Putnam patriot., 1908-04-24

| . great success 2nI which shows tn
 strong sentiment in sustaining the hos
 pital in this community
 Commencing my elerAship days II
 the shsa WeStfoFd Glass Compan,
 store at Westford, Arril tSt. ISoo. shei
 nearing = sssrs ct age. l grew uI
 with the giass works there. and II
 tSos, then 2t wears of age. com
 menced selling the product on ih,
 road, and my knowledge ef the cite: 1 and towns ot Connecticut comes
 largely from that time and the large
 growth they have had s,nee.
 ia iSos yeu had scyea cities and
 today eighteen and with several towns fast approaching the eligibility i to become cities, Norwich has made good progress, New London nearly doubled it's population, Hartford and ! New Haven more than doubled. l Bridgeport safely multiple of three. 1 Waterbury multiple of four and i Nfddlstawn i good increase have
 not the figures fer any degree ef ae-
 euraeN hut am on the conservative side III my estimates.
 Meriden and New Britain. then towns of less than rooo Ausonia. Derby. Danhny. Nerwalk and South Norwafk. Stamford. Rockville and Nifiimantie nearby. and with your e.wu town have all had large growth and development of their business in~ tercsfs. and in my s1 or 5 years going out on the road part of tine iiuIe each yeaf, my observation
 covers large section of country i'll several States with | eorrespondingly large increase and growth.
 Connecticut IS all enterprising and
 we'll governed State and with bright future If l am correctly informed. you have not had | State Tax for years. practically out of debt. and look at it's increase of public build ings. commencing with the erection of your State Capitol 30 years ago. and aii of these improvements are paid for if is record the people of any State can well be protid of have not the figures but think that your several cities are all on a very sound basis and in excellent financial condition l predict for this assoeia ton that II will have a strong in- flucnce in the growth and develop ment of your city and bring good re suits in years te come. So much for your town. city and State.
 l have already taken too much time and must soon close, but l want to make Il little reference to several of your honored citizens in the earlier years of my coming to Putnam. all of whom have now passed away, and two af same recently. Gilbert N Phillips. Richmond Bullock, your first representative. James N Man ming. Harrison Johnson, Prescott May. Charles H. GsRood, M N Wagner and Dr. E l. Bradley, whe praetieed his profession at Ashford and Eastfofd in my earlier years. Major Seward. John A Carpenter. William II Pearson. and can exs tend the list to considerable length, and will never forget the many cour tcsicS received from these honorcd citizens. all ef whom did their life work so we'll and great honor to any community. and the world is bet ter for having had such men in it
 \ word for the town or city we reside in. It's success and prosperity depends much on the support of is own people l have been going in and out of Madden since 1870, nine years of same retaining a legal reSi- dence in Ashford. and 2 years resi- dent of the city In 1870 Il had about o.ooo asopic and to-day safely 10000 people It became city i'll ISS2 with t2.ooo or is.ooo It's first Mayor was the late Hon Elisha $. Converse. whom I have previously referred to. whose carly life was spent in a neighbofing town and who always had very kind words for this section Deacon Converse was Malden's great henefaetor. and in many ways l have had in small way these later years more or less to do with Nal den. both in q public and a business way, and 1 feel very proud of it's aeo- pie fer their strong loyalty to their own city and their efforts to make f good strong city. and We feel that wc have one Of the better of the suburban cities around Boston. and se mneh fef the hearty operation ef all our people. all of whom have stood by t 90 well Tn the city ef Maiden have been highly honored and in return have most earnestly endeavs ored 10 give the very best citizenship in my power. and shall continue to do SD until the end
 A few personal words and l will close was elected by the Legis5. fure in IS6o County Commissioner of this county. then 25 years of age. and possibly the youngest man who has ever held the position in Connecticut, although not certain. Reelected in 1872. holding the office six years. the terms then being three instead oi four as at present My father was elected from this district to the Sen ate in 1876 foe two years, the district then including Pomfrct. and for the strong support from this and the sur. rounding towns given both to myself and father i have always held same in grateful appreciation and most friendly remembrance, and see friends here tonight who rendered excellent assistance in those days, especially the campaign of 1876, including my valued friend, your honored toast master. Many of the friends oi those days have been taken away.
 I have had friendly interest in my native town of Ashford all of these years of my absence. where three generations of my name have repre- sentcd # in the Connecticut Legisfa- ture. my grandfather in I833. father in 1880 and go and the Senate is' 1877 and izs and myself in the House in is9f and 'a2. I have kept the old home at Westford and hope to spend more or less time there Summers if years to come.
 should have liked fo nave said a few words for the three cities that eoversse mY Senatorial District. the Fourth. Iidilesex. Maiden. Nelrose a.Ea fs.e@.4f i4<,as, 4ge f.~stfte.11 fffs4stl af MalAen in fRso with . population ef 4z2s aad @ith the State Census of
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