The Press., 1898-11-24
Miss Gertrude Wightman with her

brother, Bert, are enjoying the annua Thanksgiving vacation with relatives a Hebron.
 Mrs. George Ginhold is anxious to sel or rent the Cunningham farm at the Vii lage and will give some one genuin bargain.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. G. Beebe, Mrs. E. c Pinney and Mrs. E. H. Pinney went t. Springfield Monday to see Maud Adam in "The Little Minister"
 Rev. John Cameron, who has been sup plying the pulpit of the Baptist church is giving the greatest satisfaction anC making many friends in the village.
 The appearance of Rev. George L Thompson in the pulpit of the Universal ist church last Sunday was greeted witt quite large audience of his townspeople who expressed much satisfaction with tht sermon and service.
 Thanksgiving will be observed in the Universalist church next Sunday morning and will take the form of 8 children's Thanksgiving service, with the childrer doing all the singing, and also an address to them. In the evening the subject will be, "How the Bible Grew" l The ''Mother Goose" entertainment, which was postponed Saturday evening on account of the severe storm, was given in the town hall Monday evening and was a decided success in every way, the hal being well filled. The costumes of the children were most pretty and unique iI design, and the characters were unex. ceptionably we'll sustained. Miss Cady and the children have reason to congratu. late themselves on the favor by which their entertainment was received, and the verdict of the audience was that it was simply marvellous how such little tots could be trained to that degree oi perfection. The net receipts will amount to about twenty-three dollars, which Miss Cady will use to provide material for bet. ter efficiency in teaching.
 Thanksgiving, with its feast of good things and annual home-comlngs, is, with seeming greater rapidity, once again with us. The day promises to be very quiet one in this place, as only few of the ab. sent ones have returned for the annual family reunion, and but small number of our people will take their Thanksgiv- ing dinner in other places. We have heard of only one large gathering, which is to be party of seventeen with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Cady. This annual day oi thank offerings has peculiar significance at this time, in as much as it's anniversary brings with it many things to be thankful for-thankful that the war with Spain is over, and that the ambition of the United States is to be satisfied with littIe less than the whole earth for it's new colonies ; thankful for the magnificent fall weather we have been having, every day of which makes the dreaded winter so much the shorter; thankful that our village enjoys the honor of being the home of both the state representatives this year; thankful that the two best mills in town for the operatives, the Riverside and Phoenix, are located in our vicinity, but, above all, thankful that there are some men who can make more money in buying and sell ing wagons than they can in buying and selling pigs, for wagons are easier to handle, you know.
 Report of the 2inney Grammar school for the term ending Friday. November IS:
 Grammar department, Miss Mary E. Smith, teacher-Pupils perfect in attend ance. Willie A. Brown, George A. Col burn, Harriet E. Druley, Isadore J. Dun- ham, Gertie Espig, Morris N. Green, Maude G. Hulett, Clarence J. Lasbury, Maggie O'Keefe, Matthew O'Keefe, Ger tie Roberts, Gertrude J. 0. Rockwell, c. Walter Sears, Clifford s. Wightman :; absent one-half day, Jennie Dimmock, Arthur H. Hall, Alice M. Durham, and Christopher Hassett; absent one day. Nellie s. Hulett. Prizes for scholarship were awarded to c. Walter Sears, Annie M. Peters, Gertie Esplg, Isadore J. Dun ham; for spelling to Maude G. Hulett, Christopher J. Hassett, Isadore J. Dun ham; for penmanship to Clifford s. Wightman, George A. Colburn, Nellie s. Hulett. Number of pupils registered, 24; ; average attendance, 23. 24.
 Second Grammar, Miss Beth F. Sprague teacher-Pupils neither absent nor tardy, Elsie B. Espig, Lillie Roberts, Charlie Dimmick, Harold B. Pinney, Arthur A. Sherman, Earle Walbridge. Number of pupils registered, IS; average attendance, 1928.
 Intermediate, Miss Gertrude Wight man, teacher-Pupils neither absent nor tardy, Lena B. Laaash, Clifton H. Col burn not absent, but tardy once, William F. Remmert, Thomas Fletcher, Frank Hassett. Prizes for spelling were award ca to Gertrude Peters, Lena B. Laflash, William F. Remmert. Number of pupils registered, 23; average attendance, 38.
 StaffOrdville.
 A union Thanksgiving service will be- held at the M. B. church on Thursday morning at 10.3O. Rev. J. A. Solandt will preach the sermon.
 The primary school closed Friday. Pupils neither absent nor tardy Viola Rock, Ruth Duncan, and Gladys Phelps; absent only one half day, Fred Taylor absent one day, Willie Smith.
 The Epworth League of the M. E. church will hold fair on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, December 21 and 22. Fancy and useful articles will be for sale and an entertainment each evening. Admission free.
 West Stafford.
 The school in district No. 15, taught by w. H. Dunbar, closes today.
 Mrs. B. A. Wilbur spent part of la st week with friends in Thompsonvllle.
 Nelson Bliss has returned to Athol. after spending the summer at W. P. Pease's.
 Miss Eugenia Ellis has returned to her home after spending several months in El1innknp