The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-06
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ADTENT CANTATA BY CHOIR OF
 GRACE CHURCH TO-NIGHT.

< ADVENT CANTATA BY CHOIR OI GRACE CHURCH T0-NIGHT.
 Coasting Being Enjoyed by Young
 People-Ftne Sleighing on Drives in
 East Rock Park Meeting of Fort Hale
 Lodge This Evening.
 An Advent cantata is to be rendereud
 by the full vested choir of thirty voices
 at Grace church, corner of Blatchley < avenue and Exchange street, this even < ing at 745, to which the public is cor
 dially invited. This cantata has been
 rendered but once before by a vested
 choir, that of Trinity church. the occa-
 sion being at the last musical festival,
 and on account of being given in the s afternoon many were unable to attend. The soprano solos in the cantata are
 to be given by Master Freddie Coe, the
 only boy who has taken these parts in
 this city After the cantata the offer
 tory will be taken by four of the choir boys. The service will be wholly musi- cal, the cantata being given in place of
 the usual lecture, and no doubt the
 church will be well filled.
 N The private masquerade under the < direction of Mrs. F. Lincoln which was \ to have been held at Lenox hall on
 Tuesday evening was postponed owing
 to the storm and will held next Tues
 day evening, December 10. Mrs. Lin
 coin has arranged these affairs for five
 years, and this annual will doubtless
 have a large attendance. Last year
 about 250 attended, including about 100 < from Fair Haven. Lilley's orchestra < will furnish music and MT. Hill will s prompt
 sg Skating, which was enjoyed for sev- seral days by the young people, has v-
 en place, since the storm, to coasting. NThe snow was rather thin for good slid
 ing, but the cold weather has kept ice
 and snow from melting, and on some { of the hills there is very good sport just 7 now.
 z Just before the close season went into
 effect few Fair Haven sportsmen made their last trip to the woods until the hunting season of 1902 H. w. Flint, over east, shot nine quail. B. H. Rowe went to North Guilford to look for squirrels, but only saw one. Two brothers of Mrs. M. l.. Smith of 143 Ferry street-Wiliam and Jonas Bloss, of Hudson. N Y.-are very ill, and the latter is not expected to reeov- er. Mrs. Smith is not able to go to see them but her son, Emory l.. Smith, ex- poets to leave for Hudson to-day. z A girl baby has come to the home of Mir and Mrs. w. $. Moyle, of Woolsey street Alderman Moyle is receiving congra atula tions.
 At the M. E. fair Wednesday evening over 600 were present and 190 supper tickets were sold.
 < The sleighing is very fair on some of the Fair Haven streets and from here to North Guilford it is reported as ex- cellent. A few sleighs were out yester- day. but there is not the enthusiasm that is manifest with greater depth of snow.
 Many Fair Haven teachers attended the teachers meeting he'd yesterday afternoon, and schools were dismissed earlier than usual. The teachers from Strong school went over in a body and nearly filled one car.
 < The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Will bur M, Jefferson, of Atwater street, is sseriously i'll.
 Miss Alberta, daughter of Rev. George w. Phillips, is very i'll with ty- Ephoid fever.
 x B. S. Bradley, of the firm of Bradley Brothers, has driven his trotter Blue Light during the present sleighing He reports fine sleighing on the drives in East Rock park.
 A Edward F. Jillson, of Madison, is very III at the home of his daughter, Mrs Frederick J. Morton, of 47 Lombard street. V H. c. Jaques, son of Mrs. Belle Jaques, of Woosey street, a member of the medical corps at the United States post, Plattsburg, N. Y, writes that the Twenty third infantry, which has just returned from the Philippines, is to ar rive at the post this week. The regi- r1ent that has been at the post has left | for New York to sail for Manila. The l members of the corps raised $75 for their Thanksgiving dinner, they being unable to go to their homes to enjoy the | holiday
 x Repairs are being made near Cedar 1ill to the poles and wires damaged by 1 the storm. Five poles were thrown down across the steam road tracks and trains were somewhat delayed Several | poles were also thrown down on the | Manufa cturers' railroad and the power | was turned off before the linemen could 1 work on the wires. The dama ge to | poles and wires in other sections of Fair Haven was not much
 i.At the meeting of Fort Hale lodge, N. E. o. F., this evening there will be a>t roll call of members, to be followed by mock trial The prosecutor is John G. | Hurd and he will be assisted by Joseph Whalen. The defense will be managed by C.. F. Hillhouse and John M. Reilly.
 At the regular monthly meeting of the East Haven fire company held on evening forty-five members were present. Several changes in the bylaws were made
 : Le Roy Kirlham, organist of Dean academy Franklin Mass, who has been visiting at his home in East Ha- ven has returned.
 The Cost of Livtng. ro the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 On the front page of Thursdays