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Mrs. Nichols was revered by all. The death of her companion not only prostrated her, but hastened her end, and she passed away, as she had lived, calmly, and in the full hope of the promise of a Redeemer.
WESTPORT.
Elizabeth Robinson,
80 Maria Rhyders, 85
Population, 3,477
Mrs. Betsey Stetson,
83 Fanny Stephens, 80
Captain Alfred Taylor,
93
Jesup T. Jennings,
87 Michael Coyle, 86
Sarah Williams,
93 Andrews Godfrey,
87 Sarah C. Gray, 85
Thomas T. Glynn,
92 J. Hyde Ogden,
84 Wm. C. Hull, 81
Tobey Coley,
91 William Coley,
85 Edward Hyde, 80
Scudder Bradley,
90 Mrs. - Sherman,
82 Elizabeth Burr, 86
John McLarney,
91 Robert Martin,
80 Miss Eliza Bennett, 85
Eunice Hurlbutt,
93 Mrs. Ezra Hawley,
80 William Blaisdell, 82
Chloe Taylor,
92 Maria Cauldwell,
84 Jane Bennett, 82
Mary C. Pierson,
90 Abraham Allen,
80 Henry Hoyt, 81
Joel B. Bulkley,
86 Lucy Hendricks,
82 Mrs. Henry Hoyt, 80
Caroline Jennings,
83
Hezekiah M. Coley,
Anna B. Jennings,
80 Elnathan Wheeler,
80 Polly Jesup,
81
Johanna Murphy,
80 Edmond W. Taylor,
80 Abigail Guyer,
84
Almon Alvord,
81 Daniel Darrow,
82 Salomi Fairchild,
81
Rebecca Taylor,
87 Mrs. Edward Pattrick,
83 Mary A. Hedenberg, 84
Horace Staples,
83 Mary Couch
81 Charlotte Burr, 86
Ezra Hawley,
82 Mrs. Lewis Patrick,
81 William Batterson,
82
Miss Sally Nash,
83 Captain Charles Allen,
82 Mrs. Frederick Jarvis, 80
Amos Barnes,
82 Priscilla Bulkley,
82 Mrs. Susan Hoyt, 82
80 Thomas T. Pearsall, 82
Harry Allen,
80 George Wheeler,
81 Mrs. Joseph Nash, 80
HISTORY OF CAPTAIN ALFRED TAYLOR, OF WESTPORT.
Captain Alfred Taylor, of the Poplar Plains district, the oldest male citizen in West- port, is one of those good men whom everybody likes to see and take by the hand. His years have been passed in the care of an extensive farm, which, until recently, he superin- tended in person. In his humble way he has been an observer of affairs, never seeking place, or speaking undue criticism of those who occupied it. Longer ago than most of us can remember, he was prominent in the state militia, not for the sake of the honors it brought, but in response to duty. In that capacity he received the title by which he is known. He is a good citizen, an earnest and exemplary member of Christ (Episcopal) Church, and is held in high respect by the community. He has voted at all elections since 1812, and Westport was honored at her polling place on Tues- day, Nov. 4th, by his presence. His recollections of Thomas Jefferson's time, and of the in- cidents of the war of 1812 are vivid. His politics are of the Jeffersonian sort, and in the ex-
Lois Morehouse,
86 Zillah Weyman, 86
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
ercise of the elective franchise he has obeyed conscience and been swayed by principle. Mrs. Chloe Taylor, his wife, somewhat his junior, is still in the possession of every:faculty, and by her presence in the household, life's evening shades are imbued with a glow which make them seem less rapidly lengthening. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are surrounded by descendants repre- senting four generations.
HISTORY OF HORACE STAPLES, OF WESTPORT.
Mr. Horace Staples, at the age of 82, is one of the most remarkable men of the time. After graduating from the academy at Easton, and teaching school awhile, he commenced business in Westport, and, from the year 1828 till the present time, has been directly or indirectly engaged in it. His line was lumber and hardware, and at one time he was a large owner of sailing vessels. For about thirty years he has been President of the First National Bank, and looks after its affairs now with as much interest and correctness as during the first year the honor was conferred on him. Twice each week in the year, with the regularity of clock-work, he journeys by rail to New York on bank- ing business, and he finds time to look after a farm, and perform many friendly acts. The crowning act of his life, and one which will cause him to be forever remembered by his townsmen, is the erection and equipment of a schoolhouse near the center of the town, to be used for all time by the children of the several districts, and to be free to those who can- not afford to pay tuition. For this he expended $16,000, and he also provides a fund to be placed in the hands of trustees for its perpetual maintenance. The lumber interest which he built up is now in the hands of a son, Capt. W. C. Staples, and a grandson, W. G. Staples.
