The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1895-02-07

lFTCn announcer
The Y. p. s. c.. f. this evening at
7.3O. The subject, Advance Endeavor.
Elk. IA; 1881, IS: 12. Everyone invited
to attend. ...... Next Wednesday evening
the Y. P. s. c. e. will hold q social at the
house of E. f. Warren. Come all and
enjoy good social evening, as usual.
staffordville.
(Correspondence.)
Joseph Satterlee and Miss Mary L.
Crawford were united in marriage last
Wednesday at the home of the bride in
this place, Rev II. D. Adams officiating.
They left on the $50 train for their we'd
ding tour.
The high winds of the past few days
has piled some very unpleasant drifts in
some of the highways.
The school in district No. will close
on Friday, the 9Th. Miss Chella Cady,
teacher.
AN entertainment will be given under
the auspices of the ladies' aid society in
the NJ. E. church vestry Wednesday eve
ming, Feb. 18th. The principal parts will
be Grandmother's Album and an Editori-
al Sketch. Admission 15c., children 10c.
The Epworth League held a parlor
social at the NJ. E. parsonage Wednesday
evening, Jan. 30th, which was quite an
enjoyable occasion.
Hard colds are very common in this
community.
- Mrs, Hattie Moulton, of, Putnam,
spent the day Thursday at the M. E.
parsonage.
(FrOm another correspondent
james Whitney, a long time resident
of Staffordville, died very suddenly at his
home Saturday morning of heart disease.
-Messrs. Peel & Mccarthy have shut
down for the purpose of putting in a new
and larger water wheel. The village peo-
pie will be glad to hear the hum of ma
chinery and the ringing bell again in the
neal future
"A sweeping challenge to ye old-time
and now silver-haired fox hunters is is
sued by boy hunter living in the east
part of Staffordville. Although lad in
his teens and knee pants, he has succeed
ed in making four out of the five reynarda
which he has shot at bite the snow dur
ing the winter. And, unlike the fisher
man who generally loses his big catch,
bringing home naught but his honest
word to prove his story, young Robbie
Rose has the four fox skins to show to
any unbeliever. One of the animals was
a fine specimen, weighing 10 lbs. 2oz. E.
West Stafford.
Correspondence
If "man's inhumanity to man causes
countless millions to mourn,' what shall
we say of mans inhumanity to the equine
race? Put it billions.
Mrs. d. ]. Glazier, Mrs. OF. Avery,
and Mrs. Chas. Mcclellan are reported
on the sick list.
The ladies' Industrial circle gave a
social Tuesday evening. Lunch was
served from $50 to o'clock, Mrs. A. NJ.
Shepard and Mrs. E. O. Truesdell acting
as hostesses. Immediately following an
entertainment in charge of Miss Josephine
Newell wasgiven. Pastor Solandt pleas.
antly surprised the circle by the gift Of a
number of elegant books.
Mrs. E. NJ. Hunt, from Westfeld, is
staying a few weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Brown.
F. D. Bramble has II owed his steam
mill on to the wood-lot lately sold by
John /. w. Conklin to Keefe Bros.
-Chas. Snow, of Rockville, visited his
parents Thursday.
Mrs. Eliza Wiers was the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Winchell, in Rockville.
We think the Connecticut senate
might be in better business than Gen.
surfing the Connecticut press.
One of John Middleton's fine Swiss
oxen while working around the saw-mil
slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
Miss Lizzie Moore has returned t.
Hampden county after three weeks so
journ among old acquaintance.
Among the new faces from out O
town at church Sunday we noticed Mrs
Chas. Stacy and Louis G. Stacy, from
North Wilbraham, Mass. Miss Grac'
Baker, Tolland; Warren Pease, Monson
Frederick shippy and wife visite'
her brothers family, W.P. Wiers, Friday
Fishing through the ice is in orde
now. Forty of the finest pickerel w
have seen for many day were takel
from the lake Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. E. Gold pleasantly passet
the day with Mrs. Oscar Sanford, Monday
Irving Wesley Goodell, from Union
visited his sister few days last week.
Edgar L. Smith has purchased
matched pair of fine Devon cattle of Johl
Rockwell.
The spacious apartments of the hom
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ferry presented
pleasant appearance Friday evening, tn
occasion being a surprise" in which
large proportion of the people Of this vii
lage participated. The evening was pass
ed in merry making, and, to crown all,
charming lunch was served, the table
being well laden and tastefully arrange
with everything good. 1t is unnecessar
to add that the occasion was an emphati
success, as Mr. and Mrs. Ferry Away
manage to make everything exceedingly
enjoyable for themselves and for thei
guests.
The funeral of Cyrus Edison, who die
yesterday, will he held at the Congrega
tional church on Friday, at p. m.
TOLLAND. %
Correspondence