Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-31
FAIa HAVEN NEWS.

Need Some Attentl0n-HallOWc
Festivistes-A wedding To-Nixht-A
Startling Experience.
Itmakes the average Fair Havener laugh to
hear that scientists in England attribute the
spread of typhoid fever or the introduction
Of that disease to the poor, lene, luscious
oyster. Gan anybody in the ranks of sani-
tsrians or other eminent scientific gentlemen
put his index finger on piece of Fair Haven
history that tells Of epidemic or mildly pre-
valent typhoid fever In this villagei Fair Ha-
ven and the Annex are two of the healthiest
spots in Conneotiout, and typhoid fever is as
infrsqusnt In its visits therein as the SMALL
pox or the Asiatie cholera. II you want to
see pictures of healthfulness, visit Fair Ha-
ven where the oyster grows in all its luxu-
rance, and Is devoursd with all the epicu-
rean.particulsrity that oharacterizes the citi-
zen who appreciates delicious morsel when
1t Is before him. Should one of those scienti-
fio bookworms or preachers who have so
grossly libelled the popular bivalve of this
village and chief staple Of trade, ever take q
notion to visit Fair Haven, he can be loaded
up in Eve minutes with more arguments in
favor of the healthy quality of the oyster
than he could refute until the day of doom.
The pspulace of the two Fair Haven wards
have started the cry for clean crossings.
These street crossings haven't had hoe
touched to them this week. And the ladies
exclsim just as vigorously as the sterner half
of humanity. They find their costly dresses
and high-heeled French shoes covered with
the mud of the crossing. But 1t isn't the
fault of the board Of public works as many
of the citizens conclude. The city govern
ment has shut down on giving any more
money to this department., and, as. all the
money allowed for street cleaning has been
expended, the men had to quit work.
Occasionally the stranger arrives in the
Annex who, in the moment of forgetfulness,
while he gazes admiringly at its beautiful
residences, asks: "Where is the Mayor of
this lovely spoty' The finger of popular APP
proval points Respectively to Attorney Will
liam P. Niles, who Is the warden of the Dor
ough. Speaking of Mr.. Miles, he is one of
the Fair Haven East oiti.ens who Is grad
ually ascending the ladder Of popularity.
He is studious, painstaking, ambitious
lawyer, aud the laurels he has won already
are but the result of hard-fsted, get-there
battle with the world. They speak favor
ably of him as a prosecuting agent, placing
particular emphasis on the statement that
he is liberal, but firm, in his administration
of the liquor law.
John Smith got back from the west few
years from Fair Haven, and q more aston
ished man it would be hard to find. When
he left the village it was a thrifty little spot
with chip on It's shoulder in token of firm
ness and determination to progress. A quar-
ter of century back and Fair Haven wasn't
the big place 1t is to-day. You might say 1t
had Just thrown off some Of the Indian habil-
aments that emphasized the domicile of the
red men on the banks of the Quinnipiso. 1t
was not an ipfrequent occurrence for the eel
lar or the we'll digger in those days to strike
his pick or shovel against the bones Of an
Indian or the arrow Of that much abused
warrior. Mr.. Smith looked around him in
amazement at the evidence of the prosperity
that had come to the village and it's little
brother east of Quinnipiac. Where had only
been handful of oyster shops in Front
street he now found scores of them. When
he looked across the river to the east bank of
the Quinnipiao, that, too, he saw nearly
covered with these thrifty oyster establish
handsome, substantial dwellings that give a
very favorable impression to the stranger, of
the wealth and taste of the Fair Haven citi-
xens. He eouldn't fail to notice especially
tho costly homes that overlook the river from
Fair Haven Heights. He didn't expect to
see the electric lights, the double track horse
car line, the concrete sidewalks and the
numerous other improvements that have put
Fair Haven on par with other progressive
localities. When Mr.. Smith had recovered
from the agreeable surprises he let his mind
go back to the Fair Haven of twenty-five
years ago to more forcibly contrast the two
pictures. In those old times Kings Hotel
was in Its glory where Kleiner's dry goods
store Is located, at Grand avenue and South
Front street. There used to be bank up
over Jefferson's paint and paper store.
xN1y rnSr vxlxar
the Bradley building now stands, across from
the postofioe, and the Chinaman hadn't
brought his pigtail OF wooden shoe into the
village. 1t was In that past age that the
Methodists worshipped in q plain wooden
building across from where their present
beautiful church stands. The whole of
Fair Haven was one ward then, aad the
voters were not legion as in 1889. There
were few elegant MANSIONS, the horse car
service was now, no policemen patrollsd the
streets, and the telephone was not even
thought of. Ice cream was one of those
friends rarely met with. There was one or
two school houses where the intellectual
sprout of the youthful Fair Haven was cul-
tivated.
Tonight the frisky Fair Haven boys and
the frolicsome young lasses will appropriately
observe Halloween, and by their pranks
arouse the ire perhaps of quiet folks. The
celebrating begins right after dark, and
while the more decoreu. and less barbario OF
inc younger siemens oaca tIa apples, pay
o. $1,000 49, ~. u,nn"o -,
sy M -. Is. .%r a.oa u yuan Is e% S.9s
S an n' 20 sonas oshhsas natos T.aro sh.s
rrthi.sslv n;II..a Tha. ~. .rmaJ r-oo.I
SLOW stasitb;Iv yrox.s throrah Al. dsrk 1890
and the v.rfsr. on tha honsaa .tart. in The
soIitsrv r.iicamsn will hs wboilv nnahIs 70
Esan nscs vith an The vonn~ riotsrs,
A Young man in North Ouinnipiac street
was the only one present at a singular SUR
prize party the other evening. He reached
his home late. II was sultry night and
dark. On top of the mat on the front door
step lay Q dark object. He Believed 1t was
the family oat and stopped to rub Its back.
There was . sudden jump on the part of the
black thing, an odor that was powerful
enough to move freight train Immediately
filed the nsighborhood and the young man
had to bury his clothes as soon 40 possible.
Miss Lulu Lindsley, daughter of George
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49,. Sr,J.,. 49,. a., 60. ...s.t TL.w 90 "
yerv nonnlsr with voupO people.
Henry Shannon of the Annex will 60 to
FnIladeipn,a ior rev DAYS soon;
has removed from Atwater street to State
0tre0t.