The Newtown bee., 1906-09-14

Charles Lamb calls the Old familiar faces He says: All, all are gone, the old familiar faces Not 'all' here, though as was inevitable many, many are. AS l look around me I see old familiar faces in gOOdly number, that recall kind words and kind deeds, that have made, and are making, Bridge water the town of which we all have the right to be honestly proud, and that warrant us in this it's jubilee in HOPEFULLY FACING ITS FUTURE, CON-
 FIDRNT THAT IT WILL BE WORTHY
 OF ITS PAST.
 And in speaking of changes, which is thelaw of all life, 1 am reminded of the words of one of the professors of Yale college spoken to one of the grad uating classes some 10 years ago. He some advice relative to their future duties and had occasion to speak of the changes that had taken place in the practice of the law since his own admission to the bar,-and observed that elOquence and rhetoric and the embellishments of language were for merly more in vogue than at the pres ent time, and that the prime need in the lawyer of to-day was the ability to state plainly and conciSely the facts of his case and the law applicable thereto, without the unneccessary embellish- ments of fowery language. It was about the time that one of our Vest ern states had presented to the World $ Fair at Chicago the solid silver life size statue of Ada Rehan, which was placed over the entrance to the Ad- ministration building as the statue of Justice, which you will remember was blindfOlded and wrapped in drapery, holding aloft the balance scales. As illustrating the changes in the practice of law to which this professor had alluded, he had this to say, When the Roman advocates appeared before the Greeks had blindfolded and swath- ed in drapery, they captivated her senses by the flowers of rhetoric and the music of their voices. But when Chicago selects and Montana approves Ada Rehan, the model wom an of the world, to symbolic Justice they are only catching the spirit of the age. When they remove the band age of her eyes that she may see and judge for herself and abbreviate her drapery that she may have greater deSs, the other an American reality; the one was fiction of the fancy, the other, we'll nigh naked fact.'
 thank you for your attention, and IT'S MORE THAN A MERE CONVENTION ALITY OF SPEECH
 when I say that l am glad to have been with you here today"
 Hon Henry s. Mygatt, president of the First National bank, New Milford, and president of New Milford's Bi- Centennial committee, was next in- troduced. He made an exceedingly ! felicitOuS little address.
 MT Mygatt spoke as fOllOwS:;;
 MT President, neighborS and friends: It is a great privilege and pleasure to l be present on this memorable anniver- sary, the celebration of your Semi-Cen- tennial, and l thank you for the invi- l tation. When l was requested,a "a short
 time since, to be present and say a few
 words, l appreciated the honor very
 highly, but accepted with much hesi-
 tation, realizing my limitations and
 lack of ability to take part in such
 presence as this. Since that time, like lightning stroke, a heavy calam- ity has fallen upon me, in the death of
 a near and dear friend and close buSi-
 ness associate, and the sorrow and in-
 creased responsibilities which it has
 brought has rendered it impossible for
 me to make any adequate preparations for an address. l know, therefore, you