(installed; linens.
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inmhyhsvmsnd
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0
The "Homestead.” the Ferris resi-
dence in ,P'airlield avenue. was thrown
open yesterday aitcrnoou'irom’i’to’i
o’clock to shoot-lit) guests. liast of
theta were South Norwalk people. with
slow from Stamiord. Darlen. New Ca-
naan and surrounding places. The spav
clout rooms presented {a charming ap-
pearance. They were lavishly decked
with palms and cut flowers. The parlor
where the ladies about! in waiting to
receive their guests. was adorned with
palms. esoldslte calls lilies and trap
rant roses. lire. Frank A. Ferris and
the Misses Ferris were assisted in re—
ceiving by Ira. Ferris' sister. hire. 8.
G. yous.“ oiNew York; her daughter.
lit-s. Waldoc. BriggaoiNew London;
her film llrs. Frank Perkins. of
Brooklyn. and lites toolse Sammie. oi
Iiatnaroneck: Ilsa Edith licArthur. oi
New” York. and lira. Philip Knapp. and
lira William tester. of South Nor'
walk. Both the hostesses and their
guests were very handsome costumes.
The dining-room and table from which
a light collation was served. weretaste
iully decorated in green and white. the
predominant tone in all the decorn~
lions. The table was exquisitely done
in liliesvoi—the-valley, ferns and slui~
ins. White hyscluths. carnations and
mignondte were also used. in the li.
brarypinkrosesaboundedinhneluxo
urlaace. liiss Louise naturals presided
at the chocolate are and lira. William
taster poured tea. while Iii. lieAr-
thnr and lites Ethel Ferris gracefully
attended. to the wants oi the guests.
lilss ultlaa wattlsr. dawhter of
Ir. and hire. John A. Watkins. of
Taylor avenue. observed the anniver-
sary oi her birthday last night by en-
tertaining a party of friends. The
rooms were very tily decorated and
the games incident such an occasion
werecttioyetl by the young people. and
were iollowetl. at 11 o'clock. by a bounc
teous supper served in the dining-
rool. The hosts. was the recipient
of several pretty presents
Those present were Daisy Wadhams.
Ziola Allen. Zoella Allen. Helena
liitchell. Helena Conner. Charles An-
derson. liarry (reborn. W. ll. Weed,
Melville Icodder. Prank Crow. llnl'l'y
Dwyer pad Alired leolcld.
A level Md Fart»
Iir. and live. E. ii. liorellouse enter-
tained n iew irluntis last night at their
home in Arch street with a novel turd
party. in which ’30” laid" was the
game played and everything pertaining
thereto appropriate and insertions con.
replicas. The prises were secured by
his. and lira. Charles ll. Smith and lir.
and lira. James Golden.
W.
iisrry ll. lie-in, tortaerly of Nor-
walh. now manager oi Y. W. liittrheil's
twslh. by lies. I. 'I‘. lirahanl. a iormer
vector at It. Paul's church. at lint-at
Vernon. on December 22. The star-
rtsar has inst leaked oat.
“also. loyi's.
lira. Willis-l ll. iloyt entertained
tiriahdsstwm lastnighiatherhosle
is Wastnvsuse. Thegassewssslay-
all at four tables. The honors were
salsa-t last out: by (2. I‘ll!“
show the Bridgeport association.
Theiullevtns sixteen members Joined
E Pitl‘hadellsw. leader: J. A. Rich-
arias. Harry liolntsn. Edward Park
or. William if. Brothertou, Oscar 8
8am clinton Cutllill, W. 1" liters.
ilemuel B. (luggawell. Ellis Taylor,
Boson howls, llarry Gibson, William
J.'l.elsnd,-6eorge Dake. Arthur F. Ain-
sworth, David Finch.
The subject of the lesson was the
miracle mud in liark is.; 14:29.
Supper was provided by the auxiliary.
at 6:30 o’closk. and eight your: men
were present to partake thereoi.
