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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

De Noailles marched afoot the whole
758 miles from Newport to Yorktown.
Young Saint-Simon, Chosen. Chastel-
lux, a brother of Mirabeau, a brother
Of Talleyrand. Barras. later Director
Barras, and many other enthusiasts
for liberty were In the expedition.
They understood Americans. Equality
was the particular american trait
which impressed them most. and this
idea was imported by them from
America into France.
Rochambeau placed himself and his
army under the command Of Washing
ton. The ragged Americans always
had the right Of the line. In case Of
equality of rank, the American officer
always took command. Not SO much
as cabbage was taken without pay
ment. Before Yorktown the Ameri.
cans were not skilled in siege opera
tions. and Washington gratefully ac-
knowledged the service Of the French
engineers. The French feet closed the
river. and the surrender came. With
out that French help we tremble to
think what might have happened.
Fired Lafayette's Ardor.
Toward the close Of the year 1778,
the duke of Cumberland. who was the
brother Of King George III of England.
was travelling in France. and one day
he arrived at the town Of Metz. then a
French possession. A certain count De
Broglie, veteran of many battles,
was In command Of the garrison, and
to do honor to his distinguished visitor,
he invited some of his officers to meet
him at dinner. Now 1t happened that
the duke Of Cumberland was In dis
favor with his royal brother--he was
In fact. In Punishment. He had lately
received news that certain Of his
majesty's colonies In America had re-
belled and declared themselves free,
declining to be subject any longer to a
tyrannlcai king. It would seem that
the duke of Cumberland told the story
with some gusto, as II he were not al
together sorry that his brother was In
trouble. One officer listened with par
ticular attention. He was youth Of
nineteen. tall and thin. with a long
nose and reddish hair. His solemn ex.
preston and his somewhat awkward
manner contrasted strongly with the
frivolous ease and grace Of the other
young officers present. He was mar
quis Of long descent, connected by
marriage with one Of the greatest
families in France, and he had at his
own disposition very large income.
He listened intently. he asked many
eager questions. and when he rose
from the table he had made a moment
GUS and historic resolution. He had
resolved to abandon the pleasures and
luxures of the gayest court in the
world, even to leave his young wife
and child. and to cast in his lot with
these strange rebels in America. In
his own words. "when first heard Of
American independence. my heart was
enlistedl" That young man was La
fayette; and when the American army
went to the front in France. It merely
Paid smnll part of the debt Of graft
tude we owe that splendid young Of
f1cer--thnt true nobleman.,
Appointed major general by Wash
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

An old-TIms Patriot Cut on the Cor
ner Of His House That Lafayette's
Carriage Might 90 Through His
Street.
received with bands Of music and
huge procession Of citizens. 1t is re-
lated that on his first visit in 1884
there was a controversy as to how the
procession was to proceed through the
main streets of the town, owing to the
fact that Mt one Of the sharp turns, a
house SO jutted into the road that the
generals coach could not pass. On the
morning Of the great event. Vt was dis
covered that the patriotic family occu-
pying the property had cut on sec
tion Of the house. removing the offend
Ing corner and thus the coach was
driven without q hitch through the
street. The house with part Of the
first story missing can still be seen in
this year Of 1919. and Is shown In the
illustration.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

federation Of the thirteen colonies into
federal union was political event
Of prime import; today It Is overshad-
owed by the thing Of which Tennysofl
dreamed. "The Federation Of the
World" The Declaration Of hide
pendence Is state paper Of such sig
nificance as to stand in class by It.
self. 1t immortalized every man who
signed It. 'These united colonies are
and Of right ought to be free and in
dependent states; absolved from all
allegiance to the British crown; and
all connection between them and Great
Britain, is and ought to be totally dis
solved" So run the words Of fire the
idealism Of which was to be made real
II need be, by the lives, as well as the
property and sacred honor of the sig
natories. But the Declaration of In
terdependence Of all free peoples will
overtOp that Of July 4. 1778. as the
oak Overtops the daisy.
Great Patriotic Aim.
But at that time independence was
the biggest and best thing the fathers
could purchase In a war Of seven
years. They could not enjoy the un-
alienable rights of ''llfe. liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness while ruled
by Great Britain, for to be subject to
England meant to be robbed and ex.
plotted. Jailed or hanged at the behest
Of half-mad German, George III, who
wore the British crown.
And SO the patriots proposed to
stand alone. to be independent. They
proposed an equitable self-rule on lines
more liberal than ever had been tried I;
there were to be neither kings nor
kinglets but rather state Of human
equality.
Across the water It was a dark day
for human rights. In all Europe lib
erty was eclipsed; there was not one
free people. Monarchs were supreme
and more or less tryannical; and SO,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

