The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01

men. One young woman, Sally Dib-
 b1e, was badly hurt by Joseph Smith,
 a Tory from Stamford, while trying
 to hide a son of parishioner. Smith
 lied, and was pursued to the home
 of Daniel Gorham, who, although
 loyal patriot, gave hiTn protection,
 and finally allowed him to go on his
 promise to leave Connecticut, which
 he did. The house where MT Cor.
 ham saved the Torys life is on the
 pageant ground.
 fsGoodwives River which skirts the
 pageant ground, derived it's name cen-
 turies ago, the Mohegan Indians call
 ing it that in gratitude for the kind
 lived its banks. There is an 1n-
 diam burying ground at the food of a
 hill near the Gorham home, where sleep many of the followers of old
 Uncas, 'HThe Last of the Mohicans. "A century agone many packet
 boats piled between Rings End Land
 ing and New York. and 9 brisk traf-
 dc was maintained for many years.
 The landing will be used by the pseudo
 British and Indians of the pageant
 Near by are the colonial mansions
 of Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes and the
 estates of William zieg1er, B. D.. l Trowbridge, James w. Trowbridge,
 Dr. Arthur M Kane and John D. Crimrnins.
 "A grandstand to accommodate 10000 persons has been erected on the pageant ground Nearly a thousand
 adults and children will take part in
 spectaeIes which will unfold the ser I les of historical events. Dense woods 1 form Background for the great gras-
 sy expanse where the evoIutions will l be carried out.
 I Many descendants of Dr. Mather l and of nearly all the men who were l captured with him will take part in I the pageant pr. Mather was the I first pastor of the Congregational Church. which was built in 174o. and his passionate covered sixty-three I years. He was born in 1719 and died T in 1907. The little brick church of his day still stands. near the Boston Post road and the wonderful greens of the Wee Burn Golf Club,
 II Never before has there been such ) a ransacking of garrets, of rooms stocked with forgotten treasures and } tunes with which to give the pageant ! an atmosphere of reality. Knicker- bockers and boots worn by grand father, gowns and slippers worn by grandmother, wigs and curls wrapped in tissue paper and other keepsakee } Of hallowed associations and sweet memories have been resurrected Air l many a household.
 The list of workers for the pa : geant reads like a social guide tG avenue, commercial report : and a dramatic directory of Broadway ? combined. The business manager O. } the pageant is Dr. Howard Stout Neil son, the chairman of the entertain ment committee is Mrs. Franklin M Jones, and the chairman of the pa. t geant committee Edwin Milton Royle j, The chairman of the police commit e tee is Commodore William Brauners reuther, who served at the capture O I Guam on January 21, 1893. and wal l. with Dewey at Manila. Henry M e Baker is chairman of the exeeutiy 3 committee, and Frank J. Wilstach y business manager for Sothern auG :. Frank R. Holmes is at the head of tn g girls organization and Stanley Whit o ney of the boys.
 k stAIso active in committee work ar d Mrs Royle. Mrs. Robert Hunter, Mrs tt Arthur Phillips, Mrs. George H. Nox # on, Mrs. Walter Bennett Mrs. w. E . Wilson, Mrs. Arthur Ribbons, Mrs ' Alfred H. Renshaw, Mrs. c. W. Bel h Mrs. w. H. Fitch, Mrs. Theodore Dav q export, Mrs. Alfred Morehouse. jr l. Mrs. R. F. Gillett, Mrs. William @ Weeds Mrs. c. w Maury Mrs. B. E ' Holmes, Miss Henrietta Crosman,s Mis- e Gorhan, Miss Mary Mcclellan an e Miss Eliza Birdsell.
 l, Some of the men sponsors ar Q Charles Abbe, Robert Hunter, Rev e Carlos Miller, Hiram Taylor, W. d Austin, s. Hardness McCrea, Gee le E1odgman, pr. G. H. Noxon, Dr. I l. Milton, George w. Lash, George I d Tilley, Alfred Morehouse, jr., Dr. E lcI D. Hanson, Dr. Samuel Grant an Lc William Ziegler.
 Also Charles B. Williamson, Da l. rien's representative. in the Gener; e formerly editor of the 'tAtlanti Ax 1Eamtx1E'g; C1anaazk H AIhraaht Gu,