The class will hold continuous meet-
ings every Friday night from 7 to 8
o'clock. preceded by a supper served
by the isfles at $30. This arrange-
ment has been made to accommodate
youth; business men and workingmeu
oi all trades. who can thus go directly
from work to,the rooms, have supper
and attend the class. and st 8 o'clock
be free to spend the evening in any
other way.
' The subject oi study for the week is
”Zaccheus Up a Tree." Luke sis.. Ho.
0. ’0’. unaware warren.
Mwllllalplna Union lsrviee as
file W church.
The members oi the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor of the
South Norwalk Congregational church,
have arranged to go to chtport to-
morrow evening to help in the union
service at the Congregational church in
that place.
The Euthavorers will meet at the
house of Dr. Ooburn. in South lisln
street, at 6:15 sharp. From there they
will go by the Tramway company's
new car, which has been chartered tor
the oeeaaifl. fleet to Westport. ar-
riving thersallou 1:10. This will give
ample time to rush the church and get
seated beiore the service. which com-
more at 1:30.
ltishopadthstanyulemberofthis
society who has not already done so
eeivehtte' and Mt.
The car will leave Wastport luv the
return trip at 9:40. The iase will he
the regular price. 20 cuts for the
round trip.
on account oi the lllultstl seating ca~
parity of the car. none but members oi
this society can be accommodated.
There will be room tor all oi these who
care to go.
w
lasting d Helium
The Connecticut Public School Music
Teachers' association will meet at the
New Dom hotel. ilartiorti. at 12:”: Sat.
artisy. January 2!. where President
Weaver will hold an iniorlusi recep-
tion. The business meeting will take
place at 2:30 at North school. High
street. during which the High school
pupils and orchestra. under the direc-
tion oi Irving Emerson. will present a
very intelligent programme. Alter the
musical exercises short papers will be
read by many prominent supervisors
upon subjects oi vital importance in
school mule. Warns will follow
each paper. in which a» teachers will
Join. The keen interest in the wcliare
of the society meniieetcd by all of the
members. is the best assurance oi the
stresses which will attend the asatltrla-
tion in its valuable work.
lsllsioorpsIa-otial larvloss.
The Woman's Relief corps of hoop
lae Fowler post. ii. A. It. held a nor»
vice ill tirand Army hall. last night. in
memory oi the late John Weston. it
wu conducted by live. liay Gertie.
Theaddress was made by live. Fannie
Joyce. lir. Weston was a past chap
lain of the post. and his chair. sword
and sash were decorated with lowers.
There were several addresses by use.-
llersoftllepost. Theservleeswcrethe
most interesting ever held by the
m
“finish”
The llouth Norwslk pollen were re-
wuesisdi-tnnhttoloohontior s
turnoutstsltlnirom Banks W
inflrldgsport.
ms hearts. Tile
horsswnsachctltast'ware weighing
shestilspoussaesswasattaehssw
supper
m
liayssr
John
lush
Banker-flail. oi lieu Camp, En-
gages ill so Unprofitullle Venture.
twmllniiutlntllnl
Whihuwammihat
Warm“ collect on
ileum—Court Takes ills
“murmurs.
One of the most important cases
heard yesterday by Judge Thayer. oi
the Superior Court. was that oi J. Wes-
ley Supplee, oi Philadelphia. against
Russell L. Hall, oi New Canaan, at
one time president of the First Nation-
sl bank at that place. ,
The suit is an action to recover on
notes amounting to $7,500. punctured.
and one oi 85.000, secured by n mort-
gage on the defendant's home in New
Canaan. ,
The cone came up on motion of At.
torncy Frederick W. Tracy. counsel ior
Mr. Supplee. who asked tor a disclos-
ure of the defense at lir. Hall. Judge
Carroll, Mr. llall's attorney. claimed
that his client would make a defense
and endeavor to have the case go to a
Jury. Mr. Tracy could see no oppor-
tunity for a deiense. as he had the
three notes in his possession. He did
not believe there could he a boon fltle
deieuse. The court took the papers
for consideration.
