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The Press., 1891-05-07
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 The pupils of the different schools gave public entertainment in the town hall last Wednesday evening. The en- tertainment was we'll worth the price of admission, 10 cents. There was good audience. Ice cream and cake were served after the entertainment About $50 was netted to go toward the home for incur able children soon to be established through the effort of Mrs. Virginia T. Smith of Hartford. Ii .- -..
 The roads about town are taking their annual scraping. r-g
 Mrs. Mary Baldwin is much better.
 This is the season of forest fires. A lively blaze started on Bald Hill last Fri day afternoon, but it was extinguished before great amount of damage was done. . ...., ,...s. --s..;.e.s. ..,E.s-.rE
 -Arbor day was not generally observed on Friday. j. l ae FLORA. A farm house owned by Spencer Grover of Vernon Center was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Loss $3,0OO no insurance. MT. Grover was formerly resident of this town and is well known here. He has the sympathy of the en- tire community in his recent loss. Calam Fities seemed to have followed him closely A few years ago he had his leg torn of while working in saw mill, so that il had to be amputated, little later was thrown from g wagon and an arm broken Memorial day will be observed b. Bugbee Post, No, 70, with an address by
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ELLINGTON.
Crystal Lake Correspondence.)

NCTySIal Lake COfreSpOnOence.)
 Spite of an attack of Ia grippe while away the writer is again at his post, hav- ing spent short vacation very pleasantly among many friends. .-
 An unusually large eel was caught last week by Leon Leach. The slippery fellow was three feet long.
 Elder Rugby preached in the Advent church last Sunday.
 As last Sunday was stormy will all the Methodist friends make an effort to be at meeting next Sunday. ',
 Mrs. B. H. Dimock visiting her son, FEE. Webber, in Westfeld, recently, found him very feeble.
 As the school on Newell Hill has been discontinued for the present term, Miss Eastwood, at Crystal Lake, has sev- eral new scholars
 The sad intelligence comes to us that Rev. Ralph W. Allen, D. D., who has re- sided recently in Boston, is dead at the age of 79 years. Dr. Allen was pastor here in by-gone days. Some who read this will remember the reading of most interesting letter at our centennial ser vices sent, by Dr. Allen to the writer. His praise was in all the churches, for he was very faithful follower of Christ, and consequently one tenderly beloved. To the writer he was true and valued l friend.
 -E. s. Bugbee is. expected to preach at the Advent church the 3d Sunday in May, Amasa Morse on the 4th Sunday, P. s. Butler on the 9th .-.---...
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WALES.
(Correspondence.)


 About 60 relatives and friends of MT. and Mrs. William Harris met at their home last Saturday evening to remind them of the 10th anniversary of their marriage. Mr.. Harris, who had been away that afternoon, on his return was taken completely by surprise. The even- ing was most pleasantly spent in social talk, music, singing, etc., Miss Mamie Royce rendering some very fine selec- tions on the organ. Refreshments were served consisting of cake, ice cream, cof- fee, etc. Rev. w. J. Blackman offered prayer and made some very excellent re- marks. At about 11.30 the people re- paired to their several homes, leaving be- hind them tokens of regard to the worthy couple who have walked through the val ley of life together during the past 40 years. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Harris many more happy returns of this anni- versary.
 -G. s. Rogers has moved into his brothers summer residence on Fountain avenue. MT. Pepper occupies the house which MT. R. vacated
 W. A. Lyon has purchased fine hnrea
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COVENTRY.
COVENTRY. A. 8. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. ager Of Coventry Local Register
 Snufh Coventry.

