Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

returned to New York after spending the last two months with her parents here. z MT. Frank Bangs, of Waterbury, is spend ing his vacation among his friends in this place.
 Mrs Hurlbut and family, who have spent the summer at W. H. Phelan,s, returned to
 New York last week.
 Miss Clara Louise Kellogg spent last Sat
 urday at Burns Point, a guest at w. M.
 Smiths hotel.
 Oysters are now being caught in plentiful
 numbers and are of fine quality
 Dr. w. H. Andrews has been taking
 weeks vacation. He returned home last
 Saturday.
 Rev Nathan T. Merwin, of Trumbull, oc-
 cupied the pulpit of Plymouth church last
 Sunday.
 The illustrated sermon given by Rev. MT.
 Saunders in the Methodist church last Sun
 day evening was largely attended and was listened to with much interest Rev. MT. Scofeld, of Owego, N. Y., was the guest of A. A. Baldwin last Sunday. W. Cecil Durand has resigned his position as captain of the Echo base ball club and N.
 M. Pond has been chosen as that officer. The excursion to the Thimble Islands on the steamer Philadelphia last Saturday by some of our people proved disappoint- 1 ment. After starting out the rudder was | injured by running into the sand bar. A | long delay was thus occasioned in making | the necessary repairs and it was nearly o'clock p. m before they could proceed. A | free trip to New Haven was then given the party.
 l The remains of Samuel Merwin, who was ! killed on the elevated road in New York last l week, was buried here last Monday afternoon | from the residence of Mr. Nathan Merwin
 his brother, at the fFgulf." Rev. Mir. Fitz- gerald conducted the services l Mir Anon Clark, an honored and promi- nent business man of this place, died on Sun 1 day after long and trying illness, at the age l of seventy-seven years. He has held various l offices of trust in the town, was of ex- | tensive information, genial manners and had | large circle of friends, who will sincerely 1 mourn his loss. He leaves wife and two 1 children, daughter, Mrs. Sherwood, of l Brooklyn, and 6 son, Owen T. Clark, who was associated with his father in business. The funeral services were held in Plymouth l church Tuesday afternoon. l The First church has been undergoing a 1 thorough transformation on the inside during | the last week. New carpets of bright and tasteful pattern cover the floor of the main l part of the church and pews, while brushing l and scrubbing has given a fresher and bright | CT aspect to the seats This was accomplished under the auspices of the Ladies' Benevolent | society On entering the chapel the spirit of l improvement is still more manifest The l walls have been beautifully frescoed by l Charles.. ...E. Roder, who has executed a fine 1 and artistic piece of work, as the design and | DlonOlnR or ueI1cdIc G1uGS SAOW 1OIGn HIS ShIII 1 to the best advantage. Newly carpeted and with chaiIs to replace the benches one ie hardly able to recognize the room. 1 One of the most enjoyable and successful l entertainments ever held at 8 private resi- dence was the basket festival at Colonel s. H. Payne's last Wednesday evening. The
 baskets which had been tastefully decorated
 and filled with lunches by the ladies pre- sented a lively Appearance they were ar ranged on the table previous to being auc- | IT.
 performed the part of auctioneer gracefully and acceptably and with remarkable fnan- cial ability Over sixty dollars were real 1 ized from the sale Other exercises of a pleasing character were also part of the | evenings programme. Sept. 23.