The Press., 1900-06-21
Bert souires, who is employed at Am-

| herst, was in town Sunday.
 | An official meeting of the Methodist
 Episcopal church will be held this evening
 after prayer meeting.
 Staiiord. l Mrs. Steadman Williams of Bolton,
 Mass., is visiting relatives in town. 2
 Mise Eaton of Willimantic is guest of
 the Misses Alice and Addie Whiton. Charlie Connors spent Sunday with his
 parents, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Connors. Mrs. Alfred Hill of Somerville, Mass,
 is guest of MT. and Mrs. B. 0. Pinney. Miss Jane Leger of LeominsteI, Mass.,
 spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Ed. Le-
 ger. Miss Florence Chapman of East Or
 ange, N. J. is guest at the Wightman
 homestead. E The Misses Stanton and Hall of Say
 brook are guests of their aunt, Mrs. Hen-
 " Cummings.
 | Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. 5.
 0. E. Tuesday evening-"Our eternal
 destiny" Newton Goodell leader. Henry H. Holtham of Hyde Park has
 been spending few days with his family
 at the Goodell homestead this week. | Joseph Bassett had his finger badly in- iured in the machinery at the Riverside
 mill last Saturday. He was attended by Dr. David.
 Fred Bouthiller of Somersville has pur-
 chased the livery business formerly con-
 ducted by Ed. Leger and is already in | possession. .-
 ! Rev. George Williams subject next 4 Sunday morning at the Baptist church
 will be "Meetness in Heaven" Subject
 for evening, "The sea-"
 Rev. Mark B. Taylor, pastor of the
 Park Congregational church, Brooklyn,
 N. Y., has been the guest of MT. and Mrs.
 Henry Gerould the past week. | MT. and Mrs. Henry Whitford of Willi-
 mantle have been in town this week and
 attended the graduation exercises at the Springs, their niece, Miss Addie Whiton,
 being one of the graduates.
 l MT. and Mrs. w. R. Cronin of Somer-
 vile, Mass, and Mrs. M. Mosley of Will
 braham were guests of MT. and Mrs. Rus-
 sell Colburn over Sunday. Mrs. Mosley
 and Mrs. Cronin are sisters of MT. Col burn.
 | The only change in the teaching force
 of the Pinney school thus far known will
 be that of Miss Stella Ingram, who has
 returned to her home at Leverett, Mass,
 with the intention of not coming back in
 the fall.
 The engine for Glover & Sons grist
 mill has arrived and been put in place.
 It is a handsome piece of machinery.
 The shafting is nearly all in place, and
 the character of the work so far done is
 evidence that the plant will be a complete
 one when finished.
 The game last Saturday afternoon with nine from Staffordville resulted in vic-
 tory for the home nine by score so large
 that we are little timid in mentioning tive believe it was 40 to 4. or some-
 thing like 1t. After all, all 1t needed was
 to have Joe for captain.
 Martin Hunts new house is in the
 hands of the finishers and is fast nearing
 completion. A good share of the grading ! has been done, which adds greatly to the : looks of the building and stops much ad- } verse criticism. It makes roomy, con-
 venient and pleasant two-tenement house. Austin Witt, who has been living with
 his uncle, Rufus Witt, for the past year,
 has returned to his old position as mana ger of the Forbes farm at Byefield, Mass. Henry Goodell is at present taking care
 of MT. Witt's milk business. Mrs. Austin
 Witt expects to remain here some time
 longer.
 .l Captain Needham's ball team met with
 a disastrous defeat at the hands of the
 nine from the Springs last Saturday morn-
 ing, but 1t was no discredit to the young
 sters when the sizes of the two teams Is
 taken into consideration. The boys say { that they are going to try 1t again next Saturday and that they will redeem their laurels.
 | The body of George F. Johnson, who Il died at Hartford last week Thursday, was brought here Saturday and buried beside
 that of his wife in Hillside cemetery. It will be remembered that the funeral of Mrs Johnson, who was @ sister of Geo. Beard of Hydeville, was held only a few was too i'll to be present.
 The Stafford Cornet band, T. V. Short
 soloist and leader, will give the following program at their open-air concert Friday evening:
 . | University Cadet March, T.V Short Overture, "Berlin in Smiles and Tears" A. Conrad Prize Dance and Hick'nut Dance, T. " Short Patrol March, s.Our soldier Boys" T. v shori 3 Cornet solo, with variations w. Short Waltz "Prodigal Daughter" F. BeyeI ' | Medley. Overture. C. ButtHrfiieSo F. ReVoI Star Spangled Banner" T. V. ShOrt l Jordan's minstrels will appear in the l opera house at the Springs next Tuesday evening, and should have good patron age from this part of the town. It is a local organization and the hits will be o 3 more than ordinary interest Nun Cham berlin says 1t is laugh from beginning tt 5 end and he ought to know, as he Is in Ii all over. "Hit the nigger in the head anC {, you get cigar" will be all right anC alone worth the price of admission. Next Sunday will be observed as Chil dren's day at the Universalist church ane : there will be services appropriate to tn, 3 day both morning and evening. Chil ,, dren's day was instituted for the baptism s of children and their dedication to Got : and to good. At the morning servic' l. children will be presented for baptism ant 3 the entire service is intended to make thi 8 It's prominent feature. Special music ha - been arranged consisting of solos, nal, | and female quartets, anthems, etc. Th' [ sermon will be to the children. In tn, 3 evening the Sunday school will present c childreh's day service entitled, "Voice 3 from the Woodland"
 An aggregation of so-called Gypsies !, some of whom are no doubt genuine Gyp f sies, consisting of seven different familie ! from Hartford, Boston, New Jersey, an' h the west, with forty-eight horses, abou l. twenty-five wagons, a legion of children 2 both big and little, dogs, hens and chick q ems. and also few coons, have been en ,- camped on their old ground on the mac f adam road, just below the Jacobsen place !. this week and have changed that usuall