The Press., 1888-05-31

state association of Congregational minis ters, to be held at Putnam June 18th and 2Oth.
 Don't neglect next Saturdays auction sale of building lots. It may be the turn ing point of your life. The day on which you first beco ne real estate owner, and start on career of thrift that may make you a Vanderbilt.
 Republicans, young and old, will bear in mind the meeting for organization at borough hall Friday evening. The pres ence of each one will cheer and encourage each every other one.
 pr. H. Smith, while at work in his office one day last week, was taken with feeling of dizziness, started for home, and tripped in going down the stairs, falling the full length. He was assisted home, but is out again, seeming to have sustained no injury beyond cut over the eye.
 D. H. Parsons has moved to the ten ement over the Mineral Springs Co.'S of flee.
 There have been many strangers in town for one or two Sundays past. They all wear new. tall, shiny, silk hats, and carry them in that easy way which says to the passer-by: "These are the kind of hats we always wear" One can readily see by their manner and bearing that they are never thinking of their head gear at all.
 Holmes auction sale of building lots next Saturday will be the most extensive thing of the kind ever attempted in this village. A new street running nearly parallel with West Main from Center-st. to the junction of West Main and Green sts will be likely to at least divide the travel between the village and the ceme- tery, Orcuttville, West Stafford, etc. This will be called Converse Avenue, in memory of the late Farley Converse, a part of whose homestead farm the tract was. An other new street will run from this avenue to the river, and be named Alden-st., in honor of an early settler of the town who occupied the old yellow house now stand ing Tn the west part of the village, and of whose family were made the first inter- ments in the s. s. cemetery. The lots to be sold lie along both these new streets, and give a wide range of choice to buyers. It will be we'll for any desiring to secure for themselves building lots to look over the plan of streets and lots prepared for the sale.
 Considerable interest is felt in con- ing society event, invitations being out for the marriage services of couple pop ular in social circles. And Westford ave- nue next Wednesday p. m. will be quite a center of attraction.
 Rev. J. P. Hawley delivered the mem- orial day address at Holland.
 The Stafford Springs branch of the N. B. Reading Circle held its last meeting of four years course with Mrs. Crane Monday evening last.' The number con- timing to the end is small, but these have found the course proftable-the meetings social and pleasant. Mrs. Crane surprised the members present with ice cream and other refreshments. The evening was passed socially and greatly enjoyed.
 Reasonable conditions to be inserted in deeds at the real estate sale on Saturday will protect buyers from having neighbor- ing buildings objectionable in design or location.
 On the night when Baker Block in this village was burned the Hampden Paint Works in Springfield, of which B. K. Baker, brother of the losers by the Stafford Springs fire, was treasurer, was alsn hnrned with a loss of &2n Al0 and