Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-25
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Westerly is a town of which any New
Engiander might well be proud. 1t has
about 5000 inha bitants. not counting 1000
on the other side of the river. which, how
ever, 1t thinks it has a right to count if
Tor no other reason than that the people Of
IaWcatuck must come to Westerly to get
thelr letters, as an economical government
has provided but one post office for the
two towns. The Pawcatuckians are COM
penSated for this hardship, however nv
the knoWiedge that when the Westerlyites
are thlfSty they must go to Connecticut for
n drink. Owing to the prohibition law of
Rhode Island, there no liquor saloons in
westerly, but there are plenty of them on
TIE nutmeg side of the bridge that spanS
the little river forming the line between the
states. In the matter of religious worship
the citizens of Westerly and Pawcatucl,
nave treaty of reciprocity, just as they
nave in regard to liquor selling and post
offices On the Rhode Island side of the
river large portion of the residents are
Seventh-day Baptists, who go to church on
saturday and work on Sunday being spe-
cially exempt from the Sunday observing
law. a few of the Pawcatuckians are Adj
ventists alsS, and worship with their Rhode
island brethren. On the other hand, many
OF the good people of Westerly are Presby-
terians, and there is no church of this
denomination in either village. the Presby-
terianS OF both congrcgate on SUNDAYS in
the little Congregational church on the
Connecticut side of the Pawcatuck river
IaklnS all things into consideration, the
Nesterlyites and Pawcatuckians dwell in
perfect peace and harmony on every day
IN the year. including election day. and this
is saying a good deal when the peculiar
circumstances of their environment are
considered.
Senator Dixon and His Ancestral
Home.
The most prominent citizen Of Westerly Is
United States Senator Nathan F. Dixon
who was born here, 'as his fathe- was he
fore him." Mr.. Dixon, in addition to being
chairman of the White House turkey COM
mittee, is a lawyer, and with his brother is
interested in developing quarry that Yields
the finest grained red granite to be found
in the world. 1t is the most durable stone
of any yet quarried, and is capable of being
polished to the highest possible degree
For nearly hundred years the name Of
Nathan Dixon has been a household word
in Westerly, and history of the life of the
present Senator. his father and his grand
father furnishes a striking example of the
Old-faShioned New England habit of con-
tinuously honoring those citizens who have
proved themselves worthy and deserving.
Nathan Fellows Dixon the first came to
Westerly, Rhode Island, from Plalnfield,
Connecticut, ninety years ago, and from
that day to this the name has been an
honored one in the social, commercial and
political life of Rhode Island. The son of
each Nathan =. Dixon followed 50 closely
in the footsteps of his father that a stran-
ger reading the record of the state might
easily imagine that but one man of that
name had lived throughout the present CEN
fury. This Interesting record shows that
Nathan F.. Dixon the first, who was a
Westerly lawyer after he came to Rhode
Island, was in 1898 elected a Senator
of the United States, and died in Wash