The Press., 1898-04-21

the accident occurred looked as though a butchering had been done there. About an hour after this accident two more men, full as drunk as the first two, came rush. ing and hallooing through the square, compelling everyone, for their own safety, to leave the road. The last two men were said to belong in Wales. The hor- TOT of this rum business is getting to be somewhat monotonous; when you can't see them by daylight you can hear them by night, and the scenes that are daily enacted would be a disgrace 10 the Hot tentots of the Cape of Good Hope. The whole business, from the time the licenses were granted up to the present, has been one long, powerful temperance lecture, and out of all this horror and misery the law-abiding people of the community have one satisfaction-that just so sure as the sun shall rise tomorrow morning, just so sure Is it that many years will come and go before the town of Stafford again votes for license.
 staffordville.
 Pianos and organs, tuned, polished and repaired by Prof. T. F. Jordan, Lib- rary building, Stafford Springs.
 Ebenezer Colburn has sold his oxen to parties in Longmeadow. Alonzo E. McIntire has been stopping at Ezra s. Colburn's for few days.
 Charles D. Colburn of Palmer, Mass, was at Ezra s. Colburn's last Sunday.
 Tax Collector Lasbury will be at Odell's store next Wednesday from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
 Ezra s. Colburn's six choppers have finished their job, and there Is an empty tenement in the lane.
 Albert Jencks has moved from Am herst, Mass., into a tenement belonging to his father, J. Russell Jencks. Mrs. Clementine H. Carpenter has sold her house in Holland, Mass, to Oliver L.. Hewlett of that town. It is to be taken down and removed.
 The chimney to Ebenezer Colburn's house caught fire last Friday morning, causing some little excitement among his neighbors for a short time.
 E. M. Chamberlin will have his stock of goods complete in a few days in his new place in Silk Bros.' building. He will add au ice cream parlor the coming season.
 As Allie Cavanaugh and another boy were out in boat few days ago, they saw a wild goose on the pond, and they were lucky enough to run her down and capture her alive.
 The pupils of the grammar department of the Pinney school will give an enter tainment in the vestry of the Congrega- tional church next Thursday evening April 28th. The entertainment will con- sist of recitations, dialogues and singing A pretty feature of the evening will be 8 ''hoop drill" by eight little girls. Enter tainment will commence at TAO. Ad mission 10 cents. The proceeds are tc be equally shared by the school and the ladies' aid society of that church. Il stormy, entertainment will be postponed one week.
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 E.O. Truesdell is laid up with sprain ed ankle.
 Elmer Davis from Springfield was il town Thursday.
 Rev. c. Baker from Hartford was il town over the Sabbath.
 D. J. Glazier was guest of O. A. Leon ard in Holland Monday.
 c. P. Bradway is entertaining MT Woodwork for few dave.
 Selectman Ellis was in East Windsor Hill Monday, the guest of w. B. Wood.
 Martin Jensen has gone to work fol Myron Avery in the west part of tn, town.
 Chas. McIntire and daughter, Mis- Alice, of New Britian visited at D. L Ellis last week.
 Wyllis Shearer, wife, and daughter wer in Union the first of the week visitin, Francis Sturtevant and family. Mike and Peter Roberts took carriag. drive to Union last Sunday, and passe' the day with their brother, Louis Roberts
 Mrs. Otis Chapman and daughter o Stafford Springs, Miss Lena Cady of Tol land, and Mrs. Mariva Kibbe from Filing ton, have been the guests of Mrs. Vii Shearer.
 A party of the relatives and forme neighbors, to the number of about twent gave MT. Elijah Neff pleasant surpris Saturday evening. A fine collation. wa served, followed by pleasant, social time
 The attendance upon the meetings helt by E. A Lawrence has been very enco UT aging from the first. Evangelistic ser vices are held every evening, except Sat urday, at 7.3O. Bible readings are hell at 8 o'clock in the afternoon except Mon day and Saturday. MT. Lawrence vii preach next Sunday afternoon at o'clock He is we'll known, as he was state secrt tary of the Y. M. c. A. for several years and has worked with many of the church es of New England cs an evangelist. UNION. T. c. Newell visited his father, s. VI Newell, last week. . Herbert Corbin of Brimfeld, Mass spent Monday night with relatives in tow