Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-12
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

The lot OF the cenSus-taker in various
| parts of the state was frequently relieved
by events that must have appealed strong
ly to his sense of humor. The enumer-
ator at Danbury, encountered the.wife of
an Irish hod-carrier, who tried to conceal
| her husbands humble occupation by sta
ting that he was an "ascender and de-
| SENDER" She held out strongly against
giving any further information and it was
from other sources that an explanation of
this peculiar employment was obtained. A
| Bridgeport woman refused for some time
to give her husbands occupation, and at
last defined him as k-of-all-trades I"
The enumerator raised all her indignation
| by recording him as hod-carrier Then
he learned that he was an engineer,
but it was to late to make changes
and the woman obstinately refused to re-
| ply to any more questions. The earnings
| of one poor census-taker were largely de-
voted to paying for an expensive damask
tablecloth which he ruined with bottle Of
ink. Among the physicians there was a
| universal dislike to the demand for their
knowledge of the diseases of the people.
There were various way of avoiding the
blanks sent to them, asking if they had
diseases among their patients, the nature
| of which they did not wish to disclose.
One doctor m Bridgeport went SO far as to
turn all his patients over to another ply
| stefan SO that he could answer in the mega
tive for the time being.
The Rev. Orlo d. Hine, who was for
more than thirty years pastor of the Con-
| gregational church in Lebanon, died on
4 Co rIox OF l,
went about two days ago for medical
| treatment Mr.. Hine was born in New
| Milford in 1915, and graduated at Yale in
| 1887, classmate of the Hon. John Hooker,
E. NJ Day and the late Thomas R. Dutton
| Of Hartford, and of Chief Justice Waite,
William M. Evarts, s. j. Tilden and Pro-
fessors Silliman and Lyman among others
Mr.. Hine had brief pastorates in Clinton
and North Woodstock, and also in
| Mich, previous to 1855. In that wear
| he was called to Lebanon, where he
served until 1886, much beloved by the
people of that historic old town, in whose
| welfare he took deep interest. He wrote
it's history in 1875. In 1865 Mr.. Hine was
a member of the legislature, and during a
large part of his residence in Lebanon he
was at the head of the school board Late
ly he has been preaching in Killingly, in
this state. He was of gentle and retiring
disposition, but a man of sound and firm
convictions, thoughtful and earnest, and
universally respected. He will be buried
in Lebanon where he lived SO long. Mr.
| Hine was the father of Charles D. Hine,
secretary of the state board Of education,
| who graduated at Yale in 1871, and of r.
w. Hine, who graduated there in 1884
The work of the Connecticut State Fire
mems association, as shown by the official
reports read at the recent convention in
| Waterbury, says the Ansonia Sentinel, is a
most benefcent one and deserves the en-
couragement of the people. The fremen
of Connecticut as rule are workingmen,
and for their services as savers of property
and life they are paid nothing. Instead
there is drain on their pocketbooks
Under the rules of the association if fire
man is hurt while on duty he is entitled tc
certain sum per week while unable te
work. If we recollect Alright it is $12-t
not very munifcent amount when on,
considers the probable expenses during
sickness. If o fireman is killed certain
provision is made for his family, ant
If he leaves any minor children they be
come pensioners on tho fund of the asso
citation until they reach certain age
This Is noble work and those brave mel
who guard our homes and our lives deserv
l
than they are apt to receive. The stat
pays $1,000 year to the treasurer of tn
association, and from this comes the bene
| fits and the amounts paid out for the sup
port of the widows and orphans. It
= little enough, and should be more. It
, possible that there are other sources of in
come. We have not the rules of the asso
citation by us just at this moHeas. Blu
| this does not matter. The idea is that tn
4 Of fha OF 70
the injured to its discussion and adoption
of improved methods of fighting FIRE, i
highly commendable.
Benjamin Lee, wealthy farmer, age,
80, of Farmingville district, in the town O
Ridgefeld, is missing. He wandered OF
some time Saturday night, since whicl
l time parties have been securing the wood
in search of him. He is somewhat eccen
trio and has an estate estimated to be wort
$3.50, 200.
Suffield is unusually gay this season witt
three tally-ho coaches. Sidney A. Ken
came all the way from Chicago in on
drawn by four horses.
The purses for the Eastern trotting cir
| cult will aggregate about 100000 Tn
dates are as follows: Manchester, SepteIn
| BEL A, 8; Rockville, September 0, 10, II
| Meriden, September 10, II, 10, 10; Nor
witch, September 90, "a, %; Willimantic
: | September 30, October, l., 2; Stafford, DC
tober 0. 10.
| The Waterbury Republican yesterda
says. Excelsior council No. 9, O.U. AM.
decorated the graves of their decease,
members ut Riverside, Mill Plain and Wa
, terville cemeteries Sunday afternoon. Tn
graves at Mill Plain and Wnterville wer
attended by special committees In Oh
morning. AT 2 o'clock In the Afternoon
the council were to 60 in body to River
J | side cemetery, but the rain delayed them
couple Of hours. There was plentiful
supply of flowers Oh hand. The eounei
| formed In circle around each grave, tn
chaplain, Fred g. Clark, speaking 70,
words In eulogy Of the members whose re
mains were beneath, after which the gray
was decorated and tho council sang tn
funeral ode. Il. J. Schuyler was marsha
and the decoration committee was; Georg
Nv, Burritt, Seron Decker and Fred G
Clark"
1t has been semi-ofiieially announced
that the Hon, John Doane of Chicago, VIII,
has q magnificent summer residence a
Thompson, will entertain ex-Presiden
Cleveland next week.
Mrs. John McNerney of Danbury, Will
walking ON the track of the same road
about mile below the city, was struck b,
an engine at 9 o'clock last night. She wa
forty years old and has large family.
Walter Mitchell of Georgetown wa
struck by freight train Sunday morning
while lying on the Danbury and Norwall
railway track in an intoxicated condition
His body was badly mangled He wa
taken to the Danbury hospital and vii
die. He is thirty years old.
The first open-air meeting on Will
mantle camp ground was held Sunda
afternoon. A large audience listened t
the discourse by the Rev. Mellen Howard
Greenland, N. H., from John z, 1884
showing the impossibility of bridging O
filing the moral gulf between the right
eous and wicked. Deep religious interes
and solemnity characterized the gather
ing. Several prominent clergymen wer
present.
Considerable interest is manifested Il
the project for the establishment of an oil,
ladies' home in Waterbury. Several ladie
are actively but quietly. developing tn
scheme. A fund has already been started
1t ID believed by those interested in tn
matter that there is decided need TO
such an institution in Waterbury. It i
proposed to have the different churche
in town unite in the establishment.pf tn
home.
Robert L. Fernald was arrested in Har,
] ford Saturday, charged with obtainin
money under false pretenses. The offens
was committed some time ago, Webster I
| Moore, the insurance agents in the WAY
erly building, being the principal victims
, Fernald presented to them draft for IS
on the Mechanics Insurance company Q
Brooklyn, N. Y, Of which his father
} president. Webster & Moore cashed il