The Press., 1901-12-19

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 Miss Nj E. David will close her milliner, store through January and February.
 Mics Josephine Nenning of Springfield is guest of her sister, Mss Franci' Nenning.
 A special meeting of Ionic lodge, F. S A. M. will be held this evening. Work third degree.
 Miss Kate Lord and Miss Sophia Brown are home from Wellesley for the Christ mas vacation.
 There will be Christmas tree for the children at the Methodist church nexi Tuesday evening.
 Miss Ella Harris of Cambridge, Mass, was the guest of Miss Mary Converse g few days last week.
 The Chicago grocery will be open next Tuesday evening, but will not open or Wednesday (Christmas).
 Mra. w. P. Bidwell and son, W. H. Webster, attended the funeral of rela. tive In Worcester Monday.
 Samuel Heck has resigned his poeitior with M. F. Brown, and M.J. McKernin o1 Rockville is filling the vacancy.
 The Stafford House has been wired for electric bells. Lewis Durham, the attend. ant at Stroud's market, did the job.
 M. F. Brown lost one of his team horses by death last Saturday evening. This is the second horse MT. Brown has lost re. gently.
 Dr. John English has received the ap pointment of assistant house physician al St. Francis hospital of Hartford, and has entered upon his duties.
 Flora Labrash, months old, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Labrash, died this morning from diphtheria. This is the second death in this family.
 Rev. c. s. Davis will speak Sunday evening at the Methodist church on "The advent in art, song and story" The ster- eopticon will be used to illustrate.
 There are four places under quarantine at present for diphtheria- Napoleon Der trand, Wm. Embair, the Leno family and Henry Labrash. Quarantine has been removed from the other families.
 Christmas will be observed at St. Ed wards church by four services. At 5 1T the morning there will be mass and holy communion; at 8.3O, high mass and ser mon in French by one of the La Salett' fathers; at 10.3O, high mass and sermon in English. Vespers and benediction will be held in the evening at 7.30. The Venetian glass blowers had fai patronage at the Young American Ath letic club hall last week. The prize fo the best lady waltzer on Thursday even ing was awarded to Miss Rose Parrizeau 8 pupil of w. H. Hoops, the dancinl teacher. The prize for best male waltze on Friday evening was given to Franl Furness. The winner of the prize fo the most popular young lady on Saturda, evening was Miss Rose Perrizeau
 James T. Warner, 72, died last Friday at the boarding house of Mrs. Carri Needham of angina pectoris. MT. War ner came here from Mendon, Mass. ant settled on a farm near Moose Meadow Later he came to this town and for { time was engaged in the silver plating business, but recently had been employ ed as watchman at Forestville, He leaves six sons and a daughter, none oi them local residents. The body wal taken to Westford for burial Tuesday morning.
 Grace church notes: The Christina festival of the Sunday school will be helt next Tuesday, Christmas eve After short choral service, with the singing o carols old and new, in the church at 2 p m., tree will be lighted in the Sunda, school room, and gifts distributed t those who have attended the school regu larly since Oct. 1. Christmas day ther will be holy communion and sermon at | 8. m. The offering will be for the bish ops fund. All are cordially invited t these Christmas servlces.... Choir re hearsal Saturday night at 7 30 Christmas Sunday will be observed a the Congregational church next Sunday Rev. E. A. Burnham's theme in the morn ing will be "The beauty In Christmas There will be special music by the choir A Sunday school concert will be given il the evening at 2. There will be exercise by the classes, singing by the choir, and short address by the pastor. The Christ mas tree exercises will be held next Tues day evening. An interesting program i being arranged for the children. Tn concert that had been planned has bee given up.
 The following books have been adde to the public library and will be ready fo distribution Friday.
 Circumstances, s. Weir Mitchell 26, The Lion's Whelp, Amelia E. Barr s67 Marietta, A Maid of Venice, E. Marion Craw- The Man from elengarry, Ralph connor sS; S; | The Making Of a Marchioness, Frances Hodgson Burnett, 267 My Lady Peggy Goes to Town, Frances Aymar Mathews, 267 The Portion of Labor, Mary E. Wilkins 267 Sylvia, Evalyn Emerson, 267 The Tory Lover, Sarah Orne Jewett 2b7 Tarry Thou Till Come, George Croly, 26i C-LITERATURE AND THOUGHT. The Education Of the American Citizen, Arthus Twin1ng Hadley 26s To Girls HelOise E. Hersey 26e The sunny Side of Christianity, Charles Parkhurst 26S The Use Of Words in Reasoning, Alfred Sidgwfck 26S E--SCIENCE. Lives of the Hunted, Ernest Seton Thomp- son 2es Twentieth Century New Testament. Part l, The Five Historical Books, 366 Part II, Paups Letters to the Churches, 26e Part III, The Pastoral, Personal, and General Letters and Revelations, 26e How to Make Baskets, Mary White 26e FlTRAVEL. World Of Green Hills, Bradford Torrey 26S G-JUvRNILE. American Indians, Frederick Starr 269 The Cruise Of the CachalOt, Frank J. Butler 269 Fighting Under the Southern Cross, Claude II. WetmOre 26g Madame Angora, Harriet A. Cheever 26g The Outcasts, W. A. Fraser 269