The Republican journal., 1880-11-11
The Romance Of Stratford.

Hedlth dlhOlS llle llOulluS ana broken
down lombs OF the OLD cemetery at STRAIT
iord for the grave OF John RuggleS. He
louhd one beneath which he was firmly
convinced the bones OF Ruggles lay, but
ms conndence was SO greatly shaken 10y
the discovery OF two others, whose ap-
pear@llce ana position so nearly CORE
Sl,onueQ WIN the description OF the spot
where huS8leS WAS buried, that ne was
ooH@eu 70 go away III great DOUBT ABOUT
lile piace' mere Is reason to OeileVe
that ne would nave caused to he put up
Il SInali Shalt, with such an inscription as
WouIu nave shown that Ruggles played a
part IN one ol me r0mances OF the ReFo-
lutloh. liad behJalnln Beach-Who died
"heil ne was >, been allVe, the grave
MouIu pIooaolY nave oeen easily located,
for benJanln Beach-t ncle Ben the
poAS lol u generation ana Il nan calleu
MN -hN reason OF his own remembrance
ald especially because he had father
VINO suffered no matter OF local excite
iheht OF heNoIutlonary tunes to 1all OF
becoming traditional, had good deal to
say flrst and last IN ms lifetime about
JohI hugSlcS- II was from ncle Ben
tilal ms i1elghoofS' lfty years ago, learned
tlaI Lazy StiIiilg OF Surfing Castle, Eng
Iahd' had sent a matter OF go to Amerl-
{" lof sul.apIe tomp loI John kuggleS,
anN hcIe ben Always INSISTED, with a
MYSTERIOUS expression III DIS eyes, that
tie man VINO got tlat IIo and 1alled to
IqIil' MS lIuS' came To Just the BAD end
llI1t ililSlh nave peell expected.
NoM Nle ltie lnal lne oId man used 10
lcll dpoul Jollh hu9SleS ana AbDy FOL
som ol NtFdtlord Is so well corFoborated
oE history IN some OF It's details, that
gentlemen OF StudlouS and antiquarian
TURN nave hol hesllated TO accept the
Wllole oi j. MS IS the story winch mas
never before Ncell III PRINT, ana which i
nave oIllI oeeh 3bIe To gather through
puttil? together TRADITIONS, ana from
What | heard out OF the mouth OF old
henit'lHlli himself beioIt ne dled:
J"hh olsohI ol Stf4tlofd was respect
tb oE 'he oI' memo lhat Village because
there was NOT man from Dlckerlnan's
lol8t. on the New London turnpike, be-
he4tIl lhc -fta' East Kock N New Haven
20 EPiil@lHi Lang eI'll-Shaaed shlthy IN
9oull NoI"alh' VINO coui'l oeSln TO snoe
d I"IS' OF memo Il pIouSLi Ike MN. lie
was alSo esteemed as we'll as feared, be-
'duSt ne was ILe iloSi pronouhetu mater
~ VI Nlll- GeoFSe lhe hifd II 'ui New
ii"N tH coIohS: bul ~ 'ie eyes o. the
FoGH3 iilell ~ 'H"t 'IIl- -Sh'de'i NllI"5e,
ana 'uol'7 lle coast lof ten mlieS each
way Iolil tlt NlFdlioio tavern, thete was
ho ii'ih Pelier worth WhlIc TO be friendly
"lth 'lth Joiln roiSOln' lor ne was the
ldthtl u Il S'Fl VINO was so ialf us TO nave
5''ii' Oh account u IL, ana VINO was so
~ ~ W ana 80 lIut 10 tnc cause tilaI the
~ l'ii'''' "Ililf "eS H5ltllle lol tiid'
C'ie "0HS llivIi' ~ SllteI ''Io,tesls ana oe-
n"SVltl1ll - II'eil OWL Worm Stood alool
nom Hel "ll't ''ulilii ca HeI VIII tho lilu-
'u"l "'''!l-i "tIV" 'lldI men G'iil snare Nheh
'l',,N va ''I0'" - Icu "''"N I tHc otlel' =
pG J"I!l'iloI eoiISeut' Ho"t'Gl' 1t was
0'''l'V Ii'''. 'I0 t"i NY 7" -ApilH Mouiu
ooNle SclHt 'iHie - lli@llE HotthS HiliIlilan,
1ioSV I"'HVI was .! olaN t tli"I ne lau
ptell "pPo.nttu "H GOV | iuilDuiI' other-
III ptolHel yoH"ulIan, dIlo me Ioun-
~ 4 'sIl, = h'oi 1peiieI y atlu Iiie , u
peItHtell'eil' VI tne 'odSI I'll Ihe county
VI II, ''ll llGi'' ,.,,.
me! Hau Seell Young olliinlah peeplhg
osti snG lllS ll-3"cAeu PeMS ol l1G NonSre
5"'ioli@ i rnulclt t, III >tI"lioIo at MISS ADD.
~ q lli'ltiLiol In'V tio touns iieli dliu
Moliieli " li'' u"y 'iu ilot ililSul,''el
.,,p lleiiIa5 Ii 80 ,'i'nou5l ll'0 oi'ch
aiiIitLl ui'u2il'cI new cl lo9heu ~ tne
~ Iioi icl'L"o olic mus navy uone ~
n''' n sGe!i III rlll'i7 eAtGP; tne heN MI MI
ps9oo''' Wy "''3 ullGtllS ~ lloAi ol nel,
p4 reason " ~, 'IIe Ut. oIeauln anu eIslI ol ner
Nt ,Gi ''iG oul5 Iiiel lell tl'l tlle
9oli ~ h?Joi 80 " i!' '2i'ili!l"li' nno s"se
PlJni9o li'iIst!I VI oScotll.hs VIII years
' ~ q ~ a'9 iii' l"tilel anu iilol q
oCli li''Nt - " '''i0 "ti'ooo''oiito "L~
t,o oi,t9G no"dort -, l"t4lp 0oG I.une oall!g
eiIo retilS t vi T''' l1l9iiV lioV casV Sucll
o. ~ y - .lie -o'theo Pe"s III NaIn,
..aathrn ip, r',a a,a IIlL XII ~ elas melI Jus'
49, ill7i oli,' Dolin oloolll ""e oeat
ai tn9 tnn illlshess no % iheo sIape Oh LIS
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NY is 'nG Ii0 ''Ip o1tIn "L ~ elodSnt q
+ho ,9 G''o fo ' @ nni"' ~ 'io'uo' aeacu upoL
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