Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-09


 ready nenfioned, The Forrs on BCs- EeH AvengaI and the Wln- n. Williams steamer and hose companies ct the Falls drawn with white cotton ropes, bT Wnite-gloved uniformed young, men, the engines hcrse-drawn with their ofnecrs and men marching, made a glorious array, on parade day.
 I Lastly, the jolly and beloved Joe. Carrier with his assistants trurnpets with flowers in the bell of each. under arm. at the pFocessaon.s head. and there you lave the picture, imper- feefly dra1Fn. as Mr. Burke saw it many years ago.
 ResideHtiai Streets.
 Many changes have come about on Washington street and Broadway, not SO much In the buildings as in those the former days Lower Washington street was fashiOnable at that time. There was a fine residence, with a considerable lawn where the Carroll building now stands. pr, Kinney, vet5on 1s. Iehn H % Moresn IrS,a' % I .yTiiI- oughby. Col. Jones, Timothy Norton and Jedediah Huntington 1sk, were among those living in tIis section, and farther up the street, Wn. Law, l. n. Buckingham. James Lloyd and Gard iner Greene, Lorenzo Blackstone, J. | Charles Osgood, John I. Adams, Leon ard Ballou, Deacon Benj. W. Thomp- kins. Henry B. Norton, A. IT. and W. Fl. Amy, and John Dunham, and others. With very few exceptions, none of their residences is occupied by any of tlleir descendants, and the same is true of Broadway; on tine lat ter street one or two of it's Stateliest mansions having been torn down, the Slater place and the David Smith place, long the residence of the late Col. Mowry and his parents and their PatFicl's church, has since been buiH
 and with the rectory and surrounding grounds Is one of the ctty's greatesi ornaments, and the beautiful Parh
 church is distinct and beautiful ad-
 dition to ale buildings on Broadway.
 First Hack lie Ever Saw.
 | Mir. Burke recalls the first hack ht ever used, and we regret that no pic l ture of it is extant. It was what wal :, called at that time a Clarence" ana | had one of the rounded glass fronts I so popular in that day. He remem. l bers equally well that some hfteeT | perhaps seventeen drivers used to gC
 regularly to the stations. the Norwich 1 G Worcester and the New London | Northern, each anxious to get ther' before his breJaen, and each eouall! anxious to make h1S return in orde
 that he might take his position unde, the tree which then stood at the Wau l regan corner. a. desirable spot in warn weather and having additional ad | vantages as well.
 aThsn Folks Ain't Around Ncw!" l Charles Johnson. of the Norwicl
 bank, always made it a practice t hail the first man under the tree whel he desired to go home, and give him
 dollar as his fare. Benj. Huntington
 of the Norwich Savings Society, wht lived in the Huntington homestead a
 what is now called "Harland's Corner
 in Norwich Town, made it his prac tice to ride down in the bus, the
 driven by thei late John Hough. H
 would at times forget his keys, an
 when he reached the Landing" in tha blight and unable to open the bank ] doors, he would call for "Jim'' | . take him up to the house and return invariably giving him two dollars
 "one' as he said, flor Reynolds an one for the driver" MT. Burke sage ly remarked to the writer that 'ther folks ain't around now" though W : imagine he still retains patrons wh . are his firm friends. Mr. Burke ha seen his native city emerge from , community without a water or sewe system, and when the lighting of tn , streets, or rather the lack of hghtinc