Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-20
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June 19.-The concert given by the band
 on the Broad street park Saturday evening
 was enjoyed by large number of people. ' The refreshing shower of last Friday morn.
 ing did much good in laying the dust and
 frightening vegetation.
 Miss Louie A. Clarke graduated with hon.
 ors from the Welch training school of New
 Haven last Friday.
 A strawberry and ice cream festival will
 be held in the parlors of the First church on
 Thursday evening of this week. All are cor
 dially invited to attend.
 The soldiers monument was finally raised
 last Saturday under the management of those
 who understood the work thoroughly. It is
 said the accident which resulted SO unfortu-
 tunately the week before was due to the
 carelessness of the man himself.
 An attractive entertainment will be given in the Town hall sometime next month call
 ed dairymaids' festival.
 Franklyn Fowler and family of New York, were in town on Saturday and received cor.
 dial greetings from their many friends. Mir.
 Fowler and family intend to spend the sum mer at the Adirondack mountains
 Canker worms have been doing destructive work on fruit and shade trees in many parts of the town.
 MT. William Merwin recently presented the Milford Lyceum library with check ot twenty-five dollars for which they will hold Mir. Merwin in grateful remembrance. Rev. Cornelius Bristol of this place sup piled the rector's place at St. Peter's church last Sunday during his absence with nuct acceptance to the people.
 Children's day exercises will be held at tht Plymouth church next Sunday evening. Indian River grange, P. of H., will hold strawberry exhibition and flower show fl I the Town hall next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Admission ten cents. Premiuml will be offered for the strawberry collec ' tfnuu and Aoumr and rnna dimnlav The N;I ford band will also give their services for tn. occasion.
 A burglary was committed at the sho, store of l.. F. Baldwin last Saturday night also the hearse house was broken open ana property injured. Owen T. Clark's store wa also entered, dry goods were taken and tn, money drawer was forced open and the con tents were carried of, amounting to twenty | five or thirty dollars. This is the first timt this store has ever been entered by burglars Children's day as observed by the Firs
 church last Sunday will without doubt stand | on the records of the church as one of it memorable days. At the morning servic. Following this impressive service was tn, presentation of Bibles Co the baptized chil dren. The sermon by the new pastor, Rev | +. l.. Ferguson, was in perfect harmony with the day and made profound impres sion on the minds of the hearers. The them, | was DdsoO Ou buS MOEuS 1u OamueI l., ufe I chapter, twenty-seventh and twenty-eightl verses. The pisty and faithfulness of Han f nah to her VOW and the spot1ess character O | Samuel were used to illustrate and prov \ that truly Christian parents will seldom fai | to bring up their children with piety ana \ Christian characters which will make then X of use to the world. The discourse through out was finely and aptly illustrated. At it \ close Mir. Fergurson accepted in a feeling and candid way the cal. of the church t, become it's pastor. The church ar united and cordially and heartily re \ ceiye their new pastor as was manifest \ ed at the close of the morning service Tn, \ evening service of song and recitations b. | the children drew 8 congregation that filled ! the church to it's utmost capacity Beauti ! ful floral designs adorned the platform and a motto, s'The Children for Christ, :" was ar, ranged in the arch over the platform. Ths
 most elaborate of the designs was a piece, ttGates Ajsr," surmounted with cross heart and anchor. It was the expression pi one and all that 1t would have been difficult to excel the exercises of the evening. At the close of the exercises 6 few well chosen re- marks were made by Mr. Ferguson, and aI- though this glad day came to an end, it's im-
 pressions on the hearts and minds of those
 present, bold old and young, will be unend- inU