The papers in the case furnish an "iv
terestlug story. lit. Hall is one oi the
best known residents at New Canaan
and (or years has been identified with
the First National hank oi that place.
A iew years ago he htwanle identified
with a mining company and it is said
that he lost most of his money in the
venture. A few years ago he was con-
sidered a wealthy man. btlt it tare-
ported that be is now practically insol-
vent.
lie was induced to enter the mining
company by Francis 0. livable. oi Phil-
”Maste-
ssiti. is composed at many wealthy
also and the mines in tine may de—
velop big returns, but it will cost
much to work them. They are located
in Montana.
arable represented the syndicate and
secured irolll Hall two notes of $5.000
each and one oi 82.500. Later these
were discounted by ltr. ilupplee and
John ll. Graham. both oi Philadelphia.
and both of whom are directors of a
bank in the Quaker City. They inves~
ligated Air. liaii's financial condition.
and Air. Supple-c assumed one of the
notes for snow personally and dill.
counted the other two jointly with Mr.
Graham.
When the note held by Mr. Suppl"
became dllt~ he mht to collect it
[limb Attorney Tracy. but lir. Hall
asked for iurthor delay. ills request
was rrillsed. and he gave a mortgage
on his residence in New (Yunnan to
more the note. Then suit was innit.
tilted to recover on the other two
Mites.
lo the meantime. it is claimed. lir.
Hall. in all «loll to escape the pay-
ment oi the notes. conveyed his prop-
erty to his son. llewis (Y. "all. The
plsintili claims that the lrausier was
llleasl and attaches! the property un-
der transfer. as the property of "W
bank president.
it was intimated by Judge (farmll.
counsel ior “all. that the notes '97?
not In the posse-flan of the plaintlli.
but this is denied by the plaintll’s nt-
torney. it is said in explanation oi
the claim that livable Induced lit.
Hall to issue new notes. without rt»
calling the old ones. These was. it is
said. have also been dierouutsti by
other parties and are held as the orig-
inal notes. Attorney Tracy. howner.
informed the court that he had the
three notes is his main. and had
had them since the institution oi the
proceedings.
Y.I.B.A.lsrviese.
The tsastlllg oi the Young itell’r
Christian asstlelation walorrow sitar»
nooswillheletlbvsnarttlflhsiio
instills sand. Captain llltsoaoeay will
give viollaesilosetectloas. dong mo
vieeatatrcloek: rssulsrssrrleeani.
Thiamieslsossntoallyuuaguaa
“mahtfimloeaahoss.
ire. works and oysteralen are espe-
cialirisvites.
Mdmvum
Theihernloithelateme
”lash was attended from his rev
mullwmuhm
“new“
annua-
ntin'dlsih. Thamwarnvsry
I“ hit W Only its ii-
“,“I‘. , ‘ .“Ih 4 ‘ .; H: - . y
“t moiChica-
go. president seal Federation
of Women's
mush,
Klondike
; oi Columbus
details oi the
party met in the '7
Hall at Noreen.“
and arranged the
trip.
All clothing I“ how”. as well
m which
bore throwh _ » ground and
make the work
m will be
. then-to was
steadied-w
moinllwilllle
:3 leave
South Norwnlh‘
the ll: rt trsln m out-
fir-whence the party flflgnu'iriisle
elsewhere. will fit” Tosh nfl
the West.
The totals flowsatthtmhyawo-
man wsatwlde oiitsluh.
A servant girl. two lighting dogs. a
huge potato and a mad young man
were the principals in a rather allow
ing episode at Dr; W. J. Tracey's resi-
dence yesterday morning.
