Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-27
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 H0mestead-ButIer, the West Haven
 Indfan-Incfdents of HHs Checkered
 LIFe-NarrOVg Escape From COnfia-
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 Nov. 26.-The oldest inhabitsnt of the borough says we are to have twenty-six snow storms this winter. The furry Saturday morning was the prelude, and the all-day storm Sunday the general introduction to long, hard winter.
 Captain Etheridge returned home last week to remain a few days. He looks well, and the one hundred dollars that he bet and lost that Cleveland would be reelected has not in the least disturbed his jolly good na- ture.
 There was @ good attendance Sunday morning at the First M. E. church, also the Sunday-school was attended by the usual number The storm in the evening was g
 barrier for many that reside @. great distance from the church. There are to be services
 Thanksgiving morning. Preaching by the pastor, E. l.. Thorpe.
 Mr. Charles SkeeIes, the well known shore restauranteur, and his wife are at their resi- dence in West Haven. The cold weather of the last two or three weeks and the snow StOrm Ou10ay was d gentle Eou1uuSI tuAe the land of the palmetto and oranges would be most congenial, and thither they will go as soon as preparations can be made. The objective point, they think, will be New Orr leans.
 Meesrs. A. & E. Hills are at their old place the Homestead-and propose to stay right along through the winter, blizzard or nc bliz- 1 gard. This hotel is known from one end of New England to the other, and residence on the West Haven shore for & quarter of 8 cen- | tury has demonstrated to the epicure that the Hills Brothers can furnish the best game 1 or Thanksgiving dinner of any hotel in New England.
 Jesse Butler, the Indian, is a queer genius. He has been resident of West Haven, he | says, for about twenty years. A few sum- mers ago his sole occupation was making fans with jaeknife on the shore. He would ! complete fan in twenty minutes or half an I hour and realize from ten to twenty of the buyer. Jesse has not done l much at the Rock for two summers, and last spring he concluded he would return ' to the land of his nativity-Long Island. He went, but made his appearance in West Haven again three weeks ago last Sunday. His father is dead, and all his brothers and sisters. He did not remain on Long Island ! through the winter, and journeyed to his hunting grounds in the borough. His father | was a member of the Narraganset tribe of Indians, and his mother white woman. He ! looked seedy. The COURIER representative ! inquired if business had been good, and he replied that it had been fair. Jesse has built several places of abode in the woods not far from the center of the village, the owner per hitting him to remain by paying taxes for an acre. He thought he was fixed for life last winter. He had been several years clearing up dense wood of two acres, and had built "hut, he denominates as his residence, and had 1t furnished s'gorgeously" from cellar to garret, and rested in the belief that he was fixed for life by simply paying about five dollars for taxes per year. But loi the poor Indian by some hokus-pokus lost his possessions. Jesse is good hand and works faithfully for his employer. He may not stick religiouslY to facts; he likes 10 tell 8 good story, and claims to have been all over the world. He Is build ing a new hut, but says the storm of Sunday came too soon for him.
 Services were conducted by Rev. Mir. Whitney Sunday morning, and his text was taken from the sixth chapter of St. Matthew, the 19th and 2Oth verses. The rector deliv- cred an able address, appealing to hisparish- toners for a mora generous support in the missionary cause. At the com mencement of his sermon MT. Whitney an. nounced to his hearers that the last Sunday of the Christian year was denominated "stir up" Sunday in England. Mir. Whitney was quite indisposed, so much so as to need as~ sistance at the evening service. Services will be held at the church Thanksgiving morning at 10:30 o'cloee and the holy com munion administered.
 The members of MT. A. L. Lincoln's fami- lY on Bonny Hill were very much alarmed Saturday morning, Nov. 24, for the safety of
 their residence. The soot in the old-fash
 toned chimney caught fire and the flames rushed to the top with @ tremendous roar. MT. Lincoln was absent at the time. Mir. 0. s. Lincoln, the son, was near at hand and through his efforts the flames were quenched with no other damage than 8 great fright to the lady inmates, This is the third time, and Mrs. L. thinks the last. Mrs. Lincoln has been an invalid for seven years.
 She is paralyzed on one side. from the effect of which she is partially blind. They have two children, Mr. c. l.. Lincoln, the leader of Lincoln's orchestra, of West Haven, and
 Mics Gussie Lincoln, aged thirteen years. They are both good musicians. Miss Gussie plays the piano beautifully, and should she choose to select music as -hsr Ifs calling,
 promises to be an artist of great merit. Connecticut River DraVV-bridge All Right.
 The drsw-bridge over the Connecticut