WETHERSFIELD.
Mrs. Levi Warner,
81 Southmayde Stillman, 81
Population, 2,173.
Charles Francis, Miss Grace Stanton,
83 Mrs. Stanley Griswold, 82
Mrs. Daniel Buck,
100
Miss Mary Woodhouse,
Roswell Butler,
92 Miss Lucy Hanmer,
Mrs. Fanny Lossey, 91 Mrs. James Standish,
Mrs. George Butler,
91
Osmond Harrison,
85
Mrs. Sallie Rice,
84
Mrs. Eliza Griswold,
90 Mrs. Charles Clapp,
82 Mrs .- -- Barnes,
Miss Fanny Wright,
81 Mrs. Solomon Woodhouse, 84
Mrs. Alfred Francis,
80
Miss Nancy Havens,
86 James T. Pratt,
81 John Goldrick,
84
Miss Harriet Robbins,
83 Henry Hoxie,
84 Mrs. Mary W. Reed, 81
Miss Polly H. Wolcott,
88 Mrs. Rebecca Robbins, 82 Mrs. - Johnson, 81
86 Silas Walker,
82 84
Merritt Butler,
91 Miss Julia Butler,
80 Mrs. Henry Robbins, 81
Mrs. Jacob Griswold,
90 Mrs. E. P. Cook,
82 Mrs. Charlotte Blinn,
87 Mrs. - -- Pulsifer, 82 80
LIFE OF MRS. ELIZABETH BUCK, OF WETHERSFIELD, CT.
Within a short distance of the state prison at Wethersfield, in an old house on Main street, dwells the oldest person in that section of Connecticut, Mrs. Elizabeth Buck, widow of the late Daniel Buck, who was born in Wethersfield, January 10, 1784, and has passed nearly her whole life there. She lives with her two daughters, one seventy and the other sixty years of age. One son is living, Daniel Buck, of San Francisco, formerly a merchant in Hartford. The centenarian has four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her father, Ezekiel P. Belden, was a prominent man in the town affairs of Wethersfield, and sat in the legislature for forty-nine consecutive semi-annual sessions. The fiftieth time he was elected he declined to serve. It was a stereotyed phrase at the town meeting to "prepare your your ballots for Ezekiel Belden for first representative." There was no formal celebration of Mrs. Buck's birthday other than the reception of friends and relatives who called to offer their congratulations. The old lady re clined on a sofa and conversed pleasantly with all who called, admiring the beautiful fiowers which were brought to her in profusion. Until recently the babe of 1784 has been able to take daily exercise out of doors, but, as she said to the reporter, she begins to feel old age coming on. Her memory is remarkably clear as to events which occurred seventy-five and eighty years ago. She distinctly remembers going to the country school ninety-two years ago, and carrying a little red dinner-basket made by an old Indian woman. She stated that she was always fond of horse-back riding and kept it up as long as her strength would permit.
81 Mrs. Ashbel Welles, 80
86 Mrs. Amos Benson, 87
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
WILLINGTON. Population, 1,086.
Huldah Rockwell,
94 Prudence Taylor, 84
Esther Rockwell,
95 Mrs. S. Cole,
81
William Shaffer,
85 Captain John Jones,
93 Mrs. Dudley Fox, 80
Ebenezer Potter,
84 Isaac Davis,
91 Betsey C. Belden,
80
Miner Bugbee,
84 Bridget McMahon Brown, 91
Hannah F. Ruscoe,
88 80
James Duncan,
81 Polly Fitch,
92
Mrs. Clara Seymour,
81
Henry Watrous,
81 Polly Gorham,
90 Mrs. Polly Olmstead, 2d,
88
Corliss Barrett,
80 Stephen Ruscoe,
90 Henry I. Middlebrook,
88
Amos Lillibridge,
82 Nelson James,
85
James H. Cooke,
86
Caroline Slocum,
83 Charles DeForest,
87 Mary Platt,
81
Lucy Bowers,
81
Mrs. Milla Whitney,
80 Anson B. Abbott,
81
Hannah Cone,
80
Polly Olmstead,
84 Emily Betts,
83
Elizabeth Bugbee,
80 Ebenezer Pettinden,
80 Daniel Taylor,
83
Eliza Sterling, 82
Lucy Hendricks,
82
Betsey Sterling,
81 Miss Bertha Betts,
82
WILTON. Population, 1,864. Mrs. Clarissa Davenport
Maria Bundy,
81
Raymond,
102
Mrs. Augusta Batterson,
84
Tryphena Palmer,
95 Hannah Scott, 84
HISTORY OF MRS. CLARISSA D. RAYMOND, OF WILTON.
