Connecticut western news., 1898-11-24
GREAT HARRINGTON.

The selectmen of this and bordering towns have been engaged the past week in perambulating the town lines. The law requires the work to be done every ] five years in order to see that all the bounding stones and markers are in place.
 Mrs Ralph I. Taylor received a letter | from her husband last week, saying he had arrived safely at San Francisco and will soon leave for Lincoln. Neb. where his sister Mrs George Mclean resides. | Charles Abbot of Lee, who IS returning with Mir Taylor from Alaska is said to be in poor health. This is part of the expedition to the gold fields of which | Mir Emmons is member. So far as Taylor and Abbot are concerned the search for gold has been failure A union Thanksgiving service will be held to-day at the Methodist church at 10.30 a. m. The sermon will be by Rev M. B. Snyder of tue Methodist so- ciety. The custom of holding union service on Thanksgiving day of Congre- gational, Episcopal and Methodist peo- pie has prevailed for many years. The pastor at whose church the meeting is held always gives the sermon. A missionary service was we'll attend cd Sunday evening at the Methodist church.
 | Adam Howard, who died at Sheffield last Thursday aged 81, formerly resided in this village.
 A dispute over the location of the post office is prevailing at Afford. The office which was established in 1929 has been kept for many years at the village store. But now Postmaster William Kelsey has moved it to his house in 8 more remote part of the town. Charles R. Brewer has purchased the Phillips place on Christian hill A new section of building lots has been opened at Berkshire heights.
 The Housatonic Valley Methodist Ministers Association which fourished for several years but has been suspend ed since last winter is to be revived. A at the Methodist church in this village early in December.
 George w. Parish, who has been in ] poor health for some time, died Sunday at his home on Elm court in this village | aged 83 years. MT Parish was born al North East, N. Y. in April 1915. In October 1887 he married Miss Harriet Hinman of Afford who survives him | During the greater part of his life he has resided at West ockbridge, Afford, | Egremont and for some years ip this village. He was a member of the Con- gregational church at West Stockbridge centre. For several years Mir Parish was an expert authority on fruit and the growing of fruit trees. He is sur vived by five sons and daughter They are Herbert b and Seymour Fl. of Ct. | Burlington, Theodore of Housatonic, Nelson B. of Pittsfeld, Martin, who is Tn the West, and Miss Dorothea of this village. The funeral was attended from his late residence Tuesday afternoon, Rev l.. D. Bliss officiating. The burial was at Afford village.
 | Merritt l. Wheeler has bought the s called Alger house and lot on South Main street.
 Frederick Shackles, who has been ir the employ of H. K. Bull for three years, has resigned and will remove tc Toronto. Canada.
 Baldwin's Band gave a most excellent concert at the Town Hall on Friday evening, which was we'll attended con sidering the stormy night. After the concert dance was participated in til | II o'clock.
 At W. B. Fasig & Co.'S annual sale O horses, held in Madison Square Garder at New York on Monday, the b. g. trot ter "Great Harrington" 2.23f by Pus sianeur-Reai, was sold by Montevidet stock farm to N. w. Hubinger of New Haven, Conn. for $2, 100.
 A double wedding was celebrated a St. Peter's church Tuesday morning The parties were Edward Collins ant Miss Katherine Carroll snd William Oschman and Miss Teresa Carroll. Int brides are sisters. They were similarly attired, both wearing navy blue broad cloth with white chiffon trimmings and ribbons. A wedding breakfast wal served after the ceremony. After few weeks wedding trip the couples vii live in Ct. Barrington.-Springield Re publican.