Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
FAIR HAVEN,
The Ghost Story Ventilated-OF For
 rha Yacht Racoa

The Ghost Story Ventilated-Of For
 the Yacht Race.
 Rev. Erastus Blakeslee preached to 8 large congregation at the Second Congregational church yesterday morning for the hrss tlme since completing his vacation.
 Druggist Hillhouse, Ed w. Smith and w. A. Warner left last night for New York where they expect to witness the race be- tween the Puritan and the Genesta. Quite @ number of Fair Haven citizens have express ed their intention of attending the race that is to come off on Wednesday and 1t is expect ed that one of the oyster steamers will carry a party down Tuesday night. One or two boating experts have seen the rival cutters and are confident that the Puritan is the bet ter boat.
 The steamer Gordon Rowe carried large party consisting principally of members ot the Christian Endeavor society of the Second church for a sail on the Sound Saturday.
 Frankie Willis, son of N. P. H. Willis of Prospect street, superintendent at the Hogg- son & Pettis company on Court street, mas returned from two months visit to Nova Scotia. He went with his cousin, Archie Willis of Boston.
 The work of repairing the Shore Line rail road bridge will soon be completed and 1t has been suggested by many that coat of paint would add materially to the appearance of the structure even if it would not strength en it any.
 Lawyer John H. Whiting sprained his wrist quite painfully the other day while rid ing his bicycle from this place to Meriden. He will not be able to ride much for few days.
 The steamer Ivernia took about 8 hundred members of the New Haven council of the O. U. A. M. to South End Saturday.
 Major Lincoln spoke before quite large audience at the rink temperance meeting yesterday afternoon.
 The meeting of stockholders of the Quinni- piac rink to determine when the rink will open will be held tonight.
 It will be remembered that year or two ago Fair Haven was very much excited over an alleged ghost that haunted the west side and so terrified timid ladies who had not seen his ghostship, but had read newspaper ac- counts of people who had, that they would not dare to go out of doors after dark. An attempt it seems has been made to start an other scare by publishing interviews with certain persons who state that they have seen a white object that had all the orthodox at tributes of ghost. About all the founda- tion that there appears to be for the present scare, or rather attempted scare. is the story told by one chronic hanger-on at corner grocery the other night to crowd of friends. The speaker claimed that while he was walking home from his nightly visit "down street" he was suddenly startled by an apparition that was conpleIely covered III Wn4te. 1He Snos0 o0i ried a shovel in one hand and kindly volun- teered in a deep sepulchral tone of voice to dig the startled citizens grave free of charge The apparition, the narrator affirmed, was surmounted by tall black hat. It was not thought at the time by those who heard the yarn that it was true, nor is 1t so considered now, particularly as couple of practical jokers the next evening related how they had obtained sheet and plug hat and paraded around the night the scared citizen claims to have seen the ghost.
 At the First church a large number of people gathered yesterday morning to listen to the touching address delivered by the pastor, Rev. Burdett Hart, in memory of the late beloved Deacon James P. Smith.