He says Washington "spoke to me Of
NJ. De Lafayette with emotion; he
considers him as his child" Later,
Lafayette sent to Washington the key
to the destroyed Bastile. saying: ut
IL tribute which owe as son to my
adopted father, AZ an aid-de-camp to
my general. as a missionary Of liberty
to its patriarch"
Freneh Eager In LIbsrtys Cause.
The spirit Of Lafayette was the
spirit Of Rochambeau's army. A host
Of young French officers looked on the
expedition as crusade for liberty. and
crowded for places. Young Berthier
was q volunteer at Yorktown. and he
became marshal Of France. ylscount
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

religion, but making Americanism dan.
gerously near big provincialism. We
helped no other peopldlto gain our
glorious liberty. All was well II we
were let alone by the political and
warning world.
Autocraey In Rout.
But new world order has come In.
The western hemisphere is all free.
China has astonlshed the world by
electing a president. 1.-THE bear that
walks like man" becomes human for
a fortnight and is free-until his lib
erty, mistaken for license, enslaved
him to the bolsheviki. France and
Portugal are free; Great Britain. our
ancient oppressor, Is free and IL our
friend. The British empire is free, .
galaxy Of great self-goyerning peoples
Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa-ali free. even though
figurehead king Is its nominal head;
but Lloyd George, democrat, not
George v autocrat, Is the real ruler Of
the British empirel
Now for "Peses on Earth.w
Free peoples do not menace the tram
guilty Of the world; they are not bent
on conquest; they seek not to impose
their will on their neighbors. even
though the nelghbor be weak and
small. They covet nothing which q
their neighbor's. They stand for peace
on earth and good will among men.
The considerations alike Of safety and
ethics demand the observation Of ~
golden rule among nations.
On July 4. 1778. the old Liberty bell
rang out In order to proclaim liberty
throughout all the land, unto all the ID
habitants thereof" Suppose that On
another July 4 II were permitted b
rnise Its cracked and wheexy voice 70
do bigger and fnr nobler thing: Pro
claim liberty to all the oppressed a
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the bush Of fire.
one should re-
move his shoes (;
but 1t pales into
inslgnihcance be-
side lnterdepend.
ence hall which
s o m e day we
must build across
the street from
the birthplace Of
American liberty"
One hundred, two
score and three
years ago, the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10
over.
ALL The EARTH.
Due Recognition Of Human
Rights Now the Aim
Of Mankind.

Independence hall is holy ground Mt
the entrance to which, like Moses at
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

the worldl Where IL
the man who would not
wish to live In that
good worldf Surely not
one would pray with
Simeon, Lord, lettest
thou thy servant now
depart in peace"
Let all the free peo-
pies Of the world send
representatives to meet
In Independence hall.
Let them create and
sign a nobler document
than that which the fa-
theirs made and signed |;
nobler and larger for
one reason only-the
new document will be
the Declaration Of In
terdependence.
That declaration will
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-10

enable al free peoples to stand agalnse
the aggression Of autocratic spoilers.
II will assert the solidarity Of all who
stand for freedom and who love their
fellow men. It will set forth the grow
Ing sense Of human brotherhood. Il
Will express In larger measure the high
political ideals Of our time. II may
not ring In thousand years Of peace,
but 1t will herald that dawn
When light shall spread. and man bo
liker man.
Through all the circle Of the golden year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19
NOANK

This village is badly tied up by the trolley strike. No one except the wrokers who must go are getting out of town. There is little travel in the streets and no social events
 The planned outing of the Baptist Sunday school to Atlantic Beach will be postponed on account of transpor- tation dif1culties.
 The Gates lobster agency received a carload of barrels on the New Haven road Friday morning.
 Stanley Wheaton has returned to Groton after visiting Mrs. J. w. Pot ter.
 Miss Beatrice Tourjee has returned from Mystic. where she spent several days with her aunt, Mrs. Adams.
 Miss Ada May Davis left Thursday for Northfield. where she will spend part of the summer vacation.
 MT and Mrs. Weed have returned to New Haven. having visited MT. and Mrs. E. H. Fitch.
 Mrs. William Braun is entertaining relatives from New London.
 Mrs. George Cutler is planning a trip to Canada, where she will be the guest of relatives for several weeks.
 Mrs. J. F. Shaw of Providence is the guest of Mrs. Maurice Smith.
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WELLINGTON

