The Press., 1900-12-27

! visiting friends In town tnis WeeK.
 Harry Converse has taken position with the electric light company. I Wm. B. Gary, the detective, of Phila- delphia, Is visiting relatives in town.
 Owen Pomeroy of New York is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Newton.
 A New Years supper will be served at the M. E. church next Wednesday at 6 | D. m., by the Ladies' Aid society. Hos- tesses, Mrs. James Fitton and Mrs. Frank
 Willis. .'
 About 40 attended the german given by
 Miss Maude Odell George to her pupils in Macabee hall Tuesday evening. Butter fields orchestra furnished music and the evening passed very pleasantly.
 A peculiar case was brought before the
 borough court last Saturday by Samuel
 Mattesen of Wilmington against Charles E. Nichols of the same town. The plain tiff seeks to recover for transporting creamery milk cans to this town to be re- paired two different times. The defend ant introduced a bill for grain as set-off. Judge Parkess reserved his decision. Lawyer J. H. Reed appeared for the de- fendant and Lawyer Danahey for the plaintiff.
 Regular meeting of Wolcott lodge, F.
 & A. M., next week Thursday evening.
 All departments of the Pinney Gram
 mar school will resume sessions next Wednesday.
 The addition of fresh coat of paint and
 new blinds gives Mrs. George Thompson's
 house greatly improved appearance. Rev. George Williams of the Baptist
 church will preach the sermon on watch
 night" in the Methodist church at the
 Springs. +-e..s +-. The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
 church will hold their annual meeting for the election of officers and work next
 Wednesday evening. The usual supper will not be served on this evening.
 Fishing through the ice has commenced :, and the fishermen are having good suc- cess. Owen Kelly caught handsome
 string of twenty eight pickerel few days ago, ard we know that they tasted full as we'll as they looked.
 Pastor Willia ns' subject on Sunday
 morning will be ''The end of all things" Evening subject, "Men and things, or the march of the 18th century," Special
 music by the choir. At the close of the evening service communion will be held.
 Edmund Roberts and son, Arthur, were
 home over Christmas and had their house. hold goods all packed on two of Bolieau's large wagons, and at 2.30 this morning
 the teams started for Chicopee Falls
 where the family will make their future
 home. .
 Fred Glover will run his 'bus down tc
 the Springs tomorrow evening to accom-.
 modate those who wish to attend the on. |, tertainment by Culhane, Chace & Wes
 tons minstrels, and would like to have
 those who desire transportation notify him before night. .." One of our local fox hunters, who has
 the reputation of being one of the best IF tells good story about himself. He was out after brush one day this week
 when Reynard came into full view and not over two rods away. Of course he 3 supposed he had an ''easy mark and up s with his gun and dred-the fox Is running 8 yet; not a shot touched him.
 H. F. Cady's grocery team was stand 5 ing in front of Dell Needhams house or Christmas morning while the man ir
 charge was inside taking orders. There
 was a wood-sawing machine in the real of the house, and when, it started up tho , horse never stopped for a moment to in vestigate the matter, but started on flu
 rious run towards the Hollow. As h. came dashing by the hotel everybody ex pected to see a bad smash up, but thu I' horse went straight for the front of th'
 store and stopped at the post just a.
 though that was his ordinary, everyda, Il way of returning from his trips.
 # Christmas was more like day in earl, @ spring than a winters day. Overeoat f were not in great demand, and there ap peared to be more people out-of-door ,s than there were inside. Quite a numbe from out of-town were at home for thu n holiday and many large and pleasan ,t family gatherings were held. MT. an. 10 Mrs. Charles Whiton, as near as we cal
 count, must have entertained about six
 teen at their Christmas dinner, and ther were number of other reunions nearl e as large. Among those from other place ]. who were in town were: Miss Lucy John Il son of Willimantic as a guest of Mis- Mabel Whiton, Elmer and Miss Berth Il Druley of Boston at the Universalist par ). sonage, Miss Fife Dunbar of the Ney e Britain normal school with her parents a 10 Hydeville, Claude Pinney of Yale at tn lc Jenkins of Warren with relatives, MI
 and Mrs. Reuben Burley of Holyoke wit le MT. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney, the Misse h. Blanche and Annie Shippey and Herber r. Shippey of Woodstock and Miss Hanna st Black with MT. and Mrs. F. J. Glover i'd There were probably number of other h. of whom we have no knowledge. All tn f. Christmas services at both the Baptis t. and Universalist churches drew large an aft we'll pleased audiences.
 lgI Staffordville.
 a Fhe ladies of the Epworth leagu of cleared above $6O on their fair. IS Lester Brewer and Miss Ida Lock G. were married on Christmas night at as o'clock by Rev. 0. A. Purdy, at th 8, house of William Smith.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Congr, gationsl church will meet in the vestr - this afternoon and evening. Supper fro