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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-26

Mr.. Otto H. Tittman. superintendent
Of the Coast and Geodeuc Survey. has
several men out making surveys and
will send more. Last year the Atlantic
Coast States and the western coast re-
ceiyed a large share OF attention. In
land investigations are now being
pushed more than usual Mr. TIttman is
q fine scholar and q persevering scien-
list. His able assistant is Mr.. Frank
VALLEY Perkins.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-26

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REDDING.
FAIR TO AID CHRIST CHURCH.

FAIR TO AID CHRIST CHURCH.
 The ladies of Christ church will give a fair and festival on the lawn of the rectOry, Thursday evening, August 21. Articles useful and ornamental will be on sale. Refreshments will be furnish ed at reasonable prices. An interest ing program will be given. The cele- rated gypsy soothsayer, Madam Sonia Tschaikowsky, will be present to tell the fortune of those who desire to pry into the future. Mrs Randolph Brad ley will sing some of liner beautiful SO- los. The well-knOwn reputation of the ladies of this historic church should insure large attendance, es- pecially as the object is to raise funds for the benefit of the parish.
 MT and Mrs B. P. Sanford are re- joicing at the advent of a young son, who arrived in town August !.
 The infant son of MT and Mrs Robert Nichols died on Saturday, the 9th, and was buried in the EastOn cemetery on Sunday.
 D. s. Sanford has exchanged his An gOra goats for some sheep.
 Mrs H. Whitehead will commence her new house soon and expects to move in before winter.
 Prof Sherman and wife of Mt Yer non are. visiting his parents.
 Miss Emma Reid is spending a few days with Miss Alice Driggs in New Canaan.
 Rev B. R. Evans is taking a much needed rest of three weeks.
 Robert Brinsmade of St Louis is wis iting his aunt, Mrs J. c. Read.
 Mrs Stephen Sanford is entertaining her cousins, Mrs Pierce and daughter, of Chicago.
 Mrs Stephen Sanford fell, Monday,
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SOUTH BRITAIN,

WILL NOT MOVE THE sCBOOLHOUsE. At the special school meeting held, Monday evening, 1t was voted not to move the school house as it is impossible to get suita ble place for it, without process of law or paying an exorbitant price for it. A good location held for $500.
 Mrs o. P. Williams is entertaining a friend. Mrs NtckerSOn has returned to Bridgeport, after g. visit at her daughters, Mrs w. E. Mitchells.
 ". F. Judson of New Haven spent Sunday with his father. D. H. JudSOn.
 Miss Ruth Mitchell entertained the whist club on Wednesday afternoon.
 Master Ned Bradley has returned from a visit to New York.
 Born, August 8, son to MT and Mrs Charles Luff.
 Q. P. William and D. 0. Platt have returned from camping trip to Hatch's pond.
 MT and Mrs Eugene Williams of Hartford were the guests of Rev H. Dewitt Williams over Sunday.
 Madam DeWolfers and Miss DeWolfers of New York are spending few weeks at.D. F. Pierce's.
 Mrs William Fenn. and Mrs Fred Fenn of Shelton spent g few days in town, last week.
 o. s. JudsOn has returned to A. D. MunSOn's after couple of weeks in New York. Mrs Bryant and baby of New York have re- gently visited her sister, Mrs Charles Man. vile.
 Miss Allis of Wallingford is at S. L. Pierce's
 Miss Anna Pierce Is entertaining friends from New York.
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GEORGETOWN.
NEEDS ATTENTION.