The Center schoo1house is improved by a new coat of paint.
 Mrs. John De Young and mother, Mrs. Baldwin. have returned to their home in Harwinton after spending several weeks here at their farm.
 Rev. MT. Manderson of Stafford will supply the pulpit at the Hill Baptist church again next Sunday.
 Mrs. Flora De Wolf has returned from a visit with relatives in Essex
 Mrs. Hans Hanson and Miss Grace Bentley motored to Springfield Mon day.
 Mir and Mrs. William Converse of Somers were guests Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Edwin Carpenter.
 Charles k1eclak has gone to Staf- fordville to work in the mill.
 The help at Hak's button factory, Daleville, went on strike, demanding more pay. MT. Hak closed the mill and went to New York. but on his re- turn granted their demands.
 Mrs Marlin Knight has sold her farm to Mir Allen of Hartford. She will probably build two-tenement house near the station. Dewitt Crane has returned to his work in Virginia. Mrs. Crane Is mak-
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GOODYEAR

Tuesday evening a farewell party was given Miss Ada Green at the home of her parents. Miss Green left Wednesday for Washington where she is employed by the government
 A number from here attended Chau- tauqua in Danielson the past week.
 The lawn party that was to have been given by the GlrIs' club on Wed nesday evening was postponed a week because of the rain.
 The Womans club met on Wednes- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Buckley.
 The weekly prayer meeting of the United Church was held at the home of MT. and Mrs R. w. Boys.
 Frank Green recently purchased a new touring car.
 automobiles owned by Goodyearites the Goodyear Cotton Mills. Inc. will a | once erect ten new garages near the hotel
 A number from here attended the dance at Wildwood park Thursday ev- ening. Goodyear Mills band furnished the music.
 Mrs. Jennie Bacon has returned from visit with relatives in Hackensack, ". J.
 Sergeant Charles R. Locke, medical recently received his honorable dis charge from the United States army, visited durin gthe week at the home of his aunt Mrs. Ivy Bailey
 Mrs William Ferry is recovering at thea Day Kinball hospital, Putnam where she is 8 patient, pleasing news to her friends.
 MT. Jones has returned from a bus mess trip to Akron, Ohio.
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STON.NCaON

Under the provisions of the act passed at the 1919 session of the gen. eral assembly the lot owners of the Stonington Cemetery association have elected a board of seven directors, composed of Eugene F. Edwards. Ed ward E. Bradley. Elias E. Hinckiey, Benjamin $. Cutler. D.. C. Mallory, George H. Robinson and Cornelius B. Crandan The directors will meet next Monday and select a. president, secre- : tary and treasurer. It is believed the proved conditions in the management of the cemetery.
 The Stonington Historical and Gen geological society has received from Mrs. Julia B. Coats of Mystic a num- Der of whaling lances, harDs. spades. boarding knives. chart of the Brazli coast three log books of brig Black stone of Mystic and a quantity of ship papers. These were owned by her grandfather, the late Capt Silas Beebe.
 Stonington Pointers.
 There is engine trouble aboard the steamship Lansing; a failure to re- spond to steam pressure.
 Frank J. Gilmore has returned to Stamford and resumed work in the internal revenue department. preach Sunday morning and evening in the First Baptist church.
 The crew for the steamship Lansing has arrived.
 Sailboat racing is to be revived at Stonington. Four 17-foot knockabouts are entered for the initial contest, this afternoon, the entries being made by E. F. Darrell, Dr. c. Mallory Williams, J. Frederick Eagle and Alexander ROby. <
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CANTERBURY GREEN

