Tolland County press., 1883-01-18

evening; Orient Chapter met Wednesday evening. The sociable of Ionic Lodge last Friday evening, was, as usual, a pleasant affair. An hour of music and recitations planned by J. W. Dimock, was pleasant feature, and following that came season of dancing, lasting until II o'clock-with Bacon for prompter. The Stafford brothers and wives are invited this evening to attend a public installa- tion of officers of Day Spring Lodge of Monson, to be followed by banquet, and social time generally. The visitors from Stafford will go up on the 5 p. m. train and return by special train.
 Miss Ella Porter of Rockville, whose recitations make part of the entertain ments at the town hall next week, IS a young lady whose gifts as a reader have attracted much attention at home, and are causing demand for her services from other places. She is 8 sister of Charles Porter, the artist Miss Porter's program will be different each evening.
 The Citizens Cornet Band have in rehearsal war drama, "The Spy of At lanta," which they will bring out at Cen, tral Hall early in February. It is stir ring play, full of thunder, patriotism, and love, that will bring back the scenes of the rebellion to the veterans of the days of rebellion. The best managing and dra- matic talent of the band is engaged, as we'll as that of their lady and gentlemen friends. Time and other particulars next week.
 The Mineral Springs Go. is getting in it's new looms, but no time is yet fixed for starting up.
 W. H. Cooley's new house on East Main-st, is the finest private residence built in this village for some years, and in elegance of finish, thoroughness of workmanship, and good taste in all de- tails of arrangement and decoration, ranks with the best. The Queen Anne style of architecture probably has more possibili- ties of ugliness than any that has been s'the rage" in recent years. It has also as great possibilities of beauty, and the structure in question illustrates the last phase. The exterior is strikingly hand some. The lower story is clapboarded, and the second story covered with Cali fornia redwood shingles, saturated in oil, the slight difference in hues giving pret- ty mottled effect. A broad veranda ex- tends along the south and part of the west fronts, also small porches on the east and kitchen entrances. A hall winds bu0 C0utSE LII bAo u1dAA on each floor, widening at the rear, where is the fine oaken stairway, which reverses it's direction half way up, where broad landing is made. At the right of the hall IS the nursery and bed room and bath room; at the left the family room and dining room. The entire interior is finish ed in natural wood, the nursery and bed room in butternut, the family room in cherry, and the dining room in oak all the upper rooms and the kitchen in white pine The hall and dining room floors are of alternate strips of light and dark birch. The effect of the house on visitors is not so much an obtrusive elegance as the ex- cellent taste of arrangement, and careful regard for convenience and comfort. It IS house for home comfort, for the needs and conveniences of the family, such home as has wonderful effect in promot- ing cosy comfortable feeling on the part of guest. The frescoing is simple yet exquisite in design. Mantels and wall decorations are neat and chaste in effect. Closets, lavatories, bath rooom, etc., well fitted. Water from the Knowlton lot res ervoir is carried to the attic floor of the building In the cellar is appliance for steam heating, also gas machine. All the rooms are piped for gas, and those below fitted for lighting by electricity, the upper floor being wired for the same appliance to be affixed hereafter. The bells are al- so electric. From cellar bottom to caves all is substantial, tasty and convenient, and the house is an addition that the vil- lage, and East Main-st., in particular, can thoroughly enjoy with MT. Cooley and family, who enter into it's occupancy with the we'll wishes of an immense circle of friends.
 The Junior Templars should have 8 good audience at the entertainment next Tuesday evening, at Central Hall. They need the money for furnishing their meeting room, and the organization and it's object deserve well of the people.
 Mrs. Harvey Bidwell, who is 80 years of age, last Saturday fractured her thigh, also dislocated the hip joint. Dr. Sweet was sent for, the bones replaced in posi- tion, and the lady is now as comfortable as can be expected. The injury comes by fall upon the floor, she rising suddenly from her chair, and getting her feet en- tangled in some fabric upon which she was at work.
 70. N. Wadsworth last Thursday ap- peared before Justice Mandell in Filing ton, plead guilty on the two counts of keeping place where liquor was reputed to be sold, and of having liquor in his possession, and paid fine and costs of over $6O. The liquors found will no doubt be duly condemned and destroyed.
 -r-Geo. s. Adams, our tax collector, is confined at home, quite seriously ill with pneumonia.
 On Tuesday sleigh ride party ot sixty persons from Staffordville, Hollow and Springs, went to Harvey's Hotel al Rockville, where supper and dance was enjoyed, the party returning home little after midnight, enthusiastic over the good time enjoyed. The sleighing was fair, the moonlight delicious, the temperature as good as can be looked for in the sleighine season, and kthe supper all that could be desired.
 ENUMERATION OF CHILDREN.
 , At the last session of the legislature
 1882-it was enacted and became law
 that the committee or clerk of a schoo
 district shall receive fo1 enumerating the
 children one dollar, and three cents in ad
 dition thereto for each child so enumerated
 in excess of fifty in numbers, the cost O
 such enumeration to be paid from thu
 amount appropriated by the town for th'
 support of the school or schools in sait
 district. The reports of the years emu
 meration, so far as they have come in, in