The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-02
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The Pequot House, Morris Cove, will close tomorrow for the season.
 Rev. Dr. Prince of Dickinson college, formerly of this city, was expected to preach in the First M E. church, Meri- iden, next Sunday but unexpected en- agreements have compelled him to can eel the assignment.
 Francis s. Hamilton, Jr.. leaves to- day on two weeks vacation trip. He will stay in Boston and vicinity few days and then go to Philadelphia and other points.
 Miss Edna Frary of this city is vis- iting Miss Helen Kennard in Meriden. Rev. Father Heating of New Haven is the guest of relatives in Walling- ford.
 George Donahue of Meriden. who recently graduated from St. Thomas seminary at Hartford has been assign ed to Paris to complete his studies. The Second regiment will enter a strong team in the annual brigade shoot which will be held early next l the candidates for the rife team of the Second held a practice shoot yesterday 1 morning at the Westville range.
 Dr. J. D. Eggleston and family of Meriden are home from months stay at their Pine Orchard cottage. MT. and Mrs. Arthur F. Glaessner of Meriden are home from months vaca- | tion at Pine Orchard. c. F. Schunacke's family will remain at the same resort for another week.
 Mir and Mrs. John Curtis of Meriden are visiting New Haven friends. MT. Frary and family of New Haven are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Russell Hall in Meriden.
 The two oldest persons present at the Fowler reunion in Middlefield held last Thursday were Mrs. Laura Coe Fowler of Durham, who is in the 92nd year of her age, and Mrs. Maria Fowler of Meriden, who is 7S years old Their presence was much enjoyed by all. At | the reunion the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, | G. W. Hall, Guilford: vice president, Mrs. Cynthia Chapman, Guilford; secre- tary and treasurer, S. W. Fowler; his- | torian, Mrs. Amy Fowler Hill, New | Haven; on "reminiscences, Mrs. T. b. Camp, Durham; chairman literary con- mittee, C. o. Bartlett, Jr., of New Ha- 1 ven; executive committee, A. c. Fowler of Middlefield, chairman; Mrs A. B. Dormer, Meriden; c. O. Bartlett, Gull ford; c. W. Hubbard, Middletown;
 Mrs. F. s. Hall, Mrs, c. H. Clark, Mrs. c. J. Barnes of Southington; C. A. Hickox, Hartford; Mrs. w L. Davis, 1 Durham; Mrs. L. W. Fowler, Middle field.
 Miss Agnes Hogan of Union City and Miss Mamie Heating of Naugatuck are visiting friends in this city. ] Carrie Nation, the we'll known sa- loon smasher has been engaged to de- | liver an address at the Beacon Valley grange fair on September B. l Charles D. Sherman of the New Ha- ven Gas Light company went to Litch- field on Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday in the Litchfield hills, stopping at Mrs. Samuel TrumbulPs. All the hotels and boarding houses were full to overflowing on Saturday night, twenty five guests being entertained by Mrs. 1 Trumbull which included many from ! the City of Films besides representa-
 tives from New York and Brooklyn.
 Mir. Sherman came down to Bethel and Ridgefield on Monday morning, the
 daylight ride down the valley of the
 Shepaug river being especially delight
 ful at this season of the year. One of the most striking bits of scenery along the line is seen from the car window at
 Roxbury Falls at which point the She
 paug river plunges over series of rock
 cascades and through 8 gorge just wide enough to allow the railroad and the
 river to pass Monday afternoon was spent in viewing the beautiful scenery
 about Ridgefield, the view from the so-
 called Ridge Road commanding a wide expanse of hills and valleys. MT Sherman had started from home with
 the intention of taking ride over the
 new trolley line between Danbury and Golden's Bridge, New York, and was
 disappointed to learn that the road had
 not been completed yet. When com.
 pleted, this trolley road will be sixteen miles long and the fare will be 2;
 cents. The rails are laid for a distance
 of nine miles out from Danbury and
 the remainder of the road has been graded.