The Press., 1897-10-21
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Regular meeting of A. o. U. w. this evening.
 Mrs. J. NJ. Leach is in Hartford for few days.
 s. w. Page is visiting frien1s in Ware, Mass, this week.
 w. s. Milan, the photographer, is visit ing friends in town.
 Advertised letters: William Caffrey, George Cooke, William Clark.
 Regular communication of Ionic Lodge, F. & A. M. next Tuesday evening.
 Otis Chapman, Arthur Squiers and Dr. L. F. Eaton spent the first of the week at Crystal Lake on a hunting trip.
 J. Carl Converse will sell the two small dwellings on Park street ,near the Mineral Springs Manufacturing pond, at auction, s Saturday, at p. m.
 Gary Brothers are to repair the bank wall on their property opposite the station next to the stream. Stone from Willing ton avenue is to be used.
 Regular meeting of Harmony Temple of Honor next Wednesday evening. Election of officers will take place. A full attendance is desired.
 Henry Bartlett of Willimantic visited frienGs in town yesterday. MT. Bartlett's health is not first class and he intends to go south about December 1.
 A. w. Tu hill is celebrating his 25th anniversary of his connection with The Press office by vacation of one week at New YoIk k City and vicinity.
 Y. P. s. c. E. topic at the Congrega- tionqI church next Sunday evening, Con fessing Christ Before Men; Why and How ?" Miss Esther Chandler, leader. It is expected that about ten members of the local Epworth League will attend the annual convention at New London next Tuesday. The fare for the round trip is S1.50.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Springs Agricultural society will be held at the borough hall, Saturday, October, 3Oth, at 2 p. m. instead of the 23d, as given in the premium list.
 The friends of Mrs. Carl Kuehne gave her surprise party last Saturday evening at her home on Prospect street. She was presented with handsome rocker. Re- treatments were served and a general good time was enjoyed.
 J. D. Pierce & Go. of Bridgeport have shipped the macadamizing machinery here, and work will commence at once on the Hollow road. The crusher will be set up at Needham's ledge. The grade will be changed somewhat in front of Wright's house.
 A. c. Eaton has purchased of the Lathrop estate the drug business and fix lures in Johnson's block. Noel M. Pease will be retained and stock of drugs and medicines will be available. MT. Eaton is well known as a business man in Stafford and needs no introduction.
 A fair sized audience greeted Healey and Whitney's minstrels at the opera house last Thursday evening ,and there is g general feeling of satisfaction with the performance among those who attended The contoTtionist and club swinger, con nected with the troop, were both very good. .... The long high bank wall on Wilmington avenue is completed, and the branch that forms right angle with it on Westforc avenue is nearly finished. The work O. putting the curbing in will probably b. completed this week. It is expected tha the work of macadamizing will be com menced next week
 A forest fire, which originated on the Wright farm, burned over quite a traC this week. It destroyed about 40 cords of wood for John Foster and about % cords for J. D. Fenton. It burned owe about 50 acres of sprout land owned by Samuel Rockwell and destroyed som' fences for Mrs. Horton.
 A. M. Rounds killed 'coon under peculiar circumstances few days ago. H. was riding on the old road that leads from the Holland road to Crystal Lake when he came across the animal lying il the sun asleep near the highway. Mir Rounds got a four foot stick of woot from a pile near by and hit it a morta blow just as it started to move away.
 The deaconess' work in the Methods
  new and not always understood. Mis- Margaret E. Todd of the Deaeonesa Home, of Providence, R. l., whose kindl, services to one of our own people a South Manchester last spring make he a welcome visitor among us, will speal on the subject at the Methodist churcl this evening.
 Every seat in Grace church was filled last Tuesday night, on the occasion 0 the first harvest home festival ever helt in the church, quite a number being pres ent from other villages. The interior O the church, tastefully decorated as it wal with the fruits of the earth," presented beautiful sight. The choral service anC anthems rendered by an antiphonal choi of thirty voices, the choir of the parisl being on one side of the chancel and tba of St. Johns, Rockville, on the other were sung with remarkable precision ant taste, and were truly inspiring. It i probably safe to say that never befor has such large volume of rich melod been heard within the walls of Grac church. Among the selections given, al of which were very delightful, we woul note the following: 'Deus Miseratur, by Bayley, quite an old composition Praise the Lord, O OJerusalem, ," by Rev. V. Hall; "Ye Shall Dwell in the Land, by Dr. Stainer. The sermon by Rev Robert 0. Tongue of Rockville, who b the way Is quite graceful poet, was lis tened to with great interest. Altogethe this grand service of thanksgiving wa one long to be remembered.