The Press., 1886-06-24

Hydeville. Miss Jennie l.. Enc teacher 1: Mary B. Smith, Alice l.. Oolburn, Milton l.. Smith, Frank D. Smith, Frank Willis. Whole number of scholars, 25; average attendance, 21.5.
 Frank Willis has clean record for 8 year past as a scholar neither absent nor tardy. Mary Q. Smith, Hattie Converse and Minnie E. Belcher had perfect rec ord ill spelling at the last term.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 Prof. G. ". Bagley will meet his sing ing class, for social sing, at the spiritual hall, next Saturday evening, June 26th. cordial invitation is extended to all Mir. Bagley would be pleased to have the members of Winter Post, G. A. R., pres ent. A good time is anticipated.
 WELLINGTON.
 [CoRREsPoNDENCE.l
 The late Miner Bngbee, whose death recently occurred in New Hampshire, left some $16, ,O00. Among the legacies were $1 ,00O to minor son of the late Holstein Brown, of Westford, and g, 900 to his niece, Mrs. E. H. Carpenter, of Hammond ton, N. J.
 -Gustavus Holt was in town on Mon- day. He and his family are to visit here in July.
 The standing grass (3O to 40 acres) on the Harvey Bidwell place will be sold at auction on Wednesday next, at 10 8. m. James Pierce had an attack of inAama- ton of the bowels last week. He is now recovering.
 ( Mrs. Della Holt, wife of Dr. Wilbur Holt, was dangerously ill in Springfield last week.
 "A pleasant strawberry festival was hcl6 t1oa 1ncHo V evening.
 Mrs. 0. T. Preston and Adolf Korper are the observers of the N. B. Meteorolog- ical Society, in cooperation with the U. s. signal service, for this vicinity. Walter c. Nichols, son of Charles Nichols, is a member of the class of ten who will graduate from the Natchaug high school in Willimantic next Thursday. Rev. MT. Gordon of Tarifville will occupy the Baptist pulpit next Sunday.
 A goodly number from this town at- tended the graduation exercises of the Storrs' Agricultural School last week but more, especially the boys, ought to have been there
 Under the new law, requiring the an- nual school meetings to be held in June, some of the district committees are natur- ally in somewhat of quandary as to whose
 
 the old or the new committee. It is the du- ty of the old committee, and it is now time for them to make out the reports and hand them to the school visitors early in July. Blanks will be furnished the several dis trict committees this week.
 -Alpheus Wa1len has returned to the Glass Factory village, now occupying the store tenement there.
 -G. Ladue is on 8 visit to New York state.
 School committees chosen last week :: 1st district, B. A. Morse, Geo. Rounds, John Whitford Village Hill, Frank Or cutt; Glass Factory, F. W. Pratt, l.. B. Clark.
 MT. and Mrs. 0. T. Preston are at tending the commencement exercises of the Connecticut Literary Institution at Suffield.
 Few people in this vicinity are aware of the remarkably extensive and picturesque scenery to be had from the summit of Bald Hill, just north of the residence of Nelson Whitford. It is said that even Bunker Hill monument can be seen from thatpoint in clear day and with the right kind of telescope. A party from this vicinity are planning to make the assent in the near future. Johnny Whitford is to cut 0 path and erect sort Of observatory right away. Nothing is more delightful. than a. cherry party, as the few friends, who were invited by MT. and Mrs. Lncius Eldridge on Tuesday to partake of their early and luscious varieties, can heartily testify. 1 As usual, Prof. Chamberlain provided 8 bountiful and toothsome dinner, topped of with most delicious ice cream, to ofn- cers, trustees and invited guests, at the Stoors' school commencement last Friday.
 -Dr and Mrs. Truman Johnson are expected to come on from the Indian Ter ritory the first of next month, to visit friends in this vicinity.
 MT. Lawton Graves, druggist in Worcester, Mass, spent last Sunday at F. W. Pratt's, returning with his family on Tuesday.
 Register yonr dogs please,
 And SO save yourself fees.
 Do you know, farmers, that Prof. Chamberlain is experimenting this season with two hundred different varieties of po tatoes? Next fall he will be glad to ac- quaint you with the result as to yield, nn01itw TNvsa$a RATnzRxucs TT<.s z.