The Press., 1895-06-13


 THE Lozier manufacturing company, of Toledo, Ohio, are contemplating starting branch factory in the east for the pro- duction of the celebrated Cleveland cycle, and party of it's officers recently visited Thompsonville on invitation of the board of trade. G. A. Burwell, formerly of Stafford, superintendent, was one of the party. The firm will employ 200 men at the start. They were invited to visit Thompsonville by the local board of trade. Stafford has no board of trade.
 The senate does the right thing when it asks Rev. J. H. Mason of New Haven for his authority for saying that members Of the senate "have been bought like cattle in the shambles." Such 8 statement should not be passed without notice. We doubt if any reputable man in the state really believes that the vote of single senator has been bought, or been for sale, during the session, except as individuals have been swayed by policy instead of by principle, as some seem to have been in the votes upon the anti-pool law, and law and order league matters. MT. Mason ought to be prepared to prove what he says, or pay the penalty of vile falsifying.
 OF Willard B. Ferguson, president of the Stafford, Rockville and Southbridge electric road, Col. c. L. Dean, president of the 1st National Bank of Stafford Springs, and a near neighbor of MT. F., (both living in Maiden, Mass, ) says that he is one of the representative men of that city, self-made man, of good busi- ness sagacity, of strict integrity. He has, with his partner, MT. Shaw, the present treasurer of the state of Massachusetts, been concerned in the building of many city and suburban lines of railroad, all of which have been successes. MT. Dean is of opinion that Stafford cannot afford to lose such an opportunity as comes in the enlistment of such men in this local en- terprise. While knowing none of the as- sociates of MT. Ferguson in this enter prise, save his partner, Mr. Shaw, Col. Dean considers that thei1 association with MT. Ferguson is good endorsement for them. In city of B, ,O00 inhabitants MT. Dean knows of no man who better than MT. Ferguson stands forth as rep resentative citizen. He has been the architect of his own fortune, having be- gun at the foot of the ladder. There were several errors in list of officers as given last week, and we give below corret list President, Willard B. Ferguson; :; treasurer, Charles E. Dresser. secretary, R. s, Hicks; directors, W. B. Ferguson, Maiden, Mass. Charles E. Dresser, Mass. R. s. Hicks, Stafford Springs, Conn; Challes B. Barnes, Plymouth, Mass. H. L. Pierce, Boston, Mass. F. E. Lowe, Greenfield, Mass. j; A. L. Patton, Leominster, Mass.
 THE directors of the Holland County Agricultural Society have made thor ough revision of the premium list. The principal changes were made on the agri- cultural products, fruit and stock premi- ums, there being a general reduction on these classes. The premiums on these classes have been larger for the past two years than those offered by other Con- necticut fairs. The directors voted to abandon the system of awarding premiums by number, which was tried last year, and return to the old system of entering ex- hibits by name. The new system was generally condemned by the press and visitors to the fair, as the visitors were lo 4o toll ho onforoA nYhihitG and the newspaper men were unable to get correct list of premiums. The Staf- ford Springs fair is an exception to the "otherC fairs" mentioned above as having been behind the Holland county in the matter of liberality of premiums. And while the Rockville fair is thus re- stricting itself, the tendency of the Staf- ford society has been toward increased liberality. It is question whether fairs are not making mistake in pruning of agricultural features, either in part, as the Rockville society proposes, or in total, as the Willimantic society has done.
 WHILE the amendment to the state constitution providing for an election ot state officers by plurality vote instead of majority vote, as now required, failed to get the required two-thirds in the house of representatives last week, that providing for redistricting of the state for the election of senators on basis ot population, was passed. The vote of TOl land county on the first proposed amend ment stood Yeas-Sumner, Champlln Vinton, Keeney, Patten, Converse, Wash burn, Fahey, Talcott, Eldredge-1O; nay' -Backus, Alvord, Thompson, Tennant W. J. Warner, Weeks, Wallace, w. H Halls. On the redistricting amend ment: Yeas-Sumner, Backus, Weeks Patten, Converse, Washburn, Talcott and W.H.Hall; nays-AIvord, Champlin Lathrop, Thompson, Tennant, W. J Warner, Vinton, Wallace, Aldrich, El dredge Four members were paired, an' did not vote. The amendment provide for an increase of the number of senator to either 37 or 45, the state to be divide' into the requisite number of districts, a nearly equal in population as possible If the amendment is adopted by the sen ate it will go to the people for ratifica tion, probably at the town elections i October.
 An English judge, pronouncing sen tence on chronic vagrant and drunkard recently declared that his condition seem ed to be hopeless. A thousand year hence, he said, people would become civ ilized and would put all useless person