The Press., 1906-01-24

or of Christmas provisions to Rev. S.
W. Clarke. He didn't leave them
on the door step either, but brought
them into the house.
The hens are getting to laying
again in this phenomenal mid-winter,
so eggs are lower in price-3S and 40
cents being the ruling prices here
abouts a month or so ago.
The recent burning of the Tom
Warren buildings in West Ashford
was observable at this point. The
burned dwelling house and barn were
owned by Dwight Shurtliff.
The newspapers, especially the re-
ligious ones, nowadays are expatia-
ting on the reasons for the decline in
church attendance by the public. The
reasons are various, kind friends.
Henrietta R., wife of the late John
@. Fuller, a civil war veteran, died
at her home, the house of her son-in-
law, George E. Lyon, Tuesday morn
ing. She has been a great sufferer for
some time.
The papers say that there is great
and interesting work going on in the
church in Greenville, of which Rev.
@. L. Snow, formerly of this town, is
pastor. Evangelist Baker is to re-
main another week.
Hon. John Gould, husband of the
late Hannah Dimock Gould, is spend
ing the winter in Texas with his
daughter. His granddaughter. Mar
guerite Hill, is to be married next
April to a Chicago gentleman.
At business meeting at the Con-
gregational church Sunday, J. A. o.
borne was chosen deacon. A commit
tee was chosen which will undoubted-
ly vote to continue the services of
Rev. Austin Gardner as acting pastor.
Anton Hak brought two pianos into
town last week. Presumably one is
intended tor his house, and if it is
set up there it will be the first mu-
steal instrument of the kind ever
heard at the old Austin Pearl Daniel
Eldredge place.
Charles S. Preston of Mortified,
Mass, for some time an expert buy er
of hides in Russia for a Boston firm,
was recently detained there by the
government, but is now at liberty.
His cousin, Mrs. Preston, has been
assured of his safety, and he will
probably continue his proposed five
years sojourn in that land
We clip the following from an Illi-
nois paper concerning the recent death
of Miss Annie z. Holt, daughter of
the late Gen. Orrin Holt, very promi-
nent hereabout years ago. Mrs. Eliza
Holt Thorne, at whose residence she
died in Highland Park, Illinois, is
now the only member of that distin-
guished Holt family alive. She also
cared for her brother, the late George
A. Holt, during his last illness. The
deceased was the only child of Gen
Hollis second wife, he marrying her
while he held an Office by executive
appointment in the then territory of
Wisconsin. This deceased half sister
of Mrs. Thorne was greatly beloved
by her, and she has the sincere sym.
pathy of many friends: miss Annie
Katharine Holt. who died on Tuesday,
January 9, at the residence of her sis
ter, Mrs. Francis Thorne, had been
for many years an invalid, and on
that account was known to compare
lively few in Highland Park. By
that small circle of friends, however,
she was greatly loved and respected,
both for the unselfishness and sweet
ness of her character and for the ac-
tivity and acuteness of her mental
powers. During all her years of suf-
fering Miss Hollis cheerfulness and
patience never failed and her industry
never tagged. Not many months ago
she completed history of the Hard
ing family, with which she was con-
nected on her mothers side, and for
which she collected much original
matter and many letters and portraits
This has been printed for the mem.
bers of the family, and is perhaps her
best memorial. AS a record it pos
sesses not only value of a genealogical
character, but also distinct literary
merit. This is true of all her sketches
and other work, both published and
unpublished, of which the volume il
considerable, since her pen was never
idle. The funeral services were held
at the family residence at l O'Clock
on Thursday, and the burial was at
Racine, Wis, her early home.
South Wilmington.
Eat Gorton's Oodfish-no bones,
Cornell Green, who has been sick
with the grip, is better.
Charles E. Allen and Leon Wood
worth were in Hartford Saturday.
Luther Harwood is reported as be-
ing quite i'll at the home of his son,
Charles.
The mumps continue to claim new
victims. Albert Latham, who had
developed a case, caught cold, and has
been confined to his bed.
The weather of the last few days
would give the ordinary ice man the
blues, but Mr.. ComstOck is one of the
kind that sees the doughnut and
doesn't bother with the hole that is
in the doughnut.