Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-03
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
Enjoy Their Summer Meeting At The
 West Haven Shore.

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 West Haven Shore.
 A happy crowd of mol Gals assembled at Hills Homestead on the West Haven shore Saturday forenoon. The party was made up of representatives of the Commercial Travel ers' association at their annual summer gathering. majority of them went from the Union depot on special cars. While waiting for the dinner to be prepared two ball hines, composed of Hartford men on one side and Bridgeport on the other, c-e- ated considerable 1nerriment. Neither side knew how to play, and the queer antics and outlandish faces made would have done credit to the faces put on by the famous Thatcher and Vests minstrels. After chas- ing the ball about the field for about two hours the dinner call was sounded and the hHngry ones sat down to see wheth- 1 CT Asa Curtiss had forgotten how to to set up clambake during the year. Asa brides himself on his ability to make one of those often spoilt affairs palatable. The provisions that went to make up the bake were: 600 Little Neck clans, 2 bushels Irish potatoes, 2 bushels sweet potatoes, 200 ears of corn, 1G0 soft shell crabs, 15O chickens, 250 pounds of fish, 2 bushels soft shell clams and several hundred weight of other fxings Asa's luck was good this time and as the steaming clans, hot green corn and other things came out, the good things went out of sight in hurry. The men who spend their time on the dusty roads and trying to bulldoze tradesmen into believing that their goods are better than anybody elses just enjoyed themselves. At the gatherings some of the fraternity always absent and ac- cording to the rules of the association send a letter. H. s. Andrews, the secretary, among others read the following:
 Dear Drummers-Your invitation received Aw fully sorry can't go, you know: Beatrice said she stay with Betty
 PRINCE BATTENBERG.
 ONTARIO, Canada. July 28 Dear Friends-sorry can't be with you to-day. much afraid my friends would be so glad to me that couldn't get back here for many years. Con
 JOHN ENo.
 NEW YORK, July 3I. Dear Commercial Travellers:
 Your invitation received I must, however, de- % nsns efu ef tSe SaG are Ve busy JOHN KELLY,
 Formerly of Tammany. come Too busy fixing West sh9re and
 W. H. VANDERBILT.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., July 31. Go ahead and have big time of it. Am too busy place, but he said there too much Rum, Rom anism and Rebellion among you Those are three
 JAMES G. BLAINE. The list of those present was made up of drummers from New Haven: Charles T. Ward, John E. McPartlen, Aaron E. Platts, c. H. Miller, Frank E. Lewis, E. S. Way, Samuel s. H. Reed. W. H. Fulton, P. s. Bennett, F. E. Craig, E. s. Perry, c. s. Bradley, T. J. Lawton E. M Somers, T. F. Platt, E.. G. Stoddard, James A. How arth, M. Pendergast, A. R. Bradley, | George E. Osborn, Abner Hendee, M. H. l Frank c. Bushnell, w. J. Muller, | w. w. Bronson, W. L. Lawton, A. Emery, | F. w. Beecher, F. J. Coe, J. D. Dewell, E. | N. Darlington. | The Hartford men were Frank Cowles, | John Marsh, w. E. Clark, W. W. Fan ming, James P. Fowler, F. w. Barrows, | w. H. Railing, c. H. Andrews, o. H. Blanchard, N. H. Spencer, H. w. Simpson, R. G. Watrous, G. H. Little,J R. Dwyer, H. h. Cheney, Frank May, P. H. Sands, F. o. | Blanchard.
 From Bridgeport there came J. H. McMa- hon, George Comstock, John McElroy George N. Baldwin, George Morford, R. E. Lawton, G. W. Northrop, John Johnson. E. I. Pyle, H. s. Andrews, A. M. Wilson, s. T. Cate, E.. s. Willett, c. D. Mill, J. Orr, G. E. Eddy, George Bartram. w. Lockwood.
 Others present were: Geogre Parker, Rolf c. Jones, Colchester; H. M | Lyon, New York; F. M. Hotchkiss, Meriden; M. B. Hitchcock, Plainvil1e; E. s. Bennett, 1 New York; G. W. Giddings, New York; F. Andrew, Naugatuck; Charles I. Tremaine, Waterbury; F. L. Wallace, Cheshire. l