S.im'l Xortli. Sam'l Hickco.x. Jo- h.iimah Smith, John Lankton, John W IriifT. .Simeon Rotherm. riimnas dridlew 1 hiiiu.is Ortmi, John Cole. Mr, Hawkins. Joseph Ihrd, Sam'l (iridley, Tiieir list is .fj 107-0-0, / liii:-r .i;i7'.')i lln' s^rlliiii^ of llir luiiiu-s lis Iniiinl in the " /'ri't^iirlnr's linnk I't I'lniiiiiitii Liiiiils" />. 15. J. TkuiKIiR. (llAKI.IvS l;l;,\MII'.i;l:i: Tinni \\ III i;. iiAU i.i:v. liurgcs THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 207 WII.I.IVNE II. I)|;MI\(,. .V.S.SIl.S.SCjK. Willi .\ FUTUIfH CANDIDATE. l.l:«IS C. ItOOT, Auditor .SAMl'EI, SroTT. I'nllcrl.M ,,f T.ixi-i. liDWAHI) II llHMIN(i, JVDHF. Ill rmiHATF.. ■|HiiM\s II 1 (il.l.lN.S. r II mil sr.uiiTMAX. ^^ FRANK E. DORMAN. Sheriff. WII.I.IA.M I,. IIHUMUrHT. liriioiin.s. WILLI. \.\l CAV, SECOND gELEVTMAH. p^ "^ F JUDGE CHARLES VV. UIJIC, [/ ■||\|i i| 208 FARMTNGTON, CONNECTICUT, Mi^iiiilr\ I'lul) ill 1S117 UC'IT *^^*^ III.' f.illouniL; i^fiilKiiirii : — X. Allirri I l.iokrr i.l" Xcu I laxni; linn rililip ( '(M-Ilill i>\ Xl'W Brit.-iiii ; I Imi I) X I'.aniry .,1 !■ inn- instnii; j K Siiiilli of Wai.i-lMir\ : lion I'liin Jrwrll of llarlloial, jolm I'- I'.lloii of WaUrlmiN : I K-m \ I. Wailc of WaUilMiiv; l-'.irlis II AlHs of Xrw I'.nlaiii; lion l'"ra>lns (',a\ of Kaniiiniiloii : (.illnri Iv llrnliK-in of Hartford; A, Irian R, W'adsworlli of I''armiii,i;lon. ami Chark-s TruaiKvax of r.ri.lol ■| hr old l.il, I'idur Cav llonir^tiad was ri.' arraiiHiMJ to nui'l tlu' rrciiiiic iiK'lils of tlu- i-lnli. and was iisrd as tin- Club llon^i- nnlil il-. di'^l riirt ion li\ fna- Ma\ II), MKIL In till' l'ariinni;loii Maf{a/iiu- of Jiiiu-, ii|(ii, Mr. jidiiis (ia\ desorilics tlir old Col. I''islirr (ia\ Mouse in diiail. and it si'iiiis ap|iro|iiiali' to rr|iriiil liis iK- -rriptioji lu-n-. as il niii-i In- of iiilms; to tin- i"iti/i-iis id' I'arinin.nloii and of pailiiiilai- iiitrri'-l to llir nuiuln-rs ol llir ilnl. ■" I o li\i- ;^riii-ial ions of tlir ilwclli-rs on l''ariiiini.;|on stia-ct it had hren a familial- ohii-ct II was liuilt for Col I'islu-r I. ay. In Cap! Jndah W Inilf. to whosi- workmanship tlu- villayr owos main of its ohK-r houses, rradiliou. for wliiili 1 know 11') aulliorit\, asserts thai Col. Ga\- made a jourue\' to M.iiiie, no inroiisiderahle uuderlakiui;. :iiid 1poii:.;IiI at the same time, luniher for liis eouteni])lated lioii.e and lor the iiK-eliiii; house of ihe \ illai;e I he lat- ter w.is hiiilt in 1771 and the aeeoiint 1 ks of Col. Ca>. showiie.; \ery l.-ii,i;llu and ininuti- dealiie^s with (/a]it. W'ood- rulT. under the date of ( )et. 10, I7'i(i ,!4a\e him eredit 'hy l-'l days' work of Miurself JoyueriiiK i^-.'-S ,v li\ •'^'i d.-i\ s. In k'rayser £l4-(i-S and h\ I ),n id, 45 days. Xj-5-0.' Other credits follow I lie fouudatinu of the house w.is ,1 reel inyle. llie eellar eNteiidin,:.; under the wliole hiiildin.u, while lielow all w.is ;i siih- eell.ir with stone shelves for the sior- a!;e of hutter and ere.-iin. liefon- the d.'i\ of iee and refri!.;er:iloi-s, rhoii;_;h near 1\ ,is deep .IS the well a few feet e.lst of ihe liiiildiiii^. il was never wt-t. The eniisiiuelioii of the house was peculiar. Insle.id of upri.uhl liinhers, a slie.-ithiii.L; of two iiuh oak planks set on end. now iie.irl, .cs hard as iron, surrounded il, on the outside of wliieli tlu- el.iphoirds Were nailed, and on the inside the lath for the iikisleriii.L; Ihe whole was proof atjaiiisl rats, iiiiee. and Indi.in lillllels d ile ellillUlevs w-ere l.lid on el.iv. inoiLir h.-ilij; used only ,-iho\ e the roof. The kitchen w :is in the iiorth- e.