Of all persons in Connecticut well advanced in years whose age can by documentary evi- dence be vouched for, there are none so clearly entitled to the distinguished honor, as honor it is, of being the oldest person in this commonwealth, as Mrs. Clarissa Davenport Raymond, who, on April 25, 1884, completed her 102d year. Setting out upon her 103d, she took with her a mind as strong, a memory as bright, and physical strength as apparent as when, two years ago, she celebrated her centennial. If domestic felicity tends to prolong life, as it would seem to have done in this case, then a portion of the secret of her wonderful longevity is made plain. Tenderly watched over and cared for by her only daughter, Mrs. Nathan Comstock, herself almost an octogenarian, and by Mr. John Comstock, her grandson, and his amiable wife, the centenarian's cares, if she has any which may be called such, are trans- formed into pleasures, and she moves each day in an atmosphere of kindness, herself main- taining a supply for distribution in return for that so affectionately and constantly bestowed. To these three what a satisfaction it will be some day to recall the fact that the privilege of ministering to this rarest of living ancestors was freely and worthily improved. Yesterday, when called on by a reporter, the aged lady at once entered her parlor, walking with her great cane and leaning on the arm of Mrs. Comstock, and unhesitatingly declared herself in as fair health as she had been for some time. She smiled while alluding to herself as a sort of a burden upon her family, and there was no incoherence in any of her utterances. Her sight has failed somewhat during the past year, and when asked if she did any reading, re- plied: "Yes; I did some time ago, with large print, but the words began to blur and I had to give it up," and she laughed heartily at the suggestion that the girls-her daughter and granddaughter-do some volunteer reading on her account. Mrs. Raymond's history is well known, but the temptation to ask her concerning it could not be resisted. She spoke of her early life in North Stamford, of the choir there with which she was connected; of Colonel Seeley, the Continental army veteran, its leader, who, each year on the Sunday preceding May training day appeared in the choir set out in full regimentals; of her marriage and re- moval to New York city; the period of her residence there previous to and during the war of 1812; and her return to Wilton and the varied experiences which sixty-nine years of con- tinuous citizenship had afforded. She could not state positively her recollection of ever see- ing her grandfather or grandmother, but she had a volume which embodied within it facts sufficient within themselves to establish the antiquity of her ancestry. Turning suddenly in her chair, and raising her cane, she exclaimed: "John," meaning her grandson, " go to the upper drawer of my bureau, on the right hand side, and bring the book which Rev. Mr. Da- venport gave me two years ago." The request was complied with, and the visitor was as- sisted, as he turned the leaves, by the centenarian, who very readily found the pages on which were printed the following: "Rev. John Davenport was born 1597, in the town of Coven- try, England. At an early age he came to this country, and in 1638 preached the first sermon ever listened to in New Haven, under an oak tree which stood at the corner of Church and George streets. Many years after the tree was cut down by David Beecher, father of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and split up for firewood." This Mr. Davenport was Mrs. Raymond's great, great, great, great grandfather. Her father, Deodate Davenport, and her elder brother. took part in the battle of Ridgefield, and the aged lady alludes sometimes to what she heard
John Gautling,
83
Charles Wood,
82 Polly B. Sutton,
91 Mrs. Millie Seymour,
4
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them say, that, after the village stores were set on fire by the British forces, the molten fat from the pork and lard casks ran in the street gutters like water. Mrs. Raymond is very in- dustrious and delights to occupy her time in knitting. Examples of her work done a day or two before were shown, and a few of them presented to the visitors. A short time after her centennial she attended the Congregational Church across the street, of which she has been a member for more thau sixty years, but she has not felt like going since. On Sundays she sits at her front window and enjoys seeing others entering or departing from the sanctuary. The severity of weather has kept her within doors all winter, and she rejoices that the day is near, which will permit her to walk in her garden, or visit the neighbors. She conveyed the idea that interviewers did not weary her, unless they persisted in doing all the talking, and it was evident from beginning to end of the call that she enjoyed conversation, and delighted in maintaining her share of it. Though the fact of her attaining 102 years was one without parallel in this part of the world, there was no formal celebration, but it was honored by the proffered congratulations of near relatives and intimate friends. Her two great, great grandchildren, Raymond and Alice, aged 4 and 2} years respectively, children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Comstock, of Norwalk, spent the day with the centenarian, and under the old roof met, as they had met many times before, five generations. May this rare lady long continue, and her every want be anticipated and supplied by a devoted family.
