Show pi LI I 0 FR FROM i UNCAS cAST TOUNCLE N SAil SAM I I 5 TransItIon of 0 on lh the COnn Cont nn n ii ri n n r n ii n in n p pA A About out everybody In the state stat ot of Con I It II knol knows that lies In Lung Island sound harbor and ba Vt cc n a day with sOme or of the I many toast to Its anti nil an hour on the Un tiny Is Island I but butI I vot very fow It all as a iee of at any IllY f and as the they tall sail It b by or Md It frOm the thOm meNI ron eon elder Idor It a piece lit In th tho tilt ill round o ln and think no Inure ot of It i The d 1155 ban of oC more Inore or lets leN I I Importance fur for upward or oC w wIn to In years 1 besides beIng fry at mentioned In th the Gull Lii toM II the Island lias on nn Important In tile tu of If 1811 and during the past IRIt las bu beet I ie e 0 on an station tit Of tile II I so lighthouse ThIs sinai 1 Si l 1 t lam tour I ruin It Iti th at cn contaIns hi r dOle It Is gradually watt imol log away and anu It Is a only a Matter 01 t 1 fI I tIme when whole piece of oC land will wIli have lave When then He Henry of Eng lAnd IDd founded Guilford fn n and tair wIth hi his from th the of or and nud the Indian ehlt th laM the town t l now nw In w Wa mad find and In it is hi the tIJI d ot iI I anti This d th Lb land to the on an n fec 17 itt and says 8 nt that tin Ihl IhlI I Mid aId hath hall and II rat t power to dispose anti and sell alt all ant anti Yer Itt patt of the said Id lun with the WhIch In the th said Id lands 1411 by th lb Falcon Island latan ant by br th In In Ians TI Th was r ir 7 wIth lIh th Ih tM land lantis or of the ton own and nd got II from thi th the c way the Ihl I At I I hI In Ol of ill III general Ourt I 1 lit at In 1 1 le of oC 1 n n C J Let t In fl Iu hul at I the It north end ond ot of the last century the Island remained In private hands On Oct 31 1715 ThoR Thee Stone fIlthIer ot of Caleb and i deeded to them his hia claim on the Islands blands but how ho he came es pr f fit It Is 18 nut not known Ebenezer deeded half to hIs son Seth Oct 6 5 1761 and Caleb gave his hi share to his sons eons Caleb and Reuben Stone illi share on Oct 18 to 0 Noah Stone and the latter r probably bought out the theother oth other r owners for tor on May Iny 19 he paid to Ie n l Stone for th share lie III owned and ana thus became th sole of oC the island It looks as It If the shreWd oh haJ ha haan an eye 18 on tilO ns as early as for tor he Informed some pome WRy way or other that the govern 1 had a on foot tu to establish n a lighthouse on Ficon Island In tho years ars or of the eh eIghteenth nth century when wall ne nu no danger daner signal on tile tho Isi 11 antI many wrecks d 1 hore ere aM all ly mOIl noi hart one Poor seaman was drowned for tor the tho want ot of B a l lI lIght ht on en tile the dangerous piece ot of The authorities this sent Fent nn an agent to caLI allt In the to see et Mr tr Stone and endeavor to 10 settle fettle on a 1 price Mr Ir besIdes owning J alcon Island Isle and alec at time north northwest west f t of Guilford green and when the entered the town lit Ill necessarIly hall had to ta put iut up at Mr Ir Stones iter ACter dinner lit hf In al about OlIt th the oner ownership ot of the I l and find and was of given tilt till the information lii hI l desired tim tho of Mr Ir Stone settled uon n a for Cor the l and toll told the government that nd Slim Sani have hae It tot vo WI but time prk irh dill dId not seem PEem soul to the v T f y service so many years The es esnel aol nel light now In use Ulle Is it II fixed lI light ht W by flashes ana amid operated contin In tho ho followIng ord order r I Fired light ao j seconds eclipse 10 l lash light JO 10 seconds eclipse e 10 see lee n c light ht CO seconds This Thill light 1 is of oC great power can be 00 seen sixteen miles In fair and lna keros Is 13 Used In the lamp ot of green the u charter vae IM said to h v been during the or of made formal applIcation for Cor the he pur purchase i chase ot of th tile On Oct 18 the lI n end court gave ave hIm tIle the required per ir to get posses l n of the tho and Ilna from that tIme lima until the tho fIrst t part fol a 11 long dela delay ok before k II WM limo C FInally 1111 UIt 1 Mr Ir Island sold sohl b 42 1801 th wal tUIl to the HatEs government nail tho um oum 1 WON WIlS G fl Je e the tho original lurell Vt of Irot tilt tha owner he waS waB lila his money muney on tue tho 1 the time lime that tM 1 nIHl re rimmed In the tho of at It wim used usell BH as a vart or of ot of I tIme owner and each elleh It WItS was Plowed planted atul lahen Iro cAro ot of the liS as nul forum lend hilla It vent to iii VIII Ca ot of cattle to tl o the with Antl the tho 1 tile completed w old house houpe that stood all on the rOm of II a hundred learN that USe b by the to live itt In durinG the lie timE the were their trollS The Tho always fertIle I mid four COllI acres yielded U good h to the tho The 11 CI oil to lie Island off n strong Il to Jet ashore own s r A AAli Ali mi Instance was time tIll 11 by nfl an 11 ad a nina In of 01 1111 oC itt hl ho there thero one lag with Ith ot of and a I II tO do hl his I 11 and or of Ing there over oler night lie hI lI to go 10 hur nt at to Vt It turn In the morning on anti hl his work hen heti ht he for fol the Ihl 1 early lie tho next h lIe found the horse standIng on halt An Aiti ode harbor time tho swum lu rt arriving lit at Island he both oxen anti th I It that time the three e had t far r the shore fit it the caine hue hut hilt Ihl was th the only one NIle in time the grunt groat frill In Intel Capt Oliver of oC the light lIht for or M MII O or II years troubled ort often n b bY hula his cows COWl tryIng to ashore to ioU toni torI o 0 matter how Ion long I till tue animals on tile the Island th they invariably grow grew apparently ck JI the I In ninny In under undertook took to swim the tulle Cour miles mattes All As has been said Hald be before forI th wan S light on the tho for Cor tO IO after I white men hl nn to navIgate time sa 11 or of lon Long island sound pound amid there Were wen doubtless ninny wt Its but there Is no noWay Way 11 t 1111 find omit tile the or their The system of oC light log II on the island is 18 the invention Vt or Jean J a l rench ph early parly In the last century b to experiment on nn n a lI light ht that would throw Its Ibm rays long JonI dl ancell Time fhe result of Ills his studies anti itt enl cal to the lI Nys tern tell ns of oC value tf ii time the mariners and 1111 ImmedIatelY the old sperm perm oil fixed lIght that hall had ss S S |