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 Around Hartford 
 
 Elmer M. White, 
 Herbert O. '^Warner, 
 
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 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 1898. 
 
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^ CONTENTS. ^ 
 
 Bristol 49 
 
 Brookside 2G 
 
 Burnside 29 
 
 Distances and Fares 57 
 
 East Hartford 29 
 
 East Windsor Hill 30 
 
 Farmington 40 
 
 Glastonbury 20 
 
 Hartford 7 
 
 Points of Interest 9 
 
 Park System 17 
 
 Lake Compounce 46 
 
 Laurel Park 32 
 
 Manchester 34 
 
 New Britain 43 
 
 Newington 42 
 
 Poquonock 24 
 
 Rainbow Park 24 
 
 Snipsic Lake, Rockville 36 
 
 South Windsor 30 
 
 Steamboat Trips 56 
 
 Suburban Park 40 
 
 Trolley Trips 50 
 
 Tourist Directory 58 
 
 Unionville 40 
 
 West Hartford 38 
 
 Wethersfield 20 
 
 Wheel Trips 53 
 
 White Oak 45 
 
 Windsor 22 
 
To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. — Milton. 
 
 Go forth under the open sl<y, and list to Nature's teaehiny. — liryant. 
 
ARTFORD, one of the historical towns of New England, has been, 
 since its settlement by Thomas Hooker in 1635, the business and political 
 center of Connecticut. It is charmingly situated on a series of plateaus 
 rising from the west bank of the Connecticut River. A system of govern- 
 ment with the consent of the governed, designed by Hooker, and which has served 
 as a model for the form of government of the States and the Country — the 
 first true republic — was inaugurated here. The first charter was granted in 1784 
 and successive amendments and changes were made until, in 1895, the present charter 
 was adopted, the town and city having been consolidated at that time. The municipal- 
 ity has control of a rapidly developing park system, which, when completed, will surround 
 the city with many miles of beautiful driveways and acres of pleasure grounds. 
 
 Hartford has recently taken on a progressive spirit in all public matters, and, 
 with its ample water supply, improved paving, excellent steam and electric car connec- 
 tions in every direction, large department stores, many beautiful business buildings and 
 its many lines of well developed mercantile enterprises, will continue to hold its position 
 as a business center. Hartford is a city of great wealth, having fourteen chartered 
 banks, several trust companies and a large number of life and fire insurance companies 
 which are favorably known all over the country. 
 
Hartford is also the center of a high class manufacturing industry, its products 
 being known throughout the world. Colonel Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver, 
 established his factory for the manufacture of that weapon here, and from that time 
 Hartford manufactures have been noted. Among them have been the Catling and 
 Gardner guns, the Columbia and Hartford bicycles, electric motor carriages, rubber 
 tires, nickel steel tubing, machinists' tools, drop forgings, wire mattresses, machine 
 screws, and many other high class products. These industries give employment to 
 many thousands of skilled workmen who help to make up a population recently estimated 
 at 80,000. The religious and educational advantages of Hartford are of the first order. 
 It has forty-nine organized churches, a successful Y. M. C. A., Trinity College, the 
 Hartford Theological Seminary, and the American School for the Deaf, as well as other 
 minor religious and literary organizations. 
 
 The city has been noted as being the home of such well known literary men and 
 women as Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley 
 Warner, William Gillette, the actor and playwright, and Richard Burton, the poet. 
 Hartford has many fine residence streets, among which Washington Street, running 
 South from the Capitol, with its broadly arching elms, is noted for the elegant residences 
 of some of Hartford's most prominent people. Wethersfield Avenue, Asylum Avenue, 
 Farmington Avenue, Forest Street, with its literary and musical circle, and Woodland Street 
 contain many handsome houses. On Forest Street are the homes of Charles Dudley 
 
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Warner, Richard Burton and the late Mrs. Stowe, while almost within a stone's throw 
 on Farmington Avenue stands the house of Mark Twain. 
 
 The place where stood the famous Charter Oak Tree is on Charter Oak Place, 
 near Main Street. In the hollow of this tree, which was thirty-three feet in circumfer- 
 ence and in which twenty-seven persons are said to have stood together, was hidden the 
 Original Charter of Connecticut. The tree was blown down in a severe storm, August 
 21, 1856. A marble tablet marks the spot where it stood. Trees propagated from 
 acorns from the tree are growing in several places — two standing in Bushnell Park at 
 the present time. 
 
 Points The state Capitol, situated on an eminence in Bushnell Park, is one 
 
 OF of the principal features of the city. Built of white marble in the modern 
 
 INTEREST, secular Gothic style — probably the only fire proof Capitol in the world — 
 this buildijig stands unique among structures of this kind in America. The exterior is 
 adorned with much fine carving and several busts and statues of Connecticut men. 
 Twelve statues surround the dome and a large figure representing the Genius of 
 Connecticut surmounts the cupola. The model of this figure stands in the north 
 vestibule of the building. In the western vestibule are displayed, in handsome 
 oak cases, the battle flags of the Connecticut regiments, carried in the War of the 
 Rebellion, also a bronze statue of Governor Buckingham and the old tombstone of 
 
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General Israel Putnam. In the east vestibule is a statue of Nathan Hale. The 
 State Library, on the second floor, contains oil portraits of all of the Governors of 
 Connecticut, from the first to the last, while in the Senate Chamber hangs the 
 celebrated original full length portrait of Washington, painted from life by Stuart, 
 now of priceless value, but for which the State in 1800 paid less than $800. In this 
 room also is the handsome, carved. Lieutenant Governor's chair, made of wood from 
 the Charter Oak. In the room of the Secretary of State will be found the Original 
 Charter of Connecticut, framed in wood of the Charter Oak Tree. This charter, 
 engrossed on three parchment skins, was carried from the inn where the General Court 
 was assembled, October 31, 1687, by Captain Joseph Wadsworth, and hidden in the 
 hollow of the large oak tree, where it remained until May 9, 1689, thus thwarting the 
 attempt rn^e to wrest it from the State. The dome, reached by stairways above the 
 elevator landing, is nearly 250 feet above the ground, and may be ascended on week- 
 days at 10 and 11 A. M., and 2 and 3:30 P. M. The view therefrom extends nearly 
 fifty miles in all directions. 
 
 Near the Capitol building and located on the Park is the magnificent Soldiers' 
 and Sailors' Memorial Arch. It is built of brown stone, in the form of two high towers 
 arched across the street, connecting with a handsome brown stone bridge across the 
 Park River. The sculpture work in relief, representing battles by land and by sea, is 
 considered remarkably fine. Statues are also placed at convenient places on the 
 
ELIZABETH PARK, HARTFORD. 
 
towers. Much credit is due to the architect, Mr. George Keller, of Hartford, for the 
 beautiful design of the memorial. 
 
 At the opposite end of the stone bridge just mentioned, stands the handsome 
 building of the Young Men's Christian Association and Hillyer Institute, which is com- 
 plete in every detail and well worthy a visit by those sight-seeing. 
 
 The City Hall, in the center of the city, is particularly conspicuous, as all of the 
 various trolley lines of the city and suburbs either pass or start from City Hall Square. 
 The first State House was built in 1719 on the site of the present City Hall. The 
 present building was erected and used as a State House from 1796 until it was trans- 
 ferred by the State of Connecticut to the City of Hartford, March 13, 1879, and 
 formally dedicated as the City Hall, October 22, 1879. 
 
 Directly east of the City Hall is the United States Government Building, con- 
 taining the Post Ofifice, Custom House, United States Court rooms, etc. 
 
 The Wadsworth Atheneum is situated on Main Street at the corner of Atheneum 
 Street. It is a handsome castellated structure of granite, with central towers 70 feet in 
 height and corner buttresses 56 feet in height, having an extensive brick addition on the 
 east, of the Tudor architecture. The building contains the rooms of the Hartford 
 Public Library, Watkinson Reference Library, the Connecticut Historical Society, the 
 Hartford Art School and Galleries, and the Dr. Wood bird collection of the 
 Hartford Scientific Society. These rooms and collections are open to the public, free. 
 
The large elm in front of the Atheneum is of particular interest, as it stood in front of 
 one of Hartford's most historic houses, the mansion of Daniel Wadsworth. On Septem- 
 ber 20, 1780, this house was the scene of a famous interview between General Washington 
 and Count de Rochambeau, at which time plans for the Yorktown campaign were 
 discussed and arranged. A statue of Nathan Hale also stands in front of the building. 
 
 The handsome buildings of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., the 
 .•Etna Life Insurance Co. and the .Ltna Insurance Co., on Main Street ; the Phoenix 
 Mutual Life Insurance Co., the Phoeni.x Fire Insurance Co., the National Fire Insurance 
 Co. and the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., on Pearl Street ; the Travelers Insurance Co. 
 and the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., on Prospect Street, and the Hartford Life 
 Insurance Co., on Asylum Street, are all worthy of a visit. 
 
 There are also several banks having handsome buildings — the Phoenix Bank 
 Building, on Main Street, and the new building of the First National Bank, on State 
 Street, adjoining the United States Hotel, being the most striking. The houses of the 
 Hartford Club and the Colonial Club, as well as the new building of the Hartford 
 Medical Society, are on Prospect Street. 
 
 Trinity College is located on the "Summit," south of Vernon Street, and occupies 
 a commanding position overlooking the college grounds of about eighty acres. The 
 original site of the college, then known as the Washington College, was the spot where 
 now stands the State Capitol, where, in 1824, two buildings were erected. The Rt. Rev. 
 
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T. C. Brownell, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Connecticut, was the first president. The 
 present main building was completed in 1882. It contains the chapel, library, cabinet, 
 dining hall, lecture rooms and suites of apartments for the students. There are also 
 other buildings located at different points on the campus, containing laboratories, 
 a gymnasium, an observatory, etc. The college may be reached by five lines of 
 electric cars. Both the Vernon Street & Albany Avenue and the Lafayette Street lines 
 terminate about one block from the college buildings, while the New Britain, Zion Street 
 and Cedar Hill cV Blue Hills lines take one within a short walking distance. 
 
 The Hartford Theological Seminary is a Congregational institution, and was 
 chartered in 1834. The first building was erected at East Windsor Hill, nine miles 
 from Hartford, where it remained for thirty years. In 1865 it was removed to Prospect 
 Street, this city, and May 8th, 1879, the corner-stone of the present building, "Hosmer 
 Hall," at No. 1507 Broad Street, was laid. It contains a chapel, music room, lecture 
 room, students' rooms, dining rooms, gymnasium, etc. The Farmington Avenue 
 cars take one to the corner of Broad Street, one door from the seminary. 
 
