The Press., 1897-09-09
A new p,ano is to be added to the eouip

ment of Episcopal church.
 Arthur D. Johnson, of Ellis grocery, is taking a vacation at Lake George.
 Mrs. Chas. Fox has returned from a two months vacation at Castine, Me.
 Mir. and Mrs. B. F. Taylor have re- turned from their summer home at Man. tic.
 Anthony Adams has an attractive new delivery wagon from the Comins carriage shop.
 | Work on Wilmington avenue is pro- gressing. The ledge Is being carved like cheese.
 Mir. and Mrs E. H. Fellow, of Norwalk, are guests of R. S. Converse and wife for few weeks.
 There will be a sermon at the evening service at Grace church hereafter, begin ming next Sunday.
 Rev. John D. Coyle, of St. Johns, New Haven, has presented St. Edwards church with a new black walnut pulpit. William D. Holman and Nelson Towne have exchanged a house in Springfield for one in Palmer, with Hollis B. Dewitt, of that town.
 Lawyer Samuel Fairfield, of New York has been In town this week and Is cOnsid- ering the advisability of returning to this town to practice his profession.
 Rev. R. c. Gragan attended the quar- terly conference at Hartford Tuesday. Rev. Father Dykmans Is attending the assistants' conference in the same city to- day.
 | An orchestra, composed of young la dies, has been organized and its first ap- pearance will be at the musicale to be held at the Episcopal church next Tues day evening.
 The parochial school opened this week with IFS scholars. Sister Gregory has been transferred to St. Johns parish at Stamford, and Sister Carmelita, of Put nam, takes the No. school.
 The registrars of the second district will be in session at H. s. Abel's store next Thursday from a. m. to p. m., for the purpose of receiving the names of those who wish to be made voters.
 Samuel Ferry, who Is contesting the will of his sister Mrs. Smith Page, asks the superior court to have the case con- tlnued The judge decides to-day wheth- | CT the continuance shall be granted. A special effort will be made this year to make the hall exhibits feature of the fair, as usual. A generous amount has been appropriated for premiums. Arti- ticles for this department may be left at Miss Ellithorpe's, on West Main street, and can be called for there after the fair. Stafford. | Almost everyone wears shoes of some kind-those that do not won't care, but those that do will have quite an interest in Hugh Jenkins advertisement in anoth- CT column.
 Miss Minnie Hunt Is spending some time in Hampden.
 Regular meeting of Wolcott Lodge, F. & A. M, this evening.
 Miss Jennie Vanamburg of Gilbertville, Is visiting at Matthew Keefe's.
 Arthur King, of Fitchburg, was guest of MT. and Mrs. Martin Hunt over Sun- day.
 Miss Grace Mead left Monday 10 re- sume charge of her school at Babylon, l.. 1.
 There will be Episcopal services at the town hall next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock
 Mrs. Mary Denison is away for some time, stopping with friends in Hartford and Montville. MT. and Mrs. Asa Smith, of Belcher, town, were guests of MT. and Ms. G. E. Burke Sunday. The open air concert last evening by the band was a complete surprise, but a most enjoyable one. Mrs. Julia Leno, of East Brookfield, g former resident of the town, Is visiting ? her sister, Mrs. Joseph Minor. . Quite an addition to the wool shop ot the Riverside Woolen company Is being built, and still another one Is in contem plation.
 Subject for the meeting of the I. P, S C. E. this evening-"Our Gifts from Goo Our Gifts to God" A cordial invita- ton Is extended to all. : Among the Saratoga excursionists from . this section were Mrs. Jacob Glover, Mir and Mrs. Charles Whiton, Mrs. Henry Gerould, Mrs. Monroe Dimock and Milton ] Smith.
 J. G. Wightman has fitted up a horse . shoeing department in connection witt his carriage business. He has secured ! the services of first t-class shoer and it ' all ready for work.
 There Is to be an invitation dance 1T Spiritualist hall this evening, given by some of the young ladies of the village with Mrs. H. F. Cady and Mrs. E. H
 Pinney as patronesses. The registrars of this district will be 1T = session at H. F. Cady's store next Thurs - day from in the morning until 5 in th' afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the names of those to be made voters. MT. and Mrs. E. Henry Hyde, of Hart Il ford, have been here nearly a week super intending the removal of the family o the Gov. Hyde homestead to their nev
 home at Foxville. The removal was fin
 ished Tuesday.
 The vacation of the ladies' social i
 over, and the ladies have gone to worl . again with an abundance of their popula
 wOrk-quilting. Beside home work, the,
 have orders from Hartford and New Ha
 ven, and work Is expected from othe cities. Their Wednesday evening sup = pers are still good and popular, and the
 welcome everybody.
 The infant class in the Universalist Sun 7 day school, taught by Mrs. E. c. Pinney seems to be one of the popular institu '. tions of the village. Promotions hay
 been made twice during the year, and ye