The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-02-17
srAFFORp SPRINGS.

Regular meeting Of Winter W. r. c.
Friday evening.
d. F, Sullivan of Lynn, Mass, is visit
lug friends in the borough.
Miss Gertrude Butterfleld is visiting
friends in Hartford.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Parkess entertain
ed whist party Tuesday evening.
Nj. b. Fiske was in Hartford yesterday
to attend the convention of town clerks.
Mrs. James Mclaughlin is visiting
Mrs. j. V. Squier at Windsor Locks this
week
The Amenity whist club will meet next
Tuesday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Scott
The Congo" male quartette will ap-
pear at the Congregational church next
Sunday evening.
Mrs. T. D. Martin entertained the
young ladies Of Grace church at the rec
tory Monday evening.
A. NJ. Arnold, formerly of Somersville,
has accepted position as boss weaver
for Warren Wooden Co.
Several young men went to Palmer
Tuesday evening and attended the Hi
Henry Jr. minstrel dance.
The train for the south due at Z As was
delayed by the storm last evening and
did not arrive until nearly midnight.
On Wednesday evening March seeon d
there will be a supper and entertainment
in the vestry of the Methodist church, for
the benefit of the Woman's Home and
Foreign missionary societies.
The Merry-go-round whist club met
with the Misses Katherine and Florence
Smith on Tuesday evening. Miss Lettie
Myers and Charles Myers received first
prizes and Miss Clara Baker and G. B.
Plnney took second prizes.
NJ. P. ]. Walker was appointed county
commissioner by Gov. Cooke on Tues
day, to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Joseph W. Chandler, for
the balance of the term. Mr.. Walker
has held the Office before, and is well
equipped for able service on the board.
1t has been suggested that it might be
economy for the county to establish
plant at the Tolland jail for breaking
stone to the right size road material.
About all that is required is a number of
sledge hammers and plenty of stone.
About six hours day of this exercise
would discourage any who may make a
practice of going to Tolland for an annual
vacation.
The members of Winter Post, q. A.
r., and the W. r. c., with invited guests,
will celebrate Washington's birthday at
the post hall next Tuesday evening, at
7.30, with a banquet. The following
toasts will be responded to: The day we
celebrate; Martha Washington; Lincoln;
the attitude of the U. S. toward Cuba
= the attitude of young men to the G. A. R.;
the citizen soldiers.
At st. Edwards hall next Monday and
Tuesday evenings the oyster supper and
musical and literary entertainment by
the ladies of the parish will no doubt
draw a large attendance. A different
program will be rendered each evening,
and on Tuesday evening the selections
will be appropriate to Washington's
birthday. There will be dancing each
evening. Admission 25 cents.
The hoodlums of this borough broke
loose last Thursday evening and distin-
guished themselves in such a way that
the respectable people of the town are
heartily ashamed for them, knowing it to
be impossible for thoroughbred hood
Ium to be ashamed for himself. Exhibit
tons of malicious meanness and absence
of brains like that of last Thursday night
do not find commentator among the best
people of the town or from the authori-
ties.
GRACE CHURCH NoTEs.-The Junior
Auxiliary will meet In the Sunday school
room on Saturday afternoon at 23O......
Holy communion next Sunday at 7.3O a.
m......Next Wednesday, being Ash Wed
nesday, services will be held as follows:
$50 a. M, morning prayer, litany, peni-
tential Office and holy communion; 8p.
M, evening prayer and sermon by Rev.
Francis D. Hoskins of Hartford. There
will be an offering both morning and
evening. The rest of the Lenten services
will be announced next week.. Next
Sunday mite barrels will be given to the
parishioners for their Lenten savings.
There will be a special musical service
on the evening of the third Sunday In
Lent.
The dramatic talent of st. Edwards
society Is to be utilized In tive-act melo-
drama, by Force of Impulse" which
will be presented In the opera house the
evening of March 18th. The entertain
ments given by this society have always
proved very popular, and glance at the
cast OF characters for the next production
will show that "By Force of Impulse"
will prove no exception. The cast:
Morris Maitland stern Puritan, with unbend-
ing will, whose word is law, w. E. Hanley
Reginald Maitland, his son, one OF natures no
blemen, Lott OHallOran
Henry owville, true as steel; a little soured
against the female sex, and haIer OF 1, fash ash
Ralph M1rdeiI, a polished, smooth-tongued
Scoundrel, James Warren
colonel Morren, a true soldier, with keen sense
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george Washington Dollerclutch, an eccentric
LAWYER of the 'old school," who possesses a
large, sympathetic heart, NJ. OHalloran
Sammy DeWdrop, the son OF millionaire; fresh
from college, full OF romantic nonsense,
j. Enright
Adolphus Softhead, his chum, whose mental
faculties have not Kept pace with his physi-
cal, Joseph Conner
Coriolanus wellington, who never smiles, and
who thinks he was born to fill higher 81 a.
uioD in life than that Of mental. jas. Roche
Adrienne Lowvllle, proud, impulsive beauty,
who loves not wisely but too well,
Miss K. f. HorT1gan
Hilda wallace, her maid, whose birth is obscure.
An innocent victim OF m1splac love,
Miss Maggie Shea
Anastasia Maitland, gushing maiden Of forty
nve summers; very susceptible,
Miss Martha Desmond
Quests, soldiers, ETC., ETC.