Sir Jeff just could not resist “worshipping” at the spot of the old Ferry Street house where Lizzie “began”!
On the way to New Bedford
A few hungry mouths to feed at Fort Phoenix
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Neither wind nor rain deter the fearless Mutton Eaters
Posted in Around Town, Fairhaven, Member News, Preview of Coming Adventures, The Game's Afoot, Yum Yum Yum on October 21, 2007 by administrator
Yesterday’s howling winds and driving rain did not prevent the further adventures of the Mutton Eater’s Planning Team in the quest for finding a good place for lunch on November 10th. There was also a stop at Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven where the clammy mausoleum of the Delanos proved a little too creepy for even the stout-hearted Second Street Irregulars. The foliage is at peak and the photo below is taken near Eli Bence’s plot on an avenue of magical, golden maple trees. N.O.M.E. Sir Jeff is revelling in the leaves. Our venue for lunch will remain a Classified Top Secret! Surprises are more fun.
Songs around the sittingroom fire?
Posted in All things Mutton, Member News, Preview of Coming Adventures on October 16, 2007 by administrator
Over at the forum some Lizzie folks have come up with some ideas for The Mutton Eater’s theme song. There will probably be a rousing chorus of “You Can’t Chop Your Poppa Up”.
The Whiffenpoo song has been suggested as well as:
It had to be Ewe, 
Ewe are so beautiful, Mutton From Mutton Leaves Mutton, Ewe-nited We Stand, Wooley Bully and-
Oh baby – you love of my life,
Let me tell you one thing that be true:
If it’s cold or if it’s hot
(Don’t really matter what we got)
I can’t sheep at night without Ewweeee!
and
Who put the RAM in the RAM MA LAMB A dingdong, and of course,
What would a society be without a song, a secret handshake and a corporate seal?
Posted in Member News, Preview of Coming Adventures, The Game's Afoot on October 16, 2007 by administrator
Brrrrr. . . .it’s time for the woolies in Massachusetts. This weekend was a “dry run” for the 9th of November. Pack your longjohns as it is plenty nippy on the waterfront in Fairhaven and Fall River- and a flannel nightie may be the order of the night too! Now if only the snow holds off, the flock will set off to the world’s best hot “chowdah” ( instead of mutton broth) in fine style. 25 days and counting fellow Mutton Eaters! Good news about the 23-24 of May weekend- Lizzie and Emma and Abby and Andrew rooms are still available. We will have drop-ins for tours and evening adventures as well as overnighters at the house.
Weather permitting on the 9th- we will attempt to time the eating of 4 pears in the hayloft, and test out just how long it would have taken Uncle John to “hoof it” to Weybosset Street- what ? – you thought it would be ALL lounging around?
Apple blossoms, spring birdsong and Murder in May
Posted in Meeting Schedule, Member News, Preview of Coming Adventures on October 4, 2007 by administrator
May 23-24th 2008 has been selected as the weekend for members of the Lizzie Borden Forum, Fall River Mutton Eaters to have their next get-together. A heavy turn out is anticipated for this second event, so book early. Currently Bridget’s room, Knowlton, and Jennings has been booked, so email Revdma@aol.com soon. If you are not doing an overnight, but wish to come on day and evening jaunts and activities, email that information too!
Lizzie’s Turncoat Friend
Posted in Around Town, Preview of Coming Adventures, The Game's Afoot, What's New, Yum Yum Yum on September 18, 2007 by administratorAlice Russell is one of the few major players in the Borden drama who is not buried at Oak Grove, and that being the case, she is rarely “visited” out in Westport at Beech Grove Cemetery. Beech Grove is not the easiest place to find either. So, on our way to Fairhaven, we will be detouring to 1. Colonial Bakery which has the most divine creampuffs on the planet and memorable cinnamon cider doughnuts too, and 2. Beech Grove Cemetery to say a few words and leave a posy for good old Alice Russell, who in the end “came clean” and blew the whistle about that dress Lizzie burned in the stove on the day after the funeral. Alice must have seen plenty during her stay in the Borden house during the days after the murder, not to mention being the recipient of Lizzie’s tale of poison and impending doom the night before the slaughter on Second Street.
After the trial, Lizzie cut her old pal loose. Alice had lived in the Kelly house, on Borden Street, and also at the corner of Prospect and Hillside in the Highlands-not far from Maplecroft. Funny to think about Lizzie walking right by her old friend and giving her the cold shoulder. So, the Mutton Eaters will give Alice a tribute and a salute for telling the truth in the end as we visit her former abodes and final resting place.
William Gillette- The Man Who Made Deerstalkers Look Good
Posted in Meeting Schedule, Preview of Coming Adventures, The Game's Afoot on September 13, 2007 by administrator
The curved pipe, deerstalker cap and Inverness cape were not the invention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sidney Paget, the illustrator for The Strand magazine which first published the Sherlock Holmes stories, concocted the pipe and cap, but it was American actor, William Gillette who made these props famous.
Mr. Gillette was a big star of the late Victorian stage, under the wing of the legendary Charles Frohman who managed the careers of many famous actors such as Maude Adams, Billie Burke, John Drew, Ethel Barrymore, Nat Goodwin, George du Maurier, Marie Tempest, Seymour Hicks, and Ellaline Terris, to name but a few. Frohman would die in 1915 in the sinking of the Lusitania, quoting Barrie as the ship was going down in lines from Peter Pan – “Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.”
A proposed field trip for the spring or summer meeting is Gillette’s Castle- a bizarre construction of Gillette’s own design which was finished in 1919. The castle overlooks the Connecticut River in East Haddam, and can be reached by a ride on an old steam train from Essex station. Even Conan Doyle would approve! http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/gillette.html
