The Press., 1883-09-27
LOCAL ToPICs-PENN'D AND sCIssoRED.

LOCAL TOPICS PENN'D AND SCISsORED.
 Holland Correspondence Miss Addie Louisa Crafts, daughter of Rev F.. A. Crafts of Holland, was married Sept 17th at the house of her brother, Rev. Wilber F. Crafts, attorney, of Chicago, by Rev. F. A. Crafts, was the only lady in the class that grad uated from Wesleyan university last June, and stood fourth in grade of scholarship. MT. Barr is an alumnus of the Chicago university, where his bride spent the first two years of her college course, from which institution there were representatives at the we dding. The last class of Wesleyan university was also represented Among the guests was Albert B. Crafts, attorney, of Westerly, R. l., brother of the bride, with his wife. Among the many beautiful gifts received was generous token of ap- preciation, in cash, from the brides friends in Holland, and another from her friends in East Bridgewater, Mass. A happy flu ture seems to open out before the young and gifted couple, and if the prayers of their many friends are answered, abundant blessings will flow along all their future pathway.
 At a meeting of the county commission CTS of the state at Rockville, Wednesday, there were present, Commissioners Spen- cer and Russell of Hartford county, Jacobs, Baldwin and Perry of New Haven county, Geer, Aver and Morgan of New London county, Wheeler and Page of Fairfield county, Hagen and Wellman of Middlesex county, Dunning of Litchfeld county, AL word, Chandler and Sumner of Holland county, and Hall and Converse of Wind ham county. Dr. B. G. Sumner of Mans field was chosen chairman and Dr. M. C.. Hazen of Haddam, secretary. The d1s- cussion was on the rule of practice under the license law and turned on the question of limiting the number of licenses issued in any town, and on the number of hcens- ing druggists. It was voted that when ever the commissioners allowed door of communication between 8 saloon and a dwelling house, the person licensed shall be obligsd to remove any screens or cur tains from the windows, during the hours when selling is illegal.
 Passengers on the N. l.. N. road have generally noted that portion visible from the car windows of the improvements de- scribed as below by correspondent of the Willimantic Chronicle We had the pleasure few days since of meeting with our old friend and namesake, MT. G. Huntington Reynolds at his "Spring manor" plantation between Mansfield De- pot and Merrow Station,
 In 1879 MT. Reynolds purchased tract of land extending from the town road west to the Willimantic river. The greater part of this tract was covered with timber anC brush and to most people uninviting.
 | That part fronting the road was covered with stones and huge boulders and uneve1 and hilly withal The western part bor dering on the river Is a level plain densely covered with stately pines on the skirts O. which runs the N. l.. N. railroad. Wha special beauty charmed the purchaser anC invited his capital to this rugged and uu cultivated forest is best known to himself
 Soon after the purchase he set men te work building wall by the roadside foul feet thick at the base, three feet at the tor and four feet high above the ground, being set below the power of frost to move it, ,anc faced alike on each side.. This wall was continued nearly or quite half 8 mile ir length to his northern boundary line. walk was then graded six feet wide be- tween the wall and highway and TOW o1 elm trees along it's border-125 in mum Der, of the cork bark variety, brought from New Rochell, N. Y. They are now vel to growing, and we imagine that in com ing years those that pass that way will point with pride to that lovely row of trees and refresh themselves and their pantine steeds beneath it's cooling shade.
 | Additions have been made to the orig inaI purchase, the whole tract now com prising 175 acres, which has been divided by cross walls into roomy pasture and til lage fields. Bordering on the river is plain of..18 acre mostly covered with ever green trees, the outer portion of which has been trimmed up and cleared of under brush, the center being left in its natura condition as the proprietor expressed i for the rabbits to hop around in and afford a safe retreat for the partridge and gre, squirrel, all of which make home ther, unmolested. We venture the assertion that if any strolling hunter should invade that rural spot in quest of game it would not be well for him. The walls are al built after one pattern like the one de scribed in the fore part of this article ant aggregate 16,ooo feet in length. We no tice division or line wall 40 rods long, a | OIA ~O4o44Cl 4NSO Q6 ~ OldWA lllS In fact all the walls are thus built excep where needed angles and purposely mad curves vary the line. .....
 The abutments are built larger and high CT than the main wall and are capped witt fiat stones from the quarry of MT. Hum phrey at Willimantic A massive fouDda tion has been laid for 8 new barn, tw, smaller ones are already built, the larges one to stand between the two Furthe up the incline house is to be built over looking the park and. plain below. Nea by flows water from living spring stuff cient for man and beast.
 A drive way has been graded throug] the premises nearly mile in length con meeting with the highway at each end
 Iron grates from the DeLamater irol works N. Y., of which MT. Reynolds is su perintendent engineer, close the entranc to the grounds and are also used to clos driyeWays between fields. All the sion