WINDHAM.
Mary Fuller, Eunice R. Heap,
84 Betsey Hall, 92
82 Lloyd Humphrey, 87
Betsey Babcock,
96 Vilantia Lomer,
80 Lavina Hall, 80
Jerusha Ingraham,
94 Peter O'Brien,
85 James Newman, 88
Lucy Eccleston,
93 Sally F. Woodward,
86 Ira Pettibone,
82
Justin Swift,
90 Rebecca Critchley,
87 Mary Rouse,
81
Joseph E. Finch,
90 Sarah G. Carpenter,
82 Annie R. Shepard,
86
Louisa Abbey,
84 Ezra Goss,
81 Mary Bifell,
82
Denison Avery,
83 John Haley,
8-4
Marinda C. Burr,
82
Marcia Bibbins,
86 Margaret McNamara,
80
Amos Beecher,
85
Betsey Burgess,
87 Johanna Shuckroe,
84 Eliza Coe,
83
Jerusha Bingham,
82 Eunice Woodworth,
83 Harriet Ford,
80
Sally Babcock,
83
Barbara Warburton,
84 Abby Hall,
87
Phebe Spicer,
82
Huldah Marshall,
85
Amanda Smith,
81 (West Part.)
Julia HI. McCoy,
87
George Lilly,
80
Elizabth Brown,
80 Ruby Phelps,
81
Margaret Warner,
81 Betsey Brown,
80 Roswell Perry,
80
Sophia Flint,
86 Sophia Clark,
80 Lucy Smith,
80
Jerusha Finch,
84 Priscilla Gray,
84 Judson Wadsworth,
87
Elisha H. IIolmes,
84 Janie D. Homer,
.87
Charlotte Austin,
88
Austin Lincoln,
83 Francis Lee.
80 Hannah Brands,
81
Eunice Morgan,
87 Marilla Smith,
83 Electa Chase,
84
Etecta Moulton,
82 Thomas Shay,
86 Maria Corbin,
84
Lydia Payne,
88 Whitman Williams,
81 W. F. Hatch,
82
Fredus Preston,
87 John Arnold,
80 McPherson Hubbell,
80
Mary Penra,
83 Susan Bennett,
81 Austin Maloney,
82
Ann E. Robbins,
83
Thankful Congdon,
84 Sarah Olmstead,
82
Harriet Reed,
85 Mary R. Davis,
80 Polly Rost,
80
James D. Turtelot,
80 Hannah Gould,
86 Catherine Ray,
84
Mary Trimon,
84 Thomas Hempsted,
88
Mary Thomson, Harvey Wakefield,
81
Ezekiel Webster,
80 Nelson Jacobs,
80
81
Sophia Welsh,
82
Lucy A. Kimble,
84 Harriet Andrews,
81
Harvey Winchester,
Thomas Spencer,
85 Selinda Bradley,
81
George Dudley,
80
Johanna Hawley,
80
Maria U. Lewis,
81
Maria Lincolu,
95 Diadema Camp,
99
Amos Pierce,
80
Wealthy Dimock,
93 Sophia Brown. 94
Mary Poole,
82
Bridget Culham,
90 Chester Wentworth, 93
Sally Rowley, 80
88 Jeremiah Carey, 92 Sally Thorp, 83
Abbie G. Everest,
82 Margaret Ninon,
80 Hannah Buntia,
80
Mercy Spencer,
85 Lucy Cleveland,
84
Borough of WILLIMANTIC. 2d School District. (Town of Windham.) Population, 8,265.
