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The Press., 1895-01-10

one of the pleasantest socials in its his tory at the residence of c. F. Kibbe on Friday evening. A nice program was given, a duetaby Mrs. Price and Mrs. Simmons, and solo by MT. Kibbe being particularly entertaining. There were good number present.
 Miss F. Daisy Whiton gave an eve- ning's recital at Somers Thursday eve- ming, under the auspices of the Somers grange. She also recited at the meeting of the state grange in New Britain on Wednesday evening, her selection being "A Race for Life"
 The week of prayer is being observed by the churches this week, the Methodist church holding cottage meetings in the different parts of the town nearly every evening, and the Congregational church holding services in the conference room every evening but Tuesday and Saturday.
 Misses Sarah and Mary Brownlee, have been at home for the holidays, le- turning to their schools in Rhode Island on Saturday.
 -G. w. Lansing is spending few days in Boston.
 Two of s. w. Stillwell's children have the scarlet fever. FLORA.
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MANSFIELD, nnmlnuxrraHA
(Correspondence,)

HI. Brown of Middletown is expected to start up W. E. Williams silk mill in about two weeks.
 There is to be a musical entertain ment in the Gurleyville M. E. church Mon- day evening, Jan. 14th. Admission 25e. for adults, and 15c. for children under. 12 years of age. Raymond Chaffee, youngest child of John W. and Minnie Dunham of Chaffee- vile, died very suddenly of spinal menin- gitis, He was a very bright boy. The afflicted family have the sympathy of all.
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ASHFORD.
A0nEW4GDS .., Westford Cnrrasn0ndanea

Christmas exercises passed off very pleasantly. Much credit is due the chil- dren, especially the younger portion. The church was well filled; all seemed to en- ioyit.
 The Congregational society had an oyster supper New Years eve at Mir. LO- gees home, after which watch meeting was held, about thirty attending from will lingtOn Hill.
 Miss Bertha HOwes leaves this week for Providence to attend Bryant q stEat- toms commercial college.
The Press., 1895-01-10
TOLLAND. (COFroSDOndence.

The Y. P. s. c. B. held cottage meeting at Mir. Dickinson's last Wednes- day evening. Quite a number from this society attended the quarterly meeting of the Rockville Union at Vernon Tuesday afternoon and evening.
 -The Christian Endeavor society held
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Husling a Text at the Cook.

''Mary Jane" said the rector solemn lv, 'sthe steak is cooked to crisp, and the potatoes. are raw You have left un- done the things that ought to be done and cooked too done the things that ought not to be done. "-IIndiapaPalis Journal
The Press., 1895-01-10
SOMERS. fCnrrocnOnHonOoN \


 An athletic association has been or ganized, with Chas. Inman as president, and Fred D. Field as vice president. An effort is also being made to organize a council of Daughters of Liberty.
 The reading given by Miss Flora Daisy Whiton of Holland Grange under the auspices of Somers Grange, No. 1O5, P. of H., in the town hall Thursday eve- ming, Jan. 3d, was richly enjoyed by all in attendance, Miss Whiton rendering her selections in manner which showed her to be an elocutionist of rare merit. All felt that the evening had been pleasurably and prOfitably spent. Prof. A. W. Kibbe acted as musical director, Misses Root and Lombard favoring the audience with choice vocal selections, while Herbert Fuller, il years of age, as violinist of the evening, was feature of the entertain lnent of which the grange might justly feel proud. A delegation of Endeavorers went to Vernon Tuesday afternoon to attend the Rockville union of Y. P. s. c. E. We are much pleased to. see on the program of the Connecticut dairymens convention, which meets in Jewell hall, Hartford, Jan. 15, 16, and IT, the name oi E. B. Little, our efficient butter maker. The butter makers session opens w ednes. day morning, 10th, at lO.SO o'clock, when MT. Little will answer in his usual inter. Eesting manner the query, 'sWhy is con- stant vigilance needed to make good but | ter ?"
 Several books of reference have been recently added to the high school library. r Mrs. Eleanor Aldridh of Ware, Mass. has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Hurlburt.
 Henry Shaw of Bridgeport is visiting friends in town.
 Charles Edson of Putnam has been passing a few days in town.
 Charles Pomeroy of Willimantic made { brief visit in town last week.
The Press., 1895-01-10
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES,

