The Press., 1886-11-11

' AnQ se1n8 sQY {. as Auhkl6sk0s BaV0 AAAMA0n JUL -servicss alg usual at Inc Universalist church nett Suhlaas morning and evening. {, Preaching By the pastor, Rev. J.sF. Sim
 mons Inthe evening the first Of q conrse
 of sermons on seEhe Lord q Prayer will
 be given. TlsspubIIc cordially invited.
 There will bs:a spsCiAl euanaaunioation of
 Woloott lodge, Nos60: F. \. hl., on Thurs .E day eyenin Nov. 1Sehs Tho lodge will be visitaa by e N Qhesebto, D. D. G. M. and .l there will b6 woRk bm tho Masser Mason de- hUreeg A full azSen{ dance Of nnembers is re- I quebsed ss KF ' I 0. BzHhE, MEM.
 EJ. Frank Baxter will lecture in Spirit.
 nal hall the evenings of Nov. n and F, cOnmeneine at q o'clock. .a " N LII Z I A .assfAFRoapyEInH seg se sa ap IxY-R. WaAudrems, executor of thegestate 4 of the late Farley PIympton, advertises to
 sell at auction on, Saturday next, at l p.
 m., at the homesteads of the late deceased, EaIl his real estate and a portion of the per- sonal property of the estate. The former \ consists of the shedRe Rehog' wood Hot of 175 ! aeres, four, acres of sprout land, and a tract of 2aeresuaf m0wing land, allsituated
 in the vieinily of BtaiI ille.
 l Rev. v P. Hawlsy vii preach at the Congrsga fional church next Sabbath at 2.30 p. n.: sabbath sehOol ak 12. 30.
 --PittSHela (AEass.1 Ivsning Journal : Isaac M. Agards 4 gEaanste of Amherst
 college, faanher Of large character, has
 taken temporary charge of Rev. Mr.4 Tur- lner's schcol FEE46
 iA FtA s@s JOSE wHIrcoMB. " Very few of. the many who have seen the iwonderfll bitso of New Englan character DOT tsaiture given on the sta ge by Denman Thomp- son, under the title. of Josh Whitcomb will ike to lose the opportunity given next Tues day evening to see the continuation of the Lstory told in that play under the title of s'The Old HomesteadsD5 The farm housesa Swan sey with it's familiar charactesr the big hearted, plain-spoken Josh, Aunt Matilda, Cy Prime, and Seth, Perkins are there, and Bill Jones would beif alive. Then there are Francois
 Fogerty, and the Hoboken terror, and Rick ety AnnE and Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, and Reuben, and the tramp, and many other char- acters, some real and recognizable to those who know 'sSwansey folks" others imaginary and introducadl lbecause needed, but all natu- rel and making up the ideal legitimate drama | of domestic lifs and experiences in the coun- try. The play will be given in the Wiliman- tic Opera House, next Tuesday evening, and stAtion-agent Squier in recognition of ex- pressed Wishes of many, has secured large section Of seats in the best part of the house, and arranged for a special train, to leave Staff ford Springs ct 2 p. nn., to return at the close of the. performance. Tickets, including al lgo0d seat $1. 1.75. Those who purchase first have best choice of seats. f t's
 ztA ABOUT TAME FOX. Eleven years ago last March, Ezra s. Oolbufn of Stafford had a fox given to Ehim. 1t was sppafently but. two ior, three days old fit didIlE get it's eyes open for g week or more afterwards). A party of hunters killed the mother fox, and then f0und the aest of five young foxes in a hollow tree. They thought it cruel to leave them there to starve. They were brought. in basket to Mir. C's. house. The family cat had kitten about two1 weeks old that lay in box in the kitchen. The cat was taken up and one of the foxes placed beside her She was maltese, and at that youthful period the foxes were of exactly the same color. T She looked wild and jumped down. Some one took anoth- CT out of the basket and put it on the floor. The old cat ran and took 1t, and her own. She ntIrsed and cared for it the I same as her, own kitten indeed, she seem ed partial to it. CThe other four were killed. Bruno, as he was named, was great pet, and grew to be very cunning. After he got so that he could run about he was very sleepy insthe day time, but was wide awakBsatnights. He would bark for quite awhile after he was put to bed, but he soon outgrew this. He was fed new milk with the cats, morning and night, but he was so piggish he had to have a separate dish, for he would jump into the middle of the plate, and growl and put his paws oUt, to keep the rest from having any and scatter the milk all around. He would chase the hens and play with the kitten. He would take her head in his month, but was careful not to bite her. He would hide sometimes, and couldn't be found, bnb as soon as any one called "kit- ty. kitty, he would come on the run for ms dish thinking he was going to have some milk As He was quite often found asleep in basket that contained balls of yarn. One day the yarn was found all bittan pp. When he was .as little mite of a thing his mistrass went away one day. When she returned in the evening he lay by the stbve his favorite place). As soon as he heard, her voice he ran to her, and eTinced ethe greatest delight, dancing around her, and making a. chattering noise, and ever afterwards, when any of the family returned home, he did the same.
 He was fed like a cat, swith bits from the table, bread, potatoes, &c. He would goI up anu Bu04l 0L the OOg nose, "a lAmOuS fox hound) the dog would turn away his head, as if ashamed, but would not hurt him. Once ahe was taken to Holland to stay over nIg1t. He acee 6asAf every one except his master and n as, and appeared homesick. He refusgn to eat chicken bones, milk, or anything. He was carried in "a, covered basket As soon AS he was put on the floor at home he ran for his dish on the hearth. One day some sap was brought to the house in the milk pal. As soon as he saw it he thought the milk had comey and ran for his dish. One lday Flora Iss Converse (then 8 little girl of three years) came running, and amidst her
 sobs and cries Bai6 Ehat sRruno had stolen
 little chicken out from under their old
 hens and ran off and eaten it. Then he had to be depriYed of his liberty. He had
 8 collar and chain put on, and was hitched
 back Iof the houaa "A barrel was fixed partly in the gr0nnd 1E him to run into in
 case dog shonld corae round. At night s he wasIput in fheab6Sn He was kept un-
 til he was about six months old, when
 chickens began to be missed.t It was laid
 to the hawksa til one day he was seen dig I ging up aehsekep. The chickens would
 come around uhsuspecting he would lpounce upon sthsm; .lsill and bury them iVp.E One day he broke his chain and ran l4nd killed two or three chickens, then hid