Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-09
ShOreNotes.
Was it the Sea Serpent-PersonaIs-A Old War Regiments Survivors-Bath- ing and LunchiuE,

Was it the Sea serpent-Personals-An
 Old War Regiments Survivors-Bath- ing and Lunching.
 Inhabitants of cottages at the West Haven
 shore, Saturday, were talking about the re-
 ported appearance of shore of the sea serpent
 in the deep water about 8 mile out in the
 Sound It was reported to be, if not the sea
 serpent, very like one, and after the report
 from the New Rochelle Press that the sea ser
 pent had been seen off that place, the story was
 not considered ''off color.'' A yachting party
 came in with the news. They mildly told
 their story. They had seen a marine mon-
 ster ever so many feet long, looking not un-
 like tow of small boats moving along in the
 water with nothing for motive power. On
 close scrutiny it looked as big serpent
 would, moving along serpent fashion. The
 story told and retold and created consid-
 erable comment and discussion. As stsea ser. pents'' and sharks capable of doing harm
 avoid shallow water, no alarm need be felt by
 bathers
 -Messrs. T. P. Merwin, the former Chape street merchant, and Samuel Lloyd, cashier of the City Bank, have taken the observatory
 on Savin Rock hill for the summer. It con- tains several small rooms and quite extended view, and makes a splendid stopping place fol daily drives to the shore.
 Chief Allen at his pagoda, commands fine view. The other evening, the Chief says nine menhaden steamers lay at anchor of shore Recently MT. Charles J. Allen, father of the Chief, paid him a visit at his shore house. The venerable gentleman, now over 80, is in tolerably good health for one of his years. He much enjoyed the visit and the sight of the many Improvements at the shore which have sprung up as by magic in the last decade.
 To-day the veterans of the old Fifth c. V
 have their annual reunion at West Haver shore. Howes will serve a dinner. They arc l expecting good turn out. Sergeant Majol Hayes, of this city, is to make one of the after dinner speeches.
 At the Beach House number of the mem bers of .Ararat Lodge, I. o. B. B., of Hart ford, have been stopping. Mir. Ganung, the | proprietor, is Middlebury gentleman, ant ] came to the shore for the benefit of hi I health, which is improving. He has for hi \ dSSl6LduC NIT. J. n. warner, 8 W WaGerDurI
 man, having old friends in New Haven, som, I of whom are stopping at the house.
 The Colony bathing apparatus off shore ! spoken of some days ago, carries less sail, tht | center pole having been shortened severa | feet, as it was longer than necessary. Tn, l machine is thereby improved. This is, how | ever, only part of more pretentious in
 vention. The plan is for a large circular tank ninety feet in diameter. In the cen | ter will be an apparatus like the one now | on the West Haven beach, and a place about fifteen feet in diameter for refresh l ment saloon This tank will have a bottom and be anchored about 100 feet from tht 1 shore in the surf at surf bathing resort l where the water is twenty feet deep or more ! Communication will be held from the shor, by launch, suspended from two ropes, th' ! pendants being two cigar-shaped contriv { ances. The water in the interior of the tanl I will be calm and shallow for bathers and sucl ! as desire to learn to swim while only re 1 moved by the thickness of the iron barrier will be the deep water and the roaring surf