Some of Georgetown's streets are sadly in need of.repair. We would re- fer especially to the strip of road nOrtherly for about an eighth of mile from Georgetown station, also the road in West Main steeet from the grounds of A. H. Davis .-northerly to Church street Ond especially at the foot of the road which leads up to the Methodist church. Some day it will not be sur prising is our towns have bills of dam ages to meet for accidents which are extremely liable to occur at these pla- ces. We hope that very soon some thing may be done to make the roads reasonably paSSable.
 A series of Sunday evening services are being delivered at the Methodist church on "Life." The topic for Au- gust r is Crowded Lives;'' for Au- gust 25, "Ideal Lives;' for August 3l, "Alive or Dead: Which?'
 Miss May Wheeler is guest in town.
 AlOnzO Osborne was visiting in Georgetown and sang in the morning at the Methodist church and in the ev- ening at the Congregational church.
 On Thursday evening, August 21, A. Lincoln Kirk of Port Jervis, N. Y., will give readings and recitations at the Methodist church. MT Kirk comes highly recommended. excelling eSpec- ially as character imperSonatOr. Popular prices. A unique, original and refined entertainment.
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NEW FAIRFIELD.
MRS BRADLEY DURGY

 Mrs Bradley Durgy, about 75 years old, died suddenly on Sunday night. She had appeard to be n her usual death.
 Rev MT Hutchings has occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church for the past three Sundays.
 Miss Florence Post was taken to the Danbury Hospital, last week, and had an operation performed for append icitis: She is in promising way to speedy recovery.
 The infant child of Ezra Ballard is seriously ill and is attended by Dr Oley of Danbury.
 Uncle Ruben Palmer is the oldest person in town, being about 96 years old. He has been seriously i'll but has recovered so that he says he 'feelS like tearing everything all to. pieces. Attorney Bates family of Danbury have been late in getting to their sum mer home, but are now well settled. George Prindle, who occupied Miles DiSbrOw'S tenant house for few days, has moved into A. B. Brush'S red l house.
 H. w. Browns barn at East Lake was struck by lightning, during a re- cent thunder shower.
 Mrs SOpnla Iurrell nau COW SCruck by lightning recently.
 One of our West Center farmers was done out of S2 bill in slick manner, recently, by .Danbury woman.
 Miss Charlotte Knapp of New York is visiting her mother, Mrs Rachel Knapp.
 Floyd Wood of Bethel was calling on friends in town on Wednesday,. MT and Mrs John Myers entertained friends from Danbury on Sunday.
 Mrs Adelia Nickerson is having a family monument erected in the Meth. OdiSt cemetery.
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Improvements will soon be made on the house of the late Mrs Mary Fair child, which will be occupied by B. s.
 Miss Julia Plumb is spending a few weeks in Orange
 MT and Mrs N. B. Curtis have been making brief stay with out of town relations.
 Miss Jessie Cook entertains Mrs House and Miss Cora Beers.
 Mrs F. B. Baldwin has entertained out of town friends.
 Harry N. French of Wesleyan col lege is spending portion of the sum- mer vacation here.
 A number of summer bOarderS are at Nelson Hubbell's.
 Mrs O.. J. Thorpe and Miss Louise spent few days, last week, in Bridge port and New York.
 Miss Cora Beers of Bridgeport spent a few days with Miss Jessie Cook, last week.
 MT and Mrs N. B. Curtis spent Sun day in New Milford.
 Miss Julia Plumb is visiting relatives in Orange.
 Miss Alice Shelton has returned to her home in Booths Hill.
 Harry N. French has returned home for the remainder of the summer.
 George Woods spent Sunday in this place.
 Miss Agnes Cornwall is visiting Miss Elizabeth Curtis.
 The friends of Robert Brooks are glad to see him able to be out once more.
 A musicale will be given Friday, the 10th, at the home of N. B. Curtis, under the auspices of the Christian En- deavor Society. The program will consist of vocal and instrumental solos, recitations, and selections on the vio- lin, mandolin and banjo. Cake and cream will be served during the even- ing for ten cents. Admission l5 cents. If stormy the musicale will be held Saturday evening.
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friends in Waterbury for few days.
 Mrs Walter Hawley and son, Frank, have gone to Long Island for a week $ stay.
 visited Mrs A. Angevine.
 Gold Star" Java and Mocha coffee in one pound cans, 25 cents. The best coffee on the market for the price. A coupon in every can entitling the pur- chaser to a present. For sale at w. N. Hurd's. Mrs Sylvester Wheeler of Bridgeport visited Mrs A. Angevine and Mrs H. B. Levitt, this week.
 Mrs Herbert Clark, who is i'll, is not gaining as rapidly as his friends had hoped.
 Elliot Beardsley, who lost his dog recently, thinks it was poisoned.
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week with friends in Yonkers.
 Mrs Charles Bronson and daughter, Emma, have been visiting relatives at CannOns station for few days the past week. - uCharles Bennett is the happy father of nice baby boy, who arrived Au- gust 8.
 MT and Mrs Robert Holmes spent Sunday with Mrs Holmes parents, MT and Mrs James Griffin.
 It is with deep regret we hear of the serious illness of Mrs Uriah Grif- fin.
 The friends of Miss Belle Carter are pleased to hear that she is improving slowly
 Miss Kitty Dykeman of Waterbury spent'last week with her aunt, Mrs Henry Griffin.
 Mrs Orson Dykeman of Waterbury is visiting friends at West Bedding.
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LONG HILL.
BRIEF LOCAL MENTION.

