The Press., 1893-09-07

church (RoV. A. J. McLeOQ), InrOCSa The Press tenders his sincere thanks to those members of his congregation who have assumed the care of themselves fora few weeks and sent him with pocket full of money Ca gift of $100) to the worlds fair. } MT and Mrs. M. A. Smith have gone , to the worlds fair, and will spend several weeks in the vest
 <-Mrs. W. R. Foster and daughters, who have been spending several years in } Germany, are back at their old quarters {, with Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Sibley on East Main street.
 Stafford Hollow.
 MT. EDITOR Fl saw reference to my invitation to the boys who were taking fruits without liberty to call and make some division of what they were to take. They have not responded, as the apple crop is pretty much exhausted, and they have taken nearly all the pears and are now gathering the grapes, 1desire through the columns of your paper to request them to call now. Grapes may grow on thorns.
 E. H. HYDE. (COrr6SpOuu6uCo.)
 During the vacation the school com mittee, J. Glover, made the improvements necessary to make the school house at all habitable for school purposes. The entry has been painted and refurnished with hooks, the walls and ceilings Of both rooms whitened, the blackboards repaired, etc. A school meeting will soon be called to meet the expense. School opened on Monday. The grammar department is being taught by MT. Ray Mcleod of Staff ford Springs, and has now enrolled twen- weight scholars Miss Weston is again in charge of the primary department. She has already thirty-two names enrolled, which crowds the room full. There are yet some old scholars to come in, besides the possibility of other new ones. That Miss Weston does such good work in such crowded quarters proves her successful primary teacher.
 While he was about it MT. Cummings concluded to put some repairs on the oth- CT two tenements of his house. The old sashes have been taken out and modern ones put in The wall under MT. Con- ner's tenement has been torn out, and a wall laid up in mortar has replaced it. The large and beautiful maple tree which stood in front of this tenement was blown down in the storm, and is quite loss.
 This village will be somewhat quiet while the mill is shut down. Many of the people will be away during the vacation, some in Chicago, some cousining, and the like. Business has already begun to be affected by the shut down, for people are not spending quite so much money.
 The Ladies' Social Circle of the Uni versalist church resumed it's meetings yes- terday, after short vacation. There was large attendance with quite little work in for them to do during the fall and winter.
 Florence Kinney has returned to Will limantic, where she has been attending normal school.
 Miss Grace Mead left on Tuesday morning for Albany, N. Y., to take a course in the normal college. She will make her home with Dr. Holden, former ly of this village.
 : Two boys from this village, Ernest Johnson and Elmer Druley, entered the High school this term. There are now four from here taking the high school course, May Colburn and Gertie Wight man having entered last year.
 Reuben Burley spent part of his va- cation in having repairs done to his prem ises, now occupied by H. c. Holt. MT. Burley has returned to his work in Hol- yoke. 5.
 West Stafford. (Correspondence.)
 The fall term of the center school commenced this week with an attendance of 50 pupils.
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Packard attend ed the eighty third birthday of Mrs. P $ mother, Mrs. Lydia Couch, at East Glas- tonbury, on Saturday. There were pres ent five children four grand children and eight grandchildren. A very pleas ant time was enjoyed by all ! -Orrie D. Preston enters the high school this term.
 A slight frost was reported Sunday morning on the lowlands in this vicinity.
 -Chauncey Orcutt and c. H. Kemp, ,Jr. are in the White City.
 MT. and Mrs. Freeman Hewlett from Stafford Hollow were guests at D. J. Glazier's Thursday.
 Mrs. Robert Greaves is entertaining her sister and two children from Holyoke.
 Ernest Warrington was out of town over Sunday.
 Noble Jerome W Worthington, who mov- ed to Granby, Mass, two years ago, is back on visit.
 Our merchant, E. o. Truesdell, spent a few days with his son, Willie E., in Burnside, and on his way home called on friends in Springfield
 | Our esteemed fellow townsman, An son Mckinney, who has been quite sick, is better. He is the oldest of four gener- ations living in the same house at the present time-Anson, Henry, Lucius and Newton. Joseph Ferry is entertaining his broth CT Alonzo and wife from Fiskdale, Mass. and his cousin, Everett Scripture, from New York City. "Jo" reports a jolly time.
 Smith Roberts is harvesting fine crop of aftermath.
 -Lottie Fairfield has returned from Granby.
 Charles w. Slater has been visiting friends in South Windsor. Eugene A. Kibbe has gone this week to work in the steam saw mill at East Warren Mrs. Hannah Sargent is visiting hel niece, Mrs. Abbie M. Slater
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