The Press., 1889-08-22
STAFFORD.

The game on the park this D. m. will be one of the best ever played in town, il both clubs are at their best.
 F. N. Crane has a contract to make six single harness for Lord X Taylor, the great New York merchants, to be used on their delivery wagons.
 Rev. B. F. Clark preached at the Will limantic camp meeting ground last Sunday evening.
 Rev. Geo. R. Dickinson will resume the occupancy of the pulpit of his (Con- gregational) church next Sunday.
 -Bolieau's barge went to Crystal Lake one day last week, filled with Stafford Springs House guests, surprising with 8 visit D. D. Segar and friends from Man. chester, who were in camp there. On Saturday evening the lady guests of the hotel gave straw ride, some 25 partici- pating, and made the roadside groves ring with their iollity. On Monday evening the landlord provided a complimentary hop as quota toward fullest enjoyment of the season, which is one of the pleasant est the old house has known in many years.
 The livery stock and business of Arth- UT F. Crane has been sold to J. O. Howard of Amherst.
 A man calling himself Stubbs, and claiming to be 8 canvasser, recently en- gagged board in family in this village, and after day or two silently departed, probably to play the same trick elsewhere. Moral-don't put too much confidence in plausible appearing transients.
 The annual reunion and basket pie nic of the Chaffee family will be held at Evergreen Park, Wednesday, Sept. 4th.
 Stafford grange's picnic at J. W. Witt's, Stafford Street, last Friday, was enjoyed by large gathering of members of Staf- ford and other granges, and invited guests who were not members of granges. Most of the visitors were from Union grange, Exercises were social and literary, and va ried ways were provided for enjoyment of all, including croquet and other games. Many gentlemen were prevented from at tending by backwardness of farm work ow. ing to bad weather, but the picnic was, nevertheless, fine success. Tables were spread under the maple trees on the lawn and loaded with abundance of good things. After dinner was served was singing by the grange choir, followed by an interest. ing essay by J. W. Witt, on the Progress of Agriculture. A recitation by A. F. Booth, student of Norwich University, Vermont, was we'll rendered. Interesting remarks were made by Hon. E. H. Hyde, and by Worthy Lecturer Weeks of Union grange, who advised the boys to stay on the farm. A recition, 'sThe Independent Farmers, :" by Nathan Ward, closed the exercises. Hearty thanks were voted to Mir. and Mrs. Witt for their kind hospital ty.
 New signs on Johnson's East -Main-st. block show very prominently over the doors of Lathrop's and Cleavelands s stores.
 Lees London Show drew good houses last Friday, both afternoon and evening. There being no riding, the entertainment had little flavor of monotony, but as an exhibit of athletic feats it was most de- cidedly first-class, and the audience mani- fested much satisfaction with Mrs. Lees exhibit of her trained pony and dogs.
 70. Fl. Bidwell, the baker, who recent ly removed to Rockville, lost a horse last Thursday night, which became caught in some manner in the rope with which he was hitched, and was choked to death.
 BOROUGH CoURT-CHANDLER. JUDGE. Monday, Aug. 19, John LeClair of Staf- ford Springs, for assault on his wife, drunk enness and breach of the peace fined $1 and costs. Also four boys of Staffordvilie. for breach of the peace, were fined each $l, and costs divided between them. This prosecution is the beginning of move to squelch a growing spirit of law defiance on the part of some of Staffordvilles young CT males
 Patsy Sullivan had his hand badly torn by machinery one day last week, and will be on the retired list for some weeks.
 Those who attended the Willimantic camp meeting were delighted with the weather, and with the spirit and other cir cumstances of the meeting.