James Keene was euioylog a ride
about town with IE. J. Finnegan while
the latter was delivering groceries. its
stopped at Dr. Tracey's. and lir
Krona remained in the wagon. ills at—
tention was directed to a dog fight on
the doctor’s lawn. and he did not or.»
lice the domestic who was preparing to
war upon the unuhninnta.
Taking careful aim the girl pre-
pared to throw a good-sized potato at
the olending bruit-s. but. alas. woman
kind was not made to throw missiles.
and the obiect went wide oi its mark,
llr. Keene was in the way and re-
eeiveti a whack upon the side of the
head that caused him to isllmut of the
wagon.
Apologies were partner. but the m.
vallt girl threw no more Maine» and
the dogs kept on iiglltlng
Governor's Day at cat-p.
tYol. I. l’. llurpeo. of the Mood rm-
illlent. when interviewed about the
subject oi doing away with Governor‘s
day at «amp. said: "llseaklng as a lull-
ltary also. i meant the day as a hunt-
lnw. it is useleea. and iron a military
slantlpolnl. we whom he as well on. it
not better. without it than with it.
let it seems that the public should in
some way be given some antenatal!
time during the rhesus-sat. when
they will teel that they are welcome at
the canto. Without this initfl they
would lose much oi their interest in
the east» and this would he unfortun-
ate for the militia oi the state. i think
on the. whole. tnoltsh. that the an
events are wallet the retention oi gov
eraor’s day."
W
IM’ 'M’ V“.
tit. mltslatse to lite "pron girl
today and already stall: at the lair
‘
llrta
t.l§
it
‘ Firemen and their Fair Partsers
liake licrty is dried liall.
lill lilflllfvlfllill Willi
mmmmrm at»
nivsusryoiihsOrgsnintier—Ir
" m laticpythenu-
harmonieOrehestrs.
The 5600!!!! annual invitation aocia~
Me of the South Norwulk Fire Police,
held last night in Arion llall. was an
unqualified sudcess. Not only were
the members of the various tire cont-
pauies in Norwalk in evidence. but
guests were present trout other places.
The Philharmonic orchestra iuroished
excellent mush: for the twenty-two
m on the order. The date was
also the mansion oi the fourteenth all'
vnll’m oi the tlvgnnizatloll, a tutti
which made the iiil'lilhlc doubly inter—
eating.
’The door manager was Charles ll,
Taylor. and his sides were i). J. lluymt.
B. r. latckwood. 1'. S. Donaldson and
0.1.. Brllsch. The reception coulmib
tee waseomposed oi it J. Smith. S. l.
Hill. R. l.. Raymond, J. F. Decoy. Wit.
lia- Dihble and llelioy Adams.
Among those present were (.‘hiei En-
gineer and hire. E. V. Baker. First As-
sistsnt Engineer and Ira. ll. W. liar.
lord, ilecond Assistant Engineer and
fire. T. 8. Donaldson. lir. anti hirs. .l.
J. Goodwin. lir. and firs. 0. E. Rayv
mold. lit. and lire. Edward White.
Ir. and lire. Clarence 1.. lirusch. fir.
and Ira. James lax'kwootl, lit, and
lirs. B. F. Lockwood. lir, and lira. W.
ii. lion. Air. and lira. William Carr.
llr. and lira. N. J. Smith. Captain and
onlirs W. ll. Booted. Ir. and lint.
George Wamsley. Ir. and lira. tleorgt
bill. Ir. and Ira. lichrlantl. Ira
Jeremiah O‘Brien. lira. Augustus Boll
satin
:0 Nellie hold. tum ills.
oyt Lottie Lasers. “and and fitella
Smith. Annie lieAlliater. liary liclin-
holl. Annie lchuiil. Britket l’owevs
Kate (lormau. Katie licilartlly. Intuit
titaltlwin. Lillian Hollander. Bertie
lillocr. biotin Adams. hlillie Matteo
Ida Tirhentlr. Nellie i'nlholln. Mamit
Downey. the Milton Meeney, Miss llyv
land. Miss llarvy and others.
