Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-07-18
rEmprRANcE PEOPLES PICNIC.

ance resort. lime was Wnen glass OF some
thing inviting could be obtained across the
river, but that establishment succumbed to
hard times and now they are SO strict that
even Superintendent Beach could not get any
thing stronger than lemonade for sick lady
who needed little brandy. But yesterday
| it was temperance resort of the strongest
kind Temperance was written all over the
place in the largest kind of letters. The
4 cheerful groves rang with the laughter of
| blue-eyed young ladies who have sworn to alb
stain and have done something toward get
ting others to abstain, and with the speeches
| of men honored in the order of the Sons of
] Temperance. People came from all over this
State, from no-license towns and license
towns, and the fine appearance of the body
which one of the speakers so happily alluded
Ito was high testimonial to the advantages
| of total abstinence. The crowd enjoyed them
selves as they liked, and the many pleasant
means for passing day that High Rock
Grove affords were well patronized. People
! spread out over the grounds and ate their own
/ lunches or partook of the good
| things set out by Caterer Marsh, who
4 was troubled to accommodate all his custo-
mers even with his immense throng of wait
] ers. The skating rink was crowded through
l out the day with merry throng of
skaters who enjoyed its smooth surface 1t
seemed as if nearly every one had his or her
| picture taken. The glen and gorge were Wis
1 tied by hundreds, and the band concert by
/ the Wheeler & Wilson band, of Bridgeport,
l gave much pleasure. Boating was favorite
/ amusement, and the swings, croquet grounds
1 and other adjuncts of the grove were in use
1 all the time.
I The first train to arrive at High Rock came
| from Hartford by way of Waterbury with
! only two passenger cars. 1t was followed by
4 the special from New Haven with twelve
| cars, which left the Derby depot at $50 a.
M Harmony division, of this city, had
1 charge of the New Haven special, and an eff
/ Gent committee of arrangements worked like
l beavers to give every one an enjoyable time.
1 The New Haveners reached the grove at 10
/ o'clock. Shortly after came the Danbury
people filling six cars, and inside
| of an hour twenty-one cars
Danbury, Stratford and Milford, nine
1 cars with the Norwalk and New Canaan
4 brethren, and four car loads from Waterbury
I arrived. These with the numerous regular
| trains from the north and south brought
| about :, 900 people to the grove, the largest
1 Superintendent Beach was very busy looking
after the numerous special and regular trains,
/ and in answering the numerous inquiries put
1 to him. His kindness to a number of the
newspaper fraternity was duly appreciated.
1t was about half-pas one o'clock when the
I music of the band called the people from
/ glen and stream to the grove. There they
I assembled on seats about the band stand and
I listened to some excellent music The peo-
pie were called to order by Chairman H. G.
Bachelor, of the State committee. He called
the Rev. Dr. WV. Clark to the chair. Rev.
l T. ]. Watt, of Stratford, offered prayer.
/ He thanked God for the work done in the
/ temperance cause during the year and asked
4 divine blessing on the efforts of the temper
l ance people to reform the inebriate. The Lit
1 tie Girls orchestra was then called upon.
This is an organization composed of five New
] Haven girls. They are: Viola Sanford, Net
4 tie AlliHg, Flossie Sanford, Sadie Warner
4 and Minnie Richards. They played violins,
| flute, base viol and piano. They played Rip
4 ping Waves and Fife waltz and were hearth
| ly applauded. DR.. w. w. Clark then made
I a brief address of welcome. He greeted the
people on the occasion of another annual reu-
/ nion spoke of the growth, and urged those
who were not members already to join even
1 if they did not need the benefits of the Or
der d;4e Miss IN Matte .,, Carpenter 1 Of
was encored. Rev. J. G. Davenport, of
Waterbury, the poet of the order, recited
fine original poem Miss Lille Colburn, of
New Haven, rendered fine recitation, which
was followed by some music by the Little
4 Girls orchestra. F. B. Dennison, of Phila-
delphia, made the leading address of the day.
