Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-31
Lively Times On the Avenue.

 and Gafety.
 Yesterdays bright weather and fair sleigh ing brought out 8 gay picture of life on the avenue, and the first sleighing carnival of the winter of 1891-2 was inauguratsd in good style and to the satisfaction of a large ma- jority of the numerous representation of the public present both the active participants | and the dispassionate observers and judges. | The sleighing in some places was excellent and in others poor. The hilarity was at It's height at about 4 o'clock, when there was quite numerous procession out-in all perhaps as many two hundred teams. The interest was we'll maintained from about 3 till dark ness began to close in. The enthusiasm was unbroken, no untoward event oc- curing. One life was lost. It was 8 sparrow which had it's head taken off clean by a.sleigh runner. The bird was hungry, and seeing chance for bite took it, only to have its head amputated. The lady in the sleigh had the team stopped, and picking up the dead bird kissed it, which might have pleased the bird much had it not been de- capitated. Of good horses there were many, as is usually the when there is good chance for New Haven horses to be assem- bled Mir. Nelson Barker, of Barker tS Ran som, was driving his fine, handsome gaited stopper, stylish in action. Mir. B. B. Hall, jr., was driving his we'll known fine gray. J. B. Robertson, ir., was out with his fine bay, stylish in action. Mir. E. Hayes Trow- bridge, jr., was out with his fine bay, which showed considerable speed. Rev. John B. Todd and family were enjoying the animated scene, the doctor driving his handsome buck skin horse. MT. William Tyler, brother of M, F. Tyler, had out his well known fine pair, stylish in action. R. A. Benham exercising his promising colt. P. McKenna was out with one of his blooded horses, leaving many competitors in the rear. Mr. H. E. Fowler, of the Fowler Plating company, was out with one of his fine horses R. G. Russell, the architect, I drove along without having to take back | seat when competition was lively. John Lloyd, of Broadway, disputed thes honors as to the fastest horse flesh with his spirited 1 horse. Wm. B. North had out one of the | most stylish and handsome gents driving I horses in the city, much noticed likewise for I it's speed. MT. D. c. Warehouse, the fancy poultry raiser, was out exercising his valua- l ble pair of blacks, which were no chickens in l stepping and action. MT. c. R. Warehouse, ! jr, is never looked for with trotter with 8 minute gait, that is hardly-(tableau)- and as usual he had several fine brushes in which he did not come out second, but led the 1 party. Mir. William Merle the tonsorial artist, had out his black stopper, which, as usual, did itself credit George Blakeslee's l mare was oft in the "madding throng" in stead of far from it, and the animal appeared to like the excitement. Mir. Davis of the Davis Brothers, Hamden handled the reins over a lively goer. P. O'Keefe, the livery
 stable man, had out lively going black. Mir. Clark, who formerly ran the Elm City
 stables, had stopper out. -
 Certainly among the horses that attracted
 special attention was large, fine looking gelding (clipped) driven by A. A. Kellogg.
 It is very fast and powerful and showed to advantage. Mir. Kellogg disclaimed owning him, but says he is good one, which is easy to believe.
 MT. Truman A. Warren's fine young step per was looked for, and many eyes scanned
 the gay carnival scene for glimpse of it, but 1t was not there, having been sent out to
 winter quarters in the country not long since It is & blooded young horse full of promise and will get down into the thirties when older It's mate, which had trotted in the
 thirties was parted with by Mir. Warren not long since to Mir. David Mayer, the Hartford diamond merchant, who stopped at Savin Rock last summer, and Mir Mayer has doubt less found him on deck in lively brushes on i Washington avenue.
 Among the lady occupants of the various
 double teams which dotted the extensive
 sleighing scene was one whom many special Fly desired to see, she being Minnie Cum
 mings, the actress. The lady rode in hand
 some turnout accompanied by three gentle
 men friends and looked upon the gay and ex-
 hilarating scene as if she enjoyed it fully. Centenary Anniversary
 Next Washington's birthday will be the
 centenary anniversary of the famous speech
 of Grattan on Irish rights, delivered in Par
 lament on the 22nd of February, 17S2, and
 it is proposed by some of the Irish societies of the city to hold celebration which shall
 embrace both the homer due to Washington
 and that belonging to Grattan. The plan
 meets with considerable favor.
 Litchdeld's Grand List.
 l The grand list of Litchfeld for the yea, 1881 shows only one list of over $5O,O , three between $4o, 600 and $5o,OOo, two be- tween $3o,ooo and $4o,0oo, four between $2o, ,00o and $50, 900, eleven between $1o, ,OO( and $2O, 900 and ferty-seven between $5000
 and $1O,O0 Number of acres of land 2S,
 736, number of houses 630, polls 301, mum
 ber liable to military tax 314. The total 7 footing will not vary much from the list o1 7 1880
 A Drunken Snooze.