BOZRAH.

James Bishop, Charles A. Johnson, John F. Leffingwell, Gardner Avery.

FRANKLIN.

Samuel G. Hartshorn, Joseph P. Hyde, James L. Austin, Clifton Peck.

LISBON.

Henry Lyon, Cornelius Murphy, Russell W. Fitch, J. K. Adams.

MONTVILLE.

Henry A. Baker, Martin V. B. Brainard, C. Tyler Landphere, Arthur Bothein.

SOUTHBURY.

Jacob J. Hinman, Theodore F. Wheeler, Jacob Wentsch, David M. Mitchell, Curtis II. Smith.

OLD SAYBROOK.
Ozias Kirtland.

PRESTON.

Thomas S. Phillips, Frank W. Tracy, William Bennett, Henry Hopkins.

BROOKLYN.

Clarence E. Potter, John S. Scarles, William H. Cutler, Elias H. Maine.

HAMPTON.

W. II. Burnham, George M. Holt, Addison J. Greenslit, IIoratio Martin.

WARREN.

John B. Derrickson, Noble B. Strong, Fred. P. Johnson, Wm. Forrestele, Jr.

ELLINGTON.

Oliver M. Hyde, John Thomson, Elbert F. Hyde, John Beasley.

FORMER RESIDENTS.

R. R. Palmiter, Jonathan P. Spencer, George A. Stevens, R. R. Wolcott, C. H. Rose, H. D. Smith, William Wilcox, Dr. Williams and family, M. Gavagan, W. Sweeney, Patrick Clyne.

FORMER TOWN OFFICIALS.

L. A. Dickerman, H. W. Munson, Edward Davis, E. W. Potter, Bela A. Mann, N. B. Mix, Andrew McKeon, A. J. Doolittle, Harry Prescott, Henry Tuttle, Merrit Ford, Edwin B. Payne, Jesse Cooper, Philo Bradley, Lewis Warner, R. H. Cooper, J. J. Webb, J. H. Dickerman, Jared Dickerman, Griswold I. Gilbert, Eli B. Smith, Russel S. Jacobs, John G. Smith, Lucius Ives, Elihu Dickerman.

OTHER FORMER AND PRESENT RESIDENTS.

Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Tuttle, Mrs. Sarah Alling, Mrs. Laura Gilbert, Miss J. A. Culver, Miss Hattie Hoadley, Mr. James Warner and family, Mr. George S. Thorpe, Mr. Robert H. Clarke, Mrs. Jane Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Ford, Hobart Kimberly, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ives Bradley, Mrs. Saritta Ives, Mrs. Pamelia Warner, Mrs. Emily Alling, Mrs. Nancy Gorham, Mr. and Mrs. H. Roberts, Mr. Samuel Davis.

SOCIETIES, ETC.

Day Spring Lodge No. 30, F. and A. M.; Eastern Star Division S. of T., No. 30; Ancient Order of Hibernians of Hamden.

HAMDEN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISES, JUNE 15, 1886.

HE large open lot just north of the Episcopal Church at Centerville, was selected by the committee as the best site for the celebration.

The

use of the adjoining lot on the corner was secured for the town by the liberality of Mr. William J. Ives.

Three large tents were provided; one for the audience with seats for 1,500 persons, and two provided with tables and seats for the accommodation of the people and guests at luncheon. A portion of the grounds was reserved for vehicles. The entrance from the main street was marked by a large triumphal arch decorated with flags.

The procession formed shortly after ten o'clock under the direction of the chief marshal, Mr. William E. Davis. It was headed by the Centerville Brass Band, which was in attendance, and rendered the instrumental music for the day. A line of carriages followed, bearing the Governor of the State and his Secretary, members of the reception and other committees, and prominent residents of the town. The Ancient Order of Hibernians from Mount Carmel joined in the procession, and delegations from some of the larger manufacturing establishments with their freight wagons. These wagons were gaily decorated and bore open cases of goods as usually packed for shipping, thus making an open air moving display of the chief manufactures of Hamden. Amongst these exhibitions the open cases of firearms from the Whitney Arms Company, surmounted by the original model of Whitney's cotton gin, attracted great attention. The display made by W. A.

Ives & Co. of augers, bits, etc., and by R. B. Bradley & Co. of agricultural implements, and machines were especially interesting. The ice wagons and milk wagons were out in force and were brilliantly decorated.

The exercises in the tent commenced shortly after the arrival of the procession and proceeded according to the programme annexed. After singing the doxology, at the request of the chairman of the day, the Rev. Austin Putnam, of the Hamden East Plain Society, made the opening prayer, the audience joining in repeating the Lord's prayer at the end.

