The Press., 1890-08-21

uOnt6 tudN AOA4dAuCu WcE0 l0Ws Mhuy more there in the evening for the dance, 50 that the crowd must have reached near ly five hundred in the total of those pres ent. Many thanks are rendered MT. and Mrs. Chaffee for their courteous attention to their guests. CoR.
 Stafford Grange was particularly for. Ftunate in weather for the day chosen for it's third annual picnic, Friday last-and over 100 persons, grangers and matrons and their families, with some invited friends, were in attendance, and passed a delightful day. The interval before din- ner was passed in boating, croquet, and other games. The dinner was royal banquet of substantials and delicacies, spiced by keen appetites, and favored eral amusements which followed this none attracted more attention than game of base ball, wherein the girls were matched against the boys, and beat them badly. An umpire was chosen, but the girls re- served the right to appeal from the de- cisions, the fair disputant being herself the judge in the higher court of appeal. group of farmers, some of them grand fathers, pitched quoits, to show how they won victories at the game when they were boys. The matrons, for recreation, washed dishes, and then sat down and talked of the virtues and good qualities of everybody they knew. There was an abundance of babies, assorted sizes, and these were always centers of adoring courtiers. The croquet grounds, also, saw some good, hard-fought, honest games, where any attempt at fraud was drowned down by those opposed to cheating-by the other players. The ringing of the big dinner bell called all up to the stand al mid afternoon, and Worthy Master Larned called from his carriage, within which he had just picked up the reins for the home ward drive, Gov. Hyde. Leaving the steed in charge of Mrs. H., the governor came forth and made few happy remarks closing by introducing MT. Booth, @ neph ew of Judge Booth, of Stafford, and stu dent at the military academy at Norwich Vermont, who delivered most interesting oration on "The Artist and the Artisan, holding very close attention throughout and being rewarded with vote of thanks by the auditors.
 The grange picnic of 1890 will not ht the last of its line, if the wishes of those who attended it are consulted. It is muct regretted that through misunderstanding a number of patrons from Mashapaug grange of Union came to the park on Thursday supposing that it was the day of the grange pic-nlc.
 Evergreen Park has been enlarged by an addition of several acres at the soutf end, which has been enclosed, cleared up and will be as pretty as any portion of tn, park when fully developed. It brings il the crescent shaped wooded shore of thu south side of the bay, where, there being deeper water, will be a good place for boa landings when the water is low. Th' park, under MT. Chaffee's liberal manage ment, has grown to be popular resort and good paying property.
 The farmers picnic at Evergreen Park, never so great success as last week is now fixed annual institution. Whil, a farmers festival, peculiarly, it has alst grown into reunion day. Former resi- dents find it a good time to come to Staf ford to greet old associates in body, fo the old residents especially attend, iron the villages as well as from the farms.
 The Lostant Qlls.) Local speaks thu of the enterprise of Union boy: Lostan can now lay claim to having the grandes store building between La Salle and Bloom ington-that of B. D. Whipple. It stand on the high corner with 27 feet front ol Main-st., and extending 90 feet deep. Tn main store room is 13 feet high, tinishe, and furnished in elegant style-new count CTS, new shelves, new goods, new every thing. The second story is 10 feet high conveniently arranged for resIdence, an' occupied by Mir. Whipple's family. Tn basement rooms are waterproof, and serv for storing articles requiring cool plac in summer or a warm place in winter The balcony, stained glass in the transor and the beautiful finish of all parts mak the front present very handsome and al tractive appearance. Whipple's brio
 block is the crowning work of all the valu able improvements made in Lostant sine the great fire IS months ago.
 Capt Dickinson, of Rockville, Ina chosen Harry M. Loomis quartermastel