Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-09
To-Day ana T0-Morrow In GailfOrd.
 To-day will be given up mostly to literary

exercises. A meeting will be held in the church at 3:30 p. m., at which Joel Benton, of Armenia, N. Y., will preside. A historical
 poem by Charles Leete, of Guilford, and ex- tracts from Halleck's Connecticut" touoh- ing upon the early history of Guilford,
 will be read by the Hon. Lewis H. Steiner of
 Baltimore. George A. Wilcox, of Madison, Sachem's HeAd," and Henry P. Robinson
 paper on "Guilford and Madison in Litera-
 ture." This evening public reception will
 be given in the Hubbard House, which was
 built in 1717.
 During today F. s. Hall will keep open
 house, and he will have the honor of enter
 taining in the oldest house in the United
 is at present occupied by MT. Hall, who came from Canaan, N. Y., last April The present owner is Mrs. s. B. Cone of Stock
 bridge, Mass. Tho house was built in 1639
 for the Rev. Henry Whitfield, and in 1t was celebrated the first Guilford marriage, at which, it is recorded, pork and peas were the menu for the bridal dinner. The walls in the house are three feet thick, and are preserved by heavy coat of mortar put on twenty years ago. The old fireplace was fourteen feet wide, and the chimney sixteen feet wide. There are about three hundred acres in the farm, seventy of which are in tillable condi- tion. This house is handsomely decorated, having the figures "1639 1889" displayed in evergreen figures on the roof. Over the front door large American flag hangs in festoons, while over the windows on either side are festoons of bunting. The southern gable end is covered with streamers of red, white and blue bunting, trained from the chimney at the top and forming 8 pyramid. In front of the chimneys small shields | and flags of all nations.
 Dr. and Mrs. William Reynolds will give of ( thav as, invited ex-Presideut and Mrs. Cleveland, Governor Green of New Jersey, Miss Anna J. Boril, former soprano of St. Stephens and | the Church of the Incarnation, New York | city; Lawyer J. Treadwell Richards of tho | firm of Richards & Brown, George w. Hep- | worth, Charles P. Clark of New Haven and others. Ex-President Cleveland and wife arc | confidently expected to arrive to day. ! Tomorrow morning the parade will take place. The parade will be . unique one, as nearly every family in the two towns will | contribute to 1t.
 | A meeting will be held at the First | church at II o'clock. Prof. Samuel Hart, D. D., of Trinity college will deliver an oration
 on the history of Guilford from 1889 to 1865 also outlining the histoty of Guilford and
 Madison from 1865 to 1865. Miss Kate Foote of Guilford will speak on Grown Ac- tion of Guilford and Madison During the ' SlNh w ohs
 Dinner will be served in the large tent on
 the green. Invited guests and residents will get their tickets as they register.
 Open air platform speaking will follow the dinner. Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York, q descendant of old John Eliot, will speak fo,
 the guests, and Sidney W. Leete of Guilford will respond. Senator Joseph R. Hawley
 Henry 0. Robinson of Hartford and others
 have been invited to speak briefly.
 Another meeting will be held at the church in the afternoon, when an address on Whit
 field and Higginson, early settlers and preach
 CTS, will be delivered by Col. Thomas Went. worth Higginson of Cambridge. The Rev. Dr. John E. Todd of New Haven will speak | on "Distinguished Natives"
 An exhibition of relics will be held to day | and to morrow in the old home of the late | Dr. Bennett on Whitfield street.
 A center of historical interest will be the house owned by Mrs. s. B. Cone of Stock. bridge, Mass., the oldest house in the county 1t being built in 1889. The property is ss. ] sessed at $40,00Q,