Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-21
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
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Feb. 2O.-Guests at Elm Tree inn this
week: R. 8. Salters, Trinity college, Hart
ford; W. P. Niles, Trinity college, Hartford;
j. A. Trumbull, Trinity college, Hartford;
". W. Powers. Rochester, N: Y; 9: B.
aa Yale 0osse New haven M1
and Mrs. Fred Z. Ward, Brooklyn, NJ. Y;
w. D. Simmons, New Haven; John Crosby,
New Haven; Leverett Thompson, Chicago,
ILL.,; f. R Kimberly, New Haven, Conn. !;
Freddie Bridges, New York; Miss Brown,
Brooklyn, N. T.; Miss Ella Brown, Brook
Ign. N: Y.
week, IL at present a guest at Mrs. Barney's.
The amount realized for the benefit of the
Village Improvement society was about
thirty dollars.
Miss Hattie Bishop gave recital from
popular authors in the Methodist church last
evening, for the benefit of that church.
Audience fair.
Miss Hattie Fowler Of Miss Porter's school
has returned from ten days visit among
friends at Princeton and Amherst.
Miss Florence Say left Tuesday for two
weeks visit at New York and Englewood.
Mr.. Amos r. Emo, who recently gave the
fine public library to Simsbury, has sold his
residence, corner Fifth avenue and Twenty
seventh street, to the Reform club for $780,
600 and gives possession on April 1. Mr..
Emo has lived In this house nearly twenty
years.
The first Pennington assembly and recep-
ton comes on next Wednesday evening,
February 20. Elaborate arrangements are
being made which will insure notable 60
ciety event. The patronesses are Mrs. Julius
Gay, Mrs. Mills Heydock, Mrs. J. Stanley
Cowles, Mrs. Erastus Gay, Mrs. Henry N.
Whittelsey and Mrs. James L. Cowles. Com
mittee-Mr Edmund Cowles, Ersstus Gay,
- "nIr Il
Dsming, Alexis Bartlett.
the village hall Tuesday evening, February
IS. The committee "a. R. Wadsworth, F.
A. Latimer, jr., II. L. Crandall, f. A. An
drews, Mrs. Chaunoy Deming, Mrs. W. D.
Hurlbut, Miss Carrie Bishop and Miss Alice
Lewis) are to be congratulated upon the sue
cess of such pleasant gathering. The order
Of dances consisted of fourteen numbers and
lasted until half-past one in the morning.
Hunters Set, Money Musk. Hull's Victory
and Irish Washerwoman (transpcsed into
| American Laundress) kept the grangers busy
| until the end. Delegations from Burritt
grange of New Britain, Southington grange,
| and Whigville grange of Bristol, soon dis
covered that they had fallen among friends
that understood the art of entertaining. Re-
freshments ct intermissien Of course were not
to be ignored, and when the fragments had
been collected into baskets there was
still enough for the multitude to &C
through it again. Many of the people
| in the village outside this grange were pleas
antly remembered with invitations and filled
the seats on the strge. Among them were
Mr.. Edmund Cowles, Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus
Gay, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Whittlesey, Mrs.
Willard Van Derlip Of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry A. Cowles of Unionville, Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. 81. Deming, Miss Kate Deming, Miss
Brandsgee, Miss McKeon, Miss Anna Hart
and Miss Anna Barber. Mr.. H. L. Crandall
Is master of ceremonies was untiring in his
efforts to keep the floor we'll covered with
dancers. Music by LeRoy's orchestra Of
Hartford was very good. William Church,
promptsr.
Miss Anna Kelanser left last Monday fol
New York, intending to spend the balance
| of the winter.
Mrs. Wheeler, mother of DR.. Frank Wheel.
er,died Of old age-eighty Eve years-Monday
morning ct Q o'clock. She was buried in
Avon, her family home, Wednesday after
noon. Prayers here at the house and ser
vices ct the Avon Congregational church.
Little Gertrude Cowles, daughter Of Mrs
John Stanley Cowles, was given q birthday
party by her grandma, Mrs. John E. Cowles
Elsie Denning, Hattie Darlington, Jenette
Vorce, Grace CLARK, Mamie Cowles, Mildred
Cowles, Meta Britain, Margaret Cowles
Caroline Gay, Elliott CLARK, Donald and
Frank Gay, made up the party. Bean bags
and other games made it very happy for the
children for Saturday afternoon. A mum
Der remembered her also with presents.