The Press., 1897-10-07
STAFFORD SPRINGS

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mrs. Peter Johnson is visiting friends the borough.
 Regular meeting of U. o. G. c. next Monday evening.
 Mrs. 0. Hunt of Hartford is a guest of Mrs. J. V. Squier,
 Regular meeting of A. O. U. w. this (Thursday) evening.
 Regular meeting of Ionic Lodge, T. 5. M, next Tuesday eveuing.
 Miss Mary Crosby of Lawrence is a guest of Mrs. G. c. Parkess.
 MT. and Mrs. William Segar, of New York, are guests of A. J. Tilden.
 Regular meeting of Harmony Temple of Honor next Wednesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. Segar are in town for the fair, guests of A. J. Tilden.
 Tim Shea, of New Haven, made few days visit to his home in the borough last week.
 Prof. G. NJ. Harmon of Tufts college, with Mrs. Harmon, are guests of Miss Celia Holt.
 Forty-two persons attended the Epis- eopaI service at Buff Cap school house last Sunday afternoon.
 FIN. Crane has taken the agency for Mark Twain's new book, Following the Equator" in this section.
 The regular meeting of the w. 0. T. U. will be held on Friday the 8th, at 3 D..
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 F. G. Sanford left last Thursday even ing for the Adirondacks. He will be joined by Mrs Sanford after the fair.
 Mir. and Mrs. P. G. Gordon aud MT. and Mrs. George Simonds and children, of Hartford, are guests of MT. and Mrs. Lewis Simonds.
 Y.P. c. E. topic at the Congregational church next Sunday evening. "Endur- ing Hardship for Chrtst's Sake" Leader, Samuel A. Jacobs.
 F. E. Harlow, head bookkeeper for Rawitser & Brother, is in very critical condition. He had an abcess which was followed by gangrenus erysipelas.
 Rev. Beverley E. Warner, we'll known locally, formerly rector of Grace church, Is one of the latest victims of yellow fever at New Orleans. His case is mild one, and his recovery is hoped for.
 Hattie Tuthill has been neither absent nor tardy during the last school year. This makes seven consecutive years that this pupil has been perfect in attendance Miss Tuthill is evidently after a world record.
 MT. Kayeahgoha, Tuscarora Indian, who is canvasing for books for the pur- pose of paying his expenses as a medical students Is receiving quite local patron age. "Pushing to the Front" and "Archi- lecture of Fate" are his principal books.
 Next Sunday will be observed as "Old Folks Day" at the Methodist Episcopal church. A morning love feast will be held at 9.30 At the regular hour, 10.45, the pastor will preach a sermon to old folks and the annual collection for con- ference claimants will be taken.
 A frightened partridge flew through one of the thick plate glass windows at the Holt residence few days ago. The bird had been shot and was crazed. The force with which the bird hit the window indicated that 1t was changing it's location very rapidly. The partridge died soon after the collision.
 As will appear by an item under the head of "Items in The Press Thirty Years Ago." on the first page, the town debt was in 1867 $64,715. The present town debt is $50, ,223. When 1t is remem- bered that the town has passed through disastrous flood and has had other set backs, the comparison is very gratifying.
 The Woman's Foreign missionary so- ciety held its annual meeting Sept. 17th with Mrs. Orin Converse and elected the following officers president, Mrs. E. K. Taft; first vice-president, Miss M. A.. Francis; second vlce-president, Miss Olive Bushnell; third vice president, Mrs. S. F. Maine; secretary and treas urer, Mrs. Frank Orcutt; corresponding secretary and program committee, Mrs. J. I. Bartholomew solicitor for "Mis- sionary Friend, ;" Mrs. C.. G. Ellis
 Rev. J. Fl. James, secretary of the Connecticut Temperance Union, delivered lecture illustrate by the stereopticon on the green in front of the Congregational church Friday evening. There was a good-sized crowd present. Editor Pratt of the Rockville Journal manipulated the stereopticon. The speaker made an earnest appeal for his cause, and his re- marks as the venerable features of Neal Dow were thrown on the canvas were very impressive. Mr. Dow at the time of the lecture was at deaths door, as he died at 3.30 Saturday afternoon.
 A. w. Tuthill, the we'll known printer, rounded of his 18th year in the employ of THE PRESS October 1. During these years of faithful service MT. Tuthill has been absent but little from his busi- ness. At no one time has he lost through sickness or for recreation a period amounting to two weeks. He started to learn his trade at Middletown, N. r., where he lived during his school days. Shortly after he took up printing he moved to Stafford Springs and continued his apprenticeship. MT. Tuthill has neglected no opportunity to improve his knowledge of the business since he ceased to be an apprentice. After the fall rush is over he will take short vacation to