The Press., 1912-09-18

he family furnishing the coffee.
 Ladies are invited as we'll as men.
 There will be addresses as follows
 ' Management of. mature pine,'' w. kO. Filley, assistant state forester
 q Taxation of woodland, s. N.
 Spring, state forester. Discussion will be opened by o. E. Kellogg, West Stafford.
 The republican and democratic caucuses were held Saturday evening, and the following tickets will be be- fore the people on October 7th:- Republican - Assessors, for two years, o. A. Proulx; for three years, l.. E. Wells; board of relief, George Towne, T. Olin Newell; selectmen, E. G. Walker, o. A. Proulx; agent town deposit fund, Willard Richards auditor, w. s. Horsman; grand juror, P. E. Tyler; collector of taxes, T. Olin Newell; constables, Peter Thomp- son; registrar of voters, P. B. Tyler town school committee, for two years, R. c. Barrows; for three years, H. R. Howard; library directors, George Towne, M. H. Kinney. Presiding officer, John Buckley; clerk, Harry Ryder.
 Democratic - assessors, for two years, l.. B. Booth; for three years, A. M. Heck; board of relief, Myron Heck, Samuel Heck; selectmen, Myron Heck, L.B Booth; agent town deposit fund, no nomination; auditor, L. B. Booth; grand juror, o. E. Will lis; collector of taxes, Samuel Heck constable, Fred Belcher; registrar of voters, l.. B. Booth; town school committee, for two years, H. B. Booth. Presiding officer, L. B. Booth.
 Some. one recently. asked why huckleberries were not more plentiful here in Union. The answer was s' Probably the land is too rich: here. '' Certainly the soil must be rich, for we measured cucumber, from John Sellers garden and here are the figures: I'll inches from tip to tip and II inches around. Henry F. Cor bin raised Clapp's favorite pears this year; that measured 1241 inches around from "stem to stem' and 1O3 inches around the other way. e., |; .s. The COrbin Family Reunion
 The Corbins met this year for their reunion at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney A. Grant at Thomp- sonville, near the state line, last Thursday. About fifty were present, forming a very pleasant little con- pany. The oldest one present was Mrs. Louisa Corbin of Springfield. 86 years of age. Her three daughters, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Pomeroy, were also there.. Those who came the greatest distance were ,Amasa Corbin and daughter from ,GouveFneur, N. Y., and Rev. and Mrs. Livingstone (she being daugh- ter of Jay Corbin of Gouverneur) from Port Hudson, N. Y. This party came by auto, coming to Springfield on the previous day. Others present were sWm. H.. Corbin and MT. and Mrs. Wiley from Hartford, Dr. Geo. N. Lawson and wife from Middle Had dam, Ernest Corbin, Milton Kinney and MT. and Mrs. Russell from Son. 'ers, MT. and Mrs. Miner Corbin, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. Webber and Geo. Agard from Brimfeld, Mass, Rev. and Mrs. Bert Furness from Swanzey. N. H., Rev. Geo. Curtiss and Mrs. Job of West Haven, MT. and Mrs. Oren Pratt of Springfield, MT. and Mrs. Fausey of West Springfield, Mrs. Emily Goodell and Albert Lyon from Stafford, Mrs. Frank Corbin of West Woodstock, Gilbert Corbin, Frank Corbin and families of Greenfield, Mass. Mrs. Payne from Hartford and a few others. The company was photographed by MT. Curtiss, after which they enjoyed an excellent lunch in an old tobacco shed, served by the ladies of the local Methodist church. When the company gathered again at the house they were called to order by Rev. H. M. Lawson, the family historian, and some very pleasant in- formal speeches were made by Wm. H. Corbin, Rev. Geo. Curtiss, Rev. B. Furness, MT. Wiley, Dr. Lawson, Miner Corbin and MT. Chapman, who also entertained the company with singing. The occasion was, enjoyed so much that the desire was expressed to make it an annual affair, and d consisting. of H. M. Law son, Mrs. Grant, Wm. H. Corbin, Ernest Corbin and Ebert Kinney was appointed to arrange for a future gathering.
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 Harry Royce of Springfield was in town Sunday.
 George Crawford has added a coat of paint to his residence.
 Rec. and Mrs. Morrow leave for their Nashville home this week.
 H. R. Howard has been severely i'll for few days, but able to be about this week.
 A. M. Heck is to make cider at the Martin Brown place this year, and has everything in readiness to do business this week. .~ ',
 Lyman Moore is filling his silo this week, and if luck is with him will have gotten the corn in previous to l any severe frost, the first time for several years.
 Miss Julia Lippmann and her mother go to New York this week for the winter. Miss Lippmann is the author of Martha By The Day." a book just out. --#
 MT. and Mrs. Francis Cleveland of | Hartford, with MT. and Mrs. Rocius Sack of Southbridge, were in town