1 No one ventures a suggestion as to
, the uses Curtiss made of the money.
! He lived frugally and was never
i known to speculate. The solvency of
j the bank is not at all affected by the
I embezzlement.
! _
SENEXET GRANGE
The first regular meeting of the
i new year was held last Wednesday
evening, the subject of the Lecturer’s
hour being Temperance, The follow
ing program was presented:
“Health and Temperance’’
Dr. Joseph Spalding
“Why Women Work for the Temper
ance Cause" Mrs. Wm. C. Child
“The Rum Element in Politics”
Miss Rilla Child
"Position of the National Grange on
Prohibition" Miss Louise Howard
Reading of Col. Ingersoll’s "Tribute to
I Whiskey” William C. Child
I Reading of Rev. Jas. Ruckley’s Paro
dy on Col. Ingersoll's “Tribute to
j' Whiskey” Mrs. Geo. W. Butts
The latter part of the Lecturer’s
I hour was much enlivened by the retir
1 ing officers, each of whom read a will
| in favor of his or her successor.
J At a special meeting held last Mon
. day evening, William C. Child and
Mrs. Louise Child were appointed del
egates to attend the Connecticut
State grange which convenes in Hart
ford this week.
At the next regular meeting, Janu
ary nineteenth, the officers for 1916
will be installed.
POMFRET
A daughter was born Sunday, Jan
uary 9, to Professor and Mrs. Walter
Hildreth of Williamstown, Mass. Mr.
Hildreth is professor of German at
Williams College and the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Hildreth of Pomfret.
