The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-08-11
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James w Alk0E OF NOW 1OEk A6S Uo0n
in town part of the week.
Loren II. Clark of Wales is the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Herring.
Miss Katie Smith OF North Brookield,
Mass, is visiting with relatives in town.
Miss Jennie Banford is spending two
weeks with her brother, Richard, at
Longmeadow.
Mrs. Robert Qulnley and children and
Miss Alice Sisson are visiting relatives at
Bennington, vt.
Miss Mary Howard entertained her
Sunday school class at lawn party
Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. T. d. Martin, Jr., and family are
spending a short vacation at Matunuck
Beach, r. I. In the absence of the rec
tor, there will be no services at Grace
church for the next two Sundays.
stafford.
Mrs. George Latham Is confined to the
house by illness.
Mrs. Nora Sault and children spent
last week with relatives in Willimantlc
Quite number of the local grangers
attended the state grange gathering at
Snipsic lake Monday.
Mrs. William Crane and child of Will
mantle were guests of Mrs. Will Wal
bridge the first of the week.
The Baptist church society and Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic at
Evergreen park next Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Kingsbury OF
Holyoke are spending week with MIR.
and Mrs. George Kingsbury.
Harry t. Winter has returned home
after several weeks visit with his aunt,
Mrs. Alba Perkins, of Willimantlc.
BENZ. johnson has been making a de-
cided Improvement to his place this week
by extending the sewer to the river.
Jacob Glover & Son are contemplating
adding full line of SC and 1Oc goods to
their already large and complete stock.
Mrs w. III. Black and two children re-
turned Monday from several days visit
with Mrs. Belle Shippey at Woodstock.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. p. S.
G. E. this evening" Lessons from the
life of Elijah" A cordial invitation ex.
tended to everybody.
The Misses Relief and Ruth Sawtelle
who have been guests of Miss Margaret
Glover for the past three weeks, returned
to their home in Worcester Monday.
The final game of ball between the 10.
cal and Street mines was played on the
Street grounds last Saturday afternoon
and resulted in victory for the Streets.
We don't publish the score, as the size OF
it is not much of a credit to either nine.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
church will hold their regular meeting
for work next week Wednesday and will
serve their customary good supper from
$50 to o'clock. The price of the supper
remains unchanged, which is ten cents.
Mrs. Cyril s. johnson of Springfield is
spending the week with her cousin, Miss
Mary E. Smith, and other relatives II
town and vicinity. Mrs. johnson was
formerly resident of this town, and will
be remembered by many of her ole
friends
Lewis M. LawtOn, who enlisted from
Hydeville some time ago, is no longer 6
soldier in the United States army Aftel
considerable many law proceedings, Judge
Shipman last week authorized CLERK
Marvin of the United States court to dis.
charge Private Lewis Herbert Lawton,
Company B, Third Connecticut Volun-
teers, in camp at Mantle, under the ha-
beas corpus proceedings, provided the
military authorities did not discharge
him. Monday the papers were received
from Colonel Tyler and were signed by
Clerk Marvin. They discharge Private
Lawton from the service by authority o
the chief justice of the United States.
There are times when you are some
where, and then again there are time
when you are somewhere else. A gooC
illustration of this fact was given by on
of our most prominent families few
nights since. 1t appears that they have
small boy relative stopping with them
who, after the curtains of night descend
and he is left alone in darkness, Is quit
timid, SO much SO that he often calls GU
in the night, and one of the couple hav
to go to him. The lady has usually beel
the one to go to his assistance, but on tn
night in question there came up a har'
thunder shower, and when the boy callet
Mr.. said he would go. The boy
chamber, and without stopping to light
lamp he went, as he supposed, into tn
boys room. Drawing down the cuI
tains to exclude the light, and feelin
around for the bed, he raised his foot an
stepped into the bath-tub. Finding tina
he was In the wrong room he made anoth
er start, and this time brought up in
room formerly occupied by another DO
relative. Now he came to a realizln
sense that he was lost in his own house
and began calling to the boy in order
locate him. His wife, hearing the noise
went to the assistance of her husband
and against his earnest protests that sh
was leading him direct to the stairway
she finally succeeded in landing him in hi
own chamber. But even here, it took he
some little time to convince him whic
was the bed and which was the lounge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hunt and thei
daughter, Mrs. Thos Black, were SUD
denly called to Rochdale, Mass, las
Saturday to attend the funeral of Erwi
M. Hunt, son of Mr.. and Mrs Hunt, VIII
died in the hospital at Worcester Thurs
day afternoon. The deceased was Dor
in this town forty-seven years ago, at tn
lower end of Stafford Street, and live
here until his removal to Rochdal
} in 1878. Mr.. Hunt was taken seriousl
Ill week ago last Thursday evening, an
1t was decided to send him to the Wol
cester hospital the next morning. 1t wa