The Newtown bee., 1891-07-03
FAIRFIELD.

Black Rocks pretty and attractive
Congregational church has been greatly
improved by the decoration of the side
walls, the painting of the seats and the
laying of a bright new carpet. The work
has lust been completed under the direct
ion of committee appointed for the pur
pose. William Healy of Bridgeport had
the contract and finished his task in
about six weeks. 1t was done with rare
taste and harmonious blending of colors
and effects. The side walls have a deep
dado, finished with a pretty frieze below,
panelling being inserted between. The
coloring of the seats is subdued and forms
a pleasing contrast with the red of the
ingram carpet. During the six Sundays
ON which the church edifice was closed,
the congregation worshipped in the chap
ell. The church was opened for service
for the first time, Sunday, June 81, and
was beautifully adorned with flowers,
contributed by the ladies of the church
and arranged with taste by the floral
committee. The services of the day were
appropriate to the occasion, the sermon
of Rev Ell. c. Woodruff from the text,
1.-The glory of the latter house shall ex-
coed the glory of the former house," be-
ing particularly apt. Members of the
church and visitors express their unqual-
flied appreciation of the changes wrought
in the church. The cost of the improve
ments was about 5000, part of which was
paid from funds in the hands of the la
dies society. To raise additional funds,
festival will be held in the chapel about
the middle of July. 1t will consist large
ly of one of the cake sales for which the
ladies of the Black Rock church are not
ed.
Samuel Rowland, Esq, of Brooklyn,
who spends his Sundays, during the
Summer, with his brothers, A. E. and III.
e. Rowland, at Rowland homestead, is a
lineal descendant in the eighth genera
ton of the Samuel Rowland who came to
Fairfield in 1870. There have been sew
eral Samuel Rowlands in the generations
between, one of whom, grandfather of
the present bearer of the name, was for
80 years town clerk of Fairfield, when
the office was position of more honor
and generation than at present. He was
Judge of probate as well. At the time OF
the burning of Fairfield by the British,
two of the houses saved from the flames
were those of the grandfather and grand
mother Of the Messrs Rowland of the
present day, who were not then married
Time and again have the abuses of the
Italians, especially those who are EN-.
ployed by the Consolidated road, been
written up. The woes of the poor for.
eigners, ignorant and credulous, strang
ers in strange land, have been dilateG
upon; the cruelty of the bosses was held
$ up to the public in scathing terms. Now
, while none can deny that abuses exist
: and that the men are charged extortion
r ate prices for everything they are com
8 PEELED to buy at the company's store, il
: is equally true that the men do not pre-
pearance. They generally look content
ed and the coarse food they eat seems tt
give them plenty of strength for thei
!. work. 1t is alleged and generally believ
!. ed that the worst abuses exist in tn,
!, crowd ruled over by Leonardo Scinto
the short, thickset Italian who is famil
iarly known as Jim Leonard. He has alb
!; solute power over the men and the stor.
a Of numerous contributions assessed Of
various pretexts to swell Scinto's banl