WINCHESTER.
(Embracing Winsted and West Winsted.)
Mortimer McMahon,
83
Alfred Avery,
90 Sarah B. Chittenden,
80 Abijah Watson, 86
Amy A. Avery,
88 Esther Burdick,
81 Margaret Watson, 86
Population, 8,265.
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
HISTORY OF MRS. DIADEMIA CAMP, OF WINCHESTER.
Mrs. Diademia Camp, accordingto her ancient Bible record, was born in Winchester, in that portion of the town now known as Winsted, Conn., Oct. 15, 1784, and has always lived on the same street, less than one-third of a mile from her birthplace. Her father, Stephen Knowl- ton, a Revolutionary soldier, came to Winchester from the town of Chatham about the year 1780. IIe resided here till 1804 when, joining the popular movement to locate in the West, he moved to the State of Ohio, taking his family with him excepting the daughter Diademia. For some good reason she was allowed to remain, and under the care of friends she grew to be a woman of many rare qualities of mind. As a girl she attended the district school at a time when some parents thought it not too much to require of their daughters to do a little knitting along with the process of study, and strange to say, the teachers, who "boarded round," rarely manifested courage enough to attempt prohibiting what they knew to be a flagrant wrong. Skill at the spinning wheel was more an accomplishment than adroitness in spelling and writing. At the age of twenty, having risen to the dignity of an artist in the use of the distaff and wheel, Diademia, in the year 1804, married Moses Camp, Sr., a well-to- do farmer of that neighborhood. To her wedding, just eighty years ago, came the sons and daughters from points near and far in Litchfield county, and there was a grand celebration. Of all those present she alone remains. Of Mrs. Camp's ten children, seven are living, and they reside in different parts of the State and country. Through life Mrs. Camp has been a vigor- ous, resolute woman-one of those whom weariness seemed never to overtake, and even now she is enjoying excellent health. She appears to be very happy in her old age, and as an in- dication, breaks out from time to time, singing the air of some favorite church tune, learned when a member of the village choir. Her appetite is good, and her place at table has not been vacant for more than a twelve-month. She walks up and down stairs without aid. and has called upon neighbors residing sixty rods away several times this summer. On Thurs- day, July 31, she visited friends in town a mile and a half distant, and returning did not complain of being tired. She reads a little without glasses, and converses intelligently on most subjects, but her memory as to recent events is failing, yet is as bright as ever as to those which are remote. Goodness of heart, sympathy and affection are, as they have ever been, her characteristics, and, it may be, the presence of them has tended to length of days. To the "times which tried men's souls," she often alludes, and compares, aptly too, the ways and means of to-day with those in vogue before 1800.
[Mrs. Camp died suddenly on Monday, August 11, retaining her senses till almost the last moment. ]
WINDSOR.
Mrs. Jacob Cobb,
81
WOODBRIDGE.
Population, 3,056. Mrs. Sally Terry (col'd),
99
Mrs. John Clark,
98
Mrs. Nancy Beekwith,
93
WINDSOR LOCKS.
Amadeus Newton, 84
Miss Harriet Cook,
93
Population, 2,332.
Davis Newton,
Mrs. John Craven,
92 Mary Simpson, 93
Mrs. Lucy Fairchild,
Mrs. Julia Huntly,
80
Lucy Osborne, 91 James J. Baldwin,
Mrs. Betsey Drake,
80 Julia Cone, 90 Lyman A. Bradley,
Mrs. Rhoda S. Goddard,
81 Ebenezer Chaplin,
90 Mrs. Lydia Baldwin,
Hiram Buckland,
80
Mrs. Abby Bradley,
85 84
Mrs. Zardus Gillette,
85
Spencer Rose,
84 Lebere H. Carrington,
87
Isaac Hakes,
83 Jane Anderson,
83 Marcia Carrington,
84 82 81
Mrs. Stoughton,
80 Betsey Downes,
82
Lyman Fairchild,
82
Mrs. Moses Allen,
82 Margaret Fawell,
84 Mrs. - Zurich,
83
Miss Mary Styles,
80 Katie Lambert,
80 Amos Hine,
82
Gurdon Loomis,
82 Mary Mullen,
86 Edward Hine,
86
Raymond Loomis,
81 Ann Moffit,
80 Mrs. Nancy Lines, Lyman Manville, 83
80
Miss Clara Loomis,
82
82
WOLCOTT.
