Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-18
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GENERAL NEWS OF INTEREsT-THE MONUMENT
 DEDICATION SOCIAL FESTIVITIES
 DEATH OF AN OLD REsIDENT-A NOTABLE
 REUNION AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
 July 17.-Nicholas Pond is making visit with his parents here and expects soon to start for Japan on 8 business trip for the firm in Boston by which he is employed.
 There will be temperance meeting by the Sunday school of the Methodist church in their church next Sunday evening.
 Rev. N. G. Axtelle, of Plymouth, will preach at the Woodmont chapel next Sunday evening.
 Mir and Mrs. H. F. Walker of Charleston, S. O., are spending tho summer in town at the residence of their daughter, Mrs. Thomas AddeY.
 MT. Charles Osborns son Harold fell from g tree last Tuesday and fractured his limb above the knee. Dr. Heady reduced the l fracture and the boy is doing we'll with prospects of a complete recovery. There will be a meeting on Friday evening | in the Town hall for the purpose of arrang. | ing the decoration exercises for the soldiers monument.
 The Sunday school of the First church will | hold their annual picnic at Merwin's Point | the last week in Jnly.
 Rev. F. L. Ferguson returned last Friday | from his visit to Chicago and occupied his pulpit at the First church on Sunday, giving | his people two excellent sermons. The game of base ball between the Echo drum corps and the Athletics last week re- | suited in favor of the drum corps boys by a score of 15 to 9.
 At the evening service at the First church next Sunday evening the pastor, Rev. F. l.. Ferguson, will give 6 report of the Christian Endeavor convention held at Chicago, which | he attended as delegate from the First church | society.
 Mir. E. P. Smith returned last week from | 1z1 k-s-- AL Il IL spent portion of his time at St. Paul, Minl. | where he visited with his children, Mrs. Dr. Denslow and Mir. Bradick Smith. Mrs. Dens- | low and son returned with him and will | spend the remainder of the summer with her parents.
 The dairymaids' supper, which will be \ given in the Town hall Wednesday sven- | ing, promises to be very enjoyable occasion. Ice cream and cake will be served at the close of the entertainment. Admission 15c. Miss Nancy Pease, who has been 0 mem-
 Der of the family of Henry G. Thompson for
 the past thirty-fve years, and who occupied | the various positions of goVerness, house.
 keeper and friend, passed quietly to her re-
 ward at the age of seventy-fve last Thurs
 day after an illness of about six weeks. The
 funeral services were held on Monday at
 half past twelve o'clock. Rev. Dr. Joseph
 Anderson conducted the service and in fit- ting and appropriate terms paid worthy | ADCC05cNAy
 ferring especially to her long life, her loyalty to the laws of health, which had preserved her from sickness, her first illness proving her last, her usefulness by which she repre-
 sented that interesting class of New Eng
 land life, who were great in their quiet
 simplicity and industry, and her fidelity to
 the Christian faith which was steadfast ! through time and change. The remains l were taken to Enfield for interment and were | accompanied by her one sister and other
 friends.
 The first regatta of the Milford Yacht club
 took place as arranged last Saturday at ten l minutes past 3 o'clock. A large company of
 people manifested their interest in the con- test by being present, and the sight was in- deed a pretty one. There were twelve boats l which started. W. B. Stoddard's "Gracie'' of the A class made the distancei in 1h, 0S.01.
 In class B, Charles Copeland's "Fairy Belf made the distance in 1h, 11.00, each winning
 the prize of their respective classes.
 It is not often that scholars and teacher
 meet together in a reunion after 6 lapse of | twenty five years with so pleasant associa-
 tions and "reminiscences ss did Miss Mary
 Marshall and the pupils of her home school last Tuesday afternoon. The select school
 which Miss Marshall opened at her home in 1857, and which she closed in 1863 for larR- | CT field of usefulness, was not without it's
 fruit and influence on the lives of the sixty
 girls who during that period came under
 her care. Thirteen of the number have died
 while those who remain are women of char
 acter and some have wide influence. Thirty
 one of the number participated in this happy
 occasion, while others of the absent were
 gent messages of regret and congratulation.
 The social gathering was held at the old
 school room at the Marshall residence on l River street and tea was served in the parlorf
 of the First church. At the close of this i'm
 portant part of the programme feast of
 mental refreshments was provided. A few
 words of welcome were extended. by Miss
 Josie Beach, the class president. The old
 songs were sung. Miss Carrie Tibbals and
 Miss Lucille Fowler read histories, giving
 sketches of the lives of each member of the
 class during the twenty five years. A poem
 was read composed for the occasion by Mrs. Fannie Van VIiet. A letter was read from
 George Beardsley, the only surviving male
 member of the school, and othsr letters from
 absent members, together with the presenta-
 ton of an etching by the class to Miss Mar
 shall as token of their esteem filled out the
 time most pleasantly. Those present were 1 Miss Mary Marshall, teacher; fLottie and Jerusha Marshall, Mary Tibbals, Mrs. J. R. Clark, Miss Lottie Strong, Mrs. Charles Jud- i son, Miss Josie Beach, Mrs. A. A. Patton, l Mrs. Charles Trowbridge, Mrs. George
 Stearns, Mrs. Carrie Tibbals, Mrs. Van Vliet, Mrs. James Sherwood, Mrs. George E. Platt, ! Mrs. Margaret Reynolds, Mrs. Celia Treat, Mrs. Henry Clark, Mrs. Daniel N. Clark, Mrs. Charles A. Smith, Mrs. A. G. Bishop, Miss
 Lucille Fowler, Miss Sarah Cornwall, Mrs. Lucy Cornwall, Miss Lottie Sherwood, Mrs. W. Renne, Mrs. Julia Clark, Mrs. Charles l Morris, Mrs. George F. Platt, Miss Jennie 1 Buckingham, Mrs. Edward Miles, Mrs. O.. l Alvsrius. Those of the second generation who officiated as walters at the table were l Miss Addie Treat, Miss Lottie Clark, Miss l Julia Platt, Miss Lottie Reynolds and Ed- mund Tihbals.