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