The Press., 1884-11-27
STAFFO R Ds

Hall Friday evening next. It IS variety entertainment, of farcical character, inter weaving songs, dances, and humor. Re served Seats are being sold at Medbery's.
 -s.Just for Fun" go to Central Hall Friday evening.
 Union Thanksgiving service at the Congregational church al 7:3O p. m. .se
 Stafford Cornet Bands concert and bah at town hall this evening.
 The service at Grace church on Thanksgiving day will beat Il a. m.
 The Mineral Springs mill is closing up its product of light weights because oi slow market. There will be 8 stoppage, we trust brief one, while the market is being relieved, and probably when the start is made it will be on heavy goods.
 Reports that the Warren Woolen Go. are about to start up have prevailed fo1 some weeks past, and now the prelimi- nary steps are being taken to that end. It may be a month or two, however, before employment can be given to many hands. Already work has begun in the worsted mill. The Orcuttville mill also is prepar- ing to start up, it is hoped permanently.
 The Stafford public library is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, afternoon and evening. Second door to right from stairs, front, in Warren's block.
 Schools begin next Monday. Miss Anna Heald takes Miss Eno's place in the in te1mediate school.
 The skating rink in Oronoco block is open on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and will be open this (Thirsday) afternoon.
 MT Hawley being called to attend a funeral at Ashaway, near Westerly, R. l., on Saturday afternoon, 22d inst, was nee being supplied by Rev. MT. Hobbs of the Hartford Theological Seminary.
 The ladies of the Congregational SO ciety will hold "Mugby Junction. party in connection with regular soeiabie We'd nesday afternoon and evening, Dec. 3d. The ladies have secured piano for then parlors, and will have music, and gen. eral good time is expected. All cordially invited.
 Springfield Sunday Republican The observing traveller who rides over the New London railroad always notices thatall the sealskin sacks and fashion-plates get up and walk out when Stafford Springs is called. In fact, the number of these sacks that are worn in town has been exactly estimated by men who know whereof they speak. The Springs may be called the banner sealskin sack town, for their num- Der is large. No one recognizes this fact more than the Springfield merchants who advertise largely in the local paper.
 The Old Farmers Almanac (Rob't B. Thomas), No. e3, for 1885, is out, and may be found at the usual places. No fire side complete without 1t.
 The Springfield Republican reporter finds occasion to somewhat tone down his account of Stafford pauper abuses, at least so far as to say that the circumstances complained of were only temporary, and when exposed were just. on the point of being remedied. It says = Probably no man could have treated them better than the present overseer, situated as they were. Their isolated position was the fault. not any M-treatment. And 1t may be remarked that the overseer, all this time, has been preparing at considerable expense new winter quarters at the Hollow for his pauper tenants. The paupers have now," the reporter says, "been taken from their lonely homo on the hills to winter quarters in the Hollow, where needed at- tention can be given. This removes at once the causes for prevalent complalnts. It is not that they have been starved, for food to be,cooked, it seems, was furnished in abundance nor that they were knock ed around with a club by the overseer for he was living three or four miles away. The ground for the rough stories was that q numbar. of irTosponsible parsons with All sorts of mental and physical weaknesses. were Left 10 keep house Bg themselYss and kick each other about as they blessed, so that the helpless suffered abussp and the sick too often bad to lie unattended for some time, as was the daee 8ith the man stricken with pafal ysis who Wal AnaIly aS sisted by neighbor after lying pns the floor for 30 hours. ,
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