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by crawling into the opening in its 



trunk. 



The photograph is of the button-ball 

 which stood in front of the property of 

 the late Colonel Thomas A. Mead, on 

 the Post Road. Twice since Revolution- 

 ary days, it was struck by lightning, 

 which marred its lofty branches, then a 

 few years ago, it was blown and 

 broken in a gale, which left nothing but 

 the immense stump, fifteen feet hign. 



.\> in all of the other button-balls of 

 ancient date, there is a cavity, and a 

 hollow large enough to hold six men. 

 The descendants of Col. Mead tell a 

 story of how he and his aides escaped 

 the British by crowding into this tree, 

 and "the British passed close enough 

 for the Colonists to touch their coat tails, 

 and the words were heard as they went 

 by, 'we must get him dead or alive' ". 

 This stump was dug out a few years 

 ago by the late A. A. Marks, and re- 

 moved to his estate at Sound Beach, 

 where it is set up as a Revolutionary 

 relic. 



An Ideal Garden. 



Situated in Stamford, on South 

 Street, which is one of the principal res- 

 idential streets, is a house and garden, 

 occupying an acre and a half of ground. 

 The house is large , roomy, and most 

 excellently planned for convenience 

 and comfort. 



FARMS 



AND FARMS 



AND MORE FARMS 



Large Farms, Small Farms, : : 



: : : Rough Farms, Smooth Farms 



$1,500 to $175,000 



Virgil N. Jones 



STAMFORD CONN. 



'Phone 61 



ddie lawn in front, is well kept, and 

 in the summer time is like a piece of 

 green velvet. The garden in the rear, 

 is ideal in every respect, as it has 

 alwavs returned much to the owner for 



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