The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-12-22


the guest of Lawyer Danahey part OF
the week. -
H. s. Abel has been i'll with the grip,
bnt is now able to be at his place of busf-
ness again.
NJ and Mrs. Charles McKendrlck OF
Enfin'd, Mass, visited friends in town
last W, Elk.
TIE L 4ague Of the Cross now has quart
prs in St. Edwards hall. The room is
open every evening,
The program of Christmas services at
St. Edwards church is as follows
HIGH Mass AT 8.15.
LeOnard'S Third Mass.
sWhile shepherds Watched"-on ertory.
HIGH MASS AT11.
st. Glars Kyrie and Gloria.
Millard'S CredO.
st. Glars Sanctus and Aguus Del. ~--
VEsPERs AT $50.
Dixit Dominus, Gregorian
o Salutaris DUO, Wieganu
Tantum Ergo, WeODe
F. j. Glover was in Worcester for
short visit the last of, last week.
Marketman II. H. Hall has had his
market connected with the electric light
system.
The little ones of Miss Cady's school
will have their Christmas tree Friday af-
ternoOn.
Dwight Weston will spend the holidays
at Belleville, N. j., with his aunt, Mrs.
w. Ell. Hassett.
All departments of the Pinney Gram
mar school close Friday for holiday va
cation of two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. 81. PinDey spent the
latter part of last week In Holyoke with
Mrs. Pinney's parents.
Mrs. George Francis is in Meriden fol-
quite an extended visit with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Allen Harvey.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s.
G. E. this evening" to Enjoy Ou1
Religion" All cordially invited.
The Baptist Sunday school will have g
Christmas tree Monday night and will
also serve supper the same evening.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
church will meet for work next Wednes.
day afternoon and will serve their usua
supper from $50 until o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Ecclesiasti-
cal society of the Baptist church will be
held Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. AL
members are requested to be present.
The many friends In this vicinity O
Mrs. Annette Cotton will regret to learn
that she Is seriously III at her home IL
Springfield. Mrs. E. G. Pinney has beer
staying with her this week.
The close of this week practically ends
the holiday trade in this village, which
has been so satisfactory to those engaged
In it, This success has been very graft
flying to our merchants and will warran
them in largely increasing their stocks il
this line for another year.
The Phoenix Wooden company of Hyde
Vile are making preparations to shu
down their mill and expect to have nearl,
all departments closed by Saturday night
The shutdown will be for some littl
time, as quite extensive repairs are to b.
made, which will include the laying O
two entire new floors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Soule of Hydevill
were called to Wales Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Soule's sister
Mrs. Charles Needham, whose death oc
CURED the Monday before. Mrs. Need
ham was 81 years of age, and had Away
lived in Wales. She had been in poo
health for long time, and her death wa
not unexpected.
Christmas services in the Universals
church will all be held on Sunday. Spec
ial music for the morning is being pre-
pared by the double quartet choir, unde
the leadership of ] Wesley Dimock. Th
subject of the sermon will be ''The SOurc
of Christmas JOY" In the evening tn
Sunday school will give one of their poE
ular, enjoyable and appropriate concerts
When services began in the Universal
list church last Sunday morning there wa
to be seen large basket full Of bundles
J They we're the contributions of the Sur
day school to the day nursery of Tn
Everyday Universalist church Of Bostol
to make happy Christmas for the chile
rem there cared for. There were nearly
hundred different articles, consisting c
books, toys, games, dolls, and garments
The dance at the town hall Saturda
evening, spoken of last week, came off a
, right, and some who were there prC
nOunce it about as unique an affair as an,
thing of the kind ever held in the hal
About everything was present in fu
J force excepting the most essential featu1
of lady partners, their numbers bein
very limited, but the dancers seemed
have no trouble whatever in gettin
around such little difficulty as that
is said that the same parties intend to RI
peat the dance (?) in about two week
Ii they do, there is no question but whs
| hn Of II rr1S11
largely increased.
10 an article on ''Iron Mining in Coz
necticut. f" the Connecticut Magazine fl
this month says that the annual outpl
of the Stafford furnace in the 30's we
three hundred and fifty tons of iron cas-
. ings. Think of that ye shadows of d
Iparted industry! But that was in tt
days of long ago, the unpleasant odor
8 which has only left the village within Il
memory of the present generation; In IL
days when the company store, which
now the Christmas bazaar, used to hay
! on hand at one time ninety hogsheads
/ rum as a necessary article of commerce
in the days of which weird and uncanr
stories are told of throwing men into Il
= furnace stack and burning them to aShe
: They were days for which the preseI
l
StaffOrdvi1le.
i High mass will be held at st. Joseph
, chnrch Sunday, at 10 a. M.
Mrs. Hattie Hatch is in Palmer, Mas
with her sister, Mrs. Fl. p. Marcy.
e Thomas Richmond has severed his co
nection with the Summit Wooden COZ
; pany to accept position at Strawsbor
Is Pa. We wish him success.
r The Staffordville Wooden company h
d sent off large quantities of goods th
b week. The Summit Wooden compal
d are rushing their orders and running ov
time.
y West Stafford.
~ The center schools closed yesterday f
It a recess of one week.
Mrs. q. S. Aver OF Hartford Is spendil
d the week with her mother
Miss (4raco p0wnalI Of Hartford h