The Press., 1889-07-18

Anthony Adams and family are on g trip to Albany and New York, to include the delightful experience of steamboat journey between these cities.
 Miss Edith Lord, composition on the Spencer Sun, is visiting relatives in this village.
 Mrs. wv. Ellis and Mrs. M. s. Smith have gone to the Willimantic camp ground.
 Mir. and Mrs. Elmer F. Colburn from Springfield were in town over Sabbath.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 -S. B. Nye, agent for Brown Bros. Rochester, N. Y.,) nursery, is making low speclal offers on cherries, 8 fruit well adapted to this locality. From choice collection selections to amount of 80. 20 are offered for limited time at $3 Miss Florence 0. Stowe of Scitico is spending few days at her grandpa's Wm. H. Champlin's.
 sTAFFoRDvILLE.
 We are pleased to see Miss K. E.. Walbridge home once more. -Messrs. Peel & Mccarthy have just completed the painting of their house, which is very rich shade of yellow, with trimmings that make beautiful looking house.
 The accommodations afforded to the Staffordville people to go to and from the Springs need to be experienced to be en- joyed, MT. Dimmick leaving at about 7.3O a. m. and p. m. MT. ChamberIin leaves at 7.45 and returns at II a. m. again at 3 and returning at 6 p. m. On Saturday evenings he makes trip to the Springs, IL, oGG 0% 0k1H lr,,1 11 ok and again reaching it at 9.30.
 Mrs Henry Chamberlin of Westerly, R. l., is visiting at the home of her father, R. W. Andrews.
 Mrs Hannah Smith of Westford, whose death at the advanced age of 99 years and 4 months, is published this week, much of whose later life has been spent in Stafford vile, has been mentioned in these columns on account of her wonderful retention of vitality and mental powers at her advanced age. She was mother of Dea. Sidney Smith of Stafordville. and of ex-postmas- ter Sumner Smith of Hampden, Mass.
 WEST STAFFORD.
 MT. H. A. Cady is giving the parson- age new coat of paint.
 For some time MT. J. R. Washburn has been missing chickens from his poultry yard, the thief visiting several evenings in succession, taking from eight to twelve each evening, up to Saturday evening of last week, when hearing a commotion among the hens about three o'clock Sunday morn ing on going up to the yard he caught the thief, which proved to be an essence ped dler, and after imprisoning the gentleman called on MT. F. z. Fairfield, and with the help of MT. F. and dog ended MT. Skunk's thieving career.
 Quite an interest was taken in a night blooming cereus plant owned by Mrs. A. M. Shepard which gave five rare blossoms Monday evening. About forty persons called to witness the opening of these rare and beautiful flowers, and on Tuesday evening two more opened. This plant had five buds, all of which will have blossomed at the time of this going to print. The plant is seven years ole, and has only borne two blossoms at time before this.
 HI. A. Buck and wife left town for the intend to make their home in Washing ton, D. 0.
 An ice cream social held at the house of H. G. Durham, under the auspices of the M. E. La0leS Ald society, last Ihurs- day evening, was attended by about one hundred persons. Among many attrac- tions and delights was excellent music Several selections were nicely rendered by the children. The instrumental music, consisting of organ, violin, piccolo and cornet, was repeatedly applauded. The singing of three solos by Mrs. E. H. Pin ney especially received tributes of deserv- inp nraisa from tha laroa audienca The evening will be long remembered as an oc- casion of rich enjoyment, also of handsome pecuniary success to the society in charge of the tables. B.
 Mrs. B. M. Joslin of Mystic, Conn, Mrs. Wallace Miller of Westfeld, Vt., Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Gard of Centerville, R. l., have been visiting the past week with their aunt, Mrs. Allen Willis.