The Press., 1906-01-31

Miss Mabelle Avery, teacher of the
primary school in the Center district,
is i'll with chicken pox and rheuma.
tism
Oliver @. Pease, a Somers young
man, who was injured in the machin-
cry of the Eddy electric works at
Windsor last Thursday, is in the Hart
ford hospital. Four fingers on the
right hand were so injured amputa-
ton was necessary. His mother, Mrs.
Lizzie O. Pease, visited him last
Sunday.
Harry G. Kibbe, so, passed away
Tuesday morning at the home of his
parents. He had been in poor health
for several years with heart trouble
and other ailments. Lately he had
suffered severely with dropsical trou-
bles. Mr.. Kibbe was born in 1856
in Philadelphia, the only child of
Henry r. and Mabel eager Kibbe,
both natives of Somers, who passed
good deal of their time at Somers, so
that his early life was principally
spent in Somers. He attended the
district school until he later went to
Wilbraham academy. He married in
1873 Miss Anna Kibbe, the Oldest
daughter of Monroe Kibbe of North
Somers, and they went to Philadel-
phia, where he was employed in his
fathers store. His father gave up
business later and went to Somers to
live, and his son Harry went to New
York, where he was in company with
Edward Chaffee in the general COM
mission business. He leaves his pa
rents, a widow and one daughter, Mrs.
vices will take place Friday after
noon at O'Clock at his late home.
UNION.
Eat Gorton's Codfsh-no bones.
Mrs. Dennis is visiting friends in
Orange, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scranton
spent the Sabbath with friends in
DuUA0ys MhSS.
The board of relief will be in ses-
sion at the town hall on Thursday,
from 1 to p. III.
Mashapaug.
Mrs. George Crawford has been on
the sick list, but is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Keith are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
Of a little girl.
Andrew Young family have moved
to Sturbridge, on the outhbridge
road, in the house formerly occupied
by E. Vinton.
Our genial constable, Fred Moore,
spent the day Wednesday in town,
and reports that Mrs. Moore and baby
are doing we'll.
Edmerson Labreck is building and
remodeling a hen house, is to in
stall an incubator and greatly increase
his hen and chicken business in the
future.
Joseph Valliere, with his pair of
horses, hitched to an empty sled, went
through the ice on Bigelow pond one
day last week. He was crossing
portion of the pond where he is haul
ing logs to mill. His horses went
through the ice and could not help
themselves to regain footing. Joseph
and sled were drawn in after the
horses, thus putting all possible chance
to unhitch the horses from sled out of
the question. However, Joseph start
ed in to cut the horses loose, and in
his endeavors was pushed or thrown
iEto the pond several times. After
the horses and all had been in the
pond about ~ minutes help arrived,
and rescued the shivering and ex-
hausted man and team. Joseph lost
his watch, and is thankful it was not
his life. He says: Rather the
watch would be there than me- The
horses are noble, Intelligent animals,
and aside from the severe chill and
some few cuts, seem none the worse
for their January bath. Had not
Valliere been a cool headed man most
likely both horses and himself would