The Press., 1902-12-25
The Misses Sarah and Mary Agard art

nVt0o AOk kkO OuAkStk1to4 N0S1lAOAAs Miss Alice D. Eaton of Willimantic is at her uncle, A. s. Eaton's for Christmas and the remainder of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. o. Burdick have commenced housekeeping in their sew home.
 Miss Myrtle l.. Brown of Springfield, Mass, is spending Christmas week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Brown.
 The first lecture in the series to be giv- on by the Young Mems club of Stafford vile, which was to have been given last week, will be given in the Congregational vestry on the evening of January 2.
 The short farce, which was presented both nights of the Methodist fair, was one of the best things of the kind ever given in that church. The tone of the play was moral, and the parts were all well taken. Miss Grace M. Booth, as Aunt Susan, from the country, supposed to be deaf, was especially good, convulsing the audience with laughter when she ap- peared in her thew fangled bunnit" The fair was financial success.
 The Christmas exercises of the Congre- gational Sunday school will be held in the church Christmas night at 30. The fol- lowing program will be presented: "Hail The Day." choir; Scripture reading, su- perintendent song, "Oh, We Love the Merry Christmas" children; recitations by the children; duet, soprano and alto, 70 Holy Babe of Bethlehem" Misses Myrtle and Eva Brown: "The Angels song," children; reading, Willie Phelps; song, Beautiful Star,n Maude Brown recitations by the children; anthem, "Who Is This That Cometh ?" alto solo, Mrs. Roberts; tenor and alto duet, MT. Harrington and Mrs. Roberts; reading, Herbert A. West; bass solo, MT. Agard reading, Miss Lottie Cooley; distrlbu- ton of presents from the trees. | West Stafford.
 Harry Pownall has purchased 8 driving horse.
 Harry B. Stafford of Dartmouth college Is at home for the holidays.
 Miss Gertrude Barlow Is entertaining her brother, D. R. Barlow of Southbridge.
 MT. and Mrs. A. G. Barlow of Vest ford were guests of their sons here on Monday.
 The Sunday school will be made very interesting next Sunday. The annual election of officers takes place.
 Miss Nellie Holmes has entered the hat shop with her sister, Grace, who be- gan work there about month ago.
 The annual meeting of the Second Con- gregational Ecclesiastical society will be held in the church vestry Friday even- ing at 7.30.
 Tuesday, Miss Josephine Newell and Miss Caroline Neff, teachers of the Gen. ter school, had two Christmas trees for the benefit of the pupils and the interest of the children's parents.
 Miss May Bradway, teacher at Orcutt- vile, gave her scholars straw ride Tues day afternoon and supper at her home. After the supper the scholars were taken to the parlor, which was darkened When the lamps were lighted Christmas tree containing present for each scholar was before them. It was very enjoy- able occasion for the thirty scholars who attended. sa.s4zs47-.ss--.- | As usual, Christmas exercises will be held in the vestry of the church Thursday evening. The cantata, "Mine Host, Santa Claus,' will be presented by the young people and children of the Sunday school. After the exercises presents will be distributed from two trees. Great ercises helpful and interesting. All are cordially invited.
 Christmas exercises will be held at the Congregational church next Sunday af. ternoon. Rev. H. T. Barnard will speak upon the coming and mission of Jesus Special music will be rendered as follows Solo and chorus from "The Nazarine' by the choir; Salvation Comes To-day, by Miss Graves; '"The Song That Shal Never Cease" by MT. Barnard; "Ring The Bells," solo and chorus by the choir , ASHFORD.
 The investigation regarding the deatt of Mrs. Julia Wilson resulted in the ar rest of Mrs. Manson, the woman whose presence in the house Mrs. Wilson is sait to have objected to. The body of Mrs [ Wilson was exhumed and the physicians F removed the brain, which was sent to Dr :, Wolff of Hartford, to whom the stomach liver and kidneys of the dead woman wer, sent for analysis. A secret session wa, ? held by the coronor, during which Georg'
 Wilson and his younger brother, Orin r. were given searching examination, a n the conclusion of which Coroner Bill in structed Officer Sibley to place Georg
 Wilson under arrest. Mrs. Manson an,
 George Wilson are in jail pending the re
 suit of the investigation. Wilson, who i
 B years old, was married several year ago, but has not lived with his wife fo
 some time. She is now living in Wor
 cester. The Manson woman's husband
 James, arrived in Ashford Saturday al !. ternoon and took his little girl, who ha
 been left at a neighbours by Mrs. Manson back to Bridgeport with him. He is sai to have expressed himself as believin ,+ his wife to be innocent of the crime C causing Mrs. Wilson's death by poisor
 ing her, of which she is suspected. I
 addition to the little girl the Manson
 have one other child, a boy nearly foul
 teen years old, who was recently in Will m mantle until the father took him away.
 Westford.
 70 A. 0. Squier is driving a new hors,