The Press., 1898-12-22

P.J. Flynn of wiiiimantic has been the guest of Lawyer Danahey part of the week. = ; H. $. Abel has been i'll with the grip, but i- now able to be at his place of busf ness again.
 Mr and Mrs. Charles McKendrick of Enfa'd, Mass, visited friends in town last W, elk.
 TheL 'ague of the Cross now has quart CTS in St. Edwards hall. The room is O pen every evening.
 The program of Christmas services at St. Edwards church is as follows:
 HIGH MASS AT B.15
 aWhiie shepherds Watched"
 HIGH MASS ATl1. .,g St. Clair's Kyrie and Gloria.
 Adesfe. Fideies-onertory. |. St. Clair's Sanctus and Aguus Del. - 3 Bls,, sa,,3 po%,pSs; 2. ;o, ewEsIgSs.aaa wIgsssaa Tantum Ergo, WeDDe
 F. J. Glover was in Worcester for short visit the last of last week.
 H. AAoAi h@S h0A Ai'S 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. Fl. Hassett.
 All departments of the Pinney Gram mar school close Friday for a holiday va- cation of two weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney spent the latter part of last week in Holyoke with Mrs. Pinneys parents.
 Mrs. George Francis Is in Meriden for quite an extended visit with her sister-in- law, Mrs. Allen Harvey.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E. this evening-"How to Enjoy Our Religion" All cordially invited.
 The Baptist Sunday school will have a Christmas tree Monday night and will also serve a supper the same evening.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will meet for work next Wednes- day afternoon and will serve their usual supper from 80 until ? o'clock.
 The annual meeting of the Ecclesiasti- cal society of the Baptist church will be held Saturday afternoon at o'clock. All members are requested to be present.
 The many friends in this vicinity oi Mrs. Annette Colton will regret to learn that she Is seriously Ill at her home ir Springfield. Mrs. E. c. Pinney has been 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 1t. This success has been very grati flying to our merchants and will warrant them in largely increasing their stocks ir this line for another year.
 The Phoenix Wool.n company of Hyde vile are making preparations to shu down their mill and expect to have nearly all departments closed by Saturday night l The shutdown will be for some little 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 Mrs. Charles Needham, whose death oc cur red the Monday before. Mrs. Need ham was 61 years of age, and had alway lived in Wales. She had been in poo health for a long time, and her death wa not unexpected.
 Christmas services in the Universalis ial music for the morning is being pre- pared by the double quartet choir, unde the leadership of J. Wesley Dimoek. Tn subject of the sermon will be "The Sourc of Christmas Joy" In the evening tn Sunday school will give one of their pop ular, enjoyable and appropriate concerts
 When services began in the Universal ist church last Sunday morning there wa to be seen large basket full of bundles They were the contributions of the Sur day school to the day nursery of Tn Everyday -Universalist church of BostoI to make a happy Christmas for the chile ren there cared for. There were nearly hundred different articles, consisting o 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 pro nounce it about as unique an affair as any thing of the kind ever held in the hall About everything was present in fu force excepting the most essential featur of lady partners. their numbers bein very limited, but the dancers seemed t have no trouble whatever in gettin around such little difficulty as that. l is said that the same parties intend to re peat the dance CD in about two week, If they do, there is no question but whs the congregation of onlookAr5 will b largely increased.
 In an article on "Iron Mining in Cor necticut. " the Connecticut Magazine fc this month says that the annual outpu | of the Stafford furnace in the 30's wa three hundred and fifty tons of iron cas ings. Think of that, ye shadows of d. lparted industry! But that was in tt kdays of long ago. the unpleasant odor } which has only left the village within il
 memory of the present generation; in tt
 days when the company store, which ]
 now the Christmas bag aar, used to haS on hand at one time ninety hogshe ads 1 rum as @ necessary article of commerce
 in the days of which weird and uucann
 stories are told of throwing men into tt furnace stack and burning them to ashe . They were days for which the presel residents have no desire for a return.
 stafrordvilIe. I High mass will be held at St. Joseph chnrch Sunday, at 10 a. m.
 Mrs. Hattie Hatch is in Palmer, Mass
 with her sister, Mrs. H. P. Marcy. Thomas Richmond has severed his co nection with the Summit Woolen GOT pany to accept position at Strawsbor s Pa. We wish him success. .... r The Staffordville Woolen company h, l sent off large quantities of goods th b week. The Summit Woolen compaI 8 are rushing their orders and running ov time.
 v West Stafford. The center schools closed yesterday f, t a recess of one week.
 Mrs. c. s. Aver of Hartford Is spendiI d the week with her mother. V Miss Grace Pownall Of Hartford h been the guest of Miss Alice VanHeynige | IoI.