The Press., 1891-04-09
STAFFORD.

STAFFORD.
 A female Jockey minstreP' troupe drew audiences on two evenings this week at Oronoco Hall, and their street parade on Tuesday was an "event."
 The carriage shed roof at the Springs House stables broke under the weight of snow about 1.30 p. m. on Monday. For tunately no horses were under it, but car riages belonging to the stable and to B. c. Pinney and S. B. Amadon were dam aged to extent of $200.
 The financial results of the G. A. R.. benefit at St. Edwards hall last Thursday evening were disappointing, hardly cover ing expenses. The entertainment was worthy of good house. The play, "Be- tween Two Fires," is different from and better than the ordinary run of war dram as. It was we'll presented, the acting of the young people of St. Edwards being highly creditable to them, as in the two previous presentations of the same play. The post has voted to the young people most hearty thanks for their kindly inter- est and good services.
 John Brown and Geo. o. Cleaveland have bought of the L. W. Crane estate a house on Westford avenue.
 The much talked-of case of Lathrop vs. Lathrop, which Occasioned so much comment last summer, in which there was injunction and counter injunction, several suits for trespass and several ar rests, all over the question of the fright of way' across the farm of Mrs. Rollins Lathrop to the "bone mill" of MT. T. c. Lathrop, have all been settled out of court. All suits have been withdrawn. Mir. T. 0. Lathrop pays the costs and sur renders all claims to the right of way over the land. Judge Sage was counsel for Mrs. Lathrop and Reed and Hunter for MT. Lathrop.
 On account of the snow-storm last week there were no salvation army meet ings held. This week Captain and Mrs. Sweet of Rockville will hold meetings Friday and Saturday evenings, in the old Foxville school house, at 8 o'clock.
 Mrs. Geo. O. Cleaveland is yet con- fined to her home by very serious illness, though better at last accounts, MT. CleaYeland being also too indisposed to leave the house. Mrs. Cleaveland's store l., lxar+ o,>on +bo ,,oilJjn arxy xrrorIr hoino in charge of MissImogeneL. Nc cLaughlin, who has had several terms experience in charge of a like establishment at Turner's Falls, Mass.
 It is good news we get of the proba- ble enlargement of an old established and prosperous business of the borough. Judge Chamberlin has bought an interest in the Beckwith Card Company, and a considerable increase of the business Is already assured. One or two carloads of new machinery will be received this week, and the business of card clothing manufacturing will be added, this part being in charge of A. Arnold, an expert enced mechanic, who comes from Wor- cester, Mass. An enlargement of build ing and an increased power will be a necessity of the enlargement of business.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union invites all mothers to mothers meeting Friday afternoon at half-pas three at the reading-room. The program will consist of a responsive reading; a talk to mothers by Mrs. Newell, followed by discussion; reading, "A Bachelors View," by Mrs. Watts; explanation oi the home protection reading course by Mrs. Hodgson.
 W. A. Segar will retire from the pro. prietorship of the Stafford Springs House May 1st.
 Conductor Saunders trains are not as mentioned last week, but he instead has the round trip formerly made by Con ductor Downer. The runs of other con ductors are: Daniel Patch has the morn ing boat train north and the first passen ger train south; John Mahoney has the afternoon train to Palmer and tht evening boat train south. Wm. Geer lately freight conductor, succeeds D. N Mahoney, who has resigned, and runs tn, train between New London and Williman tic, which during the summer extends it! trip to Palmer, and is known as the Blocl Island train.
 Miss Eva Eva R. Tifft corraled tn first arbutus blossom for The Press jus before the April snow storm. It's blossom opened on It's native bed.
 Miss Sarah J. Lester, who spoke Ii the Congregational church last Sunda on Mormonism, has been for eight year teacher in Utah in one of the numerou public schools sustained by eastern assC citations, the object of which is to give tn children of Utah an education free fro1 sectarian teachings. The work is doin much to uproot Mormonism, which thrive on ignorance or in training of childre only in belief in the divine origin ( Mormonism. Miss Lester's talk was most interesting one. The rebellious spil it of Mormonism is less conspicuous tha before, but it is smothered only by whole some restraint of law. The strength ( Mormonism is in it's perfect organization Every Mormon is under the eye of locs official, and the failure of one to pay tithe orto observe any prescribed form draws uI on him at once the attention of the highes officials. The people are superstition and kept so. They are received from tn lowest classes, and the faces of worship CTS in the temples are wooden and ez pressionless. Nothing is so dreaded b their masters as the free school syste1 being introduced among the children. Is but ten years since these were started and the results have justified the terro of the Mormons at the innovation. Mis- Lester is very intelligent lady and make the topic very attractive by the manne in which she presents it.