The vocal music for the occasion was furnished by a chorus of about one hundred and fifty trained voices, accompanied by an orchestra of four pieces and directed by Mr. Elliot E. Ives, of Mt. Carmel, with Mr. C. P. Augur, of Whitneyville, as organist, and was a very interesting part of the celebration.

The loan exhibition was kept open during the day and was crowded with objects of interest and with visitors.

At luncheon about two hundred guests were seated at tables profusely decorated with flowers, and were gracefully served by about twenty young ladies, daughters of residents of the town.

After luncheon about 800 members of the several Sunday Schools of the town formed in procession, and, headed by the marshals, marched around the grounds singing Sunday School songs, after which they were seated in the tent and joined in the exercises of the afternoon.

Further details are given in the annexed extracts from the account of the celebration given in the New Haven Register.

"There was a great celebration out in the good old town of Hamden to-day. Its residents all the way from Whitneyville to Cheshire, and from Hamden Plains to Mount Carmel, were out enrobed in their gayest garbs and loaded with patriotism. It was the occasion of the celebration of the centennial of the establishment of town government in

Hamden, and great preparations had been made to adequately recognize the birthday of home rule in that vicinity. Hamden folks never do things by halves. Centennial day was made a holiday throughout the district, and about all of its inhabitants assembled on the big lot near the Centerville Hotel and celebrated the great occasion. A number of tents erected on the grounds made the town look as though it was visited by a circus. All the stores were closed up and many of the houses were prettily decorated with flags and bunting.

It was not much of a day for centennials. The weather did not seem to smile in unison with Hamden's joy. A drizzling rain at the outset did not dampen enthusiasm, but it took the crimps out of the young ladies' hair and discouraged the merrymakers.

The procession started off just before 11 o'clock. About one hundred and fifty men and three hundred American flags of all sizes, shape and make participated in it. The Centerville Band, fifteen pieces, headed the line, blowing a gay triumphal march. Then came the Ancient Order of Hibernians, fifty strong, with Patrick Maher at their head and wearing their gay regalia. Then came Governor Harrison, Private Secretary Osborne and Hon. N. D. Sperry, in an open barouche. The Selectmen of the town of New Haven were the next in line. They rode in a three-seated wagon and were all there. A score of milk and ice wagons all bedecked in flags and bunting, and laden with prettilydressed young ladies with faces as pretty as their dresses, and smiles as plentiful as the flags on the wagons. The line moved gaily through some of the roadways, and the whole town of Hamden turned out to applaud it. It wended its way around in the mud for a while, and then wound up under the big tent, where the exercises of the day were at once commenced.

There were a number of notables on the platform. Besides the Governor and those already mentioned were Professor W. P. Blake, who was the chairman of the day, Eli

Whitney, Sr., and Eli Whitney, Jr., Rev. Hugh Mallon, pastor of the Catholic Church in Wallingford, Hon. A. Heaton Robertson, Simeon E. Baldwin, Attorney J. J. Webb, the members of the committee on the celebration, and several others. Down in front of the platform were ranged on tiers of seats the young and pretty maidens of Hamden and adjacent towns, who were on hand to do the singing, well ranged. They all wore their Sunday garments and they all had cheeks as red as roses and eyes as bright as the sunlight that was expected to paint the town in gold this morning and didn't. The singing of the Doxology "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," and then Rev. Austin Putnam, pastor of the Whitneyville Congregational Church for forty-five years, made the opening prayer, appropriately and briefly. The address of welcome by Prof. Blake was terse and interesting. The Centennial hymn, composed by Deacon J. M. Payne, was then voiced by the pretty girls.

Governor Harrison was then introduced. He was received with much applause, and said that he was deeply and truly thankful that he was able to be present at the celebration. When he was invited, however, the committee did not stipulate that he was to make a formal speech, and he didn't propose to do it. He, however, made a very eloquent address, in which he dwelt on the great advantage of town government and said that any town in Connecticut was a little republic in itself with prerogatives that nothing could take from it. He complimented the Hamden people on their beautiful town and referred to its splendid record.

When the Governor had finished, Prof. Blake said that by a curious coincidence yesterday was the anniversary of the adoption of the American flag, and he would introduce Hon. N. D. Sperry to give a brief history of it. The Hamden people were made all the happier when Mr. Sperry appeared on the platform. He made a long speech. He liberally interspersed history with poetry, and his whole