A delegation oi eight was pvt-sent
iroln Eagle Hook and ladder company
oi llsrion.1’hey were Foreman limrgt
tiberlautier iictretary .ltlhn Altmano
Treasurer William .I. Homing. ilrnia’
mill ill. John. Peter i’ctersen. Johr
Oberlatldcr. “anion! Smith and Will-
iam ll. Willow“. St.
Pequot company. No. l. M ilmltitport
ml a delegation rompotml oi Poremar
.lollu Woodward, tlmrgtv 'l. Horn. 1'. 0
buyer. .1. it. Noltlnter and James ('4
nor.
rams-laps hauls.
W of Artificial masts in
law York city.
This is the age oi things antitrust.
A path: mauuinctury has rmutly op»
word a saiearooal on upper Broadway.
and a huge sign kvwn down on the
nurse thorollglltare notilles the writ
that another store of the same sort
will allow be ready tor lmslness. The
artist-lat tree industry it mmivrly
new, and it must be proltalrie. All
over town one sees rountevieits. liany
oitllelsrseetoresandluoatoi the
prominent hotels oi this city, including
solar oi these that are most tasteful in
their halls and entrances. and even in
private homes it is not amnion to
and plants ulls renewable leaves. The
“mydonnedliiohlmniul took 1
m- litlual.
ihliorpsopinlnthisvlrlnili.flfl
‘ ‘ anemone-«oatmea-
“Vat-slum
lialllsnaeeo lake.- or hall's pond. ill
the town of Bldgeileld. has almahssn
a favorite’ resort of sleet-ma. tan oi
late years fishing in these waters, has
been attended with utnsidanhie on
unity and danger to personal liberty.
on account of the eliort oi those who
claimed to own the pond to prevent
nailing there. There has been iot- some
time a controversy over the ownership
ofthnt body of water. citizens oiliitlgeh
held claiming that it belonged to the
state. anti not to the man who held the
deed for it. their argument being that
possession oi the water was taken unv
lawfully many years ago. and that al-
though deeds have been handed down
a unmller‘oi timed. they could not hold
humane they were based on an illegal
action.
A rwresentntive oi the Danbury
Evening News, in an interview with F.
C. limes. editor of the Ritlgeiield
Press. learned some things about the
situation whirl: may be interesng to
Norwnlit fishermen and others
lie said that a tow years ago an in-
vostigation oi the title to Itamanasco
lake was made by Attorney John Hurl-
blltt. oi Norwullt. and ne iouud that its
history was somewhat as lollowe:
Many years ago. pet-naps titty years.
there was a mill at llamnlltlsco lake.
which was an important industry, as
well to the people oi ”lildgeiield as to
the owners oi the mill. for it was there
that the farmers took their grain to
be ground. Its importance can be re-
alized better when it is known that
fifty years ago the local grinding oi
grain was a more important feature oi
{arming in the east than it is now.
The owner of the mill was given per
mission to use the water of liamanas—
co lake by the town oi ”Mold. in
eonsideralion of the farmers of Ridge.
debt being given the preference to tilt
grinding oi grain. That is. a farmer oi
ilid’geiield taking a loud oi grain to tilt
mill would not have to wait ior an}
outsider before his grain should bt
ground. in those days the prelerenct
mounted to more than it would now
A man by the named smith ownet‘
:hemlllatthatti-e. Aiter a ten
years lir. Smith wanted to borrow
some money. Selisek Brothers. oi
mortgage on the mill. The lawyel
who esecuted the mortgage included
wrouginlly the lake in that document
After a time the mortgage was fore
closed. In the loreEiosnre prmleedingl
.he fact that the lake had been int-ind
3d wrougiully lo the mortgaged prop
lrty was overlooked. and the Seller-its
revolved a title irom the court for tilt
allele property.
