Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-21
Fair Haven.

The Annual Excursion of the Second
 Church to High Rock.
 The annual excursion and picnic of the Second Congregational church took place yesterday. The party, which by actual count numbered SIS, had through train to High Rock, the train starting almost from the church door, the crossing being only a few rods adjacent Superintendent Quin
 tard, of the Derby railroad, gave every &C., commodation, and there was nothing lacking, the success of the excursion being complete, through the praiseworthy efforts and assidu- ous attention of the committee, consisting of H. W. Loomis, the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school, and Messrs. Willett
 Hemingway, Herbert Barnes and H. H.
 Strong, the general committee, and their corps of assistants taken from the young men
 of the church. The pastor, Rev. MT. Hovey,
 accompanied his people whom he 50 ably
 serves, and another clergyman attended, Rev.
 Mr. Colver, who preached at the Second
 church last Sabbath. Mr. Hovey made rec
 ord with the pedometer of the actual distance
 from the railroad crossing to the end of
 the Gorge, where thewalk is taken to the Glen
 and Gorge. He found that it was about as
 near mile as one need to make it from the
 crossing to point in the ascent of the Gorge itself. This will solve problem which has interested many of the thousands who have taken this romantic walk this season. There were 5000 people at High Rock on July 4th, and this year there have
 been, according to an estimate, ,frsm F, ,OoO to 15, 900 people at this famous resort. There were many well known and esteemed Fair
 Haven people in the picnic, among whom were the following: Herbert Barnes, of Strong, Barnes, Hart & Co.,; H. H. Strong, of Strong Barnes, Hart & Go. J. F. Hemingway, oys- ter merchant George W. Mallory, oyster merchant; Henry R. Smith, erecting new mansion; B. N. Rowe, oyster dealer; Henry
 Mallory, fancy goods dealer MT. Van Name, of Van Name King; Lucius P. Dem- ing, attorney; Eugene Smith, ex-assistant postmaster W. P. Niles, real estate Walter s. Graham, superintendent F. H. < w. H. R. R.; George Baldwin, New Haven
 Steam Saw Mill Mr., Ludington, with Lud-
 ington & Parmelee, oyster merchants; Su-
 perintendsnt Loomis, the instructor of youth;
 Philo S. Bennett, of Bennett, Sloan t& Co.,; s.
 Dodd Bradley, feed dealer; Sherman Russell,
 B. J. Stone, gents furnishing goods mer- chant Judge Charles A. Bray, Gilbert s. Gaylord, David Jones, John Parker, Ernest Crawford, Walter Russell. There was cho-
 rus singing in the pavilion before dinner led
 by MT. Daniel Jones, the tenor of the quar-
 tette choir of the church, Mrs. James Mallo- ry presiding at the piano, and Mrs. Hart, the soprano, favored the audience with a fine solo. The dinner was 8 social affair, and the way the tables groaned indicated that Fair Haven is, ever a land of plenty. The ut most satisfaction prevailed. There were sev- eral friendly brushes cn the Naugatuck be- tween amateur oarsmen, and some of the
 ladies evidenced that the art of rowing had been added to their other accomplish ments. Owing to turn in the bank shutting them out from view, the time of the
 ladies was not taken. No better representa- tion of the oyster interest, now grown to such importance, has ever been seen in the Nauga- tuck Valley than at this picnic, and the Fish Commissioners could have spent the day profitably in gaining wisdom and increasing their knowledge at the picnic for the benefit
 of the State. The meat and provision interest was strongly represented, and the ladies are eminent for skill in equipping the tables, in all of which there is food for reflection The engineering of the picnic reflected credit up
 on the engineers, and the 1881 picnic makes another event in the pleasant annals of this hourishing church.