The Press., 1889-04-11

again. Mrs. l.. heard the call, but thought team was running away, and went to the outside door. No runaway team, and the sound seemed to come from upstairs. She went to the chamber door and listen- ed she heard a muff1ed sound; she was terribly frightened, for terrible things had before happened in that house. Calling her maid, they tremblingly reached the room all was silent the room was empty, you ?" "Open the door and you'll see where amp was the energetic answer. SOMER
 (Correspondence)
 IN MEMoRIAM.-On Tuesday morning, March 18th, Mrs. Harriet Sophia Chaffee, widow of James Chaffee, and daughter of Alpheus Billings, Esq, in the evening of life, was called to her eternal abiding place. She died at the home of her youngest son, Prof. A. B. Chaffee, Franklin, Indiana, in the seventy sixth year of her age. In the full fruition of well spent life she has gone to her reward. With pleasant earth ly surroundings, still she longed for the far more pleasant heavenly associations. Her life has been one of usefulness. In the home circle the hallowed influence of christian wife and mother was always felt. As an active member of the church she was power for good. For many years teacher in the Sunday school in the va- rious places of her residence Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs and elsewhere-she, by her thorough knowledge of the sclipturee, pointed those under her charge unerringly to the road which leadeth heavenward. With pure, childllke faith she read Gods holy word and upon it were based all her hopes of immortality. When called, as she had often been, to pass through deep waters of af1iction, she rested upon her Saviour who would not leave or fosrake her. She realized that underneath were the everlast- ing arms to sustain and comfort. Her sorrows were always sanctified to higher spiritual advancement. Her God, while He was a God of justice, was.aIod of love and compassion, and she reloiced in the redemptive power of Saviour which made it possible for her to attain blissful fu- ture. She had been for years careful and prayerful student of the inspired word, and her faith was not founded upon superficial knowledge of its teachings. She needed no writer of fiction to formulate a system of theology for her adoption, offer- ing in place of sthus saith the Lord'' some delightful pabulum of the word shorn of it's force and power and rendered as pal liative for condemning conscience. She realized that for humanity in its sins hero ic measures were necessity or else Saw four to suffer and die would not have been provided. She would often exclaim, "Alas l! that there should be even one for whom He had died in vain." She was ever ready to give reason, an intelligent, Bible-founded reason, for her faith. She reared high standard of life for her sons, three in num- Der. How near they have approximated | fhn tITn 11ol E1- l> e., other lips to tell and other Eens to write. Suffice it to say that the memory of that sainted mother is precious, and her ehil- dren rise up and call her blessed. On Fri day, 22d ult. after brief religious service, the lifeless form was borne by her sons and a nephew to her last resting place by the side of her husband, who had gone home nearly decade before. She was native of Somers, Conn.,, and now lies buried there.
 ROCKVILLE.
 The class of '89, which graduates in June, will be the largest class that ever graduated at the Rockville high school. It is composed of the following members Miss Maud Synyer, Miss Cora Strickland, Miss Julia O'Keefe, Miss Nellie Goldrick, Miss Elsie Sykes, Miss Inez West, Miss Ethel Hayward, Miss Margaret Hyde, O. Fl. Thrall, J. Noone, James w. Calvin, w. B. Reed, F. B. McPherson, B. H. McCrary and w. F. Loomis.
 -"The Deestrict School" will be given at Henry hall on Friday evening by Burpee W. R. Corps, No. Il. Over 50 names ap- pear in the cast of characters, and there's richness in the program, which is full of humor and of comic scenes suggested by the title. Those who can be there will be, as matter of course.
 Much interest is taken in the result of the town meeting on Saturday, when the voters of the town will decide if Rockville shall have the city charter granted by the legislature. It is generally believed that the town will vote by large majority ID favor of city government, but it is known that there is some opposition by few of the large property-owners of the town. I. ASHFORD.
 WESTFORD.
 Mrs. s. s. Stowell, ,who has been quite seriously ill, is materially improving in
 health.
 The New York experiment statlon chem. ist reveals some interesting facts concern.
 ing the nutritive values of hay and grain that have long been kept. The result oi the examination of hay was 67.39 per cent , of albuminoids digested in new hay, and 55 10 in hay one year old. On finding that
 the nutritive value of hay was considerably
 diminished on long keeping, similar exam nations were made with wheat and wheat bran. It was found that the digestibility
 of wheat and bran also diminished to s considerable extent with long keeping, and
 there appeared reasons for believing that l the fats, at least, are less digestible in the old grain than in the fresh grains, especial ly if they have been reduced to meal. The amount of fats soluble in either is remark
 ably less in grains 18 months old than ir
 those but short time from harvesting an6
 freshly ground. The above appears to ex
 plain the decreased value of old hay anl