The Press., 1909-07-21
UNION.

week.
 Mrs. Herbert Newell and children of Springfield are guests of friends in town this week
 Ed. Colburn and Mrs Amy Hisoox of Wales visited friends ill town the first of the week.
 l Mrs. James H. Barrett and her sister, Ella Horton. of Sturbridge spent the Sabbath with her mother, Mrs. H. Horton.
 Having has progressed rapidly in the past two wet ks, some farmers hay. ing finished and others beginning to feel that they are on the ''home stretch ''
 The recent oopious showers have been very welcome The dusty roads, the brown fields and the whitening vegetable and flower gardens sadly needed rain. One hay maker even expressed the willingness to have some of his hay wet if it would only rain. We regret to say that after he had | the weather took him at his word.
 Master John Peryni, W ho was in- jured by Q moving machine last Tues day, is making good recovery. He, with his brother and little sister are boarding At Joseph Szabo's during the summer vacation. Their home is In New York, Master John, although only twelve years of age, is prepared to enter one of the New York nigh schools in the fall Our American boys will need to keep awake if they do not want to be out-stripped by their little Hungarian neighbors.
 That item last week in regard to the Holman family history was in- teresting even to those not having genealogical connection with that an- cestral line, and naturally curiosity led to 8 consultation of that dear old indispensable volume of reference, the History of Union. Curiosity about what? Why, to see what is the relationship of our correspondent to President Taft. Fifth cousin, isn't it? Surely not a cousin to be ashamed of This line of thought reminds us that a respected family of Westford is a branch of James A Garfield's family tree. We often speak of -four great republic," but when one considers the way people meet unexpected relatives and unex. pected friends in all sorts of unex- pected places, we are inclined to think that our country is not so tremend. ously large after all Only last win ter one of our Union girls chanced to meet a cousin out in California. The father of the new found r, lative was born in Union, and spent hls first school days in the Little Red school house in district No. 3
 Mashapaug.
 Louis Helm is njoying a vacation at Laurel camp.
 Miss Julie Morrow arrived Monday evening from New York
 Will Sanford and family are honsed at the Pleasant Point club house
 Fred A. Moore was called to Staf- ford last week by 8 sudden illness Of Mrs. Moore.
 MT. and Mrs. George Curry of Chioopee are visiting at the Thomp- son residence. .......
 Miss Julie Lippman and Mrs Lip. man are occupying their cottage at Mayland Park.
 Miss Marie Morrow is with her par ents after spending the winter in southern Texas
 Eugene Walker is at home for a short vacation from Sullivan county, New York state.
 Hon. H. E Back of Danielson is in camp at Ferry's Inn with a large party of friends.
 Miss Lizzie Moore arrived home last week from her winters trip through California
 The vacation season is at it's height in Union, and all available camps about Mashapaug lake are filled.
 Wm Beeching of Cleveland, O., is camping on the Back lot, and has with him two young men whom he is tutoring this summer.
 Mt. Ochepetuck Notes.
 Next Sunday 8 bus load from Staffordville is expected to the ser. vice, including Rev. MT. Williams, who will speak.
 The new telephone has been in- stalled at the bungalow, bringing it into communication with the other subscribers of the Stafford division.
 Rev. MT. Lawson preached at Hol- land last Sunday for Rev. Francis Child, who is taking a vacation at Pittsfield, Mass. The service was omitted at the Congregational church at Staffordville, where Mr. Lawson has been supplying this summer. He expects to resume preaching there next Sunday.
 There were twenty eight people at the vesper service at the bungalow Sunday afternoon. A very helpful address was given by MT. Rollinson of Stafford, and the singing was ex- cellent. After the meeting was over a storm arose which was beautiful in it's effects. At one time the bunga- low was in the midst of a cloud When this cleared away there was a fine rainbow and a strange and mag nifcent sunset. This was gre atly enjoyed by @ party who were de- tained by the storm.
 It is time that announcement was