Mrs. Betsey Newton,
82
Elihu Holcomb,
81
Population, 493.
Mrs. Elizabeth Platt,
88
John Griswold,
83 Bennett B. Peck,
82
Ira Loomis,
82 Mark Tuttle,
80 Moria Sanford,
80
Abner Taylor,
81 Mrs. - Garrigus,
Mrs. David Ellsworth,
82 Mrs. Vina Beecher,
Miles Gillette,
81 Mrs. Polly Plumb,
83
Jacob Cobb,
82 - Robinson,
82
80 87
85 James Reid,
81 Mrs. Eunice Clarke,
Mrs. Reuben Cook,
83 Bracket Rose,
Mrs. Mary Cook,
82 Ellen Dawe,
86 Joseph Downes,
Miss Lucinda Hayden,
83
Eliza Denslow,
80
Elizabeth A. Peck,
William Benton,
80 Marshall Upson,
82 82 Mrs. Fred B. Woodward, 84 84 Mary Abagail Clark,
80 80 87
Seymour Viets, 82
Population, 829.
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
WOODBURY.
Population, 2,148,
Mrs. Patty Calhoun,
84
Mrs. Thomas Ward, 82
Mrs. Betsey Treadwell,
99 Mrs. Eliza Way,
82 Horace Manville, 89
Edward Nichols,
95 Mrs. R. H. Comstock
Silas Clark,
80
Stoddard Strong,
93 (Hotchkiss),
84 Mrs. Agnes Hood, 83
Erastus Lathrop,
92 Mrs. George IIurd,
86 Henry Peck,
80
Mrs. Erastus Lathrop,
92 Horace Hurd,
83
Mrs Silah Bryant,
91
Miss Harriet Judson,
Daniel Osborne,
91 Mrs. Burton Judson,
Phineas S. Bradley,
90 Mrs. Elmore Judson,
Horace Manville,
90 Mrs. Vincent Judson,
84 Mrs. William Steers,
91
Elijah Atwood,
86 Mrs. Nathaniel Minor,
84 Mrs. John Child,
88 86
Thomas Bull,
83 Charles Millard,
83 Axseph Lyon,
85
Mrs. Lucy Gurnsey, John Curtiss,
87 Mrs. Samuel Nettleton,
87 Daniel Stead,
83 83
Mrs. Betsey Moore,
82 Philander Nichols,
82 Rev. Henry Herrick,
81
Mrs. Melicent Gurnsey,
83 James Preston,
88 Lucretia Viuton,
81
Benjamin Fabrique,
85 Solomon Strong,
82 William Walker,
81
Mrs. Asenath Hine,
83
Miss Nancy Summers,
84 Cynthia May,
80
The Old Well Cigar Company, SOUTH NORWALK, CT.,
Has been established nearly twenty years. In that time it has kept pace with the progress of the age, and studying the ever changing tastes of patrons has been able successfully to cater to their requirements. The result has been the best brands of cigars from imported and domestic leaf have been offered. Smokers' goods generally have been made a specialty.
The factory, warehouse and tobacco storage are all in the centre of the city, and near the railroad depot, thus enabling patrons to obtain what they want conveniently. In the varied productions of this house only the best materials are employed.
The reputation of the house needs nothing to support it outside the brands of cigars, which speak for themselves, the "R. H." and "Old Well Clubs." Of these it can be said, " they fill a long felt want."
Their
"R. H.," "OLD WELL CLUBS," "REINA VICTORIA," "NUMBER 10,"
"BOUQUETS," "LA CUBA," "DON PEDRO,"
are of the best; their 5 cent cigars are so well known under the brands of
"OLD WELL, 5," " R. H., 5,"
and several other titles as to really need no mention. It can be said of each and all of them, "they speak for themselves."
Stephen F. Galpin,
87 Mrs. Abel Turney, 84
84 WOODSTOCK.
88 John Child, 95
86 Benoni Austin, 93
Mrs. Susan M. Jackson, 83 Mrs. John Meramble,
84 Mrs. Lydia Chamberlin
88 Mrs. Winthrop Morris,
82 Mrs. Lydia R. Bimis,
THE STAPLES HIGH SCHOOL,
Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut,
was opened to the public Monday, September 1st, 1884, with MR. J. H. TUFTS, a graduate of Amherst College, as Principal, and a compe- tent lady assistant.
