The Press., 1898-04-07
sOMERs.

uo uASu SCuOol CAOSCu lIL1S Week lOF d
vacation.
Rev. Mr. Price of New Haven, occupied
the pulpit Sunday.
Miss Edith Hurlburt is home from
Smith college for the Easter vacation.
Ernest s. Fuller returned to Monson
academy Wednesday, having spent
weeks vacation at his home in town
Chas. Edison Of Putnam was the guest
of his sister, Mrs. A. j. Slayton, over last
Sabbath
Ned Gardner and Miss Helen Hamilton
of Springfield, visited friends in town last
Sabbath.
The pupils of the Industrial home for
the Blind. Hartford, Conn, will give an
entertainment and exhibition at town hall,
Thursday evening, April 14th A feature
of the programme will be 1.-The triumph of
invention over crime-state VS.. Schwartze"
mock trial in which young blind people
will appear in all the leading parts.
The Ladies' Aid society meet Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Chas. eager. Social
for the young peaple in the evening.
The Bush farm in North Somers was
sold at auction Tuesday, to James Delan-
ey for $3.50.
Miss Hannah Newton, 70, died at the
old Newton homestead last Thursday OF
typhoid fever, after an illness of two
months. Miss Newton has been resident
of this town for many years Three
brothers survive her DIR. G. B. Newton
of Stafford SPRINGS, Samuel Newton of
Trenton. Mo-, and DIR. Davis Newton of
Woodbridge, Cal The funeral was held
from her late residence Saturday afternoon
and the interment was in the west GEM
etery.
Paul Ricketts,, oldest son of Rev. G. H.
Ricketts, of Norwich, formerly of Somers,
who has been very i'll with pneumonia, is
convalescent.
TOLLAND.
Henry Green has moved into the Luclus
s. Fuller house.
Burt L. Waldo has moved his family to
Mapping, where he has position.
John Fosket, who recently sold his
place near West Wellington to Ernest M.
Goodell, has bought the place owned by
Benjamin Green, which he expects to oc-
cupy soon.
Miss Katharine Nj. Agard is at home
Holyoke college.
Raymond A. Fuller OF Worcester. Mass,
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. L. s.
Fuller.
Ar,oro; ID Wb;4an 30 yvor4s,Jd M.
spent Sunday at calvin Whiton's. He
sang palm Branches" AS a tenor solo
very acceptably at the Congregational
church Sunday morning He also sang
two selections at the Christian Endeavor
meeting Sunday evening.
Mrs. Dwight H. Webster is suffering
with rheumatism of the eyes.
Michael Rieaskey, who lived on Grants
Hill, died quite suddenly Tuesday MORN
ing. He was taken i'll Sunday afternoon
and DR.. Simmons was called Monday
morning, when he was beyond help. Being
unable to decide the cause of death de-
finitely, DIR. Simmons assisted by Drs.
Flynt and Gilnack of Rockville perform
ed post morten examination Tuesday
afternoon.
Rev. A. Fl. Post is at Clinton, N. Y,
for two weeks. Rev. Howard H. Pope
of New Haven, representativ of the Home
Missionary society of Connecticut, will
occupy the pulpit of the Congregational
church next Sunday morning.
The Endeavor society will hold a social
at Calvin Whiton's on Friday evening.
All will be welcome.
The Farmers institute which was held
in the town hall Saturday was quite
largely attended and proved very interest
ing. The morning session was opened by
Hon. Edward E. Fuller, who presided
and gave the address OF welcome; and
then called upon Prof. G. S. Phelps of
Storrs college, who gave some practical
ideas off Forage crops" After COLA
tion furnished by the Tolland grange the
afternoon session was called together by
the presiding officer. Mrs. Loren NJ Reed
sang strangers story" after which, i'm
the obsence OF j. H. Hale of Gaston-
bury, who was to have spoken on Fruit
culture" DR.. Mayo, Veterinarian at Storrs,
gave an address, the subject of which WAS
"How to examine horse for soundness."
Mrs. w. N Simmons then sang very
sweetly ''Only an ivy leaf. which was fol-
lowed by recitation by Miss Daisy
Wilton. Miss Maude Knapp who was to
have given q DEMONSTRATION lecture on
cookery was unable to be present, and to
fill this vacancy, MFs. G. +. Phelps of
Ssorrs, read q very interesting paper on
''Some studies for the district school," A
question box closed the exercises of the
day. FLORA.