Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-02
Many Years Ago.

nfversary of the Settlement of the
 Town and Colony.
 AS New Haven is on the eve of 8 great
 celebration of the hundr edith anniversary of the granting of the city charter, 1t will be
 interesting to read an account of the manner in which a similar anniversary was celebrat-
 ed nearly fifty years ago. It was the two
 hundredth anniversary of the settlement of
 the town and colony, and was observed on
 the 18th day of April. The method of cele-
 brating WAS much simpler than ours of to-
 day. In the account published ia the Daily
 Herald, which was published by Woodward
 & Darlington, no mention of band is to be
 found. That was before the day of bicycles, fireworks electric lights and many of the
 gorgeous accessories of our parades. It was
 simple procession in which all the people
 turned out, the town authorities, the Cover nor and suite, students of the college, pupils
 of the schools, and the military, and the
 wonder being who witnessed the parade.
 This procession marched to the ''spreading
 oak, on the corner of George and College
 streets, under which the old settlers first as-
 ssmbled, and religious exercises were indulg- ed in. At the close of the parade the people went to the Center church, the north gallery and aisle being reserved for ladies, the body of the house for the procession and the south gallery for the students and military. The audience must have been different from those of to- day, for we are led to believe that they lis tened attentively, students military ladies and all, for two hours to an address. The number of firtatious that would take place under such circumstances at the present would be something incalculable. The aO- count mentions no firing of cannons. But l let the Daily Herald tell it's own story. It is as follows:
 ''oENTENNIAL CELEBRATION" t'This important and interesting anniver-
 sary was celebrated in this city yesterday, according to the order of arrangements pre- ] viously announced. It forms an epoch in our history, and is the starting point to which future generations will refer to observe | the spirit and character of their ancestors, | and to mark not only the progress of ciVili-
 zation in this late uncultiVated wilderness, 1 (we say late, for the orator of the day re- marked that we are yet but new people,,
 but to perpetuate the memory and deeds of | those who were the fathers and founders, | and those after them who were the benefac- l tors and improvers, of the colony and town. This is the first instance of such 8 celebra- l tion, and Rs such demands peculiar record, | for, without reproach to the fathers of one
 hundred years ago, who were more urgently
 employed in the service of God and protec- l tion of their homes and families from the 1 incursions of a savage foe, they had little | time to devote to what then might have been considered an idle pageant, or at least to the | historical anticipations of the future "The 25th of April, 1888, is now settled as the centennial anniversary of the settle | ment of the town and colony of New Haven,
 corresponding with the 18th of April, 1888, old style. On this day the citizens of New l Haven, assisted by many of the descendants l of the original proprietors of the adjacent | towns which constituted the colony, in pur- suance of previous arrangements, assembled | at the State House, situated near the center \ of the upper Green. procession was | formed under the superintendence of Charles | Robinson, Esq, who was appointed chief
 marshal of the day, with the assistance of 8 | number of marshals whose names we have not obtained all those who were appointed | not having taken part. The procession con- 1 prised all the authorities of the town and l city, the Governor and his suite, descendants l of the original settlers, members of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1 judges of the courts, strangers of distinction officers and students of Yale college, the cit izens generally and the children of the Lan- casterian and common schools under the direction of their several teachers, escorted | by the military corps, under the command of Colonel Elijah Thompson and Captain Morris Tyler.
 From the State House the procession proceeded to Temple street, up Chapel street to College street, through College to George
 street, at the intersection of which stood the spreading oak under which our pilgrim fathers first assembled on landing here to
 enjoy the inestimable privilege for which they
 had braved the dangers of the sea and the privations of the wilderness-the free and unrestrained exercise of their system of de-
 votion in rendering due homage to the | maker and father and founder of ali At
 this point staging was erected, surmounted with a banner bearing the inscription on one side, 'Quinnipisc in 1638.' On the reverse was New Haven in 1885, Here the pro- | cession halted, drew up in body, and relig-
 ious exercises were performed by singing hymn and an offering of prayer by the Rev. Frederick Hotchkiss, of Say brook, one of the original descendants of the town,
 and of Theophilus Eaton, one of the | principal founders. It was scene deeply impressive, and the prayer of the
 and appropriate character that could not fail | to raise the affections of every heart. It was | proud and noble sight, where thousands of
 every age and condition, from the gray haired
 sage to lisping infants, stood uncovered be- | fore the majesty of heaven, and joined to- oether in pious Aspirations and thankspiv- l ing to the Pilgrims God. Not the least i'm pressive among the exercises here was the | circumstance that on being arranged on the ! ground the immense concourse of children l by an unseen and yet simultaneous impulse
 unted their infantile voices in three hearty cheers.
 "From this point the procession proceeded i through George street and State street to 1 Elm street, where at the intersection of Or | ange street and near the premises now occu- pied by Henry Bedlow, Esq, and originally | by those illustrious projectors and founders
 
 Rev. John Davenport, another banner was
 erected, bearing the names of these gentle | men which was ssluted by the children's
 cheers. From hencs the procession passed
 to the Center church, which was of course filled and crammed to overAowing.
 tsThe exercises at the church commenced | with hymn, written for the occasion, and
 sung by large choir of singers under the direction of Mir. filling Brown. A portion of
 scripture from the 35th chapter of Isaiah was read by the Rev. Mir. Bennett, of the
 Episcopal church, prayer was offered by the
 Rev. Mr. Bacon, of the Congregational church, a discourse was delivered by Prof.
 Kingsley, of Yale college, the concluding
 prayer by the Rev. MT. GrisWold, of the Methodist church, and the hymn was sung,
 the benediction pronounced by the Rev. Mir.
 Bennett and the congregation were dis
 missed.
 s.All the exercises of the day were highly l appropriate and impressive. There was Q
 bright and unclouded sky. propitious to the
 occasion, as if heaven itself had smiled upon | this act of pious commemoration.
 ''Of the discourse of Professor Kingsley
 we are are only competent to speak in terms of unqualified admiration. To attempt an
 analysis we have neither time nor room. For about two hours he commanded the deep attention of crowded audience and was him.
 self exhausted when the public appetite was | most excited by the development of things l new and oId' from his vast stores of knowl- | edge: The discourse will undoubtedly be l published, and will form link in the great
 chan of history to be perpetuated to the end
 of time"
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