The Press., 1883-08-16

tional ladies' society was held at the chap
 el yesterday, to act on the resignation o
 the president, Mrs. F. N. Crane. Mrs. G H. Baker was chosen as her successor.
 h-An members of the Girls Librar,
 Club are empowered to verbally invite thei
 families and any friends they desire to at
 tend the lawn party tomorrow evening
 additional to those who receive invitation,
 through the post office. 4ttg
 List of letters remaining in the ofic<
 at Stafford Springs Aug 18th Miss Phebs I'D. Brown, Miss Ida J. Burnham. Isaac
 Baldwin, Aaron Clemens, Mrs. Maria Chase Mrs. F. V. Cushman, Amory Cobb, w. c. Eaton, John Higgins, Mrs. John Garvie
 J. F. Raymond, Miss M l.. Snow, Willis
 E. Wright, Henry J. Worthington.
 Gary Bros. propose to enlarge then
 business in baled hay and coal the com. ing season. They have taken one of the stores in Rockwell's new East Main-st
 building for an office, and give to the pub
 lie notice of intentions in another column.
 The community has been considerably stirred up during few days past by the coming to light of most reyolting act. A young man named Dowsett, who came from Norwich and has been for few weeks en- ployed in Smiths meat market, enticed & little 8-years-old girl into the slaughter house, where he was at work, and, it is claimed, outraged her. The fact that he remained in town afterward until visited by Moulton, in whose family the girl lived, and only left when when his indignant em- ployer learning of the affair bounced him !: further that Moulton, her guardian, in- stead of notifying the town authorities, saw the young man and took BIO in settle ment, coupled with the lack of any def nite information that the girl has suffered much physical injury, leads many to hope and think that the case is not so atrocions as has been reported, though at the best it is of revolting character, and we hope that some investigation may be had. and the offender held to fuller account. The child has been sent to its friends in Massachu setts, who may think the matter serious enough to demand this.
 Hartford Courants camp meeting cor The grounds are very dusty. uncommonly so for this season of the meet ing, and all are praying for rain. John Brown of Stafford says ''his tin kettle says. rain" We hope it will be sure barome ter. x The tea kettle" has estab- llshed It's reputation as an accurate indi- cator of the weather, and will have to be named -four camp barometer" All signs fail in dry time, but this one has not. A fine shower is at this date ' p. sm., falling on the dusty ground. e-s,-
 -'sHersey," driven by Dana Gary. took first money, ,$15O, in the 2 2:27 class at North Adams on Tuesday.
 MAsONIC.-Ionic Lodge meets Friday evening, Wolcott Lodge Saturday evening.
 -Ashbel Whiton of Westford, it is said. will gather 100 bushels of peaches from his trees this season, and already he has sold quite quantity in th is village. .
 The Central Telephone office has & new switch board, which has many i'm upon the one removed.
 Frequent parties of poor children from New York city go north on the boat train, bound to various places in Vermont and for 8 two weeks, stay in the country as benefcencies of the Tribune fresh air fund" Last summer 8 party of these children was distributed about this 1 village.
 Quite an excitement was created few since by the outbreak of our usu- lily placid street commissioners in strong ,xpletives. The cause of this eruption of 1 'djectives was the practice many people l lave of sweeping all kinds of rubbish into l he gutters. And 1t is rather ruflingi when one who has just put Main-st. into ,ood order, with clean gutters, to have 8 mass of litter, old papers, boxes, and what lot tumbled into the gutters, particularly vhen the law and village ordinances say hat it must not be done. t&
 The Girls Library Club respectfully six public attention to their coming lawn 'arty in behalf of the Stafford library. The library is not persistent beggar. 1t ives the public at large very little trou- 'le, and is quietly doing it's good work as
 public educator. It's unobtrusiveness hould not lead any one to overlook its eally ponderous claims to favorable at- ention from the public. > :'-s i Eighty tickets were sold from Staf- ord Springs for the Block Island excur- ion last Friday, and all had ..good time, xcepting that many were sea-sick while etween Watch Hill and the Island. Tt as very rough-waves fifty feet high,one . lan says. 1e .z ..'j~.
 EXCURSION TO LAKE PHEASANT.
 Special excursion rates are given to ake Pleasant next Saturday, and 8 spec- ( l train will leave the lake for New Lon ] on at 10 p. m. Tickets good on either ( ala up, and on steamboat or special train l l 'uth on that evening" Fare, $l .35 from I outh Coventry, $l from Stafford Springs. | Id pro rato from other stations. The g rounds will on that night have their an- I 1al illumination, and with the first class I and music to be heard then, dancing, and ]! sneraI effort to make this the briiliant Il ,cas1on of the gathering. This section ill no doubt contribute its quota to the 8 ms of thousands of people who will take lat time to visit this city of the woods. P
 sTAFFoRDvMLE.
 {aoRREsPoMDENsEA t The apple crop will be light. Il The shower of last Monday was verv freshing. More rain is needed. s The reservoir above the Rawitser & re. mill is empty, and the Stafordyille ;, servoir has fallen considerable, :, Mrs Charles 0haffse and daughter of \ 'indsor Looks recently spent a few days I, this place, as guests of Mrs. J. o. Booth. N
 Rev. H. M. Vain preached last sun- y at Waldoboro, Maine. He will remain lother week on his yaeation, and services
 the Qongregational church will be omit fs q next Sunday. There will be the usual 'ening meeting on the following Thurs y. ss zSs a Quite number have gone to the Wil- n nantic camp meeting from this place. t The bridge short distance above the a aHordville mill has received some much s ,eaed repairs
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