The Ladies' society met with Mrs. Wilson Tuesday afternoon. Besides the usual work quilt was tied. Cake and lemonade were served. The next meeting is July 2sth, with Mrs. Flaw es.
 Mrs. Wilson is entertaining Mrs. Donnell and son of New York.
 Parker LathroD has received his discharge from the U. s. navy and will spend a few days at his home here.
 Mrs. Dorothy Bennett is attending the summer school at Danbury.
 Gustave F. Bochman of the Con necticut Temperance Union will speak at the church next Sunday morning. 2 At the grange Wednesday evening the women members presented the en- tertainment to a large number of pa irons. This was in competition with the mems programme of two weeks ago. A court, which disposed of sew era1 local cases; a kitchen band. with songs and recitations, some composed for the meeting, were pleasing featur- es. The judges. Mrs. Myra F'rink of Brooklyn, Mrs. Evelyn Hall and H. B. Brown, of -Plainfeld finally decided the contest in favor of the men, though both sides deserve special credit for their work. Short talks were given by several visitors. The sisters are to furnish a. supper at the next meet ing.
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Maurice B. Houghton was fined $25e and costs by Judge Oliver H. Williams fin the Third district court, Friday, after changing his plea of not lent assault on John Lynch. Decem- her g. 1918 This after a long and earnest appeal for clemency, by his attorney, A T. Iedwidge. Mir. Led referred to the good character of Haughton, given him by his employer in Cambridge. and also urged clemen- cy in behalf of the wife and three children of the accused. one of the children being blind and deaf as a result of illness. Haughton is not a man without character and out of employment, said Mir. Ledwidge, but eomradeshfp. and for a first time had strayed from the path of rectitude and right
 Mfr. Ledwidge said Haughton had been employed on special work for his company in New London and Riley, and later secured employm ent for Riley in Cambridge. Riley invited HAughton to go to New London with him They stopped at Westerly and employed Chris Ferraro to take them to New London and back to Boston. It was on this return trip that the assault was committed on John Lynch While Houghton was not what G6ulQ De termed a QT1Tk1ng man, ne was intoxicated on this occasion, and could not recall having taken any part in the assault upon Lynch, with whom he had no acquaintance. He did not know he had violated any law and did not know there was warrant issued for his arrest.
 Mir Ledwidge urged that Haughton had already been sufficiently punish ed. that he be placed on probation, and ought not to be compelled to suffer any more for the part he had taken in this alleged assault.
 In the absence of Town Solicitor Agzrd, Attorney George R. McKepna, appeared as prosecutor for Chief of Police Brown He said the duties of n prosecutor were not always agree able, but there must be prosecution to preserve the peoples rights. He did not go into the details of the case as he said these were known to the court. The accused committed a grave offense in beating up John Lynch without the slightest provoca- ton. and as there was no revenge. it might have been for hire. Riley and Houghton roomed together in Cam bridge, and he must have known there was a warrant out for his arrest Ri sey surely did. His act is a serious
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New York. will preach at the Watch Hill chapel Sunday. There will be singing by the quartette, and Walter c. Town, tenor soloist-
 Material has arrived for the busi- ness building to be erected for the Arnold Rudd company of New London on the site purchased from the Vest erly Industrial and. improvement conn pany.
 Fred H. Barker, Jr.. is to enter the employ of an established detective agency at the Providence branch of- fee.
 The three platoon police system prevails in Rumford and Phil1ipsdale- too. In the former place there are now four complete Pa trols of the district by automobile in the daytime. instead or the former arrangement of two trips over the main streets by an ofncer on foot,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19
CLARK'S FALLS