The mill and lake tlletl passetl
through a number oi hands. and llllli'l
etiort was made to prevent lishiut
here. A low years ago a spet'ial ins
was rushed through the llfllfllfllll'i
prohibiting fishing in that lake. nnr‘
it'fl'i'i’lll llnnbllry and Ridgeiieid fllhflv
men wow arrested and duct! (or vio
.ating ”it" state law. The , ,‘ oi
Ridgelleld ”it'll raised ”00 to test tilt
‘aw and it was declared llmwmstitll
A [llilllll’ meeting of the towr
oi Ridgrfleld lilllliiit'IM its legislative
representations to have the law retreat-
‘ll. and it was. The present owner ll
ltltltlt~ i’urdy. of i’llrdy‘s titration.
The llliilllllltfi oi allalrs is now "It"
that it no attempt is made to prevent
‘i per-rm 1mm fishing in the lulu- lit
must be arrested tor weapons in tht
regulation way. ills ili'li’fltli' would. oi
more. be that the lake belongs to the
stale. and the individual claiming
tunership would be under the lim-
ly oi proving his title. There are a
good many stwlrtsmen who would like
to see a test case and have this moth
matted question settlul.
Bess it less so Gymsr Trust!
A New Haven man. who sips hint
self ”Ilivslvr." writes to the Palladium
as iollows:
’ is it pmsible that we are to hurt- an
oyster lrtut'.’ l ”0“!le in the papers
a statement to the client that there is n
syndicate being organised tor the pur-
pose oi carrying on a gigantic oyster
business in this state is the neighbor
hood of Iloslll Norwali. What does
this menu? lines it mean that we are
to have the saute «sperm in the
matter oi purchasing oysters that we
have is buying ml. ass is this a last-
eastlle institution similar to that oi
thesagsrmatortkslnrsmmatty
eithsstharlrulasthatlouriah totals
country? This is an interesting anes-
daliythuttisesaotrslritsves.whe
hankumsdsrtrdssaceasatuloya»
wnmno-A'copy of not
”Hall's Hitter." this M
M were "‘
DR. C. F. BOUTWELL. ‘
removed to the new bank
Washington street. other
to 11:45.13:30 to O; 1
ing, 7 to 9.
Mwow sang.
FOR SALE~Caml8 ior “he
too or barrel. Orders In) it '
K. M. Toilets & (30:! M .
oilice. foot of Huvilantl M
FOR SALE—My large black
table as draught horse.)‘
and not airnld oi DIM» ,
use for him: will sell cheap. .,
Andrews. 46 heat' av
Novwnllt.
FOR SALE—Juanita! MOD fl
heaters. South Norwflk ‘
mnsnbl—liyouwsnteaani
in then. a 8.. any“,
r0 LET—A house to m ..
and wife on very easy tor... .
Golden iiili street. South >
ro LET—Pleasant. comfortably -
nlshod rooms. with hoard, 4 all ,
per week; without llolrtl. $1.75 I“
82. Addrestl. W.. 10 Lowe with
South Norwalk. » ’ k »
l‘o LET-Seven rtlolln. I? WW
avenue: Music Hall block. W
for onions; first floor. sis tools.
to lTuioll street; It'll floor.
room. E. A. Woodward. .
Pillt RENT—«Apartments on W
Washington street, m III
doors. Chestnut and Grins m
to 312; house lll’lt'lt row. m , "
street all»: house and bars.
Washington street. 3“. “I.
try 9. idly. inquire, oleaaf -
l’rost.
m Im~Vifai loot H ”1‘
All flm'mlm . Rant 3!!
to w. W. later. cm i
of runs a dole-n. wet-stag“
‘ tour. .1
lllHTH-llll. 2o. ‘ 1‘
small amount oi
reward to antler a”
this ”alert.
Mllllltlml'lesse call
llaln street and
unique in the way at,
log toiled
at ones. In.
ileln liaut '
ill-AlllViJYAI'l’
Mallet-tour. ,,
ryu..l'nrlndlu_
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