The Press., 1895-11-28
"A special ThanksQiying service vii

church. The fea5f or St. Andrew VIII De observed Saturday, at 10.3O a. m., by a special service.
 1 Friends of Rev. John D. Coyle, for. merly pastor Of St. Edwards church.. are glad to see him in town this week. 1 The mRcadamized road at Stafford Hollow Is nearly completed. If it proves as satisfactory as the section here at the Springs, it will be appreciated.
 The borough schools closed Tuesday for vacation of one week.
 The short calendar session of the su- perior court has been postponed until Tuesday, Dec. Sd.
 -State's Attorney Reed attended the Henry reception at Rockville Tuesday evening.
 Lawyer Stevenson has hired the Taft cottage, formerly occupied by F. A. Bag nall.
 Stafford Hollow. (Correspondence.)
 School begins next Monday morning.
 Stafford grange will meet next Tues day evening with the following program Reading by Miss Mamie Lord "The Or igin of Thanksgiving" Oscar Sanford ; "How Thanksgiving was Observed in Colonial Days," J. M Larned; song by Mrs. Lottie R, Cady; reading by Miss Mabel c. Buck.
 At the grange entertainment MT. Larned recited Mark Twain's New En- gland Weather" This speech was we'll Illustrated by the vagaries of the week s weather. On Wednesday the thermome- Thursday morning it was freezing and blowing gale; on Friday it was IS above zero, and still, on Saturday, it grew warm CT, was rainy on Sunday and Monday, and on Tuesday the temperature rose to 66, and it was cloudy and windy. The grange entertainment was we'll attended, and the various parts of the program well presented. The harmonica playing by the Harrington brothers, the song by Miss Minnie Chatterton, of Ackworth, Vt., who kindly consented to sing The Song of the Twilight" and the Bellamy quadrille pleased the audience best. The ice cream and fancy articles were well sold, a large number remained to the dance, and the whole evening we'll sus- tained the reputation the grange has made for it's annual entertainments. The re- ceipts were $82.
 Miss Minnie Chatterton, of Ack. worth, Vt., has been stopping some weeks with her cousins, the Lords.
 Eugene O'Neil has had his house painted 8 light color with darker trim. mings.
 The evening school will open next Monday evening at o'clock in the room occupied last winter at the hotel.
 The young people of the Universalist church are arranging an entertainment and supper for the second week in De cember.
 Reports of schools in Dist. No. 1 Primary department-Number of schol ars registered, 32; aeerage attendance 26. Florence Troy was neither absent nor tardy during the term; Harley Dim ick was not absent, but tardy once; not tardy, but absent one-haf day.. Clifford Colburn; not tardy, but absent one day Ethel Edson, Homer Pero, Paul Barsa. lou; absent two days, Nina Rice and Frankie Hassett. Prizes were won by Florence Troy and Ethel Edson. Gram. mar department: Neither absent nor tardy, Geneva Dimmick, Dora A, Roberts, Gertrude J. 0. Rockwell, Lottie A. Con- nors, Clarence L. Lasbury, Harry F. Johnson, Clifford s. Wightman; tardy once, Lena B. Ladish; absent one-hali day, Louie K. Parker, George M. Has. sett; absent one day, Christopher Has, sett, Wyla Parker, Henry Pero. Prizes were awarded, George F. Edson, Dora A. Roberts, Alice NJ. McVeigh and Addie M Whiton, for spelling, also to Arthur L. Roberts and Putnam Druley for scholar ship. Number of pupils registered, 29 average attendance, 26.
 On account of stormy weather the school entertainment was postponed unti Tuesday evening. If stormy that evening the entertainment will be held the next fair night. A large attendance is desired
 Geo. D.Shaw has given up his laundry work, as he expects to move to Brook field, Mass, in the near future. While he remains in town he will devote his time to selling the Syracuse washing ma chine.
 Any one in want of farm will dC we'll to read Geo. D. Shaw's adv't
 John Sutherland, who has lived with Geo. D. Shaw for the last three years has gone to live with Donald Jacobs.
 The L. A. s. of the Baptist churcE will meet next Wednesday afternoon fol work, and will serve supper, as usual from 5.3O to 2.
 Record of attendance in the Hyde ville school for the term ending Novem lber 23, taught by Beth E. Sprague Scholars neither absent nor tardy, Nellie Dugdale and Arthur Sherman; not ab sent, but tardy once, Arthur Holmes ab sent but one day, Alice Durham, Maudt Beard, Rose Dugdale; absent but one half day, Isadore Durham, Gertrude Els pig absent once and tardy once, Arthur Smith and Forest Smith; total number o pupils, 28; average attendance, 25.39.
 Remember the Thanksgiving ball by the Stafford Cornet Bandt at the tow1 hall tonight. .@.
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 [Correspondence.)
 The reservoir is full.
 Considerable excitement was caused in our village last Thursday afternoon b! the discovery of fire in the house owned and occupied by Prescott Belcher. Tn, fire was supposed to have originated in ;Iehimney, but was so we'll under way be ffore it was discovered that it was impos tsible to save the hO1sa. Some Rurnit1r,