Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-31
West Haven Shore.

and Summer Boarders = The Late
 Heavy Storm-A Battery ReunIOm-H1rs
 George R. Kelsey.
 There was quite rush of passengers to the shore yesterday afternoon, and some times as car from West Haven arrived at the Green there would be such Q rush to get aboard, of men, women and children, that. the people arriving in the car had busy times in dislodging themselves and disembarking. Frequently & car would be filled in about half a minute. The day, so fine and invitin g, was great inducement to take visit to the shore. There were many family picnics at the shore. Hundreds distributed themselves about the different places of attraction, and yet there was abundance of room for nyri- ads. The edible clam along shore finds little to live for, as so many visitors at the shore, especially those from up country, exclaim, ''Ho, for the clam beds i'' and hie away with great energy and abundant satisfaction, al- though the quest is rewarded but slightly. The round clans are also raked in about as fast as the tide wash them in.
 The snappy little bluefish have commenced to bite, and fish poles begin to appear on Kelsey's wharf. They have not come as yet in large numbers, but good fishermen are
 
 cottagers take a hand at it early in the even ing if the tide is right and the weather. The visitor unused to the sea shore and the chil- dren search for shells, and occasionally @ few pretty ones are found, nothing rare or particularly beautiful, however. The bath ing is greatly enjoyed by hundreds from the city and visitors from abroad stopping aE the shore, of whom there are many both at the hotels and boarding houses. Since the electric lights were introduced at the shore, bathing in the evening has become very popular, and, as this week the tide will be right for evening bathing, there will be much disporting in the briny element at MT. SkeeIes' bathing houses and the other bath ing houses along shore.
 Yesterday German society, the German Lutheran, picnicked at Railroad Grove and had fine time.
 On Saturday night during the big rainfall the horse car track gave way close to the end of the road at Sa7in Rock. The big waves were booming on shore, threatening to break down the barricade that protects the track from the briny deep, and the rains de- scended and the torrents fell. A horse car came along and the horse went down where the earth was caved away and the car got de- railed and pitched down also. Help was summoned from the neighboring houses and after hard work the horse was extricated and the car restored to terra frma It was the quietest Saturday evening known at the Rock in long time and the cottagers put out the lights and went to bed early. Nobody wanted to go clamming or fishing or to take sail out to see the breakwater and some began to think that second edition of Noah's flood had come.
 On Wednesday evening at Skeeles' skating rink the West Haven brass band will give an other grand concert. Concerts have been given at the rink every Wednesday evening for several weeks and have been well attended and very popular, and as the best of man. agement is provided the affairs have been very enjoyable and given much satisfaction and pleasure.
 Yesterday Messrs. J. s. Cannon and John T. Sloan visited the shore to make negotia- tions for holding the annual reunion of the First Connecticut Light Battery at the shore on the 18th of August. This command had a six days reunion and encampment last year at Sachem's Head, which was much enjoyed. The organization took many from hereabouts to the war, went out 156 strong, and altogeth- er 400 men were enlisted in it before the war closed. It's surviving members are widely scattered, but many still remain in this State.
 The public will be grateful to learn that Mir. George R. Kelsey is improving. He gains a little each week and is occasionally able to walk little out doors. After his prostration recuperation is slow, but the prospect is good for his restoration to good health, activity and usefulness.
 Howes' pavilion was visited yesterday by everal noted politicians of the city and it swas rumor0iS that a new campaign slate was being arranged. A shore dinner was served the party.
 On Sunday Meriden was well represented at Savin Rock, among the Meriden people there being Messrs Eli I. Merriman and l.. l. Lawton and J. B. Kennedy at the Seaview, Clarence Bradley, Walter Bradley, J. G. Griswold, w. R. Mackay, John E. Durand, John Nagel and family, who are spending 8 few weeks at the Rock, and Geo. l.. Clark and wife who are at the Seaview, where Mrs. Slark is rapidly regaining health. An onni I bus load of 16 Meriden people arrived at the Rock Sunday forenoon. The party had lunch there and returned home in the even- ing. In the evening; Joseph B. Beach and wife drove from Stony Creek to Savin Rock, where they took 8 late dinner. They were accompanied by some from friends who are stopping at the Creek; among whom were General Arthur A. Smith of Galesburg, H. (brother-in- law of Mrs. Beach) Mrs. Fl. V Rutherford of St. Paul, Minn Miss Jennie l Harding. reputed millionaire of Mon | mouth, H., and w. N Tiffany of the dia 1 mond department of Tiffany & Go, with his l sister. The party left for Stony Greek | about o'clock. The day at Savin Rock was | cool and refreshing and in bold | contrast with the terrific storm of Saturday. |
 At Sea View House Landlord Bige1ow | has large number of boarders who intend l spending the summer with him. Among | those registered there during last week were: | B. E. Nichols and Fl. O: Lee, of Springfield William Ward, Hartford Thomas Hyde and | Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Hamilton, New York Nellie and Clara R. Moselle and Esther l Clancey, Hartford.
 Among the late arrivals at the Beach House | are Edmund Sperry and B. l.. Catlin of Am sonia, H. F. Davis and family, J. Cassidy and wife, Waterbury; M. F. Mayher and B. J. Mayher, Northampton, Mass H. P. Day and wife, Seymour; J. M. Purdy, New York; W. E. Lyman, H. G. Lyman, J. E. Hall E. H Ludden, A. J. Chase, Lizzie A. Ferry and Annie Toplift, East Hampton; Miss Lizzie Brewster, Hartford; Belle H. Dewsr, East Hampton; c. l.. Bodfish and wife, Beacon Falls Arthur D. Ropes, Orange, N T.; George G. Smith, Rockville, Ct. Mr. Freeman's five cottages are also occupied