New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-28
READY FOE THE DAY At MILFORD.
ABotNDING HAPPINESS IN THE VENERABLE
CONNECTICUT TOWN.

Milford Conn., Aug. Of (speclaD.-Favored in every
way since the project Of celebrating tho 25oth snDi
versary OF the towns settlement was started. and
finally by the prospect and assurance OF good weather.
the people here, young and old, are happy Among
those who have done mich TO insure inc success OF
this undertaking has been Nathan @. Pond, who. as
ANTIQUARIAN and historian, occupying this post for the
love he bore HIS town, has had the data 10 SCI nght
any points asked as local history and to suggest
lust the thing 10 do at particular junctures As
consequence the pathway from the start mas ocen
correctly outlined, and no important feature om'S-
Mr. Pond IS conceded 10 be an authority ana MS NOUS
comments ard facts WILL they should Do puDsnou'
Among the facts hitherto not generally Aho"n' ana
which will enhance the interest In the proceedings
tomorrow Is this: that the first bridge In Amerca'
over which cattle and teams could pass was not ohy
built I'm Milford but on the spot where the Memorial
Arch about 30 be dedicated stands. There was IN
Plymouth, Mass near where the Pilgrims Ianded Ill
1920 sort Of bridge for foot travellers out u was
bridge scarcely worthy the Again. at the cas-.
end of the Memorial Bridge stood sawmiii opers'o'
by water tie first Of It's kind erected and used In North
America At the time of its construction, about tno
year 1915, there not sawmill in all England
It was introduced to Milford by Fowler, whose name
honors one OF the bridge coping stones.
The soc al reunion held yesterday possessed many
features OF interest There a side reunion of tho
surviving pupils squire oliver Bryan Those
academy which once stood between the Two village
churches were only three in nUmber-Isaac smhh
Patt of Fremont Ohio, age eighty three Jonah PlSs
Of this town. age eightyone. and John w. Fowler also
a res dent here age eighty four Three moro Oh ths
original pupils dwell here but could not DO present.
Their names are Hetty Peck age eightyeight; Jonas
French age seveny-seven, and David Clark age sew
entyone The best preserved Of those IS Isaac D.
Platt Though over fourscore he walks with a stesy
stem converses In a easy manner and hears ana sees
with accuracy he recalls tho Milford operations IN
the war of 1872, being then six years Old
flanders Day celebration will begin with ssu~
of forty-two guns at sunrise. Everybody viii De cary
astir The parade is to move at 10 O'Clock ana inc
literary exercises at the First Congregational Cnurch
iu begin at 3 in the afternoon The streets Of tho
town are fairly ablaze with bunting and other oo!ectS
displaying bright cOlors. There are abundant Owl
DANCES in the form of and other menentoes 10
fall the history of the town without the formsilg VI
Innury The feature Of the day VIII De oen n,,
tIauIev,s sneecb and second to II the poem "rt,o"
Tor The occasion by descendant OF one OF ue p,
Mr. Frances Fowler Van vie. GoNernor buihoi a,
viii doubtless be present and address the Peope, %
evState senator CHM Will Of course as s'
do tbe honors for his branch OF the Sliiofp
The Rev F. l.. Fitzgerald, OF ST. refers HP p H.
GbUrcb viii pronounce the benedicuon, VI ~
green in the evening there VIII Dc display u ''
works.