The Press., 1907-12-25
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( ,1 Annie Tomasco spent Saturday ir ; Willimantie. :. D. B. Gardner was at Congregation al. parsonage last week.
 Thomas Troutou of New York City , Spent Sunday at George A. Cosgroves' . Miss Mabel E. Clarke is spending the week with relatives in WillimaH. tic.
 Mrs Charles M. Brown is expected soon for 8 mid-winter visit at Cozy' croft.
 Miss Alice Cosgrove went away
 Tuesday for the remainder of the
 week.
 Mrs. Samuel Bartlett has been un- able to drive to church for several Sundays.
 !; Miss Alice w. Pratt is at home for the Christmas vacation from North. field seminary.
 Miss Dimook, teacher, is spending the two weeks vacation at her home in Gnrleyville.
 The regular monthly meeting of the W. O. T. U., will be held at the chapel, Holland side, Saturday 2.3O D. m. A large attendance is desired.
 The Pierce sisters, Florence and Inez, went from Northfield through here for the vacation to their new home in Providence, R. 392 Potter avenue
 Never, if you can help it, miss seeing
 the sunset and the dawn;
 And never, if you can help it, see anything but dreams between them. -Ruskin.
 Rev. c W. Wolfe preached Sunday from Matt. 1:21, 'Ye shall call his name Jesus ' Topic, "Did the world | need a Saviour?" Rev A Gardner's topic was "The unspeakable gift" 2d Cor. 9:15 We hear of Christmas trees and pleasant gatherings at Glass Factory school .house, Miss Alice '. Cosgrnve teacher; At East Wilmington. Miss Carrie Horkey teacher; at Will Davis, at George Lyons'. at Baptist church. Congregational church, chapel, Tol- land side, etc Raphael Tuck & Sons name spelt the highest excellence in fine art pub lications, calendars, Christmas and Easter cards, and post cards, long ago. Time only makes that surer Every leaf of their Turner, Rusk in, Landseer, Tennyson, etc calendars is worthy to be framed for preserva. tion. We are told that the Whitford place has changed hands, and that the old Judge Irons farm and the William Irons farm are sold to people from the ISlavenic part of the kingdom of Be- hemia, but who now come. here from Ohio. where they first settled on reach ing this country. It is said that there are twenty children at the Whit ford farm at present, some of whom are of school age.
 Anton Hak has sold the William Irons place, that for some years has been owned by MT. Demond, to Paul Atlobic. This farm, on a cross road leading from the old Norwich and Worcester turnpike to the River road, is one of the most picturesque places in town. It is a spot of historic in- terest. as it was the birthplace of that William Olney, who wrote the geog- raphy once SO extensively studied in the common schools, and it was writ. | ten in the old house still standing the | old people used to tell us.
 South WininEtOn.
 Encouraging reports of the. condition of Mrs. Arthur L Spicer are received
 Two letters addressed to Anson Moore remain unclaimed in this post office.
 Miss Hazel Anderson of Norwich | spent Saturday with MT and Mrs. W. H Brackett 4s-
 Miss Margaret Mallory is at her home in Vest Hartford during her school vacation.
 Several flashes of lighting in the early evening Monday preceded the clearing of the weather later.
 The annual election of officers for the Sunday school will be held at the regular session of the school next Sum- day.
 A special communication of Uriel lodge, No. 24, will be held Saturday evening, the 2Sth. Installation of officsrs and work on the E. A. degree
 The village people have responded most literally to the call for funds with which tosdefray the expenses entailed by the Christmas tree enter. tainment, given by the local Sunday school on Christmas eve. Although the number of children actually en. rolled in the school does not exceed 50, yet there are more than 100 bags containing an orange. more than a half pound of pure candy and nuts that are given to aS many children on that evening.
 In the coming railroad station at this place the village is getting the recognition that has long been due It is quite impossible to say how much business that properly belongs to this station has been diverted in to other channels, but it is certainly considerable. We are glad to know that we are to have a new station (or in fact alre eady have one). and that it will be in charge of an agent, so that freight or express may be ship ped from or received here. The new station is handsome and convenient, and will not be a rendezvous for tramps and hoodlums.