Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16

until the angel of death came to the rescue
of East Windsor and saved the Congrega-
tional Church from dissolution.
The house in which Timothy Edwards
lived and in which Jonathan Edwards was
born was burned about fourteen years ago,
but the foundations and cellar-still remain
as the fire left them, and the family well
is still used by the owner of the property.
The house stood almost exactly behind troll
ley station No. 81.
The church in which Timothy Edwards
preached fell into decay and was torn down
nearly hundred years ago. The present
church is almost an exact copy OF that at
Old Windsor on the other side of the river,
and behind it. in the ancient cemetery, are
sleeping the ancestors of some of the most
influential families in the United States.
Gen. Putnam's Tombstone.
The tombstone or marble slab which stood
at the head of Gen. Putnam's grave in
Brooklyn, Conn, until the bronze equestrian
statue by Carl Gerhardt, authorized by the
state, was erected in 1856, now stands in a
case in the west corridor on the main floor
Of the capitol in Hartford. Although it
was badly Clipped and mutilated by relic
hunters before being removed from the Gem
etery the famous inscription, written by
President Dwight of Yale, shortly after
Putnam's DEATH may still be read:
Sacred be this monument
To the on %em0ry
Israel Putnam. Esquire,
Senior Major General in the Armies
The United States of America,
Was born at Salem
In the Province Of Massachusetts,
AID Ills
And died
On the twenty ninth day Of May,
AID. 1890
Passenger,
If thou art soldier.
DroD n dust of hero
Ever attentive
To the lives and happiness of his men,
Where any dared to follow.
If patriot,
Remember the distinguished and gallant services
rendered thy country
By the patriot who sleeps beneath this marble.
If thou art honest. generous and worthy,
Render cheerful tribute of respect
To a man
Whose honesty was proverbial,
Raised himself to universal esteem
And offices of eminent distinction
BY personal worth
Useful life
The following is the epitaph of Robert
Coe, who died at Stratford, Conn, in 1853
at the age of thirty-two:
Rest, blessed Coe upon thy bed of ease;
I the quat grave with the is no disease
Err hens goe; not any joy but mkt.
Raer grace, which makes the life of man the best
Come parallel this saint nov far exceed:
Omit no means that may true goodness breed
Are tryals come. bestowed for days OF need?
The Lord his widow bless, and take his seed
Cause for Excitement.
The story is told that William Faxon, an
cestor of Lincoln's assistant secretary of
the navy who bore the same name, was
brought up before Timothy Edwards and
the deacons of the East Windsor Church for
using a four-wheeled vehicle to bring his
family to meeting. 1t was the first car
rage ever seen in Connecticut, and Dr. Ed
wards notified Capt. Faxon that such
worldly contrivance would not be tolerated
upon the highway during the Sabbath. The
captain explained that he had purchased
this carriage In London expressly to carry
his family to meeting, and after due con-
sheraton Mr.. Edwards and his deacons
consented to Its use if he would drive
slowly and arrive at church after the serv-
ice had begun that the congregation
would not be excited.
Those We're the days of the blue laws,
which governed every act and thought of
the people; which punished extravaganza
and display in dress and regulated the
manners and conduct of the household. The
general court or legislature regulated
wages and work hours; it prohibited the
use of tobacco by all persons under the
age of twenty-one years. and adults were
not allowed to use 1t without HcehSe-
Taverns and inns were regulated IN detall,
the law of the general court required that
all inns should exhibit sign where stran-
gers entering the town could see 1t; 1t re-
0uired that each guest should have clean
Sheets that he must be provided with
servant who should make his fire, assist
him to dress pull off his boots and clean
them. If the landlord failed to live up to