The Press., 1909-10-13
UNION.

UNION.
GAorge Towne is in Keene, N. H..
this week
N ; A. Marcy of Hartford spent the
Sabbath at the Marcy homestead.
Work of clearing the ground for
the new library building has com
menced.
Mrs. Fred johnson of Tolland visited
her aunt, Mrs. ". Richards, the first
of the week.
T. o. Newell visited his grand
mother, Mrs. Carrie Olapp, in Hol-
land last Sunday.
Union is little, but o myl Out of
debt and fine balance in the treas
uryl It didn't need license to do it,
either.
George H. Foster of Shrewsbury,
Mass, who is 81 years old, visited
hiScousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler, the
past week.
Er. aud Mrs. W. G. Howard of
West Woodstock, also Miss Lena
Langle of Tolland attended the Con-
gregat1onal church last Sunday.
Three days in succession, the 9Th,
9th and 10th, with the thermometer
registering 100 degrees or more, make
one feel like metamorphosing famil-
lar quotation and saying that "sum-
mer fingers in the lap of autumn.
Mrs. J. H. Barrett and son, Eldred,
| with her sister, Ella Horton of Stur-
bridge, Mass, spent Sunday with
their mother. Mrs. H. G. Horton.
Mrs. Horton returned to Sturbridge
with them for two weeks visit.
Ernest Tyler had a narrow escape
from serious accident last Friday,
his horse being frightened at an auto
mobile standing beside the road lead
ing from Union. Center to Bigelow
Hollow, the horse clearing himself
from the wagon and throwing Mr..
Tyler out.
Last Sunday Rev. Harvey M. Law
son complied with the request of the
pastor, Rev. Hugh Graham, and
preached at the morning service. He
took for his subject "The kingdom of
Cod his text being a section of
"The Lords Prayer The sermon
was full of helpful thoughts and quo
tations, and was followed by a short
address from the pa tor appropriate
to the subject The fl oral decorations
have been very beautiful the past two
Sundays, kind friends having fur
nishod a profusion of dahlias and
othor flowers.
1t is always a pleasure to hear of
She successful careers of old friends
and acquaintances. Rev. John Pearce,
who was pastor of the church at
Mashapaug from 1885 to 1887. has
been preaching in Fall River, Mass. :,
for several years, having had the pas
torate of two different churches in
that city. It will be remembered that
M. Weld, a we'll .known Union girl
Rev. and Mrs Pearce have a daugh-
ter who is student in Boston uni
versity and son in the Fall River
high school, besides younger son.
The observer of October 9th
has an interesting article on "Quaint
Old ashford, y relating to the 2OOth
anniversary of the town, said ami
versary beginning in January, 1910.
} This anniversary. or celebration. is
; interesting to Union people, not only
because Ashford is a near neighbor,
! but also because the early history of
Union was SO closely connected with
4 the older town of ashford. Accord
ing to the History of Union," the
meeting to organize ''the proprietry
Of the Union right" was held in Ash
ford in the house of William Ward.
Several prominent early settlers OF
Union came from the town of Ashford.
Now, when the telephone is a
'matter of course and the automo.
country roads that old Dobin forgetE
to be afraid, we are sometimes re-
minded of the traditional wheel-bar
p row journey of Benoni Walker I'm
3 like many a tradition, this story hal
y the distinction of being true, fol
t there are some now living who wei
!, remember uncle Nony'' and hi
9 notable journey. In the latter par
D of his life the old man lived in
# house which stood on the site of tn
d Frazier cottage. In fact, there wer
9 then so many Walker and Sever.
# families in that vicinity, and a littl
!. farther to the north, that the regio
it was known, locally, as ''The City.
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