The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-06
MORRIS COVE ITEMS.

stranger visiting the Cove last Sunday would have thought he was on the road to the county of Vanity fair, Judging by the crowds on Townsend avenue and Lighthouse road-bicy- clists by the thousands, one long con tinuous procession; carriages by the hundreds laden with people, and the electric cars were overhowing with a mass of humanity, all bent on seeing the wonderful battery which is being built for the two great big guns that will defend the breakwater and Win chester's factory. It was very anus ing to listen to the remarks of the crowd that swarmed all over the earth works and straddled the guns. The young people born since the rebellion looked on with opened mouthed awe, while the old veterans shrugged their shoulders and thought the works weren't much compared with what they individually threw up with bayo- net and tin cup for tools upon many a real battlefield.
 The old heavy artillery boys remark ed-"Not much like Bermuda Hun dred or Petersburg, Fredericksburg, nor Morris Island, nor the Swamp Ague before Charleston" The old vet erans looked on and dreamed the old | days of camp life all over again. But wait until the guns are mounted and | Captain Hastings with his company takes possession, mounting guard and | having dress parades, all of them tog- | ged out ill their gay uniforms. Then | the city folks will open their eyes at | the wonderful productions of Morris l Cove, and the Spanish will run at the 1 sight of them, as bad as they did at Manila. Although the smashup at | Manila reduces the chances of any of | Spain's ships living to reach the Cove,
 we are getting prepared for them. William Goodale and his brother from Hartford visited his cottage on Front street, Morris Park, last Mon- 1 day.
 Dentist Myers is having his cottage raised up and is putting a cellar under
 it and otherwise improving 1t for per manent residence. Peter Mayo is the | contractor.
 | PARK CHAPEL. MORRIS COVE. | Rev. MT. Wm. McNicholl, pastor of St. 1 Andrews M. E. church. preached an | impressive and powerful sermon last | Sunday afternoon in Park Methodist l chapel, Morris Cove, from Zachariah, l ix, 6, Not by might nor by power I but by my spirit saith the Lord of Hosts" His words were very encour-
 aging and helpful to the people of Park chapel as well as to all who heard him. some coming from Westville, from his old charge, others from the city | helped to make up a good audience, all enjoying the earnest sermon and
 seeing the neat home-like chapel. Rev.
 MT. McNicholl received a warm, hearty
 welcome from the people, and in turn
 captivated their hearts. A profusion
 of towering and potted plants added
 to the attractiveness of the chapel in
 honor of Rev. MT. McNicholl's first ser-
 vice in the chapel.
 Next Sunday May 8, in the afternoon
 at o'clock the people will be favored
 with the services of the Rev. MT. l.. P.
 Pangburne of the city.
 The Rev. Henry l.. Hutchins, one of
 the visitors of the Connecticut Bible
 society, now in New Haven, and Sam
 uel c. Raymond who is doing work in
 Glastonbury, were at the meeting at
 the Asylum Hill Congregational church
 Hartford, last evening and related
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