The Press., 1888-12-27
Ionic Lodge. F. A. M. No. 1

Ionic Lodge, F. A. M., No. 110, las Friday evening elected the following off eers for the ensuing year: H. s. Abel, w M; J. 0. Converse, s. w.; George w Eaton, J.W. H. o. Butterfeld, treasurer A. J. Turner, secretary D. H. Parsons g. D.. Robert Buckley, J. D.. Thomas Oliver, s. s. ]; Thomas Whitaker, J. s. I A. N Nichols. chaplain Wesley Dimock organist; J. V. Squier, marshal; B. Pierce, tiler Installation Monday evening, Jan uary7.
 There was not very large attendance at the creamery meeting at Stafford Hol. low last Saturday, but considerable inter est was felt. Mir. Goodwin gave a state ment of the success of creameries in gen. eral spoke well of the adaptation of Staf- ford lands to dairy purposes, being first class for hay or grazing, and answered all I questions put. Papers were started on the spot of subscription to capital stock and pledging of COWS. Mir. Goodwin placed cost of plant at $3, 900 and upwards, recommending an expenditure of not much over that amount. It is likely, however, that the amount of capital stock will be put at $5, 900, no more to be called ln by assessment than necessary. Not less than 200 cows should be pledged in starting. If carried out, the project seems to assure to Stafford better farms, and to farmer s wives easier lives, as the business pro- vides for the consumption of everything on the farm save the bare cream. The skim milk goes to feed swine, and the in crease of stock, porcine and bovine, helps | to fertiiize the farm, and increase It's ca pacitS to the support of larger herds.
 The w. c. T. U. will meet at their room on Fridtv, at p. m. All members are requested to be present.
 The fact that little is said about the matter of Mr. Kuowlton's disappearance has IeGl the public to settle down to the conviction that his friends have become satisfied as o his whereabouts and to his safety. -.--.
 Union prayer meeting at o'clock at Dea. Larneds, Stafford Street, Friday evening next
 Christmas evening was enjoyed to its fullest extent by gathering of people at the spacious house of Selectman aud Mrs. John A. Foster on Stafford Street. Many of those present were from the borough. There was dancing and other social enjoy ments A pleasant feature was the pres encs of most of the children and grand children of Deacon and Mrs. Willard Orcutt, near neighbors of the Fosters, representa- tives of an old but now widely scattered family.
 Those who are pushing the creamery project complain that the farmers are apathetic, and affect indifference. It will be great misfortune to them If the scheme does not carry, and they need to epcour age rather than depress the canvassers.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 Rev. J. F. Simmons will preach in the r TT,;1 I;,k and evening. All invited. ..:.
 There was fair attendance at the opening lecture of the course last Friday evening. Cannot the hall be filled in the future? Some of the very ablest speakers in the country are to be here this winter. It is a great. opportunity, which few viii lages of the size of this are ever favored with. Col: Higginson is quite generally regarded by the baat critics to be one of the greatest living masters of the English tongue. Tickets for the remainder of the course Give loctures) can be had for $1 O0. In his lecture on ''Voices" Mir. Healy said- many beautiful and helpful things. He is a great lover of nature and has positive genins for word painting The music fur nished by the orchestra was fine and gave pleasing variety to the entertainment of the evening. % .#.."
 Almost everybody in this village keeps a pig. When the time for killing comes those who have no pig are kindly remem- 'bered by their more fortunate or unfortu- nate % ne1ghbors, so in few households is there of necessity any serious lack of pork. To excel is laudable human am bition. Every owner of pig naturally wauts his pig to be a little larger and bet fer than any other pig in the community. The returns so far as they are in point to to MT. G. F. Cady as the man who should be given the banner. MT. Cady lately killed pig 8 months old, which weighed, when dressed, 45O pounds. With good deal of pardonahle pride and elation Mr. Cady says: ''Beat that if you can." If any body h0s beaten that let him be heard from. Your reporter will gladly forward any pig statistics which may be entrusted to him.
 sTAFFoRDvLLE.
 (Correspondence.)
 Old Mir. Woods, who lives in the house with Alba Perkins, is very feeble. It is unusual to find three persons in one house each over eighty years of age.
 Everybody was pleased with the va riety of Christmas goods and cheap bar gains found on the counters of A. S. Eaton.
 The hllI leading to the Street was bad ly washed by the late rains, being almost or quite impossible by teams. A team was overturned there few nights since.
 MT. Newell's third lecture next Tues. day evening will be about ''Great Mu- sicians." He has been repaid by seeing the excellent attendance thus far.
 Christmas passed very pleasantly. The exercises at the Methodist church came off Monday evening, opening with some excellent instrumental music Santa Claus visit down the chimney was we'll acted by MT. John O. Booth. The two trees were we'll filled with gifts, the pastor and wife being generously remembered. The exercises at the Congregational church came off Tuesday evening, the house being we'll filled. The Christmas cantata, which had been carefully prepared for the occa- sion, was finely rendered, all the children doing nicely. The trees were we'll filled with gifts.
 ASHFORD.
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 (COrrespondence3