The Press., 1895-03-21

,ollins). house on the left, the parson- .gs on the right. the road leading to West ,tafford on the left, the residence of Solva l Converse, then one house on the right, md the cemetery, where now my parents, grandparents, sister, brother, and a host of relatives are quietly resting. Truly, in these fifty years the change has been great to me. I have strayed far away, but where else could I find the loved friends of long ago but in the cemeteries? We will return to the school-house at the Springs. Opposite this house, lit- tie beyond and back in the field, was turning mill, which was owned by Mir. Heald, where the school children were 1 not the most welcome callers. Over the bridge by the store, up the hill East house of Widow Needham, one-story yellow painted house, near by the house If John Baker, Jr. Opposite these the residence of Capt. Rogers, next Rufus | Pinney, then John Baker, ST. Opposite, the house of Horatio Spellman and Will lard Snow. Then, some little distance on, the residence of Mr. Heald. A family named Preston occupied part of the house, and John Fuller next year. The road leading to the Furnace Hollow East-stl l turned to the left here, distance two miles, and only the homes of Marvin Cummings on the right and of Sidney Needham on the left, ere reaching the hotel. A road to the right between these two places led to Stafford Street. We will return to the main road East Main-st. again. The residence of Esquire Sibley came next, tnd son, Wakeman Sibley, commenced housekeeping in part of the house. A 'hoe shop was near, and opposite the l trge barns, a distance back in the fields, were the bark mills belonging to Esquire Sibley, who was 8 tanner. Then on the right were the ware rooms and work shop If Henry Baker. His residence, just ! ruilt, was opposite the shops. was sOr- 1 " to read of the destruction by fire of this inc house. 1 well remember them all. 1 1y father, s. P. Babcock, rented their old house whom they moved in their new. Next to this property, on the right, was another house owned by BakeA, rented to ,ohn Mccarthy.
 1 We now cross little brook. pass some l assure fields, and on the left we come to 1 the home of tho late l.. G. Winter and l Warren Lillihridge (bOth have deceased the past ycar), next to them lived Isham scripture, and we are in the lower end of
 he famous StaffordS'rept. The residences )f Adney Knight and Col. Foster at the right, also the Rock wells, toward Rock we'll Hill, includes about all my remem- brance in that direction.
 The writer of the above, Mrs. E. F. Chappell, of Center Square, Pa, also sends us the following lists of pupils who attended schools taught by her in Staff ford. Her name then was Miss E. F. Babcock:
 l Names of scholars attending school in Washburn district the summer tenn of | S51:
 \ngeline Bahcock Joseph Washbum, | Eleanor Babcock Freeman Tourtellot l Eliza Rogers, Chauncey Orcutt, Aurplia Orcutt, Jerome Orcutt,
 
 Ann TOurtellot, Albert Davis,
 Wary J. Tourtellot, Elmer Davis,
 Amelia E. Ellis, Lucien Horton,
 Annette Davis, Henry Cummings, Mary A. Dean. John l.. Dean.
 Ages from to 13. District commit tee, Wm. Davis; examining committee, Dr. Wm. N. Clark, J H. Bolton, Rev, n, r. Livermore.. R@s'- "'h e'-,..~ = Sii'i"h.
 Names of scholars attending school in West Stafford the summer term of 1852: Emeline Holmes, Lidia Holmes, Jane Cummings, Lavinia Avery,
 Julia Whiton, Andrew Case,
 Mary Holmes, Nelson Whton,
 Betsey Willis, Edwin Blodgett,
 Ann Holmes, Robert Tyler,
 Esther Norton, Philander Holmes, Sarah Avery, Calvin Harwood,
 Ellen Fuller, Edward Dunlap,
 Mary J. Willis, Simon Norton,
 Isabel Whiton, Lucien Case,
 Angeline Holmes, Lucerne Avery,
 Marcia Whiton, Franklin Eaton,
 Ann Avery, Edward Norton,
 Ellen Johnson, Wells G. Webb,
 Sally Willis, Charles Case, Elizabeth Eddy, George Dunlap,
 Ienriett Eddy, Alvin Gould,
 Ottavia Brown, Eugene Avery.
 Alice Holmes,