Thomas T. Ma re has just received word that his e'dest daughter, Sarah, who has been in hospital at Tall River, Mass, for some time, is crit ca!- ly i'll with tuberculosis. At one tilne she was employee in this village by the Briggs Manufacturing Co.
 MT. and Mrs. Will c. Perry of Lack - weed, R. l.. were guests of MT. Perry 5 brother John E. Perry over Sunday, as were also Mir. and Mrs. Oscar Per- " of New Haven. Mrs. Perry and iil- tie son remained fol a longer vi sit.
 James McCulIoch is assisting 4. M. Clark in his ice bushes
 MT. and Mrs. = r. Palmer were :gI Westerly Saturday.
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ton Gallup of St. Paul, Minn., arrived at the home of MT. and Mrs. Isaac c. Geer, Tuesday. They will stay sew eral weeks. visiting relatives and friends in the east before returning to St. Paul. where Miss Gallup is Q successful teacher.
 Rev and Mrs. Arthur Goodnough of Winchester, are the guests of their son and daughter-in-l law at the par sonage.
 Miss Lulu Selzer returned home on Saturday last from New Haven. where she has been the guest of friends.
 The pulpit of the Congregational church will be filled Sunday morning by Rev. Arthur Goodenough of Win chester.
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ing lengthy visit with her sister, Miss R.cketts.
 Mrs. Adolph Parizek will teach at Stanordville next year.
 Miss Pauline Ghalker is attending the Danbury summer school for teach CTS.
 James Baker. Morgan Brewer. Earl James and Mir Clapp are working on Hans Hansen's lot. where Mir Baker has set up his mill. The men come from WarrenviIle and drive back and forth in automobile.
 Grass has been in good demand and worth S10 or more a ton standing, with a good crop.
 Black raspberries are abundant. but the red are not yielding well.
 The neighbors spent Wednesday af- ternoon with Miss, Church on her wide veranda. Refreshments were served.
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othy Sweeney.
 The Attawaugan Go. has a new at it's mill in place of the bell which was used for years. Alfred Seymour has a new car.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Stone, Mildred Pechie, MT. and Mrs. Frank Pechie are at Old Killing1y pond for two weeks.
 Mrs. Charles Blackrnar has return ed home after a. visit in Nashua, N. H
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Robinson. Wal . ter Robinson, MT. and Mrs. Raymond Mitchell, Mir. and Mrs. Charles Weeks, Jr.. and family attended the wedding of Mary Emerson and George Sterns at Worcester Saturday after noon.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Mongue are staying with Julius Mason and family NIT. Mongue is working at Danielson.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19
WOODSTOCK

Elmer D. Goss fell from a load of hay when working in Putnam and was seriously injured. He is at the Day kimba hospital.
 Mrs. Frank Cess of New York was in town Tuesday,
 MT. and Mrs. 70. A Hiscox were on an automobile trip this week to New Hampshire with MT. and Mrs. J. M Taten of Eastford
 Mrs. Henry Wilson entertained her sister and three children of Gardner, Mass. the pat week. also a nephew from Philadelphia.
 Mrs. E.rnoa Srercer of Ponfret is with her daughter, Mrs. Allen W. Ken yon.
 Miss J. Louise Kenyon has returned from a visit in Rockville.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19
NORTH WOODSTOCK

Harry Generous has secured em- pIoyment in Hartford and will move his family there.
 Mrs: D. A. Robinson has returned to her home here, having spent a week with her cousin in South Windham.
 It is regretted that MT. Lockwood is too i'll to open his summer cottage here this summer.
 Miss Edith Perkins. who has been tea ching in Wilmington. is spending the summer vacation with her sister, Mrs. Larrow.
 John Burnham's son. who has been i'll for a week. is better.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19

Sunday school Sunday a motion was made and carried that the former of ficers be retained for the nesuing year. R. F. Young, superintendent, P. J. Gustafson, assistant superintend- ent; Mrs. R. H. Young, missionary treasurer, which includes the centen- ary, that being the first Sunday in the month; Byron Kinney, organist; Mabel Burdick, librarian.
 The Ladies' Aid society meetings being postponed during July.
 A number from the village spent Sunday at the beach.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19
GLASGO

Mrs. Clifford Eccleston and little daughter. of Arctic, R. L. are guests of the formers parents, MT. and Mrs Wiseman.
 MT. and Mrs. Petroman are enter taining friends from New York.
 MT. and Mrs. c. O. Hammond of Stonington were week end guests of MT. and Mrs J. E. Whipple
 Mrs. F. A. Clark returned home on Monday after spending a week with her daughter at Indian Orchard Mass.
 At the reorganization of the Bethel
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LEDYARD

Rev. Mir Newton, pastor of the Gales Ferry Methodist church, occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church on Sunday morning in exchange with Rev. MT. Goodenough, pastor of the Congregational church. Rev. MT. New toms test was Preach as you go." His address was illustrated by experience es of his life and was closely listened to by his audience.
 Miss Nellie Gallup and Master Mil
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ATTAWAUGAN

Mrs Emma Mitchell of Central vi1- lage visited her grandson and his wife MT. and Mrs. Raymond Mitchell, last week.
 Mrs. Susan Rathburn has bought Camp Comfy, at AleXander's lake, from Clara Geer.
 Thomas Caffery has bought a tour ing car.
 Mae and Bessie Weeks are visiting at Manchaug with MT. and Mrs. Tim