The Press., 1905-05-17
WALES.

fr8nK stone or FlSKOa10 was III town Sunday.
 Mrs. Nellie Walbridge is visiting relatives in Brimield.
 Mrs. Blanche Allen of Brimfield visited friends in town Monday.
 Another wedding in the near flu ture. The young cannot have it all their own way.
 Elinor Lucy entertained 8 number of her schoolmates last week Friday, it being her 14th birthday.
 It is reported that A. A. Hubbard E loss in wood ready for market was near five hundred dollars, by the fire last week.
 The entertainment at the M. E. church last Wednesday evening was we'll attended. Ice cream and cake were served to all who wished.
 "Miles Standish," a unique and refined entertainment, was given by A. T. Kempton of Fitchburg, Mass. , at the Baptist church Monday even- ing.
 There was quiet home wedding at the home of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Flint last Wednesday afternoon, when their daughter, Julia F., was united in marriage to Adelbert Adams of Brimfield by Rev. B. B. Dolan.
 The Wales veterans association has completed arrangements for the ob- servance of Memorial day. There will be services at the Baptist church at 10 in the morning, at which there will be music by the Wales cadet band, a male quartet and the school children. After the services a pro- cession, headed by the band, will be formed, and will march to the ceme- teries, where graves will be deco rated. The procession will return to the church, where a collation. will be served.
 Dr. Otis Sedgwick has bought the practice of Dr. E. F. Ross, and will take possession at once. Dr. Ross has been in Wales about nine years, and his departure will be very much re- gretted. He has a good practice, and has become one of the prominent men of the town, being at present mem- Der of the board of selectmen, chair man of the school committee and a trustee of the library. He will leave Wales about June to go to Montana, where he has relatives.
 Wales has a lively baseball team this year, which has won the three games already played. The first game was won from the Fiskdales, in the latter town, by score of IA to Il. The next game was between the Thorndikes and Wales, at Wales, the home team winning by score of 10 to 8. Last Saturday the Sturbridge team was defeated on it's home grounds by score of 10 to 7, in II innings. There will be a game in Wales next Saturday between the home team and the Gibraltars of Southbridge.
 The people of Wales were in state of wild excitement most of the day last week Thursday on account of for est fires. Several hundred acres of woodland were burned over, and there is every indication that the fires were set by an incendiary, who desired to cause loss to owners of timber and cord wood in various parts of the town. The fire broke out in the southwest part of the town, near the Connecticut line. Every available man and boy turned out to fight fire, and the employees of the mills were sent out to help. This fire was under control about 10 o'clock, and about an hour later another broke out on the east side of Mt. Pisgah. This fire seemed to have been set in four or five places, and was heading di rectly for the saw-mill of E. l.. Need ham. There were several big lots of cord wood in that vicinity, which were also threatened. At one time the fire was burning in line about three miles long. The women and children left in the village were in a state of great excitement. They inn agined all kinds of calamities, which were possible under the circumstances, and the men who were fighting the fire were alarmed for the consequences. The rain came at last, and was a great help to the fighters. Without it, no one cares to predict what the outcome would have been. There will be an investigation, as no one seems to doubt that the fires were