The Press., 1898-06-09

mantle were guests or MT. ana Mrs. A. D. Cady over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney left Satur- day afternoon for two weeks's outing at the Rangeley Lakes.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s. O. E. this evening "Christ's Mission on Earth.'' All cordially invited.
 The school at the Village, taught by Miss Gertrude Wlghtman, will close for the summer vacation, Friday, 17th.
 E. 0. Pinney's large stock barn is re- ceiving fresh coat of paint of an entire change of color. Willard Harrington is doing the work.
 Mrs. L. G. Winter, who has made her home for the past year with Mrs. Lydia Wilson, Is away on two weeks visit to friends in Wilmington.
 Clayton E. Holmes of Hydeville was granted divorce from his wife, Eva J. Holmes, on the ground of desertion, by the superior court at Rockville Tuesday.
 The warm weather has been productive of good in more ways than one-it com pelled the Grange to open their windows Tuesday evening, and, as consequence, concert.
 There Is no question but what the peo- pie of Ellington were very well pleased with our band when 1t was over there last year, as they have written to engage their services for the Fourth of July next, and the band will probably go.
 Miss Bessie Williams of Hydeville left Tuesday for New York and sailed from that port yesterday on the White Star steamer Britannia for her old home in England. She will spend the summer in England, and will return to this country next September.
 If you want to look at scene that will
 vastly more than pay you for your trouble
 in getting there, take walk up to the residence of Mrs. James Holbrook one of
 these pleasant June mornings, and you
 will say that earth presents no fairer
 picture than can be seen from her front veranda.
 Unclaimed letters in Stafford post office J. M. Peck, D. Rhoades, Eugene Love- land, c. !. Danoher, Henry o. Works, l Mrs. E. L. Lyon, Miss Mary L. Vaughn,
 Miss Mattie Irwin, Miss Mammie Harri- l son, Miss A. V. Dextee, Donisicia Virril- to, Al Signore Yvonio s. Angelo, Al Sig , nore Carmino Onofrio.
 The war may have bad effect on some ) kinds of business, but evidently 1t has
 not affected the carriage business of J. G. Wightmcn, when he can sell six new and
 two secondhand wagons, together with } two or three sets of harness, all inside } of forty eight hours, which Is his record since the pleasant weather struck us.
 Rev. c. H. Puffer of Salem, Mass, has been in the village several days this week
 and last attending to the sale of the per- sonal property belonging to the estate oi the late George Puffer, and has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Henry Gerould.
 MT. Puffer supplied the pulpit of the Uni
 versalist church at Monson last Sunday.
 Weather permitting, the band will give an outdoor concert this evening with the
 following program:
 March, Dundee" G. SouthWell March, "El Captan," SOusa Overture, "Hot Stuff," Boos Yale, "TWO-Stop," Baar Romanza, ''Sylvtan Spring., CroWther SchOttische, My Marie" c. E. Bray March, "Bride Elect" SOusa Schotttsche, A'Song and Dance," R. w. Hall Medley, 'NaC1onal Airs, Ripley
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday for work, and the work on this occasion will
 be to give the church general cleaning
 up. The young men of the church soci- ety are invited to attend and lend their assistance in the heavy portion of the work. In the evening the hostesses will furnish one of their customary good suppers, for which the small sum ot ten cents will be charged.
 Last Saturday evening, as Rev. T. O. : Druley and Jarvis Hyde attempted tc cross the street from Halls market, they : were struck by bicycle going at an Eddie Bald speed, and both men and rider were 3 thrown to the ground. Fortunately none received serious injuries, but the escape was 8 narrow one for all concerned
 Now, no one has the least desire to cur tail in any way all the pleasure that bicy , clists can get from their riding, and, II fact, we all enjoy seeing them go through the village, but when they go tearing ' through the square as though they haC been shot out of cannon it ceases to bC pleasure for anyone. It is only shor
 time ago that A. D. Cady was struck ant ,, badly hurt, while week ago Sunday . rider, in order to avoid collision, trieC ; to ride straight through George Hassett' barber shop. We have no sidewalks ant 3 are obliged to use the streets, but we d, 8 it at the risk of life and limb, and unles there is stop put to this reckless riding
 some day will witness fatal accident il |. our midst.
 Judge Seagrave Smith, 70, native an' | former resident of this place, died at hi : home, 1515 Hawthorne avenue, Minneap : oils, Minn., Friday morning, May 18th , after long illness of diabetes. Judg Smith was the son of Hiram and Mary A
 Smith, and was born Sept. 16, 1928, il e the house now owned and occupied b : Phil Ensminger at the Village, in whicI e house he lived during the early part c IS his life. He attended the district schoc f winters until the age of fifteen, when h s was placed under the instruction of Rev n George w. Pendleton, who at that tim
 was pastor of the Baptist church, wher d his people were regular attendants. In y conversation Monday evening with Rev Je F. L Batchelder he said that Rev. MI Il Pendleton was very able man and mos @ eloquent preacher, more so than anyon n who has ever supplied the pulpit of thi a church. After studying for some tim