The Press., 1895-04-25
-The ladies of the M. E. society are

S0TV00 rom O.0 tO t.0U D. uL.y Gn0 Iu0uU consisting of chicken pie, roast meats, etc. Flowers, candy and ice cream will be on sale The services of Mir. Herbert E. Murkett, elocutionist and impersona- tor, have been secured for the evenings entertainment. MT. Murkitt is recon mended as possessing rare powers as an elocutionist, excelling in the rendition of humorous selections and impersonations, avoiding anything that would in any way prove objectionable to the most sensitive person, and is rightly considered the peer of any of the leading readers of the day. Music, furnished by home talent, will also form an interesting feature of the pro- gramme. Dinner and entertainment, % cents. Entertainment alone, 15 cents, commencing promptly at o'clock. Sunday observance; Sunday laws, and Sunday newspapers were topics at the M. E. and Congregational churches last Sun- day evening, upon request of the w. c. T. U. organization.
 Frank Newton returned on Tuesday to Harvard Medical school.
 The street sprinkler was put at work on Monday.
 George J. Bailey will about May 1st remove his stock of groceries, etc., from the Harwood building on Main-st., to the store in the National Bank building now occupied by A. c. Rodman, and will also remove his residence from the same build ing to T. c. Lathrops house on High-st.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Simpson enter tained the young peoples whist club (seven tables) on Friday evening. Contractor Wrigley of Amherst will be in Stafford Springs about May 18th. Parties desiring concrete work should read his advertisement.
 Mrs. Joseph Mullen has removed from Forestville to Pascoag. R. I.
 -Curbing has been ordered to be placed on the west side of Furnace ave-, between Silver st. and the north end of Edgewood, also a section on Silver st, for short distance from Furnace avenue. Surveyor Fenton of Willimantic has made necessa- ry measurements for bounds and grades.
 -Subscr.ptions for Stafford nlustra- ted have been received from nearly half of the states of the union, and it is ex- pected that copies will be sold in all those not yet heard from. Advance subscrib- CTS are entitled to copies at $1.5O each The publishers announce that the price will be $2 to non-subscribers.
 The entertainment given by the Fitz- patrick family in the Opera House last evening, for the benefit of St. Edwards society, was very pleasing to those who attended. Each member of the family is an artist, and the elder Fitzpatrick is 8 whole show in himself. His songs and sketches are all new and clean, and his conception of character delineation can- not be excelled. The young ladies in their songs and dances won much ap- plause and cheerfully responded to many encores. Among the many novelties in- troduced may be mentioned Miss Fitzpat- rick's speciality, in which she plays on the piano "Yankee Doodle'' with her right hand, some other piece with her left hand, and sings "In the Sweet Bye and Bye," not as large as the excellence of the en- tertainment deserved, but 8 return date will undoubtedly be played, sometime in the future, when the public will have 8 chance to make 1t manifest that merit of this kind is appreciated.
 The Warren Woolen company is mak- I ing an addition to one of it's buildings for -Eths enlargement of the finishing room. Tine recently cut woodland between East-st and the river was swept over by fire yesterday. The wind blew strong, ,and little could be done to check the flames until the lot had burned over. The build ings on the Milton Cummings place were : protected by watchers from quite evident danger.
 The Chautauqua circle will meet on Friday evening at the residence of F. F. Patten on Edgewood.
 Saturday evening the first quarterly conference of the Methodist church will be held by the newly appointed presiding elder, Rev. George H. Bates, and on Sun- : day morning he will preach.
 See Borough Collector Spellman's prOnunciamento.
 Advertised letters: Avery Browne, MT. Philias Bourque, Ben Labonty, Mrs. A, A. Pease, Ben Ramsey, Felix Reward Euseb Tessier, Joh. M. Younzzen. The church social at Grace church last evening was one of the best patro. nized ever given, curiosity concerning the entertainment provided attracting mum. Der. The mandolin playing by MT. Hol. land was very fine, and the Sweet family who followed were great, especially the dignified but energetic Ma Sweet. Nc wonder that the younger male portion o1 the audience fancied that the term sweet in combination with girls" was an ad , jective rather than Patronymic. They were most pathetically, musically anC funnily sweet. May they include Stafford Springs on their next 'tower."
 West Stafford.
 [Correspondence) The Sunday school will be ereorganizeG next Sunday.
 f Pastor Solandt was the recipient of $ t superb boquet of arbutus by one of oul young ladies last Sunday.
 B Ralph Wiers has been confined to tht
 house for several weeks with rheumatism . Mrs. Wilbur was called to East Long 9 meadow Saturday, where her sister, Mrs < Comins, is quiteasick.
 ] Mrs. Dwight Glazier rode a shor
 distance Sunday for the first time sine, t her recent illness.
 : The orange tea given by the L. I. o.
 in the vestry Thursday evening. was ,