The Press., 1895-01-17
-Tbe folloving offieerg of Winter Post.

No. A, U. A. R., were installed Monday evening, 7th: Commander, George D. Shaw; s. V. O., Frank A. Adams; J. V. O., Wm. B. Whittemore; surgeon, John Mccarthy; Q. NJ, Anthony Adams; o. D., w. R. Rudge; 0. G., James Hurley; chaplain, T. c. Druley; Adpt, c. s. Ar mold; s. M., D, K. Green; Q. M.. s., W. D. Irons.v
 The Hymn services" will be resumed at the Congregational church on Sunday evening with full orchestra, Subject Bishop Heber. Everybody is invited.
 MT. Monroe, occulist, from South bridge, advertises to be at Burr's store on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
 The ladies of Grace church will give supper next Tuesday evening. Host esses, Mrs. W. W. Lathrop and Mrs. A. Arnold
 Work upon Stafford Illustrated" is progressing. The Press again assures patrons that the work is in the hands of men of literary and business ability, who propose to make it credit to the town and an aid to it's growth. The work is likely to be more elaborate than at first intended, and will be issued in elegant cloth binding, printed on fine paper, and illustrated with half-tone engravings, 150 lines to the inch, the very best ever put in work of this kind. The probable price will be $1.25 and $1.50, in two styles of binding. As the quality and scope of the work will be increased by liberal patron- age, intended patrons will do well to man. ifest their good intentions as early as possible.
 -Chas. McDougall, former superin- tendent of the Mineral Springs Co.,, now of Frank lin, Mass, was in town last week.
 James Hunt, of Worcester, formerly merchant of this place, was in town this week. His wife, who was a daugh- ter of the late Wm. Russell, of Stafford, died a few months ago.
 -C. Allen attended the thirteenth an- nual meeting and banquet of the Nation al Association of Wool Manufacturers at the Parker House, Boston, on Thursday evening last.
 People of this village were shocked last Monday morning to read in the pa= pers the death, at Washington, of Prof. c. c. c. Painter, former pastor of the Congregational church in this village.
 He was sixty-two years of age. He died
 of heart disease, after very brief illness.
 He had been apparently in usual health
 for some time previously, in fact, was
 looking unusually well. A dispatch to
 the associated press says:
 Charles c. Painter was born in Vir-
 ginia, in 1889. His father was a we'll
 known clergyman of that state, and of a large family of sons several entt red the
 ministry, one of them having been a mis-
 sionary in China for fifteen years. MT.
 Painter graduated from Williams college
 and studied theology at Andover semi.
 nary. His first pastorate was over the Congregational church in New MarlbOr I ough, Mass, and while there he married
 Miss Martha Gibson. daughter of Noat i Gibson, an old and honored resident ot
 Great Burlington. MT. Painters subse
 quent pastorates were in Naugatuck Conn. Grand Haven, Micll., and Stafford
 Springs, Conn. While in Stafford Springs
 the memorable flood occurred and MT. Painters church was swept away. After much hard work Mir. Painter raised the necessary funds for a larger and more beautiful church ediflee. Soon after this 8 call was received to become professor at Fisk University. The professorshiF
 was accepted. Becoming deeply inter. ested in astudy of the condition and needs of the Indians, MT. Painter was appointed an agent of Indian Rights Association, I His work in the field was so intelligent I and thorough that about two years age his efficiency was recognized by an ap Epointment as indian Commissioner, and il this position his services had been of thu first importance. MT. Painter has spen
 a considerable portion of each year il
 Washington, while his pleasant summe
 home was in Great Harrington. He hal
 many friends, and among them were mel
 of prominence. Beside a widow, MI
 Painter leaves one son, Charles F., a stu dent in Harvard medical school.
 Tho death will be great loss to tn Indian bureau. MT. Paint~r's influence O national legislation was gieat. Successiv administrations and congresses placed i'm , plicit trust in his good sense and honest of purpose in his allotted work, He ha an eye to the national interests, as we as to those of the Indians, and took broad view of most perplexing question ! His work in Stafford Springs as paste and as 8 citizen was a great one. Tn Stafford public library owes it's existenc , very largely to him, He did more effect i've work for suppression of liquor se1lin than any man who has ever lived in tn , town. He took the pastorate of the Cor gregational church when, from variou causes, a very unpromising outlook ez isted, and left the church much nor prosperous than when he found it. H 0 camehere as supply, having lefta pastol . ate at Naugatqck because of g poor cond Il tiop of health, and his coming and stayin = seems in the backward look to have bee t quite providential. Many hearts anon '- his old practitioners are saddened by il news of his death, and much sympatt e goes out to the widow and son who su l. vive. One son, who died ill infancy,
 memorized by beautiful window in u n Congregational church, "the gift of Nau y atuck friends" A Washington 'frie1 n writes The Press: Yesterday (Sunda }. morning MT. Painter complained of pail k in his chest on rising. Mrs. P. applied $ mustard paste and gave him whiskey, b B. as these gave him no relief sent for do 1t tor, who pronounced it a heart troubl is and after treatment which gave relic Is the doctor left him. During the forenoc
 he vomited three times, and in the afte st noon began to cough. Fearing an atta' of of pneumonia, the doctor was again SC B. for. He examined the lungs and foul le them soYnd, and also said the heart " 's working right again, After the doct h. left, MT. F., feeling better, proposed y get up, but, not finding himself as strol