The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-14
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DEATH or MRS. FREDERICK J.
1ORTON.
Musicale at the Home OF Mrs. Converse
Services at tho Various Churches To-
morrow-O her Items.

| Musicale ut the Home OF WTs.I CONVERSE
servicesat tho VARIOUS Churches To.
morrow-O her Items.
Hattie M, wife of Frederick ]. Nor
ton, died at her home, 43 Clinton ave-
nue., Thursday, at the age OF thirty
six years She had been Ill several
months with consumption. She leaves
a husband and two children. The flu
neral will be solemnized Sunday at 3
p. m.
Constable Frank Sperry Of Monto-
wese sold horse yesterday to James
McLay.
Mrs. L. p. Converse and few friends
gave a musical at her home 229 Grand
avenue, Tuesday evening, in honor OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright of Wilmington.
Del.
Virgil Coup of Cleveland, O., is visit
ing Howard Waters of Go Perkins
street. Mr.. Coup was formerly resi-
| dent of Fair Haven and moved TO ONO
twelve years ago.
About forty-fve members OF the class
of 1900 Strong school went on a picnic
to Mansfed's grove Thursday.
The w. G. T. U. will hold parlor
meeting on July II at 3p m. at the
residence of Mrs. Ezra Healy, 1877 EX-
change street; all members are request
ed to be present.
Mrs. Thomas f. Lowe and daughter
Grace of Grand avenue have gone 10
Berkshire, N. Y, for the rest of the
summer.
Miss Ethel Prince of Clinton avenue
will leave in few days for Buzzard'5
Bay Mass.
At the Grand avenue Baptist church
tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev. ID.
w. Stone, will preach on the subject,
"Triumphant Zion" The evening YES
per service will be from to o'clock
Subject of address, THE Tumbling
Barley Cake" in the series "Old Stories
With Modern Applications"
At the East Pearl street M. f. church
tomorrow the pastor will preach in the
morning on Deaths and Marriages.
AT the general prayer meeting on Tues
day evenig C. A. Baldwin of the Flrst
NJ. e. church will be the leader and Will
be assisted by the pastor II. G. Ford,
Fl. M. Tower and ]. Henderson. The
usual services will be conducted Sun
day and week day all. through the
summer; Sunday school at noon and
Young Peoples vesper service at 6:l5
p. m
Rev. DR.. A. b. Chalmers of Saginaw,
Mich. will preach again at the Grand
avenue Congregational church Sunday
morning; there will be no evening ser
vice. DR.. Chalmers sermons last sun
day were listened to with much inter-
est.
II. J. Lewis of Meriden was In Fair
Haven yesterday. He is one of the
largest oyster growers in the state,
owning extensive oyster grounds in the
sound.
Mrs James Goodsell and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frederick Sutton of North
Front street, are visiting at West Ha-
ven.
Out at Foxon, when a couple gets
married 1t is the custom to give them |
a calithump a few evenings later. This !
has been a custom for years and the |
affairs usually pass off pleasantly. The |
callers are expected to be invited into
me HOIlie anu tItdtei W itll
concentrations are then bestowed and |
the callers go home. When the friends
approach the house where the serenade /
is to be given it is the custom to make /
as much noise as possible. Small can
non, guns and pistols are fired, COW
bells rung, horns are blown tin pans
beaten and other unmelodious musical |
tortured into making
babel of sound
On Thursday evening the serenaders
were out in large force, bestowing their
upon two recently mar
ried couples-Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Haight, who live on the Deacon Gran
Mss farm, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Callahan of the Fay farms. A call was
made on the Haights at $3.50 and at IL
} clock the crowd arrived al the Gala
hans. At both places the crowd was
invited in to the farmhouse where a
spread was served Congratulations
ind good wishes were bestowed upon
he future of the young couples and the
,rowd Of old and young residents de-
parted for their homes well satisfied
With the result of their last calithump