The Press., 1885-09-03

That Stafford Springs attracts no sum- mer visitors, as in years agone, Is attrl- buted, rightly or wrongly, to the lack of 8 comfortable hotel. The present ,edifice is old, uncomfortable, and expensive to run in winter. The best landlord in the world cannot make it attractive to guests as com pared with competing summer resorts, even with the attraction of the best health promoting spring in the state. Stafford people know that they have good thing in the mineral waters flowing so abund- antly, and by experience shown to have such valuable curative properties. In former years the hotel was too small to hold the people who came here for it's ben efits, and private houses all about were filled with the overflow of guests, some being carried to the Hollow nightly for lodgings. The growth of the village has perhaps made it less attractice to those who seek quiet country seclusion, but the hotels grounds are ample, and the pleas antest thoroughfares lead to attractive places of picnic resorts, fishing and kin dred pleasurings. There is no doubt money in the speculation of building a capacious cottage for 25 to. 100 guests on Rockwell Hill. The elevated site, pure air and magnificent prospects, coupled with nearness to the village, would attract those who object to village hotel. There is room and business both for such an en- terprise and for the building of new ho- tel in the village. Each would help and bring business to the other. The present Springs House occupies the natural hotel site in the village, but the house is not at tractive, and is from age and design hard to make into an attractive modern house. Parties would gladly invest.in the building site as paying speculation, but feel un- willing to buy with it the nearly valueless building. Evidently the only way is to choose new site and make hotel suited to the needs of the business naturally belong ing to village so capable of attracting business to hotel. Already we have lost our summer business by waiting in hopes of 8 new house to be built on the old site. It is folly to wait until 1t is too laie to re- cover this business. There are parties who can well afford to invest in a new ho- tel, both as speculation in itself and to promote interests in behalf of which they are already enlisted.
 The Basch mill was not sold at auction last week. There were but two bids and the sale was adjourned until to-day.
 The new engine for the Orcuttville AAAA \ouiAO 11 HiVSilOuIS, 4udSo ID pcIAS, set up.
 Schools begin next Monday.
 M. Halloran, of this village, was q wit ness of the accident whereby MT. Hatch, of South Coventry, was fatally injured last Saturday (described in South Coventry column.) MT. Halloran was on his way to Willimantic and was approaching the spot when the occurrence took place, assisted so far as in his power and hastened to Will limantic to forward physician, who was upon the spot within 18 mir utes of the &C., cident.
 A long white spine cucumber measur- ing IA inches in length and Is in circum- ference, and another 15 inches long and 13 around are noticeable products of the gar den of Mrs. Charles s. Weirs, of this will lage.
 The Congregational Sunday school has it's annual picnic at Crystal Lake this year, and tomorrow Friday is the day. The teams will start from the church at 9 a. m. and all members of the school and congregation are invited. g sharp.
 Charles Fl. Roberts has the agency in Stafford for Gerhardt's bust of. Gen. Grant, pretty ornament for house or office, and a timely memorial of the dead general.
 Fred andWalter Remmeat have taken the Central House on East Main st. and are moving III. The east store on the low CT floor is to be added to the hotel. W. o. Buckley of Hartford, G. W. T. visited Harmony Temple of Honor last evening, and after the evenings exercises, including an address by Mir. B., all present went to the Congregational parlors and partook of supper prepared by the ladies.
 Meetings will be held in different churches in town, one on each Sunday, under the management of Harmony Tem- pie of Honor, to awaken the voters to a sense of duty in dealing with the license question at the coming town meeting.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 Rev l.. s. Goodell will preach in the Baptist church next Sunday at .45 a. m.
 The pastor has returned from vaca- tion, and services will be resumed in the Universalist church next Sunday Sept. @, sE. WEST STAFFORD
 -Dea. Orwell Dimmick celebrated the 7Oth return of the day of his birth on the 27th inst. at his daughters in Burnside.
 -J. Frost was in town on the morning of the 27th inst, also at the same hour on the 28th. His call was brief on both oc- casions, and but slight traces of his pres ence were left behind. It is earnestly de- sired that his next visit may be deferred to distant day, until the farmers and gardeners on whom he is wont to bestow his favors may be properly prepared to receive him. '-'
 The picnic of the Congregational Sunday school at Crystal Lake on Satnr- day, 29th, was a grand success. There was large gathering, and all seemed to have good time, and with boating, swing ing, &c., the hours sped swiftly. A boun- tiful collation. was provided by the ladies, and when all were supplied there were sev- eral basketfuls remaining. If $1OO ($2OO would be better) were expended in grading the grounds, building bank-wall, erecting a new and larger pier, and providing 8 few boats of better class, first-class summer resort might be provided, which would be no doubt abundantly patronized and bring ample returns to the proprietor. B.
 HOLLAND.
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 The fall term of school in Dist. No. l commences Monday next-Miss Spedding teacher.
 MT. Stoddard, D. G. O., of Maine is explaining the objects of the United Order