| COVENTRY. A. 8. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. | ager Of Coventry Local Register South Coventry. -Thos. Rogers, for about twenty years resident of this town, his home being the house built on South-st. by the late Wm. Curtis, died Monday of pneumonia, after short illness. He leaves widow, two daughters, Ella, wife of the late Geo. Mason, Kate, whose husband is dentist, and granddaughter, Edna Mason, who has lived with her grandparents since the death of her father, which occurred sev- eral years ago. -.
 The farm of Geo. Parker is occupied by Jas. Parker, who came from England two years since, and has previously been employed by MT. Whitney of Thomp- sonville.
 Choir meetings Friday evenings of each week at both the Methodist and Congregational vestries.
 Let those who complain of the roads ride from the corner by Henry Squire's to the Nathan Hale place, and then re- mark.
 Riding about town we notice that the Japan quince is the flower of this week, and that the yard of Chas. Kolb exceeds all others in the showiness of the many kinds of flowers grown.
 -Pulverized sugar at the rate of twelve pounds for dollar, granulated eighteen pounds for dollar, farmers butter twen- ty-three cents per pound taken in ex- change for groceries, is the record of the newly-established firm of Williams & Go. at the store recently occupied by Frank E. Hull.
 -Cotemporary publications have con- plimented The Press on it's improved ap- pearance in it's new dress, but as an occa- sion of still greater praise is the eleanness of it's record. Looking backward num- Der of years we fail to recall 8 single in stance where the portrayal of wrong has been made in sensational style. Wrong doing has been noted, but in the briefest and least exciting form possible.
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WELLINGTON. iCnrreSnnndencAl

Ice, frost and snow flowers Tuesday.
 John Brigham, one of our oldest residents, is very low with pneumonia.
 pr. Higgins was called Monday in consultation over the child of Edgar Kidder in Westford, severely i'll with grip. On Tuesday the doctor accompa- nied patient to the hospital in Hartford.
 Mrs. Hattie Pierce and two children are on from Philadelphia, visiting at her father, A. D. Dimock's. | Mrs. Laura Whitehouse is teaching the Daleville school.
 Ward Cortiss has nearly finished the new hearse house in the rear of the town hall. ... ..- s,.>-.a- Joseph Dimock has gone to work for Barlow Bros., Westford.
 Mrs. c. T. Preston is in Boston this week.
 Samuel Wilson is much more con- fortable at present. a Two well-known Wilmington farms sold at auction on Thursday next, at il a. m. "-.-- It is hardly becoming in the Courant's Willimantic correspondent to speak of Willington's sensational" marriages. Marriages have taken place in this vicin- ity which have caused much more talk on quite different grounds than the one al luded to-that of very worthy couple I Ivx7hny cir hn hsS<l ;c Io of years the older. Such marriages aren't unusual, nor is it in good taste to parade one of the kind in the newspapers. George Elliott and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, for instance, saw fit to take husbands younger than themselves, and they were unexcep- tionally happy matches. The Couraut should "cut' such items.
 Owners of dogs who have paid li- cences up to May 4: D. Robbins, L. B. Clark ,E. Parker, Lewis Segar, E. e. Blair, c. H. James, H. G. Gurley, E. Kies, Frank I Grant, c. W. Davis, U. A. Hanover, w. R. Rudge, Wm. Battey, Sam. Nichols, Vim. Marston, F. D. Preston, J. R. Champlin, A. Devereaux, Chas. Macfar- lane, s. P. Morrison, c. Schofeld, W. F. Essex, E. T. Converse, C. T. Preston Gilbert Splcer, Homer Neil, s. Slingsby E. L. Conner, c. Hall, Jr., s. D. Lamb John B. Marsh, Marlin Knight, Wm. Parker, L. w. Holt, Wm. Irons, John Mahon, c. W. Aldrich, Calvin Rider, 0. c. Essex, W. D. Royce, W. A. Pierce Fred Trask, Geo. H. Smith. The own. CTS of unlicensed dogs will now see at g glance who are out of danger of the sever dollars fine ~
 The superior court at Holland last week handed down decision of $15( damages and costs in favor of Leroy Waldo, who had sued c. Hall, Jr., fol injuries sustained by reason of his horse being frightened by defendants dog. Hal has appealed.
 List of letters remaining in the post office uncalled for May 5: John W. Chap man, Eastern Introduction Co.,, Jno. A Lengel, Jos. N. Stockle, Jno. c. Shafer O., M. Caples, Andrew &. Co.,, Mannett, Gates, Sarah Chase, H. c. Ellis, Johl Butler, Dixon Van Zandt.
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Col. c. M. Joslyn of Hartford, at 10 a. m., at Town hall. Music by Maj. Richard sons fife and drum corps. The line of
 march will be to east cemetery, and on
 return refreshments will be served at Town hall. All old soldiers and citizens are cordially invited to join with the Post
 in seemly observance of the day and it's
 duties. "h
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 s'I saw,'' remarked an old printer to a Chicago Post Reporter, 'the word bal ance' used in the Tribune the other day. There is something the matter over in that shop, for there is, or used to be, an infexible rule on the style card which said that the word balance must never be used except in connection with finance or commerce, and that remainder should through inadvertance or design, to be broken there was always heap of trou- ble One night about two o'clock one o1 the reporters turned in a pretty story about a painter who had fallen from a scaffold and had been killed. He lost his balance the reporter wrote, and fell to the sidewalk Well, the copy reader let the stuff go through, but the printer who got the take containing this sen, tence was more particular about observ, ing the style of the paper and unhesita tingly set it He lost his remainder. The proof reader marked remainder out and inserted 'balance' and sent it to the ring man. But the ring man knew the style and was afraid to change it, and il ! went remainder When the editor reat the sentence he sent for the city editor the city editor sent for the copy reader the copy reader blamed the proof reader the proof reader blamed the compositol and the compositor dragged in the ring man. When the responsibility had beer 1 thus definitely fixed the editor sternly de
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proved himself worthy of wearing the lit tie golden class pin of the class of '92.
 How about that new song entitled '.Commencement Day is coming Bye and Bye ?"
 A movement is on foot to secure new uniforms for the ball team. We hope to get them by May 18th.
 We can give the Coventry nine few points about playing ball if we do "wear hayseed in our hair "
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ASHFORD. WestfOrd.

