The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-17


 the World, wll be held from Saturday
 night of this week until Wednesday ot
 next week. Each evening will be giv-
 en up to some Woodman branch and 2
 door prize will be awarded each even
 ing.
 Rev F. A. Scofield of Merideu with
 nearly 100 members from his flock al
 the First NJ. F. church. and members
 from Trinity congregation visited the
 South Meriden M. E. church Monday
 evening and participated in a very en-
 thusiastic service. Rev. F. A. Scofeld
 preached and an evangelistic service
 followed. Before taking their depart ure however, the visitors sprung a
 welcome surprise on Rev. B. F. Mere
 dith, pastor of the South Meriden church, when Rev. F. A. Scofield in
 behalf of the First M F. church mem loers, gave him a purse containing $100. Cephas B. Rogers of Meriden and sev- 1 eral members of the South Meriden
 church then made remarks.-Meriden l Journal.
 This afternoon at o'clock there will | be a memorial meeting held in United church chapel commemorating the
 starting of the McAlI nilsson in Paris, | which was founded in 1872. The public are cordially invited to attend this meeting, as it will be of an interesting nature to everyone. Miss Lewis of
 Hartford, president of the Hartford auxiliary, is to deliver the address. telling of her observations while in Paris last summer, and also of the work by the mission boat accomplished during it's peregrinations through the waterways of France. A further mo- tice of the meeting appears in another column
 The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Union Sun day school. Woodmont, which was held Sunday: Superintendent, George A. Roberts; assistant superintendent, Mrs. Treat; treasurer Miss Ida Finney; secretary, Robert Treat; librarian, Her bert Platt; organist, Mrs Boardman. The treasurer's report shows that at the last annual meeting there was a balance in the treasury of $20.07. The collections during the year have amounted to $3213, while the expenses have been s3s 15, leaving a balance pn hand of s1329.
 Among the guests at the dinner at the Country club Wednesday night giv- en by Mrs. Pierce N. Welch in honor of Miss Brooks of Springfield and Miss Stimson of New York were Miss Wright, Miss smyth, Mss Mixter Miss Mollie Wolverton, Miss Eleanor Tyler, Miss Trowbridge. Miss Cheney, Miss Katherine Hastings, Miss Helen Hall, and Miss Sargent. The men were from the senior and junior classes at Yale and few graduates
 A very pleasing musicale was given by Mrs Hayden at her home, 77 Ed wards street, on Monday evening. The guest of the evenng was Miss Antoin- cite Brett, the well known pianist, who entertained most delightfully."-. Mrs. Hayden, who possesses a rich contral to voice. rendered three or four solos in a very pleasing manner. Later in the | evening a buffet lunch was served. | Among those present were Miss Rose i Hayden, the Misses Harriet and Eliz l abeth Walkenburg, Mrs. R West, Ar thur Valkenburg T. H Hayden, Mas ters Marvin and Donald Hayden and | MT. and Mrs. Pinkham of Lyme, Mass
 The sexton of the Essex Methodist | church, Samuel Babcock, Is very hard | of hearing and in order to let him know when the bell should be rung at the right time and in rotation with the rest of the bells, the sexton in the Con- church, Selden Spencer, ha1f,.,y to | he other, at the end of which the church is a dummy tell ale" When the sexton in the Congre- sational church rings he pulls the wire md the dummy mods to MT. Babcock to ing
 A banquet was given in honor of Rev ". Fl, Salmon, late of New Haven, at . w. Birdseye's residence in Bridge ,ort Tuesday evening, and to intro- luce him to many of Bridgeport's cler- ;ymen. There were present al the in addition to the host and ,uest of honor the Rev. John DePeu, ,astor of the North Congregational | hurch the Rev. George R. Montgom- ry, pastor of the Olivet Congregations 1 l church; the Rev. F. G. Fullerton, ' 'h. D., pastor of the Park street Con | church; the Rev George V. Nicholson, pastor of the First Bap- ist church; the Rev. W. H. Kidd, 1 , astor of the First M. E., church; the | Rev F. A. Dillingham;, pastor of the . 'hurch of the Redeemer, Universalist :, he Rev. Henry (. Woodruff, pastor JE he Black Rock Congregational church; he Rev. William H Lewis, D. D, rec 0r of St. Johns Episcopal church; ne Rev. Burt L. York, pastor of the Vest End Congregational church; the .ev. Eaton w. Maxcy, D. D., rector of t. Lulle's Episcopal church, and the ev. Otis W. Barker, pastor of the congregational church at NewtOWn. r The J. M. Greist Hose company will ] | i've private entertainment and ance to a few of their friends in Ma )nic hall, Westvile, on Wednesday ev- U hing, January 29. At o'clock there i'll be a supper served after which an 5 by local talent will be U wen. Following this the floor will be q cared and dancing will be the order IT the remainder of the evening. The Q ,mUittee appointed to handle the af- Il