 The Hartford Public High School. The present High School building, including 
 the extensive additions now approaching completion, has a frontage on Hopkins Street 
 of nearly 450 feet. The entrance is in the center of the Hopkins Street facade, and the 
 three wide, arched doorways are flanked by two towers, each 24 feet square and about 
 150 feet high. On the front there is an observatory tower, 98 feet high, with a revolving 
 
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dome, containing a fine telescope. There are also in the 
 main building working laboratories, gymnasium, business 
 department, library, and lunch and play rooms, beside school 
 and class rooms, assembly hall, etc. The manual training 
 building, 132 x 64 feet, contains a forging shop and experi- 
 mental laboratory, engine room, wood-working and machine 
 shops, molding and metal-working rooms, drawing room and 
 modeling room, as well as rooms for carving, sewing and 
 cooking. 
 
 The American School for the Deaf was chartered in 
 1816, and is a very successful institution of the kind. Some 
 of the scholars are readily learning to articulate under the 
 modern methods of teaching. The Asylum Avenue cars 
 pass the door. 
 
 The Keney Memorial Tower, facing the public square 
 at the Tunnel Park, on Main Street, is one of the finest pieces 
 of French Gothic architecture in this country. It is 25 feet 
 square at the base and over 130 feet high, and stands in the 
 center of the square which was the site of the old Keney 
 Homestead. Entering the tower through a heavy oaken 
 
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door, a bronze tablet, suitably inscribed, is seen on the opposite wall, and on 
 the two remaining sides of the tower are portrait busts of Messrs. Henry and Walter 
 Keney, who have done so much for the welfare of the people of Hartford. Near the 
 top of the tower is a large clock with chimes. 
 
 On and near Capitol Avenue and Park Street are located the extensive factories 
 of the Pope Manufacturing Company and allied concerns, viz. : the Hartford Cycle Co., 
 Motor Carriage Factory, Pope Tube Works, and Hartford Rubber Works. In this 
 district may be found also the Billings and Spencer Co., the Pratt »S: Whitney Co., the 
 Hartford Machine Screw Co., the Pratt & Cady Co., the Johns-Pratt Co., the Sigourney 
 Tool Co., and Perkins Electric Switch Mfg. Co. This section may be reached by taking 
 either the Parkville or New Park Avenue trolley cars. Among other large manufacturing 
 plants may be mentioned the Colt Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., on Vandyke Avenue, 
 Capewell Horse Nail Co., on Governor Street, and Jewell Belting Company, on 
 Trumbull Street. 
 
 The Ancient Burying Ground, at present reached by a passageway north of the 
 Center Church, on Main Street, was, from 1(340 to 1803, the only place of burial, and it 
 therefore contains the remains of all who died in Hartford during that time. It has 
 been very much neglected, but recently a movement has been set on foot looking to the 
 improvement of its surroundings, and many of the stones have been restored, as far as 
 possible, to their original state. Among the monuments and stones are those of Thomas 
 
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Hooker, Governor John Haynes and Governor Leete, while on a central monument, 
 erected over sixty years ago to the memory of the Founders of Hartford, are inscribed 
 the names of one hundred of Hartford's early residents. 
 
 Cedar Hill Cemetery is three miles from City Hall, at the southern terminus of 
 the Cedar Hill & Blue Hills line of trolley cars, and comprises 268 acres. It is one of 
 the most beautiful cemeteries in the country, being situated on one side of Cedar 
 Mountain and overlooking the country for miles around. At the entrance to the 
 cemetery are two handsome memorial buildings, one being a chapel and the other the 
 ofSce of the superintendent. 
 
 Hartford's a large part of which is now in course of development, will, when 
 
 PARK completed, add very materially to the attractions of the city. Drive- 
 
 SYSTEM, ways are being laid out which will nearly encircle the city, and 
 
 many miles of roads have been opened both through the woods and in the open 
 
 country, which will be enjoyed by those driving and wheeling for pleasure. 
 
 Bushnell Park, near the center of the city, once a low waste of pasture land and 
 small buildings, was laid out in 1853, largely through the efforts of Dr. Horace Bushnell, 
 who lived to see the results of his foresight and labors. Crowned at its highest point 
 with the State Capitol and having at its principal entrance an imposing memorial arch, 
 it is a beautiful tract of land. It comprises about fifty acres and is bounded on three 
 
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sides by the Park River. It is remarkable for the num- 
 ber and variety of its trees, there being no less than five 
 hundred specimens of one hundred and fifty varieties, 
 besides thousands of shrubs, and a pond containing a 
 fine collection of water plants, including specimens of 
 the Egyptian Lotus. A fine bronze statue of Dr. Horace 
 Wells, the discoverer of anaesthesia, stands in the east 
 park, and a statue of General Israel Putnam has been 
 erected on the west side. 
 
 Pope Park comprises about 100 acres in the south- 
 western section of the city. It was the gift of Colonel 
 Albert A. Pope to the city, and is laid out as a pleasure 
 ground for the people, with tennis courts, walks, drives, 
 etc. The New Park Avenue, Parkville and Zion Street 
 lines of cars touch this park. 
 
 Elizabeth Park, the gift of Charles M. Pond, lies 
 on both sides of Prospect Avenue on high ground, 
 about half a mile from both the West Hartford and Asy- 
 lum Avenue lines of cars. Mr. Pond left to the city 
 not only this tract of ninety acres, containing his resi- 
 
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dence, but about $200,000 to be used in developing the same for a public park. The 
 house is open to visitors, and the view from the veranda is particularly fine, overlooking 
 the grounds of the Hartford Golf Club, with the city in the distance. 
 
 Keney Park, near the line of the Blue Hills cars and also the lines running on 
 Windsor Avenue, comprises over 650 acres. The generosity of Henry and Walter Keney 
 provided this beautiful wooded park, the development of which is in the hands of 
 trustees. There are a number of smaller parks in different sections of the city, 
 including a river front park for the benefit of the poor people on the East side. 
 
ETTHERSFIELD, a very pretty old town, nearly five miles south of 
 Hartford, was settled about 1635, and the Wethersfield Congregational 
 Society also dates back to the same year. The present church, built in 
 1761, is a handsome and commodious brick structure after the pattern of 
 old South Church, Boston, with a tower 160 feet high. Within the walls of this church, 
 both General Washington and John Adams, before either was president of the United 
 States, attended divine worship. In the ancient cemetery at the rear of the church, on 
 a hill overlooking the Connecticut River, can be seen many ancient tombstones. The 
 old Webb House, formerly known as "Hospitality Hall," was built in 1752, and was 
 originally painted red. It stands on the main street, nearly opposite the post ofifice. 
 It was erected in 1752 and used as a tavern, which was made famous during the 
 Revolution, because Washington, Lafayette, John Adams, Count Rochambeau and other 
 ofificers of the allied French and American armies met and held conferences in the front 
 room at the left of the hall, which resulted in the surrender of the British at Yorktown. 
 Near the terminus of the Wethersfield line stands the largest elm tree east of the Rocky 
 Mountains. Planted 140 years ago, it now measures 24 feet 9 inches in circumference. 
 The diameter of the spread of its branches is 166 feet. The State Prison was removed 
 from the old New Gate Caverns of the copper mine at Simsbury, which had been used 
 as a prison for fifty years, to Wethersfield in 1826. 
 
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INDSOR was first visited by white men in 1631, on the invitation of one 
 of the Podunk Indians, who desired to have settlers from the Plymouth 
 colony start a trading house among them on the banks of the Connecticut 
 or Great River. In 1633, William Holmes, with a number of others of the 
 Massachusetts colony, built a trading house at the mouth of the Tunxis or Farmington 
 River. A fishing hut now occupies the site of the old trading house,, and the meadows 
 near it are still called the Plymouth Meadows. 
 
 The first highway in Connecticut was laid out in 1638 between Hartford and 
 Windsor. Bissell's Ferry, which is still in operation across the Connecticut River, was 
 instituted in 1648. The center of trade in Windsor's early days was on the Palisado 
 Green, at the north end of the bridge over the Tunxis, the merchants of that time 
 carrying on an extensive trade with the English ports and the West Indies. There are 
 several fine old houses in Windsor, perhaps the most interesting being the Ellsworth 
 mansion, in the northern part of the town. The house at the south end of Broad Street 
 Green is one of the oldest houses still standing in Windsor. 
 
BROAD STREET GREEN, WINDSOR. 
 
OQUONOCK AND RAINBOW, ten and twelve miles north of 
 Hartford, respectively, are quite important manufacturing towns. The 
 Farmington river furnishes power for the extensive works of the Dunham 
 Hosiery Co., at Poquonock, and also for paper mills both at Poquonock and 
 Rainbow. The view from the bridge, as the car crosses the river, is always a charming 
 one — the water rushing over the Hosiery Co.'s dam, in the foreground, and the placid 
 river above, make an interesting picture at all seasons of the year. At the terminus of 
 the Windsor, Poquonock and Rainbow line is Rainbow Park, which is a beautiful piece 
 of woodland of about twenty acres on the high bluff overlooking the Farmington River. 
 Large dancing and refreshment ])avilions are located near the entrance to the park, and 
 swings, benches and walks scattered about everywhere make it pleasant for large or small 
 parties to spend the day or even an hour or two. At the foot of a long flight of broad 
 stairs are the boat houses. The river scenes are ])articularly fine and the fishing is 
 excellent. Admission to the jiark is free. 
 
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LAS TONBURY. The founders of this town came from Glastonbury, 
 England, from which this town derived its name. Many old houses of 
 substantial build have been land-marks for years, and still remain in the 
 families of the descendants of some of the old settlers of 1640. The old 
 Hollister house in South Glastonbury, built in 1675, and said to be the oldest wooden 
 mansion now standing in the State, is but a short walk from the terminus of the electric 
 cars. Another famous dwelling is the Talcott house, built in 1699. This house was 
 fortified, but still bears the marks of Indian tomahawks on its doors. The house now 
 standing at Wells' Corner still belongs to Governor Wells' descendants. The "white oak 
 tree" near Gideon Hale's house, mentioned in the original survey of the road, is still 
 standing. The manufacturing interest has always been quite extensive here in soaps, 
 woolens, cutlery and plated ware. The extensive works of the J. B. Williams Company, 
 soap manufacturers, and Franklin Glazier & Son, makers of woolen goods, as well as 
 Hale's peach orchards, covering 300 acres, have made Glastonbury widely known. 
 
