The Press., 1894-11-22
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 Have you seen those Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoons at A. w. Walkers?
 Guns and Ammunition at E. A. Buck & Co.'S.
 A. W. Walker offers this week an All-Wool Serge, 50 inches wide, at 75c. yd. Snow Shovels at B. A. Buck & Co.'S Large line of Ice Skates and Sleigh Bells at E. A. Buck & Co.'S.
 Wood, the photographer, will give free of charge large Crayon Portrait to every person sitting for one dozen Cabi- nets, for only $3. The Crayon alone is worth the money. This offer good until Christmas. We guarantee our picture to be satisfactory.
 Oil Heaters at E. A. Buck & Co.'S.
 Latest styles in Ladies' and Misses Garments, right from New York, at B. l.. Burr's.
 Don't buy any hosiery and underwear until you have seen A.W. Walkers stock. Job Lots in Stationery at The Press office.
 Wedding Cards and Announcements at The Press office, either engraved or printed
 Everything in the line of Stationery at The Press office.
 Japanese Napkins at The Press office.
 STAFFORD.
 Program of the fourth convention of the North Holland Sunday School Union, to be held in the M. E. church, Stafford Springs, tomorrow; Afternoon session g D. m., devotional exercise, Rev. H. D. Adams: 215 p. m., business, annual elec- ton of officers, etc.. 2.30 p. m., Sympos- ium on Sunday School Officers-(a) Su- perintendent and His Work, Rev. c. H. Brown; CD Secretary and His Work, w. E.DemOnd; Co Librarian and His Work, Rev. J. Richardson; (d) Chorister and His Work, Rev. T. c. Druley; 3.30 p. m., The Importance of the Spiritual Educa- tion of Children, Rev. c. II. Ricketts; 4 p. m., The Importance of the Normal Glass in Every Sunday School, Rev. J. A. Solandt; each subject will be followed by discussion; 5.3O, collation.. Evening session-address by State Secretary w. H. Hall; subject, Some Glimpses of Mis- sionary Sunday School Work in Conneti- cut. Illustrated with stereopticon views by Dudley Yates of New London.
 The celebrated comedy, "Jane," un- der direction of Frohman, is booked for the Opera House next Wednesday eve- ming, 18th.
 The annual town meeting, adjourned from October 1st, will be held at the town house next Monday at 1 p. m At this meeting the amount of tax to be collected on list of October, 1894, is determined and minor town officers chosen. The manner of repairing highways will also be deter mined, and the question acted upon of ap- propriating, as usual, $1O0 for observance of memorial day.
 There will be a gospel temperance meeting at Preble's hall, Orcuttville, 3 p. m., next Sunday, led by Albert Gray of the Methodist church.
 November has been very winterish month. There is yet snow on the ground from the fall of the 5th and it's successors, and on Tuesday morning the mercury regisistered but 60 above 0.
 The annual Yale-Harvard football game occurs in Springfield on Saturday, and will be witnessed by many Stafford people. Odds, as usual, are in favor of the blue.
 A number of young men of the bor- ough are organizing a football team, and if possible will make a match with some outside team for Thanksgiving day, mak- ing the public library a beneficiary of any surplus receipts.
 D. F. Mullen has bought out the fish market recently established by James Lake in the American house block and has taken possession.
 The Sunday school convention at the M. E. church tomorrow, from the pro- gram, promises to be interesting through out, and the evening lecture, with stere- opticon illustrations. is the same that made so attractive feature at the state Sunday school convention at New London last week.
 The borough schools will be closed from Tuesday, p. m., of next week until Wednesday, a. m., of the week following. Most of the teachers are non-residents, and will spend Thanksgiving at their homes.
 An entertainment by the Phila May Concert company, for the benefit of the high school library, will be given at the Opera House on the second week in De- cember
 -Wauseon Lodge, 1. O. O. F., last Monday evening voted to increase it's weekly stipend for sickness of it's mem- bers to $5 per week. The membership of the lodge is steadily gaining, and its financial condition is good.
 MT. Daniel Shaffer of Wethersfield is visiting his sister, Mrs. Wm. Farnsworth Mir. Shaffer is a member of Morris Post of Wethersfield and leader of the choir o the Baptist church. He was invited by ladies of the w, R. c. to assist with the musical entertainment at the w. R. C. social last Friday evening, rendering vio. lin and vocal solos in charming manner
 The Press last week spoke of the death of the two children in MT. Ramsay's family in October as from diphtheria, al error of course, as no diphtheretic cases have been known in Stafford for a long time. The diseases in these cases were cholera infantum.
 W. A. King, who some time ago left successful law practice at Stafford Springs to open in like business in Willimantic but had the good taste to take Stafford bride with him, we note as an evidence o prosperity, has just bargained for hous in good residence part of the city. l is we'll known in Willimantic that MT King would to-day be a representative elect had he not decided that there wa more ''in it' for him to attend to his ex tensive law practice.
 Ionic Lodge, F. A. M., meets nex Tuesday evening.
 The kirmeSs opens at St. EdMard'