The Press., 1909-02-17
HOLLAND.

Wm. G00b0n or aAE6AOEu WaS hOHo for Lincoln day.
 Mrs. Herbert Kennedy is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Silas P Ryder.
 Thomas Root, who was quite seri- ously injured while cutting ice, is getting along nicely.
 The Epworth League will hold 8 penny social Friday evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. D. A. Brown.
 J.P. Root of New London has been spending several days at John H. steele's. calling on his many friends here.
 The ladies' sewing circle of the Congregational church will meet Sat. urday afternoon with Mrs. Mary J. Baldwin.
 Henry Baker and daughter, Miss Edith Baker, of Hyannis were the guests over Sunday of Dr. and Mrs Samuel Simpson.
 The district superintendent, Rev. J. H. Newland, held the fourth quarterly conference Friday evening at the M. E. church.
 Miss Muriel B. Wood is substituting in the school on the river for the teacher, William Buckley, who is i'll at his home in South Manchester.
 The literary circle met Monday evening with pr. and Mrs. Samuel Simpson. A paper on William Oul- len Bryant was presented by Mrs. R. M. French.
 A daughter, Esther Diantha, was born on the tenth to MT. and Mrs. Alexander Ross of Maiden, Mass. Mrs. Ross was formerly Miss Christine D. Essex of this place.
 Thelma Evelyn Price, the nine- months. old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lewis B. Price, fell last Monday and broke her collar bone Dr. w. N. Simmons set the fracture.
 The people of Holland are very much pleased to learn by the Oourant that our representative, Hon. Edwin E. Fuller, has petitioned for the in- cooperating of a street railway be- tween South Coventry and Holland A number in this place are confined to the house by sickness Mrs Silas P. Ryder has an attack of liver trouble; John Shelley has the grip; Lilla Newcomb has been threatened with pneumonia; Miss Ruth Wood has congestion of the lungs.
 The Ladies' society of the Congre. gational church will have a supper and entertainment in the town hall Monday evening. The farce, Ger trude Mason. M. D.,'' will be pre- sented by local talent Cast of characters is as follows: Gertrude Mason, M. D., Miss Bertha Place i; Bertha Lawrence, Miss Myra Taylor; Ella Gray, Miss Mary Manning; Miss Jane Simpkins, Mrs. Emile Hilton Mrs. Van Style, Miss Pauline New. comb; Norah, Mrs. Edgar s. Edger- ton; Marie, Miss Nettie Christopher.
 Friday was a memorable day for the M. E. church in Holland. About 15O were present at the exercises Fri day evening, which took the form of a Lincoln memorial and a celebration in dedication of the bell, organ and burning of the mortgage note on the parsonage. The addresses on Lincoln were given by Rev. R. M. French, Rev. w.. s. MacInTire and Rev. J. H Newland and were very spirited, all of the. speakers giving Lincoln the highest honors. "Reminiscences were given by James H. Olough, Joseph P. Root, John I. Rhodes relative to buy ing and mortgaging parsonage and building the church. The paying of the mortgage on the parsonage makes the society free from debt, and to witness the note go up in flames was a great satisfaction to those who had worked hard to pay it. Much credit is due <the pastor, Rev. J. A. Wood, in his untiriDg efforts to get money for the bell, organ and note. The choir furnished appropriate music. A social hour was enjoyed at the close and refreshments were served.
 Mrs. Roxana Joslyn, widow of Ed mund Joslyn, died Monday night at II. 55 o'clock at her home in Holland of general breaking down caused by old age. She was 79 years old. She was the daughter of Daniel and Wealthy Cobb and was born in Tol. land June 20, 1880. She was mar. ried in Holland April 4, 1847, to Ed mund Joslyn of Holland. Two chill dren blessed the union, Colonel Charles M. Joslyn of Hartford and Jennie K. Joslyn Leonard of Holland i; also five grandchildren, Charles H |, Mary R. Leonard, Emily Joslyn of Hartford, Florence J. and Rufus J. Leonard of Holland. Mrs. Joslyn was an active Christian woman. She joined the Baptist church when about IA years of age. When the Baptist church was discontinued in Holland she did not unite with any other church, but was 8 regular attendant of the Congregational church, where she had many warm friends She was a charter member of the Holland grange, in which she was active in former years. The funeral will be held on Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Leonard, at 1. 30 p. m. Rev. R. M. French will conduct the services. Interment will be in the south cemetery.