Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-30
Commercial Travellers.

Three Hundred Enjoying their Annual
 Re1nfon-Fourth Successful 0ccasfon-
 Dinner at the COve-Sea Air and Sea
 Food-Stafesmanlilxe Speeches. senti-
 ment, Etc.
 The Connecticut Commercial Travellers as-
 sociation had fine time at the shore yester-
 terday. They came from east, west, north and
 of reunions and good success in every way
 In numbers it was large reunion. Over three hundred sat down to the ample dinner which was served by Landlord Buell. of the Forbes House. It was served under man. moth canvas pavilion close to the waters of
 the Cove. The feast of reason which fol-
 lowed was frst-class, interesting and enjoy able. There was not too much speaking, but
 just enough, and everybody was pleased
 The day was one of the incest of the sum- mer, clear and beautiful A cool refreshing
 breeze blew, and all nature smiled upon ''der drummers." Lots of prominent men, merchants and others drove out and enjoyed
 the occasion and it was a gala day at the shore. There were private teams, single and double, public carriages, omnibuses, gaily colored barges, Smedley's tally ho and other teams on the grounds. The association had the American band, now the Second Regi-
 ment band, George Streit leader, for the day, and right good music did they discourse pleasing everybody and evoking uni versal satisfaction. The association had a fine time and everybody pronounced it one of their best gatherings, everything being pro
 motive of enjoyment and satisfaction. The
 association had stages at the depot on the ar
 rival of trains, for transportation to the Cove,
 and guests were taken from the Elliott House, their headquarters on arriving By 12 o'clock the party had nearly all assembled. Before dinner many took 8 Sail out on the harbor on the w. H, Lockwood, the fine steam dredge of Henry c. Rowe, of Fair Haven, who placed il at the disposal of the party for the
 occasion. It made 8 pretty sight with it's many flags flying, and went out crowded. On it's return, as it neared the Forbes House pa- vilion, the whistle blew blast and the band
 struck up fine selection, the ladies at the
 hotel waved their handkerchiefs. and the throngs of travellers, guests and spectators on the pavilion looked on in serene content.
 Lieutenant Governor Bulkley, ex-State Treas
 urer Raymond, General Harbison, of Hart- ford were there; and from this city, guests and visiting friends and patrons, there were Judge BlYdenburgh, Major T. A. Barnes, Edward Bryan, of Yale & Bryan;
 ex-Alderman w. J. Atwater, Benjamin Moves, Capt. George s. Arnold, Lieutenant
 F. A. Bowman, Fire Commissioner Mullen c. w. Bradley, of the Florence House :; MT. Chidsey, of Stone & Chidsey, grocers on u ative of the Brunswick & Bake billiard
 tables; ex-Lieutenant Newcomb Bassett, J. P. Augur, of Augur & Futile; MT. Emery, of Emery & Steele; MT. Kellogg, of the Ire
 mont House; W. H. Miller, agent Starin Transportation Line. From Bridgeport there were MT. Whiting, of the Sterling House David Trubee. S. ". Cote, A. w. Wallace and others From Hart ford A B. Gillette, George A. Bolles, of Kibbe, Bolles & Co.,. Mir. Brown, wholesale ! grocer; Captain c. H. Case, A. E. Brooks, W. H. Gassett and William Lowley Also in attendance were: Mir Armstrong; of the ! Kendall Mfg Co.,, Providence, R. l.; Geo. | Spencer, of Smith, Spencer & Co.,, New Hart ford Selectman Forbes, of East Haven 1; George H. Chatterton, of New York city ;
 Dr. Thomas B. Jewett, of Birmingham, and I many others.
 Also the following who came on the tally ho, drawn by six horses, grand rush of all hands greeting its arrival, the bugler Hen messy giving blasts that made the woodlands echo, Frank Beach driving The coach was I occupied by Mat. H. Hewins, Julius Lester, John Collard Frank W. Avery, B. N Cowles ! and Henry A. Attleton, Hartford J. E. Hub
 bard and c. E. Cooley of Springfield, Mass j; I David Hayes and Harry Bloxham, of Meri-
 den; Samuel Curtis and Charles w. Reed, of
 Southington; John c. Partin, of Waterbury :; l Herbert L. Bradley, Charles H. Miller and
 Senator William J. Mills, of New Haven
 The president of the association was adorn- l ed with elegant gold -bordered badge, and 1 carried the splendid gold-headed cane the as- | sociation gave him a year or two ago. Mr.
 E. c. Hill, of this city, the able secretary,
 managed a thousand details, and other off, cers ably contributed. President Cowles. 1 dinner over, introduced Lieut.. Gov. Bulkeley, 1 of Hartford, who spoke finely and to the point. The experience of the commercial traveller, he remarked, was an excellent ! school, and every business man who had this experience was the better qualified for success. Success in the calling
 involved an acute knowledge of human na- ture, a study which was an important one, trees. ''The greatest study of mankind was man." Governor Bigelow being detained by
 other engagements it devolved upon the speaker to respond for the State. He spoke of Connecticut's patriotic record and honora-
 ble history. Among Connecticut's earliest
 inventions was the commercial traveller and he invented the wooden nutmegs, and the
 clocks which ran only till the seller had got
 out of sight. Gaughter.) Our State has
 energetic, making new customers and rarely
 losing one. The speaker alluded to the ob-
 jects of the association in fitting words, and
 wished it long life and prosperity. He would give way now for the. orators present, and
 thanked the association amid much applause. Calls were made for Judge Blydenburgh.
 He said: MT. President and fellow travel
 CTS. Gaughter). He would not say that
 he could equal the commercial travellers in 4AAOOAN0 poWOE. 1ACy Ae14 Oy COulpEo6SSu d1E
 and wind. Gaughter)., He was glad to see
 how faces had frightened up since they came.
 Faces had more color Qaughter); hearts were
 lighter. He spoke of the sea food dinner as,
 providing brain food for the traveller, and
 eulogized the travellers who ever knew how
 to travel, how to fare we'll, how to get good
 thing when they saw it. Proceeding
 to a serious strain he eulogized the
 commercial travellers for their enterprise,
 which honored Connecticut, which spreads
 it's trade. which helps the growth of the
 State. They are good to one another, self
 denying to help one another, and when they
 see the sign of their brethren in the trade,
 "a sample room," they are sure to go in
 (Great laughter.) The speaker eloquently
 spoke of the usefulness of the travellers, of
 their value to trade and commerce. The
 travellers had their little pleasures and their
 pains as well. Gaughter.) They have the
 heart ache at separation from wife and little
 ones. I only agreed to speak for three
 hours, continued the Judge, (great laughter ensuing and he wished that he could tell a
 new story, but such an attempt was futile in
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