The Press., 1898-11-17

l nome aT west DOyASJOAs
 Miss Blanche Ramsden Is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Clark.
 The Willing Workers will meet with Frances Alden Saturday afternoon at 2.3O.
 Quite number will go to New Haven Saturday to see the Yale Harvard foot ball game.
 Samuel Bidwell, resident of the town for many years, has gone to reside with his son at Windsor Locks.
 David Bissett and H. o. Butterfied have got some pretty fair strings of birds this week, notwithstanding the scarcety.
 The public schools will close next Tues day for the Thanksgiving vacation. They will resume sessions Tuesday, 18th.
 Mrs. W. w. Lathrop continues to gain, and unless something new sets in she will not lose the sight of the injured eye. She can now distinguish objects, which shows progress.
 Prof. T. F. Jordan has taken the agency for the Quaker Cabinet bath and invites the attention of the public to its merits, as will be seen by local at the head of this column.
 l The woolen manufacturers cannot offer much hope for a prosperous winter. Busi- ness is reported good in the west, how ever, and it Is only question of time when 1t will be here.
 The remaining part of the big Douglas monument, in process of erection at Vest ford, has arrived and three four-horse teams have been transporting it from the car to it's destination.
 The lecture by Mrs. Marble last Satur- urday, though not as largely attended as before, was intensely interesting. The subject, 'Is American fiction true pie ture of American life P'' is in close touch with the subject studied by the Current Events club this season.
 A sad case of destitution is that of little Esther Phelps, ten years of age, of Glyn- begging for money. A complaint has been lodged charging her as being neg lected child, and she will probably be committed to the temporary home al | Vernon.
 E. c. Dennis, Marquis A. Smith and Samuel Rockwell of Stafford have filed a petition in the United States district court that J. D. Armstrong, formerly of Staf ford. be declared bankrupt. J. Warrer Johnson Is attorney for the petitioners.
 They have been cited to appear in court on Monday, November 28, and support
 the petition.
 Rev. R. c. Gragan of St. Edwards
 church performed, at Meriden yesterday
 the marriage ceremony of his niece, Miss Katherine A. Gragan, one of the popular
 school teachers of that city, to George H
 Kennedy, young attorney of Buffalo, N
 Y. He also acted as celebrant in tho
 nuptial high mass, celebrated after thu
 wedding ceremony.
 There will be kirmess for the benefit
 of St. Edwards church at St. Edward's
 hall, beginning next Wednesday evening
 and continuing the next four week -day
 evenings. Musical and literary enter
 tainments, with dancing each evening, ar'
 included in the program of the kirmess
 A list of ten prizes will interest the hold CTS of season tickets.
 Last Monday evening the Current Events club met with Miss Holt, and en joyed an evening entirely devoted tc | Longfellow. The hall was hung with en
 cravings and photographs depicting sub
 jects of this poets writings. An origina letter from Longfellow, owned by Mis- : Holt, with a collection of mementoe from his home at Cambridge, his gray at Mt. Auburn and Grand Pre-, were dis , played as loan exhibit during the socia . hour.
 GRACE CHURCH NoTEs.-Holy Com munion next Sunday at 7.3O 8. m.... .Thos
 practitioners that do not attend church who have not yet sent the rector thei offerings for Diocesan Missions, ,are kindl requested to do so as soon as possible The Woman's Auxiliary are preparing t
 send box to Miss Caisson, of Lenoir, N O., who is doing missionary work among the negroes. Contribution of second hand clothing of all kinds, magazines , picture papers and toys are desired, anC may be left with Mrs. F. l.. Smith an : time within the next two weeks...... The
 rector invites the male communicants t : meet at the rectory tomorrow evening a : 8 to discuss the possibility of organizin : a chapter of the Brotherhood of St Andrew...... Choir rehearsal Saturday a 8 7.3O
 3 "Esmeralda," given Tuesday and WeC . nesday evenings at the opera house t local talent, for the benefit of Grac 8 church, was, as before, a meritorious pro . duction. The play has lost none of fl old time pathos and attractiveness, and l many features was superior to forme - productions. Dr. Smith was at his bes l. and a perfect unselfish, whole-souled ol 8 man. He held the sympathy of the aud : ence in his patient forbearance to his hig 8 spirited Martha, and his anxiety and LII g selfish affection for his pretty daughter ]. Miss Gertrude Chamberlin, in the leadin :, role of Esmeralda," {" proved herself po p sessor:sof much talent. Her interpret, @ tion of the character was well carried ol D and very pleasing. Miss Alice Lhambe !, lin was just what Nora Desmond migl :. have been-graceful, natural, unassuminI > and decided favorite. J. Carl Convers 1t as Brother Jacks friend" Esterbrool r. not only awakened an interest in Nor n but delighted the audience, as it careful 'f noted his growing attachment and final ,, his unique proposal. Mrs. Rogers, Mi t Agnes Mcdonald, well depicted a sel IT assertive, ,high-spirited, ambitious woma 8 with a great gift for managing her famil dIM. O'Halloran was good in the part