BRIEF LOCAL MENTION.
 Mrs Owen has returned to her home in Meriden.
 Mrs Eliza Bissell and daughter, Miss Bernice Bissell, of Shelton, have been spending few days with her brother, Frederick Shelton.
 A most enjoyable time was had by the Methodist Sunday school at Pine Rock Park on Wednesday. A beauti- full day added much to the enjoyment.
 Irving Dayton and Ernest Sherman have been repairing the Episcopal church, which was damaged by light ming some weeks ago.
 Rev and Mrs Spencer Bray of Sauga- tuck are expected to be in town soon, for a few days.
 Stephen Libby substituted at the station, one Sunday, in absence of the agent.
 An attachment was placed on the coach @ owned by N; w. Ray@ond, which h shop. Sheriff Doolan of Bridgeport made the attachment.
 White Loaf flour S4.75 per barrel; B pounds of extra c. sugar is what cash does at w. N. Hurd's grocery store.
 Mrs A. N. Bronson and daughter, Lois, were recent guests of MT and Mrs R. O. Beers.
 Albert Ellis was called to Bridge port, Tuesday, by the severe illness of his mother.
 Mrs B. A. Pixley has returned from a two weeks visit with friends in Greenfield, Mass.
 Miss Cl ara Hall, who was quite i'll the first of the week, is much better.
 Mrs Jane Haugh, who has been vis- iting friends here, has returne d to her home in New Rriuhton N I
 Mrs 1T. B. Levitt returned, last Fri day, from a visit to her brother, Leroy Clark, of Hoyden's Hill.
 Mrs Fred Keinard of Springfield, Mass, lis a guest of Mrs H. E. Levitt. MT Keinard spent Sunday with his family, returning home on Monday.
 Miss Florence Angevine is visiting
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church will hold a lawn party, Friday evening, on the lawn at the home of Howard Mackenzie, Grassy Ridge. An orchestra will furnish music and fish pond will be another attractive fea- ture. Cake, ice cream, lemonade and peanuts will be on sale.
 Rev B. Mariett of New Haven preached at St Thomas church, Sun
 A. Morgan has leased the small building on Center street. formerly used as an insurance office, and will fit it up to be used by hlm as store.
 Clarence Burr of South street has en- tered Stillman Business college in Dan- bury.
 Mir and Mrs John Wassing of Strat-- ford have been the guests of MT and Mrs A. B. Lockwood.
 William Lane, who has been sO- journing with friends in Kingston, N. Y., the past month, has returned home much i'm proved in health.
 The Gospel meetings which were con- ducted by Rev B. M. Smith of Anso- mia, came to close last week. Rev K. K. Hawley and wife with other speak CTS conducted the mee ting. Their singing of few selections was much enjoyed by all. Much regret was ex l PlVOGCO OuUu MI hJAhAOh SooAN AAoo AsA N remained longer.
 Mrs Charles Jackson entertained friends from out of town the past week | The Ellis Wood Working Co. are very | busy filling their orders. They dc some very handsome work and it will pay any one to give them call.
 Charles Jackson and wife called or MT and Mrs Thomas Bristol recently
 Mrs Benjamin Reed and daughter Nelly, and Mrs w. Lane visited friends at Ridgefield, last week.
 Mss Beatrice Mead pleasantly en- tertained friends from Bridgeport ant Orange, N. J.
 Charles Jackson, the congenial anc hustling manager for the B. c. Plat Co.,, is busy filling orders for the nev buildings that are being contsructe' at Bedding and other places. Charles is hustler. Any one will be treated we'll that give him call.
 Mrs Henry Gilbert entertaine friends last week.
 Rev MT Crockett of New Milford de livered an interesting sermon at s Thomas, Sunday last. We hope tha the Bethel people will extend him call to fill the vacancy of MT Morra]l
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while at Putnam Park, and dislocated her shoulder. Drs Reid and Smith set the dislOcated member.
GREENFIELD HILL.
THE DEERF1ELp DISTRICT.

