Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-15
The Excursion Season.


 sassacus' Trip up the Hudson To-day | The Moonlight ExcursiOn-RYder's-R uniOns-TuttIe Fam1Iy-Veteran Fire men.
 The Elm City took large party to Osprey Beach yesterday. These excursions are very popular.
 Christ church, West Haven, has it's annual excursion Friday, the 17th of August, going to High Rock Grove, leaving this city at 8:3O a. m. If stormy they will go on Wednesday of next week.
 The grand excursion of Sassacus encamp- ment takes place to-day and the interest in the affair has been 50 notable that it cannot faa of being one of the most successful ex- cursions of the season, while the management is such that it will be one of the most desira- ble family excursion trips of the campaign The Patriarchs take Sassacus fife and drum corps along which ensures lively martial mu- sic while Thomas will do the music for the dancing, Beecher prompting. The trip is to New York and up the Hudson river an hour or two by the Elm City. A large majority of the staterooms for the trip were engaged over two weeks ago.
 Over 600 tickets are sold for the moonlight excursion by Harmony division, Sons of Temperance, by the Elm City next Friday evening, and the remaining two hundred will probably be all taken to day and tomorrow.
 The John Fl. Starin takes Union lodge No. 32, Knights of Pythias, to Glen Island to- morrow, the 18th The lodge and many from other lodges and many friends of the order are going, Little Willie Johnson is to sing.
 A rare chance for those who like to fish will be the excursion of Jacob Mailhouse, which leaves Belle Dock at o'clock next Sat- urday evening. The schooner Henrietta, lowed by large and powerful tug, will car ry the party. The trip will be to Block Isl- and, returning Sunday evening. party of gentlemen are going who will do everything to make the trip pleasant. A few tickets can be had of MT. Mailhouse, No. 13 Exchange building. The sale closes next Thursday af' ternoon at o'clock.
 The reunion of the Futile family will take place at High Rock Grove to-day in accord ance with the programme previously pub hshed- There will be 8 large delegation from this city and other parts of the State. The excursion train from this city will leave the Derby depot at 9:45 a. m, and will ar rive here on the return at 5:45 p. m. Tick cts for the round trip are only 60 cents.
 The great family excursion of Ryder, the confectioner, will take place on Saturday. The steamer Elm City has been engaged and will leave Belle Dock at 8:30 and Canal Dock at 3 a. m. Willie Johnson, the sweet vocalist, will be on the excursion and will afford much entertainment to those who go on the excur- sion. Ample time will also be given to ex- cursionists to visit the various attractions at the island, to enjoy the sea bathing and eat an old fashioned Rhode Island cIambake if they so desire, the charge for which will be only fifty cents. The few staterooms re- maining should be secured at MT. Ryder's at once
 Washington Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of America, made their first annual excur- sion yesterday, going to Osprey Beach by the | steamer Elm City. They had select party on board and the occasion was most enjoy able one.
 The annual excursion of the East Haven church Sunday school, takes place tomorrow at High Rock Grove, start l ing from East Haven at 8:22. The train will l stop at the Fair Haven crossing and at New Haven for friends from those places who l wish to go.
 The committee of the Veteran Firemen as | sociation held final meeting in Chief Hen dricks office last evening previous to the grand | reunion that takes place at Double Beach to. ! day. The members of the association will | meet at City Hall.th morning at 8:3O o'clock | and headed by the American band will make | 3 short street parade, stopping at Wooster Square where Smedley's barges. will be in | readiness to convey the veterans to theif des- | tination. It was reported last evening that nearly 150 tickets had been sold and the | prospects were that it would be one of the argest gatherings that the society has ever 1eld.