The land, the buildings, and all its appurtenances are the gift of
HORACE STAPLES,
President of the First National Bank of Westport, whose interest in the town and its future prosperity is thus plainly demonstrated. Westport has had many a noble, generous citizen. She has at this time those who see her beauties and natural advantages, and who are doing what they can by their presence and their money to elevate her character and embellish her name. But, taking the lead of them all, MR. STAPLES casts aside everything visionary, deals with the real, con- siders the needs of the youth with whom he is surrounded, and gives an institution, whose doors shall forever be open to the seeker for knowledge, and forever free, for all practical purposes, to those of limited means. In performing this noble act he asks no consideration by way of return. He simply would have his fellow-citizens accept, use and be benefitted.
IN PERPETUATION OF HIS MEMORY,
this High School will be eloquent with the praise and gratitude of the generations,-a monument more enduring than the Pyramids, and, if epitaph is needed, let it be, " He builded not for himself alone, but for those who are to come after him."
THE MANUFACTURE OF SILK
-AS AN-
AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
The ladies of Bridgeport and vicinity may be interested to know that in the great building near the Organ Factory south of the Sharpe Rifle establishment, MR. M. C. PATTERSON has a large number of persons employed in the manufacture of silk fabrics in every known pattern and variety by the use of steam power looms instead of by hand. His products, especially in the line of black dress silks, are equal to the imported, and they are placed on the market at figures which are very low, when the customs duties which make the foreign article so high are taken into consideration. No matter what the color, shade or figure, MR. PATTERSON has the machinery for producing it. Desirous that citizens should see for themselves how these goods are made-become assured that both warp and weft are entirely of silk, and that no cottons, linen, or other cheap material are mixed therewith in the various processes, in short that silk alone is used, he invites the ladies, young and old, and their friends, and all who are interested in silk, to visit the factory and witness the operations from the moment the little fibres leave the cocoons till they become incorporated in the fabric ; see how black dress silks are made alike on both sides-something entirely new ; white silk for bridal dresses ; grenadines and figured silks in all their multifarious varieties. At this time this is suggestive of Summer rather than of Winter, but goods are always made up ahead. All lines of colored silks are made to order for the best retail houses in the country. MR. PATTERSON is anxions and willing to show the goods and hence extends this invi- tation. The hand process for doing all these things-the same which has been in vogue abroad for hundreds of years, will be shown also. All are invited and are welcome.
ZALMON GOODSELL,
283 Main, and 19 Cannon Sts.,
BRIDGEPORT, - - CONN
SUPPLIES
Furnaces, Ranges and Steam Heaters, ATTENDS TO
PLUMBING, GAS, STEAM FITTING AND TINNING.
All matters pertaining to these branches of work Neatly and Promptly Done.
The line of House Furnishing Goods offered, and the low prices main- tained by this House, have given it character which few others possess.
LUXURY!
The Most Wonderful Discovery of the age is CREAMERY BUTTERED FLOUR,
the manufacture and control of which is in the hands of MR. ALBERT RELYEA, of Norwalk, who, since his identification with this unequalled article in pastry, has developed its many excellencies and proved beyond a doubt its superiority over all other similar inventions. There was a time when, to make a good tea biscuit or roll, the same method of yeast raising as in bread had to be employed, and the same weary waiting for the batch to rise. By the use of this new flour, not only tea biscuit and rolls, but griddle-cakes, pie crust, dumplings, fritters nd muffins may be made in three minutes by any one, simply by adding to it a little cold water or milk and stirring with a spoon. The invention is, and is not, a secret. The ingredients are known to all: Best New Process Flour, pure Creamery Butter, bi-carbonate soda, salt and cream of tartar. The proportions used are known alone to the proprietor. By the use of complicated machinery the ingredients are mixed, rolled and ground together until nothing is seen but the Flour itself. It is then placed in bags and boxes for shipment. The preparation of this flour for market is destined to become a vast industry.
SOME ONE HAS SAID : "Every Man Makes, His Own Monument.
Whether this be true or not, there are none who do not wish to be remembered, after life's journey is over, by their friends and relations, and especially by those of their own families who are left behind.
