PART II

THE BI-CENTENNIAL EXERCISES

INCEPTION AND ORGANIZATION.

Call for a meeting in the New Milford Gazette. The meeting. Preamble and resolution adopted. Further action of the meeting. Meeting of the General Committee of Arrangements on July 6, 1906. Action of this meeting. Officers. Sub-committees. Duties of sub-committees. Assessments. Other sub-committees. Names of the officers and members of the General Committee of Arrangements. The members of the special committees. The work accomplished by the various committees. The Finance Committee. The Executive Committee. The Committee on Exercises. The appointment of district committees. Names of the members of the district committees. The Committee on Refreshments. The Committee on Decorations. The Committee on Publicity. The Committee of Invitation, Reception and Entertainment. The Committee on Religious Observances. The Committee of Public Safety. The Historical Committee. The Loan Exhibit Committee. The Committee on Colonial Features. The Committee on Colonial Reception. The Committee on Vocal Music. Rest houses. Committee of Public Health and Comfort. Marshal’s aides. Faithfulness and efficiency of the committees.

THE OPENING EXERCISES 136

The weather. Beauty of the decorations on “The Green.” The Doxology rendered by the chimes of all Saints’. The Invocation. Address of welcome by Charles N. Hall. The flag-raising.

THE LOAN EXHIBITION 140

Richness of the collection. Source of joy to the aged and a means of instruction for the young. An exemplification of public spirit. Possibility of a permanent museum. A complete list of the exhibits.

THE OLD HOME GATHERING 170

Address of welcome by W. Frank Kinney. The exercises. Poem by Mary Murdoch Mason. Cablegram from Frank Hine. Letter from Henry S. Mygatt.

OUR FOREFATHERS. (POEM.) By CHARLES N. HALL 175

THE SUNDAY EXERCISES 176

Preaching appropriate to the occasion. Sermon of Rev. Frank A. Johnson in the First Congregational Church. Hymn by Charlotte Baldwin Bennett. Sermon by Rev. Samuel Hart, D. D., in St. John’s Episcopal Church. Sermon by Rev. S. D. Woods in the Baptist Church. Sermon by Rev. H. K. Smith in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sermon by Rev. Orville Van Keuren in the Gaylordsville Methodist Episcopal Church. Sermon by Rev. E. Z. Ellis in the Advent Christian Church. Sermon by Father Ryan in the Catholic Church. The Union meeting. Address by Rev. Frederick A. Wright of New York. The evening services. The services at All Saints’ Memorial Church. Sermon by Rev. Charles J. Ryder, D. D., of New York in the First Congregational Church. Sermon by Rev. George S. Bennitt, D. D., in St. John’s Church.

THE AUTOMOBILE PARADE 227

A bold experiment. Unqualified success. The owners of the cars. The prize winners. The decorations of the various cars.

THE HISTORICAL MEETING 228

Greeting by Frederic M. Williams. Address by Dr. Samuel Hart. Introduction of Chief Justice Baldwin by Mr. Williams. Address on “Roger Sherman” by Chief Justice Baldwin. Introduction of Hon. Daniel Davenport. Mr. Davenport’s address.

THE COLONIAL RECEPTION 275

The arrival of Governor Woodruff. The dinner at Ingleside School. Arrival of the gubernatorial party at Roger Sherman Hall. List of persons who assisted in receiving. The ordering of the reception. Brilliancy of the spectacle. The dancing. Governor Woodruff entertained by various organizations.

GOVERNOR’S DAY 277

Temporary population of New Milford. The weather. The Civic and Military Parade. Formation of Parade. Its distinguishing and memorable features. The school floats. The Colonial floats. The industrial floats. The review. The last formal exercises on “The Green.” Introduction of Rev. Timothy J. Lee by Charles M. Beach. Remarks of Mr. Lee. Introduction of Governor Woodruff. Address of Governor Woodruff. Presentation of Rev. Watson L. Phillips, D. D. Eulogy of the Foot Guard by Dr. Phillips. Presentation of Hon. E. J. Hill. Address of Congressman Hill. Remarks by Rev. Marmaduke Hare. Concluding remarks by Mr. Beach. The fireworks.

THE AFTERMATH 295

Retrospect in the New Milford _Gazette_. Letter from Governor Woodruff to Charles M. Beach. Letter from J. Moss Ives to H. Le Roy Randall.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Roger Sherman; reproduced from a painting _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Minot S. Giddings; Dr. George H. Wright; the Knapp Residence 4

Elijah Boardman 6

Congregational Church, with Residences of Rev. Nathaniel Taylor and Nathaniel Taylor, Jr. 14

Jehiel Williams, M. D. 18

Sally Northrop; David Curtis Sanford; Henry Seymour Sanford; William Dimon Black 20

The First Well in the Town of New Milford 24

Falls Bridge and the Gorge 28

Henry Stuart Turrill 44

Charles D. Blinn 54

Levi Sydney Knapp 74

Alanson N. Canfield 76

William J. Starr 80

New Milford Hat Company 84

Honorable Isaac Baldwin Bristol 86

United Bank Building 88

Manufacturing Plant of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company 90

Views of Ingleside School. Post-graduate Department; Ingleside Bungalow; Foundation House 92

Andrew B. Mygatt 94

New Milford after the Fire 96

Captain Garry Brooks 102

Rev. Noah Porter, D. D., LL. D. 110

John Prime Treadwell 112

Henry S. Mygatt 120

Seymour S. Green; Stephen C. Beach; Andrew G. Barnes; Francis E. Baldwin 124

H. Leroy Randall; W. F. Kinney; Frederick E. Starr; Charles P. Bentley 128

Edwin G. Clemence; Miss Adaline L. Buck; Charles J. Ryder, D. D.; Henry Donnelly 132

Charles N. Hall; Charles M. Beach 136

Roger Sherman Hall and Church Street 170

Some New Milford Churches. Methodist Episcopal; Baptist, Northville; Methodist, Gaylordsville; Saint Francis Xavier 176

Saint John’s Church 182

Advent Christian Church 196

New Milford Pastors. Rev. Frank B. Draper; Rev. Timothy J. Lee; Rev. Harris K. Smith; Rev. Marmaduke Hare; Rev. Frank A. Johnson; Rev. John F. Plumb; Rev. Father John J. Burke; Rev. Solomon D. Woods; Rev. Stephen Heacock 202

Memorial Building and Public Library; All Saints’ Memorial Church 208

Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin 232

Egbert Marsh; Han. Daniel Davenport 254

Governor Woodruff, Staff and Guard, in front of Roger Sherman Hall 276

Samuel R. Hill; Samuel Randolph Hill, Jr. 278

Main Street from the North 280

Main Street from the South 282

Honorable Rollin S. Woodruff 286