The Press., 1888-10-04

tho weather for the best days of it's fair. Hundreds of Stafford people went over yesterday, helping to make up the crowd I there.
 Torrent Engine Company will, as usual. have it's annual ball on the second night of the agricultural fair, Wednesday, Got. 17th.
 "A number of young people of Stafford Springs attended a husking party Tuesday evening at Mir. B. s. Charter's, where they spent very enjoyable evening, and husked some twenty bushels of corn, af- forwards adjourned to the house, where they found an abundance of good things to 1 eat.
 l The organ and vocal concert at St. 1 Edwards church tonight will draw large audience, both for the merits of the con- cert and the desire to see the interior of l the new church. Tickets on sale at Han 1 ley's, and at Parsons.
 Some scoundrel let the prohibition flag down into the muddy street one night last week, where it was found next morn | ing. Every decent person denounces it as the dirty act of a dirty miscreAnt. -Charles McCarthy of this village is taking a course of medical study at Be'le- vue University, New Yoek. He has been student with Dr. Hassett, of Lee, Mass. l The ''fall openings at Adams store are quite as attr4ctiy,, a. those If the mil liners-in their way. The stove paiter pf the season are handsom4, and improvements and coavenienees for the same continue to multiply. rf<. E~ *. .-Nlission service at B,ff Gap school house on Sunday, Oct 7th, Rev. F. D, Buckley officiating. The WUmaI'S CAti5gial Temp ,ranca Union will holl yh 1T regular me':i, ,n3 l" the ir room on Friday, Oct. 9th, at P. in | Will every member please attend?
 The Chautauaua Circle will meet at the MethodiSt church, at half past seven, Friday, Oct. 5th. .e>,s-e..--.~s .-a-..,.--,
 The Statf,ld democrats Lad their first demonstration on Thuraday evening last, the campaign ciul', headcd by the band, parading with w;ite caps and torches, preceding the raising of Il fine net work banner, bearing names a"d portraits of Olavaia Il and Thurman. Following this Orono,:o Hall WIS clcs, ly packed with people, including representatives of both parties, and addresses were m de by Messrs. York aud Booth of New Haven. The speeches We're sta isticaI, and there was no great amount of enthusiasm in the hall, though in the par: de there waS 8 hboral display. All parts of the town were rep reseuts q
 Water rents are now due Parties will receive one call from the Collector.
 The Sunday night union temperar C.. meeting was largely attended. There wae much enthusiasm, the audience being q, |. cidedly in accord with the speakers. A glee club sang spirited songs, Alvarado Howard, Esq, presided, and the speakers were Revs. Drew, Buckley and Newell, Judge Booth, and James Brennan, Esq. The addresses were Ill brief and pointed. Judge B 10th said that he had been asked why he could be a temperance man and democrat, and admitted that until recent ly the clergymen and better class had been largely republicans, but that since the best men had gone from the republican to the prohibition party, the republican party was now no better than the democratic. contributor wishes The Press to note that not all the ministers have gone, if all the other good men have. Of the IS Meth odist bishops 15 are ardent working repub- licans. .
 Levi Gary, who died on Saturday night, was long time and well known resident of Stafford, veteran in the late war, and a pensioner. The local G. A. R. post at tended his funeral on Monday. He had been, for over year,. in 8 very low condi- tion of health.
 The new banner of the democl atic club is departure from the custom which has prevailed in Stafford of using the "old hag' to float the names of the candidates Tastes differ as to which makes the best appearance. In the republican club room the vote is for the flag, but the democratic banner is handsome and showy, and the ''red, white and blue' appears on it also.
 The Pansy Club will meet with Miss at
 Judge Chamberlin and wife have gone 10 Maine, and will return the last of next week. M. B. Fisk, probate clerk, may be found at the probate office during his ab- sence.
 SALE OF THE GRANITE MILL.
 The purchase of the Granite mill by the Riverside company was bargained for last Saturday, and the trade will be completed today The purchase includes all the real estate lying west of Furnace Avenue and River-st also the water power, including forty feet of land below the dam. As it has been known for some time that the property was for sale every one reioices to have it fall into good hands. The River side is we'll managed company, and en- ploys good grade of help, an essential Item to the people of the villages in which mills are located.
 It IS understood that the mlll Will con- tinue to make cottons, though many think it will ultimately be changed to manufac- ture woolens. ..@ f
 MT. Ives, who makes the sale because of poor health since his severe illness last fall, came to Stafford Springs from Monson in 1843, and since machinery was first put into the mill has been it's manager. His has been a long business career and an active life, having seen the village grow from nearly nothing to it's present size. It had then neither post office, railroad nor bank its only church was a small Metho- dist church on the western outskirt. He has been identified with each step of i'm provement taken, and history of Stafford since 1043 would be pretty barren one if it chronicled only the enterprises in which he has not been 6 zealous worker.
 FAIR NOTES.
 A. Needham will close out all the horses he has on hand at auction, on the fair grounds, on the second day of the fair, be- ginning at 10 a. m. The stock includes good horses, also those less good, and any one in need can no doubt find something to their liking in this stock.
 Some horse owners object to coming to the Stafford fair because no pool selling is allowed here. We'll, we can have the better fair and attract the better class of peo