The Press., 1906-01-17
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Patrick Murray is recovering from
several days illness with the grip.
Miss Ella Harris and T. Fred Muller
are to be married in Boston to-day.
@. B. Corbin of Indian Orchard,
Mass. was in the borough yesterday.
Rudolph Nothniok has gone to Ply
mouth, Mass, where he has secured
employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Allen and
Miss Beatrice Congdon sail next Tues
day for Bermuda
Louis Pelshaw of Village Hill, who
was badly injured by horse last
week, is recovering.
The usual Thursday evening prayer
meeting will be omitted at the Con-
gregational church this week.
Mrs. G. L. Dennis is critically i'll
with appendicitis. 1t is hoped to
postpone the operation until she is
stronger.
Chef Fred Parkhurst of the Springs
House is receiving many compliments
in regard to the excellent supper given
at the manufacturers banquet.
W. A. Pierce has sold his house on
Gold street to Francisco Tonon. 1t is
understood Mr.. Tonon has bought the
property for a man in Montpelier.
J. M. Leach, @. R. Newton. ". H.
Heald, H E. Burwell and R. W.
Ellis are attending the meeting of the
grand lodge of Masons at Hartford.
The vital statistics for 1905 for the
town show that there were 113 births,
90 deaths and 49 marriages. This
is an unusually small number of
deaths.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist church will be held in
the vestry next Monday evening at
100. Rev. J. l. Bartholomew, D.
D., will preside.
A party of fourteen young people
gave Miss Jessie NJ. Keefe a surprise
Saturday afternoon The afternoon
was spent with music and games. and
luncheon was served at +. 30.
Mr.. AM Mrs. Alvarado Howard
sails from New York yesterday on the
Clyde line steamer Aropahoe for Jack
sonville. Fla. They will spend the
rest of the winter in the vicinity of
Dade City.
The ladies of Grace church will
hold cracker social and entertain
ment next Tuesday evening in the
basement of the church. The enter
tainment will consist of vocal solos
by Miss Alberta Eaton, with violin
obligato by Miss Sophia Brown, reci-
tations by Miss Ella Jones and the
farce, "That Boy Tom," by the fol-
lowing cast of characters: Mr.. B.
Shanklin, Clarence Wood; Mary
Shanklin, Helen Butterfield; Mrs.
Shanklin, Mabel Pease; Augustine
Baker, Lees Furness; Tom, Charles
Morrall. Chocolate and crackers will
be served during the evening. Doors
open at 7. Admission, Is cents
10 cents.
The high school basket ball team
was defeated at Springfield Saturday
evening by the second high school
team of that city AZ to 4. The Stat
fords started off we'll, but were soon
by the team work of
their opponents. The lineup
Springfield I'd. Stafford.
Escholz, If rb, Hughes, Barrows
Kingsbury, Royce, IF Id, West (c)
Kendrick, C, Woods
O'Connell, lg IF, Crane
Highton, Richardson, rig
If, Burr, Beckwith
Score, S. H. s. I'd AZ, Stafford 4
goals from floor, Kendrick 6, Escholz
3, O'Connell B, Highton 2, Richard
son 2, Kingsbury l, Crane l, Woods
1. Referee, Taylor. Umpire, Bur-
bank. Time. Is minute halves.
The loan exhibition opened in the
Congregational chapel yesterday after
noon, and is certainly a remarkable
collection of thing both beautiful
and unique. People have responded
generously, and the choicest treasures
of many homes are i'll the exhibit. |
The pictures are varied and many |
artists are represented-Hays of |
Providence with a cattle picture,
Britcher's Rocks at Kennebunkport, |
Tait's Drowsy Noontide-Minot's |
Ledge Light House, Ruben's Etude,
a fish canvas by George N. Oass, |
Esben's Butterfly Girl, and many
others equally noted. Water colors,
pastels, crayons, photographers, photo
graphs and etchings represent able
artists. Quaint productions are in
evidence and old mirrors add much |
interest. An abundance of china,
crockery, pewter and brass date from
colonial days. Dainty old embroid-
cries, fine laces, linens, shawls, cover
let's and samplers are displayed. The |
oldest book was once owned by Gen.
Israel Putnam's son, Daniel, and was
published in Berne, Switzerland, in
1905. An original work of Martin
Luther, published in 1910, and many
later, yet real old volumes, would
delight the heart of collector. The
oldest paper is the first copy of the
Boston News Letter, the oldest paper
in America. 1t was published by
authority, and is dated from Monday,
April II, to Monday, April "a, 1904.
Next in age is the first copy of the
Hartford Courant, dated Monday, Oct.
30, 1854, and states if sufficient sup
port is given another number will be
issued the following week. The
Ulster County Gazette of January,
1900, gives a full account of Wash
ington's death. Prints and drawings
of primitive Stafford, with old his