THE HEADSTONE AND THE MONUMENT
have always been erected in memory of the departed, and their inscriptions relate to strangers, as well as to kindred, the record of the one who lies beneath.
By long experience in
GRANITE and MARBLE WORK,
and by the very unusual facilities at my command, assisted by a corps of compe- tent workmen and artists, I am able to meet the wishes of my patrons and to supply to them every variety of plain or ornamental work in HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, COPINGS, BASES, POSTS, ENCLOSURES FOR PLOTS, and other work in MARBLE or GRANITE, which in elegance of design, and skill and beauty of workmanship, are not excelled anywhere, and at prices within the reach of all.
Stone of every variety, native or foreign, for Builders, Decorators, or for funeral purposes, promptly furnished to order, and cut to original or supplied designs.
Please call at my establishment on WATER STREET, NORWALK, CONN., and examine work on hand before contracting elsewhere.
P. W. BATES.
THERE ARE THREE REASONS
wby the Ladies of Fairfield County feel satisfied that the
DRY GOODS HOUSE
-OF
William B. Hall & Co.
OF BRIDGEPORT,
is desirable. It is in a city which, ere long, will be the leading city, in point of population, in the State. It is on the chief street and at the business center of that city. It is easy of access and most of its varied attractions are on one floor. A careful inspection of what is there offered will convince those who have journeyed to the Metropolis for shopping novelties and often found themselves disappointed, that in this store may be obtained every article in dry goods, Silks and Satins in all their multifarious varieties in quality unequalled, and at prices in accordance with the scale which regulates the mercantile world. With this house Silks are a specialty. Dress Silks are like National Bank notes-a small pile represents a very great value. Inspection of the shelves of the
SILK DEPARTMENT
at this time will disclose the presence of goods which can- not be duplicated by a cash expenditure of $40,000. Early in October the sum of $10,000 was employed in the pur- chase of a particular line of Silks. Embraced in it are many varieties of Guinet, Satin-faced, Satin Radimers and Bellon, the latter at 50 cents, costing 75 cents before passing the Custom House. How the house is able to offer such bargains, and continue so to do, would seem a mystery.
Besides these are the
BONNET VARIETIES,
so charming in texture and at figures commending them- selves to every lady economist.
Then the VELVETS : Without question unapproach- able as to quality and price. The ladies know what a velvet is when they see it, and with them it is far from a disparage- ment of the goods when a $3.25 article, 26 inches wide, is offered at $2.25.
The lines of BLACK GOODS are absolutely in- describable, and they are, in like manner, extensive. The house has anticipated cold weather and the holiday season, and the cloak makers' handiwork is a special feature. Every approved style of Cloak is not only offered ready-made, but every style is made to order on the spot, and no lady need be without that garment when it can be obtained at from $5.00 to $75.00, and cach cloak a bargain.
In Sacques and Dolmans of Seal Skin this house is offering elegant specimens, at prices ranging from $125 to $450. The stock offered is without parallel in mercantile history.
The Special Muslins, and Merino Underwear Department. the Flannels and Domestic Cotton Goods, are so very vari- ous and extensive, that, in connection with the store as a whole, the visitor need not wonder why the services of fifty persons are required to conduct it.
All of the other departments of the house are too well known to need more than the remark, "They are complete."
It is a credit to Bridgeport, as it certainly would be to any city, to have an emporium such as
W. B. HALL & CO.
have created and are maintaining. They are keeping pace with the times, and buyers are learning that it is to their advantage to grant liberal patronage.
It is given out by this house that any lady centenarian visiting it will be presented with material for an elegant winter Cloak, and persons 80 years old and over will receive a liberal discount from regular prices on all purchases made by them, and they will be entitled to discount as long as they live.
WHEELER & WILSON'S Celebrated Sewing Machines,
For Family Use and all Grades of Manufacturing, ADAPTED TO RUN BY FOOT, HAND OR STEAM POWER,
-ARE THE-
Improvements, is Unrivalled for the The "New No. 8," with Recent
ufacturing.
use of Families and for Light Man-
CHEAPEST TO BUY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE
The Easiest to Learn, the Handiest to Manage, the Lightest Running, the Most Durable, the Best Finished, and
DO THE MOST PERFECT WORK.
FACTORY AND CHIEF OFFICE OF
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO.,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
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