The Press., 1897-05-13
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Timothy tO'Shea, of New Haven, ii visiting friends in town.
 l :, Remember the auction sale. of the J. J Sullivan house on High street, Saturday at 1 P. m.
 < Dr. Fox, of Willimantic, called or friends in town Saturday. After his re turn, on his way from the station to his home, he was thrown from his team anc had g leg broken.
 t. Miss Liilian W. Fowle will graduate IT June from the Sioux City High school She will then; retqrn, to her home at the Springs'H House accompanied by her friend Miss Josephine Ross. F. -. Applications. are beginning to come ,if for rooms at the Springs House for this season, and indications are that the sum. mer business will show a substantial. in. crease over last season. ;. The ladies of Grace church will hold g treceptlon in honor of the Rev. MT. and Mrs. Martin In the Sunday school room, oh Wednesday evening, from to 9 o'clock. A full attendance Is especially desired. .rfx. Stafford.
 Dr.i Fred. .Batchelder and wife, of Bos. ton, were at the Baptist parsonage over fSuhtiay. .. , 3subject for the meeting of the Y. P.sS c. E. this evening-"Why Love Jes6s.' All are invited.
 : The Mission Band will meet at the chapel of the Baptist church, Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs. Martin Hunt is in Fitchburg, Mass, on a two weeks visit to her daugh- ter, Mrs. Arthur King. Es <" -
 Amos Moore, of Worcester, a son -oi the late Albert Moore, Is a guest of his uncle, Rufus Witt, for several days.
 R. c. Beebe returned yesterday from his, winters sojourn in the south, and is looking to be in the best of health.
 Mrs. Henry Gerould' expects to leave next Tuesday for two weeks visit with Rev. and Mrs. ,Chas. H: Puffer,at Salem, Mass. '-.' ,.;.. j
 Miss Mary E. Smith,: Of the Pinney Grammer school, attended the State Teachers association at -Greenville, last Friday. ....,'a,t
 MT. and Mrs. Charles George enjoyed pleasant carriage drive last Saturday and spent Sunday in sufield, with Mrs. Georges brother. ..
 Henry Saxton's steam saw mill was moved last week, on to land belonging to Ezra s. Colburn. They are saving Wm. F. Coney's lumber.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist churchwill have their regular meeting for work next Wednesday afternoon, and their customary supper will be served from 5.3O to o'clock.
 At business meeting of the Y. P. $. c. E., held last Thursday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing six months: President, Mrs. Annie Black vice-president, Mrs. Thos. Johnson; se- cretary, Roswell Warren.
 The bands May dance, last Thursday, was quite we'll attended, but not enough so to make 1t success financially, the receipts being just ten cents short of enough to meet the expenses. The party was much enjoyed by all who attended.
 Last Friday being Arbor Day 1t was quite generally observed in the different departments of the Pinney Grammar school. Miss Smiths room was closed on account of her absence at the State Teachers' association at Greenville, but in Miss Sprague's room exercises appro- priate to the day were held, and Miss Dnk 1IDs lesson by taking them out into the woods in the afternoon.
 Speaking of the Glyn reminds us that 1t contains one of the show places of the town. In our walks through there these pleasant mornings it is noted that ''Shady Dell" has began to take on its summer garb, and promises to outrival former years in it's childish attractions. So no. ticeable has 1t become, through the in. genulty of the children, that 1t Is eagerly looked for by all passing by, and it is re. marked that no discrimination Is shown for color in regard to dolls.
 Two more ornamental shade trees were planted on the school house grounds last week. They are of a variety called striped leaf birch, and, as before, E. C. Plnney ordered them from a Norwich nursery, through F. N. Crane. They are set in front of the building, one on each side of the walk leading up from the street. By the way, MT. Pinney has been very much of benefactor to future gen. erations in the matter of shade trees, all of those in front of his residence, running nearly down to the corner, and on the op. posite side of the street running the other way, having been set by him, as we'll as that row of handsome Films at the Glyn which were set twenty-one years ago this spring, and were as large at the time as a good-sized bean pole. Nearly everyone will remember Ira Sisson. It seems that Mir. Pinney made a contract with Ira to when he delivered them MT. Pinney, be. ing a little curious to know where he got them, said, "Ira, where did you get those trees?" Ira quickly replied, "I got them trees all oT from my farm, and some oi them long ways CG, too. We omit Ira's adjectlves, but Mir. Pinney was satisfied
 The community was startled Tuesday to learn of the sudden death, from heart disease, of Charles H. Roberts, of Hyde, vile. which occurred about o'clock in the morning. MT. Roberts, in company with two of his sons and Mir. Bates, had started for his days work on a nearby wood lot, and had got only a short dis. tance from the house, when he suddenly grasped, or attempted to grasp MT. Bates coat, but fell and expired almost instant. ly. Mir. Roberts was born in Palmer Mass, January Sd, 1889, but had resided in this town for nearly fifty years, during which time he has been good citizen and