The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-21
4 WEEK'S VACATION

Mostly Spent in the Vicinity of Norwich | and New London--Interesting Resume | of the Journey-Old Long Island. Charles D. Sherman has just return ed from a weeks vacation spent in the vicinity of Norwich and New London. Nearly every day was given up to some special excursion, which afford ed an almost endless variety of scenes and pleasure. Going to Hartford and taking the electric cars there, ride of eleven miles brought him to Tai cottville. only five miles from Rock vile. to which point the road is soon to he extended Returning to Manches- ter another spin of two miles on the so-oalled "cross-town" electric hne, left him at South Manchester. A short time was spent in looking about the place and regretting that the time at his disposal did not permit visit to the extensive mills of the Cheney broth CTS, which are located there, tram on the South Manchester railroad soon returned him to Manchester, and in another hour he was in Norwich, going via Willimantic.
 The next day he went on special excursion to Middletown on the steam CT Block Island" The best part of the trip to the New Haven represen- tative was the trip up the Connecti- cut river by daylight with its wooded shores and picturesque bends. About | ], 200 people went on this excursiop ir, don, and bearing in mind the fact that the Connecticut State Christian En- deavor convention will be held in New London November 10 and II he was glad to have an opportunity of attend l ing some of the Christian Endeavor meetings and becoming better ac- quainted with many of the prominent Endeavorers there. Sunday evening he attended the Christian Endeavor so | cieties connected with the First Con- gregational and Second Congregational churches, the meetings being held at such times as would allow one to do so. l F. s. Moody. a former New Havener, 1 is president of the Second Congrega- tional society, and as might be expect l ed, extended most cordial greeting to l the Elm City Er1deavorer. Another former New Haven .Endeavorer met was R. w. Mansfield, who is now gen. eral secretary of the New London Y M C.. A. MT. Mansfield was a mem- Der of Calvary Baptist society while here. Another former member of the society Calvary Baptist) was Herbert I w. Rathbun. who is now chairman of l the press committee of the New Lon don Christian Endeavor union, and has l been chosen chairman of the press com mittee of the committee of arrange l ments for the state convention. MT. Rathbun is an enthusiastic Mystic En- deavorer and is editor of the "C. Ey Column" which appears in the New London Day every Friday afternoon. This column is devoted to the interests or the New London Christian Endeav- or union and it's societies. The ar engagements for the state convention. which will be held in the armory this year, are well under way. The chair men of the several committees have all been selected and everything points to a most successful convention both in numbers and enthusiasm. Mir Rath- bun assured the representative of the press committee of the New Haven c, E. union that New Haven Endeavorers would make great mistake if they failed to attend the opening sessions. especially those of the first evening.
 Last Monday Mir. Sherman went to Block Island on the steamer "Rlocl, Island" this being the last trip of the season. Arriving at Block Island a coaching party of seven was soon or- ganlzed Tor a nine-mile drive about the lsiand. 5. D. Mott, a resident of the lsiand for the past fty years. held the relns ana what he did not know about the many points about the island were not worth knowing.
 Another delightful days outing wac that made on the steamer "r,ona Ts
 land'' at Sag Harbor. Shelter Is,as aaeisn's ana Greenport. During the eouise el thls trip the steamer com
 pietely encircles Shelter Island.
 The last day of his outing wbi,e away was spent in making an excnr. slon to Plymouth, Mass. That Neu
 England people have a great interest Tn the landing place of the Pilgrims is shown by the fact that the excurs;oy
 train left New London with five cars
 and on reaching Plymouth consisted or thirteen cars, every seat being tak. en. While in Plymouth he visited piI.
 grim hall which contains many relics
 of Pilgrim and colonial days. He alsr stock on the historic Plymouth rock
 as every Plymouth visitor does. , Burial Hill was also visited Tbi,
 plot of ground contains the last restine
 place of many of the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower. The old.
 est stone bears the date of 1881 Hs
 saw several houses each said to be ''tht
 oldest house in Plymouth"
 Of course he visited the Nationa
 monument of the Pilgrim Fathers
 which consists of vast pile of carved
 granite crowned by very impressiv, statue of Faith. The statue is fort, feet high and is said to be the longes . stone figure in the world The tota
 height of the monument, which i. thought by many to be the finest piece , of granite statuary in the world, ii eighty-one feet. This magnificen
 work of art cost s30oOO and was tn, gift of the Hon. Oliver Ames, a native , of Plymouth.
 From the summit of Burial Hill { view of Clark's Island was had. where | the Pilgrims are said to have spen their first Sunday.