The Press., 1895-06-20

 highest commendation. He is chairman of the committee on appropriations, and as such has difficult position to fill. He, some weeks ago, laid down in the admir- able report which he read to the house in behalf of his committee, certain princi- ples which govern the action of the con- mittee on appropriations. He and his colleagues on the committee have faith fully observed these principles, and many bill for an appropriation has received it's death stroke by the application of them. MT. Converse, who is a thorough business man by training, has not allowed considerations of sentiment to sway him. Rigid economy is the cardinal principle which guides the deliberations of his committee. On Thursday afternoon he occupied his seat in the rear of the hall watching for bills or resolutions for ap- propriations. He was ready to bounce on any bill that looked like a swoop on the treasury. He did not relax his vigilance until the house adjourned at nearly 5.3O. The state that has young men like MT. Converse in public life is not apt to have its treasury made the victim of extrava- gance or footing.
 Thomas Adams, of Rockville, has begun work upon a cottage at Crystal Lake on lot bought from W. W. Lathrop.
 -E. H. Cady, son of Ex-Lieut. Gov. Cady, of Hartford, and native of Staf- ford, in the field sports at Traver's Island, N. Y, on Saturday won the 22O yard hur- dle race, and was second in the 120 yard hurdle race.
 | Work has begun on the rebuilding of Rawitser's shoddy mill. H. M. Day has the contract, and the brick work will be done by Jones, of Willimantic. A con- siderable portion of the walls are stand ing, but the new building will be one story lower than the old.
 Stafford people are following with in- terest the Griswold arson trial in Hart ford. Among witnesses called for the de- fense are Charles N. Wadsworth and J. J. GalIivan, both formerly of Stafford Springs.
 | Closing of the Schools.
 The graduating class of the High school this year numbers fifteen, the largest yet graduated, thirteen girls and two boys, as named below: Georgia May Bradway, Blanche Elwy Cleaveland, Teresa Der nardette Clark, Grace Bell Comins, AL berta Louise Eaton, Lottie Maria Fair field, Mary Eliza Fisk, Leila Lincoln Eos ter, Bertha Louise Heald Emma Jane Kitchen, Elizabeth Fairman Sprague, An nie Celia Sullivan, Gertrude Caroline Wightman, Frederick Thomas Mullen, William David Roberts.
 A baccalaureate sermon will be preach ed at the opera house on Sunday evening, at 7.3O, by by Rev. c. A. Dinsmore, of Willimantic. Graduation exercises at the same place on Tuesday evening, at 7.3O.
 The class colors are ivory and gold, the motto, "Esse quam Vidore' (''to be rather than to seem.")
 Stafford Hollow.
 (Correspondence.)
 Having has begun--in some of the door-yards.
 Among the other pleasures of mar riage and setting up the Lares and Penates in Stafford is that of being serenaded by the Stafford Cornet Band. Hugh Jenkins and Ed Roberts had that experience on Monday evening.
 -Children's Sunday was observed in the Universalist church after the usual manner. Laurel was arranged on the pulpit platform to represent elHmp Of the bushes on the hillside, with daisies and ferns growing at its foot. Other decorations were set pieces in laurel and roses. The music was by the Sunday school and the choir Two children were baptized. The pastors address showed the meaning of this service by interesting illustrations from vegetable life and from the lives of noted men. A large congre- gation was present. The roses were giv- en to the children after the service.
 School meetings have the right of way this week. A meeting of the voters of old district No. is called to meet at the school house at p. m. on Friday, to hear the report of the officers, and to wind mp it's affairs. The selectmen and the school committees have called meet ing of the voters of new district No. to meet at the town hall at 7 p. m. on Sat urday to elect officers. In spite of the best endeavors of the building committed they could not get bids in by last Satur- day. The meeting therefore adjourned for one week, and will also meet at the town hall on Saturday evening. It is hoped and expected that everything will be in readiness by that time, and that this is the last meeting that need be call. ed for this purpose.
 A valuable improvement about com pleted is the new house of MT. Simonds on the T. Collins place. It is situated on } knoll little distance from the road , and south of MT. Collins house. The . Amain part is square two-story building with four rooms and hall, on the south below, and four rooms above, with a eel lar under it. A story and 8 half exten sion is placed on the south of the mair part, which contains two rooms below and large one above. This part serves for the kitchen, milk room, etc. Th' front room and hall are finished in whit' 3 wood and black walnut. The rest of thu finishing is to be painted. It has mould ed castings all through. A veranda rum along the whole front. The work through 8 out is done in thorough and workman s like manner. Russell Colburn had thu
 contract for the entire building. Tn 8 carpenter work was done under the super :, vision of Ed Burke. Henry Knapp di'
 the stone work, T. Collins, Jr., the masol work and plasteriDg, and Frank Edso the painting. The position is sightl 6 one, the house is not out of keeping wit & it, and is an ornament to the village
 MT. Simonds expects to move into it yer