The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-21

| butchering had been done there. Apout
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-
ror 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 disgrace TO 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-thatj just so sure as the
sun shall rise tomorrow morning, just so
sure is 1t that many years will come and
go before the town of Stafford again votes
for license.
StafOrdville.
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 2
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. 1t 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 few days in his
new place in Silk Bros building. He
will add an ice cream parlor the coming
season.
AS Allie Cavanaugh and another boy
were out In a 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
thoop drill'' by eight little girls. Enter
tainment will commence at 7,40. AID
mission 10 cents. The proceeds are tx
be equally shared by the school and thu
ladies' aid society of that church. l
stormy, entertainment will be postponed
one week.
West Stafford.
E.O. Truesdell is laid up with a sprain
ed ankle.
Elmer Davis from Springfield was il
town Thursday.
Rev. G. Baker from Hartford was il
town over the Sabbath.
D. j. Glazier was guest of o. A. Leon
ard in Tolland Monday,
C. p Broadway is entertaining Mr.
Woodwork for few days.
Selectman Ellis was in East Windso
Hill Monday, the guest of w. B. Wood.
Martin Jensen has gone to work TO
town.
Chas. McIntire and daughter, Mis-
Alice, of New Britain 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. Wi
, Shearer.
A party of the relatives and forme
, neighbors, to the number of about twent
gave Mr.. Elijah Neff pleasant surprie
Saturday evening. A fine collation. wa
served, followed by pleasant, social time
The attendance upon the meetings hell
by E. A Lawrence has been very encour
aging from the first. Evangelistic SCI
vices are held every evening, except Sat
urday, at 80. Bible readings are hel
| at O'Clock in the afternoon except Nor
, day and Saturday. Mr.. Lawrence wi
preach next Sunday afternoon at O'CLOCK
He is well known, as he was state seer'
tary of the Y. M. G. A. for several years
. and has worked with many of the church
es of New England cs an evangelist.
= T. G. Newell visited his father, s. v
Newell, last week.
n Herbert Corbin of Brimfeld, Mass
: spent Monday night with relatives in tow
j. Fl. Reed and wife of Stafford Sprins
: attended the Congregational church la
!, Sabbath, and was warmly greeted by the
n many friends.
d A fire was discovered on land owned
8 Augustus Daniels, near the center, Mondt
}, noon, but by the prompt work of the neig
y bors it was subdued before it reached tt
v house owned by Deacon Kinney, and occ
i pied by Marshall Legassy.
q Rock Meadow.
Mr.. Heck and family have moved on
. the Snow farm.
The school in this district commenc
! last Monday, with Miss Young as teache
;. The children of Colburn district uni
with this district this term.
There have been several forest fires tt