The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-12

field (1641)-An Indian runner warns Ponus and other Sagamores of the approach of white men. The first settlers of this region come, with their families, cattle and possessions, in procession through the forest. After some barley, the Indians acknowledge their right to the land, and smoke the peace-pipe with them. Those who had been assigned land in this part of the town leave their friends who go on to the banks of the Rippowam where Stamford was built.
 Episode 2: The War With Nor walk (1670).-Pimakfn, the Sagam ore of Rowayton, sold the land where Da- rien now is, first to the men of Stan- ford and later to the men of Norwaik. This caused bitter dissension between the two settlem ents, which nearl3 came to actual hostilities, but which was referred to the General Count at New Haven for adjudication.
 Episode 8: The Mill at the Land ing (1744C.-George Gorham has built a grist mill at the landing, where the pageant grounds are. One of the prosperous farmers brings corn to be ground. British officers pass with a French prisoner. The separation of Middlesex parish from the Stamford church, the troubles with the British government over import duties, and the expedition against Louisbourg, fig ure with the social and business GUS toms of the times. fp
 Interlude 1: The Changing Tide In a dance, the growth of the town, by successive generations, which come and go, as the tides come and go, is represented. The music both repre- sents the tide of the water and the speriods of Indian life, colonial, revoIu- tionary, and early national times.
 Episode 4: The Raid on the Mid d1esex Church -(178I-The British -T-- the Middlesex church, waiting until the people are all at evening service and singing a hymn. The venera b1e parson, Rev. Moses Mather, and the men are marched off prisoners, and are shortly pursued by the Americans who gathered in response to the alarm
 Episode 5: The Td dwn of Darien (1S2O)-The old packet that traded between Rings End Landing and New York comes in. The cargo is unloaded and the country produce is taken aboard. Thaddeus Bell ar r1ves on horseback from New Ha- ven, with the town charter. Various rnea sures for the esta blishment of the new town government are discussed. Noah Brown, the builder of Perry's s victorious fleet, and pr. Warren Perci- val, first physician in the town, ap- pear.
 
 Railroad (1849) The last of the stage coaches, the forty-niners on their way to California, and the first railroad train center the interest in this epi- sode. Nathaniel Weed the first com muter, is prominent among the trav- eIers.
 Inter1ude II.-Princip1e (1861-1S65) In a symbolic dance, the part play ed by moral principle in the days of the Civil War is set forth, compelling young men to go the way of sacrifice and death, yet tenderly supporting the afflicted that remain at home and turning the thoughts of the bereaved to the responsibilities of the future.
 Episode z: Just Home 618S51-The extraordinary development of the large cities, like New York, draw the young men from the country towns, like Darien, to the metropolitan life, thus starting the change in these towns from being independent com munities to being residential commun- ities. The resulting changes bear hard upon the old people of old fani- lies who long to keep the old places unchanged, to whom it is not a mat ter of the progress of the world and of new advantages, but of ''just home"
 Episode 8: A Place in the Country (19OO) the city of peo- pie with the strain of intense life and work of the city, seek homes, rest and recreation in the country. With them comes a new element into the life of the town, producing much that is rec ognized in it's present character as a town.
 ; Interiude III-The Commuter-In a. humorous interlude, with humorous music is acted ot the typical day of the commuter, his hurried departure for the city in the morning, the quiet day during his absence, and his weary return at night.
 Episode g: The New Darien (1915) This episode presents the plans that are under way to make Darien an ideal place for a residence cormun- ity, drawing the people together into cooperation in their common inter ests and pleasures, and calling togeth- CT the many remarkable elements in the town for such an ideal comnun- ity.
 The Finale: The Community Home With orchestral music and chorus the participants in the pageant and dances, the finale symbolfzes the ideal community toward which Darien is working. The Man (of the Intro duction) again appears and calls to- gether all the people of all the gen erations of Darien. All gathered together, they hail the approach of land states, and finally of America before the community hearthfire of the town. America leads the assem- bIed generations in singing the last, the prayer 'stanza of America" and then all march in review past her and Connecticut and the other states.
 Perhaps now the express compan- ies wish they had placed a feather bed at the bottom when they used 10