The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-04

LIldL ne, IIlG Spedher, utu llOI hllONa lheDk it was wise thing for, him to say be- fore the present gathering Oaughter) He thought that he was safe, however in doing so before so peaceful and es-, timable an audience. Slaughter and ap- plause. R&. s ,~t
 The next speaker was to have been Professor George Dudley Seymour, but owing to the fact that MT. Seymour's
 voice troubled him, he requested Gov
 ernor Woolsey to read his paper for him, which request was acceded to. The paper dealt with "Tile Old Time Game of Wicket and Some Old Time
 Wicket Players" It dealt with the in
 troduction of the game in this state and its passing away. He told of how
 the game was introduced into this city
 by Dr. Seymour in 1857, while he was a student at Yale. The game was play ed at that time on the old Green south
 of the old state house, He said that
 baseball was started in the state in 1S45, but made slow progress until 1865,
 at which time the ancient game of cricket went out to give place to the
 American game, ,Fin which there seemed to be more snap. MT. Seymeur's paper is to be published in the Connecticut Magazine. fsas sAss, ts. < The next speaker was the Rev. Ar temas Jean Haynes, who spoke on the subject, fThe New England Town of
 Tomorrow The speaker spoke first of
 the good old Puritan stock, which had
 founded New England. He told of how
 in later years New EnglandeFs had left and gone west and south, where there
 was a great amount of vacant land and there settled it. He said that this con. dition had now changed, and that we
 were entering upon a new era. The l men from these sections were now com
 ing back here and taking up with small | CT farms. s.& Continuing the speaker said that the l plan now was to build up the. smaller towns, to reciprocate to them for what
 they had done'afn building up the cities by sending some of their best mensto
 people them. He said that the country
 towns of New England were facing
 great problems to-day, and that it was
 the ebb tide in their affairs. The speak
 CT said that a great deal was being written and said about the degeneracy I of the country towns, but that the de- Egeneracy spoken of was, in his opinion,
 just the age of transition through which
 they were now passing. The speech was
 one of rare interest X I In closing the speaker urged for a closer touch between the cities and the
 country towns, which would be the be.
 ginning of the golden age inthe future I not of the past" ;, 8sthas9' ss
 The last speaker was George Palmer
 Who gave most interesting talk on l Colonial Furniture from the Collectors Point of View" ., 1 The list of guests at the banquet n last Eevenil1g was as f6lloWs: :.
 Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Profess. Esor William Lyon Phelps, Rev. A. 1T Haines, Charles E. Cross, Major B, P. Larned, George Palmer, Professor Will. iliston Walker George w. Seymour. Eli ] Whitney, Charles F.. Brooger, John M ,
 Holcomb, Morris w. Seymour William, H. White, Robert F. Griggs, William B, Merriam, Charles F. Mitchell, Arthur EO.' Jennings, John R. Beach, Henry G. Newton, John Edward Heaton, Edward EW. Hooker, Orange Mergin, E. H. Ha- tvens, Charles A. Ingersoll, George F. Eaton, General George Hare Ford, John H. Downs, Walter Goodwin, Dr. Will liam Daggett Ralph w. Cutler, James U. Goodwin, Charles H. Clark, General EJ. Milton Thompson Timothy H. Bish- Top, General James M. Whittemore Tal-
 colt H. Russell, John Day Jackson, Pro-
 lessor Charles Milton Edwards and Lu- 3ther D. Turner. Afs t&a :, The thirteenth general court of the. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut was held at the Graduates club in this city at3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The meeting was in conl- Rmemoration of the first general court kof the colony of Connecticut held at
 Hartford in May, 1887, at which time
 the sovereignty of the colony ,wassfirst
 asserted by the formal declaration of
 war against the nation of the Pequods The following officers were elected at
 the meeting. Charles E. Gross, of Hart
 ford. 83s. %s s,$ts Ms
 'l Deputy governor-B. P. Larned.
 T Lieutenant-gover Beards- ley, Bridgeport i Secretary and registrar-Frank B. Gay, of Hartford. a@'
 Treasurer-Ralph W. Cutler, of Hart i'ford. N Historian-Professor Williston Walk- Ter, of New Haven .aE sgsr.iiys ' Chaplain-Bishop Chauncey B. Brew ster, of Hartford. "' t. T Gentlemen of the eouncil-To fill va cancies caused by the retiring class and
 to serve until 1908, Theodore $. Wool sey, Morris D. Seymour and Thomas D.. Seymour; to fill vacancy caused by the nomination. of Mr. Cutler as treasurer, : John Edward Heaton.
 Standing committees -- Membership, : Atwood Collins, George E.. Taintor, Ar thur l.. Shipman, John D. Jackson and Lewis B., Curtis; historical documents, Frederick J. Kingsbury, Samuel Hart, l Francis Goodwin, Thomas D. Seymour : and William De,Loss Love. ,e... ,a, 5 The meeting adjourned at o'clock,
 in time for the banquet at Harmcaie : hall. "A. .......... ,.,. sg,..a,. ....s z
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