The Press., 1888-03-22
-The chautauqua Circle will meet Fri

The Chautauqua Circle will meet Fri day evening at the Methodist church. The annual meeting of the Congrega- on Friday evening.
 -Ebenezer Colburn lost COW last week, which was 80 sick that he was obliged to kill it.
 -The annual meeting of the Stafford Springs Cemetery assoclation will be he'd at borough hall next Monday evening.
 There will be special meeting of Stafford Grange next Tuesday evening, March 2, for the purpose of receiving ap- plieations and balloting upon therm.
 Baker < Co., advertise special cheap ssle of damaged horse clothing goods at their Springfield store.
 The ladies of the Congregational so- ciety will hold the next sociab1e, under charge of Mrs. Dr. Newton and Mrs. w.. H. Cooley, at the chapel, next Wednesday afternoon and evening. The young peo- pie will give an entertainment. All are cordially invited.
 The Gayety Opera O., whose return to Stafford Springs has been much desired by many who heard them last month, have engaged Oronoco Hall for the evenings of April 9th and 10th.
 J. M. Leach of the Central clothing house has been enlarging and refttlng his great show window, and with its nice dis play it DOW attracts unusual attention. A central object is pretty ship carved from wood by Wm. Tisdale, sailor. Miss EIlithorpe has painted for it a fine marine background, and it has been given frame worthy of its merits.
 A telegram announced the safe arrival of Messrs. Converse and Kibbe and wives in Florida on Friday. A correspondent elsewhere tells how they spent the days of the storm in the cars within the Jersey City depot.
 Fortunate thai last week was the school vacation week.
 At the quarterly conference of the M E. church hold on Tuesday evening vote was passed, unanimously, expressive of a desire that the conference return Rev. Mir. Drew to the pastorate of the church.
 The officers of the Stafford Agricultu- ral society held an adjourned meeting at the W. c. T. U. room on Friday, 23d, at 10 a. m.
 Letters remaining in the office at Staf- ford Springs, March 22d: John O'Brien, Mrs. Phillle Butturs, W. E. Hopkins, F. J. Johnson, ". ". Thompson, Mrs. Mary Wakefield.
 A gentle warm rain set in on Tuesday night, and continued until Wednesday evening. As the rainfall increased to- wards the last, and the streams rose to near hiah-water mark, considerable apprehension began to be excited, but the rain ceased, the temperature fell, and light dash of snow helped to check the thAw. To-day the weather is warm and the thaw goes on, but can do little, if any, more than keep the streams at present helght. Some other ptace5'in the vicinity have not been as fortunate as this. The temporary railroad bridge at Palmer was made impossible, so that the boat train could not make its trip below Palmer last evening, and this morning passengers are again transferred between North Monson and Palmer by coach. The entertainments near MOnsOn are somewhat washed, but trains are able to get over all the bad places, and will resume regular trips to- day, though the transfer will have to be made for day or two at Palmer. Freight traffic is, of course, temporarily interrupt ed. The dam of the North Monson mill is injured by the flood, but is not consld- cred to be ill any great danger of breaking.
 Rev. J. P. Hawley'S sermon next Sunday evening will be to boys.
 Joseph A. Gardner of Colchester, as- sistant Inspector of Dist. No. 7, will visit ing, and full attendance of members is desired.
 SCHOOL NOTES.
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 During the term just closed the fol- loyxy Ilc 1L~ tardy : High school-Carrie Comins, Nel- lie Converse, Jennie Davis, Matte Graves, Minnie Netf, Lucius Eaton, William Heald, Bernie Holmes, Willie Orcutt, Frank Preston, Frauk Richards, Ernest Taft. Grammar-Grace Richards, Nellie Rich aids, Hattie Weir, Clarence Banford, John BellerosA, Frank Newton, Willie Reed, Arthur Towne, E Idle Willis. Intermedl- a e-MAud Underwood, Geo. Benton, Ray mond Eaton, Holcomb Howard, Leroy Waldo. Grade Hillary Wright, Geo. Stevens. Grade II-Lavilla Burr, Alice Reed, Geo. >Slswick. Grade I-Willie Rawson.
 The inclement winter weather and prevalent sickness has interfered with the attendance necessary to secure the best re- suits, but in general the terms work has been remarkably successful. Parents, how ever, should bear ill mind that during term time coasting and distributing hand bills will hardly take the place of school work, aud that next fall, when the annual promo tions are made, they should not complain if peddllng soap has failed to advance their children. As now arranged, the course of study demands the child's best efforts and constant attendance during the thirty-slx weeks in which we are expected to accom- pllsh what is elsewhere done h thirty-nine or forty, and with but very few exceptions this demand is met both on part of parent and pupil with spirit sure to meet with success.
 The third grade has suffered h the loss through illness of the teacher, Miss Ellis, but Miss Comins has taken her place, and the recent work of the school has proved that the appointment was a wise one.
 The senior class of the high school have just completed plan of the solar system with the planetary positions for 12 o'clock m., Jan. ]. 1889. The plan is drawn to scale, HOO of inch to 1,OOO,O 900 miles, and the angular differences carefully computed independently by each member of the class. This, with other work, will form part of the drawing exhibit at the close of spring term.
 Spring term began last Monday.
 sTAFFORDYILLE.