The Press., 1898-04-14

Advertised letters: Julian Brooks, Mrs. W. R. Jones, Mrs. Addie Snow, Mrs. Heman Snow.
 Repairs are being made on the wall next to the railroad, in the rear of the blue front block.
 Bissett & Brosnan have opened a gran ite shed on Center street. The firm has already taken orders for three monu- ments. .e. .-,. Contractor Converse is making altera- tons on Anthony Adams residence. The Improvements include a new piazza and 8 bay window.
 There Will be no services at the Meth odist church next Sunday as the pastor, Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, Is attending the conference at Attleboro, Mass. .:
 Eleanor c. Hewett, the infant daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. w. H. Hewett, died Monday morning of heart failure. The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. J. I. Bartholomew of the Methodist church, officiating. | stafford.
 Regular meeting of Stafford Grange | next IueSuay evening.
 Louis Morse had the bad luck last Fri. day to lose a valuable COW by death.
 Mrs. Simon Taylor and family expect to remove next Monday to their new home at Spencer, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. Michael Swift of Hyde vile, had little girl baby born to them on Monday.
 D. G. Wilson, of the H. Wales Lines company, Meriden, spent Fast Day with his aunt, Mrs. Lydia Wilson.
 At the annual town meeting held in Monson last week Eugene Hewlett and T. J. Sault were elected constables.
 Mrs. John Belcher has been making 8 visit of several days with her daughters, Miss Mabel Belcher and Mrs. Oscar Col burn.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s. c. K. this evening-"Conquering The Fear of Death" All are cordially in- vited.
 Mir and Mrs. E. c. Pinney arrived home from their California trip Sunday evening. They were met in Palmer by their team and reached here about 9.30. The plank walk at the north end of the bridge Is in a very bad condition, and un- less 1t is repaired at once the town is lia- ble to have a good-sized bill of damages to pay.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will hold their regular meeting for work next Wednesday afternoon, and will serve their usual supper from 5.3O until 2.
 Next Sunday there will be the usual Episcopal services in the town hall at p. m., and 1t will be pleasant news to the congregation to learn that the lower room will be used.
 The road force for the East parish will be in charge of John Nichols during the coming season, and they have started this years work on the west road, near the borough line.
 Mrs. A. l.. Duncan of Worcester has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Grant Hanna. She returned to Worcester yes- terday accompanied by Mrs. Hanna, who will remain there some two weeks. l In an article on the number of foxes killed, copied from the Hartford Courant, which appears in another column, no mention Is made of Alva and Henry Sands of this place, yet they have a record of eleven foxes killed already this season. Jacob Glover & Son are making quite extensive Improvements in their store. Upright cases containing a large number of drawers have been built, counters and showcases are to be added, and hereafter they will carry a full line of small hard ware.
 The Easter concert at the Universalist church last Sunday evening was in many respects one of the best ever given by the Sunday school, and the ladies who had the training of the little ones in charge have great reason to congratulate them. selves on the success of their work.
 Its @ little late to speak about April Fool" day, still, there was one incident connected with that anniversary that ii well worth mentioning, even at this lat day. MT. and Mrs. F. J. Glover received by express April lst, a very handsome compact package about eighteen inches long, a little over foot wide, and nearl, six inches thick. The weight of tn, package was considerable, but withou any misgivings they proceeded to open it ) thinking perhaps that some of their nu merous friends had sent them an immens, gold brick, or perhaps, handsome slal of onyx for center table. After innu merable wrappers and quantity of TX celsior had been removed there appeared to view a solid slab of granite-that wal all. On the top of the stone had beer painted pure white panel, and on tn, panel, in black letters, were the words } April 1st, 1S98"-simply this and noth ing more. Mir. and Mrs Glover are pos itive in their opinion that the Scriptur, Granite company of Willimantic are oer tainly artists inttheir line of stone work.
 The sacred cantata, Christ The Lord, ! presented in the Universalist church las evening by the united choirs of the Uni versalist church and the M. E. church O Staffordville fully answered all expecta tions as regards the excellence of the en tertainment. The audience, while not { large one, was a cultured one and full, appreciated the high character of th' cantata and the prRiseworthy work of tn, singers. There is no use in denying tn, fact that @ sacred cantata has not tn, drawing power to fill house in a smal place like this, and the attendance of las evening was no exception to the genera rule. After paying all expenses botl [ churches will net quito little sum, bu not nearly as much as the high class O the entertainment should have warranted 7 MT. Dlmock, Mrs. Cady and the singer received much praise for their work, an, , fhara a ntr ht1f xuh fhox rfo !, deserved all they got. One of the mos GPpeGtin9 features of the evening was tn, spread to the singers after the entertain ment. The Universalist society neve } does anything by halves; whatever the, l set out to do they usually have success il