 "Brookside," at the terminus of the South Glastonbury line, is a most beautiful 
 woodland park of about 500 acres. One of its chief beauties is Roaring Brook, which 
 tumbles down the mountain side over the rocks, and makes picturesque falls at 
 certain places. In the spring, laurel and arbutus abound in the park. It is a most 
 delightful place for picnic parties to spend the day. Near the entrance to the park are 
 
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WELLS HOUSE. GLASTONBURY. 
 
dancing and refreshment pavilions, swings, benches and seats for the convenience and 
 comfort of pleasure seekers. Chestnut Hill is another beautiful spot near the park. To 
 reach this, one should leave the trolley at Station 54, just before reaching the terminus 
 of the line. The ascent to the mountain is easy, and the view, when the summit is 
 reached, is a grand one, overlooking the Connecticut river valley. The park is free to 
 the public, and the ride on the Glastonbury line to the terminus is most enjoyable. 
 
AST HARTFORD AND BURNSIDE. East Hartford was 
 covered with a forest of white and yellow pine when the first settlers came 
 across the river in 1640. One of the first roads was laid out along the brow 
 of the meadow hill, where most of the early houses were built. The 
 present Main Street, now arched with a double row of fine trees, was not laid out until 
 1670. The first meeting house was begun in 1699, in the triangle of roads near Hockanum 
 bridge ; it was altered and used until 1740. A minister's house was built in 1699 on the 
 opposite side of the road and still stands. It was a very handsome and commodious 
 mansion at that time. It has always been known as the old Dr. Williams house. 
 Taverns were quite numerous in the early days, among them Woodbridge or Wells 
 Tavern, where Gen. Lafayette stopped in 1824. Burnside is a very pretty part of East 
 Hartford. There are two paper mills situated there, on the banks of the Hockanum 
 River. The chief beauty of Burnside is in its elms and the "Goodwin Park" near the 
 I terminus of the Burnside trolley line. There is a very pretty grove in the park with 
 i benches placed for a quiet rest, the park not being open for regular picnic parties. 
 
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OUTH WINDSOR AND EAST WINDSOR HILL. After 
 
 the settlement at old Windsor had become firmly established, the inhab- 
 itants turned longing eyes to the rich, level, meadow-land on the east side 
 of the river, and a settlement, called Windsor Farms, -was commenced 
 The hardship of crossing the river to go to meeting was so great that in 
 
 In 1768 they 
 
 about 16G0. 
 
 1694 they were permitted to establish preaching within their own limits, 
 were set off as a separate town, and in 1845 divided into two towns, East Windsor and 
 South Windsor. The first pastor was Rev. Timothy Edwards, who filled the office for 
 almost sixty-four years. Here was born, in 1703, his son, the eminent Jonathan 
 Edwards, "the metaphysician of America." One of the early settlers was Samuel Grant, 
 the ancestor of General U. S. Grant, and the mansion standing on the spot where this 
 family has lived for more than two centuries, is but one of the many examples of 
 Colonial architecture on the long, broad, shady street. Many of the magnificent elms, 
 now, alas, beginning to outgrow their primal beauty, were planted at the suggestion of 
 General Lafayette, by Hessian soldiers who were held prisoners there in 1781. Another 
 early resident was Roger Wolcott, governor of Connecticut. The year 1743 marks the 
 birth here of John Fitch, who, forty-four years later, invented and propelled the first 
 steamboat of the World's history. The quaint old cemetery opened in 1708, where 
 repose the ashes of many whose fame is national, will well repay a visit. 
 
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ROAD, EAST WINDSOR HILL. 
 

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 AUREL PARK is reached by taking 
 the cars of the Hartford, Manchester «.\: 
 Rockville Tramway Company. The ride 
 through the open country and cool, shady 
 forest roads, where one is refreshed by the odor of the 
 pines, is delightful. The park is five and three-quarters 
 miles from the Hartford City Hall, and just over the East 
 Hartford line, in Manchester. A rustic entrance and 
 waiting pavilion have been built, and about one hundred 
 acres of wooded land have been improved. Entering 
 the gates, one can walk along the drive or down through 
 the pretty glen, over paths protected by rustic railings, 
 and crossing rustic bridges until the river is reached. 
 On high ground above the bridge are the handsome and 
 commodious refreshment and dancing pavilions, flying 
 horses and other attractions. 
 
 At the end of one of the charming walks through 
 the woods is a three decked tower, built around a tall 
 elm tree. The view from the top of this tower is very 
 
 PATH, LAUKEL PARK. 
 
fine. On a clear day more than a dozen towns may be seen. Picnic parties will find 
 large tables, benches and seats scattered through the grove, and good boats may be 
 hired for the use of rowing parties. 
 
 It has been the aim of the management to cater to the pleasure of ladies and 
 children, and the history of the park has shown that it is a safe place to go without an 
 escort. The park is closed at sundown. 
 
AiNCriilS 1 ER. The chief centers of business and population are 
 North Manchester and South Manchester, but " The Green " and " Center" 
 still retain a thrifty aspect, and, while not as important places as when the 
 old stage line from Boston and Providence to New York ran through, 
 are most attractive places for residences. The old tavern, where Generals Washington 
 and Lafayette and other notable men of their time were entertained, now used as a 
 private residence, is still standing. The most extensive and important manufacturing 
 establishment is that of the Cheney Brothers at South Manchester, established in 1838. 
 In a small mill known as the Mt. Nebo Silk Mill, they began the manufacture of sewing 
 silk. Several groups of mills have since been added and a great variety of silks, velvets 
 and ribbons are now made, and the working force has grown from a dozen hands to about 
 2,500. South Manchester is noted for its fine residences, with large, well kept lawns. 
 
A GLIMPSE l.\ SOUTH MANCHESTER. 
 
NIPSIC LAKE is a beautiful sheet of water lying high among the hills 
 of Tolland County, about a mile east of the city of Rockville. Originally 
 known by the Indian name of "Shenipsit," meaning good hunting ground, it 
 has been a favorite resort for many years. One would not think while con- 
 templating the exquisite beauties of green lake-side and forest reflected in the placid 
 surface of the lake that these deep, cool waters furnish the immense power which drives 
 the looms and whirling spindles in the busy little city so near. The granite dam is a fine 
 piece of engineering work, 26 feet G inches high. The fast steamers of the lake fleet, 
 personally managed by Capt. A. T. Thompson, who in the past twenty years has carried 
 thousands of passengers without an accident, leave from the lower landing, near the 
 dam, for the grove two miles above. The lower bay seems completely shut in, but a 
 narrow passage connects with the main body of the lake, and a pleasant sail brings one 
 to the grove, where, under the spreading oaks and chestnuts, a dancing pavilion, refresh- 
 ment hall, bowling alley, photograph gallery, swings, etc., are provided for the entertain- 
 ment of visitors, while those who desire to be more (piiet will find cozy seats in shaded 
 nooks. 
 
LOWER LANDING, SNIFSIC LAKE, KOCKVILLL. 
 
EST HARTFORD history is the history of its Ecclesiastical Society, 
 which dates back to ITll. Previous to that time, the settlers of the 
 western part of the town of Hartford attended divine service at the 
 churches in the city of Hartford, but the legislature having been appealed 
 to on account of the inconvenience of traveling so far to worship, incorporated the society, 
 and for over a hundred years it controlled not only the religious but also the educa- 
 tional affairs of the community. The present Congregational Church in West Hartford 
 is a handsome structure, built of Monson granite. Adjoining the Church is a library and 
 reading room, presented to the town by Mr. J. Talcott, of New York. St. James 
 Episcopal parish was organized in 1843 and the Baptist Society in 1858. West Hartford 
 is rich in natural scenery, and the drives are famous. The water supply of Hartford is 
 stored in reservoirs on the heights in the western part of the town, and the fine wooded 
 roads around them are much used for driving and wheeling. The southern part of the 
 town is very picturesque, and is called Elmvvood, from the beautiful elms arching the street. 
 Many famous men and women have sprung from West Hartford, most prominent among 
 the number being Noah Webster, whose name is known wherever the English language 
 is spoken. The house in which he was born stands about a mile south of the center 
 and his remains lie in the old cemetery on the main street. 
 
WEST HARl 1-ORlJ CEN'l UR. 
 
ARMINGTON AND UNIONVILLE, Farmington was first set- 
 tled in l(i40, and the first meeting house built in 1708. The village 
 street was part of the high road from Boston to New York, through 
 Hartford. General Washington passed through here on his way to 
 meet Rochambeau at Wethersfield, to make final arrangements for the last expedition 
 against Yorktown, and several thousand French troops were in camp near the town. 
 Farmington at one time was very wealthy. Several of its merchants owned trading 
 vessels which were sent out from the ports at Wethersfield and New Haven to the East 
 and West Indies and China, bringing home silks, velvets, teas, etc. The old meeting 
 house rustled with silks and ribbons, and broadcloth replaced homespun for coats, 
 while pianos were heard in the best houses, which were built with dancing and banquet 
 halls. It is a pleasant walk through the main street of the old town, past Miss 
 Porter's Young Ladies' Seminary, started in 1844, and made prominent through the 
 fact that the daughters of some of the presidents of the United States have been 
 educated there. 
 
 Suburban Park, near Unionville, is very prettily situated at the top of a high 
 mountain peak in the woods, and is a most delightful spot for Sunday school picnics 
 and smaller parties to spend the day or afternoon. It has all the attractions of the usual 
 picnic resort, pavilions for dances, lunches, etc. 
 
GAVS CORNER. I- ARMINGTO.N. 
 
EWINGTON is a pretty little vil- 
 lage of about a thousand inhabitants, 
 situated in a valley with Cedar Moun- 
 tain skirting the eastern part of the 
 town. The village was first settled in 1G70, and the 
 first meeting house was built in 1722. For many 
 years there were, besides the meeting-house, only a 
 few scattered houses, the Town Hall, market 
 and store, post office, and the old time whipping 
 post, at the center. There has never been any debt 
 against the town and no liquor has ever been sold 
 within its limits. 
 
EW BRITAIN lies about ten miles 
 southwest of Hartford, and is pleasantly 
 situated almost entirely on high ground. 
 The original settlers were from Farm- 
 ington, and much of the early history is more or less 
 identified with that town. As early as 1800 a few of 
 the more enterprising men began manufacturing goods 
 for outside markets, and from this small beginning 
 have grown the large establishments which have made 
 New Britain famous. Space will not permit giving a 
 list of these large concerns, but among the manu- 
 factured products are hardware of all kinds, cutlery, 
 locks, rules and levels, wire beds, needles, screws, 
 jewelry, knit goods, and paper boxes. The manu- 
 facturing interests so far surpass all others that New 
 Britain's progress in other directions is little noticed. 
 In stock raising and market gardening, for instance, 
 the farmers have acquired an enviable reputation. 
 The religious and literary life of New Britain is well 
 
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developed, there being many flourishing churches, pubHc and private schools, a free 
 library, Y. M. C. A., and a State Normal school. The ride on the trolley cars from 
 Hartford to New Britain is one of the most interesting of any on the system, embracing 
 as it does views of mountain and valley, while the cars for a long distance leave the high- 
 way and run through the meadows fresh and green or bright with wild flowers, making 
 one forget, for the time, the city's dust and noise. 
 