THE DEERFIELD DISTRICT.
 Miss Emma Mellen of Bridgeport, has visited her aunt, Miss M. M: Burr. at her cousins, H. A. Nichols, in Jen- nings' Woods.
 Miss Charlotte Bradley is spending a week with party of young people at Fairfield Beach. Mrs William B. Nicholsgave birth day party to the little girl from New York who is spending the summer with
 MT and Mrs s. T. Bulkley and son have been guests at T. B. Bradley's.
 MT Buddington of Bridgeport was day.
 Rev MT Holman of Southport Occu- pied the pulpit, last Sunday morning.
 Madison filling of Newark, N. J., is guest at R. Whitaker's, this week.
 A party of young people from Con- gress street are in camp at Pine Creek, this week.
 Miss Ada Jennings left, Wednesday, for East Northtield, where she will spend few weeks attending the confer ence.
 MT and Mrs w. H. Brown are enter taining friends from New York. Miss Lura Banks of Norwalk is guest of her sister, Mrs John c. Lobdell.
 Mrs J. O. Lobdell and son are spend ing the week at F. l.. Staples.
 Edward Hull and friend were at Dea J, H. Hull's over Sunday.
 Miss Warehouse of Fairfield is the guest ot her grandmother, Mrs William Bradley.
 Uriah Perry & Sons have Franklin Banks new barn nearly completed.
 DC. Smith has returned from g weeks visit with relatives in Danbury
 MT Koos and family and Mrs Hasse of New York are spending a part of tht summer at the home of W. N. Bronson There was an interesting game o1 baseball at the Country club grounds Saturday afternoon, between thu Greenfield and the West Ends O Bridgeport. The score was 13 to 3 il favor of the West End nine.
 Miss Clara King is visiting friend : in Philadelphia. Mrs Morris Andrews of Weston i visiting her mother, Mrs Lewis Burr Albert, the infant son of MT ant Mrs Curtis Taylor, who died from spin al meningitis, last Thursday, was burie' Saturday afternoon. c. E. Kicker is visiting friends il Boston.
 Miss Edith Banks is spending par . of her vacation with her aunt, MT David Smith.
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STEVENSON.

