The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-30
MILFORD'S D. \. R. MEET.
FREELOVE BALDWIN STOVE
 CHAPTER ENTERTAINED
By Four woOdmont Members at the
 Chapel Yesterday AfternOOn-over
 Seventy Members Present-Other woodmont Notes.

A charming social event was enjoy Cd in the Woodmont chapel yesterday afternoon, when the Freelove Baldwin Stowe chapter, Daughters of the Am erican Revolution, of Milford, were ten- dered reception by four members of the chapter who are residents of Wood- mont. These members are Mrs. Caro- line Merwin Johnson, Mrs. Charles Bryan. Mrs. Mortimer Treat and Miss Susie Bryan. There were seventy or more of the chapter. present, and also a number of invited guests, members of other chapters in the state. The chap el was beautifully decorated for the oc- casion with large American flags, potted plants, and profusion of flow CTS. A pleasant literary and musical programme was rendered and a fine collation. of salad, finger rolls. coffee, ice cream and cake were served by the hostesses. Mrs. George Tibbals of Mill ford officiated in place of the regent Mrs. Mary Hepburn Smith of Milford. The principal topic of conversation was the excursion of the chapter to Windsor to-day, a large delegation of which will go if the weather is pleasant. The oc- casion was heartily enjoyed by all pres ent, it being the second reception given them by the ladies of Woodmont. Some of those present from other chapters were: Mrs. Church and Mrs. Lum of Ansonia chapter, Miss Clark of Derby chapter, Miss Stanley of New Britain chapter, and Miss Stevens of Bridge port chapter,
 The gentlemen present were: Rev. Dr. Anderson of Waterbury, Rev. MT. Morse of Milford, Anson T. Downes of New York, Charles H. TroWbridge of Milford, F. S. Stevens of the Bridge port Standard, John U. Merwin, Mor- timer Treat, Trubee Doolittle and Rob- .ert Treat of Woodmont.
 Tho programme follows:
 Miss Barnes of this city in recital tions.
 Miss Marjory Kilbourne of this city, songs.
 Miss Helen Bryan of Woodmont, pi- ana solos.
 Miss Helen Bryan and Miss Millicent Judd, piano duet.
 Woodmont is not wholly depopulated by the summer residents, as there are twenty-five or thirty families still re- mainine.
 Levi Gilbert, the Church street coal dealer, who has been at Woodmont since July 1. and his family returned to the city yesterday.
 Charles H. Sman and family return ed to the city Wednesday, having occu- pied the Homer Merwin cottage all summei.
 George Sneller and family of An sonia left Weedmont yesterday.
 E. H. Morse and family returned to their home in this city yesterday after a pleasant summer in their cottage on the bluff.
 The fish market close Wednesday,
 Nesbit's grocery store closed yester- day.
 Mrs stillman, Miss Ruth stillman and Mir. Powers of New York came this week to occupy the Edgar Clark cot |tage
 The Bradley Bluff house closed Wednesday and MT. Bradley returned to his home in this city.
 Miss Nellie O'Neill who has been visiting Mrs. Thomas Birdseye, has re-. turned to this city.
 Mrs David Somers and Miss Emma Somers of Derby came this week for a few weeks stay at Woodmont.
 Col. J. w. Lowe, the druggist, who has been spending a number of weeks in Massachusetts since his severe ill- ness in the summer, will hold an auc- tion sale of all the drugs, confectionery and supplies at the store on Satur- day evening, and will have an entire new stock next season.
 Mrs. M. F. Horton, who has spent all summer in the Oxford cottage, re- turned to her rome in East Fishkill, N. Y., on Monday. Ernest G. Cone and family, who have been in their cottage on Beach street all summer, returned to their home in Northampton, Conn.
 OLD FASHIONED HUsKING BEE
 IN ORANGE LAST NIGHT. An old-fashioned husking bee was held last evening in the barn on the premises of Walter Clark of Orange The affair was arranged by Mrs. Wall ter and Mrs. Fred Clark, and there were about fifty Invited guests. An ancient fiddler was engaged, and a number of red ears of corn were pro- vided for the occasion. An old fash toned supper was furnished, consisting of sandwiches, pumpkin pie, crulIers and other New England dainties, and a regular old-fashioned sociable was en- ljoyed by all present. The members of i Mrs. Fred Clark's whist club, which meet on Wednesday afternoon were present. Mrs E. w. Cunning of Mil ford held the first whist of the sea-