fMatter under this head cents per nne.)
 Royal Worcester Corsets for sale at A. W. Walkers.
 Bargains in short length dress goods at E. L. Burr's.
 Just think of it-A. c. A. Bed Tick ing only 12 cts. yard, at A. W. Walkers.
 A. w. Walker offers this week the balance of Ladies' and Children's Gar ments at reduced prices.
 NoTIoE.-When you are selecting your newspapers or magazines for the year re- member Hl rley Bros. can supply you with any newspaper or magazine published Tn America. Newspapers delivered free Of charge to your homes every day. We so- licit share of the public patronage:
 Extra bargains in Red Underwear, for ladies, at A. w. Walkers.
 Hurley Bros. have few Plush Boxes and Manicure Sets left after the holidays, which they will sell at cost. Also few nice Dolls, etc.
 Buy your Linen Crash of E. l.. Burr.
 -Munsey's New Years, just out, 1Oc. Old Farmers Almanac &c.,, at Hurley Bros.
 Hurley Bros. have few Diaries for 1895 left, which they will sell at cost.
 -WANTED-2O GIRLs-at Woods stu diO, to sell Photo checks. By selling IO Photo checks you get dozen photos free, and to the girl that sells the largest num- Der of checks nice ladies' gold watch, warranted for 20 years, will be given. For further particulars call on or address W. J. Wood, Photographer, Staf'd Sp'gs.
 Fine decorated china at Anthony Adams.
 Get your Diaries for 1895 at Hurley Bros. We have an elegant lot of Stand ard, American and Excelsior, which we offer at reasonable prices.
 Souvenir china at Anthony Adams.
 Tinted Writing Paper, ruled and plain, also large assortment of Box Pa pers, at very low prices, &c.,, &c.,. 1Oc. and upwards, at The Press office.
 Watch for bargains In The Press of- flee windows.
 Makes it hot for you-the dispenser of Hot Soda, Chocolate, Coffee and Broths at Hurley Bros.
 Hurley Bros have line of musical instruments s-Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Accordeons, Zithers, Harmonicas, etc., also violin strings and rosin, latest popu- lar songs, marches, &c.
The Press., 1895-01-10
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.

Remarkable underwear, re- markable assortment, remark ably low prices-the univer- sal verdict from customers at the counters. . The crowds will grow thick CT every day. We shall have the friends and neighbors of people who have bought yes- . terday, and people who could not come before; better come early.
 Here's how the prices start: Corset covers. At cents-plain cover of good cotton At 12H cents-platn cover, good cotton, with
 square yoke on back and front. At lSN cents-plaiR cotton cover, high back At 19 cents-good cotton cover, high neck,
 e,L fine Ltucking, down front, finished with At 21 centsSfne cotton cover, square neck,
 back and front, finished with hamburg
 edge. Gowns.
 At 35 cents-plain sacque gown, good cotton,
 cambrC ruff1e trimming. At 39 cents Mother Hubbard gown, good
 trimmed.
 At 4S cents-Mother Hubbard gown, made of
 line cotton, yoke Of cluster tuCking,
 trimmed With wide Cambric ruffie. Skirts. At 35 cents-good cotton skirt, tucked cam
 brio ruff1e.
 At 45 cents-good cotton skirt cluster of
 tucks and fine hamburg ruf1les. At 69 cents-cambrtc skirt, fine tucking with
 ruf1ed edge with lace. At 69 cents-cambrtc skirt with fancy cluster
 tucks, ruf1ies of fine hamburg. Children's Gowns. At 35 cents-Mother Hubbard style of good
 cotton, trimmed with cambrlc Tuf1ie
 around neck and down front, any size. At 4S cents-made of good cotton, yoke of
 eight clusters of tucks, neck trimmed
 With hamburg edge, any size. At 4S centS-made of good cotton, yoke of
 cluster tuck1ng, neck and front trimmed
 with hamburg edge. Children'S Drawers. At 10 cents-made of good cotton. cluster of
 tucks, finished button holes, any size- At 15 centS-gOOd cotton, cluster tucking
 fulled cambric ruffe, finished button
 holes.
 At @3 cents-good cotton cluster tucking
 trimmed with hamburg edge, finished
 button holes. South store.
 FORBES & WALLACE, Main, Vernon and Pynchon streets, Springfield, Mass.
The Press., 1895-01-10

