The Press., 1904-02-11

Text and theme at the Congrega.
tional church Sunday, Dan. $40
Moral equilibrium.
The @. E. society have elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: President, Frank Edwards
vice president, Miss Ida NJ. Hall
secretary, Miss E. D. Hall; treasurer,
Miss. Nellie Mowry.
Under a Wilmington" heading, the
Norwich Bulletin says that Rev. B.
M. Osgood has received call to the
Baptist church. The fact is that no
such action has been taken, and such
statements only embarrass the board
of trustees in their work.
Not the least of the things that are
taught in the business college in Hart
ford is the habit of being punctual, as
witness the letter received by d. @.
Dimock, calling his attention to the
fact that his son, Louis, was two min
utes late one morning in arriving at
AS previously stated in The Press,
the school house in the 9th district
has been remodeled so that its capaci-
ty has been doubled. New seats and
blackboards have been put in, and the
school was started at the beginning of
the winter term with two grades. So
far so good, but what the tax payers
of the district want to know is how
much it cost, and through the courte-
sy of W. H.. Hall the working MEM
Der of the committee, am able to ap-
pend the following, which is COM
plete statement of the expenses which
have been incurred: III. E. Bentley,
$65. 46; @. l.. Boss, 1921. As; g. Hall,
Jr., & Co., 1928. 10; S. G.. Adams,
$500; Meneeley & Co., $65; Phoenix
Iron Works, $500; Hillhouse & Tay-
lor, $500. 55; Jordan Bros, SOL. SO;
Vanderman Heating and PlumbingCo.,
$50. So; A. H. Powell, $679.21; R. B.
Truscott, $27. SO; o. D. Case & Co.,
$72.81; H. R. Chappell, $4,000 !;
School Supply Co., $11.5O; J. H.
Jones, $18. Is; total, $3,027. IA. The
district committee will call a school
meeting for Friday evening, Feb. 10,
at 80, to listen to the report of the
building committee, and to take such
action as the district sees fit toward
laying tax to defray the same. The
grand list of the district at the time
of laying the last tax was approx
mately $751; 1t is earnestly hoped
that all tax payers in the district will
make an extra effort to attend this
meeting.
Moose Meadow.
George Wilson is quite i'll with the
grip.
Fred Green of Village Hill visited
last week at Mrs. Wilson's.
E. A. Bates and daughter have re-
turned home after few days visit
with friends in North Woodstock.
Remem the social at Mrs. E. A.
Bates next Wednesday evening. Be-
sides Rev. c. S. Davis stereopticon
views there will be some fine singing
by out-of-town parties. All are cor
daily invited.
DaleviIIe.
The mill started up again February
LIST.
Matt McCann is chopping for r.
Knowlton.
Peter Kuchle of Hanks Hill was in
town Sunday.
James Taylor has taken a position
spinning in the mill.
Mrs. M. J. Marcy of Mansfield Hol-
low was in town last week.
John Day is working in the card
room at the mill for short time.
Mrs. James Hoyle has returned
home from visit with relatives at
South Wilmington.
Orrin Watrous was in Norwich last
week, looking over the city. He ex-
poets to remove there in the near fu-
ture.
Miss Elizabeth Walker, a nurse in
the city hospital, Worcester, Mass.
visited with her uncle, Dennison
Walker, and family the first of the
week.