Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28

side the large fireplaces in most of the rooms, there Is one of unusual size in the long dining room, with the ca pacious brick oven on one stde. The rooms are plastered with oyster shell lime, which is also used in the mortar of the cellar walls and chimney. The stone foundation of the chimney, nine by nearly sixteen feet, is built to the first floor; the remainder is of brick. The ends of the house retain their original coverings of shingles, three feet in length, still in a good state of preservation"
 Thomas Stanton died in 1867. The same year his son, Robert, married Joanna Gardiner, of Roxbury, Mass;' and inherited the homestead. when was occupied in turn by his son Thom- as, who married Thankful Denison of Westerly, R. l., and his grandson, Robert, who married bSs cousin, Anna Stanton of Pawcatuck, Conn. Robert Stanton was the last of the name to make his home here, as the farm was leased in 1765 to John Davis of East Hampton, L. l., who married Catherine Talmage of that place. MT. Davis put his eldest son, John, Tn charge of the farm until he purchased it in 1T72 and moved here with the remainder of his family, where he re- sided twelve years, and then returned to East Hampton with his wife and three youngest sons, leaving John to improve the farm. This son married Abigail Baker of East Hampton, and eventually came into the possession Of the farm.
 "The next to inherit the homestead was the grandfather of the writer, John Davis, the fourth of the name in descent from his ancestor, John Da- wis, who came from England and set- tied in East Hampton and who mar ried Sally Stanton. She was de- scendant of Thomas Stanton in the line of his son Thomas and wife, Sa- rah Denison, daughter of Capt. George Denison of Stonington. The writer's father, who was another John Davis, followed in the line of succession to the homestead estate. He married Phebe M Davis of Norwich, Conn.,, great granddaughter of Capt. Ezekiel Mulford of Revolutionary fame, of East Hampton. Among those now re- siding at the old Stanton-Davis home stead are two John Davises, of the sixth and seTenth generations, respec- lively, of that name.''
 Sergt. Harvey R. Fish, ordnance de- partment, is the winner in the rife championship competition of members of the Rhode Island national guard, scoring I'll points in possible 200. His score in detail: 200 yards, rapid fire, Al; 500 yards, slow fire, 3S skir- ihish 92; total I'll. His nearest com- petitor was Lieut.. Roger s. Wolcott, Second company, c. A. C., with a total score of 15S. Included in the entries were three former winner5 of state championship, Sergt. H. R. Fish, Sergt. o. w. Strom and Capt E. M. Holmes, ordnance department; Capt. J. c. Trait, Seventh company; Capt. W. I. Sweet headquarters, First artillery district.
 The finding of torpedoes lost during the recent naval rnaneuvers off the coast of Rhode Island is becoming an almost daily incident, and the finders are zeaping the reward of $25 for the discovery of each of the lost $7500 mechanical projectiles. Two have been found at Charlestown beach, one at Weekapaug and one at Pleasant View. Thursday afternoon stil lanother was found. Peter Goodey, a fisherman, who hooked it with his avchor, when about two miles off the Point Judith breakwater The torpedo was too heavy for Peter to handle, so he placed a buoy on it and notified the New port torpedo station. Friday the tor pedo was secured by a boat sent from the station.
 Not ripple~as yet in politics in Westerly, the Stronghold ,f repubi- canism fu the state, and which can all ways be relied upon to roll up a ma jority to counterbalance any loss else where in the state. Thexe has been no political meeting of any party in the limits of the town. though MT. Chain, the prohibition candidate for president. did tarry for half an hour just over the border line in Pawca- tuck. There is, or was, a fully off cered Young Mems Republican club in Westerly. with large membership, and these political club men generally