-isl cnruer and w.is proxided with Iwd hrick ovens, hetueeu uliieh w.is the big lireplace. .So the house reui.iiiied until. Ill iiiuserjuence of the ill health of Mr l-'.rastus (ia\. his son I'isher. tae yraiidsoii m Col l-'islu-r. was called home froin the south u hen- he was ensiled ill lucratixe business, to .-is- sist ill ihe e.-ire of the faiuil\- .Mm-e room w.is iu-i.-iK-d tor two f.'imilies and a cambrel roofed striicturi- was ;i(bK-d lo the re.ir. willi lines at rit;ht an.yles to those .if ihe 111,1111 biiildin,!;. It con- tained two kitchens and pantries for ihe two f.imilies, Xo i-ellar was e\er built under it, t )ii the i-ast side was .1 siiu.ire porch with a door le.icliii.y into the kitchen on the west, .iiid ,1 bro,*id s(.-al runnin.L; ihe whole length of the north side over which was a window .nivin.u li.uht to the pautrv (lii the east side, .leross .-i path, stooil ihe liost of .111 eiioriuous welCsweei). I lie ell rminiiiy oiii from the northwest cor- ner. latel\ the kitchen of the Club Mouse, was .idded. also a bed room .ibiait the \e.ir i.'slJ The owners of the Connlis t'liib lloiise moved the whole structure b.ick several feet, and somewh.il further to the east, addin.ij ,-i pencil lo tin- front, ,1 vcr,-iiid,i to the west side, and ,1 riisiic ciiiiiiiiey to tlie norlhwest corner. 'Ihe Kciit-ral effect of the oulside w.is carefull,\' |)reserveil. Ihe iirescnl southeast corner occupies iiearl\ the site of one of the comers of the old Lewis house which came to (.'ol. (lav with his wife I'liebe Lewis, THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 209 the broad, flat corner-stone of which was until lately religiously preserved. In this ancient colonial mansion were born two of the children of Col. Gay. and all the children of his son Erastus. and of his grandson Fisher. It was Mr. Erastus Gay who planted along the street lines the fine old maples, some of which still survive. In front was a row of lindens which when measured about the year iS.sn had attained the height of 9.3 feet. When built, the house faced on a fine broad street which ran west to the north meadow gate and was for many years unincumbent by stores nr churches. The road to Waterville had not been cut through the ample grounds, but ran along the eastern bank nf the river. Now within a few years all the surroundings arc clnnged. the formal garden, the fruitful orchard, the farm buildings, all have gone, every line of which comes back to memory as vividly as the familiar faces found a moment absent." The Hartford Daily Courant of May 20, igoi, notices the burning of the clubhouse as follows : "The handsome home of the Country Club of l-'armington caught fire early yestcrd.-iy morning, and is a total loss. The kitchen and north piazza is all tli.it is left. The m.ain structure is nothing but a shell, with everything burnable in it reduced to ashci. . . . It is thought that either the chimney became overheated or a spark got into I'HOI'KUI'V o|- TIIK COLNTUV ( l.lli. a crevice by the fireplace in the cafe ami caused the trnuble. The lues them- selves were supposedly out at io;,?o Saturday night. It was about four hours later that Thomas I.ourie of L'nionville, passing by noticed flames in the cafe and raised an alarm. . . . Part of the town's supply of hose is kept at the "Elm Tree Inn" next east. .ind a stream was soon turned on. . . . 1 he water supply proved ample, and three streams of water were used for a couple of hours, but they were' not of much avail, as the fire ran all over the Iniilding. through the partitions, and as fist as apparently put out in one place, would break out in another. . . . I hat anything was saved was due to the energetic work of the villagers. . . . the building and its contents were worth in the neighborhood of $IO.OOO.OO, and there is an insurance of about $4,500.00. . . Practically nothing ill the building was saved." 