The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-23

The fine weather of yesterday was
greatly appreciated and was conducive
to the assembling of large cOngrega-
tions at the churches. In most church
es reference was made in the prayers
or sermons to Washington's birthday,
and flags were used in decorations to
some extent.
At the Grand avenue Baptist church
| the pastor, Rev. E. W. Stone. preached
in the morning on The Training of the
Child" He said that it was mistake
for parents to trust the training OF their
children to the public school. In the
matter of intoxicating temperance in
struction, of guarding the child against
the reading of light literature, or even
in the matter of moral training, the
whole system of our public schools was
largely defective. The Bible was large
ly left out.
1.-The Sunday school is doing a great
| work. There are those who think that
they can farm out the training of their
children to the Sunday school. And
while there are defects in the Sunday
school, on the whole it IL doing the best
that could be expected of it. But the
responsibility for the training of the
child rests primarily with the parent;
and the Sunday school is not expected
to take the responsibility off from the
parent 1t is impossible for this re-
sponsibility to be shifted from the
shoulders where it belongs
"Then there are some who are shift
ing this responsibility upon the church.
But 1 tell you this cannot be done. The
church seeks to inspire the child to do
right and yet, after all. the responsible
| ity is, as stated in the text, fixed upon
the parent. The church may have Its
share to bear, but it does not make the
responsibility Of the parent one whit
the less. / insist that the responsibility
| of training a child Is. first and fore
most, upon the parent"
Mr.. Stone spoke Of the punishment of
children and said the parent must new
err punish In spirit Of anger, but the
| child must know the reason it is being
punished.
1.-THE president is an intelligent and
high minded gentleman" said the
speaker. But 1t was a spirit of vi
ciousness that led him to stop a post
office in Texas. The innocent people of
Indianola should not have been made
| to suffer for the acts of a few hood
lums. The act of snowballing on the
street is pernicious, and know of moth
ing that would so arouse my anger as
that of being hit by SNOWFALL. But l
know of a teacher keeping whole
school In for one scholar who threw a
SNOWFALL"
Mr.. Stones entire discourse was an
interesting and practical appeal, and it
was listened to with attentive interest
lby all present.
| The severe weather of the past week
interfered with the catching of oysters,
and some firms were quite short of
stock. The steamer Mary ]. Lewis, of
Bridgeport, arrived Saturday afternoon
from Narragansett Bay with $500 bush
els of oysters for various local dealers,
/ The boat broke her way through the ice
| in the river and went up and moored
at Stevens dock Some of the ice was
four and five inches thick, and it was
pretty difficult work for any boat to
break a channel through. This is one
of the largest and best boats in the
fleet and has a capacity for loading 81
900 bushels. The craft belongs to the
III. J. Lewis estate and cost $4,000 to
build.
The big tenement house on Qulnni-
piac avenue that was damaged by fire
a few weeks ago Is being repaired by
the owner, Henry s. Lancraft. The in
surance men adjusted the loss on ba-
sis of $1,000.
Speaking of the oyster trust which, 1t
is reported, Is being formed to control
the European shipments, a local dealer
said that he had no idea that any such
combination was being formed, A
member of the firm Of Lancraft Broth
ers, who ship large quantities of oysters
of oysters to the European market, said
if any such trust was formed his firm
had no intention of joining.
The Ladies' guild of Christ church
East Haven, will give its monthly en-
tertainment in the town hall to-mor-
row evening at 8 o'clock. There will be
Vocal and instrumental music, readings
land a sketch by Messrs. Mix and
Chips, to be followed by informal
dancing. This is to be the last enter
Itainment that will be given until after
Easter. An enjoyable evening Is assur-
ed to any who attend. The admission
lis ten cents. The ST. Margaret's guild,
composed Of young ladies of the church,
will serve one of its ten-cent suppers
in the lower town hall from $50 to 1880
o'clock
To-day will be observed as holiday
in honor of the memory of George
Washington The schools will be sus-
pended and the usual holiday hours
Twill be observed at Station A.
Principal Graves, of Strong school,
has found it necessary to postpone the
Washington birthday exercises until to-
morrow. The exercises will be held in
Grannis' hall at o'clock in the after
noon. The address will be delivered by
Attorney Harry w. Asher. The alum
nj will join with the pupils of the sew
enth and eighth grades in carrying out
the exercises.
The Yincells of the American Luth-
eran church will celebrate Washing
toms birthday in the Ferry street
church this evening at 1880. The public
is cordially invited.
Sieighing has been very good Of late
and there has been great deal of sport
| for the owners of good horses and cut.
tiers. Among the horses which have