The Press., 1885-08-20
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 Bows who think the .sApple Protec ton League" an ssunknown quantity" vii find to their sorrow that it is know quantity. Detectives can now watch D. moonlight as we'll as by sunlight.
 The Basch mill at Staffordville, witl all tenements connected, is to be sold a auction next Thursday. The mill is O stone, and is filled with machinery ready for woolen manufacture. The water DOW below the StaffOrdville reservoir. a share in which goes with the property. See ad vertisement.
 Farley Plympton, well known citizer of Staffordville, native of the town, and most of his life hotel keeper, died on Sunday last, aged v years. He has been ailing for some time.
 The sale of mill suppli. by the trus trees of the Basch estate, in connection with the auction sale of the mill at Staf fordville next Thursday, is an item of in terest to manufacturers, including the stock left at the Windsoryille, as we'll as the. Staffordville, mill, wool, weaver's and card waste, several thousand pounds o1 focks, dye stuffs, teasles, tools connected with mills, etc.
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 Geo. Preston, of the hardware firm, Preston Bros, Norwich, has been recu. perating at home for few weeks.
 Mir. Harry Hawkins and MT. Wm. Baker and family, of Boston, are visiting their parents and friends at MT. A. M. Hawkins.
 Mir. Stephen Griggs has been visiting the former friends and neighbors.
 MT. E. s. Agard took his family to R. l. and remained with them about two weeks, enjoying the salt-sea air and one days fishing on the big pond.
 MT. E. G. Wright is at work for MT. Jones in Ellington.
 The Holland House is having very good patronage this season, having been obliged to secure rooms for number of guests at neighboring houses.
 Arthur Root Is taking vacation.
 F. P. Mack has sold his stock of goods to Harwood X Co.,, of Norwich, who re- moved them to Stafford Springs. MT. M. has the sympathy of the community, and we are sorry that he could not make a suc- cess of the mercantile business.
 -G. w. Morton, while removing some dead limbs from an apple tree, cut his leg below the knee, infiicting wound that kept him at home for more than a week.
 The grounds around the Congrega- tional church are being graded, re-turfed, and drive-ways made, the stone work trim med, and walls of the basement pointed up, and couple of what in old times would be called horse blocks answer the same purpose, only instead of mounting a saddle, a carriage seat Is substituted.
 Charles Johnson, who soon enters the employ of Jacobs, the shoe man at Rock vile, served his apprenticeship with J. P. Root, and made many friends here, who will be glad to greet him at his new place.
 The apple crop and corn promise an abundant yield. Potatoes are good and the crop of hay better than last year.
 The Sunday schools of the Congrega- tional and Baptists churches and the Band of Hope went to Crystal Lake, Thursday, 9th, and enjoyed themselves in the usual way of picnic CTS. About l50 partici- pated. Among the number was the young and festive @ MT. o. F. Waldo. who, not withstanding his 85 years, enjoyed boat tide on the lake, and-well-we won't say anything about his flrtations. Last We'd nesday the Methodist society and school enjoyed the day at the same place, and had good time as usual. sts s Dwight Webster cut the end of his fingers on one hand very nearly off, on the strengthening machine in the belt works, Monday. Mrs. Samuel Masoin. and daughters from Urbanno, Ohio, are visiting friends here.
 Mrs. Ebenezer Waldo and son of New York are at her father -in-law's, O. P. Waldo. ..-
 Fred. Young is building reservoir on Paulk Hill, and is going to fish farm ing. German carp will be the first crop he tries.
 An item is going the rounds of the press relative to two aged mowers in Essex O., Mass, who have moved for the last 75 years, though the amount moved is not stated. MT. O. P. Waldo of this place says he has moved for 75 years, commencing when he was II years old Che is in his Seth year). This year he has moved 12 different days, from one to four hours each day, commencing at o'clock some mornings, and consequently thinks he is entitled to be counted among the an. cient and honorable mowers. He also gave MT. l.. s. Fuller lively time bind. ing oats this summer.
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 T. B. Stowell, principal of Bryant X Stratton Business College, who with his wife has been spending part of his vaca- tion with her friends in the western part of the state, are now for few days with his father in this place. The college has had two hundred and ninety-seven students