The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-16
NEW HAYEN,s NINE LODGES
Of the New England Order of Protection
 The Coming Big Outinp.

The Coming Big Outing.
 The New England Order of Protec-
 tion, which has nine lodges in this city, with a membership of about twenty two hundred, has taken up the excur-
 sion idea and set the day for Friday,
 August 27 The members and their friends will go by the steamer Marga-
 ret to Pawson park, and the gathering there promises to be a notable one. It will be the state field day, and all the
 chief officers of the order will be pres ent.
 Grand Warden J. B. Weiant of New Britain, the chief executive in this state, has issued the following manifes- to, which the grand secretary has mail-
 ed to every lodge throughout Connecti-
 cut:
 New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. Il, 1897. To Officers and Members-There will be a general field day for our order in this state on Friday, August 27, at Pawson park, near this city. The gath ering will be a sort of basket picnic
 Music by the Second regiment band There will be boat races, ball games foot races, etc. Dancing in the pavil- ion and on the boat.
 The new and elegant steel steamer
 Margaret will leave Belle dock at 9:30
 a. m. and at p. m, returning to New Haven at ' D. m. Tickets for the round 1 trip are placed at the moderate price of 40 cents for adults and g cents for children.
 | The nine lodges of the order in New i Haven will turn out very largely, the celebration being under their auspices, while the supreme and grand lodge off, cers will also be present
 | Your lodge members and friends are | most cordially invited. If it is impos- | sible for all to come, we hope that at | least 8 representation will be present Fraternally yours in E., B. and C., J. E. WEIANT, Grand Warden. | Attest: F. D. GRINNELL, Grand Secretary.
 i Two delegates from each of the nine ! lodges of the order in this city make up the joint committee having charge of | the affair. while subcommittee have
 been appointed. The games committee promises good programme of events | for the occasion, while the music com mittee is just now deciding on the best music to be engaged.
 ! Five years ago, when the order had
 an outing of a similar character. one ! of the principal features of the day
 was a baseball game, Charter Oak lodge carrying off the championship i belt. Charter Oak has a nine in the
 field for August 27, and has challenged the other lodges of this city to a game
 on that day.
 | The most prominent feature of the 1 day however, will be the meeting of i the members when three-minute ad- dresses will be made by representa- tives ! of the many lodges present, as we'll as short addresses by the grand and su- preme lodge officers, who will also be l present.
 Supreme Warden L. P. Deming of this city, Supreme Vice Warden L. w. Shaw of Boston, Mass, Supreme Secretary | D. M Frye of So1nerville, Mass, and Supreme Treasurer John F. Sanborn of Newport, R. l., have all signified their l intention to be present on that day,
 while Grand Warden J. B. weiant of
 New Britain, Grand Vice Warden C. s. Chaffee of Derby, Grand Secretary F. D. Grinnell of this city. and Grand
 Treasurer F. M. Drew of Ansonia will also be on hand