The Press., 1893-09-21

casion of the same kind MT. Booth ad- dressed an audience of nearly four hun dred teachers and school officers met at Montpelier, Vt.
 Stafford Hollow.
 tCorrespondence.) I -E. c. Pinney took in the bicycle races last week on his way to the White City
 Rev. and Mrs. Roger Sherman of Springwater. N. Y, and MT. and Mrs. l Louis Sherman of Worcester, Mass, cous- ins of Russell Colburn, have been paying him visit. Also Mrs. Russell Colburn has been enjoying visit from her sister and MT. and Mrs. Calvin Moulton, of New London. Hiram Vinton of Orcutt is spending a couple of weeks at the White City. Miss Jennie Smith of Staffordville is attending the Universalist Y. F. c. U. convention and the convention of churches at Danbury. She is delegate of the 1 Stafford Union and church.
 Miss Nellie Anthony of Willimantic is visiting with Miss Clara Williams.
 Miss Stella Squire is at home from Willimantic.
 -Wolcott Lolge, F. & A. M., meets this evening.
 Now that the Universalist church is closed for couple of Sundays it is not out of place to mention that for two years tb o,o hoe not haon y,ooro than f,nn Sunday when the pulpit has been without flowers. Winter and summer alike the flowers have appeared regularly. Sometimes the floral decorations are very fine. It shows 8 large degree of interest in the church when the people will take this thought and pains for the church. It has been re- marked that there is always something of interest at the service. There are either fine floral decorations, fine music, 8 large congregation or a good sermon. Some- times these all come at once on the same Sunday, and then there is no reason why everybody should not be present and in- terested.
 West Stafford. (Correspondence.) Mrs. Herman Loyett of Ellington has been spending 8 few days with her par ents, MT. and Mrs. s. M. Harwood Mrs. Belva Wilbur is out of town. Rev MT. Aver supplied the pulpit in Somers Sunday. Rev. o. E. Thayer of Crystal Lake supplied the pulpit here.
 W. P. Weirs has a son. Wilbur Holmes has 8 daughter.
 Miss Nettie Stacy visited in Filing ton Saturday.
 -Georgie Voss from New York has returned to his city home, after several weeks stay here.
 Farmers are harvesting the rowen crops. The weather is not very favorable.
 Several cases of COWS becoming tipsy from eating too many apples have come | to our notice.
 A republican caucus at town hall on I Wednesday evening, Sept. 27th, at 7.45, to nominate town officers and fill any va | cancies in the town committee. (Correspondence.) | Mrs. Fred Sweet and family of Den yer, Colorado, visited at Calvin Whiton's last week.
 /; Charley Holman was home from Man l chester last week. Miss Daisy Whiton recited at Q violin and song recital Friday evening, in Los Amigos Hall, Rockville. Her rendition of ''The Famine,'' brought out an encore, which was responded to with "All my Beaux."
 The funeral of Mrs. Emily Brooks, mother of A. E. Brooks, Charles Brooks and Mrs. Benj. Root of this place, and Mrs. Willis of Willimantic, was held at the residence of her son, Charles Brooks, I Sunday afternoon, Rev. John Thompson officiating.
 Louis Underwood leaves on Monday for New Haven, where he will enter the Sheffield Scientific School. | Frank E. Underwood will enter the School of Technology in Boston this fall. | Calvin Whiton and son, G.C. Whiton, visited friends in Lebanon last week. A great many attended the fair at Rockville last week. Holland, as usual, obtained the first premium on the town team. W. D. Holman got first on his herd of cattle, o. A. Leonard second. J. H. Clough's exhibit of flowers was fine, and attracted much notice. FLORA. l