The Press., 1897-07-29
ITEMS FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.
Aug. 9, 1867.

Tt is our intention to print under this head from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
 Rev. L. T. Spaulding of West Stafford rendered his resignation last Sabbath to take effect in September.
 < Andrew Royce furnished us "a lay'' from one of his hens which measures 53 X 2.
 The woolen mills at Staffordville will start one set of machinery each, next Monday, and will probably each put an- other set in motion September first.
 The fall term of the High School will commence in this village on Monday Sept. 2d. The teachers will probably be MT. Hall, principal, and Miss Halliday, assis- tant, the same as the last term held here. The room for holding the school has not yet been definitely decided upon.
 Two very aged persons died in this town on Sunday, the 21st ult. James Ruby, of the Street, and the widow of Charles Martin of West Stafford the former 90 years of age, the latter 91.
 The work of blasting out the cellar hole for Foster s block progresses finely. Rocks are sometimes thrown about rather too freely for the comfort of very ner- vous people, but &hus for the accidents have been but few and trihing, in com- parison with the amount of blasting done. On Monday the railroad employees atthe freight depot, while receiving freight were surprised by the advent of large stone which came through the roof instead of by the. usual route through the door. As it was not consigned anywhere, and the company do not receive freight by that line, it was rolled out the door. On Tuesday light blast threw small stones around considerably, damaging windows and blinds in the vicinity. A fragment weighing about three pounds came into the News Letter office through an open window, strikinging where the "devil" had just been, but which spot he vacated suddenly to make room for the new conner. The deep indentation made in his case was suggestive of 'what might have been," which the broken fragments of the stone lying on the floor made deep- CT and more impressive.
 The farm of T. Green of Holland has been sold to Justin Lathrop of Wilmington for $3,OOO
 Miss Carrie Clapp for some two years past employed in the silk manufactory of MT. L. D. Brown, at Atwoodville, Mans field, committed suicide by drowning in the mill pond on Monday night last
 w. J. Worth Brown, lad of A years, son of Avery Brown, living in Ellington, near Square Pond, went out fishing last Friday in company with another lad, a year or two older. The Brown boy was in boat which was tied to the shore, while the other boy was on shore near by. Happening to look around, the latter saw that his comrade had disappeared from sight, and on going to the boat saw him lying on the bottom of the pond. When the boy was taken from the water he was dead. A physician was summoned and efforts made to resuscitate him, but in vain.
 BIRTHs.-At Stafford Hollow July 25th 1867, son to Rev. F. l.. Batchelder; In this village, July 22d, 8 daughter to Joseph Carpenter same day, child tc George Purge; At West Stafford, 28th, g daughter to William Adams.
 MARRIED. At Willington, July 28th by Rev. Mir. Howe, George A. Kendall ot Holland, and Mrs. Sarah A. Bootman O Willington