The Press., 1885-04-02

season in the matter of topics and musics
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 Anthony Adams was taken suddenl Tuesday with savage attack of colic, bu is getting better again.
 Walter Renmert has taken the ba and billiard room of the Eldridge House 8 Fort Edwards, N. Y., consequently wi not again lease the "Tontine" in this vii lage.
 In connection with their sociable las evening, the Methods tt ladies had an m pretent,ous but very enjoyable entertain ment, in which many young people had part, including recitatiODs and vocal ant instrumental music. A large number at tended, and all expressed the highest sat isfactiun.
 himself among the hot springs and scener, of New Mexico and the southwest, and i getting great health benefit therefrom.
 A number of business men are at thei homes attending to all unwelcome visito --the humps.
 Tomorrow is a legal holiday, aud th' banks will be closed.
 A town meeting has been warned by the selectmen for next week Wednesday at p. m. The purposes (given ln the ad vertisement elsewhere) are to see about re placing the outstanding bonds of the tow1 with newer ones, at lower rate of interest -J. Carl Converse has been home thli week. He is of the Wesleyan college glee club, which is to make 8 short tour thro New York state during vacation, singing also at Springfield and Worcester. GRACE CHURCH. r.
 There will be full morning service and oalahrokiop r,f kba hnlxy mupion at Grace church on Easter day at 1O45 a. m. The Easter music will be ren dered by the regular choir, assisted by Miss Williams and the Messrs. Desper ane Williams. The program is as follows: Easter Anthem. Emerson Ie Deuln.. EmefSon kyrle Eielson. Gounod G oria Tibi. .Tallis OHertory Sentence. R. Phelps There will be no regular session of the Sunday school, but the children's Easter festival will take the place of the usual evening service at 6.30 p. m. The chil take part in this service, and all persons are cordially invited to take part in this service, and all persons are cordially in FAiSo SO OC P1CoClt "b oOt1L pAO AAOAAIuS and evening services.
 The annual meeting of the parish vii be held in the vestry on Easter Monday al 7.30 p. m. The rector especially requests that every person over fifteen years of age connected in any way with the parish be present at that meeting r .....,. j,
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 The annual meeting of the Universal ist parish will be held next Saturday at p. m. at the church.
 TOLLAND.
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 The old folks concert Thursday even ing was success. Not far from the ad vertised time for the music to begin sYe Flddlers" and "Ye Hooters" commenced tc fiddle and toot, and ye grate number ol singers marched ill to their places with ye "Fhvor" going before them, and all clad in ye raiment of their grand thers and grandmas-or somebody else's grandpar. ents and when they had all found theil places they all with one accord lifted up their voices and sang ''Silver Street, Russia, and Confidence" when they did rest their voices and take breath while Miss Eva Lathrop sang a song with her usual skill and expression. Then ye quire having taken their breath sang ''Turner' and "David's Lamentation ;" this last re. quired goodlye amount of wynde. The singers rested and listened to a select read. ing by Miss Blanche Bidwell of Meriden. Then ye full quire sang Worcester and ''Sherbnrne," ''Thou who art faithful, , (the solos sung by G. w. Brown and E. 5. Agard) "Northtield and Coronation. ?
 ''Ye assemblie rise and sing with ye quire, the program said, which ended "ye first half.'' Ye second half consisted of SC. lection by the orchestra, was very fine, aud in response to the encore gave anoth- er selection Strike the Cymbals," ''New Jerusalem and Portland, ye full quire duett by MT. Favor and Mrs. Price song by MT. l.. J. Phillips ''Child of Mortal Bldwell-'A country mans description of R.ubenstine playing the piano. and in response to the continued applause s'Our Home, quire song, by MT. Favor, and by request "1he Laughing Song Song of ye old folks and Cousin Jedediah, by ye full quire, and another song by MT. Favor closed the exercises, which seemed to be enjoyed by the large number present, have not the names of all ''Ye Old Folks, , but can safely say that all the best slngers in Holland, aided by number of splendid voices from Vernon, made a. cholr that could do justice to any church music. Many of the costumes were very becom- ing, and it required no great stretch of the imagination to see those demure looking maidens and sturdy young men, sitting in the old-fashioned ''singers' seats,' listen ing to the threatenings of Sinia's law as thundered forth by an Edwards, OF Nettle- ton, or Hall. MT. Favor is to be congrat- ulated on his success as director of old folks concerts, as we'll as teaching singing school. Miss Alice M Phillips presided at the piano. F& fS
 The death of Willie Ladd, on Thurs-. day morning, releases one sufferer whose case was rather peculiar. Before he was year old he had the lung fever, and the fever settled ill his spine, causing convul- sive fits. Previous to thls he had been a forward child-going alone. He got better of this and had to learn to creep and walk over again. When about years old the spasms commenced again, and continued until he died, with intervals of freedom from them of sometimes few days, and occasionally few weeks. For the past 10 years he has not walked step, and has gradually lost the use of his limbs even his head or neck seemed to be paralyzed, so that he could not turn it, and for years he has not been able to speak, but his mind was active all the time. While his whole body has grown, the left side has