The Press., 1898-12-01

Miss May Colburn will resume charge of the school at West Stafford this term. which has been taught by W. H. Dunbar during her illness.
 While you are thinking about the big snow storm 1t would be a good idea to read J. c. Wightman's advertisement in another column.
 Rev. John Cameron will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at g. 15 o'clock, and communion will take place immediately after the service.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church postponed their meeting until next Wednesday, when they will meet for work and serve their usual supper from 5. 30 to [ o'clock
 John G Mitchell of Willimantic, a son. in-law of MT. and Mrs. James Lasbury. has been appointed chief clerk of the sec- retaIy of stste's office at Hartford, with a salary of S1 800 per year.
 Frank Chaffee of Crow Hill, who is us- uslly seen in the village every Saturday. has been missed the past few weeks on account of his being confined to the house with 8 severe attack of asthma.
 MT. and Mrs. Leime who live in Gil- bert Chanee's house, started last week with team for some point in Rhode Is- land to spend Thanksgiving. Their ex. perience was rather an unpleasant one.
 Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter, Miss Mary E. Smith, attended Brainard's Chrysanthemum show at Thompsonvill. last week. Mir. Brainard exhibited over twelve hundred plants and forty choice varieties of flowers, many of the blossomi being six inches in diameter.
 Mrs. Julia Stearns received the news O the death of her husband, Ed. Stearns Tuesday. In company with a man b. the name of McAuliffe, he was walking on the Air Line railroad track, betwee1 Turnerville and East Hampton, when h. was struck by passing train and instant ly killed.
 Rev. T. C. Druley will deliver an ad dress, entitled, "Some Reasons Agains Territorial Expansion" Sunday morn ing in the Universslist church. Every body, of all shades of opinion on this sub ject, now so prominently before the Amer ican people, are cordially invited to b present.
 l About twenty-five of the young friend of Miss Mamie O'Keefe met with her las Saturday evening to assist in celebratin the twenty-second anniversary of he birthday. They did the celebrating al right enough, and had such good tim that they gave little thought to the storr that was raging outside, until the part broke up about midnight. Then tn trouble commenced. Three of the ladie found quarters with MT. O'Keefe's famil and did not reach their homes until Mon day afternoon, while two more stoppe
 with other friends in the village. Tn occasion was very pleasant one in spit of the terrible storm, and the visitors lei many handsome souvenirs behind them.
 Thanksgiving day proved no exceptio
 to the usual kind of weather expected g
 that time-a steady down-pour of raj all day. The dance at the town hall i
 the evening suffered with all the rest, bu
 the band managed to just about save fl
 self, at least they won't lose anything
 Among the goings and comings for ths day not mentioned last week were th
 following: MT. and Mrs. James Lasbur and son, Clarence. spent the day at Will
 mantle with their daughter; MT. an
 Mrs. Martin Hunt at Fitchburg, Mass
 with their daughter; MT. and Mrs. G.
 Burke at Belchertown, and MT. and MT ISteadman Williams at Brimfield; MT
 Willis Winter and son, Harry, and Mi , Mary E. Smith with friends at Willimal tic George Latham, Mrs. Whiton ar two children. Ernest and Mabel, with re tatives at Willington; MT. and Mrs. Csc,
 Colburn with Mrs. Colburn's parents, M
 and Mrs. Belcher, at BIimfield, M and Mrs. Reuben Burley of Holyoke we , at E. H. Pinney's; Miss Grace Mead Yonkers, N. Y., at her home Phil ar
 Paul Gabreau of Chicopee Falls at tl
 Misses Roberts; Oscar Findeisen at Jol
 Browns; Mir. and Mrs. Armitage Westford at W. H. Blacks; Mir. and MT
 w. A. King of Willimantic, Mir. and MT
 A. D. Brown of Holyoke, MT. and MT ,, Arthur Cady and two children of Hartfo at H. F. Cady's; Miss Annie Braitwai of Buckland at her home; MT. and MT David Ruby of Norwich at s. E. Dwight George E. Kingsbury of Springfield
 George Kingsbury's.
 The storm of Saturday night and Su , day will be known in after years as "T big snow storm of '9s." It is unnecessa , to say much about it-it was too recen : fits effects are still with us, and its mem 3 ry Is little painful to all. The scene q daybreak on Sunday morning was a su 2 prise to all, but it was still greater O Ion Monday morning. No services we v held in either church Sunday, and b X very few men ventured out of doors. o school sessions were omitted Monday a the Phoenix mill was shut down all da @ thaSk Skelp not being able to get there. T ' Riverside mill managed to get the mo of the help in, so that they were able , run. F. J. Glover, with four big hors 9 attached to a sled loaded with men al g boys, made an early appearance and co . menced work on the roads. Chas. Seal n with two pairs of oxen and a sled equa ;- we'll loaded, made his appearance short '- after. Both teams did heroic servit
 and with the assistance of Harvey Geor l. and his snow blow, most of the streets if the immediate vicinity were made pas: @ ble before night, but 1t will be many da @ yet before the outlying roads will be 2 any condition for travel. One of t a worst places to be made so that a tes e could get through was the road from \ ner Fairman's up past the Charles Smi