The Press., 1921-02-10

eSAISE IlIS 1dSL uAtSS
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Jacobsen
 spent the first part of the week visit
 ing friends and relatives in Hartford.
 William Yare, recently employed at
 the Smith & Cooley plant, has ac-
 cepted position as overseer in the
 dye-room, at the Buckland Mills.
 On last Thursday afternoon, Miss
 Elizabeth Cunningham underwent an
 operation for appendicitis al the John son hospital. She is making a good
 recovery and is now resting comfort
 ably. -.,~
 While hit ernating reptiles have left their holes for the heat of the sun,
 there can Ee no surer sign of an early
 spring than the Toys who are using
 every available spot al out town to play martles.
 The eccentric costumes and queer styles seen al out the street on last Friday night were the attendants at the private masquerade held under the auspices of the local order of Red
 Men, and the Degree of POcohontas.
 The Strazza Post entertainment committee in charge of the post lenten three nights entertainment of the or
 Ter have decided to produce min
 5trel show with an army background. It is probable that the "A. B. F. Min strels" will be used to a considerable extent in the makeup of the enter tainment.
 A severe wreck at head of Eagle vile pond caused considerable delay to the trains on the Central Vermont railroad last Saturday. Fourteen sary the employment of two wrecking
 1t is worthy of note that engine num- Der 401 is still on the track
 Officers for 1921 in the local di- vision of the Ancient Order of Hiber- hians were installed Sunday after noon at their hall by County Presi- dent Roger J. Murphy of Rockville, accompanied by his suite. MT. Mur- phy gave a particularly fine address on the condition in Ireland today, and the purpose of the order. A large attendance of the members marked the, meeting. Plans are we'll under way for the St. Patrick nights play.
 An exceptionally large crowd at tended the Italian masquerade on last Saturday evening. Many and va ried were the costumes in evidence about the hall. The first prize for the best costumes was won by Miss A. -Serafin. The largest group was rep resented by Mrs. Daniel Greene and six other young ladies. The funniest costume in evidence was that of Will liam Benton, who, with candle, night cap and flowing robes, represented good night ladies' to beWildered and at times wondering spectators.
 Many taxpayers are taking advan- tage of law recently added to the statues of Connecticut Timberland of few years growth usually taxed at five dollars per acre is not always considered fairly assessed and be- fore the trees attain a sufficient growth, when cutting will pay the owner, are sometimes destroyed by fire, blight, or other unfortunate cir cumstances. In many instances, chiefly however by those who hold land of a short term of growth, the secured. The property owner has his land classified by the state committee on forestry and is then allowed to pay 3 tax of one per cent on the value thus placed on his timber property for fifty years, or until he sees fit to cut the thinker. The value as deter ! mined by the board must however ke the taxable value for the whole pe- riOd of taxation. On the cutting he l must then pay an additional tax of l ten percent. Some figure that this ! will not gain them anything but in ] the long run, and where the town tax ! rate is high, there is chance for saving. A feature of the l bill is that the risk of losing timber 1 assumed by all owners of such land ! is also carried to a certain extent by ! the town wherein the timber lies, and the state. Many local men are considering having their timber class flied for the 1921 assessment. One l solid advantage of the method is that 1 each changing board of assessors will | not te able to change the taxable val I ue of the timber land.
 Little four years old Eva Scotia is l thought by many local people to be | truly deserving of a Carnegie medal. l On last Friday afternoon, unaided and | at considerable risk to herself, she l pulled her companion, Alex ScusseH, l from the Dennis pond. The~circum- stances of the rescue are very interest," ing and unusual. Both the children are four years old, Alex is nearly twice 1 as heavy as Eva. During the late they were seen wandering toward the pond by some of the ! neighbors. Eva has curly hair, dark 1 flashing eyes and is always founder ing in mischief of some kind. The two children have played together and are neight ors to each other, both living on Westford avenue. Upon nearing the ice, Alex, as generally tehoves male, led the way and was apparently thinking about crossing the ice. The ice owing to the un- usually warm weather of the week W ekS HUI e1Ls dAA 0G1IG anu 6A4CA ucku AAOC travelled very far from tIle shore when he found himself enmeshed in the icy water up to his neck with little Eva close behind him but supported by the ice because of her lighter weight. All that prevented the child from going clear through was that in fall ing his arms had struck the ice and supported him in the water. As he realized his danger he extended his. arm to Eva who carefully tested the safety of the ice around the hole and distaining the extended arm, in- timating that it would also pull her in, reached down and grasping Alex se- curely by the hair of his head pulled him to safety on the ice. Before Eva reached for Alex she looked around to see if any assistance might be se- cured and seeing the futility of going