Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-07
Todd and others from New Haven spen Sunday in town

Todd and others from New Haven spent Sunday in. town.
 Several from Hamden attended service | at the Congregational church in the morn ing and were present at the praise meeting in the evening. William Beach of Montowese was con siderably injured with fireworks on the and it is not yet known how seriously ms eyes are effected Dr. Goodyear is attend ing him. James Reynolds was home for short visit last week.
 Rev. Mir. Reynolds announced on Sun day that the church would be open in the | evening for service of praise, something which he had desired to see for two years
 or more. He did not say that the program
 had been in preparation all that time; had
 he said SO he would have been fully De-
 lieved by those who listened to the render
 ing on Sunday evening. The exerclses
 opened with full chorus, followed with
 scripture reading by MT. Reynolds and re-
 sponsive reading by pastor and congrega-
 tion, an anthem by the choir, then prayer. MT. Reynolds gave brief summary of his
 toric facts relative to the origin and con
 tinuance of the monthly concert started in
 1784. A quartette sang "Nearer my God
 to Thee" The choir gave hymn Jesus l OAoii heiRu Wuere or Iuo oou, ".o
 short prayers were offered. A duet 6y
 Miss Flora Stiles and W. s. Stiles
 rendered very pleasingly and classic,
 ally. The :, audience then read
 the apostles creed in concert and the ex-
 ercises closed with an anthem by the choir.
 Edgar Stiles of St. Johns church was one
 of the musicians A. B. Clinton receives ] much praise for his share of the work in
 arranging the praise service. The speakers desk was handsomely decorated with a
 bouquet of white lilies and purple clema-
 tis.
 G. E. Thorpe starts to-day at 5 o'clock
 for Minneapolis to attend the annual meet ) ing of the national Y. P. s. c. E. , o. N. Turner has been sick the past two , weeks.
 } Grange members will do well to remem. 5 ber that the first Tuesday evening" comes , this week. Several think it is alternate , Tuesday evenings, and the janitor lighted the hall last Tuesday evening. The meet ings are interesting even during the sum, mer.
 Miss Ina Futile is visiting her cousin Miss Edna Cummings, at Berlin. They
 spent the Fourth at Middlefeld with theil grandmother, Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt.
 w. c. T. U. meets on Wednesday after 8 noon. The proposed "lawn festival" ii B postponed for the present. 8 In the Bible study 1t Is noticed tha 9 many events were of forty years duration @ that forty is symbolic number. One oi ] the Congregational Sunday school teacher l. finished the fortieth year of work at hi |. chosen occupation of carpenter and joiner @ the last of June and now considers him ] self historic.
 k Mrs. Julius Smith of Poughkeepsie, N 8 Y., is expected in town on visit to rela 8 tives and friends this week. }, The young men and boys at the eente s enjoy gathering pond lilies. The CouRIEl d correspondent received a handsome bou : quet of choice blossoms and appreciate t the favor.
 : Mrs. George Moulthrop of Shelton is il l. town on a visit to friends. Mrs. Moulthro
 is mother of Mrs. Cushman, who sang il o the Belshazzar concers.
 @ Aaron Bassett, J. w. Futile and other l, | arc sufferinp with chills