Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-23
moaRrs COVE sEAsrDERs.

NORRIS COVE sEASIDERS.
New Haven People and other People
Who Have Cottages and Pass the
Summer Mt This Pleasant Resort ON |
the East Shore-Soclal Events Of the |
Place-Yachting Parties and other |
Parties-The BASE Ball Nine.
With its wide stretch of rounding, |
sandy beach and its happily peopled little !
settlement of pretty summer cottages,
Morris Cove presents one of the pleasant
est resorts upon the east shore within an
easy drive of this city. The summer sea-
son at this place is now at its height. Its
colony of summer visitors are enjoying all
of the joys which seasiders seek by the
sea, and its cosy cottages are all full to
overlooking with their gay inhabitants.
Next to Savin Rock, the drive to Morris
Cove is probably the most popular Of any
shore drive for people of this city. Upon
every pleasant evening the picturesque old
country road leading from Tomlinson's
bridge to the Four Corners and thence
along the shore to the Cove is trav-
ersed by numbers of vehicles with
their lively loads of pleasure seekers.
And the Cove itself offers quite
field of attraction. The Forbes house
and the Morris Cove house are both noted
for their hospitable manner of entertaining
their visitors, and there are any number OF
visitors to McCleve's.
The society at the Cove is just what
would be expected from summer congre-
cation of a large number of young people,
all alive with The bouyancy and spirit of
the season and place. Yachting parties,
surprise parties, Sunday school parties and
many other kinds of parties help to fill in
the idle hours of the season.
The Morris e. Cove base ball
nine is another important feature
of the place and cottagers of all ages and
of all kinds are seen at every game played
by the club at the Cove. A sort of a festi-
val for the benefit of this nine was held at
the cottage of J. G. Bradley on Thursday
night Most Of the young ladies at the
Cove are enthusiastic base ball cranks and
the success of the entertainment was due
largely to their efforts. On Wednesday
night another festival was given by the
scholars of the Sunday school and quite a
respectable sum was raised for the school.
Last night one of the iveliest parties of
the season will be given at the Morris Cove
house. 1t will be a surprise and about
one hundred invitations have been circu-
lated among the cottagers.
One of the most popular portions of the
Cove is pretty cottage at the lower end
where party of young ladies from New
Haven and vicinity have been keeping
house, and very lively house, too, all by
themselves It has been from this gather
ing of fair ones largely that the Morris
Cove base ball nine has drawn much of its
enthusiasm, and the young ladies have pre-
sented the club with many tokens of their
admiration. Bathing and boating are en-
tered into with as much enthusiasm by the
girls as they are by the boys and they seem
fully capable of enjoying all of these ad-
mirable facilities of the Cove.
Among the owners of fine yachts are ex-
Commodore Harris of the New Haven
Yacht club and g. R. Chamberlin of
Chamberlin & Co., the Orange street fur
niture dealers. These two gentlemen are
expert sailors and they spend much of the
time upon the water with their families.
On Wednesday they took party of about
forty of the seasfders for sail on the lit
tie steamer Ivernia. They started. in the
morning and took dinner at the Money
Island house among the Thimbles. They
yacht Hattie of New York on the
sou'west ledge of the breakwater. When
they passed it in the morning the
little yacht was still hanging together
but on the return in the afternoon nothing
was seen but floating mast and few
timbers upon the rocks. Among those in
the party besides Commodore Harris and
Mr.. Chamberlain with their families were
George Thompson and family, Mrs. James
L. johnson and her three daughters of
Springfield, Mrs. Merritt of Springfield,
Dwight Baldwin and family, John Mcqueen
and family, Mr.. Bradley and Mrs. Wallace
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Rust, daughter of DR. Rust of Meriden, and
Edward Fox. Soon after the return Com
modore Harris left with his family and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews upon his yacht, the
| Marietta, fora cruise to the meet of the
American Canoe association, which is being
held at Peconic Bay, L. I. They will also
visit Greenpoint and Shelter Island.
| In all there are some thirty cottages at the
cove, not a great number for SO lively q
resort and not SO many as one would judge
to visit the place for an afternoon. OF
these there has been but one which has not
been occupied by large gathering of sea-
| siders throughout the summer. This is the
cottage of Mrs. Forster of Meriden. She
has been at the Cove through nearly half
| of the season, but she left few days ago
locked the doors of her pretty summer
home and put the keys in her pocket.
One of the finest of the cottages is that
owned by L. w. Beecher of Westville,, the
match manufacturer. The Beecher cot
tage is a most hospitable place and many
! guests are entertained within its light walls
during the season. Adjoining this, Liv
eryman Bristol of this city has purchased
lot and will build fine cottage there be
fore next season. Near by, also, another
lot has been bought by Mr.. Dan Jones, the
singer. He also intends to erect pretty
summer cottage upon his lot.
This portion of the Cove is what il
known as the upper end. There are two
ends or settlements along the shore. An
other of the prominent cottagers of the
upper end who are enjoying the pleasures
of the place with their families and friend,
is George Mallory, son of the editor OF
1.-THE Churchman," who has purchased tn,
Gregory place and is costly ensconce6
there. The Allertons of Waterbury, ex
tensive manufacturers of rubber goods
occupy the adjoining cottage. Then come
the pleasant cottages of Charles Kimberly
the State street crockery merchant, Georg
Thompson, the insurance man, and Georg
R. Chamberlain, the Orange street furni
ture dealer.
Prominent among the cottagers of tina
part of the settlement known as the lowe
end is ex-Alderman Frank G.. Bushnell
who enters into the affairs of the plac
with as much spirit as he has always dis
played in the public affairs of New Haven
Harvey Munson, the paper box manufac
turer, Colonel Simeon j. Fox, Wilbu
Guilford, Mr.. Clark, the Grand avenu
builder, j. G. Bradley of Fair Haven, Majo
Walter Wellman, DR.. Lyon, all own fin
cottages at this end which are occupied b,
their families and guests. Attorney ].
Gallagher, his brother, James Gallagher, tn
Kingsleys, Dwight Baldwin, John Mcqueen
| orH othorc ocorru ,,1oaoopf o,1,,a M hon ca
at the Cove.
The Norris Cove house has been take,
possession of by large party of Spring
field people and guests from Hartford ant
other Connecticut towns are to be fount
in large numbers at the Forbes house. Mr.
Charles Whittlesey and sisters and Mis-
Agnes Prescott of this city are among tn
visitors at one of the cottages.
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