agara Falls in frame, dozen silver knives salad spoon and fork, set of engraved tea spoons, half-dozen berry forks, set oi Carlsbad china, toilet case, napkin ring gold-lined sugar shell and butter knife, set of silver teaspoons with case, half dozen nut-picks and napkin ring, silver butter-dish, china cup and saucer, and other useful gifts. MT. and Mrs. Skinner took their departure early in the evening, en route for New York and Washington, amid showers of rice and cheerful bless ings. The good wishes of their many friends go with them, and as they journey along the highways of life may the music of love gladden. their hearts and life's fair flowers adorn their pathway.
 Crystal Lake Correspondence.)
 MT. and Ms. Leon Leach are now keeping house in Alfred Charters pleas ant cottage. MT. Leach is working for MT. Charter.
 While absent, visiting his son in Vernon, recently, Denison Baker had three fine leghorn bullets stolen. MT. B. saw 8 robin on the morning of Christmas day.
 The writer was the guest of MT. and Mrs. George Kibbe New Years day.
 MT. and Mrs. Peter Johnson, old neighbors of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Neff, on Buff Gap, were their guests at Crystal Lake Tuesday.
 Bessie Neff has a goat-team, often riding to school, the goat returning home unattended.
 -Twenty-nine 'coons is the sum total of the number secured by Messrs, Eli thorpe and Neff this season. Of these four were brought down with two firings, and twelve captured on three hunts.
 Miss Lottie Eastwood was the guest over Sunday of Mrs. Ella Willis.
 Visiting the Crystal Lake district school the 4th inst, which is unusually large, with several older scholars this term, we found the teacher, Perlin Dim- ock, succeeding we'll in his new vocation.
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Multiplication of the Typewriter.

"The coming man will not write nearly so much as the man of this age, said Professor Charles Whiteford of Philadelphia at the Normandie, land yet it must not be inferred that the art of penm;mship is going to drop into ear ly desuetude. The cheaper typewriters become the less chirography there will be. Professional men of any standing rarely do any writing now, save perhaps to indite their own signatures. In news paper offices three-f fourths of the repor- torial staff compose their stories on machines, and not 0 few of the more dignifed editors have learned to play the keys. Handwriting will finger a great deal longer ill the country and smaller towns than in the big cities, for the same reason that the candle and kerosene lamp finger longest in the for mer localities. "-W Washington Post.
The Press., 1895-01-10

"LIFE SoNGs," the book of poems just issued by Lee & Shepard, is a collection of the best poems of Rev. Theron Brown of the Youths Companion, and of wide &C., quaintance in this vicinity. MT. Browns poems are the easy outflow of a naturally poetic soul, and are read with the ease of one afioat on a natural current. Poetry is natural form of expression, and wheth- CT in ballads of battle, the rythym of col lege songs, the devotional mood of the hymn, of the poem for children, there is 8 restful ease in reading because the ex- pression is natural in ease and grace, and the sense in no case made subordinate to rhyme. Copies of the work may be or dered through F. H. Spelman, at Heald's drug store
The Press., 1895-01-10
9nrbeF & 41eaHare's

DG0cAS2SSSSSS SAS$$A&SS Springfield January, 1895.
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Corset covers.
Gowns.

At 36 cents-platn sacque gown, good cotton, cambr1c ruffie trimming At 39 centS-Mother Hubbard gown, good cotton, yoke of cluster tucking, ruffied, trimmed.
 At 4S cents-Mother Hubbard gown, made of line cotton, yoke of cluster tuCking, trimmed with wide cambric ruf1le.
The Press., 1895-01-10