About seventy-five neighbors and friends of Dr. Richardson gave him sur- prise party last week Tuesday evening, leaving as token of love and respect 8 fine instrument case. A similar gather ing is to be held at s. B. Tifft's the even- ing of the 18th.
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MONSON,


 The barn of Mrs. Fanny Bradford, in the rear of her house on Main-st., was burned last Friday morning at about 11.30. Loss $500. Adjoining buildings were saved by hard work.
 The estate of the late Cyrus w.. Holmes, Jr., is estimated to be worth $500, 0,000. His will gives $10 900 to Mon- son academy, rounding out the substan- tial proof given during his lifetime of in- terest in that institution. He also left 5000, the income of which is to be used in keeping in repair the Monson Congre- gational church and grounds; $2,000, the income of which is to keep in repair the cemetery in which he is buried, and $2,OOO each to the American Home Missionary Society, the American Board of Comrnis- sion for Foreign Missions, and the Ameri- can College and Education Society. The remainder goes to the family. E. F. Mor- ris and s. F. Cushman are made execu- tors, and with RIM. Reynolds are trustees of the trust funds.
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The farm of the late Mason s. Kendall in Ashford, that has been in the Kendall name ever since the town was organized, and was first laid out in square of 100 acres to Isaac Kendall more than 15O years ago, has just been sold to close up the estate, to William H. Lamphear, of Bristol, but formerly of Ashford.
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HOME NEWS.
NOTICES.

(Matter under this head cents per line.)
 Special prices on Ladies' and Chil- dren's Jackets and Capes at A. W. Walk CTS.
 Call and examine the best metal win- dow screen made. All metal. Window raised or lowered without removing screen. R. s. Converse.
 -G. H. Baker & Co.,, Furnishing Flu neral Directors and Embalmers. Special attention to night or day calls. Night bells. F. H. Baker or G. C.. Howes, East -Main-st.
 Black and colored serges at B. l.. Burr's.
 Large stock Ginghams, Satines, India Novelties, Challies, Teazle Cloth, and large line of Black and White Flouncings at A. W. Walkers.
 "A good assortment of local Note Pa per, with Stafford Springs printed on, for sale at The Press office.
 Every one says Converse's is the cheapest place in town to buy Furniture.
 Positively the best minstrels ever in Stafford Springs will appear Monday, May 11th.
 Heavy Ruled Note Paper for old peo- pie for sale at The Press office.
 -E. l.. Burr, agent for McCalPs Bazaar Glove Fitting Patterns.
 Extra Bargains in Ladies' Cotton Un- derwear at A. w. Walker.
 Flies are not half as big as elephants, but they make twice as much trouble here in Connecticut. The best way to get rid of the trouble is to use Door and Window Screens. They empty a house of flies and mosquitoes and fill it with comfort. Screen Doors $1.25, Window Screens 25c. up. Sold by Tracy, Tarbox & Robinson, 7S and 30 Asylum-st., Hart ford.
 Spring and summer dress goods at E. l.. Burr's.
 Note Paper in quarter ream packages 12c., 20c., 25c., 30c., 35c., 40c., 45c. and 5Oc., at The Press office.
 Fine Linen Paper and Envelopes at The Press office.
 White goods, large and small checks, striped and barred muslins, Persian null and orgsndies just opened at B. l.. Burr's. Fresh premium butter from the El- lington Creamery, at Ellis.
 Plain cheese, sage cheese, Eng. Dairy. Roquefort and Neufchatel cheese at Ellis :,
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manded of the ring man why he had not corrected the proof. The ring man went up stairs and got the style card, brought it down and pointed out the rule about the use of balance and remainder and walked quietly out with never word. It ended there"
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A FULL LINE of RUBBER GOODS, "A Such as Syringes, Hot Water Bottles, Rub- Der Bath M1ttens, Hand Brushes and Tooth Brushes, Rubber Cloth, New Bottle flxings.
 #-s h- e-t AT HEALDS. |nRY SLAB WOOD For Sale at $2. 75
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ROCKVILLE.

