Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-11
not of trade. That was the doctrine on

not of trade. That was the doctrine on which Guilford was founded.
 An exquisite selection by Colts band fol. | lowed. Prof. William R. Dudley of Cornell university, Ithaca, NY, spoke upon "Other Founders" In truth, steadfastness and self ! stand upon common ground with thelr fathers of 25O years ago. These men of long ago, however, had virtues greater than ours. Let us picture to ourselves this vale of Me- nuncatuck in 1889, said he, and continued by giving glowing sketch of the place as he imagined it appeared then upon fine au- tumn morning. Whitfeld's leaders were ample, Hoadley was twenty-three, Dis borough twenty-four, Leete twenty-six. Old men were taken for couniel. Men from Hartford and New Haven, where true liberty prevailed, joined their fortunes with the col- | onists. Before the first landing was made on words of personal denial and humanity. The rapid progress of the new settlement was re- viewed by the speaker. In 1861. said he, Guilford began to give its sons and their abilities to other towns and States. Samuel Disborough's career as Guilford's chief mag Oliver osS;aN CtHmwel ,o,ns. was fully ,tdsi told settler, who was welded to Sarah Bushnell, was told of. He went to England and was made Q bishop. Lieutenant William Chittenden was another of the mag istrates in early days. The Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin of New Haven is one of his descen- dants. Nathaniel Baldwin and Dr. Bryant Roster were also mentioned. Governor Will liam Leete, the speaker, associated with Joseph Hooker and other great men of that day. From 1865 for forty years he was magistrate, deputy governor and held some of the highest executive offices in the State America" was sung, and the final address upon Distinguished Natives of Guilford and Madison" was made by Rev. John B. Todd, D. D., of the Church of the Redeemer, New Haven. Dr. Todd said that his great grand fathers brother, Jonathan Todd, a Yale grad uate, was for fifty years pastor of the church in East Guilfora. In his hand the speaker held this ancestors Yale diploma, one of Of those mothers of Guilford who have won for themselves wide distinction, said Dr. Todd, like Helleck and others, much has been said. I can only speak of those whose fame has been mostly local. Samuel John- son was one of the well-known and digni6ed natives of this place. It is as an educator ! that he has greatest fame. He was a @ friend of Benjamin Franklin and other great men. The universities of both Cam- bridge and Oxford conferred upon him the degrse of A. N. North Guilford gave Abra- ham Baldwin, auether college president. He pemoved to Georgia and served in the house | of representatives from 1760 to 1799, and | was then elected senator, in which position he served till his death atthe age of 52 years. Baldwin county in Georgia, was named after him. Thomas Chittenden was born in East | Guilford January 6, 1730. He was another | distinguished Guilford man. He became politically great in the State of Vermont, to | which he removed, and held the office of gov ' If that Gtafa For ma hafOra hia | death. He always expressed contempt for | book learning, but he had a large, wide ! knowledge of men. He was seldom deceived ! in his estimates of men. He could say @
 great deal without saying much, like other Vermont statesmen.
 Simeon B. Chittenden, born in Guilford March 9, 1914, was his son. He became one of the famous merchant princes of New York city. The new Chittenden library on the Yale campus is a lasting memorial to his name and muni6cence.
 Rev. Andrew Fowler was born in Guilford
 in 1765. He became well known and fam | ous divine in the South.
 Dr. David Dudley Field was born in East Guilford on May 30, 1771. His distinguished
 career and the honors conferred upon him | are well known.
 Rev. Samuel Dutton, whose death took place few years ago, was a native of Guil- ford. Abraham Bradley, Gen. Augustus Col
 lnis, Dr. Stephen Bartlett were mentioned. Dr. Todd then spoke of the distinguished women, and said that most men of Guilford would not have been what they have been if | it was not for their mothers. Mrs. Augustus Collins, Miss Mary Dutton, for many years principal of Grove Hall in New Haven, Har-
 riet Ward Foote, wife of Gen. Joseph R. Flaw ley, and relative of Lyman Beeoher, were spoken of. The last was feelingly eulogized by the divine for her brilliant abilities and faithful untiring work during her life. It is proposed to inseribe her name upon yonder monument, continued the speaker, encircled | with oak leaves as is the old Roman custom, , and it is to be hoped that it will be done.
