Connecticut western news., 1911-02-23
NUMBER 5 DISTRICT
DEACON STEVENS TELLS
 ABOUT THE COLLEGE"
Uncle Jim" Baldwin, Who Talked
 Funny Without a Palate Riley French and His Sweet Honeymoon
"Reminiscences of Interest.


 We now come back to the Phelps Day house and go up the hill toward the College. Some of the younger readers of The News may not know just what the College is, It is tract of land one mile square, 640 acres. that was given by the state to Yale College which was parceled out and sold or leased for a cer- tain sum paid down and so much per acre rent. This title was perpetual so that the occupant could not be ejected as long as the rent was paid. For in- stance in 1854 I bought twenty acres, paying $l50. and had to pay certain amount per acre rent. l afterward bought it of the college and secured a {. clear title and had to pay no more rent, I think that it has all been thus bought up. By this you will see what we mean when we speak of the College Now te resume. Going on we first come to a house built by Farmer Stevens and his son Smith Stevens, and occupied by them for several years. It now belongs to the Eldridge farm and the house Is not occupied at present.
 Next the house formerly owned and occupied by Richard Stevens, father of Susan. and later by Aunt Jane Stevens, who was a spinster, also by her brother Arthur Stevens and Uncle Roswell ktl- bourn, who 1 remember made axe helves of 8 superior quality, and he also did good deal of travelling between his home and the Charter Oak Hotel. Just across the road is house built and occupied for time by Ichabod Stevens and his wife Susan. This house was later owned | by Horatio Beardsley and is now the home of his son Hepry Beardsley.
 Going farther up the hill we come to Aunt Daphne Knapp's. She had ono daughter Mary Knapp, who married Daniel Rood and had several children. They lived with Aunt Daphne until her death and afterward went West and lost track of them. This place was bought by the late Daniel Mulverhill and belongs to his estate and is occupied by Mir. Chatfield. Still farther on, at the end cf the road we come to a house occupied by Uncle James (Jim) aud Aunt Molly Baldwin, also by Harry Roys and family. Uncle Jim was & genial old gentleman as remember him but, had no palate and it was very diffi- cult to understand what he said when he tried to talk and also very amusing, Harry Roys had five children, LavinA, Lucy, Laura, Henry and Edward. Lavina was the wife of the late Warren Mcintyre and was the mother of Mrs. Gibbie Gardner, Mrs. Dr. Carter and Mrs. John Nicoll, also of Reuben and Martin Mcintyre. Lucy was the second wife of Alderman Ives and had enc daughter; Laura, who became the wife of James Humphrey, of New Haven, formerly of South Norfolk, who was a scholar of mine in the winter of 1858 g. ! one of my large and amiAble boys. Henry Roys married Mary Cook and died ssv- eral years ago. Edward Roys was veteran of the Civil War and afterward Methodist preacher in the Poughkeep- sic district of the New York Conference and died short time ago at Arkville, N. Y, aged 6S years.
 Now we will come back to the head of Canaan street and follow the road toward Canaan Valley. Firstwe come to Uncle Nathaniel (Nat) and Aunt Betsy Dean. Aunt Betsy was a daughter of Nat French and sister of Riley French, and I remember she was great snuff taker
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