The 2-sto1y house. of Spencer O. Grover, at Vernon; was burned early Mon- day morning, the family barely escaping in their night clothes. The loss was $3,000, with no insurance. MT. Grover, who formerly lived in Holland, is well known throughout the county, and will have much sympathy in this misfortune.
 Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will address the W. c. T. U. at the county convention in Rockville the 18th. She will speak al the afternoon and evening session. "The boys of our day. will be the subject o1 the evening address.
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CaInphO Napt1lalin

A perfect substitute for gum camphor, and as ameth destroyer is unequaled. Only 25 cents per pound at LATHRoP's DRUG STORE.
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An ingenious bank man in Detroit, Mich., has invented and put into success full operation what he calls the "nickel savings stamp system," especially adapted to induce children te save their nickles. At many agencies in that city, stamps of a special design are sold at cents each, the buyer being furnished with little book, each page of which holds 90 stamps When page is filled it is accepted by the citizens savings bank of that city as deposit of one dollar. During the first three months of the operation of this plar in Detroit, over $15,OO0 worth of the stamps were sold in that city; children constituting 70 per cent of the buyers.
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One good result of the Italian quarrel is the proposed formation in Philadelphia of the Italo-American league, which is designed to cover with it's branches all the large centers of population in the country. The movers of the new society evidently are educated and influential Americans of Italian antecedents, and their object, while primarily philanthropic, is to aid also in Americanizing the lower class of the Italian. emigrants. In the circular outlining the scheme 1t is stated that only American citizens will be ad- mitted to membership. A special effort will also be made to emancipate immi- grants from the padrone system, and to raise them above such Flow and degrad- ing avocations" as organ grinding. The persons back of this movement are to be commended for their quickness in heed ing the real lesson of the New Orleans massacre.
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William Clark, who for more than a quarter of century had held the position of superintendent and general manager of the Clark thread mills in Newark and Kearny, N. J., has resigned. With his sons, Robert and William, he will start in the thread business for himself. They have decided to locate their mills in Paw tucket, R. I. They are organizing com. pany, and it is understood that they will begin operations with a capital of $6OO,- 900.
 Yesterday bids were opened for furnish ing the U. s. postal service with official envelopes for the use of postmasters, and registered package envelopes. The bid of the White, Corbin Company of Rock. vile is $s1 ,376.27, or $16, 1S1, or 16.6 pel cent less than the next lowest bid, and $17,9O7 or 1894 per cent. less than the cost of like quantity at present contract prices. There were four bids presented.
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The New York Press, in the following, answers the question asked frequently ''why if free sugar is good thing, would not free clothing, free hats, and free blankets, be equally good ?"
 "We cannot supply ourselves with sugar. We have tried 1t and failed. We consume annually 90 per cent. more su- gar than we can raise, even under high protective duty. Sugar Is therefore non- competitive article, and it has been put on the free list, where all non-competitive articles belong under the protective pol icy. We can make clothing, hats, carpets and blankets to supply our own needs, but in order to do it must pay 8 higher rate of wages to employees than is paid abroad. This the protective duty enables manufacturers to do. At the same time inventive genius and competition in sales keeps down the prices of such commodi- ties, and they can be bought, grade for grade, as cheaply here as abroad. They are articles on which foreign competition would ruin our manufacturers but for protection"
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UNION. (CorreSpOndence.)

