The Press., 1909-08-25
HOLLAND.


 Mrs Carving of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Asa P. Bird.
 Charles Eaton of New London is the guest of Mr and Mrs. A. J. Mo Oormick
 Rev. and Mrs. R. M. French and daughters are spending two weeks in Hadlyme
 A number from this place attended the East Central Pomona picnic at Crystal Lake.
 Oscar A. Leonard and son, Charles H Leonard, are spending some time in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
 Miss Jennie Miller of Hartford has been spending some time with MT and Mrs F. T. Newoomb
 MT. and Mrs Frank OlouRh and children of Boston are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. James H. Clough.
 Miss Gertrude Clough of Waterbury has recently been the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. R. M. Clough.
 There was no service in the M. E. church Sunday owing to the pastor, Rev J A Wood, being at camp meet ing.
 The Methodist and Congregational Sunday schools will hold their picnic at the home of MT. and Mrs. 0. Hib- bard West
 Miss Muriel B. Wood left for Bos. ton Monday, where she will be em- ployed in Wm. B. Keen's millinery establishment.
 Mrs. Persie H. Ter Hume and son Robert, of Passaic. N. J., spent a short time last week with her sister, Mrs. William Ludlow.
 Harry A. Newoomb of New York and Philip T, Newoomb Uf Hartford are the guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. F. T. Newcomb.
 There will be no services in the Congregational church for the next two Sundays, owing to the pastor being absent on a vacation
 The elm beetle has attacked the beautiful elms of our street The town is having the trees sprayed in hopes of allaying the pests.
 Mrs Ruth Knox, Mrs M. M. Niles and Earl and Stanley Bradway of South Birmingham, Mass, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Dwight N. Niles.
 F. H. Stadtmueller and F. G. Stadtmueller of Elmwood. Edmund Starr of Newington, Miss Ethel Rowe and Miss Katharine Rowe of Hart ford, MT. and Mrs. L. Shannon Davis, Doctor Helen Bartlett and Adolfa Lucat of Boston are stopping at the Steele House,
 Wednesday afternoon Arthur W. while returning from work, noticed smoke coming from the upper story of l. E. Halls store and in- formed MT. Hall. It was discovered that two bales of cotton had ignited, and the flames were rapdily spreading to the partitions. The blaze was ex- It is supposed that rats must. have built nest in the cotton. carrying in matches which caused the fire.
 The annual fair given by the ladies' society of the Congregational church was opened in the town hall Wednesday afternoon and evening and afternoon and evening The hall was prettily decorated with white pine boughs and flags. The booths were trimmed with pine, asparagus and wild carrot blossoms. All the booths were we'll supplied with fancy | and useful articles, one booth being devoted to handkerchiefs, another to | fancy work, a Japanese five and ten cent counter, besides the food, candy | and ice cream booths. The farce, A Marble Arch,'' was presented We'd nesday evening by the Misses Dorothy Overman and Myra Taylor, Messrs. | Charles H. Leonard and Wm. Ludlow, and was given in a very faultless manner; also vocal and instrumental music was rendered by Mrs. W. N. | Miss Lucille M. Agard evening the program was musical, with recitations interspersed | by Misses Ruth Tillotson and H. | Daisy Wilton of Rockville. The fol- lowing is the program Piano duet, Miss Underwood and Mrs. Simmons; The One Horse Shay, Sumner Simp- son; recitation, Miss Tillotson solo. Miss Miller; recitation, Miss Whiton i; duet, Miss Baker, MT. Ludlow reci- tation, Miss Tillotson; recitation, Miss Whiton; solo, Miss Miller. The sale netted the ladies' society over S15O. e