The Press., 1899-11-23
James Wood has returned from a trip

to Boston.
 William Tuthill visited friends in Spring field over Sunday.
 Mrs. J F Chamb rlin Is i'll at her home on East Main street.
 Grant Foster visited friends in South bridge over Sunday.
 Miss Gertrude l. Butterfield is visiting friends in Springfield.
 Mrs. John M. Leach Is spending few days with friends in Hartford.
 Regular communication of Ionic lodge, F. & A. M., next Tuesday evening.
 Samuel Maine has been i'll and confined to his home for the past few days.
 The young mems literary and social circle held 8 meeting, as usual Tuesday evening, but did not have debate.
 Walter Remmert was in town the first of the week. Mir. Remmert has exchanged his hotel near Meriden for hotel at Yan- tic.
 Louis Panciera of Westerly, R. l., is spending few days in town, visiting his cousins, Antonio Zanolli and Peter Pan- ciera.
 Mrs E. L. Burr is visiting friends in Monson. Mrs. Burr attended the golden wedding of MT. and Mrs. E. P. Newton in that town Monday evening. The little daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. Burke fell while playing in the basement of the school house, Tuesday, and frac- tured her forearm. She was attended by Dr. Sullivan.
 Mr. and Mrs.ssW. H. Snow of Holyoke have been guests of MT. and Mrs. John Foster. MT. Snow is superintendent of the Holyoke gas works, and came here for few days hunting.
 Owing to the advance in prices of horse shoes, nails, etc., the blacksmiths have found it necessary to advance the price of shoeing. The scale of prices will be | found in another column.
 The new drop curtain at the opera house was used for the first time last Fri day evening, and the new parlor scene by the same artist was also in use. Both show artistic ability of high order. | u one day this week upside down in the bed of the stream just below the Central woolen company's dam. MT. Gary is un- able to explain how it got there. | Arrangements have been completed for gander horseback ride this evening. About 30 will participate. The plan is | for the company to take a horseback ride out for few milea and return to town for chicken supper at the Stafford house.
 At this years fair, for the benefit of Grace church, to be held Dec. and 6, the farce, "A Straw Man," will be given each evening, and on the 2d evening | there will be an additional attraction, viz. sacred singing by MT. and Mrs. A | D Norcross and MT. c. F. Orcutt, all of | MOnson.
 The room at the Springs house former Iy used as laundry has been fitted up as a bar-room. This gives the room a con- venient entrance from the street without the necessity of going through the hotel. By this arrangement the billiard and pool
 room is away from the bar, which will be appreciated by many patrons of the house.
 Duffy's Jubilee at the opera house last Friday evening did not draw a large house. There were some good features | in the entertainment, but as a whole it was rather weak. The company carries good orchestra and the instrumental musical features rendered were quite pleasing.
 l A controversy has arisen between FL mer Blair and family by the name of Clark, who have recently come here from Charlton. MT. Blair brought their house. | hold goods here, and is holding them for | the payment of his charges for doing the moving. The Clarks say that he agreed to move the goods for $15, and now wants $27. MT. Blair says that he agreed to
 move the goods for $15 if they did not ex eed 5000 pounds in weight, as was rep
 resented to him. He finds that the goods
 weigh over 1000 pounds, and does not
 consider the chargeex cessive.
 The first entertainment in the high
 school course will be Monday evening,
 Nov. 27. The artists engaged for the oc.
 casion are the "Scharwenka Trio" and
 Addie Chase Smith, reader. Judging by
 the press notices that these entertain
 ments have received ill other towns anc cities, the attraction will be well worth attending. Course ticket holders can gel
 their seats checked off at H. s. Ahel's
 clothing store. Those who take single
 admission tickets will have chance al
 the chart three days before the attrac tion. The course reserved seat tickets ] including three entertainments, $1.25 , Single admission reserved seat tickets 50 cents.
 One of the prettiest of home wedding 5 was held at the residence of MT. and Mrs S.. J. Ramsden of South Main street, Pal mer, at 5.30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when their only daughter, Blanche Ethel
 became the wife of Dr. Lucius Franci Eaton of Stafford Springs. The room !, were tastefully decorated for the occasion white and green predominating. In tn
 hall evergreens adorned the stairway witt D pleasing effect, and the parlor, where tn
 ceremony was performed, was a flora b bower of cut flowers, palms, evergreens
 and potted plants. The ceremony wa simple and attractive. At the time ap Il pointed Miss Alberta l.. Eaton, sister o 8 the groom, began the wedding march an @ the bridal party entered the parlor, usher - ed by Albert L. Wiley of Worcester ant ; EQWln E. BrOoKS or Falmor. The l1ttl
 flower girl, Carrie Leather of Gilbertville
 led the way bearing the golden circle t in basket. The groom was attended b. . Richard M. Fisk of Stafford Springs a n best man, and the bride by her maid-o
 honor, Miss Kettle A. Wiley of Worces . ter. They were met by the officiatin T clergyman, Rev. F. P. Harrison, and u fair picture was formed beneath the arc q of evergreen, frightened here and ther u by bits of flower color, and bearing SUI '- pended from it's center a star of smila
 and white carnations. The bride wore e gown of white lansdowne en train, wit e trimmings of silk and lace, and carrie 4 twenty-three white roses. The bri1i veil was caught with lilies of the valle, U The maid of honor, Miss Nettie A. Vile '. of Worcester, was attired in white organ ,- die over green silk and carried whit n pinks. At the conclusion of the ceremt