The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-26
Spirit Of States :Tercentenary
 Reflected In Settlers Village

eral. The exhibits inside include everything from a tiny pin to huge castings, all of which are
 Agreement House
 The Proprietors' Agreement house is an exact replica of the type of dwelling the first settlers were obliged to erect to obtain and retain title to land allotted by the proprietors. Its measurements are exactly the same as the original houses and the interior is identical to that one would have encoun- tered in visiting such dwellings years ago. Lumber used in erect ing this particular exhibit is from an old Colonial house., over 25O years old, and which stood In Cheshire until a short time ago. The lumber was donated by E. Stanford Bull of Middlebury. MT. Bull is member of the local ex- ecutive tercentenary committee.
 The Pennington house clearly portrays the next step in the evo- lution of Colonial architecture. It is four-room dwelling with large central chimney. It is faithful reproduction of the Whit man house now standing in Far mington. The lumber in this build ing was once used in an old barn in Woodbury which the natives claim saw over 200 years of ser vice.
 The Lean-to or Salt-box house is another example of a further step in the evolution of Colonial architecture. Many houses of this type can still be found about the state. It is in this building that the Scotch and colored folks have their respective exhibits. Another noval and very interesting exhibit In this house is the old country store one has read so much about in The Democrat. The Hewitt Grocery company is responsible for this exhibit.
 39~ Reproductions
 The furniture in the Colonial houses was built by the woodwork ing teachers of local grade schools and is designed as accurately as possible from authentic pieces of the periods represented. Curtains and other furnishings were sup piled through the splendid work manship of the sewing teachers. These teachers also made many garments identical to those worn by the early settlers. All were re- produced in popular colors of the times.
 Little will be said .here of the cottages in the international group ~In; i,, ntoi f,, other articles in this tercentenary edition. It might be pointed out, however, that this group of houses is a memorial to the new type of pioneer who began coming to Wa terbury when Waterbury wan dered from agricultural pursuits to the industrial field, and to other groups present in the community even before the days of manufac- turing. These. buildings are, re- plicas of the homes from which these folks came and they, present a picture no pen can adequately describe. a,. .r .< -. et4..,.
 Each cottage in the internation- al group was erected from plans and suggestions submitted by rep resentatives of the various nation
 
 alities. These plans and sugges- tions, Nwere. turned into workable plans by Architect, Gerard J. Sit ters who is familiar with architec- ture in various foreign countries.
 Insurance
 All exhibits at the village have been insured against fire and theft and special, attendants are ,sta- toned in each building during opening hours, No lighting system has been installed in any of the buildings other than the Town Hall which is equipped with elec- tricity. Spotlights play their rays about the settlement after sum- down. The exposition is closed in the early evening.
 The administrative staff in-