The Press., 1911-11-01

Miss Maria E Harris will begin the second quarter of her private school next Monday, Nov, 7th. in Rockwell's block.
 AL Howard, for many years with Dimock Bros, is now at M A. Smiths meat mal ket, while w P. Bidwell, late of Bidwell 6 Smith , has made an engagement with Dim, ock Bros
 The local school committee for the next term propose to furnish this vil- lage with educational facilities adapt. ed to it's long neglected needs. In each schoolhouse will be 8 primary and intermediate school, while borough hall will be fitted up for a grammar department, which will probably be under charge of MT. Dreamer.
 Born. In Union, Oct 10th, 8 daughter to Thomas and Olah Ruby
 In Stafford Street, Oct 2Oth, son to Julius Reed.
 In Stafford Springs, Oct. 22d, a daughter to John Roach; 23d, a son to John Uloran.
 Married. In Staffordville, 2i, by Rev. H M. Vaill, Frank w Wesoott and Ella B. R0ber.s, both of Sts if >rd.
 In Mansfield, Oct. 18th, by Rev. J. s. Thomas. Andrew M. Grant and Lenora M. Durham, both of Mans field.
 In Westerly, R. I 7, Oct. 27th, by Rev. J. P. Hawley, Addison Kings bury and Sara M. Scott, both of South Coventry.
 The following is of local interest. and was taken from the Holland County Press of November 3, 1881:-
 George H. Newton and the Prince of
 Whales.
 The editor of the Lyndon Vt. Union is on a western run, and writes letters to his paper at home. Under date of October 10th he says: George H. Newton of Monson, Mass was on the train from Chicago to Davenport, and inasmuch as you do not know George, dear reader, I will give you brief sketch as he gave 1t to me. George is an insurance agent, but, net accommodating scrip as fast as he wanted to, he conceived the idea a year ago last winter of catching whale and outdoing Barnum in the show business. But how to do it was a conundrum. He consulted sea cap tains at various points, but got the uniform answer, Impossible. They could not see how a great whale could be caught several hundred miles out in the sea. lowed to the shore, raised out of the water and placed upon cars for transportation. But George had got crazy on the suhjeot and wouldn't It up. After spending several hun dred dollars in running about and get ting refused, he, at last, by giving b3nds to indemnify against loss, found 8 captain willing to undertake the job for 8 good consideration. The result was that last November the monster
 
 to Boston, where Newton hired four derricks and a gang of men, and, after days of uproar and confusion got the It tviathan out of the sea upon two large fiat cars, where he was frozen up, when George started with his p ekerel for the Chicago exposition. But his calculations were hardly sufficient for the immense weight. The car wheel burned off and broke down, and other calculations were short of meeting the emergency. It was a whaling big fish-bigger than George had any idea of. But his courage was equal to the task. He got more wheels made, had a car con- struoted for the purpose, and, at last, that old sucker, as large and as natural as life, was on exhibition at the Chicago exhibition. At that time that pel oh had cost Newton SIP, ,OOO, and he hadn't much more money to pend. As financial venture it was sink or swim. But the leviathan drew a crowd. Everybody wanted to see whale for quarter of dollar. Frum that day to this, except when tine old pumpkin seed was hauled up for repairs, such as punching arsenic into him to keep his blubber from spelling, Newton has been making | change as fast as he could do 1t in all the large cities visited never stopping at town of less than 2O,O0O people. He has taken as high as $500 in a