The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-13
DRUGGISTS DINE AND TALK
CLOSE OF SILVER ANNITERS1RY
 CONVENTION YESTERDAY.
Fine Dinner at Rranford Point House With Addresses by Several Men Of Promtnence-Sports tn the Forenoon With List of Prize Winners.

The silver anniversary of the Connec- ticut Pharmaceutical association in two days annual convention at the Branford Point house wound up in blaze of glory yesterday afternoon with the fine shore dinner served at ? p. m. and speeches by prominent men, in cluding Congressman Sperry, Rev. Dr. Ferris of Calvary Baptist church and others. There was an attendance at the festive board of somewhere near 400, which was nearly double the num- Der of acceptances received, and ill con sequence dinner seats were at pre- mium. But the committee in charge worked heroically and succeeded in satisfying almost everybody Colonel Lowe did great service in attending to a million things at once," and he was admra bly aided by Mrs. John s. Co., burn, who looked after the ladies most attentively and incidentally, was able to unravel many tangles in the con- gested situation. Botlr4-won hearty thanks from all. The sports were live ly. the dinner was fine the speeches were full of good humor and good fel- lowship, and everybody was thoroughly pleased with the success of the conven- tion.
 The day was almost ideal for gath erng at the shore, and the most was made of it. The sports in the morn- ing attracted a jolly crowd and proved full of fun. The short men beat the long men at base ball. 23 to 17; the fishing contest for ladies and men was declared a draw-not a bite. Voting for the most popular commercial man resulted in the victory of MT. Woolston of New York city. Tn a very graceful little speech Mrs. Coburn presented him with a pretty gold scarf pin. The boat race for rowboats was won by MT. Het- schel of Glastonbury, John Lane of Springfield second, Horace Daball of New sLondon third. Captain Williams of Hartford was judge. It was warm for a tug of-war, but two teams of six men each lined up, explained by MT. Dickerman or Danbury and MT. Fay of New Haven The latter crew won. The potato race created much merriment, the winners being MT. Dickerman of Danbury first, MT. Gillespie of New Haven second MT. Thornton of New York third. An auction sale, with Drug gist Tesse of this city as auctioneer, ended the jollification.
 The dinner was served in the big dining room and in the broad main of- flee room, and there was an overflow. Music was by Fichtl's orchestra. Dur ing the afternoon admirable vocal solos were given by Mrs. F. o. Robbins and Wallace S. Moyle Charles w. Whittle- sey of this city was toastmaster. The newly elected president, MT. Flesehner of this city, acknowledge the receipt of S25 in silver from the outgoing com mittee and friends of the association.
 Governor McLane could not be pres ent, and Mayor Studley was unavoid- ably detained Congressman Sperry presented their regrets in a felicitous speech. He responded to the toast sThe State of Connecticut" and dwelt at length upon it's industries, it's in- ventors. it's educa tional institutions and its churches. He spoke of the state as the home of Goodyear, the rubber mak CT, and of the discovery here of the friction match, which secret was sold for S25 and the matches cost penny apiece ''Connecticut is a grand old state ana we Sildll CutlLluue lo luNc Hcl, not only for her great manufacturing industries, but for her possession of everything that tends to make peo- ple great There are not words enough in the English language to tell of it all"
 Rev Mr. Ferris responding to the clergy took Pills, Pellets and Piety' for his topic, and convulsed his listen CTS at the outset with a dozen or so good stories. Later, in more serious vein. he made strong plea for the sanctity of the Sabbath which the com mercia1 instinct seems to be gradually encroaching upon. Protect that old reserva tion, the New England Sabbath; if you do something to preserve the Sabbath you do more than if you had sold a ton of quinine." Dr. Frank H, Wheeler responded for the medical fra ternity, Augustus F. Maher for the Press, Boswell A. Mayo for the Ameri can Drug Press, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sheldon Tillinghast for the ladies. The latter made very bright and clever speech full of local hits and carefully ground down to suit the occasion. She was frequently interrupted by applause and was generally regarded as having scored the hit of the afternoon.
 pROPPTNG TIP KARNAK