The Press., 1909-01-27
UNION.
Miss Ruth L. Kendall is attending

UNION.
 Miss Ruth l.. Kendall is attending Woodstock academy.
 George Towne has returned from his work of surveying in the New Hampshire forests.
 The organ at the Congregations church has been put in good order by W. E. Dodge of Eastford.
 W. G. Howard is slowly improving after several weeks of severe suffer ing, but is not yet able to be out.
 Mrs. Leonora Crawford of EasI Woodstock is spending the winter witk her parents, MT. and Mrs. G. w. Thayer.
 The Ladies' Benevolent association has purchased dishes to be used at iti socials when they are held at the town hall, and they will loan them tc other organizations that may wish te serve refreshments there.
 The cold snap of the 18th and 18th enabled several of the farmers to fill their ice houses. When the mercury went up into the seventies on the 22d it made the thrifty ones "feel good' that their ice was securely under cover.
 MT. Cooper has purchased and taken possession of Mrs. Hamilton's place, in the eastern part of Stafford. Union people had hoped that the Cooper family might conclude to settle here. Zelma, Hattie and May will be greatly missed from the Center school.
 Owing to the unpleasant weather and the prevalence of colds, some were debarred from the privilege of hearing Rev. s. H. Secoombe last Sunday. Those who attended the service were we'll repaid. MT. Seo- combe is a gifted speaker, and it is hoped that conditions will be favor able for a large attendance when he comes again next Sunday. While in Chicago MT. Seccombe was a pupil and ardent admirer of the late Dr. Samuel Ives Curtiss. Naturally the early friends and boyhood home of Dr. Ourtiss hold peculiar interest for him.
 Apropos of the interest in forestry in Union, we would like to hear of any unusually large trees of any species, whether standing now or a thing of the past. The largest one we know of is @ chestnut on the farm of B. N. Lawson, which some dis tance above the ground measures twenty five feet in circumference. In speaking of forestry, why does not society that owns considerable wood land that is exempt from taxation, as the Union church does, give it in- telligent care that the church may get the largest possible income from it in the years to come? If it pays for the individual to care for his woodland, and at the same time pay heavy taxes, it would seem to be much lore profitable to practice scientific forestry on land that is not taxed State Forester Hawes has expressed his willingness to help in any way possible towards improving the timber land on the parsonage farm.
 Mashapaug.
 Mrs. Thomas Hudson is qaite i'll with eczema, aggravated by fall on the ice. ...-... .....
 Friday and Saturday several fine strings of pickerel were taken from the lake.
 Thomas and Fred Harmon have been added to the Wells saw.mill force at the south end of the lake
 George W. Crawford has filled his and James Marcy's ice house with splendid clear ice eight and one. half inches thick.
 Mrs. M. H. Soule and Mrs. Miner Fairman took advantage of the fine s!eighing of the latter part of last week and made a visit to Mrs. H. R. Howard.
 Rev.. and Mrs. W. Y. Brown, who have cottage at the lakeside, are spending 8 season at Atlantic City, N. J., the reverend doctor having been a victim to bad attack of in- duenza.
 Not for many years has there been so much ice underfoot and on the trees as the present one. Experienced farmers claim that if this continues along into February it presages fine crop of fruit for the coming season.
 Recent rains and warm weather have raised the water in the lake some Is inches, and caused such an of water around the borders as to make approach to the ice on the lake difficult matter, and not at all appreciated by would-be fisherman