The Press., 1886-03-11

 1 poem has also an international reputation, I it having como back here from England and Scotland in various papers and collec- fions.
 Charles Southworth was in town Mon- I day. He is now working in Meriden. I -Arthnr Deyereaux and his children are somewhat better. l The robins and blue birds must have I been surprised at the recent fall.of snow
 Mrs Mary Snow is expecting to live with her father, N. n. Marcy, while her husband is at work in MeFiden. A flock of wild geese were observed ltriangulating their way northward last week. SOMERS. -J. o. Booth of StaHordvllle will de- liver temperance lecture in tho Congre- gationaT church next Sunday evening, March 14th.
 tooRREsPoNDENCE.l
 The Women's Temperance Union held meeting Wednesday afternoon in the chapel. A temperance lecture will be de- liyered in the chapel next Sunday evening
 The young peoples sociable will meet with Miss Anna Moore this week Friday evening.
 A spelling match was held in the school house in North Bomers last Friday night, which proved very enjoyable to those who attended.
 -The Somersville schools close this lWeek se @ XXI
 -Nothing has been heard of sscoupon bonds" since the freshet 5s,s
 Mir. H. 0. Stimson aud Henry Ward well left Saturday night1ar Montreal.
 fFrom another correspondentJ The Methodists will hold fair and festival next Tuesday evening, March 16th, | in the vestry of their church. An enter tainment, consisting of songs and recita- tions, will be given at 2. 80 p. m. by the l Social Guild in the audience room of the church. The spelling school, under the man. agement of Miss Brown, held at North SomeTs March 9th, was eminently success ful. The llttla building was crowded al- moak kO nmfIucakiun but from the first the interest waa nnfnGi and when Mir. Monroa Kibhe and MT. 10hn nuahae took the floor t0 cKAoo@a niAaa she inn benan and was kept up una s6fTuptaaGy nntil the close. By way of variety sin las and speaking was introduced, and audon9 the latter nearly all were very finely rendered. Prominent among them were selections by Miss Brown, Miss Hunt and others. Mareus Dnrkee read a.poem doubly ap-
 
 posed foF aimiaax gathering held ak the John H. IT Chanfn ! Was warmly ap- plauded. The best speIleF Of tho evening was Mir. Merick Kibbe following close were Mir. Wolcott and Miss Laura Brown. As this was the closing act all sought the outer air with sigh of regret that it closed so soon, for it had brought back as green and fresh as spring to their memory old times when those now old were young, and when such things were of more com mon occurrence than now. The poem, first read Jan. 24, 1858, is here given :<
 THE READING AND SPELLING SCHOOL. ... Last Thursday night-dame rumor says
 Some curious things were done l By some young people of this town,
 Who went in search of fun. zt -4@ It seems that the North -Enders met si
 That night, to read and spell, And many others went to see
 If they could do it well.
 And first among the many, who l Went there to see and hear, gs l The names of George and MT. Gum a 3. With Champion must appear. With Loren F. is Chloe Ann, ,,., With Charley Josie rides, ..... ... " While Georges horse his master draws Anu urAWB 8 IOGI D0SlQeSe
 As they pass through Prink Street They give general serenade; 4a 5# A sheet iron band from Rattledown More noise could not have made. At J. M. Kibbe's they draw up
 And take 8 maid aboard She takes her seat in Loren's sleigh .r7. Fol she is his adored.
 Some said, that Loren's sleigh o'erturned, | He saw xxfnC 11o& &urha He says the sleigh tipt up bit 5a r And they-got in the snow. @ .s-..... The school-house reached they all went in And heard the children spell How much they learned never heard, --1s
 And therefore cannot tell. -~Ef The business of the evening OCT sss .a1
 They thought it would be we'll .. s... E. To all go homo with Charming Grettn
 And stay little spell.
 do not know how long they stayed, as.I I have not heard them say, aseg .. But guess that it was "kissing time"
 Before they went away.
 And when at last they took their leave
 You'd think, to see them roam, s5s They thought the farthest way around
 Would be the nearest home. For though twas less than three miles home,
 Yet somehow they contrived -'- l 10 T1Q0 aDOuG a dOXen miles , s57s.5 -s .+ --
 Before they there arrived. ae~1s know of several funny things
 That happened by the way, . But cannot stop to tell them now,
 I've so much else to say .-5i s& Suffice to say, when. they reached home : On that eyentful night, l Twas somewhere in the wee small hours That just precede daylight
 Among the many others, who Went to the reading school,
 know the names of three or four Who clearly played the fool.
 There's one who's called Medium
 For spirits of the dead,
 But on this night methought he had Some spirits in his head.
 Then there's Field where alcohol
 That evening had fight;
 He won the day and went away, Leaving it's keeper light.
 There too's Burdett, "a little chap, l don't know mu6h about,
 Except the people say he's like
 These have singled ont.
 There was Bond among the four,
 do not know it's staength, I But if it lacked in this respect