The Press., 1886-11-11

--E. O. Whi'0n haa bought 3hG h E.
 Whiton property at WesE StaMord, and
 has leased tue shop and water power, the honae in which D. Ek Whitpn Eyed before ! hie removal to Ndm E0ndDa and all the
 hand lying west of the 1Ad running past fhe ehops to HenfT LnflAr, who will at once fit up with machinery for making I chucks. and for other machine work. Mir. \ IAnfIer waa Mir. Whit0nsa f0fefaant anaf ia l known as skilled mechanic and U citizen I whomsalK good peeplS will rsloiaA tOs see
 again permanently established in business in the tOVn.n ~-@. Fl Es Ka~~sss .a
 Miss Eva B. Tifft of Westford shows Us fresh dandelion blsssom pIucked NoY 18th.
 \ -Union prayer maeting On Tuesday evening next 2 o'clock at Mir. NopEse's, Stafford Street.
 --Thefe issasOGnSs sss GS pair of AJB1ea 1h st485fa
 that ought to Ahaye been entered in the hurdle race at the fair. As man was passing along the road, he saw the oNn@ driving them to 8 lot near by. One OK saved
 him the trouble of taking down the bars
 by clearing them at a single jump. Il. K. Lord of Parker, DAkotah, is tmRkin8 a brief visit here thta week. He has sa7ea one thui1D 2n1 Hnger from the wreck of ths hand rsc4lt cFushed between f two ca1s at his gran wAkahSus and eleVa- ftor in %D&kotAh, and tAiOugh these were broken at the time they proved. ret tD be lof considerable use to him. The other fingers and a portion of the hand were necessarily amputated. The misfortune has not dimmed the pleasant tenapoe of our friend and he takes lot of comfort ! in the reflection that it isn't as bad a z It might have been. < ' '..sN,s1 ,s,s,s.,,, ,..
 The schedule of rates made by the Stafford Springs Aqueduct Go. is printed this week. The rates for family use, one faucet, fixed at $6 per year, is $e below. the charge for the same at Palmer, Am herst, ThompsonVille and Springfield and of other places to the advantage of the consumer here.
 -Tuesday's town meeting voted to lay same tax as last year and with same con- Editions of collection. g4he measure of ap- propristing $1OO to aid iu proper observa- tion of memorial day was, voted down after close vote, needing two trials and then g decision fthe housa to decide which sids had the ma jDrity. The vote Was smal the e. A. R. boys making no effort to get out their forces, coDtenting themselves with 8 presentation of the case, and leaving 1t to stand on it's merits, although they had been served with noElcA of opposition. The question of c consolidation of the school districts it was stated to tue meeting could not then be acted upon feG reasons givsna in this paper last week, and all action was postponed nhtff the next annual town'meel ting, when ballot boxes will be provided at each voting piacs for expression on this issue. Complaint was made by. some sop- posed that this issue, (discussed for sever al years past and openly agitatedl has now been sprung upon the people trap fashion. Although the matter was not preperiY abe-s fore the meeting Messrs. A. ID. Cady and Samuel Rockwell made speeches in oppo- Sition, Rev...F. l.. aBatchelder andAlvarado Howard sesting forth the needs and advan- tages of the system, one which the laws of this state have for years permitted the towns to adopt. and which has work well wherever tried. In Massachusetts and other states the towns have for years been so consolidated by state !enactments, and the need of it is more and more apparent in this state. Kt is uniReRsally found that those who have most to do with schools are strongest advocates of, consolidation, and in the small districts where a few years ago was solid opposition to change are now, found strong agitators in it's favor. The people have nov 6 year t0 think about 
 case next time. f3t ia hoped that every voter will inquire, investigate, and note, the experience of towns in Massachusetts, and particularly investigate ass tp theal- leged harm done to rTlral districts by the1 change. '
 Last Saturday nights rain turned to snow, and morning found the earth white coated A few minutes of sunshine fn- ished it, however, though it has been cool or since! .8e3ssa A.. -s80aW
 ea Post Commander SimOnds desires that all veterans of Stafford and vicinity who were W prisoners of war during the rebellion. send their names to him, he having been requested to gather the same to aid in 8 compilation being made by the adjutant general. "
 Reuben Chance is just getting about after severe pull of fever with threaten ingssof pne1monia. Aas z Fl asss ss& v !.
 Dentist Tiffany is about to put al water motor into his work room. iaA aS9asI
 The new hall in St. Edwards school hopse is now 80 near comple letion that Eath- CT Coyle is able to plansf0r dedicatory en- tertainments for Wednesday and Thurs day evenings of Than hsgiving week, ands perhaps for Friday evening also. A chil- dren's cantata is being prepared under the direction of the sisters aDd the full pros gram includes a concert, dramas, farces, etc., fuller particulars of which win be l given later.
 Letters remaining iH the post-office at Stafford Springs Nov. A1th Henry Bob- erich, E. M Blaisden, Richara. Uondon, 0. P. Dawson. W. H. Goddard, Mrs: Greenhalgh, Director Green. Oliver K. Isham, Ferdinand ,Kn6igs 1ab gT Hey ' John Maynard, 0. Mcguire, Miss Sarah McNeil, Benjamin Mills, Miss Minnie Nef, Jed Waters.
 The weather indications for the sue, needing 24 hours, furnished by the kind ness of the N. E. Telephone Company, Twill hereafter be placed each morning in the windows of The Press office. -Comins has huilk aneat delivery Waee on for Grocer Chandler.
 -E. D. Spelman ana his men are build ing Hon. M. A. Marcy ysanew house in Un- ion. It is to be good looking, pleasantly arranged and kroomy cdktage. located be- side the old homestead MT. Marcy says that he is much attached to his native town, and its citizens are pleased to see that he purposes to make it his future home. "A pleasant little family party gathered
 at John K Lords last Monday evening to
 help in due observance of his 77th birth
 day. Hediaa's expect them, but ehjdySl the littl9 Aalk ef astBalie all thq alAs