New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1922, Page 20

PP p— The remainder of odd lots of Misses’ Shoes, in 2. not sizes 1115 You miss these bar- gains. must NB.F.D.IS AMONG BEST IN STATE (Continued From Page 18), ing in one will be less apt to catch the other. His roofing should be selected with the greatest of care and not have any defects in it. Lightning Causes Fires. Lightning has long been suspected of being the chief cause of many fires in the city, but mostly in the farm- ing lands. That is why the farmer generally has rods placed on all his barns and main buildings for tection. In the city, this is not found neces- sary as the lightning, when it does strike, usually falls upon a tree, al- though many fires have, started from hitting the house. Heaters Are Dangerous. With the advent of cold weather, there also is the ‘seasonal” hazard which is known to all firemen. Among those, they find that the oil heater, commonly used throughout the country, is the cause of many fires. At one time, the ¢oal shortage made the use of these heaters neces- sary, although many homes use them 1l the year round. Numerous con- agrations have been caused by per- 8spns filling the reservoir while the fi.!ck in the heater was burning. Till- thg should be done in the daytime or Wwhen the heater is out. Another eause is that of placing them in front of curtains or other inflammable sub- stance. They are also easily over- turned. Explosions have been known to occur when the heater is being carried from one place to the other, by defective wicks. Wicks should never be blown out, they should be turned down until extinguished. ‘When a heater explodes, it spreads thorughout the entire room and gives the flames an opportunity to play on all parts of the house. Fire Loss Heavy Although the people are ly being educated in against fires, the loss in the United States for the past five years was alarming. An analysis of fire losses in this country during the past five years shn‘&fl that fhf\ total nmnunf The \M!r‘ of constant- protection R e Connecticut, the total was $17,070,- 539. Fires from unknown causes were estimated at about $6,494,750, which was higher than from any other source. New Britain has added its share to this figure. It can be safely said that several of the large fires in this city were of an unknown nature and not purely resulting from carelessnes 530,000 7 Year - Metropolitan Opera has re the contract of Giulio Gatti- general manager, for three 1 at a figure reported to be § 000 a year Mate, lar or Paraguay teais a drink in South America popu- ] "FOX'S MON., TUES., WED. ASHAMED PARENTS R 2 s SR TG AV AL pro- Ior Co NEV BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, JUDGE PECK TELLS OF BRISTOL MAN HANGED AS TORY SPY IN REVOLUTION |High-Y Club Hears Inter- esting History of Life of Moses Dunbar, Royalist Recruiting Officer, Hon. Epaphraditus Peck, a known Tiristol lawyer, addressed the | members of the HI-Y club at their ‘\\-‘-‘I«[\ meeting and supper at the Y | M. C. A last evening. As his rub | Ject, he chose a story of a Tory hero |of the Revolution Hanged By He said that all people know Nathan Hale, the great hero of Co necticut, but not many know much of | another great man who also fought in {that war, with the same work, and who suffered the same fate, Moses | Dunbar, a DBristol man. Hale was a Continental soldier, Dunbar was a |"rory; Hale was hanged as a spy by the British government, Dunb hanged by the state of Conne for the pame reason. Until about 20 rs ago practically no one knew Dunbar. There | was an old in Harwington which had fallen down with age, and it was thought best to tear it down. While puling apart some old planks, a man discovered some old pieces of paper. From these pieces of paper most of the present knowl- edge of Dunbar's early life was drawn, at least they brought Moses Dunbar and his story into the minds of people again. About 15 years ago Mr. Peck be- came interested in the story of this man, he caid, and searched pretty thoroughly all old records pertaining t0 him. wells State, of out house One of 16 Children. Moses Dunbar was born in Walling: ford in 1746, the second of a family of 16. When he was very young his parents moved to the village of Bast Church, a small town near Bristol. At ! the age of 18, he married a Bristol girl, Phoebe Jerome, a member of an Episcopalian family. Dunbar changed to the Episcopal faith, whereupon his father disowned him, his own family being Congregationalists. At this point, Mr. Peck explained religious conditions in Connecticut at this time. He said that practically every village was a Congregatfonal parish, the Congregational church be- ing the established one at.that time in Connecticut. 