The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-01

tom. The old Fenner lock house is the same building he occupied on Wall street only that it has been raised with brick story under it. the next level of the canal was known as Rowlands his lock the finest one on the canal was located at the northerly side of Woos- | ter street, where his mill stood.
 David Ritter's marble works were located at the easterly side of the Grand street canal bridge; he had stone steps in his wall leading down to the towpath. 1 used to run up and down those steps. I suppose now, 1t must have been done for exercise. MT. Ritter was the sole marble cutter in the town in his day, and 1t was he whol was the high executioner" whom the Englishman described as such when he visited Grove street cemetery. noticing Ritter's ad cut on the stones. "execut- ed by D. Ritter" It is said that when | Ritter's son John, became of age he took him into co-partnership and ask ed John what the name of the new firm had better be christened; he at once replied, John Ritter and father, to which an objection was raised by the paternal who suggested David Ritter & Son would be more agreeable to have and the firm was so called. I have wandered away from Orange street in my reminiscence so must return.
 l I have seen dozens of gates at time which were stolen from residences in this neighborhood and thrown into the canal from the bridge and congested at the head of Fenner's lock for which the Yale boys were accused of doing but think some of the town born" boys did so some time in order to raise small amount of money as was the us- ual reward paid for fishing them out and returning them to their respective owners. All the boys knew where they had fished out the gates belonging to Miss Mary Dutton who kept the young ladys seminary (Grove halD for there they got ten cents or ninepence 12 1-2 cents) which to them was Digger than a cart wheel"
 The Lancasterian school building which stood where the present Orange street grammar school stands was one of New Haven's especial interests kept by John K. Lowell; we might say the school truly was part and parcel of New Haven. for men in all the walks of life have graduated from here: they are too numerous to mention and are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land. When the board of education dropped the name of Hill house from the list of New Haven school houses, they committed very grave act in my Judgment, like Ezekial Cheever, New Haven's first school teacher, the name Hlll-
 house, the \ treasurer of the Connecticut school fund, coming from the Western Reserve, who did SC much for that fund, managed it sc
 well, increased it so much, should be replaced in the roll of school house
 names in New Haven. I fondly hope tc
 see that name restored.
 On the southeast corner of Wall and Orange streets lived Hezekiah Augur ' the house was square cottage, paint . ed dark brown. the front yard was fill. ed with shrubery and trees, and severa
 pieces of statuary stood on pedestals | MT. Augur was short in stature 2 . blonde and wore a ruffled shirt. re l. member seeing him often as a boy, hu = never knew him to speak to; he hat n a national reputation as sculptor d standing high in his profession.
 II Colonel Osborn can say more of thi II man than I can and due him justice)