The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22

brate It's forty-second anniversary this evening with a banquet at Harmonle hall.
 The banks will close to-day and also most of the factories and stores. The postofilce will be kept open until l o'clock.
 SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
 The Connecticut Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution will celebrate the day with a banquet at the new Music hall at which nearly 300 will be present. The banquet will be preceded by a re- ception at the Yale Art school to Gov ernor Cooke and other guests. At the banquet, which commences at o'clock, the guests will be seated at a long table, the members of the society at small tables
 The walls are decorated with Ameri- can flags, bunting, and the coats of arms of Pennsylvania and Connecti- cut. Palms and flowers have also been | used.
 The souvenir menu book is very ar tistic and handsome. It was designed by Wilson H. Lee of Price, Lee < Ad- lins Go. It contains several engrav- ings of colonial character. The souvenir badge designed by General George H. Ford is also very handsome and artistic. The bar of the | pin bears the design of two picairn ! pistols pendant from the bar by white | and blue ribbon is a maltese cross on which Is the raised figure of minuet mass and the inscription Annual Din ner February P, 1S9S." The badges of the committee are gilt and those of the | guests of silver.
 | General E. s. Greeley has been cho- sen toastmaster in place of Colonel N. G. Osborn, who will be unbale to be 1 present on account of illness. The list of toasts is as follows
 Pennsylvania in the Revolution. ........ ...... Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania Connecticut in the Revolution. ......
 ...............Go Governor Lorrin A. Cooke Yale in the Revolution. .,...;.....,..;;,. l ............. Professor Arthur T. Hadley Inspirations of the Revolution ...:....
 ............. Professor Arthur M. Wheeler oD.oa.e .'.... a.i'o.s Rev. pr W. L. Philips | Chairman-Edwin S. Greeley. l The committees are as follows: l Executive commttee-E Edwin S. Greeley, Franklin H. Hart. Samuel E. Merwin, Ho. bart l.. Hotchkiss, with the chairmen of | tn Sub-committeeS.
 Invitations Henry B. Harrison, Edwin S. Greeley and Hobart T.; Hotchkiss., l Reception-Nehemiah D. Sperry, Arthur | D. Osborne, J. Edward Heaton, James D. Dewell Thomas R. Trowbrldge,, Luciuss P. Deming, George H. Ford, Charles s. Mer- | sick and John H. Platt.
 Dinner-Wilson H. Lee. Ellsworth l, Bushnell and Nathan Easterbrook, jr.
 Toastmaster-General E. S. Greeley.
 Toasts-Edwin $. Lines, William H. Ely and Walter R. Gilbert
 Finance--Franklin H. Hart, Eli Whitney, Asa c. Bushnell, L. Wheeler Beecher. Rufus $. Pickett. T. Attwater Barnes, John .. North, Edward c. Beecher and Simeon J. | Fox.
 Hall and ecoration-Everett E. Lord, Enos S. Kimberly, George Dudley Seymour, | Frederick s. Ward and John N. Champion.
 Music-William E. Chandler, Herbert C. Warren, Sherwood S. Thompson, Eli Mix and Frank A. Corbin.
 Printing Cornelius S. Morehouse and John R. Rembert
 Badges-George II. Ford, Nathan Easter. brook, jr., John c. North and Eli Mix. nsportation-Simeon J. Fox and Johu H. Platt
 l Secretary William E. Chandler. Assistant secretary--A. McC MathewSon.
 Treasurer-Wilson H. Lee.