Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-17
Fair Haven News.

Captain Caleb Ludiugton, the veteran oyster dealer, who has been housed with rheumatism nearly all winter, is able to be out again. Captain Ludington can tell as good yarn as ever about his interesting adventures on the briny deep.
 Levi Rowe, who has been very ill, is now convalescent.
 Among the articles that are to be voted away at the fair of the hose company at Central hall are the following: Fruit dish, clock, box of cigars, dressed sheep, toilet set, ton of coal, barrel of flour, writing desk, and last, but not least, a set of false teeth. The committee in charge consists of Chief J. J. Dayton, N. L. Dudley, E. M. Allen, H. s. Connel and H. M. Shannon. There is dancing every evening.
 Upson 6 Granniss are now at Conga- mond lake with gang of men filling their ice houses. The houses at Hemingway pond will all be filled in day or two, and Edward Rowe has about filled his house. Much of the ice is fully ten inches thick. Dr. Moody of the east side, who was so severely njured early in the winter in a runaway accident, is not able, as yet, to go out of doors but is gradually improv- ing.
 The new schooner Grace and Harry Key. holds is on the voyage north from Georgia l with hard pine lumber.
 Edward Meacham of Waterside recently bagged two foxes on Pond Rock, near Lake | Saltonstall. One of the animals was E gray fox.
 l At the concert to be given in the Wes
 Haven Congregational church this evening Miss Hettie Bradley will be among thos, | to take part. Dr. M. J. Adams, formerly
 of Fair Haven, is one of the projectors O. | the concert.
 At George M. Graves ship yard ther
 will soon be an air of activity. Work ha
 already begun on light draft tug boat fo
 a towing company in Jacksonville, Fla
 The hull is to be flat bottomed, to bette
 run between the shallow harbors of tn
 south. The boilers and engine will b
 furnished by Bigelow & Go. Severa
 yachts are to be fitted out at this yard
 and there is likely to be business suf6cien
 to keep the yard running for severe
 months.
 Another improvement in the marin
 line to be undertaken the coming sprin
 will be the lengthening of the upper dec
 of the excursion steamer Sunshine, ths
 lies moo1ed on the east shore just belo
 the Fair Haven marine railway. Th l deck Is to De extended frOl
 the pilot house nearly to th
 bow and will be open like the big e1cul
 sion boats, thus affording additional a,
 computations for many passengers. I'll
 boat will be otherwise improved and ove , hauled. A fine picture of this steame has just been painted by c. W. RausoI formerly of Fair Haven.
 Although the coasting trade is conside
 ed quite dull just now, and quite nun
 Der of the New Haven schooners are in tt
 off shore trade, H. H. Hanscom has cont , dence enough to build new three-maste 3 The keel is nearly ready to be laid for u , new vessel, and it is doubtful if anoth,
 schooner is now building in the stat This craft will be just about u B proportions of the schooner Harry an Grace Reynolds, the last craft that Ca] f tain Hanscom built. Itis to be hoped thu by the time this vessel is ready for launcl , ing the cossting trade will have so mue improved that Captain Hanscom will fe : like building another boat. At the wire mill business is very brif - and the works are run two hours ov !, time each day. Over one hundred hant 8 are employed, and it is difficult to f e | orders on time. Many grades of email al l 1arpe wire are turned ont