The Press., 1898-06-02
Regular meeting of Woloott Lodge, F.

c a. Ms, bn1S thursday evening.
 Mrs. Albert Packard and family have
 removed to Manchester, where her two
 sons, Elmer and Charles, have already
 established themselves.
 Mrs. John Flndeisen and sister-in-law,
 Mrs. Suess, of Springfield, were guests of
 Mrs. John Brown and Miss Tillie Flndei- sen over Memorial day.
 Ed. Sullivan advertises in another col
 umn for part of harness lost between
 here and the Springs, which he would
 very much like to have returned to him.
 Mrs. Thomas Mcdonald, who has been at the hospital in Hartford undergoing treatment for several days, returned to her home yesterday, and anticipates much
 benefit from the result
 As an evidence of the patriotism of the residents of this section is the fact that Mrs. Simonds sold seven full pieces of
 red, white and blue ribbon from Thurs. day night to Monday noon.
 Mrs. Everett Warren will reopen her Ice cream rooms for the summer next Saturday afternoon, and during the sea- son they will be open each Wednesday and Saturday afternoon and evening.
 Next Wednesday evening, 9th, the per- sonal property belonging to the estate of the late George Puffer will be sold in the town house by Auctioneer Preston. If the property Is not all disposed of on this evening the sale will be continued on
 Thursday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Reuben Burley of Hol- yoke were in town over Memorial as the guests of their daughter, Mrs. E. H. Pin- ney. Mir. Burley returned Tuesday, but
 Mrs. Burley will remain to care for the household of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney,
 while they are away on two weeks out Ing trip to the Rangeley Lakes.
 The Memorial exercises last Friday by the pupils of Miss Smiths and Miss Sprague's rooms, of the Pinney Grammar school, were well attended notwithstand- ing the threatening weather. The pro- gram consisted of patriotic songs and rec ftations by the scholars, while interesting and very touching remarks were made by Rev. A. J. Solandt and W. P. Amadon.
 The twenty-frst anniversary of the birthday of Miss Fannie Peters was made a marked event in her life, by the gather ing at her home last Friday evening of some thirty-f1ve or forty of her young friends of this village, Hydeville and Wales. With music, song and dance, the evening was most delightfully."- passed, the only regret being that the end should so soon come. Abundant refreshments were served. As souvenirs of the occasion, her young friends presented Miss Peters with large handsome portrait, gold watch chain, gold ring, and many other interesting keepsakes.
 Work on this years section of macad- am road is being rapidly pushed, and but for the long spell of rainy weather the grading would have been done before this. If the weather is not too bad, how ever, 1t will be finished this week, and the laying of stone will commence as soon as Monday. With the way these people push things, 1t will only take a few days to do the macadamizing, and then we shall have an open road to the borough. There is just one bad spot on this road that sadly needs attention just few feet below the macadam, that is to be finished, in theI borough, Is low spot that every time 1t rains Is perfect mud hole; so bad Is 1 this place in wet weather that one Is con- pelled to climb up on the bank in order to get around 1t. It is hoped that the l borough authorities will see that this one spot Is made passable.
 The weather on Memorial day proved to be all that could be desired, making the day an ideal one, and either from the fact that pleasant days are so rare this l year, or that the presence of actual war Is In our midst, the day was more gener- ally observed here than ever before. At S.3O Winter Post, together with the band. l arrived and the first stop was made in front of the residence of Mir. and Mrs. B. c. Pinney, whose kind thoughtfulness had provided generous supply of Iced lemonade for the participants in the cer- emonies. On arrival at Hillside cemete- ry, the regular ritual work of the Grand l Army was gone through with, and in ad- l dition, the pupils of Miss Smiths school added much to the impressiveness of the ! exercises. About the most interesting feature of the day was the song, "We are Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp l Ground" sung as solo by little 11-year- old lsadore Dunham of Hydeville, who | was dressed in costume representing l the American flag. So pleased were the veterans with this feature that the little miss was taken into the bus with them and made the balance of the trip, singing l in each yard. Hillside cemetery never looked better than on this occasion; the l grounds were well filled with interested l spectators, while nearly all the graves | showed evidence of being we'll cared for I by loving hands. On arrival at the Street l cemetery, little before noon, about the same program was followed as at Hill- side. Here also were gathered a large | number of spectators to witness the inc | teresting ceremonies. The abundance of flowers in this yard has never before been equalled, many rare and beautiful floral tributes having been sent here from out of town by thoughtful relatives of those who are here sleeping their long, last sleep. On the whole, the day was a perfect success; the weather was delight ful; nature, in her new spring garb of green, never looked lovelier, and the band never rendered better music. In our walks about the different yards on Sunday and Monday, and contrasting their pres ent well-kept condition with that of the neglect of years gone by, we could not but think that this sad, but beautiful ob of Memorial day has been an