The Press., 1898-09-08
U. 0. 0. Q. meeting next Monday even.

Rev. A. ]. Mcleod supplied at the M. K. church last Sunday.
 Harmony Temple of Honor meeting next Wednesday evening.
 Mss Teresa Clark has accepted a posi- ton as teacher In Warren. ...
 The Moses Russell are In New York attending the fall openings.
 Regular communication of Ionic lodge, F. & A. M., next Tuesday evening.
 Miss Blanche Cleaveland enteIs the wInimantlc normal school this week.
 Jeremiah Donahue. of Hartford visited hls family in town over Sunday and labor day. .. .. .... ...
 Archer Simpson has returned from Dover, Me, where he has been spending the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Dillworth and daughter of Worcester are guests of E. A. Cleaveland.
 Mrs. K. B. Barnes and daughter, Miss Hattie, returned last week from two weeks at Mantle.
 James Hanlon, the jockey who Is to ride l.. D. Gary's running horse this fall, has arrived in town
 Mrs. William Avery has been confined to her room at the Springs House by ill., ness the past few days.
 Miss Katherine Joy and Francis Plante of Springfield are visiting with theil cousins, the Misses Riley.
 Rev. J. I. Bartholomew will hold ser vices at the Methodist church and Crys- tai Lake Sunday as usual.
 Rev. William B. Allis of North Con- way, N. H., will preach at the Congrega' tional church next Sunday.
 Mrs. A. N. Nichols Is spending two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. w. H. Gardner, at Livingston, N. J. George W. Avery of New York paid 6 brief visit to his mother, Mrs. Wm. Ave ", at the Springs House last Friday.
 Mrs. Daniel Fairman Is in Hartford with her daughter, Mrs. M. R. West, anc will remain there until the middle of next month.
 II. NJ. Brooks of Springfield was ir town over Sunday. Mrs. H. M. Brooks and Mss Brooks are guests of MT. anC Mrs. Wesley Bldwell.
 The democratic caucus for the election of delegates to the various conventions and the transaction of other business will be held in the town hall at StafforC this evening at 7.3O o'clock.
 The Crystal Lake Social club will holC a dance at the Lake Saturday evening Parker's orchestra will furnish music ant David Blssett will prompt. There will b display of fireworks in the evening.
 Already applications are coming in fo rooms during fair time, and the indlca tions are that both the Stafford HOus and the Springs House will be taxed t their full capacity the week of the fair.
 Frank Butterfield Is home for Q fe' days having finished with the steam roIle at SouthIngton. He goes to Cromwell this week with the roller for a two weeks Job and then will return hom with the roller.
 A horse driven by Wm. B. Whittemor became frightened at a lawn mower a the residence of Mrs. R. s. Hicks Monda. evening and ran down the hill. Mir Whittemore was thrown out at the corne near the Episcopal church. His bacl was hurt, and he received other painful brulses. No bones were broken, and b, will be around all right in a few days The horse continued to run, and on Mai \ N.Nw ~N. team near Heald's drug store. Mir. But terfield's horse was slightly hurt, a shai of his wagon broken, and the axletre sprung. Mir. Whittemore's wagon wa also damaged.
 Among the Out-of-town guests wh have enjoyed or are enjoying the hosp taFity of the Springs House are: F. C Leland, Concord, Mass.; Mrs. G. (
 Wood, Miss Wood, Somers; John Cameron, Wm. George Foster. K. I
 Bliss, K. L. Geuth, W. J. Humphrey
 R. A. Whyte, Francis Wakeman, Mar } F. Wakeman, H. R. Bradstreet, Ne York K. 4. Stewart, Pasaio; Rev. Lincoln Shear, Springfield; Miss NanC Snow, New Britain; 0. L. HArwood, No wioh; F. L. Butler, Danbury; Mrs. P. Rogers, Lucy J. Rogers, New London John J. Hays, Lynn, Mass.; Frank ] Sale, Boston; A. L. Phillips, Worcester Thos. Busche, New Haven. = Interest is increasing as the time draw
 nearer for the annual fair, an event . which Stafford people are justly prou r The prospect for successful fair tn Q year is bright. Business In the sectiC . that Stafford draws from Is fairly goo 8 and improving all the time. The assocI 8 ton will search New England for attra r tions, and get the best there is to be hl for money. The entries for the trottir . events close Sept. go. The races for u 8 first day, Tuesday, October 4, are a ru f ming race, mile heats, for purse of 91O : and the 2.5O class, pace or trot, for 8 purse of $25O. Wednesday, October @ there will be three races: The 24O clas - purse $250; the free for ali, purse $8O 8 and a running race for purse of SIG D Thursday, October 6, the 2.32 and 3. s classes will receive attention, each for l. purse of e25O. The society has not y s closed many of the stage attraction @ Attention Is being given to this. impc :. tant department, however, and lot D new features will be in evidence. 1T l. Lincoln athletic association, a local ( t ganlzation, will give an entertainme 0 each day.
 In a letter to Mrs. c. L.. Johnson, 8, n retary of the local chapter Of the orgal ,e zation, acknowledging the receipt of list of the contents of the box sent to | sick soldiers, Mrs. Clarence H. Stilsc " assistant secretary of the ConnectiC o Sanitary and Relief association. say . "Ths women of this asscclation desire n express through you to the noble work m of Stafford Springs our hearty thanks a A appreclafion. It ia cer tainly fully aat