The Press., 1898-06-09


 | MT. and Mrs. W. A. King of WILL mantlc were guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. D. Cady over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. E. Fl. Pinney left Satur- day afternoon for a 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 Wightman, will close for the summer vacation, Friday, 17th.
 K. O. Pinney's large stock barn Is re- ceiving a 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 a 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 assertion, 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 Q consequence, outsiders were treated to a very enjoyable concert.
 There Is no question but what the peo- pie of Ellington were very we'll 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 8 scene that will vastly more than pay you for your trouble in getting there, take a 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, Mrs. E. l.. Lyon, Miss Mary L. Vaughn, Miss Mattie Irwin, Miss Mammie Harri- son, Miss A. V. Dextee, Donisicia Virril- to, Al Signore Yvonio s. Angelo, Al Sig nore Carmino Onofrio.
 The war may have q bad effect on some kinds of business, but evidently 1t has not affected the carriage business of J. G. Wightm2n, 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 sonal property belonging to the estate of 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. sOuthwen overtuTe. "Hot stun" Boos Romanza, "sylvian Spring. Crowther Schottische, ''My Marie, c. K. Bray schot tische. .,song and Dance" Rw. Ham Medley, "National Airs" Ripley
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday for work, and the work on this occasion will ho fO eyiva tho ohrroh o oaDaroI olaorInc 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 of ten cents will be charged
 Last Saturday evening, as Rev. T. c. Druley and Jarvis Hyde attempted to cross the street from Halls market, they were struck by bicycle going at an Eddie Bald speed, and both men and rider were thrown to the ground. Fortunately none . received serious injuries, but the escape : was a 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, ln fact, we all enjoy seeing them go through the village, but when they go tearing been shot out of a cannon 1t ceases to be pleasure for anyone. It is only short time ago that A. D. Cady was struck and , badly hurt, while a week ago Sunday a . rider, In order to avoid a collision, tried ' to ride straight through George Hassett's barber shop. We have no sidewalks and are obliged to use the streets, but we dc 1t at the risk of life and limb, and unless . there is @ stop put to this reckless riding
 some day will witness a fatal accident 1T our midst.
 Judge Seagrave Smith, 70, a native anG former resident of this place, died at his
 home, 1515 Hawthorne avenue, Minneap oils, Minn., Friday morning, May 18th , after a long illness of diabetes. Judg, Smith was the son of Hiram and Mary A
 Smith, and was born Sept. 16, 1928, 1T @ the house now owned and occupied by . Phil Ensminger at the Village, in which @ house he lived during the early part O s his life. He attended the district schoo f winters until the age of fifteen, when h, 8 was placed under the instruction of Rev n George W. Pendleton, who at that tim'
 was pastor of the Baptist church, where d his people were regular attendants. In y conversation Monday evening with Rev e F. L Batchelder he said that Rev. MT Il Pendleton was a very able man and mos @ eloquent preacher, more so than anyon a who has ever supplied the pulpit of thi B church. After studying for some tim' l. with MT. Pendleton, young Smith entere'
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