The Press., 1886-04-01
NTARFORD.

Reimbursement from Bucks hardware store will appear next week.
 .-azr, a. STAFFORD.
 Chaplain McCabe's lecture on Tues day evening drew quite full house, the steady rain which was such a damper on the expectations of the management, di- minishing greatly, no doubt, but not pre- venting the assembling of about 400 intel igent ladies and gentlemen, who gave breathless attention to nearly two hours Of vivid word painting of of most thrilling experience on the field and in the prison. If the audience felt any uncomfortable sensation during the address it was only from the fear that 1t would close too soon. Not aword was lost, not an auditor failed to follow the chaplain in his experience and seem to witness each experience and in cident as he described it. Every expecta- tion was met, and not an auditor will ever fail to improve an opportunity to hear the same story told again. This closes the sDason's 8 lecture course, and the public ap- preciates the generosity that gave it so much for the money.
 The eighth lecture in the course on bible characters will be delivered in the M. B. church next Sabbath evening at o'clock, subject-Pontius Pilate, or Life's Trifer.
 -Pemberton has moved his candy busi- ness into h1s grocery store.
 The prohibitionists will hold county cenference at Borough Hall on Monday next at 10 a. m., and will be addressed at 3 p. m. and at p. m. by W. T. Mills, editor of The Voice, life size Photographic portraits of whom have been generously distributed about the vicinity. Sessions will open at 10 a. m., 2 p. m. and p. m. At the afternoon session county society will be organized.
 A Plymouth Rock hen belonging to James Whitney of Stafordville has laid an egg measuring 6 inches one way and 84 the other.
 The pews at the M. E. church will be rented on Friday evening at 7.30
 The seleetmen meet next Monday p. m. The court of burgesses on Tuesday evening. ~-ss
 Stated communication of Ionic Lodge F. A. M., Monday evening. : Reborn Club meeting next Sabbath at 4 P. m., led by the young men.
 &-B. F. Taylor was able to fill his posi- ton as organist at the Congregational church last Sunday, and is getting quite strong again. For the past few Sundays Miss Kate E. BeckWith has served as or ganist.
 Officers chosen by the Congregational society last Friday evening are named on page 1st. It was voted to continue the free seat system, as for ten years past. AL So expressed by resolution as the unani- nous desire of the society that Rev. J. P. Hawley continue to serve as pastor.
 s-The law is off on trout. ~-Geo. E. Buck has bought of the Mathew heirs the Bugbee place on Staf- ford Street, and will move upon it. The cottage he vacates on East Main street has been engaged by Christopher Allen, late superintendent of the Phoenix mill at Hydeville, though the Stafordville fire may change MT. Aliens plans.
 ' Work at the Mineral Springs mill has been interfered with this week by short age of help in the carding room, but all hands will soon be busy again.
 --Letters remaining in post office at Stafford Springs, Conn.,, April l, 1886. Mrs. Annie McMahan, James Buckholly, Mrs. Lavinia 0. Brown, Frank Cummings, Mrs. Mary Foley, Mrs. T. J. Feary, Mon sier Arseme Russell. MT. Lucca Brochrie, A. Schaffer, Delina Roberts.
 e.-pnion prayer meeting Tuesday even ing next, 74 o'clock, at B. Y Fiske's, Staf- ford Street.
 a-Repben s. Converse, who left the po- aition of machinist at the Mineral Springs Cos. mill few weeks ago, on Tuesday bonght out the business of Geo. o. Cleave- land in the old established grain and feed atoFe opposite the depot, also Mrs Oleave- landA furniture store in the aame hnild- ing.
 Hon. l.. H. Fuller of Putnam was in town yesterday. MT. Fuller is live man of that thoroughly live village, being chief engineer of it's fire department, president of the acqueduCt company, manager of the telephone exchange, doing large bu usiness as an insurance agent, besides other inter- ests. His present leading idea is the push ing of the sale of new steam heater made by Putnam company, of which he is member. MT. Fuller has several times served his. town as legislator, and is a son of Hon. l.. 8. Fuller of Holland. :
 Rev. Messrs. HawIey and Batchelder exchanged last Sunday morning.
 The Congregational sociable next Tuesday evening will be conducted by Mrs. Sarah A. Chaffee and Miss Emily l.. Eler. Entertainment Songs of seven, illustrated by tableaux also singing, reel tations, etc. Everybody invited.
 THE "orD MILL" AT sTAFFoRDvmLE.
 On the Sabbath, March 28th, Rev. MT. Vain of StaffordviIle preached from the thxt, s.Alt thou He that should aome Or do We slopk g0r anothep His theme was the discouragements and disappointments and the doubts of John the Baptist in his earthly mission. In allusiOn to the late disaster that has fallen upon the village he spoke in substance as follows While writing this discourse the bell from our church tower responded to the factory bell that struck it's last peals as the fire burst forth from it's ilLfated walls. The old mill that has stood the storms of AT win ters and braved the thunderbolts of heaven and the great flood that came down upon it in 1877, is now a crumbling, blackened ruin. The old mill of almost 50 years is no more. What a history could these old Halls unfold if they gould speak. Many anee employed within that enclosure still live, We have one now in this assembly