A brief abstract of his remarks is follows:
All candid men admit that the major part
of the evils which affect mankind are the di-
4 rect or indirect result of the use of alcoholic
/ stimulants. Men differ as to the methods to
/ which resort should be had to remove these
I evils For more than a century earnest eff
forts have been made to reform the drunk
/ ard and to arouse and create public sentiment
l in behalf of temperance reform.
I 1t is not necessary to refer to history to es
/ tablish this fact. I desire to speak
/ more especially of that organization in
whose interests we are assembled-the good
old order of the Sons of Temperance The
speaker then referred to the origin and object
1 of the organization. He said its pledge is
Z comprehensive. Moreover it is a social Or
4 ganization-a great brotherhood. 1t seeks
4 not merely to reclaim the fallen. 1t would
protect the safe and annihilate the traffic
4 which is the source of all mischief. The
question of the age is what shall we do with
the alcohol traffic? The National division
has declared that the protection of
homes by the suppression of the liquor traffic
is supreme necessity. The order, although
yet young, already numbers 10000 in this
country, and before the year is ended its list
of membership will probably number 1OO,-
900.
The exercises concluded with recitation
by Dr.. Frank Gallagher and an address by
Charles A. Baldwin, of this city.
Among those who enjoyed the picnic were
4 the grand officers of the State, Rev. w. w.
1 Clark of Bridgeport, A H. Morse of New
Haven, Mrs. NJ A. Luther of Hartford and
G. G. Jordan of Torrington. The committee
I from the divisions in this city consisted of
James B. Rowe, chairman; H. G. Jennings,
D7- Coll Tho1 oil
R. Bill, E. G. Kidder and F. L. Drummond.
The members of the State committee were
H G. Bachelor of Bridgeport, chairman;
Ira R. Wildman of Danbury, D. P. Merrill
of South Norwalk and Charles E. Hart of
this city.
/ The party from New Haven contained
among others E. G. K1dder, Sylvanus Butler,
George E. Thompson, John G. North, George
R. Bill, DR.. Frank Gallagher, DR.. G. F. Pc
terson, c. A. Baldwin, Charles Trecartin, g.
A Kingsley, George Ridge, Deputy Sheriff
Psrn SnnFleS W. Tucker f fhp5on E E
Francis Nj. and Mrs. George San
ford Miss Nettie Allen, Miss Sadie Warner,
Miss V. Sanford, Miss NJ. Cargill Miss Ida
Reef, Miss L, Hoffmeister, Miss Jennie
/ Turnbull, Miss Fannie Ford, Miss Ida Rentz,
Miss Ellen Pierce, Miss Lena Rath-
Annie Hyde, Miss Lille Hor
ton, Miss Florence Allen, Miss Hattie
Farnham, the Misses Bowman, Miss Fer
rell, Mr.. and Mrs. G. K. Farnham, Miss
E. Hill, Miss Hattie Munson, Miss 0.
Clark, Miss Matte Barker, Miss H. Eli
Oft, Miss Annie Pike, Miss Nettie Per
kins, Miss Nettie Atwood, Miss Jennie
King, Miss Sadie Hipelius, Miss Alice Davis,
Miss Fannie Bremner, Mrs. G. L.
Chandler, Mrs John G. North, Mrs. G. L.
Sanford, A. Il. Morse, w. o. Staples, G. P.
Jordan, Charles Ayers, A. G. Shelton, A. A.
Baldwin, ]. G. Thompson, George Brakeman,
1 Rev. G. B. Ford.
Miss Nettie Perkins gave fine exhibition
of roller skating at the rink.
A young lady from Milford lost her pocket
book. She was standing on the platform of
a crowded car. AS the car was passing over
l the Housatonic bridge she raised her hand to
her hat and her pocketbook fell
A boy on the New Haven train was stoop-
ing over at Ansonia to grab bush when the
train started and he fell over, but was not
/ hurt.
The trains all were on..good time, consider
1 ing the great number of specials.