The Press., 1898-10-13
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l CThe Regist is on sale at the post on1ce each weekly
 Dr. Louis Mason of New York is spend ing a few days with relatives in town.
 Miss Hattie Maynard of Baltic is visit ing her cousin, Mrs. G. Phillips of this | place.
 MT. and Mrs. Clayton Cady are visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. H. F. Cady of | South street. =
 Mrs. Louis A. Kingsbury entertained the Ladies' Missionary society of the Congregational church, yesterday after noon.
 D. H. Clark of this place spent few days last week with F. F. Patten of Staf- ford, and attended the fair on Thursday and Friday.
 The members of the Endeavor society held their regular monthly business meet Ing at the home of Mrs. Frank Williams, Tuesday evening.
 The Biiou Stock company are in town. They present drama and farce in A. O. U. W. hall every night this week, besides other specialties. They seem to be meet ing with very good success. James Lacy, one of the crew on board the Castine, is visiting his father in this place. He brought home as mementoes Spanish bullet, a Cuban axe and piece of one of the Spanish boats that the Castine | helped to sink.
 Last evening in A. O. U. w. hall, the members of the local grange celebrated the 10th anniversary of the organization of the grange in this place. The prog1 am consisted of orations, essays, readings and music. A collation. was served.
 At the Thursday evening meeting at the Congregational church delegates were elected to attend the two days meeting in Ellington this week Wednesday and | Thursday. They were, Lawyer Curtis Dean, MT. and Mrs. H. P. Topliff, Mr. and Mrs. N. c. White.
 George Lacy, a member of 3rd Conn.,, regiment, now stationed at Camp Meade, is home on sick furlough, and 1t is very probable will not return as his constitu- tion is not strong enough to withstand the hardship of 8 soldiers life. He came home just as soon as he was able to leave the hospital.
 | At the evening service next Sunday Rev. MT. Barrett will preach on the sub- ject, "How we got our English bible ' This is subject that ought to be very in. teresting and instructive to all. Last Sun. day he preached a very impressive sermon on the words, "They saw no man save Jesus only"
 Louis Phillips, John Curley, and Frank Mcfarland returned from Flagstaff Maine, last Saturday. They reported having a good time fishing and hunting MT. Phillips brought home deer, whict he shot, weighing 125 pounds and about four years old. MT. Curley brought one about three years old weighing one hun. dred pounds. MT. Mcfarland, notsbeing able to capture deer, brought two very handsome Angora cats. 1 (From another correspondent)
 Mrs. Lucinda Hutchinson of Mansfield is assisting in the care of Martin Parker.
 The protracted meeting held in the Methodist church is of great interest anC well attended.
 There is larger number of scholars il the grammar department of district No. than for five years.
 Samuel House, formerly resident here and soldier in the civil war, was buried in Andover Monday.
 Mrs. Almira Tifft is very i'll of bowe disease, her husband, Jesse Tifft, diec recently of pneumonia.
 Mrs. Betsy Judd is recovering from al attack of the disease to which she is sub ject and is able to be about the house. Rev. s. H Barrett returned from hi vacation last week, consulted a physician Saturday, preached Sunday and Monday was again in need of medical aid.
 Mrs. Dewilda Hutchinson has returned from Providence where she has been care ing for her daughter, Lottie, who has haC serious illness from appendicitis. Miss Daisy M. Ledoyt returned iron East Hartford last week bringing witt her little neice, as her sister Mrs. Cert rude Beebe recently gave birth to child
 Mrs. Sarah F. Eaton, formerly of thi town, but now living with her neice, Mrs James P Stearns, of Andover, has bee quite ill of muscular rheumatism, but , recovering. A. s. PARKER.