Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-11
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Cheshire,

STATE CORRESPONDENCE
Cheshire.
vIsIrEp HAMDRF GRANGE-MR. sroDDARo
TIED THE KNoT-A LARGE PARTY TO GO
TO THE WORLDS FAIR-cHuRcH MOTIFS
THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
May 1O.-A number of the Grange mem
bers visited the Hamden grange Wednes-
day, and had very happy time.
Mr.. Herbert ]. Moss has recently pur-
chased large bus, and now he Is ready to
take out large or small parties for pleas
ure. ;,
The Rev. James Stoddard was recently
called upon to perform the marriage oere-
mony for William Russell, assistant pay
master at the Russell & Erwin Manufac-
turing company 'sIofaoe, and Miss Cordelia
w, Guion of West Main street, New
Britain, which took place in St. Marks
church, where Mr.. Stoddard was formerly
rector.
II is expected that large party will
start from here for the worlds fair, May
90. others will leave later, so that Cheshire
will be fairly represented at the fair.
At the communion service at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning four
were admitted to the church, two BY pro-
fession and two by letters.
II. A. @. and Hamdens played baseball
game on the e. A. @. grounds Wednesday.
Two freight trains oollided at West
Cheshire station at 1880 p. m. Tuesday;
one man was seriously hurt. He was at
tended by Dr.. E. T. Cornwall. Itwas said
the accident was the fault of the flag
Mrs. NJ. D. Hotohkiss has been spending
several days in New Haven this week viz
iting friends.
DE-. Williams has been called upon to
visit Mr.. s. Trythall, who has been sick
for several days with tonsilitis. This Is
the first time in twenty-dv years that Mr..
Trythall has been laid by from work.
The farmers are q very busy set of men
at the present time ploughing. planting,
sowing. Although the season is late, ev-
erything is doing well at present.
THE LATE HENRY HoTCHKIss.
It is with feelings of sadness that we
chronicle the death of Henry Hotchkiss,
which occurred very suddenly at his home
in the southeast part of the town on Mon
day of the present week, in the eighty first
year of his age. He arose in the morning
in his accustomed health and spirits, and
was preparing to carry out plans of work
grandson he was caring for his stock.
While crossing his barnyard with a bundle
of straw In arm he was stricken with
apoplexy, which Frustrated him to the
earth like the flash of meteor. Here he
was soon found by his grandson, who at
once called neighborly assistance, and he
was taken to his home. His family was
summoned to his bedside az soon as word
could reach them at their different places
of abode. Upon their arrival it was evil
dent he knew them, but to whom he was
unable to speak. He fingered until 1:3O
o'clock in the afternoon of the same
Hotchkiss came to Cheshire about the year
1862 and here he has since resided. He
was a man of decided characteristics, was
positive man, and when he was con.
WINGED that q certain course was right
nothing could swerve him from his fixed
position. In his younger days he was {
hard worker, and probably no man
in the town has done the smoun
of heavy work that ne has beer
| able to accomplish. He was foI
| many years member of the Congrega
tional church, was one of the first to joi1
| the Cheshire grange at its organization. H.
was strong advocate of temperance ant
identified himself with the prohibition
| party in its early history and has ever sine
labored for It's success. Mr.. Hotchkiss wa
kind neighbor, a good citizen, and hi
loss will be keenly felt in this entire com
munity. He was a descendent in a direc
line Of Captain John Hotchkiss. on
of the first and perhaps the very frs
settler in what is now Cheshire, let
thing here about the year 1895, and VIII
was one of the eleven males who compose,
the Congregational church in this place a
It's organization in the year 1924 He wa
an important factor in the early settlement
of the new parish of new Cheshire, des
cendants of whom have been moro or les
identified with its interests during thei
| ITO intervening years. The funeral of MI
Hotchkiss was attended from his late plac
of residence the Wednesday following hi
death 1880 p. M, the Rev. J. P. Heyt, pas
tor of the Congregational church, official
ing in the service. It was his request sew
eral years before his death that no word
of eulogy should be spoken at his funeral
stating that his family knew all about hir
and SO did the community generally, an
that lengthy remarks would be unneeet
sary. His request in this respect as we
as in other matters was strictly carrie
out.
The Cheshire grange, to which order b
belonged, attended his funeral in bod
and took their accustomed part in the SOL
vice at the grave. A large concourse G
friends and neighbors followed his r.
mains to their resting place in the Episct
pal cemetery, where 1t was committe
earth to earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dus
to dust; awaiting the resurrection morn.