The Press., 1892-09-08
StaHordville.

| offer $500 reward to the men who will tell them who set John Higgins house on fire.
 The first sociable of the St. Joseph T. A. society will be held at Hynes' Hall tomorrow Friday evening. Music, Me chanics orchestra. Roberts prompter. Tickets 50 cents. | (Correspondence] The society of the Congregational church has just received @ fund amount ing to $1 1,6O5-a gift from the old Con- gregational society of Stafford Street. School began Monday with the old corps of teachers Misses Kinney, Wal bridge, and Booth.
 l -Japan-its temples, idols, people and customs-will be illustrated with about one hundred stereopticon views on the evening of Sept. 18th, by native Japa- nese, Rev. Iso Abe, in the Congregation al church here. The lecturer will address the audience in English. Lecture will commence at 7.30 o'clock. Admission
 
 for the benefit of MT. Abe and his work in Japan.
 Everybody has a good word for our blacksmith. They say he is always "there," and knows how to do good job.
 As one enters the Congregational church these autumnal Sabbath mornings he finds himself in garden of wild fow- CTS, tastefully arranged and artistically interspersed with Japanese lilies and 8 few other choice varieties. Too much praise cannot be ascribed those whose willing hands perform this weekly service.
 (From another Correspondent.) Miss Belle Crawford has been visit ing friends in Boston and vicinity. A lady in Staffordville has a large gray cat that climbs to the top of the chimney of a two-story house, and lies curled up there for hours at time, watch ing for game, probably swallows. Stafford Street.
 Henry Gilmore, of Worcester, who is native of Stafford, but has not been in town for over forty years, has been looking up old acquaintances the past week. He was the guest of Charles H.. Russell. Old-time residents will remem- Der him as son of Col. Wm. Gilmore.
 Those of our friends who live in the valley and have never been up here to witness the sunset views, miss a sight which is well worth the trouble of con- ing to see. Visitors from out of town ought never to omit taking in this attrac- tion.
 The remark is heard from one and another, Git seems good to hear the old school bell once more" WELLINGTON. (Correspondence.) Mrs. Emma l.. Clark and her son, Charlie, of Farnham, P. O., Canada, are guests of J. B. Carpenter.
 Il. B. Cowles, wife and child, of Bos- ton, are at Mrs. Cowles'. Mir. c. is at the head of 8 printing firm in that city.
 Miss Mabel Terry, of North Tisbury, Mass, is visiting her old friends in town.
 Miss Alice Holt left for Moody's school in Northfield, Mass, yesterday.
 A pleasant letter from former resi- dent of this town is on another page This lady's father, Jonathan Weston, was postmaster at Wilmington for forty suc- cessive years.
 Norman D. Fenton and wife, of Mon son, Mass, were guests of Daniel Eldridge last week. se.,-zs-st--s 5
 Rev. Julius Robinson, formerly of this town, who is in attendance on the as- sociation, and one of the speakers, is, with his little son, guest of Chas. H. Rider.
 This is the prize definition of what a friend is: The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Rev Chas. H. Brown was a school mate of the great prize fighter, John L.. Sullivan, in Boston.
 The Ashford Baptist Association in session here since Tuesday afternoon closes this evening. Report, with notes, next week.
 
 of the churches composing the above named association has-so changed in late years that it would seem proper to change it's name. The association is composed for the greater part of the churches in Windham and Holland counties. The now comparatively strong churches, Put nam, Willimantic and Danielsonville, were not in existence at the time of the founding of the association. This fact, together with the consideration of the present easy railroad communication with these localities, would naturally suggest the change, for instance, to the "Willi- mantle Baptist Association" The cholera is at our doors. A New York physician told us last week that it is very probable the pestilence would ap- pear next summer, coming principally over the Canadian frontier Whether we escape or not, it's wise to have good pre- ventive in the house, and as the following prescription, formulated by first-class physicians years ago, is said to be also the best remedy for ordinary summer complaints, collie, diarrhea, dysentery &c.,, we append it herewith:
 Take equal parts of tineture of cayenne pepper, tincture of opium, tincture ot rhubarb, essence of peppermint, and spir- it's of camphor. Mix we'll Dose, IS to 30 drops in little cold water, according to age and violence of symptoms, repeat ed every fifteen or twenty minutes until relief is obtained.
 ROCKVILLE. The Rockville wheel club was highly successful with it's annual tournament al Hyde Park Saturday afternoon. The weather was perfect. There were many fast wheelmen and nearly 9 2,OOO spectators present The receipts will pay all ex penses and leave quite sum in the treas