The Press., 1889-05-16

S~~~ Oriental Tea Store.
 If you want good cup of coffee buy the Golden Java at the Oriental.
 Buy lb. of tea and get nice gold band China tea cup and saucer as present, at the Oriental
 The best Cigars at the Oriental.
 Pure Spices at the Oriental Tea Store.
 Anything in the Oriental Tea Store given for tea checks.
 Ionic Lodge, F. A. M., meets Friday evening.
 Three new houses will be built on Holland Avenue this season, one being al- ready nearly completed by Geo. Campbell.
 The label for the Stafford Springs mineral water bottles is neat piece of ithographing, giving view of the bottling house, also an analysis of the water.
 The store in Lyman Cushman:s build ing, which has been occupied by the w.. o. T. U., is being fitted up for confection- cry and ice cream trade, and will be oc- cupied as such by MT. and Mrs. Emory Pierce.
 Report says that John Eager win soon reopen the American Hotel as a boarding house.
 Memorial days observance will be somewhat varied from that of past years The speaking will be in the afternoon, and the evening will be given to recitations and singing, largely under arrangement of the Woman's Relief Corps, very pretty exercise, "Memorial of the Flowers," in which 8 little girls representation of each state in the union will have part, being a leading feature. Theexercise is prepared by the National Pension and Relief committee of the w. R. 0. The afternoon speaking will probably be out of doors if weather permits.
 Geo. Sing, the local laundryman, has made friends of everybody who patronizes him by gentlemanly ways and strict atten- ton to business, also by his desire to ac- quire an English education and to adapt himself to 'Melican ways" A transitory ''sheep cloding" man, who for week past rented store three doors from the laun- dry, thought it very funny to cry ''rats'' to George whenever he saw him on the street, even to go to his door and repeat offensive things. This went too far last Friday evening, when George, having business in the fish market, the funny man came to the door and began to cry ''rats." George invited him to come out into the street, and gently pulled him along. The funny man held back, but getting little tap, bristled up to George, who made feint of retreating until his opponent had followed him to the street, when he ad- ministered several sound raps that caused 8 black eye and swollen cheek. The as- tonished humorist turned and ran within his door, and was soon busy trying to get George arrested. Grand Juror Squier re- fused to sign complaint, and popular opinion commended his decision. Georges roor,lor voootion rrof pn 1i ctr hon thopo after, except from calls of those who desired to ssset 'em up" for him.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Chaffee of Wind sor Locks received large gathering of friends last evening in observance of their 5Oth wedding anniversary. Guests were present from the vicinity; also from and wife attended from Stafford Springs. Mr and Mrs. Chaffee have many friends in Stafford.
 Stone layers and cutters will not over- look the notice of the committee on grad ing, walling and curbing the school house grounds.
 Those who lost by last weeks fires will make demands for restitution upon the N. l.. N. railroad, as they consider that they have plain case, with undoubted proof that the fire was started by sparks thrown from locomotive.
 Ashley E. Royce, who is clerk in a hotel in Winsted, called upon old friends in town last week.
 -E. E. Segar, of Manchester, spent Sunday with his parents at the Springs House.
 The new street on the Benton proper ty, running from High to Prospect, has been named Benton-st.
 HI. O. Wheeler is building barn on his lot on Fisk-ave.
 Letters remaining in the office at Staf- ford Springs, May 16th Robert Bell, Miss Ida M. Corttis, Ed. Freeman, Mrs. Laura A. Holmes, Joseph Hawes, Mrs. l.. P. Newbury, 0. W. Patten, Mrs. Emma Rockwell, Mrs. J. B. Sheffield, Hermann Schneider, A. A. Whitney, Mrs. Fred Whitcomb, Mrs. Bertha l.. Webster.
 Communicated
 The merchants of Stafford Springs ought to do as the physicians did in two of our surrounding towns. They formed pro- tective alliance for the purpose of aiding each other in the collection of debts and protecting themselves against dead beats. A bill collection was established and 8 list kept of those who defrauded them. The doctors will keep each other posted, and anybody whose name is put on the black list will be required thereafter to pay in advance. If the grocers would harmonize their conflicting interests and carry out some such plan as this, what good results would accrue If grocer would refuse to trust man who owed neighbor grocer, the beat would soon learn that the true policy for him to pursue is to pay his hon. est debts. The grocer who takes in as customer man known by him to have 'sstuck" neighbor dealer, is pretty apt to get into the meshes himself.
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