lngs are being held every evening this week, except Saturday. Friday evening the meeting begins at 7 o'clock, and Pre- siding Elder Tirrell is expected to preach. At the close the fourth quarterly confer ence is to be held. ..... Miss Cushman, who has been in China as a missionary is to give Chinese entertainment soon. -Chas. F. Harwood and w. E. Hanley have put electric lighting apparatus into their residences.
 A petition is out for a borough meet ing to see if the voters will repudiate the act of the burgesses in refusing permits to erect wood buildings within the fire limits. In each case of such refusal there has always been dissatisfaction. If the ordinance controlling fire limits and build ing regulations is contrary t9 public in terest and not favored by the tax and in- surance payers, it will be well to have public expression thereon. The meeting is called for next Monday evening at 7.30, and is ito see if the voters will instruct the court of bqrgesses' to license the building of wood structure covered with iron in the rear of G. H. Baker & Go. s furniture warehouse.
 There will be a social at the Con2re- gational church next Wednesday evening, Jan. 18th, in charge of Mrs. W. W. Bur- we'll and Mrs. W. H. Cooley. After the supper literary salad will be served, and there will be also an improved spelling match.
 Death of Deacon Orwell Dimmick, of West | Stafford.
 Deacon Orwell Dimmick, who died at his home in West Stafford on Tuesday, was the last survivor and youngest of seven brothers, all of whom lived to quite advanced ages. Two sisters died
The Press., 1895-01-10

At 35 cents-good cotton skirt, tucked cam brio ruff1e.
 At 45 cents-good cotton skirt, cluster of tucks and fine hamburg rufIles. At 69 cents-cambric skirt, fine tucking, with ruf11ed edge with lace. At 69 cents-cambrc skirt with fancy cluster tucks, rufiles of fine hamburg
The advocate., 1895-11-06

Several companies Of state militia arsn
duty 70 prevent further violence.
A pool has been formed BY the New Y1gS
Central Delaware, Lackawanns 81 WgAS
ern; Lehigh Valley; Pennsylvania Csaiblt
New York, Lake Erie & Western; B
more & Ohio; Wabash and Grand tTrtn
railroads to maintain rates.
In a story printed in the Eastern papers
it is related that John Sherman sent d man
from Washington to Arkansas Ia 1880 10 llx
the delegation for him for President. He
gave him 500 with which to do the work.
He didn't get the delegation
Now that the Holmes and Durrapt ripts
der trials have resulted In the convleslaas
Of both the Williams, and the Corbett
simmons prize fight has proven q failrEN
the news associations ought TO davcte v
littlespace to news that people want 70 rcss
In the year 1S92-93 there were 15,Ces,
children enrolled in the public schools aad
colleges of the United States. The teAchea
employed numbered 122, ,O58 male and eco
female. There was collected for sohsNl
purposes sl65,OOO,OOO, and sl6S, ,OCO,Ooo wMs
disbursed.
The postal revenue last year amounted 70
$40, ,963, l2S and the expenditures were
79O,l72. The former was composed pl tHn
following items: Postmasters salaries, ais
O79,5OS; clerks in postofices, 50, 414, 4Eee
delivery service, Sl9,1S9,O99; railrcaa mt
transportation, S26, 4s9, 747 star route tran
portation, $5,75S $40; mail messenger asaSA.
portatlon, Sl,l92,9S5 railway postal naY
service, @,O48,9S9; railway postal clers
81, lOS,O95; foreign mails, sl,l7i,AS5 Tnps
principal items of revenue were Latter
postage paid in money (made up principally.
Of balances due from foreign postal adntsi.
istrarious), $lS5,S1S; box rents, &,5Q8,gA
sales Of postage stamps, stamped envelope
newspaper wrappers and postal cards,
477, 40; money order business, &8I20 03S
The advocate., 1895-11-06
A seat Of Plutocratlo LearnInI..

CHICAGO, November 1.-THE Uni
verBity Of Chicago, from which Pf9t
fsssor Bemis was recently dismissed
for expressing liberal views regarding
the labor and corporation questions,
will probably soon be the recipient 0f
another princely gift from John III
Rockefeller, the Standard OilmagnktG.
The following letter, dated New York.
was received from him to-day:
"To the Trustees of the University
of Chicago, I. w. Goodspeed. Secse.
tsry. Gentlemen:-I will contriDuaS
to the University Of Chicago 8l,0oD,
600 for endowment, payable January (,
1896, in cash or at my option In aps
proved interest-besring securities at
the fair market value. will contrlhule'
in addition $2,OOO,OOO for endowment.
or otherwise as may designate, pAy
able In cash at my option in approved
interest.bearing securities at their f$lr
market value, but only In amount
equal to the contributions Of others IA
cash or It's equivalent not hitherto
promised as the same shall be received
by the university. This pledge shall
be good as to any portion Of the snln
herein promised, which shall prove nqt
to be payable on the above terms On or
before January l, 1900. Very, very
truly, JOHN ID. RocKEFELLER
Since the trustees have the utmost
confidence In their ability to meet khis
requirement, Mr.. Rockefeller's gift
may be fairly estimated to be worth
$5,OOOOOO to the institution Of learn.
ing, which owes it's existence 20 his
generosity. This makes the total sum
Of his gifts to the University Of CHI
cago 81, ,425, 900.
The advocate., 1895-11-06
PLEASE STAND UP AND EXPLAIN.

