The Press., 1893-08-03

in September for the worlds fair.
 The annual farmers picnic will be held at Evergreen Park next Thursday, Aug. 10th, or if stormy on that day or the next fair day. This annual picnic has taken on one very pleasant feature, which attracts many from out of town-that of a place for family reunions. <.
 -Wm. Symonds, Miss Lottie Cummings and Mir. and James Fitton are at Fishers. I Island.
 Levi Gary's stable has the addition! of very noticeable pair of iron greys.
 -Hurley's fruit store and restaurant is now supplied with steam automatic pea, nut roaster, gasoline serving as fuel for the roasting and to make steam with.
 Miss Blanche Cleaveland is visiting at Mystic.
 The prices of meats have been fuc- tuating this season, and we give present retail rates: ~A'' '-a,' 7S-' [ Beef steak, 1929. Beef Beef rosst7, 5ss. B ls-1a-1s: eL1s: Lamb, quarter. 15-20. Lamb, chops, 25. Pork. ...>s>.~ 14.16. Sausage, 16. Ham, 1929.
 W. R. Rudge has taken the store in Taft's block, to be vacated by E. L. Burr, and will have as partner his son, W. F. Rudge, now in the harness business at Portland. ! The firm will be W. R. Rudge & Son .~'
 8Willie and Joshua Wood have been visiting for week at Sugar Hill, Holland. pr. and Mrs. P R. Watts started for the worlds fair on Tuesday.
 Miss Blanche Wheeler, daughter of A. H. Wheeler of Southbridge, is visiting her uncle, H. c. Wheeler, of this village. Stafford Hollow.
 Mrs. Della Pomeroy, of Brookfield, is visiting at her brother-in-law's, Geo. D. Shaw.
 The Stafford Grange will hold their annual picnic at Crystal Lake Wednes- day, Aug. 9th, if pleasant; if not, the next fair day. All patrons and their friends are cordially invited to attend.
 Parties interested in the care of Sandy Knoll cemetery are requested to meet at the cemetery on Saturday, at p. m., to clear up and imppove the sgro oupds. | ss # } ecorAspondence.y 5gakASt Among those who have been, or are now, visiting friends and finding invigora- tion in Stafford's unrivaled air, we men, tion the following: Relatives of Mrs. Adams, on the Street, from New York and Brooklyn; three brothers of Clarence Booth, who is living with MT. Crawford, from Northfield, Vt; sister of Deacon Wightman with her children; a nephew and niece of MT. Kinney from Worcester; Miss Lucas, of Chicopee Falls, cousin of Miss Black.
 r Rev. MT. Batchelder is out on the streets again after five weeks siege with liver trouble. This is an old enemy of his, and has tried him very severely at this time. During his enforced absence from his pulpit members of his church have supplied the pulpit themselves 8 great part of the time. tr
 A needed improvement is being made in the bridge above the Riverside mill. The footway is to be relaid entirely with new plank and the wagon-way repaired.
 A specimen of an animal more de- spicable and annoying than that malodor- ous animal, the skunk-a "peeping Tom" seems to be abroad in the village. At least one of our residents had shot at one the other evening. Others in the village will go gunning for it if it is seen again. .....
 The Baptist Sunday school had it's annual picnic at Evergreen Park yester- day. The occasion attracted quite a number outside of the membership of the congregation and school. It was a per feet day. and the school had good time. E. H. Hyde has posted a notice in- viting five boys, who visited his orchard without invitation, to call at his house and have talk with him. He wants to arrange fairer division of his fruit be- tween himself and the boys than they seem to be able to do by themselves. To steal fruit from Gov. Hyde is Stafford institution, for it has gone on for many years. But it is none the less shame and a disgrace the way some boys treat him. He issgenerous, as all know, with what he has, and would treat the boys like gentlemen if they would ask for what | oP @ho% those who steal the fruit and are insolent and insulting besides. ~~ :
 Unclaimed letters remaining in Staf- ford post-offiee, Aug. 1: Charles Bun nell, Laura Ballou, Henry Grunne, u Joe Gilman, Mrs. E. Motague, Elvira c. Lewis, Luther Filling, Corne1ia B. Thomp- son, Herbert S.: Johnson a.4. ,.,s yul rs%., ~ R.. t.. stafordxil1e. ,. ,' .,..,. | s(Cerrespo pondence1: a,.<
 Last Thursday evening young horse owned by Mir. Elmer Bond of Wales, Mass, broke from his moorings in front of the house of MT. Prescott Belcher and ran through the yard and; the back yard of the next house, jumped an embankment about ten feet high; he then ran into a barbed wire fence, by which he was fear fully lacerated, nearly seyering the large muscle of the foreleg just below sthe el- bow joint. Although so dreadfully wound ed he ran to Hydeville, where he was caught, very much weanened by loss oi blood. He was led back to MT. Belcher's, and Veterinary Surgeon Mann from Elli- thorpe dressed the wounds The horse is now doing well at the barn of MT. Pres colt Belcher.. It will take many weeks yet to heal the wounds.
 Rev. Henry Vaill, who had planned to go to Maine last Monday was detained by the sickness of Mrs. Vaill. They hope to be able to go by the last of the present week.
 There was no preaching in the Con