Past Dept Commander Wm. H. Pier point, of New Haven, will deliver the memorial address for Post "A, at Union, memorial day. Capt. H. l.. Beach, of Hartford, will accompany him on the oc- casion. The program of last year will be again used; the grange and Sunday schools will take part in the procession, together with the people generally. The Babcock brass band will furnish music. The citizens are respectfully requested to furnish doughnuts and cheese; the post will furnish coffee, &c. A general invita- tion is given to all to come and join in the services of the day.
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Word comes from Rockville, Conn, that the proposed United States Central railroad (John Gilman's scheme) is appar- ently lost sight of for the time being, as the attention of capitalists in that city has been called to the project of building a road from East Brookfield to Sturbridge, and thence through Fiskdale, East Brim- field, Wales, Stafford and Rockville to Hartford. It is asserted that a number of wealthy men in Rockville have ex- pressed 8 willingness to take stock in the proposed road in which 28 Boston capi- talists are said to be interested, and who have subscribed for stock to the amount of $120,000. It is further learned, by way of Rockville, that the citizens of Massachusetts towns through which the road will pass will take $1OO, 900 in bonds on which six per cent interest will be guaranteed.-South6ridge Journal.
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This Is the time of year to polish up your sil- yer. Try Silver Foam. Only 15c box at
 LATHROP'S.
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-03
CAPITAL NOTES.

The house appointed committee
to draft resolutions concerning Gen
eral Sherman's death. One sentence
which appears in the resolutions is,
to say the least, unique. 1t is as
follows: "His wonderfully sue
cessful campaigns, marches and
battles for the cause of christian
government fixed his standing as a
general; hence the possibility of
American military genius" Sher-
man, if alive, would at least dis
claim that part that refers to
christian government, for one of his
most famous utterances is that
"war cannot be conducted on hu-
name principles" 1t cannot adj
vance christian government, for
christianity is either heavcn-born,
and hence above the most perfect
humanity, or it is fraud.
Senate adjourned, Friday, to at
tend General Sherman's funeral
House adjourned Saturday morning,
out of respect, to meet Monday at
9 O'Clock.
The house is inclined to give
Professor Snow few thousand dol
lars to prosecute his chinch-bug
Investigations. If what the Profes-
sor claims is true, he has made a
wonderful discovery, and deserves
well of the farmers
The first attempt made to consider
the bill cutting down salaries and
fees of county officers was disas-
trous failure, because most of the
members were unwilling for the cut
TO apply to their own counties.
a lady living in Topeka says she
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-03
NO.. 3S.


mortgage is lost. 1t appeared from
the discussion that, as the law now
stands, foreclosure and Judgment
can be had upon such terms. as to-
leave the mortgagor in the hands OF
the mortgagee. 1t was also remark,
ed by one gentleman who has had
abundant observation, that many of
these mortgages resting upon Amer.
lean homes are held in England
Surely Kansas has been turned over
to- as heartless, unscrupulous and
rapacious horde of Shylocks as
ever cursed a long-suffering people
Bill passed
1t is suggested, since Cleve[and's
gold-bug letter was penned, that the
Demo-Republican party nominate In
'92, for president, James G.. Blaine
and for vice-president, Grover
Cleveland, with Quay, of Pennsy[
vania; Brice Of Ohio, and Ingalls,, of
Kansas, looming UP as cabinet otf1-
GERS. This would make a strong
Wall street ticket.
Speaker Elder. by his protest
against the woman suffrage bail,
made many political enemies. Mrs
Lease, Mrs. Diggs, and many 9th
ers will remember the words OF
the protest long enough to strike i'll
any future contest. The State
Journal, commenting upon the pro-
test, says Of it, that lit is scurriE-
GUS"
Among the important bills that
passed the house during last week
are these The bill comforting po-
litical rights on women the Aus
tralian ballot system; the Elder
usury law and the immigration bill
1t is somewhat remarkable that
the Republicans have fought the
passage of the Elder usury bill,
since the bill simply provides a
penalty in the enforcement Of a law
enacted by Republican legislature.
The fight the Republicans have
made upon all the reform measures
only goes to prove that the party
was insineere. All its acts, all its
votes in the Legislature this session,
so far, go to show that it is welded
to it's idol-the money power.
Mr.. Gompers, president Of the
the Federation of Labor, lectured
i'm senate chamber on Feb. "a. He
urged the laboring people to organ
ize and stand for a nobler manhood,
Concluded on 9th page.