1 he Country Cluh has been noted for the quiet atmosphere of the place, and with its admirable cuisine has become known as one of the best dining clubs in this part of the country. It is a I'lvorile place for entertainments, and many parties of ladies and gentlemen have nejoyed the hospitalities dispensed. There is an excellent golf course con- nected with the club property. nil, (ipi,om:i. Fisiii'.ii i;.\v uomks'I'BAI). 210 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, CAis s'l'diiio AMI 'nil'; (ni, i'isiii:i; cw iii.\ii;si'k \ii i\ i.s^i (11.11 ciirN'inv ci.iMi iioiisi-: aftI'.i; 'I'iih iiiti;. P*''- PP''p3 CiljjII'JSlHH ■ 11.1 11., I. ih THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 211 Inunintllp. SHU-SHl'-GAH. Cottage at Xepalnvin, in the Village of Unionville, Town of I'"arniin°ton where the Jossakeed of Sicaog Tribe. Mr. George Ulrieh. hides a" wee during the summer and fall. K0KO-r<0H0. The Hunters' Lodge in Xepalnvin. Con strucled from native trees. Quaint ancestral chest— called '■Righteous John" sign. The family name "Johannis (iercth" is armorial bearings. lated 1794. of German oildly inscribed above It was the original intention of the publishers to incluilc a large part of this beautiful village, which is so close- ly allied and associated with Farming- ton, in this publication, but the book has so far outgrown our original modest plans that we were obligcii to stop with just an allusion, in the hope that our lirst endeavor will meet with such approval that Unionville may claim a book ,ill for lur own beautiful honies and thriving industries in the near future. "Nrpaltmtu." Here nature in its forest garb is at its primitive best. The Jossakeed of the domain makes it a rule that nothing akin to a garden vegetable or culti- vated shrub will be allowed to invade the .sacred precincts of Nepahwin. I he Muskadasha drums in the thick- et of Hemlocks. The VVawonaissa wails in the twilight from the alder copses. The Opeechee and Owaissa sing a matin scjug from the yellow birches when the Wabasso flits like a shadow. I he ninilile .Adjidaumo jumps from chestmii td hickory, and (he Kahgahgee builds his ni>t unmolested in the ,gianl oak. Tlie Sebowisha ripples to the still waters of the Gitche-gumee where skims the feathery Cheeniami while we seek the gamey Kenzoha or the rapa- cious Sahwa in the pools or watch the Shingcbis in his Higln. The trail leads to Koko-Koho, and from there to Shu-Shu-Gah. after skirting a Mu.sko- day wliere wild flowers grow untram- meled we come to the pass Nagow W'udjoo where from the wide verandas of Pakwana one can watch the Mawa flight to Little Phillip beyond Avon to Weatogue. No pale face need fear the deadly Suggenia in this altitude where repose is as natural and restful as the scenery is grand and beautiful. (SlnBBari|. Nepahwin, the spirit of rest: Jossa- kcel, prophet ; Muskadsha. ruffled grouse ; W'awonaissa, whippoorwill ; Opeechee, robin ; Owaissa, blue bird : U'abasso, rabbit; .Xdjidannio, squirrel: Kohaghgce. raven ; Sebowisha, brook ; (iitche-guniee, lake ; Checmaun, canoe : Kennzha, pickerel ; Sahwa, perch ; Shin- gcbis, diver: Koko-Koho, owl; Shu- Shu-Gah, heron: Muskoday, meadow; Xagow VVudjoo. sand hill ; Pukwana, smoke of peace ; Mawa, wild goose ; Sug- genia, mosquito. 