The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-20

residence of Mrs. Hope Lewis Borden
 this afternoon. Mrs Laurens Lenox
 will, as usual, conduct the reading.
 Mr Murdock's day assistant at the | Cheshire station has taken position as
 train operator at the junction of the
 Waterbury branch and Northampton l division. He has been a great favorite
 while in Cheshire, and many of his friends will miss his genial face. MT. l Mason takes his place as day assistant.
 Charles c. Kenyon gave an enjoyable | informal reception at his home, the Wisteria Homestead, on Barnett street,
 West Haven, Sunday afternoon. Dur
 ing the hours from until about fifty l of his friends called.
 c. A. Buckingham of Kent has
 bought and moved onto the Lambert
 Russell farm at Moss Farms, Cheshire. l The Christian Endeavor society of the
 West Haven Congregational church will
 give a sociable to-morroW evening to | the Epworth League members of the
 Methodist church.
 Rev. H. H. Guy of Yale university
 preached at the Disciples church, Dan-
 bury, Sunday This may be the last
 opportunity for MT. Guys Danbury
 friends to hear him, as he will soon re- turn to Japan to take charge of Chris
 tian college. l Miss Peck of Jamaica, l.. l., is visit | ing her aunts, Mrs. Chase and Miss 1 Peck of Main street, West Haven. | Miss Maude Warner accompanied by l nF nf city, will spend a few days in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The Friday Whist club of West Ha- ven will hold special meeting on Thursday at the cottage of Mrs. Dwight
 Baldwin at Woodmont.
 Captain Fred Averill, clerk of the common pleas court in this city, was one of the visitors at c. B. Bowen com- mand meeting in Meriden last evening; also other out of town military officers. Captain Bevins selected a detail of Spanish war vete to meet the visit ors at the depot.
 MT. and Mrs. John Pierson of West Haven spent Sunday with Mrs. M. Hos- mer of Clinton.
 A birthday surprise party was given Miss Hazel Babcock at her home on Washington avenue West Haven, Sat urday afternoon. The afternoon was spent palying games on the lawn. MISS Hazel counts her age by six summers. The little guests brought many gifts to the little lady in the form of potted plants, handkerchiefs, plate, cup and saucer of Haviland china, lace collar, and many other useful articles. The dining table was tastefully decorated in pink and green, with pink napkins in the form of fans. The birthday cake, with animals instead of candles, was a novelty. Fruit, candy, sandwiches, cake and ice cream were in abundance. In fact these little people were sup piled with goodies enough to make their mammas tremble if they had been there to see them disappear. The little guests were Misses Norma Cobb, Ola Vorburg, Gladys Ingalls,, Charlotte Harris, Gladys Tracy, Fay Mix, Charlotte An drews, and Messrs. Edward and Ray mond Law, Clifford and Russell Crafts and Leslie Babcock.
 The First Methodist church of Meri- den, through it sofficial board, has gen. erously granted it's pastor a vacation of three months, or as much time as may be needed to make his Palestine trip. Rev and Mrs Scofield expect to start about August 1, and will spend a little time in Scotland, visiting the principal cities, and at London, before going on the continent. The trip in- cludes a tour through Switzerland and a visit to the principal cities of Italy, and to Egypt But the principal stay | will be in Palestine.
 Walter w. Heffelfinger, former Yale football player and oarsman, now on | his wedding tour in Europe, is being 1 talked of again as candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, though when his name | was suggested two years ago he refused | to run. The younger business men have taken up the candidacy of Heffelfnger with great enthusiasm.
 Mrs. A. C. Farbrother and Miss Vir- | ginia Kelsey have returned to this city after a brief visit with friends in Mys- tic.
 Waterbury people in New Haven Sunday were Calvin Martini, MT and Mrs. Warren l.. Hall, Charles l.. Sabin, MT. and Mrs. W. A. Sawyer, Joseph T. MT and Mrs. E. U. Lath- -op, MT. and Mrs. Homer, G. Filley, Mir. and Mrs. Charles w. Downes. and Mrs Mary A. Clark and daughter. Michael Cusck formerly of Waterbury, 1as secured a situation in the restau- ant at the New Haven railroad sta- ion.