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HI 1 E OAK, about three miles west of New Britain, is an extremely pretty 
 park of 45 acres, owned and controlled by the Central Railway iS: Electric 
 Co In 1784 John Hamlin settled here, the place then being called Hamlin's 
 pond ; later it was changed to Cooke's lake, and is now known as White Oak. 
 Thousands of people visit the lake every summer, and it is also a favorite skating pond 
 in winter. Dancing and refreshment pavilions, with broad verandas, are most con- 
 veniently situated on the borders of the lake. An attractive band-stand has been added 
 this year, which overhangs the lake and faces an amphitheatre, which has seats for 300 to 
 500 people. The mountain to the south of picnic grounds has been cleared up this year, 
 attractive walks have been laid out and the park in this direction much enlarged. A 
 :number of pretty rustic summer houses have been placed in various parts of the grounds. 
 iTables and benches may be found in the hemlock and oak groves. Boating on the lake, 
 swings, flying horses, cages of birds and animals, a photograph gallery, and many other 
 attractions afford amusement for all. Afternoons and evenings a good band renders 
 imusic for dancing, and on Sunday appropriate music is heard. White Oak is a favorite 
 place with Sunday schools. 
 
AKE COMPOUNCE, one of the most beautiful spots in Connecticut, 
 is situated at the foot of the mountain range south of Bristol, and derives 
 its name from the following legend. More than two hundred years ago the 
 mountains on the borders of this lake were inhabited by a portion of the 
 Tunxis tribe of Indians. One evening old Chief Compounce, so the story goes, 
 returned from a trip to Farmington, bringing with him a brass kettle which he had 
 obtained in trade with the white settlers Having arrived on the shore of the lake 
 opposite the camp-fires of his people, he gave a wild warwhoop, and with the brass kettle 
 fastened about his neck plunged into the lake, intending to swim across. When about 
 in the center of the lake, he was seen to suddenly throw up his hands and disappear 
 from sight. It is supposed that the kettle must have filled with water and dragged him 
 to the bottom of the lake. A cool, shady drive is laid out around the shore of 
 the lake, and numerous paths wind in different directions among the rocks and 
 trees. A path at the right of the lake drive leads to the Pappoose Cave, which is found 
 nestling among the rocks. The entrance is not very noticeable, but the interior of the 
 Cave is quite high and roomy, with two small alcoves, one termed the chief's bed-room, 
 the other, his fire-place. A little farther on in the same path is "Lover's Rock," 
 a huge granite boulder nearly forty feet high with a flight of thirty-nine steps leading 
 to the top. Near this is another large rock, called "The Camel Horse Block," which 
 
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LAKH COMPOUNCE. 
 
is said to have rolled down the mountain side the day before Chief Compounce 
 lost his life. A wild and rugged path leads up the mountain to '"White Rock" or 
 "Pine Ledge," from which a very fine view is obtained of the lake and surrounding 
 country. On a clear day, Long Island Sound, the State Capitol, Mt. Tom and other 
 notable points can be seen. The Casino is a very pretty building, containing a large 
 ball-room, dining room and kitchen, and surrounded on three sides by wide verandas. 
 An artistic band-stand on the edge of the lake is in almost daily use by a good band, 
 which furnishes excellent concert or dance music. Tables, seats and swings are at 
 every convenient place. Among the numerous attractions are the bowling alleys, two 
 new regulation alleys having been added this year, billiard hall, merry-go-round, a 
 large number of cedar boats, from which much pleasure may be derived either for 
 rowing around the lake or used for fishing, as the lake abounds in black bass, pickerel 
 and perch. A naphtha launch has been added this year, which will be much enjoyed by 
 those who do not care for the row boats. 
 
 Not the least of the attractions at the lake is the Electric Fountain, which is 
 similar to the famous World's Fair Fountain, and is the only one in this part of the 
 State. During the season the fountain will be in operation every Wednesday and Satur- 
 day evenings and on special evenings, when the brilliant and fascinating effects caused 
 by the rapidly changing sprays of water and combination of colors may be enjoyed. 
 
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ivlo 1 OL, the western terminus of the Bristol & Plainville Tramway 
 Company, is a thriving manufacturing town, nineteen and three-quarters 
 miles by trolley from Hartford, and has a population of about 0,500. It was 
 the original center of the American clock industry, and has a world-wide 
 ' reputation for its present product in this line. There are now about fifty manufacturing 
 concerns in the town, producing bells, plated ware, cutlery, clocks, clock trimmings, 
 knit underwear, brass goods, iron castings, lamps, bicycle sundries, sporting goods, 
 ' shears, etc. It has a free public library, water works, fire department, electric light and 
 telephone service, graded schools and high school, twelve churches and several banks. 
 ( The electric road of the Bristol & Plainville Tramway Company extends from Bristol 
 through the village of Forestville to Plainville, a distance of five and one-quarter miles, 
 where connection is made with the cars of the Central Railway (S: Electric Company for 
 New Britain and Hartford. A branch line two miles in length extends to Lake Com- 
 pounce from the junction, which is about midway between Bristol and Forestville. Cars 
 on the Compounce line connect with cars on the main line during the summer season. 
 
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^ TROLLEY TRIPS, ^ 
 
 TRIPS ARE ALL GIVEN STARTIXG FROM CITY HALL, HARTFORD, WITH THE DISTANCE, LEA\TNG TIME. AND FARE 
 
 TO SEVERAL POINTS ON EACH LINE, ALSO THE INTERSECTING POINTS WITH OTHER LINES. 
 
 SEE OFFICIAL TIME TABLES, HARTFORD POCKET GUIDE (RED COVER), ISSUED 
 
 MONTHLY, FOR LEAVING TIME OF ALL CARS. 
 
 ON PAYMENT OF FI\'E CENTS, TRANSFERS ARE GIVEN, PERMITTING PASSENGERS TO RIDE 0\ CONNECTIN(^, LINES 
 
 FROM TRANSFER POINT TO ANY PART OF THE CITY WITHIN THE FIVE-CENT LIMIT. TRANSFER 
 
 POINTS ARE AT THE VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS, AND PASSENGERS MUST TAKE THE 
 
 SHORTEST POSSIBLE ROUTE TO DESTINATION. TRANSFER TICKETS 
 
 ARE GOOD ONLY ON NEXT CAR GOING TO DESTINATION. 
 
 \vj:thersfiel,d line. 
 
 Cars pas.s west side of City Hall on Main St., 
 going south, every 15 minutes; at South Green, inter- 
 section of Retreat Ave., Cedar Hill, and New Britain 
 lines, continuing south through Wethersfield Ave. 
 to city line, terminus of Main St. line; crossing 
 Valley R. R. tracks, town of Wethersfield, terminus 
 at Broad St., -i^m., 33 min., 5c. fare. Retvirning 
 over same route to City Hall, then same as Windsor 
 line to north city line, 234ni., 19 niiii., 5c. fare, 
 returning same to City Hall. 
 
 WINDSOR LINE. 
 
 Cars leave north side City Hall half hourly; 
 north. Main St.; at Morgan St., intersection of all 
 
 east side lines ; at Timnel, intersection of Albany 
 A-ve. & Blue Hills lines; north, Windsor Ave. to 
 Westland St., terminus Main St. line; city line, 
 terminus of Wethersfield line, Wilson Station, 3%m., 
 19 min., 5c. limit; north to Windsor Green, GVim.; 
 Cannery Switch Station 36, 7m., 38 min., 10c. limit; 
 Poquonock, lOi/^rn., 52 min., 15c. limit; Rainbow 
 Park, 12i/3m., 1 hour, 20c. fare. Walk from Station 
 No. 64 to Windsor Locks, cross Connecticut river to 
 Warehouse Point, 4 miles, take electric cars for 
 Springfield and Holyoke. 
 
 GLASTONBURY LINE. 
 Cars leave north side City Hall half hourly; 
 north, through Main St.; east, through Morgan St., 
 
across Connecticut river, on through East Hartford 
 causeway, to cliurcli corner, l'''itn.,17 min., intersec- 
 tion ofSoutli Windsor, Burnside, Manchester, Roclv- 
 ville lines, goingnortli; turning south, to Hockanum, 
 Station 25, 4ni., 30 min., 5c. limit; south to Glaston- 
 bury, Station 4-1, 6m,, +." min., Idc. limit; south to 
 South Glastonl)ury, Kim., 1 iicuir, l."c. 
 SOUTH AV'INDSOK & KAST HAUTFOKU MNIC. 
 
 Cars leave north side City Hall half hourl3', as 
 far as Station 22, and hourly (South Windsor 
 cars) beyond. Route, same as Glastonbury line to 
 church corner; north. Main St., East Hartford. 
 At Burnside Ave., intersection of Burnside, Man- 
 chester and Rockville lines; north, to N. E. R. R. 
 crossing; passengers \valk across tracks; north to 
 Station 22, terminus of East Hartford line. South 
 Windsor cars continue north, Station 29, 4-m., 2.'") 
 min., 5c. limit; Station 40, 6m., 45 min., lOc. limit; 
 East Windsor Hill terminus, 8i/>m., 1 hour, 15c. 
 fare. Walk, if desired, to Bissell's ferry, %m., 5c. 
 across ferrj'; walk west and south 134111. to Windsor 
 Green ; electric cars to City Hall, 61/2111., 34 min., 
 10c. fare. From terminus at East Windsor Hill, 
 north to Warehouse Point, 5m.; trolley line for 
 Springfield and Hol3-oke. 
 
 BUKNSIUE. 
 
 Cars leave north side City Hall, half hourly; 
 route, same as South Windsor and East Hartford 
 line to Burnside Ave. East on Burnside Ave. to 
 
 Burnside, intersection of Manchester <"t Rockville 
 line; soutli on Main St. to terminus. 4m., 3»i min., 
 5c. fare. 
 
 MANCIIKSTKK. 
 
 Cars of the H., M. & R. Tramway Co. leave 
 north side Citj- Hall, hourly ; route, same as 
 Burnside line to Burnside, end of Hartford Street 
 Railway system, continuing east. Laurel Park, 
 ,53,4ni., 37 min., 10c. limit; Love Lane, intersection 
 of Rockville line, 6i/2m.; southeast to center, connects 
 with crosstovvn line between North and South Man- 
 chester, (change for North Manchester, 5c.) ; con- 
 tinue south to terminus, South Manchester, 'J'i.m., 
 1 hour, 15c. 
 
 KOCKVILLK. 
 