The Emporis Republican Of October
30, criticising Jerry Simpsons speech
in that city, says:
man who will rail out against capital and
vote for measure that produces shortage
in the revenues Of the government to an ex-
tent that makes It necessary to issue millions
Of bonds to meet current expenses, talks one
way and votes another, as 1t appears to man
up a tree. The direct result Of Mr. Simpsons
vote on the Wilson bill was to give the last
bond syndicate, Morgan, Rothschild & Co., q
profit Of $1S 100000, making the rich richer and
the poor poorer,
Does the Republican wish to be un-
derstood that the bonds issued by the
present administration were really nee
esssrys This is q question we would
like to have answered if it is not too
much trouble to our Emporia contem-
porarY.
The advocate., 1895-11-06
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The population Of Prussia is 81, ,49l, 200.
Debs viii be released from Jail Novem-
Der %.
Nebraska's sugar crop will amount to
100000 pounds.
Queen Victoria is said to be in semi
insane condition.
There are 1900 Christian Endeavor
workers in Iowa.
Bob Ingersor wants to annex Canada,
Cuba and Hawaii.
IA laundryman's association has been or
ganized in Illinois.
Senator DoIph wants Cuba annexed to
the United States.
There are more than forty POpulist
papers in Missouri.
There were 300 persons convicted Of PEN
sion frauds last year.
WCman's suffrage was voted down in the
The advocate., 1895-11-06

AS A mark of his appreciation Of
the promptnesS with which Prof.
Bemis was dismissed from the Chicago
university, John d. Rockefeller pro-
poses an additional endowment Of
$3,OOO,OOO for that institution. ''It is
all very well to sympathize with work
ingmen, but we get our money from
those on the other side and we cannot
afford to offend them," says President
Harper; and be evidently knows on
which side his bread is buttered
The advocate., 1895-11-06

If IT were not for the purchases of
European titles by the daughters of
American millionaires, the prize fights
and the bank and business failures,
the news pages of the old party press
would have to be run out as clean
blank paper. What relief this would
be to a long. suffering public!
The advocate., 1895-11-06
puts forth the following editorial utter
ance IN the issue of November 8:

HnGo IN Cne lSSu9 OL NOVSnUcE D.
whether Populists were honest OK dishonest
they certainly did not know how to keep ac-
counts. The books OF the school land account
have now been discovered to show errors
amounting to over $4,000
Below we give the facts as furnished
by State Auditor Cole, and as published
in the State Journal of November L
the same day that the Capital pub,
lshed its tale Of woe:
The clerks in the State Auditors office have
figured up total Of $4S,6O267 in errors in book
keeping made during the last administration
in that department..
Investigations show that the errors made in
the last twenty years would go up into the
hundreds Of thousands They were made
under Republican administrations the same
as under the Popnlist The figures Of the
LeWelling administration show that there was
Populist incompetency; and the figures OF
previous administrations show that there was
Republican incompetency. None Of the ad-
ministrstions carry on their bookkeeping in
manner that little country bank wouldn't
despise. 1t is all slop work. That's the way
politicians and ofice-seekers look after the
peoples interests. That's what the people get
for being partisans and allowing psrtisans to
run their business affairs. IL serves them
right and It will keep on until they get their
eyes opened.
The advocate., 1895-11-06
How About Your SubsCriptIOnG

A great many subscriptions expire
this week. Better look at che date
attached to your address and Hee how
you stand. BY renewing promptly
you will save trouble to yourself aiN
the publishers.