PROSPECTING FOR SITE FOR NEW
 DAM.
 The Housatonic Power Go. have men at work prospecting for the new dam the same as last year above the Jack son place.
 Maggie and Mary O'Connell are home from South Norwalk for vaca- tiOn of two weeks.
 Mrs James O'Brien of Bridgeport is visiting her parents, MT and Mrs Wal ter Bradley.
 Miss Bertha Bennett of Bridgeport spent few days, last week, with MT and Mrs Stiles LOveland.
 Frank Beebe of Boston has been viS- iting at c. B. French's for few days.
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Miss Edith Benham has returned to her home in Waterbury after 10 days visit with her cousin, Miss Lois Flaw ley.
 Miss Edith Sherwood of Hartford has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs Fred Wooster
 Miss Gertrude Stearns of Baltimore is making her annual visit in town.
 Miss Bessie Bedell of Jacksonville, Fla, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs B. J. Buckingham, left last week for New York, where she will be the guest of relations for a few weeks before returning to her home.
 Miss Grace Haw1ey of Nichols has returned to her home after few days visit with Mrs Albert Coan.
 A son was born on Sunday, August, 3. to MT and Mrs Charles Willard.
 Mrs O. G. Beard of Long Hill has spent a few days with her mother, Mrs N. B. Nichols.
 Miss Mabel Wooster has been a re- cent guest at the home of her grand parents.
 Mrs Sarah Betts is enter taining> a number of guests from Bridgeport Miss Rena Gladding of Middletown has been spending few days with her cousin, Miss May Bailey.
 Miss Phebe Beard, who has been visiting her aunt, Miss Louise Nichols, has returned to her home in Long Hill.
 Miss Eleanor Buckingham of Bridge port is visiting her cousin Miss Lois Hawley.
 The ice cream sale held in the Con- gregational church, last week, was con- tinued two evenings owing to the un- pleasant weather. All the cream was disposed of and avery Sd tisfactory sum realized.
 Dan Morgan, who has spent a part of the summer with his grandmother, has gone to the shore for two weeks. . The picnic of the Congregational Sunday school will be held at Walnut Beach, Milford, Wednesday August 20. Carryalls will be provided for all the the members of the Sunday School who have no other means of transportation.
 Carl Rehnberg left on Tuesday for Maplewood, N. H., where he expects to assist his father with his business for a few weeks.
 MT and Mrs E. s. Hawley and B. R. Hawley and Miss Lois Hawley attend ed the funeral of their uncle, John Latin, in Stratford, on Sunday after noon. Several friends of MT Latin from this place also attended.
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solos were well received. Mrs Randolph Bradley of Bedding favored the company with a solo which was received with a hearty encore.
 George Edwards thinks he has about 800 bushels of potatoes now on hand, besides the large number he has al- ready delivered to his customers in Bridgeport and vicinity.
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OUR NEIGHBORS-
BETHEL.
A PAGE OF HISTORY.


 The following account of the ordina- tion services held in the First Presby- terian church in this place may be an interesting page in history. It VII! De noticed that the names Of places nave since been changed. The names pl persons present in the Council on Ine occasion may yet be familiar to some of the older people now living. A true copy. Bethel, November 30, 1791, John Ely, A. M., was set apart for the work of the gospel ministry by prayer and the laying on of hands of the Presby- tery. Present in council on the occa- sion: Rev Izrakiah WetmOre and mes- senper, Abraham Brinsmade, Esq, or Stratford, Rev Nathaniel Bartlett and Lemuel Sanford of Bedding, Rev Ell sha RixfOrd, Desdate Silliman of New Stratford, (Monroel Rev David Ely and. Capt John JudsOn, of Ripton, (Huntington), Rev Stephen D. Steb- bins and Dea Isaiah Brown of Strat- field, Rev Timothy Langdon and Dea Joseph P. Cook of Danbury, Rev Day i'd Higgins and Dea Seth Ely of Lynne Also Dea Seth Sealy of New Felds' Dea Ephraim Hubbell of New Fair. field, Dea Abraham Camp of Brook. field. The solemn work of ordination was performed in the following order, viz: MT StebbinS presented the dOfngs of the council, MT Wetmore made the first prayer, David Ely preached the sermon, MT RixfOrd made the Ordain. ing prayer, MT Bartlett gave the charge, Mir Langdon gave the right hand of fellowship. MT Higgins made the concluding prayer. MT Ely wal the second pastor ordained and wal dismissed June ', 1904.
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HUNTINGTON.
DEATH OF JOHN k. LATIN.

DEATH OF JOHN k. LATIN.
 News was received last week of the sudden death in Logansport, Ia., of John R. Latin of Stratford. MT Lat tin was a resident of this place for a number of years and leaves a number of friends here to whom his death came as great shock. He has been a trusty employee of the c. w. Blakeslee & Sons, contractors of New Haven, for the past 16 years, and has spent great deal of his time in different parts of the United States where he has had charge lof their: work. MT Latin was 65 years of agel and lis survived by one son, w. N. Latin, one daughter, Mrs Elmer BeardSley.
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MONROE.
FEW VOTERS REGISTER.