 Cars of the H., M. & R. Tramway Co. leave 
 north side of City Hall hourly; route, same as Man- 
 chester line to Love Ivane, (J'/.m.; northeast 
 througli Buckland, Ti/oUi., to North Manchester, 
 9i/3m.,5G min., through Oakland, 15c. limit; to Tal- 
 cottville, 12m., 1 hour5min.;to Rockville, 17i4.m., 1 
 hour 30 min., 20c. fare. 'Bus line from terminus to 
 lower steamboat landing, Snipsic lake,lm., fare 5c., 
 connection \vith cars. 
 
 CKDAK HILL & BLUK HILLS LINK. 
 
 Pass City Hall, going south on Main St., everj- 
 30 min. (15 min., Sunday afternoon and special); 
 same as New Britain line to Stone Pits ; Fairfield 
 Ave. to entrance Cedar Hill cemetery, 3m., 20 min., 
 fare 5c. Returning, same to Citj- Hall and continue 
 
north; Main St. to Tunnel, intersection of Main St., 
 Wetliersfield and Windsor line; west, Albany Ave. 
 to Vine St., end of Albanj' Ave. line; north. Blue 
 Hills Ave. to St. Benedict's cemetery (Catholic ), -iiii., 
 25 min., 5c. fare. Return same to City Hall. 
 AVKST HARTFORl) LINK. 
 
 Cars leave north side of City Hall every lo inin.; 
 west through Asylum St., past Union Station, 
 Farmington Ave. to West Hartford, SVom., 30 min., 
 5c. fare ; intersection H. & W.H.H.R.R. Co.'s line 
 to Farmington and Union ville. 
 
 UNIONVILLK LINE. 
 
 Cars of the H. & W. H. H. R. K. Co. leave north 
 side City Hall half hourly; route, same as West 
 Hartford line to West Hartford, terminus of Hart- 
 ford Sti-eet Railway Co. line ; west, passing Hartford 
 reservoir, 5i^m., 45 min., lOc; Farmington, 9m., 
 54 min., 15c. limit ; Suburban Park, Unionville 
 terminus, 1314m., 1 hour 15 min., 20c. fare. 
 NEW BRITAIN LINE. 
 
 For New Britain, Berlin, White Oak, Plainville, 
 Bristol and Lake Compounce, leave north side 
 City Hall every 20 min.; South, Main St. to 
 South Green, intersection of Wethersfield and Main 
 St. lines; Retreat Ave. to Washington St., intersec- 
 tion Retreat Ave. line ; New Britain Ave. to Stone 
 
 Pits, intersection Cedar Hill and Zion St. lines; City 
 line, 4m., 20 min , ~>c. limit ; Newington church, 
 5%ra., 30 min.; west, to Elm Hill, TVa™-. 37 min., 
 10c. limit; west, to Central Park, New Britain, 
 1014m., 45 min., 15c. tare. 
 
 For Berlin, transfer to Central Railway & Elec- 
 tric Co.'s cars. Berlin depot, 1314m., 1 hour 10 
 min., free transfer from New Britain, (or 5c.); Berlin 
 St., 1434m., 1 hour 20 min., free transfer and 5c. 
 from New Britain, (or 10c. fare). 
 
 For White Oak, Plainville, Bristol and Com- 
 pounce: West Main St. to White Oak, 1314m., 
 1 hour S min., free transfer from New Britain, (or 
 5c. fare) ; west, to Plainville, 15i/2m., 1 hour 20 
 min., 8c. fare from New Britain, (or Plainville trans- 
 fer bought from conductor on Hartford car, for 3c., 
 in addition to 1.5c. to New Britain.) 
 
 At Plainville, cross tracks of Steam R. R., to 
 cars of Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co.; west to 
 Forestville, ITi/^m.; to Junction, 18%m., 1 hour 40 
 min., (5c. from Plainville); west, from Junction to 
 Bristol, 20%m., 1 hour 50 min., (5c. fare from 
 Junction); transfer at Junction to Lake Compounce, 
 2034m., 1 hour 50 min., (."c. fare from Junction.) 
 Total fare from City Hall, Hartford, to Compounce 
 or Bristol, 28c. 
 
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Wheeling Trips, 
 
 STARTING FROM CITY HALL, HARTFORD. 
 
 TKIP No. 1. 
 
 Wetheksfieli) and Return. Main St., Retreat 
 Ave., Washington St., New Britain Ave. to Stone 
 Pits. Take left to Cedar Hill cemetery, %m., keep 
 to left and take third left to Wethersfield, 734m., 
 good dirt, moderate hills. Wether.sfield Ave. and 
 Main St., macadam, level, to City Hall, 4'i4m. 
 Round Trip, 12ni. 
 
 TRIP Xo. 3. 
 
 ROCKV Hill. Through Wethersfield and South 
 Wethersfield, (longhill to ascend after crossing steam 
 road tracks,) see trips 1 and 11. Church corner, 
 7%m. from City Hall. 
 
 TKir No. 3. 
 
 New Britain and Return. Asylum St. and 
 Farmington Ave. to West Hartford Center, Si/^m- 
 Turn left to school house, 2m.; right, to Corbin's 
 corners, about Im.; left, to New Britain, 11m. from 
 City Hall. The road by this route, except about 
 Im. belo^v Corbin's corners, is good macadam, no 
 bad hills. Return, Hartford Ave., take 2d right 
 after leaving city, thence through Clayton, (cross- 
 ing steam tracks twice,) and Newington Center, 
 straight to ridge road, OVb"! Road to this point, 
 fair, iTioderate grades; remainder, first class dirt 
 
 and macadam, level. Take and keep left, (passing 
 Cedar Hill,) to Stone Pits; right, through New 
 Britain Ave. and connecting streets to Main St., to 
 City Hall, om. Return trip, llV2i»-: round trip, 
 22iAtn. Fine views may be had at several points on 
 both routes, especially- irom ridge road. 
 
 THir No. 4. 
 
 West Hartford and Return. Trip 8 to West 
 Hartford Center, 31/2'"-: turn right to Albany Ave., 
 11/21"-; right, to Main St., at Tunnel; right, to City 
 Hall, ■ii/2m. Round trip, 9i/2m. Nearly level, fine 
 macadam. A favorite ride. Or, trip 3 to school 
 house, 5i/2m.; left, down long hill, (safe to coast 
 with carej through Elmwood, macadam ; straight 
 to trollev tracks, follow to Stone Pits, trip 3 to 
 City Half, .Tm. Round trip, lOiAm. 
 TRIP No. .5. 
 
 Bloomfield and Return. Main St. to Tunnel, 
 Albany Ave., crossing steam tracks and Park river 
 to blacksmith shop, take and keep right to Bloom- 
 field Center, 6m., good macadam, level. Return, 
 take left, pass cemetery top of hill, take 1st left, 
 then 1st right to corner West Hartford St. and 
 Albany Ave., good dirt road, fairly level, then left, 
 trip 4 to City Hall, 7m. Round trip, 13ni. 
 
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TKIP Xo. G. 
 
 Windsor and Kktiirn. Main St. and Windsor 
 Ave. to Windsor Center, Bi/oni., straight, good dirt 
 and macadam, one liill to coast. Take road N. E. 
 corner of Green, (cross steam road tracks,) l%ni. to 
 Bissell's ferry, (see sign on right,) cross to East 
 Windsor Hill (fare Gc. ) to Main St., %m.: turn right. 
 Straight, level, fine dirt path at side of highway to 
 South Windsor, SVai"-. then good macadam to 
 church corner. East Hartford, 4i4ni., thence trip 7 
 to City Hall. Round trip, 17ii,m. 
 TKir No. ~. 
 
 East Hartkord — Church corner. Main and 
 Morgan Sts. to Connecticut river bridge. State 
 high\vay (very poor macadam) to Congregational 
 
 church, ISiin. 
 
 TKII' No. S. 
 
 East Windsor Hill. Trip 7 to church corner, 
 reverse last part trip 6 to East Windsor Hill, 8i/'2m. 
 
 TKIP No. !>. 
 
 BiiRNSiDE. Trip 7 to church comer, turn left 
 through Main St. to Burnside Ave., thence straight 
 east, following trollev tracks to Burnside, good ma- 
 acadamroad.4m. tkH' No. 10. 
 
 Manchester, South Manchester and Return. 
 Trip 9 to Burnside, straight east, following trolley 
 tracks, passing Laurel Park, 5%ni. from Hartford. 
 Good path at side of highway. Take left ^m. 
 further east, at junction of trolley tracks, follow 
 track through Buckland to North Manchester. 
 Distance from City Hall, oy^rn. Take right, throvigh 
 Manchester Center to South Manchester, 2m., 
 llVijm. from City Hall. There are very few hills by 
 this route, and it is much frequented by wheelmen. 
 Return, take right at trolley terininus, South Man- 
 
 chester. Straight, level, (sandy in places, but fine 
 path riding,) "Silver Lane" to East Hartford St., 
 turn right to church corner, then trip 7 to City Hall. 
 Distance, returning this rotite, i>m. Round trip, 
 
 ■' TRIP No. 11. 
 
 South Glastonbury and Return. Trip 7 to 
 church corner. East Hartford, turn right, following 
 trolley tracks to terminus, 10m. Excellent macadam 
 church corner to Glastonbury Center, after which it 
 is ((uite hilly, wheeling fair. Return trip, take ferry 
 road at terminus electric road ; west, to river, about 
 llAm.; cross by ferry, (fare .=>c.) to Rocky Hill, cross 
 R.R. tracks at station, thence to Main St., at 
 church corner, Vt'"-. then straight north (descend 
 long hill) to South Wethersfield and Wethersfield, 
 then trii) 1 to City Hall. Round trip, 19V2m- 
 
 TRIP No. Vi. 
 
 FAR.MINCTON, l^\IONVILLK AND RETURN. Trip 3 
 
 to West Hartford Center, SVijm., keep straight 
 west, fine macadam to reservoir hill, 2m., where 
 macadam ends, then good dirt road straight to 
 Farmington, 9m. from City Hall ; fairly level, except 
 hill entering Farmington. Road to Unionville, 
 4i/+m.,is good dirt, straight, level — following trolley 
 tracks. Return trip from Farmington may be made 
 by taking first left south of Gay's corner, (up hill,) 
 thence straight road, fairly level to New Britain, 
 5i/2"i-- then either route of trip 3 to City Hall. 
 
 TKIP No. 1:J. 
 
