The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-16
NORTH HArES.
The Great Social Event Of tho Season.
 The Finh A adversary of the Wedding
 of MT. and Mrs. Frank l.. smith.

party 10 Mir. and Mrs. Smith. which contrary to the usual custom, proved tt be somewhat Of a surprise. IL was un' der the auspices of North Haven grange. At S.3O Mir. and Mrs. Smith were escorted into the hall by some twenty couples, to the familiar strains of the wedding march. amid the loud applause of about three hundred peo' pie gathered In their honor. The ranks separated and they were met at the front of the hall by the Rev. w. T. Key. olds, who married them five years ago nd who In well chosen and fitting re- marks. in behalf of all present, pre- sented them with a most beautiful chilfonier as token of the kind re- Eards of their many friends. As the wedding of five years ago was thought by many to be the grandest thing of the kind the old town ever saw, so the gathering of Thursday night, october II. 1894, was an event long to be remem- bercd. In q few pleasant words MT. smith thanked the friends for their beautiful and useful gift, but most of all for the friendship which prompted it. Later in the evening Mrs. Smith ap- peared in her wedding gown, an ele- gant white silk beautifully embro- dered and draped in face, but 1t showed what Dame Fashion can do in five years. Supper was served in the court room; dancing was enjoyed for a short time and all departed wishing MT. and Mrs. Smith many more years of health and happiness Mrs. Clifford, a neice of Mrs. c. N. Turner, is with her daughter on q visit to Mrs. Turner Miss Day, of south Norwalk, is also a guest of Mrs. Turner.
 A. F. Clinton has engaged artists from Hartford, New York and New Ha- ven and will give a concert in Memorial Hall on Friday evening, October 19, in aid of the Bradley Library association Tickets on sale at Joseph Pierpont's store and G. H. Cooper's store, Monto- wese. Many tickets are already sold; it is well to be in season. MT. Clinton will put two new Kraken pianos in tIlc Ildll lOI tHe OCCdSlOD. SHlCkeIl supp per after the concert.
 c. D. Robinson & Co. have contracted to lay carbonized stone walks on the new parsonage grounds next week.
 Republican aucus at Memorial Hall on Saturday evening, Oct. 20.
 Fifty or sixty members of the o. U. A. M. will go to New London next week.
 Rev. MT. Lathrop attended the young peoples meeting at the Clintonville chapel on Thursday evening"
 Oct. 15.-Misses Ida and Bessie Clin- vile, while out in the woods on Satur- day found q crested eagle which they caught and carried home. The bird is described as crested eagle, with top knot something like Houdan chick ell, and measured over five feet and half from tip to up. It is in splendid condition, and the only blemish is that it seems to be blind on one eye. If anyone would like such bird for mounting it would be fine specimen. The bird can be seen at Cintonville.
 Two rousng, hearty, earnest sermons were given by Rev. MT. LathrOp on Sunday. Two hundred and forty-three were present at the Sunday school, S14.41 was collected for the stage and a praise service was held ill the evening. A double quar- ct. which furnished high order of music, solos, trios and chOruses. The people at the Congre- gational church had much to be thank ful for in the way of music, as we'll as preaching.
 The gospel temperance prayer meet ing will be held at F. c. bradley's this week. on Tuesday evening.
 The Congregational church is invited to Whitneyville on Thursday, October IS, to assist in the installation of Rev. Charles Clark as pastor of the church. R. w. Smith, who had been appointed delegate, found he could not go and l.. l. Fowler was chosen in his place.
 There were about 300 people present at the Congregational church on Sun day morning.
 The Bradley library will be open on Saturday, October 20. During the months of August and September it was closed for necessary work to be done, ill order that it might be in proper conditionfor patronage of the public. The books have been classified and new catalogue issued. There has been some delay ill opening the library, as the catalogue is still in print
 There is now an effort being made to cancel the debt made by the necessary Improvements, and the hearty cooper ation of the public is desired.
 Is it not fitting that our towns peo- pie should take sufficient interest to maintain a Library which has been founded and endowed by those who left North Haven in childhood?
 The concert to be given on Friday evening, October 19. should be a sub- ject of interest to all, as the library is TO be free to the public the coming year. There has been no pains spared t1 make the concert mus- worthy of patronaga. The service of Mrs. George E. Coburn of Hartford has been secured as pianist and vocalist. Mrs Coburn is on of the finest pianists in New Eng land, possessing marked talent and havin" ed herself to musical art she at once inspires her audience by b,ii ancy of execution and delicacy of touch. MT. A. B. Clinton has very gen. erously contributed the use of two of greatly 70 th~ p'v9.:ure of to,, evening.
 After the concert a chicken supper will be served, of which nothing need be said, as North Haven has an un- 1ivalled reputa ion in that line.