At the meeting of the registrars of voters, L. Dwight Lane, on account of illness, appointed Dwight M. Burr at the meeting in Town hall and Howard H. Wheeler at the session in Stepney to act as deputy registrars. But little interest was taken and light regis tration of both parties was the result.
 SCHOOL TOPICS.
 The school visitors held a session in the Town hall on Monday, August II, for an examination of teachers. Miss Helen W.>DimOn was assigned to the Eastern district and Miss Blanche B. Sterling tOthe Walkers Farms district.
 Mrs F. Wales and son are visiting Miss Hollister.
 F. w. Wheeler and Miss Jessie Wheeler were at Cedar beach on Sat- urday and were entertained by MT and Mrs D. A. Nichols of Shelton.
 Miss Agnes Smith of YOnkers visits Hobart E. Beardsley's. Miss Goldsborough and friend attend ed the dramatic entertainment at New. town, Saturday evening. Some of the townspeOple commenc- ed getting hay for L. D: Lane, Tuesday Mrs Lizzie Wade and child have been | | Douglass.
 The infant child of H. A. Curtiss is reported to be improving. | Mrs Hyde, mother of B. B. Hyde o1 Brooklyn, is at Alex Sinclair's.
 Charles Banks Nichols and famil, will leave, Saturday, for weeks vaca tion at Cedar beach.
 George Machen has moved in thu chambers of James McDermott and ii employed on the steam mill of J. A Birge in White Hills.
 Il A horse belonging to Benjamin s Hurd was quite badly cut by breakinl through a bridge near M. w. JOhnSon's $
 Miss Ethel J. Wales is assisting he brother as cashier in his restaurant il the Park City.
 Rev MT Everest of Huntington oc cupied the pulpit of St Peters churcl on Sunday in exchange with Rev M Goldsborough. He preached an inter esting sermon from the text Eph. 5: 2I 30.
 l Adolph Aran, who is soon to move t New York, has sold some young cattl to George s. Hawley. E. E. Johnson found his faithfu horse, Prince, dead in the pasture som days ago.
 Representative Wales and Delegat Shelton have received invitations t the legislative clubs reunion and bar quet at Pleasure Beach, August 27.
 PhilipJ. Jones entertertained hi } son-in-law, James Stone, of Aurora . Ill.,, over Sunday. B. Hawley & Co.'s famous coffe f takes the lead. It is seldom equallet 5 Sold only by B. Hawley x Co.
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WEST BEDDING.
CHTRCH NOTES

CHURCH NOTES. The Cottage prayer meeting was held at the home of James Knapp on Thursday.
 Miss Maud Bronson is spending
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DEATH OF MRS A. T. SANFORD.

Alice H., wife of Allen T. Sanford of Center street, died in Westport. Sun day morning. Mrs Sanford had been sick for a number of months past, and had been taken to WeStport a few weeks ago in hopes that she might re- gain her health. The deceased was 50 years of age and a woman held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. The funeralServices were held at the house, Tuesday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock.
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HAYWOOD DISTRICT NOTES.

Lewis White and family of Danbury passed Sunday the guests of s. P. Smith.
 Misses Lottie and Mary Whitehead were in New Milford, last week.
 The Morris Lyon homestead was ap- praised, last Saturday.
 Mrs George Starr and children are visiting friends in Woodbury.
 The MesSrS Edwards of New York City are guests at A. L. Baldwin's. Miss Susie Baldwin has returned home after a course of study in one of Massachusetts famous summer schools.
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NICHOLS.
THE METHODIST PICNIC.

THE METHODIST PICNIC.
 The Methodist Sunday school will picnic Thursday, August 21, at Walnut Beach. All friends are cordially invit- ed to join with them ,and enjoy days outing at the shore.
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SCHOOL TOPICS.

The school visitors held session in the Town hall on Monday, August II, for an examination of teachers. Miss Helen W.>Dimon was assigned to the Eastern district and Miss Blanche B. Sterling tOthe Walkers Farms district.