212 FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, Zo the 1Rca^cl^ 'lliis Hull- |iulilic:ilioii has im preface, lail a l\\v wonU in cnnclusirin seem iin- lierative- We lia\e iImik- tin- l)est tliat ue c.ailil In make tliis wmk aLCurate anil in- teresting. There is nnt nnich dnnlit Imt llial in spite nf the great care that has heen exerLise.l. that mistakes ha\e occnrreck ami we cra\e the indulgence nf nnr readers in this resi)ect- If the wuk is a success, it is hei ,iuse nf the help gi\en tn the puhlishers hy the towuspenple nf I'arnmiglnn. lnsie,id nf Irving tn rewrite nr write a new- article upon nii pst of the suhjects treated, it has hern llmnght wise to pulilish the liest that has already heen written .ilmnt the varinus |n]iics used We feel that particular thanks are due fmni Us, and thinuKh us, fmm llu' puhlie ;il lar^e, tn Mr. Julius (lay, for so kindK allowing Us tn reprnit hi^ \alual)le and inlirestiug ,irticles whde they are his- tnricalK correct tn the nuunlesi detail. lhe\ arc .at the same time treated in a style as fascinating as the mnst pnpular wnrks .if fiction Witlmut Mr. Gav's assistance, our little histor\ would h.i\e lie,-n imeh less \alualile l''armingtnn has a hislnr_\- that is intensel\' interesi iiig. and will .iniplx re]ia\ an\ study that ma\ he gi\en tn it. We would like to de\ote iiiiu h nmre space to the suliji-ct of Miss Porter's School, lint the |)ri\ate nature ol ilie nistitutinii has coiiipelle.l us to treat it very hrietly. Thanks are due. among in in\ others, to Miss Catherine L I lemiiig. .Mrs. Chauncex Denting. Rev. Quincy Blakclx. .Mrs K 1' Keep. Postmaster K. L. Scott, John .\. Skoglund. 'I'own Clerk Charles I'.randcgee. .Mrs limoths II Knnt. Mr J P.. R.\ an. Mr. Will. -\. Hooker. Mis. Julia S I'.r.in legce, .\lr. and Mis. Rohcrt lirandegee, Mr. JohnRtilly, Mr. .A. R W,ids\\nnh ,ind .Mrs K.irl Kliuser. Ill fact from the \er\ cnm.n.iicemeiit nf niir unrk in h'armington, everyone who has been requested, willmiit .1 single e.xceptinii. has aideil Us in our wm-k. and our task has proved a most pleasing one. We bespeak a kind reception for "harniiugton. Cnmieclicut, I he Village uf Beauti- ful 1 lollies." PL'BLISHF.RS. nu 156 INDEX. Pac;e. OLD HOUSES IX FARMIXGTOX, «.v Mr. Ji.lius Cay 7 FARMIXGTON SCHOOLS, By E. X. S 32 THE OLD ACADEMY. By M. D. B 3p LEGEXD Ol- WILL \\ARRE\-S DEX. By R. H. H ^ THE COXGREGATIOXAL CHURCH, Hy The R.-r. Quuuy Btakcly 45 TUXXIS SEPUS, By Mr. Julius Cay -, MOREHEAD LEDGE AXD DL\.MOXD GLEX, By Chaunccy Rozcc 52 THE WATER LI LH^S, By R. B. B 5^ THE MYTH OI' Til !■: BEXD, By R. B. H 55 THE TUXXIS IXDL^XS, By Mr. Julius Gay -y FERXS AXD BIRDS OF FARMIXGTOX, By R. B. B 66 THE OLD CEMETERY, By Mr. Julius Gay and li. S. X 69 F.\R.MIXGTOX IX 1S38, from Barber's Historical Collcctwus 77 FARMIXGTOX WORTHIES, l-rom llu- Farmiauton Magaciiir 79 EARLY IXDUSTRIES OI' FAR.\nXGTOX, By Mr. Julius Gay 97 ST. PAT RICK'S .MISSIOX, By Rcz: James H. CVDomicll 113 THE HART JUG, By E. X. S , ,4 FROM THE DIARY OF A RI'A'OLUTIOXARY SOLDIER, Eram Magazine of American History ug A UXIQUE COLLECIIOX, By W. A. Hooker 117 FARMIXGTOX AXD THE UXDERGROUXD RAILWAY. By E. H. J 12.2 ST. JAMES' PARISH. By W. A. H 123 "BIRDSEYEVIEW" ,24 THE FARMIXGTOX CAXAL, By Mr. Julius Gay 129 A TRUE STORY OF OLD TI.MES IX FARMIXGTOX, By Ellen Strong Bart'.ett ". ,45 OPEXIXG OF THE VILLAGE LIBRARY, By Mr. Julius Gay 150 MISS PORTER. MRS. DOW, AXD MISS COWLES, By R. B. B 160 A MUSICIAX'S REMIXISEXCES, By Eleanor H. Johnson 164 "MEXDI" OR "A.MISTAD" XEGROES, Compiled from Various Sources hy E. X. S ". ,66 JAPAXESE STUDEXTS, By S. L. Grumar 178 OLD STORE ACCOUXTS, By E. X. S 179 FARMIXGTOX WATER WORKS, By A. R. II adstvorth 181 PEACH RAISIXG 18.' "ODD AXD END SHOP," "THE GRUXDY," By M. D. B 185 PRESIDEXT ROOSEVELT'S VISIT TO FARMIXGTOX 187 MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL '. 190 THE VILL.\GE SCHOOL, By Josef lime Canning "95 ■■TR_-\IXIXG DAY," By Mr. Julius Gay .... 198 THE ELM TREE INX, By Hugh L. 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