New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

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the gSf to be up up and bo sbd eaTg his Tsq aGs so
How it blows outsider The other guest indicated
keeper got two candles and lighted the men to
their rooms.
In the days of the stone fort what is known
Wsliingford the settled portion Of the
town Merden had not been dreamed of, In the
middle of the eighteenth century there lived on
Pond Hill in the southern part Of Wallingford A
prominent in the affairs of the town named
Captain Macock Ward. Captain Ward was the
proud owner of the first pleasure carriage used in
Wsllingford. It a Chaise. and wondrous
vehicle of its kind It's rider had music wherever
he went, for TO of the Eve foot wheels was
attached by means Of some sort or crude mechan-
ism a bell which recorded each revolution. and
with loud clang informed The driver when mile
had been completed. Captain Ward was maker
of the reeds used in hand looms. He was also
member of the church then not popular in New
father Of several comely daughters. ,,-,,. -.
on what is now West Main-st i:a MsTden ant
drews and his good wife Abigail They had several
attended the services in the little orthodox meet
ing house upon Meeting House @ Ill.,, H .rdrsrs.s
sons. Laban, was apprentieed to Captain ward ara
custom. Laban Became a member Of the househoid
of his master and found himself IN & very s agreeabs %
the daughters of the house Miss Content and ID his rs
We belong to different Churches said she. you
must become a member OF the Church of Eng
land a6sn consented and esP2ased the church
Lahan and Miss Content did not go TO the altar
ab 5q k9 aase da M 9 s she ms he
to il the closer So firm was his belief in IT'S
and Brothers to his way of thinking. Samuel An
drews now to % educate e6 MS hm y1lnge % gee
College In @ eli Of BeP{aWn Pt %as @% g2aa
uated and two years later went TO England and
was ordained to the ministry by the BiShop or or
London Tpon his return to this country ne TOOK
I'D his work in Walngford. and the Church re-
ceved addoP III the bfer o When
had been dividing the Corgregationalsts IN the
England The pastors OF these. rival churches were
the Rev. Dr. James Dana t ara tHF brb ~ M 1,bo Pr
Mr. Andrews a man Of handsome presence and
delightful manners. and possessed Of keen sense
of humor.
WaIungford was a town in hearty sympathy with
the rebel cause. and such Tories there We're
there met with little courtesy. Down in neglected
and lonesome spot IN the extreme eastern end Of
the cemetery is the grave Of one Of the prominent
Tories of the period. on the stone the words,
I'm memory of Captain Titus Brockett" The ira
dition is that It was only after great effort the
part of his widow and friends that they were per
mitted bury his body in the old cemetery, owing
to his political beliefs
The place assigned for il the isolated spot in
the eastern end of the cemetery, where the ground
was soft and swampy that the coffin could he
held in its place in the Of the only by
the use of a pair of fence rails laid diagonally
across il and bound together.
The people of the town showed their patriotism
to the American cause even before the Revolution
broke out by erecting a liberty pole 10 feet high.
OF course. so patriotic community would well
come an opportunity to show its sentiments such as
presented itself by the passage through the town
on June 29 1775 of the newly appointed commander
in chief General George Washington. his way to
the headquarters of the army outside OF Boston.
ACCOMPANIED by General Charles Lee and others.
and escorted by two companies dressed in their
uniforms and A company of the students of the
college, General Washington out from New
Haven along the Old Colony Road toward Hartford.
1t when he reached Wallingford, and
consequently an appropriate hour tc stop for rest
and refreshments Near the south end of the village
and at the edge OF the street between the
Old Colony Road and wallingford's main street
along the of the ridge. is low rock. Accord
ing to tradition, the first sermon preached in the
after it's settlement in 1870 delivered
that General Washington used II stepping
stone when he dsmounted Washington with his
officers to the tavern to dine. and the clergy
and few other prominent citizens naturally were
asked to dine with him the representatives of
the town. The Rev Dr. Dana being away from the
town the time, the Rev. Mr. Waterman was the
only Congregations clergyman present, and such
was requested to ask the blessing. AS Washington
TO make room at the table for Parson Andrews |
his suspected royalist sympahes.
The dinner company gathered about the table. |