The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-04
STAMFORD
Miss Gaines on Scotland - Tue Roman WaII-The Great Romans Chance for Restaurant - New Resolve Rummage Sale.
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1 Communicated
 l A committee from the First Baptist l church of StratfOrd waited on MT. U. ] s. Mitchell with regard to the rumor 1 circulated about his wife and the pas l tor of the aforesaid church. They found after careful examination that | the rumor emanated from MT. Mitch ell himself and that he acknowledged | that there was absolutely no truth in the report. He further stated that he
 was willing to have it published in | the press that he was the author of the report. He didn't seem to know why he should circulate such a report, for he declared he never saw anything
 wrong or unbecoming about his wife l and he eXempts the pastor entirely. | Mr. Mitchell further says that he will
 uphold the pastor in anything that
 might come against him. Members of
 the committee. J. J. Saunders, A. Wes-
 ley, and T. H. Young. The above
 statement is also signed by U. s. Mitchell.
 l The fact that two addresses were given at the Neighborhood church last | Friday night, one by Miss Amy Gaines
 of the Danbury Normal school, and |9the other by Rev. MT. Bullock, on top
 ics of interest connected with their
 recent visit to England, was sufficient
 to draw good and deeply interested | pally about Scotland and the city of
 Edin burgh. Naturally she threw up- | on the screen view of Princes street,
 the Broadway of the ancient capital of l Scotland, and gave pictures of Holy rood, Walter Scott's monument, the national monument to Robert Burns, and a view of Castle Hill In fact these places are now almost as famll- far to most Americans as they are to the Scotch themselves. She was pleased with what she saw of the
 school system in Edinburgh, especially
 what are known as the continuation
 schools, where boy, after he has left
 the common schools. and begun to
 work for a living, can receive prac-
 tical education in the line of his every day employment. whatever that may
 be. The story of Melrose Abby was graphically told from it's association
 with a poor widows son who became St. Cuthbert, who entered the scholas- tic order when Melrose was nothing but 6 log matched roof place of wori ship; Gown to a day when it was burn ed by a traveller who had sought shel- ter within it's walls-"the horride Duke of Gloucester" as Miss Gaines called him, who murdered his nephews in the Tower of London that he might seize the English crown. The sad story of Mary, Queen of the Scots, was also re- .ated Miss Gaines closed her re- marks by calling attention to the fact that for an American the most inter- esting object in Edinburgh is the statue of Lincoln. freeing the slaves, the original of which stands in Lin- coin park in Washington. The Scotch people have erected this memorial as tribute to America and in memory of the many Scotchmen who fell in the great rebellion.
 Rev. c. S.. Bullock followed Miss Gaines with an account of his studies of the Roman wall. made at Newcas- tie on the Tyne and at other places. | He said that when the Lusitania was launched at Newcastle, it was neces- sary to dig a deeper trench for the l big boat, at a place called walls end, 1 and that in doing so some of the old | Roman wall was uncovered. This was built to keep the strenuous and fiery Scots from invading England. This wall was 80 miles long, IS feet high l with battlement on the northern side. It was feet broad at the base and four feet at the top. Every mile camp was established and be- tween these stations there were four watch towers. At greater distances there were larger camps in which have been found loaded dice, horse shoes, anvils and hammers. and near one camp there is an amphitheatre the ground of which undoubtedly had been reddened with human blood. This wall ends just beyond Carlisle, where Mary, Queen of Scots, was impris oned and in the dungeon there situated men were imprisoned chained to rings in the walls. MT. Bullock said that history shows that it is not simply question if a. man is a Romanist or a Protestant, Calvinist or an Armen
 
 power to differ with him in opinion. Servitus is burned by Calvin; Roger Williams is banished by the Endicotts; the Protestant hates the RomaniSt, and vice versa, where either dare eX press himself, regardless of the fact that 1900 years ago the angels chanted good will on earth and peace to men.
 MT. Bullock visited Hexham, where there is a very old abby and a crypt from early Saxon days, in the roof of which may be seen a stone taken from ] Roman archway, giving mute testi- nony against Caricella, who issued a decree commanding that the name of 1is brother, Geta. should be effaced rom all the public memorials of the Empire. At one other place in Af- 'ica like mutilated stone can be seen, md a third witness is in the arch of severus in Rome. From Hexham MT. Bullock went to Chollegford. Here nay be seen the ajbutments of a bridge, built by Hadrian. and under these stones a still older bridge, from the lays of Agricola. Pictures of their camps, altars, etc.. were thrown upon he screen. The Romans were great . people, said the preacher, ever con- 'cious of the immortal side of mortal ty, and not ashamed of their belief. Many more interesting things were old about and last night another il- lecture was given on John , Milton, the effect of his prose works T 1pon the liberties and conscience of he English and American people being , he principal topic under discussion. <
 On Friday evening, the 9th, there l will be a union meeting of all the l churches at the Methodist church.
 John Mooney has purchased lot 355 f ,n Sound View Terrace. i Isaac D. Smith has bought four lcres on White Rock Creek and Eagles Nest Creek. (
 The old and famous When restaurant S S for rent. Here is a good chance or some enterprising young man to ( 'pen up a first class eating house. There are many young men clerking n the village stores who would be dad if they could find place in which o take their noon luncheon. And i hen the season for clam chowders will l ho nd Sh ho c