The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-01
WOODMONf.
LIEELFANDP PRoSPERoUSTIlLES
 AT THIS SHORE RESORT.

AT THIS SHORE RESORT.
 Coming Concert fin chapeI-Home from aTrolIsy Trip to Boston and Visits at Many Other POints-Lawn Party at BurwsII's Beaeh-ResIdencs Fought by New Britain BIan-AnnusI Picnic. Woodmont-by-the-Sea is enjoying a very prosperous season albeit a very quiet one. The cottages are all rented and the hotels are niled with guests and are daily turning applicants away.
 At Merwin Point house Mrs. Schleet, the hostess, has refused as many as twenty ap- plicants day for lack of rooms. The sea- son up to the present time socially, however, IS very dull. The Hotel Pembroke gave a hop which was well attended last Saturday evening, and there will be hop at the Ho- tel Bonsilene this evening. dance was also given at the Norcross hotel on Thursday evening. There are some new arrivals, but Ihe majority of the cottagers stay through out the season. A, A concert will be given in the Woodmont ehapel next Thursday evening, August 6, upder the auspices 0f the Ladies Aid so. elefy Of the chapel. Some good music will De arranged for by George Chadwick Stock or lhlS city, who sang at the services in the chapel last Sunday After the concert there VIII be sase of cake, ice cream and also fancy articles.
 MT. and Mrs. George P. Merwin of p Ed street went Thursday to spend week with John ". Merwin. Mrs. John k. Johnson has returned from delightful trip by trolley to Boston with and made the whole trip by trolley, stop ping in Springfield, visiting Mt. Tom, then going to Worcester and Boston, staying three days. They spent three days in Proyi- dence going by trolley thirty-seven miles to Naragansett Pier and returned home by traln They met many other parties taking the same trip, trolley excursions being the newest popular fad of the day. The mem bers of the party were Mir. and Mrs. George H. Lines of New Milford, Franklin Kinney, revenue collector of Hartford, and Mrs. s kinney, Mrs. T. T. Marsh of Bridgeport and Mrs. J R. Johnson of Woodmont.
 Mrs. Fred 5. Cook of Yonkers, N. Y., and daughter came Saturday and are staying in the TroWbridge cottage or couple of weeks Mir. Cook and daughter will come on Saturday. to stay next week.
 Miss Jennie Alice Merwin of 45S Elm street.. leading. soprano in the Second Con gregational church in Derby, has been spending two weeks in Derby, and is now enjoying her vacation at her fathers cot tage, Sea Breeze.
 Mi and Mrs; Walter Davis and Mss Eve lynSsDayis. who are staying at the Sea Breeze cottage will go August 15 for visit of several weeks in Keene, N. H.
 Edward Burwell of Burwell's Beach had a lawn party at his cottage on Wednesday evening. It was a basket lunch picnic each lady bringing lunch for two persons, the baskets being sod and the proceeds were for the benefit of the Methodist church or from Milford, although the shower interfer- ed with the pleasure of the affair.
 Mrs. Charles Denison and Miss Hattie Denison,. formerly of Fair Haven, came Wednesday, SDPnd iSon'S sister. Mrs. Chapman on Chapel street. They will leave next week for their future home in Akron, o.
 The Woodmont people complain of the methods of some of the conductors on the trolley cars who insist on the payment of fare from the Merwin restaurant to Chapel street, coming from Milford. The residents think the terminus should be at the Chapel street station. and that they should not be obliged to walk up the track of pay extra Mr Kibourne and family of New Britain have purchased the residence of the late H. E. Batchelor and are living in it and will reside permanently.
 Mr. Stevens of Orange has bought the Amos Clark residence and with his family Twill be permanent residents of Woodmont.
 Charles Merwin of Pond Point, Milford has the cellar dug for nice house next to Nethan Platt's residence on Seaside ave nue. and will also be a permanent resident. The services at the Woodmont chapel arc attended by large audiences, and I there ere IS a
 
 Rice Newhall, principal of Wesleyan acad- emy at Wilbraham. Mass, will preach to- morrow and the First Baptist quartet or this city will sing. The members of the quartet are Miss Gertrude Sears Upham, so- pano; Miss Clara Bishop Goode, alto; Fred D. Adams, tenor and Stephen c. Crabb bass. The annual picnic of the Sunday school of the chapel will be held on Thursday, July The Misses Marks of Sound Beach are wis iting at the Chapin cottage.
 Afre, NfnNfn Hnt1d Ea nf n nrff fnr1 have rented the Cannon cottage and will come to-day to occupy it through August. MT. Cannon and family returned to their home on Dwight street, this city, yesterday. Mir. and Mrs. Merritt Clark of Northamp x ton, Mass are stopping at the Bonslene hotel They are enjoying the beauties of Woodmont, having spent their summers at Saratoga and other fashionable resorts.
 Two parties of Sisters of Mercy are occu. ty came on Wednesday and have the Bow. <. other party came Thursday to the Richards Miss Gladys Merwin of Milford will come Mrs J Merwin of Woodmont.
 ing with Mr and Ms. Edward Merwin. MT. Towbridge continues to improve in health daily. was the guest of John w. Merwin yester. day