Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-09
The Excursion Season.
Calvary Baptist PIcnic-other Pleasant
 Occasions.

Yesterday over five hundred Sunday school scholars of the Calvary Baptist church and I their friends took the Derby cars for High Rock Grove, and spent the day at that resort l in great variety of amusements, much to | the pleasure of every one. The officers of
 the school did much to add to the comfort of the picnickers. Messrs Eli Quintard and George W. Beach, the superintendents of the Derby and Naugatuck roads respectively, were present and dined with the party. The feast of good things, spread upon well ar ranged tables under the new pavilion, was 8 beautiful sight MT. Beach, superintendent, has erected buildings for everybody's comfort not forgetting the little children, who can be put to sleep and cared for in the nursery l building On the east of the grove Is the lake, where those fond of the water can oe- ! cupy the many boats freely furnished by the company. On the west is the ravine winding it's way for a long distance between ] the mountains, where many enjoy it's wild scenery, thence up to the heights ot Hlgh Rock, where the young climb to view the prospects in the distance. This place has already been visited by many parties thls season, and we learn that the College street Sunday school go to-day, the Ethical Union the 18th, the First Baptist church Sunday school the 18th, Park street Congregational church the 14th, Trinity church, Waterbury, the 18th the Methodist Sunday school, Thomaston, the 17th; Christ church. Bridge port, the 2Oth Bristol Sunday school the 21st, the State Sons of Temperance the 22d, ! Trinity church Sunday school, Seymour, the 23d Grace church of Fair Haven the 27th, First Congregational church of Waterbury | the 28th, with other engagements in Au- gust.
 The Birmingham corset factory employees l had picnic at Sea View House, Seaside Park,
 Bridgeport, yesterday. They had special
 on the Naugatuck railroad of five cars, all well filed Many Bridgeport friends joined
 them at the park.
 Special excursions to Shelter Island are, by the John H. Starin: July B, Wesley chapel; July 20, Zion M. E. church (to Dinahs Rock) 27th, M. E. church,
 Meriden. To Glen Island by the Starin 18th, Odd Fellows of New Britain; 22d, Ed
 ward Malley's employees August 5, St. Mary's Temperance Society.
 The GenUu tunud1 p1C1lAC OA bAAO N. l., AN'A1'
 and H. R. R. Co.'s repair shops is arranged
 for Saturday July IT, to Southwick or Con-
 gamond Lakes, at Southwick, Mass. Some of the young folks of Calvary church
 party presented quite fairy scene as they strayed along in the cool of the evening up Chapel street. their sun hats wreathed in l laurel vines and other trophies of their visit
 to sylvan dells, including wild flowers aud ferns in profusion. No accident occurred,
 mersion in a spring of water, into which she fell owing to a mishap.
 The Sunday school of St. Johns Episcopal church, on State street, had pleasant time
 also yesterday, going to point below South
 End. They filled quite a number of stages and long excursion wagons, and spent the day
 in various ways Many of the adult members of the church shared in the affair.
 The Starin excursion to Glen Island yester- day was one of the pleasantest of the many
 excursions of the season. A large party was l carried, including some fifty or sixty of the hands of the American Fish Hook and Needle | Company, in Artisan street (of which ex- Mayor Shelton is president, who had free ride given as a treat by the company in honor of faithful services and attention to the com pany's interests. The ride over the briny deep was of the pleasantest kind, the heat of
 the city being left behind, delightful breeze
 blowing on the Sound, and the reports given concerning Glen Island were of a glowing de- | scription. There was quite party of Meri- | den people on board, and some fifteen or | twenty towns in the State were represented. | Dinah's Rock and Shelte1t Island. The steamer John H. Starin makes another
 of her grand series of excursions to Shelter
 Island tomorrow, Saturday, and by special request of many will make landing at Di-
 nah's Rock, the Shelter Island clam-bake and
 excursion grove, without extra charge. Di-
 nah's Rock is directly opposite Greenport, ,af-
 fording fine view of the Shelter Island ho-
 tels, Greenport, the harbor and bay. A gen.
 uine Narragansett clam-bake is served daily,
 and there is large dancing pavilion music | daily, ice cream, restaurant and lunch rooms l flying horses, swings, boating, bathing, fish
 ing, etc. No liquors sold. See advertisement.
 The Midsummer Festival To-morrovv I Evening.
 | Extensive preparations are made for the
 Howard avenue base ball grounds to present
 a beautiful appearance tomorrow night | Thousands of Chinese lanterns, with the call
 cium and beacon lights, make the grounds of
 brilliant brightness. The entire grounds will
 be gayly decorated with thousands of yards of bunting and streamers.
 The athletic games and catching the greased
 pig will make sport for all, while the dancers
 will use the splendid dancing floor from s:3O
 to 11:3O The American brass band furnishes
 the concert music, while the American band
 orchestra plays for the dancers. Professor
 Ward also exhibits his gallery of dissolving views
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