The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-24
AT LAKE COMPOUNCE.
MANY NEW HAVENERs
Will Take Trolley to the Beautiful Resort This
 Season.

l All aboard for the famed Lake
 Compounce, known far and wide as
 one of the most charming places in
 central Connecticut. Hundreds of
 New Haveners and people from our lneighboring towns will gladly avail
 themselves of the trolley and hie | themselves to Lake Compounce this summer for a glorious trolley ride and soul and stomach satisfying dinner at Messrs. Pierce & Norton's renown- ed fine restaurant. Take the Water
 bury car at the New Haven Green changing car at Cheshire for Pierce & Norton's and enjoy one Of their fam
 ous dinners. It is an hour and three quarters ride from New Haven Green through soul delightlng scenery, and Lake Compounce Is one of the beauty spots of Connecticut Additional enjoy ment is furnished there in an open air theater, with vaudeville twice daily and band concerts Sunday afternoons; and there is big fireworks display ev- lery Wednesday evening. Then, too, boating on beautiful Lake Compounce, mountain climbing and fishing are at hand. Who has not heard about the famous sheep barbecue dinners that are provided by Pierce & Norton. Then
 too, at Lake Compounce you find q bowling alley, billiard hall and mer- ry-g -go-round; the electric fountain a little way out in the lake, opposite the Casino and on concert nights when the music echoes over the mountain
 and water the fountain throws out many beautiful colored streams of water high in the air.
 The Casino is a very pretty two story building. with wide and shady verandas on three sides the first floor Is devoted to refreshments while con- nected with it Is a fine Kitchen with all modern. conveniences, the second floor Is used exclusively for dancing
 From the lake drive a path leads to the cave of Compounce, known of old as the "Pappoose House. while Title further on is Lovers Rock" a huge granite boulder thirty-fve feet high, with stairs leading to its top. Just below this Is another large rock called "The Boulder" which is said to have rolled down the mountain side the day before Chief Compounce lost his life, and was regarded by the In- dians as a sign to them from the great Spirit.
 A wild and rugged path leads up the mountain to White Rock" from which a fine view of the lake valley and sur rounding towns is obtained while far to the south the peak of Nit Carmel is plainly seen.
 A cool, shady road is laid out along the banks of the lake, while scattered through the grove at the foot of the mountain and along the shore are seats and swings.
 Lake Compounee itself lies at the foot of the mountain in the northwestern part of the town of Southington just on the Bristol line.
 The following is a partial list of the organizations that have come to Com bounce for sheep barbecue: Crocodile club annually for thirty years; ;Connecti- cus Fat Mems association, annually for five years; Neale club, annually for twenty years; Connecticut Editorial as- sociation, annually for two years; Hartford club; City Guards, Hartford; Sphinx Temple, A. A. Q. N, Mystic Shrine, Hartford; Washington Com mandery, No. 1, Knights Templar; New Haven Grays; First Company, Cover rlor's Foot Guard, Hartford; Second Company Governors Foot Guard, New Haven; Hardware Manufacturers club of Connecticut Valley; Traut & Hine club of New Britain; Retail Druggists Association of Connecticut; Putnam Phalanx, Hartford; Hartford Lodge of Elks; Hartford Business Mems Asso- citation; New Britain Business Mems Association; WilIimantic Business Mems Association; Meriden Business Mems Association; New Haven Bust ness Men Association; Judges of Pro- bate of Connecticut; Quinnipack club, New Haven; Waterbury Lodge of Elks; State Eield DaV Royal ArcanIrn