The Press., 1886-04-29
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 Cfatter under thls head oight cents per hne1
 Large stock of Paraso.s and Sun Umbre las at A. W. Walkers.
 Notwithstanding the great superiority ( the Weber Piano, the prices are as low an terms as easy as those of other good makers This excellent piano is for sale by W. c. Fay Tor, 416 Main-st., Springfield, Mass, so e ag''
 -Gills clearance sale is taking with tn people. Catalogues, giving the regular an reduced price on pictures, books, stationery blank books and picture frames, mailed ire to any address by Gilps Art Store, Spring field, Mass.
 Try the fifty cent tea for forty cents pc h.. At Pen1berton cash store. 22a2
 T am now ready to show the largest ant best selec ed line of Spring and Summe Boots and Shoes ever brought into Stafford Please call and inspect the goods, as the. will be shown cheerfully, whether you pur chase or not. Sign of the big boot. W. E Hanley, Oronoco Block.
 -St Louis Flour at $5.50 per bbl., a Pemberton's cash store. 22a2
 Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, offer Dan ish suitings A in. wide at 19c. per yard worth 374c. colors-cream, eeru, drab, pink blue and brown.
 Second hand organs in thoroughly good 
 ments in every way, for $2O $30, $40, $50, $6O and upwards at 0. N. Stimpson's ware. rooms, 396 Main St., Springfield Mass.
 Cash Cash II Cash " Best leaf lard in and 10 ID pails, SIC. best Old Govern ment Java coffee, 30c. best Rio do., 20c. best 1Oc. cigar in town, sc. best 1Oc. plug tobacco, Sc. London Layer raisins, 15c. ; new prunes, (not old) &c.,, lbs for 25c. :; best Haxhall flour, $6.25; best St, Louis, $5.5O; best bananas 4c. each, 3Oc. per dog. !; Carr's best graham four, Sc. These prices are not for 8 bait, but sell everything equal ly low. J. A. Pemberton.
 A large line of Fans and Gloves at Mrs. J. A. Simond's. .
 ~TAFFOHD.
 Union prayer meeting Tuesday even- ing next, at T o'clock, at Dea. Larned's, Stafford Street.
 ". T. Mills is announced to speak at the M. E. church on Saturday evening On ""The work shop vs. the grog shop;" and on Sunday at D. m. on relations of the churches to the temperant reform" T. e prohibition quartette will sing at both meetings, and will be aided by chorus at the Sunday meeting.
 Next Sunday morning communion ser vices will be held at the Congregational church, and eight new members will be admitted. two by letter, six by profession. Others are intending to unite at the next following communion.
 Winter Posts camp fire at South Will lington last Thursday evening was attend ed by about forty veterans from Stafford, besides the resident ex-soldiers of the vi- cinity of the place of meeting, and many citizens. Twenty-eight of these went down in Washburn's blg bus, others by private conveyance. The ride thither and home was enlivened by song, story and joke. Arriving at the pretty and thrifty village, the fine hall over G. Hall, jr., < Co.'S. office was found to be ready lighted and the ''boYs" were made welcome. Soon after arriving, the. large. dining room of the village boarding house was, thrown open and the soldiers sat down to whole some repast of beans, brown bread, hard tack and coffee, with other fare more lux urious and therefore less suggestive of camp life, provided largely by the village people. The hours of the evening flew rapidly by as the veterans became "boys" again. The ''boys'' of '61 are now boys no longer, save on occasions like this, when the most gray and grizzled veteran becomes boy again, as he recalls the in cidents of period that now seems like a phase of dream life, save when a gathering like this, with it's revival of memories, brings back all the evidences that these things actually were, and that a terrible "I tell you, boys," said Scott, Git wasn't all jolly. We left thousands of the boys there behind us. I've had to walk long distances over our boys carcasses, some fostering on the top of the ground, others so scantily buried that limbs could be seen sticking out, and we obliged to hurriedly tramp over them" Veteran Moses AL drich of Wilmington officiated at the organ, and many voices swelled the old familiar songs of the camp, singing
 "As we used to sing, fty-thousand strong, While we were marching through Georgia" Old plantation melodies of long time ago, plaintive songs of the scenes of war, thrill ing patriotic songs, were given with a vim. Veteran Sibley was there with his fife, '1ittle tin whistle" as "Scott" called it, and used it well, though it's needed drum support was unfortunately lacking. The moon was swinging we'll over the eastern hill tops as the gathering broke up, and soon after Washburn's whip was cracking merr1ly over the heads of the six muscular horses, who quickly and safely SOAVOJCo Ho1 AAOAACWdAcS t1lSL LuISO hearty cheers had been given for the hos pitable people of South Wilmington. There was warm appreciation of the eff forts to make the boys welcome. Most of the veterans of the vicinity were out in force, and of other citizens Messrs. John Champlin, Adolph Korpar, Charles c. Es- sex and other well known citizens, by their presence, and words of welcome, helped to make the occasion agreeable, heartily cooperating with Commander Simonds and Past Commander Parsons, who were in charge. Gardner Hall, though not present, was none the less recognized as foremost in the welcome extended, no assurance being needed of his kindly feeling for the visiting vets.
 The Fairfield divorce suit resulted in a decision from Judge Carpenter granting the divorce, and giving the mother the custody of the 16 years old daughter. A lengthy report of the trial appears in the Hartford Times, reported to have been written by the court stenographer. We give it in part:
 Mrs. Fairfield testified to beatings and chokings that left blackened face and marks on the throat and disabled her for time these beatings being preceded by her husband bursting open her door and dragging her from her daughters bed where she had taken refuge, to his room, A paper was pro- dnced in court which the defendant had tried get his wife to sign without reading it. Naturally enough had fla anurin ifut Vuhaf