The Press., 1906-05-16
UNION.

the northwest school house at 7 o'clock.
 Lewis Scranton of Dudley recently visited his parents, MT. and Mrs Charles Scranton.
 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Sparrow o North Ashford visited friends in tow1 the first of the week. Ernest Corbin and family of Globe Village spent the Sabbath with hi' sister, Mrs. R. E. Webster. Robert Paine of Providence anc Jennie Perry of Southbridge visited their uncle, L. M. Reed, this week. | Rev. MT. Roger held cottage prayer meeting at the home of MT and Mrs. F. w. Barber last Sunday afternoon.
 Rev. Mr. Roger, Mrs. George Towr and MT. and Mrs. Willard Richards attended the meeting at the Congrega tional church at Staffordville last Thursday.
 Mashapaug.
 Alex Bouvia made a business triI to Stafford Springs last week.
 George Crawford has a lame horse, one of his fine pair of draught horses.
 Judge H. B Back of Danielsor spent the Sabbath with MT. and Mrs. R. Back.
 Merrick Vinton is driving new pair of mules, purchased of "Del' Needham.
 Arthur Jentiss has moved to Whit. insville, Mass, where he has pur- chased an interest in a gasoline engine on wood lot, and intends to engage in the local wood business there.
 Jacob Anderson, age four, son of Fred Anderson, was hit in the left eye by an arrow accidentally throw Il from a bow in the hands of Charles Johndro, age II, last Friday. Jacob was taken to the Worcester city hos pital, and operated on to save the eye if possible. The eye was taken out and replaced, but it cannot be ascer- tained yet whether he will lose the sight or not.
 MT. and Mrs. M. H. Kinney and MT. and Mrs. Ernest Corbin and fami ly were in town over Sunday. MT. Corbin has recently purchased an interest in the store of w. P. Fuller at Somers, and is this week moving from Globe Village, Mass, to his new location. As soon as MT. Cor bin is settled MT. and Mrs. Kinney will be permanently located for the summer here.
 A raid and seizure of liquors was made Saturday evening at Fred Walkers residence. Thirteen bottles of lager beer were found. Mr. Walker has been raided once previous to this and a quantity of liquor found then, and he was taxed with a small fine. It is hoped the authorities will see to it that this place is closed up, and the law regarding illegal sale of liquors enforced. Deputy Sheriff Howard conducted the raid.
 Rock Meadow.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. House of Hamp- den were at Adelbert Agard's Sunday night and Monday.
 William Harmon of Rutland, Mass, was in town Sunday and called on his brother, Thomas, at Matt Heck s.
 Mrs. Bishop of Pennington visited her daughter, Estella Bishop, at Matt Heck's last week, returning home las t Monday.
 Mrs. George Heck and son, also Miss Jennie Heck of Mansfield Depot, visited over Sunday with their pa rents, MT. and Mrs. Matt Heck.
 MT. and Mrs. Adel bert Agard and Mrs. Elvira Snow last Saturday at tended the funeral of their niece, Inez Agard, the youngest daughter of AL bert Agard in Warren, Mass. She died Wednesday after a long and lingering sickness.
 MANSFIELD.
 Sunday was the warmest day so far this spring.
 Eugene Copeland was Hartford visitor last Saturday.
 Harrie G. Hanks of Hartford spent last Sunday with his parents on Hanks hill.
 There will be vaudeville enter tainment in the college hall at Storrs Friday evening, May IS.
 Misses Arlene Durham and Ethel Simonds were admitted to full mem- bership of the M. B church Sunday last.
 Mrs. Arvilla Durham, after spend ing several months in New York state, has returned to her home in Gurley- vile.
 The Connecticut agricultural col lege defeated the Springfield high school baseball team on the college grounds here Saturday afternoon, 7 to 9. Springfield could do nothing at all with Morse's delivery and secured only three lone hits during the entire game. The score by innings:- "Aggies, 0 4 0 900 , - s. High, o o 0 o o Q O-2
 Russian Unthrift.
 A condition of general unthrift among the peasants is one of the most striking features of Russian country life. Ev- cry stranger passing the frontier be- tween that country and Germany is struck by the marked change in this respect which he encounters up to the very boundary line and which the geo. graphical position does not at all ac- count for. There is no gradual change in the appearance of the face of the country or the people from compara- tive prosperity to extreme poverty, but