The Press., 1898-03-31
Mrs Corvdon Smith has returned from


 I Mrs. Corydon Smith has returned from a visit to relatives in Monson.
 Regular session of Wauseon Lodge, I. I o. o. F., next Tuesday evening.
 Mrs. T. 0. Lathrop and Miss Nettie Stevens have returned from the New York millinery openings. Miss Stevens will be associated with Mrs. Lathrop the coming season.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will hold it's annual meeting for the election of officers next Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, in the church par. Tor. Supper and entertainment in the evening will be in charge of the young ladies of the society.
 A special train will run to Willimantic for the entertainment of the comic opera production, "The Isle of Champagne, ' next Thursday evening. The company is said to be a very large and first class one. Manager Gray gives them $400 for one performance. Reserved seats are on sale at the station.
 At the annual meeting of the Congre- gational society held Tuesday evening, w. E. Demond was elected committee mum for three year Lewis Mclaughlin, clerk; c. F. Chandler, treasurer; B. P. Cooley, collector; J. w. Chandler and J. NJ. Leach, auditors; W. H. Heald, G. S. Baker, 0. F. Chandler, Carl Adams, B. P. Cooley and Robert Smith, ushers. The committee were instructed to secure, If possible, the services of Miss Sibley as choir director for the coming year.
 Landlord Collins of the Springs House had his back injured in an accident last Sunday, and has not yet recovered. MT. and Mrs. Collins and MT. and Mrs. R. M. Collins had started to go for q ride, and while going down the slope by the engine house to the highway. one of the horses became unmanageable, and plunged over the embankment toward the engine house taking the rest of the team and the occu. pants with him. The wagon was over. turned, but none of the party sustained injury with the exception of Mir. Collins No damage whatever was done to the team.
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 Miss Mabel Belcher has been spending few days with friends in Springfield.
 Mrs. Ellen Weston visited with friends in Springfield few days last week.
 Mrs. Estabrooks of Webster, was the
 Mrs. Simon Taylor and family have been spending few days in Monson with her daughter.
 If any one has found brass door key they will confer favor on the loser by leaving 1t at Mrs. Simonds' store.
 H. F. Cady makes his announcement ir another column of his spring lines oi goods, which 1t will pay to read.
 Subject for the meeting or the Y. P. S. c. E. this evening Gods Unfailine Promises" A cordial invitation extended to all.
 Miss Bertha Druley of the Boston Kin dergarten school of instruction, is at the Universalist parsonage for the Easter vacation.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist | for work next Wednesday afternoon, and will serve their customary good supper | from 5. 80 to o'clock.
 The first house in the village to feel the | effect of spring is that owned by Russell Colburn and occupied by Hugh Jenkins and George Latham, which has been frightened up with fresh coat of paint.
 Smith Barrett of Willimantic, put in his appearance at J. G. Wightman's car riage shop Tuesday and, notwithstanding his long absence, Smiths smile was just | as broad and his countenance just as pleasant as ever when he found himself among Stafford friends.
 MT. and Mrs. George Flanders of Port land, Oregon, were guests of MT. and Mrs. c. E. Burke. Mrs. Flanders is a sister of MT. Burke, and has resided in Portland for a number of years, where Mir. Flanders holds a position with the Standard Oil company.
 By work of Sted Williams the village Is well rid of a number of unwelcome res. idents, he having recently captured over twenty skunks inside the limits of the place during this season. Judging by the sort of May lilly odor in the air for the past few mornings, however, Sted did not make quite a clean sweep. Besides what animals of this kind he has killed, he hae also trapped about forty musk rats dur. ing the same time.
 The sacred cantata, "Christ the Lord, ' w hnnn In ohno ol fnr time by the united choirs of the Univer. salist church of this village and the M. E. church of Staffordville, under the leader. ship of J. W. Dimock, will be presented first in Staftordville on the evening oi April 11th, and probably in this village the 18th. The singers have given much time and work to the preparation of this cantata, and a delightful evenings enjoy ment may be expected. As the proceeds are for the joint benefit of both churches, they should be assured of good audiences in each village.
 Francis W. Cady died at his home, 1O5 Florence street, Springfield, last Sunday evening of Brlght's disease. Mir. Cady was the son of Phineas Cady, and was born on Crow Hill seventy-one years ago. Soon after the family moved to this will lage and built the house next to the Uni- versalist church, at present occupied by James SIbley. Here the family lived for many years, and Francis learned the trade of machinist in the old Howe & Converse machine shop. He became an expert mechanic, so much so that he was engaged by the United States government as inspector of gun barrels, and during the civil war was stationed at Providence, where the government at that time was having large quantities of firearms manu.