 West Hartford Reservoirs and Return. Trip 
 12 to top of reservoir hill, SiAm- Enter at reservoir 
 gate, fine gravel road, keep on main drive and at all 
 intersecting points tvirn to left, passing several of 
 the reservoirs, to exit gate. Turn left on Avon road 
 to Farmington Ave. near entrance gate. Distance 
 
traveled in making circuit, 3i/om. Rovind trip to 
 City Hall, 14i/)ni. To return via Albany Ave., leave 
 driveway at watering trough, (road marked 
 "Arouncf Upper Reservoir." ) Take this road through 
 the woods Im. before turning to right, (see guide 
 board "To Alban3' Avenue.") At Albany Ave.. 
 l%m., turn right, down mountain to corner West 
 Hartford St., 2VKni., then trip 4. to City Hall. 
 Round tri]), about 16m. These trips "around the 
 reservoirs" are celebrated as being among the finest 
 in Connecticut. rri>iij ^^ t < 
 
 Poyi'ONocK AND Rainbow. Trip 6 to Windsor 
 Center, (iVim- Follo\v trolley tracks to Rainbow 
 Park, 121/3111. from Citv Hall. Good dirt road, 
 fairly level. ^^^^ ^^ ^. 
 
 Talcottville, Rockville anij Snipsic Lake. 
 Trip 10 to North Manchester, 91/3111., thence follow- 
 ing trolley tracks to terminus, road fair through 
 Talcottville, 2-/3m.; to Rockville, 5i/4m.; turn right at 
 Brick Mill, left at Warp Mill, then short distance to 
 lane on right, leading to lower landing, Snipsic, Ini. 
 Distance from City Hall, 18i4ra. 
 
 TRIP No. 16. 
 
 Bristol and Lake Compounce. Trip 3 to New 
 Britain. Thence through West Main St., (cross 
 bridge over steam road tracks,) straight, fair road, 
 passing entrance to White Oak, 2?4m., cross steam 
 road, then follow trolley tracks through Plainville, 
 cross steam road, 2i4ni. and keep straight ^vest, 
 fine, level, passing Forestville to junction of trolley 
 tracks. 3m. For Bristol, keep straight, following 
 trolley tracks to center, 2m. Distance from City 
 Hall. 21m. For Compounce, turn left from junction, 
 straight, level, with trolley tracks, 2m. to lake. 
 Distance from City Hall, 21m. 
 
 TKIP No. 17. 
 
 MHRinEN. Trip a to New Britain, thence to 
 South Main St., then following trolley tracks, fine 
 macadam to Berlin St.. 4.m., turn right to terminus 
 of trolley, then straight to Meriden, 6ni. Trolley 
 tracks, when reached, lead to center. Distance from 
 Citv Hall. 21m. 
 
 TKir No. 18. 
 
 New Havkn. Trip 1 7 to Meriden. Then, start- 
 ing corner Cohjny and West Main Sts., to Hanover 
 St., (nearly opposite,) follow trollej- tracks and 
 pass Hanover Park to Yalesville Station, 3m. Turn 
 sharp left (stone culvert) under R. R. tracks. Cycle 
 path and good roads, through Wallingford, 3iii., 
 and North Haven, 6m., to New Haven, 8111. 
 Distance from City Hall, -llm. 
 
 TKIP No. 19. 
 
 Springfield and Return. Trip G to Windsor 
 Center. Take road N. E. corner of green, (cross 
 steam road tracks,) good dirt, level, straight to 
 Windsor Locks, 5%in., (cross steam road tracks,) 
 through Main St. to top ol' hill, then take and keep 
 right hand road, fair, rolling, straight to S. W. 
 bridge crossing Connecticut river at Springfield, 
 take left to center, about 26m. from City Hall. 
 Return, passing W. entrance to Forest Park, 
 straight south, through Long Meado^v, -im., then 
 through edge of Thompsonville, 4m., to Enfield, 
 li4ni., through edge of Warehouse Point, Sijin. 
 ( If it is desired to return from this point via 
 Windsor, cross bridge to Windsor Locks, toll, 3c. ) 
 To continue main trip keep straight south to East 
 Windsor Hill, 5ni., then trip 6 to Citv Hall, sii.ni. 
 Total. Springfield to City Hall, 26i,i.ni. Road to 
 Enfield, fair, rolling, some hills to coast, balance 
 fine, level, some macadam in towns. 
 
^ SHORT TRIPS> ^ 
 NEW YORK BOAT DOWN CONNECTICUT RIVER, 
 
 Returning by Electric or Steam Cars. 
 
 Leaving Dock, foot ok State St., Daily, except Si'nda^-, at 5 P. M. 
 
 (4- P.M. AFTER OCTOBER 15TH.) 
 
 Glastonbury. — Arrive Glastonbur3' dock 5.30 
 P. M., fare 10c. , walk east i/ot"- to trolley road. 
 Car passes for Hartford at 6 P. M., arriving Citj^ 
 Hall 6.45 P. M., fare 10c. Wheelmen maj^ take 
 road east to Main St., then north follow trolley 
 tracks, good macadam, and level to church corner. 
 East Hartford ; west, along causeway, poor 
 macadam, across bridge to City, about 5yom. to 
 City Hall. Or, from landing take road north, good 
 dirt, to trolley tracks at Hockanum, then as above. 
 
 South Glastonbury. — Arrive at dock 6.00 P. 
 M., fare 15c., pleasant walk east IVam. to trollej' 
 road at South Glastonbury, car leaves 6.4-5 and 
 
 7.15 P. M., arrives City Hall 7.4-5 and S.15 P. M., 
 fare 15c. Or, cross ferry (fare 5c. ) to Rockj- Hill and 
 take train on Valley Division at 7.54 P. M., arrive 
 Union station 8.15 P. M., fare 20c. Wheelmen see 
 Wheeling Trip No. 11, page 54-. 
 
 MiDDLETOWN. — Arrive at dock 7.00 P. M., fare 
 25c., short walk to railroad station, take Valley 
 Division 7.37 P. M., arrive Union depot 8.15 P. M., 
 fare 4.0c. Or, take Berlin Branch train 8.28 P. M., 
 arrive New Britain 9.05 P. M., fare 30c. Trolley 
 from New Britain at 9.10 P. M., arrive City Hall 
 10 P. M., fare 15c. 
 
 Note — Wheels carried free on boat. 
 
 56 
 
J)lSTANCES, FARES and RUNNING TIME 
 FROM CITY HALL, BY TROLLEY. 
 
 Hartford Street Railway 
 
 MILES. 
 
 Wethersfield 4.% 
 
 Wilson's Station 334 
 
 Windsor, Station No. 36 7 
 
 Poquonock, Station No. 59 IOV2 
 
 Rainbow Park 12V3 
 
 Hockantnn, Station No. 25 -i 
 
 Glastonbury, Station No. 41.... 7 
 
 South Glastonbviry 10 
 
 East Hartford, Station No. 29, 4 
 South Windsor, Station No. 40, 6 
 East Windsor Hill SVi 
 
 Burnside 4 
 
 Hartford, Manchester & Kot-kv 
 
 Laurel Park 5% 
 
 South Manchester 9\i, 
 
 North Manchester 9I3 
 
 Talcottville 12 
 
 Rockville 1714 
 
 ( Snipsic Lake' Bus from terminus 1 
 
 Co. 
 
 
 FARE 
 
 TIME. 
 
 5c 
 
 33 min. 
 
 5c 
 
 19 niin. 
 
 10c 
 
 38 " 
 
 15c 
 
 52 " 
 
 20c 
 
 1 hour. 
 
 5 c 
 
 30 niin. 
 
 10c 
 
 45 " 
 
 15c 
 
 1 hour. 
 
 5c 
 
 25 min. 
 
 10c 
 
 45 " 
 
 15c 
 
 1 hour. 
 
 5 c 
 
 30 niin. 
 
 ille T 
 
 .Co. 
 
 10c 
 
 37 min. 
 
 15c 
 
 1 hour. 
 
 15c 
 
 50 min. 
 
 20c 
 
 Ih. 5m. 
 
 20c 
 
 lh.30m 
 
 5c) 
 
 
 Hartford Street Railway Co, 
 
 MILES. FAKE. TIME. 
 
 West Hartford SVa 5c 30 min. 
 
 Hartford & West Hartford H. R. R. Co. 
 
 Reservoir 514 10c 45 min. 
 
 Farmington 9 15c 54 " 
 
 Unionville 131/4 20c lh.l5ni. 
 
 Hartford Street Railway Co, 
 
 Newington 5% 10c 30 min. 
 
 New Britain 101/2 15c 45 " 
 
 Central Railway & Electric Co. 
 
 Berlin Street, (transfer in N.B.) 1434. 20c lh.20m. 
 
 White Oak, I314 .15c Ih. Sm. 
 
 Plainville, ' 151/2 18c lh.20m. 
 
 Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co. 
 
 Forestville, (transfer at P'ville) 1714 23c lh.33m. 
 
 Bristol, " " " 2034 28c lh.50m. 
 
 Compounce, (tr'fer at Junction ) 20% 28c Ih.SOni. 
 
 BY NEW YORK BOAT 
 
 On Connecticut River, leavini; <lock at foot of State St., daily, except 
 Sunday, at 5 p. M. MILES. FARE. TIME. 
 
 Glastonbury 514 lOc 20 min. 
 
 South Glastonbury 10 15c 1 hour. 
 
 Portland 17 25c lh.50m. 
 
 Middletown IS 25c 2 hours. 
 
 Middle Haddam 24 50c 3h 15m. 
 
 Goodspeeds 33 50c 3h.45m. 
 
 Deep River 38Vo 50c 4h.l5m. 
 
 Essex 431/2 50c 4h.50m. 
 
 Saybrook 49 50c 5h.45m. 
 
^ TOURIST DIRECTORY. ^ 
 
 p. c\: J. BESSE, 
 
 Brown, Thoiison & Co 
 Philo W. Newton, 
 Chas. a. Rapei.ye, 
 L. H. Goodwin, 
 CiiAS. I^. Hubbard, 
 
 Pope Mf(;. Co., . 
 Pitkin & Hari,ow, 
 Brown, Thomson & Co. 
 
 BiDWELL & ROBEKTS, 
 
 HARTFORD. 
 
 Caterers, Ice Creain, lees, Caiiily, 
 
 Luiicli, Ice Creain, Soda, Candy, 
 
 Druggist, Soda, Huyler's Candy, 
 
 Drugs, Soda, Candy, 
 
 A]»otliecary, Fine Soda Water. Open All Night, Main and State Sts. 
 
 ISest of Soda. Choicest l>rngs, 407 Main St. 
 
 . 701 Main St. 
 
 . 'J20-'.)4-2 Main St. 
 
 l-i2 Asylum St. 
 
 853 Main St.— 376 Asylum St. 
 
 Columbia and Hartlord IJicycles, 
 Keating and 31<>nar«'h IJicy«des. . 
 Victor, I^enox and T>Ja\ arre Bicycles, . 
 
 Columbia and Hartford IJicycles, 
 
 MANCHESTER. 
 
