The Press., 1905-07-26

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school officials.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Eldredge
spent Sunday with Mrs. Eldredge't
parents in Canterbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Edgerton OF
Springfield were the guests of Charles
Harwood and wife last Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Harrison has been at
Norwich the past few days on account
of the serious sickness of Mr.. Har-
rison's father.
Miss Iva Latham has been Obliged
to go again to the Norwich hospital,
making the journey on Monday. One
lung is affected.
Miss Carrie L. E. Gibbs and Miss
Ida Sturtevant of Amherst, Mass. !,
have been spending a few days in
town, the guests of Mrs. E. J. Hol-
man.
The auction sale of household
goods by Administrator Q. j. Gurley
last Saturday was held as advertised,
O. F. Macfarlane of Willimantic
auctioneer.
John Toberman is taking a week
off because of a sore arm. While
cleaning his dresser last Thursday he
had his arm caught in the brush, and
badly burned by the friction of the
moving brush.
George W. Bracket has recently re.
ceived an offer of $500 salary, with
free living quarters, from the Panama
canal commission. Mainly because
of the unhealthy locality he will pro.
badly refuse the offer.
Henry, the son of Meatman Goosen
sustained painful injury last Satur'
day. While playing on a hay NOV
with his brother, he jumped to a
wagon on the barn floor, but missing
his footing, caught sharp stake in
his chin, tearing the flesh and lip
The wound was dressed by DR.. +. E.
Johnson.
Edward Essex of Newport, R l.. has
been spending few days with his
cousins, Gardiner Hall, Jr., and
Origin Hall. In the 26 years since
Mr.. Hall worked here he has been in
the orange business in Florida. His
property in Jacksonville was destroy
ed by the great fire of a few years
ago.
w. S. Simmons of Central Village
was in town last week.
Mr.. Newell and family, who have
been living here for some time, have
moved to the Hollow.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Getchell of
Everett, Mass, arrived in town Satur-
day night, for vacation at their farm
in this place.
Most of the farmers around this
section have been doing their haying
the past week. The hay crop is much
lighter than common.
Mrs. A. Miller, who has made her
home with her daughter at Mansfield
Center for the past six months, has
returned to this place and is living
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller.
UNION.
Arson Reed of Worcester spent the
past week with. his brother, l.. M.
Reed. 49, ~
Mrs. G. L..Baker and daughter
May, of Hartford are at their summer
home on the Hill.
DR.. George N. Lawson of Middle
Haddam spent the Sabbath with his
father, Dea. E. N. Lawson.
For several years it has been the
custom of the children of the late
Isaac Billings Booth and wife, Lydia
o., to gather with their families in
annual gathering, for the purpose OF
keeping fresh and strengthening fami-
ly ties and for commemorating and
perpetuating the joys and pleasures OF
their early home life. Only three re-
main now of the five children who
inaugurated the reunion movement,
and the children and grandchildren of
the others are, many of them, widely
separated one from another. But as
many as can of these survivors and
their families, as we'll as the descend
ants of those who have passed on,
still continue the custom, and purpose
to continue it until the infirmities of
age or death render it no longer pos
sible. Even then it is hoped that
their descendants will find it both
pleasant and profitable to continue the
custom. On Saturday, July 22d, this
reunion was held at the home of H.
B. Booth in Union. There were pres
emit of his immediate family his son,
Leon, and wife and two children, who
live with him at the old home; his
son, H. A. Booth, and wife and son,
Ralph, of Springfield, Mass. g, and his
son, Clarence, and wife of Hartford.
There were also present his sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth King, of Susquehanna,
Pa and her daughter, Mrs. Jennie
Bowden, and husband and two chill
dren, Irving and Leila, of Staffordville
also his brother, Rev. 1. P. Booth,
D. D., and wife, recently of Morris.
Vile, VT, but now of Stafford, and
their daughters, Misses Maud G. and
Mabel E., and son, Paul, together
with Mrs. Nj. S. Tinker of Morris
vile, who is spending few days with
them. This gathering was one of quiet
pleasure to all it's participants, though
saddened by the absence of several
whose faces have many times been
seen on these occasions, but are now
beyond the sight of mortals. The
sadness was somewhat lightened, how
ever, by the thought that those the
other side the river were equally