The Press., 1898-11-17

Attorney s. B. Harvey of Willimantic visited friends in town Tuesday.
 Regular communication of Ionic Lodge, F. $ A. M., next Tuesday evening.
 The woodwork of the opera house block has been frightened by coat of paint.
 Mir. and Mrs. Alfred Whitley are re- eeiving congratulations on the birth of 8 son. Monday.
 J. M. Leach has been confined to his home with illness part of the week but Is now convalescent
 40. U. w., meeting this evening. The District Deputy Frank Gleason of Willi- mantle will make official visit.
 Mr. and Mrs. W. E. HanleY witnessed the presentation of Shore Acres, with James A. Herne in the leading role, at Boston Wednesday evening.
 Lincoln Athletic clubwill give benefit dance at there hall Saturday evening. Stevens' orchestra will furnish music and Wm. Hoops will prompt. Tickets S5 cents.
 A new time table went into effect Mon- day. The boat train going south in the evening arrives ten minutes earlier and the Block Island train twenty minutes later, both arriving here at TAO p. m.
 There have been several complaints from people who have had packages stolen from teams hitched along the street. People will do we'll not to put their bundles into their teams until they are ready to drive home.
 c. G.. Ellis lost valuable horse on wood lot at Holland last Saturday. The horse reared and fell over backwards, striking his head on 8 stone. A blood vessel was ruptured and the horse died almost instantly.
 There is to be union Thanksgiving ser vice at the Methodist church next Sun day evening. Rev. E. w. Bishop of the Congl egational church will preach, and the music will be by 8 chorous of voices from the combined chOirs of the Metho- dist and Congregational churches. This service will take the place of the regular Thanksgiving day service.
 There has been more tlouble with the Stafford Springs, Union and Southbridge mail route. T. V. Poole has carried mai as long as he can afford to and William A. Foster will now take the route in charge. This route is one of the many bid of by Steel of Kentucky. The price allowed, $1.69 per day, is much too smal for the service expected.
 The Epworth league held very pleas. ant social in the church parlors last Fri day evening. After various games hac been played, the social department served lunch. During the evening the annua meeting was held. Reports were reac from the different departments of work and the following officers were elected President, E. A. Cleveland; first vice president, Miss Clara M. Ellis; second president, Mrs. Arthur Bemis; thirC vice-president, Miss Grace Dwight; fourtt e-president, Mrs. E. A. Cleveland secretary, Willis Reed treasurer, Georg Siswick.
 The attraction at the opera house next Monday evening will be "A Country Mer, chant" with Charles Cowles in the lead. ing role. The play comes highly recon. mended. It was presented at the academy at Rochester Sept. 27th, and the Roches ter Daily Herald says among other com plimentary things ttCharles Cowles il his Country Merchant opened an engage ment at the Academy before large au dience last evening. The piece, from tn pen of Mckee Rankin, while not new has the charm of all plays of its eharac ter. The simple stories of old fashione, country home life are never tiring: ant Country Merchant possesses much tha is charming. The characters are true t. life and the situations are pleasing, run ming from serious to comedy just enougl to make one feel happy throughout tn play. There are some things that are ir resistibly funny" Seats are on sale a Abel's. The play was given in Hartfor, last night, and to-day's Courant says ''The play Is well written and mounted and Charles Cowles plays the role of tn country merchant very well. His sup port was adequate"
 The Stafford Floral company's green houses, under the care of John Hether ington, show blossoms fit for June, not withstanding 1t Is now November. MI Hetherington does not know all there 1 about raising flowers, and says that h gets new ideas every day, but the condi tion of the various departments show tha the long experience he has had in tn business has given him a first-class know edge of how to get results. The houses under his direction, have been rearrange this summer. A new ventilatlng appa ratus has been added, and other improve ments made. The largest of the thre greenhouses is given up almost exclu sively to the culture of pinks. Thi house Is 125 feet long, and gives ampl room for the many different varieties There are plenty of blossoms at present and the cOlOrs range from white to dee crimson. The different varieties hay distinctive names, and of these the Hele Keller, Daybreak, McIowan, Oneid' and BoutOn dor are deservedly populai In this department are few chrysanth mums. The collection Is not large, bl there are some fine specimens. M Hetherington has been experimenting raising mushrooms. He hasa bed ( these peculiar plants about 100 feet lonl which are doing very well. The produt finds ready sale at city hotels at $1 p' pound. Noticeable among the rare plant in this department are the Norfolk Islan pine, the rubber plant and the sago plan from which sago Is secured in it's vii state in Australia. One of the small' greenhouses, so feet long, is used fc | S14v