3aptists and the Episcopalians, al- though very few Baptists came at this time. The state was thus divided, Congregationalists against Episcopal- jans, at the time of the Revolution. As the Puritans would not tolerate those who did not accept their ideas, it can be readily seen that the Epis- copalians did not have a very casy road to travel. For instance, when | the members of the Church of Eng- land settled in Copnecticut towns they were forced to pay taxes for the support of the Congregational church. Naturally, they objected very strenuously to these laws. They thought it unfair that they should, besides paying for the support of their own parishes, pay for the sup- | port of others. However, they felt that the great Church of England was the dominant church and that the time would come when, that church woulli make itself felt here. The parishes were conduet- de by missionaries, young men, who were very enthusiastic and who were very much against the Congregation- alists, the speaker explained. Revolutionary Changes. At last, a fairly harmonious state of affairs came into existence. Dur- ing the Revolution things changed greatly. The Episcopalians felt 'hdl if the colonists won the rebellion England would become cut off from the Americans and the Church of Iingland would perish in America That is the reason why practically :AH the members of the F copal church became Loyalists, or Tories. During the Revolution one great point of difficulty was found in the Episcopal service, In the prayer book used at that time was a prayer for the king and the royal family, fin which was expressed the hope that the king might triumph over all his enemies. This was a very embarrassing clause at that time and, at last, a convention of Episcopal ministers was held in order Yo find a way out of the difficulty. Some of the more timid ones voted to do away with the services until the trouble with the mother country should blow over. At that time they thought that the trouble would bhe ended in a few months at the most. | One Minister Persists. | Rut one old man, Rev. John Beach, | was very emphatic in his desire for | the services to continue; he continucd the servic nd even read the prayer | every Sunday during the war. When M s Dunbar changed to | the Ipiscopal church, he not only be- me an scopalian, but he also | became a st, as were about half of the family, said the | speaker. | mily Was Divided. As viewed by Mr. Jerome | of the Jerome | esting one. Half of the family work- ed with all their might for the onies and the other half worked just hard for the king. There were o number of extremely active loys in the family and some of the marricd well known Tory leaders. This family lived in cction com- almost entirely Iipiscopal- thus making it a hot-hed for | and a place for many | meetings. One of the inter places near Dristol which w used by them is the “Tory the Tories could | need for it i col- posed of Tories, secret est | probably | Den," a cave where iln'h should there be | Dunbar Opposed War. Dunbar did not sympathize w ith the Revolution. His wife died May 1776, he being soon after arrested and imprisoned in the New Haven | jail as a Tory. However, he was| | soon released and he went at once to | | Long Island, where British troops | were stationed, joining FFanning's reg- | iment as a captain this regiment was John Seabury, afterwards the first Iipiscopal bishop ticut. The first outsiders to come in were Peck, the history | family is a very inter- [received in this country. 20, | The chaplain of | Gets oy Dunbar was His duty To Enlist, furnished with funds, was to enlist young men in the English army, He came to Bris tol to see a girl, at the same time persuading a young bay, John Adams, 10 enlist Tried In Farmington, story got out, Dunbar was ar- rested, the King's commission on him and he was taken to Iarm ington, where he was tried. He ad- mitted his guilt in a written conf slon and was taken to o guperior court at Hartford, where he was tried again and senteneed to he hanged, The night before his death he wrote two documents, one was long giving a complete account of his life; the other was shorter, it being n let- ter of advice to his children, The latter document was read by Mr, Peck in the course of the address. Hanged on Trinity Hill, He was hanged March 19, 1777, on the hill where the 'Trinity college buildings now stand. A contemporar, wccount of it ce seen in the ‘ourant of that date, 3 “It is an inter speaker continued, he two young at that time; Dunbar, The men of the rame type Nathan Hale and Moses They each had the same rank, each was acting as a spy and each was arrested and hanged on the came charge." Dunbar was not only patriotic, he was religious also, the speaker faid, It took bravery to profess loyalty to the king and to go iramy imong the Connecticut hills enlisting men for the royal army. In «'m\(l!‘rlll\g Mr. Peck said that we should recognize Moses Dunbar as a great man. The Revolution is far enough away so that we can treat each side equally, not condemning a man because he fought on the wrong side, but praising him for his hero- ism if he deserves it. Most people now recognize Robert I. J.ee and “Stonewall” Jackson as two of the greatest generals the United States has produced, although they fought on the southern side. 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