The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-24
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
NO SPECIAL OBSERVANCE OF
 THANKSGIVING DAY.

oystermen Have Enjoyed Splendid
 Trade for the Past week-Reception
 Held by Columbia Castle, K. G. E.-
 Other Interesting Items.
 There will be no special observance of Thanksgiving day in Fair Haven. It will be home festival. and late trains last evening brought an access sion of relatives to several homes. Bus mess will be pretty generally suspended except that the stores and markets will be kept open until now. The post office closes at noon and the letter car- riers make only the morning trip. A few years ago there were turkey shoots turkey rallies, football games, occasionally horse race and sometimes run of hares and hounds but these | observations for the most part have | passed by.
 w. F. Hubbard of the Booth Meat company says the poultry trade has been very good for Thanksgiving. He disposed of 1,400 pounds at his market He says there was an unusually large demand this season. The stock was | rather poorer than usual, but prices | were reasonable.
 The oystermen have had very fair Thanksgiving trade and shipments were made all over the state and into Massachusetts and other parts of New England. few years ago most of the stock came from Virginia and frequent | ly on Thanksgiving day several oyster schooners would be moored at the wharves. This year there were no ar- rivals from the south and the stock | shipped was native, or Virginia plants | taken up from the harbor. A reception and sociable of Columbia l castle, K. G. F., Tuesday evening was | attended by about 150 people. There ! was a fine musical and literary pro- gramme and followed by supper. The | friends present speak in high praise of the fine affair given by the Colum- bias
 | Horace F. Baldwin of 6 Wolcott street disposed of seventy-five barrels of poultry shipped by his brother in Ohio. MT. Baldwin has received these shipments for many years. | George M. Graves has built a large shed at his shipyard for the storage of naptha yachts. He has ten of these boats now in the shed. Twelve other 1 yachts, it is expected will be stored at the yard this winter.
 | Commodore Parmelee's yacht Phan- | tom hauled out for several weeks at 1 Graves has just been launched. The yacht has been recaulked and repaint- 1 ed. This schooner was not in com mission the past summer, but it is ex- l pee ted it will be in use next season.
 Rev. Dr. Mitchell will preach this morning at Plymouth Congregational | church, Milford.
 There will be services at Grace P. F. church this morning There will be a
 sermon by the rector, Rev. F. R. San- ford.
 The union Thanksgiving services held
 for many years in Fair Haven will be omitted to-day. The Methodists will
 unite with the people of the Trinity
 M. E. church, services to be held at il a. m. The people of the Congregations
 al churches will attend the union
 services in Center church.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis Tyrrell have re- turned from their bridal tour and have gone to housekeeping in newly furn-
 ished apartments at 63 Clinton avenue MT. and Mrs. Thomas G. Hinckley are
 visiting over Thanksgiving with thei1
 children, MT. and Mrs. Fred Willis oi
 James street.
 I Walter Potter of Montowese while
 hunting shot a very large horned owl
 This species of bird are very rare 1T
 this section of the country. MT. Potter
 is to have the bird mounted.
 George Gerwig of Montowese has
 rented his farm and moved into the
 city. He will continue in the milk bus
 mess.