The Press., 1897-12-23

Episcopal services will be held in .tha town hall next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 Milton Puffer Of Willimantic, made q visit to his old friends here the latter part of last week.
 Mrs. Sampson Hulett and son, Jesse, have moved to Wales, Mass, where they formerly lived.
 The Universalist Sunday school will hold their Christmas tree exercises on Friday evening.
 All three departments of the Pinney Grammar school will close tomorrow for one weeks holiday vacation.
 Mrs. William Potter was called to Hampden Sunday to attend the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. George M. Corey. '|
 Roswell Warren has been having seri- ous trouble with his eyes, and is under the treatment of Dr. Ellis of Monson.
 The Ladies' Aid Society will meet next Wednesday for work and will serve their usual supper from 5.30 until o'clock.
 Mrs. E. c. Pinney is suffering with one of the unfortunate ills of life, in the na- ture of an acute attack of rheumatism. which confines her to the house.
 The Baptist Sunday school will hold their Christmas entertainment, consisting of concert and Christmas tree, at the church Saturday evening. Concert will commence at 7.30. %
 The Christmas sermon at the Univer- salist church Sunday morning will have for it's subject Greatest of Knights" " In the evening there will be special Christmas vesper service. ... Miss Bertha Druley, from the Boston Kindergarten School of Instruction, and Elmer Druley, from Tufts college, will both be at the Universalist parsonage over the Christmas holidays.
 About the best place in town to get your feet warm is in Chamberlin's stage. If you don't believe it try 8 ride with him some cold day and see If you don't come to the conclusion that his electric heater just about fills the bill. -2 -a--'. -":
 Stafford Grange is preparing an enter tainment which will be given the first week in January. They have made arr Grace church society, at the Springs, who will present the comedy, "Tulu," which was received with such favor on its pre- sentation at the borough near the first of the month. Full particulars will be given next week.
 At a regular meeting of Stafford Grange, held last Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year ; w. M, J. M. Larned j; O., Luther CTaws ford L., Miss Mabel Edson; s., Frank Lasbury; A. S., Miss Mamie Lord: C., O. w. Sanford; T Mrs. Ellen Weston !; s., Mrs. Clara Beard; C., Mrs. Walter Ellis; F., Mrs. J. c. Crawford; F., Miss Hannah Larned; l.. A. S., Mrs. MatHe Lasbury; organist, Mrs. Lottie ". Cady |; insurance committee, James Lasbary, Wesley Bradway, J. M. Larned execu- tive committee, O. w.. Sanford, J. w. Witt, James Lasbury; finance committee, John Larned, o. W. Sanford, Jacob Glo- yer. .-' '.",. l perienced men for driving oxen, they can do no better than to engage the services of Will Lasbury and E. H. Pinney, who fully demonstrated yesterday their ability in this line. They had about the same kind of success that Harvey George had one day last summer with MT. Johnson's horse and a wagon with barrel of water for load, in the orchard back of sMr. Pinney's~ house. When they came Ae IIyoking up they seemed to have better success with one OK than with two, butS perhaps. that may be their way, though with Eds advice to Will to keep his eye on the of OK, SO as to tell which was which, they finally got them together. And, then again, their considerations for the feelings of the oxen, for rather than make them back up to be hitched to''the heavy wagon, they kindly draw it up to them, and on their return they took the same way of getting the wagon back iu the shed. But with the instruction given them by the ladies as how to drive, they got away, and returned with one of the handsomest Christmas trees ever seen h this section.
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 MT. Hall, the Wales butcher, will move to the Hollow next week.
 Miss Mabel Dodds has taken aposition in the Summit woolen mill.
 Harry A. Ledoyt has been quite sue. cessful in bird hunting of late. .;
 The Home Reading Circle will meet al w. F. Peel's on Tuesday evening. ..
 The Summit Woolen Company are changing on to fine grade of kerseys.
 E. J. Duncan and Miss Anderson, oi Monson visited c. A. Duncan last Sun day. ...- 7 Frank Ledoyt went to South Amherst Mass, 8 short time ago, on his wheel. He returned on four wheels. s
 Christmas Sunday will be observed nex Sunday, at the Congregational church by special Christmas music and sermon.
 The Christmas tree and Sunday schoo entertainment of the Congregations a church, will be held Friday evening al 7.45.
 The M. E. Sunday school will have { Christmas tree at the church on Frlda. evening. They will have Christmas concert on Sunday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. C.. H. Van Natter hay, gone to Brooklyn to spend the holidays with their relatives. There will be nt services at the NJ. E. church next Sun day, the following Sunday Rev. ]. I. Bar tholomew will preach in the afternoon.
 The fair held by the Home Reading Circle last Wednesday and Thur sda, evenings was we'll attended and all wer' we'll pleased with the free entertainmen each evening. The fancy goods wver readily disposed of, netting the soeiet, over $50. xs r. a1. -. .as.s | Weat Btafford. "a. ,.. . --r@