 The exercises in the church were ended with lively piece by Colts band and the crowds focked out across the Green and
 separated about the town. Most of them
 made bee line down Whitfield street towards the depot, and the thoroughfare for the time being was a mass of flying guests. hurrying for all their might to reach the out going trains. | cannon announced to the departing visitors
 that the big three days celebration of Guil- ford's birthday had come to happy end. Among the visitors who were in the town during the celebration were: | Frank F. Starr, Middletown. | Howard Mayer, Kingsbury, N. Y.
 L. E Snow, Gulford | Miss Jennie Snow, Guilford.
 Miss FlorenSe eeI snow, !,iI Gniiford: Harrison G. Platt. Milford. Alfred Wood, Guilford. Q. II. Stone, Madison. ! H. F. Knowles, East River. | R. D. Smith, East River.
 S. M Cornell, duiford.
 Martha Cornell, Guilford
 Mir. and Mrs. T. s. Gold, West Cornwall
 Mir. F. E. Hinman ! Mr. P. l. Hinman. | Walter R. Steiner, Baltimore.
 MT: and Mrs J. Myron Hull, Madison. | w. Randall Lee.
 Helen Frisbie, New London.
 Fannie G. Thompson, Brooklyn, NY.
 MT. and Mrs. T. M. Prentice, New Haven ! Chauncey Spencer Centerbrook, Conn. | Emma Cruttenden, New Haven.
 Mr. and Mrs' W L. ste6bins. Tysander, NY
 Mrs Jane Hendrick, New Haven.
 Mrs George Bristol, Milford.
 Miss Jennie Parmelee, Milford Mir. and Mrs. E. q. Starr, Cromwell. | T. M. Stannard, Norwich. | Clayton E. Hotchkiss, Hartford.
 Percey E. Jordan, winsted.
 Miss Edith Hotchkiss, New Haven. | F. F. Patt, Scranton, Pa
 MT: and Mrs. R. F. stannard, Centerbrook.
 Mr. H and es' Mrs. j, If E. Shelley. Chicago.
 Frank NJ. Wilcox, Now Haven
 Miss Eva Fitch, Brooklyn, NY.
 A Y. Mack, New Haven.
  | Howard Clark, Ansonia. Curtis Hal New Haven. | A. D. Robinson, Hartford. | G. w. Leete, Danvile, P, of e., Canada | Dwight Rogers, West Cornwall. ! Edward s. Coe, Cromwell.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. Chittenden, Waterbury.
 Fred w. Nettleton, Washington, D. c. W. w. Clark Saybrook | W. L. Knowles, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 J. F. Meigs, New Haven. Francis Marvin Port Jervis, N. Y. | H. H Townsend, Myrtle, N. Y.
 Charles Harvey Townsend, New Haven. | Benjamin B. Low, Boston. | M F. Aldrich, Branford. Nathan H. Fenu, Milford | Joel Benton, New York city. | Edwin M Bradley, Clinton. Miss Grace Smith. Wallidgford. | Raymond G. Goodrich, Hartford. | Mrs Isaac $. Jennings, South Norwalk | F. NJ. Smith, New London, | A. E. Stoner, New Haven. MT. and Mrs. K. Ryder, Hartford | l.. H. Conklin Brooklyn, Ct | Grace Gladwin, Deep River Geo. A, Tibbals, Brooklyn, NY. | T. J. Campiop, Register" New Haven Charles Kinney, "Union," New Haven. | Mrs A. w. Law, New York | Charles T. Law New York.
 Mrs Henry Daeniker, New York. Miss Cecile Daenikers New York.
 Miss May Daeniker, New York | Miss 0. L.. Law, New York. | Edgar l. Meigs. Durham, Ct. | Mr and Mrs. Albert Field, Pittsheld, Ills | J. H. Horton, Meriden. Colonel V. M. Wilcox, New York
 MT. and Mrs. N. S. English, New Haven. | A. R. Wells, Bloomfield. k. R. Willard, Hartford. N. s: Blatchley. Kansas City.
 In GHalIa