The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-26
MILFORD.

| morning. The surprise was gladly well
 cnmed. Mother and the new girlies are
 doing nicely. Congratulations. 4 son welcomed In the home of MT.
 and Mrs. McGll at the west end on Sat-
 urdAy afternoon
 The railroad company re-occupied the old brick depot Sunday IL is used for lrains going cast. Joseph Bristol
 Is ticket agent in the new depot for
 west bound trains.
 The game of ball between the T. A. | B. of Derby and the NJ. A. A. of Milford
 was as good bame as hae been played this season. After ten innings had been played the score stood even 10 '. Rev. W. H. Kidd acted as umpire. Harry and Tibbals Woods. two boys,
 who were violently III from eating
 toadstools for mushrooms. are better. | They had a narrow escape from death. Larkie Lee, who conducted shore house at Oak grove. has closed up his
 place for the season and returned to
 Derby.
 The new Chautauqua circle will meet
 at the residence of G. w. Carey on Thursday evening. All who wish to | join should hand in their names at this ! meeting.
 The Y. P. s. C. F. of the Methodist church will hold their sociahle Wednes-
 day, September 26. The program will l consist of social music by Mir Kidd, | Mrs. Burwell and Mrs. Roberts, and | recitations by Misses Lennie Batcheler and Maude Andrews. Admission free. | Coffee and home made cake Will be Tor | sale.
 The republican caucus for nominat- | ing candidates for town officers will | be held in the town hall, Thursday | evening, September 27. An interesting meeting is anticipated.
 1 George Booth who resigned as bag gagemastcr at the depot in order to go l farming year and half ago, again l took up his duties as baggagemaster | Sunday.
 The Republican Glee club met for | rehearsal at M. A. A. hall Saturday eve-
 ming. The new books, which were or dered early in the week arrived in time | to he used.
 The Rev. Rev. Howard W. Pope of | New Haven preached at Plymouth church yesterday. He spoke in the
 morning in the interest of the United | Christian Workers association. and in | the evening he addressed himself to the presentation of the personal work | devolving on the individual. Mr. Pope
 has had many years experience as pastor and is we'll able to instruct in | the ways and methods of Christian work which he did so we'll. A large | chorus assisted in the singing and brief
 prayers were offered at the beginning
 of the service by the laymen gathered on the platform. It was an interesting
 day throughout to the people of Ply
 mouth church who were let into the
 secret of the success of the laborers in
 many field of usefulness.
 MISS SARAH A. BUCKINGHAM'S FUNERAL. The funeral services over the remains
 of the late Miss Sarah A. uelsinghap took place at the residence of Albert
 Nettleton on Cherry street, Saturday afternoon at o'clock. The attendance
 was large and comprised the deceased's
 friends and relatives. The universal
 feeling and expression was one of sym
 pathy for the grief stricken mourners
 whose aff1iction in this instance is un-
 usually heavy, the deceased having possessed nature full of those lovable and fascinating trsits which never fail to win the affections of family and associates. The speaker seemed inn
 bued with the spirit of the situation and
 expresser consolation and sympathy very much in keeping with the feelings of all present. The interment was in the family plot in the Milford ceme- tery.
 THE GRANGE EXHIBIT. There has been marked improvement | in agriculture and fruit growing in | this vicinity within the past ten years l owing largely to the influence of the Housatonic grange, whose membership | is composed almost exclusively of farm l CTS, gardeners and fruit growers. Sat ! urday evening the regular annual ex- | hibit was held by Housatonic grange l in their hall It was a fine display and many remarkable specimens were shown. Between fifty and sixty peo- pie were present.
 Among the exhibitors were John B. l Holmes, W. M., of Housatonic grange and one of our most successful garden 1 CTS; he displayed thirteen varieties of fruits and vegetables. D. c. Wood, who | raises corn by the mile, exhibited com- 1 mon potatoes which weighed pounds | 9 ounces each, hill of three sweet po- 1 tatoes that weighed 5A pounds and | specimens of green corn of immense size. William Blamey brought average | ears of Ohio dent corn weighing 6A | pounds. R. W. Curtis display of eight | varieties of pears, with grapes and ap- | pies attracted good deal of notice, he
 showed also some Ribson pippins, an l English apple and probably the only | fruit of that variety in town. J. w., | Euerle had the finest assortment of tomatoes and the only specimen of Kohl rabi. s. A. Patterson had also large l and fine display, his speciality was musk melons of which he is the most exten- sive and successful grower in town. J. H. Blackman had some mammoth turnips which he propagates for seed,
 Besides these gentlemen, displays were made by J. D. Smith, G. Wakeley, T,
 Cook, B. F. Tomlinson, F. E. Blakeman