 436 Capitol Ave. 
 26-28 Asylum St. 
 920->.)4-2 Main St. 
 
 East Hartford. 
 
 CowLES Hotel, C. W. Allen, Prop., 3Ieals at all Hours, Trout and Game in Season, 
 
 Rose's 
 
 J. P. Smith, .... 
 Hibbard & Stann.\rd, 
 Frank Goetz, 
 
 Manchester. 
 Cold Soda, Confecti<niery and Cigars, Opposite Depot, Manchester. 
 
 Druggist, Soda, Candy, Cigars, ...... Manchester. 
 
 Columbia and Hartford IJicycles, ..... Manchester. 
 
 Ice Cream and Sotia, . Main St., No. and So. Manchester. 
 
The ROCKYILLE, . 
 
 A. T. Thomson, . 
 Howell & Silcox. 
 
 ROCKVILLE. 
 Dinner, .■>(><•.. ..... 
 
 Shore Dinner, ..... 
 
 Coliunbiit and Hartford Bicycles. 
 
 FARMINGTON. 
 
 Elm Tree Inn. 
 H. L. Crandall, . 
 E. H. Demin(; & Co. 
 
 C. C. & W. B. ROSSBERG, 
 E. S. & H. H. PILLARD, 
 
 Halllnan Bros , . 
 
 \V. A. KiNNE, 
 
 J. H. La Field & Co., 
 E. G. Bassett, 
 M. P. Ryder, 
 
 Griuley House, C. H. Tiffany, 
 C. V. Mason & Co., 
 
 Ice Cream an<l Htnne Matle Cake. 
 Columbia and Hartford 15icy<les. 
 
 NEW BRITAIN. 
 Columbia and Hartford Bicycles. 
 Bicycle Kepairins: and Kentinj;-, 
 Ice Cream, Bakers, Caterers, 
 Bicycle Repairing- an<l Sporting Goods, 
 
 M. McPherson, Prop. 
 . Snipsic Lake. 
 
 J. B. Ryan, Prop. 
 
 54 Main St. 
 248 Main St. 
 63 Church St. 
 
 PLAINVILLE. 
 Ice Cream, Soda, Confectionery, Cigars, .... W. Main St. 
 AVoltt-American, Crawford, Kambler, Repairing, Renting, W. Main St. 
 Columbia and Hartford Bicycles. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 Prop. Main St. 
 
 Colum))ia and Hartford Bicycles. 
 
SNIPSIC LAKE GROVE, 
 
 ROCKVILLE, CONN. 
 
 The finest pleasure resort in New England. Open 
 from May 28th to October 7th. Regular Rhode Island 
 Shore Dinner served every Wednesday, Saturday and 
 Sunday. Dancing every Wednesday and Saturday. 
 Sacred concert every Sunday. Three fine steamers, 
 twenty new row boats and many new attractions this 
 season. Special attention paid to Lodges, Societies, 
 Sunday Schools, Day Schools and large parties. 
 
 Address all communications to 
 
 Capt. A. T. THOnPSON, 
 
 SEE ILLUSTRATIONS. ROCKVILLE, CONN. 
 
I, J, Mi & Son 
 
 BraSvS Fouiulers 
 and Co])i)ersiiiitlis, 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 Blake's Improved Extract 
 and Witch Hazel Stills. 
 
 HOTEL COPPER UTENSILS 
 
 Tinned and Repaired. 
 
 Babbitt and Anti-Friction Metals. 
 
 All Kinds of Brass and Composition Castings. 
 
 141 Commerce St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 
 lialf-Tones. 
 ZiiAC-EtcKirvOs. 
 
 Desi^FAs 
 for ail purposes. 
 
EAST H.VRI 1-UKl) .; IKEI.'l'. 
 
] riPI: AND MAPI Ml: INSUPANCE. { 
 
 ^ Insure your Houses, Stables, and their Contents, q 
 
 ) Mills, Stores, Stocks, Churches, School Houses, Boats, ^ 
 
 3 Merchandise in transit to or from any part of the world C 
 
 s WITH ' r 
 
 5 KIMBALL & McCRAY, c 
 
 j Old No. 222 (New No. 658) Main St., HARTFORD, CONN. Q 
 
 y Every description of Fire, Marine and Transportation Policy issued ^ 
 
 J at lowest rates in strong companies. v 
 
 < Call at our Office before Insuring Elsewhere. > 
 
 \ ' nRHFRft BY TELEPHONE RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION ^ f 
 
 3 C. C. KIMBALL. W. B. McCRAY. C 
 
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 printers of 
 Trips by Trolley and A-Wheel. 
 
 64 
 
Chaples L Hubtopd, 
 
 DR UGGIST, 
 
 Best of Soda and gboicest Drugs, 
 
 407 HAIN STREET. 
 
 STREET CAR TICr\ETS SOLD. 
 
 KINNE, 
 
 »M.x\>M:«ASn 
 
 63 Church St., NEW BRITAIN, 
 
 HEADQUARTERS FOR 
 
 BicycIeSt Repairing*^ 
 and Sporting Goods. 
 
 COnE IN AND SEE OUR REPAIR SHOP, 
 FINEST IN NEW ENGLAND. 
 
 MANCHESTER. 
 
 t^^ t^* t^* C^^fc?* t^* i^ t^" 
 
 Meals Served at All Hours. 
 Trout and Game in their Season. 
 
 t^* t^ t^z* e^*'?^* t^^ f^* t^* 
 
 C W. ALLEN, Prop. 
 THE WARNER &^ WIEEARD CO. 
 
 108 & 110 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn. 
 
 ReadV^made and 
 
 €u$toni Clothing. 
 
 Don't fail to examine our $25.00 
 Clay Diagonal Suits to order be- 
 fore purchasing. 
 
 65 
 
OO TO 
 
 W£<l5<b <0<a>i.xlE<BC5it£o>iiii<Bnr5.^9 
 
 Opp. depot, 
 MANCHESTER, CONN. 
 
 Take a Gamera with you 
 
 on your trip. 
 
 AGEXTS FOB EASTMAN'S GOODS. 
 
 FIELD GLASSES, TELESCOPES 
 and OPTICAL GOODS. 
 
 HARVEY&LEWIS, 
 
 OPTICIANS, No. S6j Main St. 
 
 l^ainbow 
 
 MrMMmmnrrr, 
 
 Park. 
 
 A pleasant place for family re- 
 unions or Sunday-school picnics. 
 
 Numerous pleasant walks and 
 good boating. Lunch can be pro- 
 cured at all times at the restaurant 
 located near the end of the road. 
 
 Public dances are given every 
 Tuesday and Friday evening". Private 
 parties solicited other evenings. 
 
 Arrangements for Reunions, Picnics, Etc., 
 can be made by addressing 
 
 SNOW & VERNON, 
 
 See Illustration. RAINBOW, CONN. 
 
 66 
 
Might as well buy a 
 
 ^ VEEDER ^ 
 
 first as last. 
 
 Nearly half a million in use 
 and every owner will tell you 
 that it is no experiment, but a 
 positively accurate distance re- 
 corder. The only one so far 
 produced. 
 
 Dust Proof, 
 mater Proof. 
 
 EXACT SIZE. 
 
 PRICE, $1.00 
 
 TheVeederMfg.Co., 
 
 Hartford. Conn. 
 
 It is Easy to Imitate 
 it Outside but not 
 Inside.*^ ^^^^ 
 We guarantee the mechan- 
 ism in every VEEDER Cyclom- 
 eter to be as near to gauge 
 and as accurately made as the 
 mechanism in a watch. 
 
The Connecticut Mutual 
 
 Life Insurance Company. 
 
 1846-1898 
 
 The Connecticut Mutual takes for its single aim 
 the one peculiar service which life insurance alone 
 can render and which no other institution can rival: 
 The perfect protection of dependent families, at the 
 lowest possible cost. It secures the best and highest 
 obtainable results from the prudent and unselfish pol- 
 icy-holder's point of view ; and to make sure of and to 
 maintain these it steadily foregoes those things for 
 which others strive at such fearful cost, to wit, rapid 
 growth and enormous size : things very impressive, 
 even startling, to the general eye, but which do not 
 benefit the policy-holder in the slightest, and which 
 can be had only at an enormous cost which he must pay. 
 
 JACOB L. GREENE, Prest. EDWARD M. BUNCE, Sec. 
 
 JOHN M. TAYLOR, V.-Prest. DANIEL H. WELLS, Actuary. 
 
 .ALFRED T. RICHARDS, General Agent, 
 
 JAMES H. JARMAN, Special Agent, 
 Company's Building, Hartford, Conn. 
 
THE 
 
 HATCH & NORTH 
 
 COAL COMPANY, 
 
 ®(i)®®®®®SXsXS)®®®®®®®®®«^^ 
 
 Dealers in the 
 Best Qucilities 
 of CocM for 
 Ste.cim ciiKl 
 House Use, 
 
 50 1 Nciin St., 
 
 NEW NurmcR, 
 
 HARTrORD, CONN, 
 
 ® 
 
 And 
 This 
 
 Bear 
 in Mind 
 
 that our Retail Salesroom is 
 the place where the world's 
 very best makes of 
 
 Sterling Silverware 
 
 mingle together for your 
 choosing, with the stand- 
 ard of all 
 
 SILVER PLATED WARE, 
 
 THE ROGERS' ANCHOR BRAND. 
 
 Headquarters' Prices. 
 
 ^M. ROGERS 
 MFG. CO., 
 
 MARKET STREET. 
 
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 ® 
 
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 D®®®®®®®®®(SXSXS)(SX!^®(SX^ 
 
MAIN STREET, WETHERSFIELD. 
 
GEMMILU 
 BURNHAA\ 
 
 & CO., 
 
 Bicycle 
 Outfitters. 
 
 Prices from 
 $6.00 to $15.00 
 
 GOLr HOSE. 
 
 Gemmill, Burnham & Co. 
 
 66 Asylum St. 
 
 Jlllyn l)ou$e Drug Store, 
 
 DELICIOUS 
 
 CHOCOLATES 
 and BON-BONS. 
 
 PHILO W. NEWTON, 
 
 142 Asylum Street. 
 
 STREET CAR TICKETS SOLD. 
 
artford Cine 
 
 For New York and 
 Landings on Connec- 
 ticut River. ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 
 ^,5 
 
 Leave Hart- 
 ford from foot 
 of State St. 
 daily, except 
 Sundays, at 5 
 P.M. Steam- 
 er"Hartford" 
 sai Is Mo n- 
 days, Wednes- 
 days and Fri- 
 days. Steam- 
 er " Middle- 
 town" sails 
 Tuesdays. 
 Thursdays and 
 Saturdays. 
 
