The Press., 1898-03-31
Mrs. Corydon Smith has returned from

MIS-. L. ". anu MISS 4NOG1iO
Stevens have returned from the New
York millinery openings. Miss Stevens
will be associated with Mrs. Latbrop the
coming season.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E..
church will hold its annual meeting for
the election of officers next Wednesday
afternoon, at O'Clock, in the church par
lor. Supper and entertainment in the
evening will be in charge of the young
ladies of the society.
A special train will run to Willimantic
for the entertainment of the comic opera
production, ''The Isle of Champagne, -
next Thursday evening. The company is
said to be very large and first class one.
Manager Gray gives them $4OO for one
performance. Reserved seats are on sale
at the station.
At the annual meeting of the Congre-
gational society held Tuesday evening,
w. E. Demond was elected committee
man for three year Lewis Mclaughlin,
clerk G. F. Chandler, treasurer; B. P.
Cooley, collector; J. w. Chandler and j.
M. Leach, auditors; W. III. Heald, G.. s.
Baker, G. F. Chandler, Carl Adams, B.
P. Cooley and Robert Smith, ushers.
The committee were instructed to secure,
if possible, the services Of Miss Sibley as
choir director for the coming year.
Landlord Collins of the Springs House
! had his back injured in an accident last
Sunday, and has not yet recovered. Mr..
and Mrs. Collins and Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Collins had started to go for ride, and
while going down the slope by the engine
house to the highway, one of the horses
became unmanageable, and plunged over
the embankment toward the engine house,
taking the rest of the team and the occu-
pants with him. The wagon was over
turned, but none of the party sustained
injury with the exception of Mr.. Collins.
No damage whatever was done to the
team.
Stafford.
Regular meeting of Stafford Grange
next Tuesday evening.
Miss Mabel Belcher. has been spending
a few days with friends in Springfield.
Mrs. Ellen Weston visited with friends
in Springfield few days last week.
Mrs. Estabrooks of Webster, was the
guest last week of the Misses Sessions.
Mrs. Simon Taylor and family have
been spending few days in Monson with
her daughter.
If any one has found brass door key
they will confer favor on the loser by
leaving it at Mrs. Simonds' store.
H. F. Cady makes his announcement in
another column of his spring lines of
goods, which it will pay to read.
Subject for the meeting or the Y. P. s.
G. E. this evening Goods Unfailing
Promises" A cordial invitation extended
to all.
Miss Bertha Druley of the Boston Kin
dergarten school of instruction, is at the
Universalist parsonage for the Easter
vacation.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
church will hold their regular meeting
for work next Wednesday afternoon, and
will serve their customary good supper
from $50 to o'clock.
The first house in the village to feel the
effect of spring is that owned by Russell
Colburn and occupied by Hugh Jenkins
and George Latham, which has been
frightened up with fresh coat of paint.
Smith Barrett of Willimantic, put in
his appearance at j. G. Wightman's car
riage shop Tuesday and, notwithstanding
his long absence, Smiths smile was just
pleasant as ever when he found himself
among Stafford friends.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Flanders of Port
land, Oregon, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. E. Burke. Mrs. Flanders Is a
sister of Mr.. Burke, and has resided in
Portland for number of years, where
Mr.. Flanders holds position with the
Standard Oil company.
By work of Sted Williams the village
is we'll rid of number of unwelcome res
idents, he having recently captured over
twenty skunks inside the limits of the
place during this season. Judging by the
sort of May lilly odor in the air for the
past few mornings, however, Sted did not
make quite clean sweep. Besides what
animals of this kind he has killed, he has
also trapped about forty musk rats dur
] ing the same time.
The sacred cantata, "Christ the Lord, !"
which has been in rehearsal for some
time by the united choirs of the Univer-
salist church of this village and the M. E.
church of Staffordville, under the leader
ship Of j. w. Dimock, will be presented
first in Staffordville on the evening of
April 18th, and probably in this village
the 18th. The singers have given much
time and work to the preparation of this
cantata, and a delightful evenings enjoy
ment may be expected. AS the proceeds
are for the joint benefit of both churches,
they should be assured of good audiences
in each village.
Francis w. Cady died at his home, 1O5
Florence street, Springfield, last Sunday
evening of Brlght's disease. Mr.. Cady
was the son of Phineas Cady, and was
born on Crow Hill seventy-one years ago.
Soon after the family moved to this viii
lage and built the house next to the Uni
versalist church, at present occupied by
James Sibley. Here the family lived for
many years, and Francis learned the
trade of machinist in the old Howe &
Converse machine shop. He became an
expert mechanic, SO much SO that he was
engaged by the United States government
as inspector of gun barrels. and during
the civil war was stationed at Providence,
where the government at that time was
having large quantities Of firearms manu-
featured. After the war he was trans
ferred to Springfield, where for some
/ uaars he held the sama rnosifion md