 Returning, 
 leave New 
 York alternate 
 days from Pier 
 24,E. R.,at5 
 J?. M. 
 
 RFflirAR FARFS Saturday Night Excursion Fares. 
 
 One fare, with room 3 nights, . $4.00 
 
 Oneway $1,50 Two fares, with room I , 
 
 Rfiund trip, tfood for season, . 2 50 3 nights, I ' ' ' ^^ 
 
 Kound trip, good for six days, . 2.25 Three fares, with room > „ „- 
 
 Stateroom, one way, .... i.oo 3 nights, 5 " ' ' ^^ 
 
 Main decic fare 1.15 These exxursions £;-ive passengers two 
 
 Meals, each 50 cents. days in New Yorlc.'^and «ave hotel bill. 
 
 Niile: After (hUilier 15M, Iraeinq time, Returning, arrive in Hartford early 
 
 from Ilarifurd, h 4 P. M- Tuesday morning. 
 
PITKIN <£ HARLOW, 
 
 Successors to CONANT RUBBER CO., 
 
 IMPORTERS AND lODIiEKS OF 
 
 MACKINTOSHES and RUBBER GOODS, 
 
 26 AND 28 ASYLUM ST. 
 
 KEATING WHEELS FROH $35.00 TO $75.00 
 
 THE Ladies' Keating is the lightest constructed and 
 
 easiest running ladies' wheel made. All Keating 
 
 wheels are equipped with Double Roller Chains. 
 
 If you see the "Curve" you know it is a KEATING. 
 
 Monarch Wheels from $35 to $75. 
 
 ••All roails are alike tr, a Monarth.'— J ESSIK BARTI-ETT DAVIS. 
 
 JUVENILE WHEELS, $22.50 
 PITKIN & HaRL©W. 26 & 28 Asylum Street. 
 
 )O©C)©O©O©O0O0O© 
 
 n uting Clotbe$ © 
 
 We have the clothes (^ 
 
 that make the hot O 
 
 weather all the more © 
 
 bearable, and you^lI (f) 
 
 find it doesn^t cost Q 
 
 much to clothe com- (^ 
 
 fortably, if you come Q 
 
 here. Everything for Q 
 
 men and boys, from Q 
 hat to hosiery. 
 
 FOR 
 HEN 
 AND 
 BOYS. 
 
 HORSFALL & 
 ROTHSCHILD, 
 
 ASYLUM STREET, 
 . . . HARTFORD. 
 
 O 
 © 
 
 © 
 
 c©o©o0aix»o(ix^3O 
 
S' /\ _ 
 ^AyiNC 
 
 WORTH ITS WEIGHT 
 JN GOLD. 
 
 If'Uliams' Soaps sold everywhere^ hut sent ly mail if 
 your dealer does not supply you, 
 
 Williams' Shaving Stick, 23 cts. 
 Genuine Yankee Shaving Soap, 10 cts. 
 Luxury Shaving Tablet, 25 cts. 
 Swiss Violet Shaving Cream, 50 cts. 
 Jersey Cream (Toilet) Soap, 15 cts. 
 
 Williams' Shaving Soap (Barbers'). 6 RAund C.ikes, 
 i.^.,.;jc, ilxquisite also for toilet. Trial i.ake lor 2c, siamp. 
 
 THt J.B.WILLIAMS CO.. 
 
 LONDON, GLASTONBURY, CONN. SIDNFY. 
 
 64 GREAT RUSSELL ST..W.C. 161 CLARENCt ST. 
 
 Wall Papers, Paints, 
 Oils, Etc. 
 
 IS THE BEST 
 ROOF PAINT. 
 
 SAMUEL J. HUSSEY & CO., 
 
 Painters and Decorators, 
 
 20 CENTRAL ROW, 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
SNIPSIC LAKE. ROCKVILLE, FROM GROVE. 
 
The 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Coal 
 
 Company, 
 
 754 MAIN STREET. 
 
 Old Company's Lehigh 
 
 a Specialty. >^ ^ t^ ^ 
 
 Ghas. JJ. f^apeli/e, 
 
 DRUGGIST. 
 No. S53 Main Street, 
 
 ( Foi-ini rhi Kini/o )('■'< Hat Slore.^ 
 
 [. 
 
 Special j^f fractions in 
 
 SODA WATER, 
 
 ALSO LOCATED AT 
 
 No. 376 Jlsylum street, 
 . . Par A Drug Store. 
 
 Both Stores under same Alanagenietit. 
 The two finest Soda Fountains in 
 the State. Every drink served right. 
 
 RA PELYE, Druggist. 
 
 STREET CARTICKETS SOLD. 
 
 77 
 
Home Office Building, 
 HARTFORD, - CONN. 
 
 Th& 1851 1898 
 
 Pbsnix mutual Cife 
 Insurance Company, 
 
 of HARTFORD, CONN,, 
 
 ISSUES ALL THE MODERN FORMS OF 
 
 L/FB and . . 
 INVESTMENT POLICIES. 
 
 Examine our new EXCHANGEABLE LIFE 
 and RETURN PREMIUM Contracts. Send 
 your age to the Home Office, and we will send 
 you sample policy showing just what we have 
 to offer. 
 
 JONATHAN B. BUNCe, President, 
 JOHN M. HOtCOMBE, Vice-President. 
 CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, SECRETARY. 
 
 J 
 
STOP! STOP! 
 
 Stop at HALLINAN'S when 
 in New Britain. 
 
 Our Ice Cream ^ 
 
 ^ is the Best* 
 
 Our Parlor is nice and cool, 
 as we have a number of elec- 
 tric fans. We have at all 
 times fifteen to twenty flavors. 
 
 HALLINAN'S, 
 
 The Fancy Cake Bakers and Caterers, 
 
 248 MAIN ST., 
 
 NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 WHEEL, 
 
 THE 
 STREET 
 
 AND 
 
 EVENING 
 
 WEAR. 
 
 C. L. & G. R. GOODWIN, 
 
 Old No. 27'i, New No. 755 Main St., 
 HARTFORD, CONN, 
 
 ESTABLISHED IS 
 
Dr. C. 6. Chapman, 
 DENTIST, 
 
 36 Pratt Street, Bartfcrd, Conn. 
 
 (Over Ripley Bros.) 
 
 ^- 
 
 A^LITTLE G^RXTT 
 
 V BieYCLE/WRENCbl. 
 
 '^lELrNCSkSPEnOER 
 
Highland 
 House, 
 
 East Windsor Hill. 
 
 Dinners, 50c , 
 Transients, $1.50 per Day. 
 
 10"o Discount to Wheelmen. 
 STABLE. TEAMS TAKEN CARE OF. 
 
 Ice Cream and Temperance Drinks. 
 
 CASINO, 30x60, with piano, will 
 
 be rented to parties for dances 
 
 or any entertainment. 
 
 TROLLEYC/IR TERMINUS ATTHE DOOR 
 
 p. O. ADDRESS, 
 
 J. C. WYBELL. Prop.. 
 
 See Illustration. EAST WINDSOR HILL, CONN. 
 
 E 
 
 44TEGIBIUTY, not 
 
 QUESSABILITY," 
 
 AT 
 
 Chandler Shorthand School, 
 
 -HARTFORD LIFE BUILDING. 
 
 OPEN ALL THE YEAR. 
 
 WOODS PIANO HOUSE, 
 
 A. F. WOODS, Proprietor, 
 
 227 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD, CONN. 
 
 Pianos and Organs of all 
 Grades, Sold, Rented or 
 Exchanged. 
 
 TEE ONLY HOUSE IN THE CITY DEALING IN PIANOS 
 AND ORGANS EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
LAKE COMPOrNCE. 
 
James L. Howard & Co, 
 
 440-448 ASYLUM STREET. 
 
 RAILWAY SUPPLIES. 
 
 BRASS FOUNDRY and FACTORY. 
 Brass Work Polished and Lacquered. 
 Brass Turning and Spinning. 
 Brass Grills and Railings. 
 
 GAS FIXTURES REFINISHED. 
 
 Oxidized Metal Finislies, 
 
 ALSO 
 
 BRASS, BRONZE, 
 SILVER and NICKEL PLATING. 
 
 WHITE AND COLORED 
 
 COTTON WASTE. 
 
 BUY YOUR 
 
 Fruits, 
 
 Groceries, 
 
 Fancy 
 
 Crackers, 
 Potted Meats 
 
 AND ALL II I ,11, I 
 
 Picnic I 338.342 
 
 Supplies Asylum St. 
 
 83 
 
p. dc J. Besse, 
 
 mTEME 
 
 French and ylmerican Ice Greams, 
 
 French Pas fry, Gonfecfionery, Etc. , 
 
 HARTFORD: 
 
 239 Main St., Old Number; 701 Main St., New Number 
 
 TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 
 
 Hair on Ladies' Faces 
 
 permanently and scientifically eradi- 
 cated by my improved and perfected 
 electric needle. Guaranteed not to 
 return. No pain, scar or trace. 
 Special rates now. 
 
 Mrs. COLLUn, Specialist, 
 
 26 PRATT STREET. 
 
 LMF 
 
 I I I 
 
 P 
 
 Ll 
 
 The Most Beautiful and Best 
 Equipped Resort in Central 
 Connecticut. 
 
 Bathing, Boating, Bowling, 
 Billiards, Fishing, Swingsand 
 Merry-Go-Round. 
 First-Class Restaurant in Connection. 
 
 Parties taking a day's outing should visit ttiis place- 
 
 PIERCE & NORTON. 
 
 See Illustrations. BRISTOL., CONN. 
 
^^^iGLASTo/iBu^ Hartford 
 
 Street Railway Co!s 
 
 System andCommections. 
 
 SCALE OF MILES. 
 
^■y..^.^'^'a.' 
 
:,4^-^S /yv^^ 
 
 YOUR PROPERTY 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 , COMPANY 
 
 '^^rTTTT^ 
 
 i\\ 
 
 Security 
 Company, 
 
 62 Pearl Street 
 Hartford, Gonn. 
 
 CAPITAL, $200,000 SURPLUS, $100,000 
 
 Is authorized by Charter from the Legislature of the 
 State of Connecticut to act as Executor, Administra- 
 tor, Guardian, Conservator, Agent, Attorney, 
 Receiver, Trustee and Assignee, and is prepared 
 to receive and execute Trusts of every description. 
 
 Loans Made upon Collateral and Real Estate Security. 
 Money Received on Deposit Subject to Check. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE INVITED WITH A 
 
 VIEW TO BUSINESS RELATIONS. 
 
 ATWOOD COLLINS, President, 
 
 HENRY E. TAINTOR, Vice-President, 
 CHAS. EDW. PRIOR, Sec'y and Treas. 
 
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