The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-09-01


Miss Fannie Parker goes to Boston to-
Day for few days.
Rev. and Mrs. s. Fl. Barrett start on
their vacation next Monday.
Preston Briggs Is with his mother at
their summer home on Manning hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merwin OF New Haven
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Hoxie.
Mrs. s. A. Bottum and Miss Eugene
Hanks returned from Mantle last Mon
day.
Mrs. Eliza Gay of vineland, N. j., is
visiting her uncle, D. H. Clark, of this
place.
The ladies' whist club was entertained
by Mrs. Marvin Colman last Friday af-
ternon.
Mrs. Albertine and family have moved
to Willimantic. They left town last week
Monday.
Ernest Perkins, son OF Rev. B. F. Per-
kins, is staying for few days at Norman
Boynton's.
The Junior Endeavor society held a
sale and social in the vestry Of the Con-
gregational church last evening.
Invitations are out for whist party to
be given by Mrs. E. S. Loomis on the
evening of the sixth of September.
Mrs. VIM. Uncles was found dead In
bed last Tuesday morning. She was as
smart as usual the day before. She was
about 20 years of age.
Dumont Seagraves returned to his
home in New London last Friday after
noon, after spending few days with his
uncle, B. Seagraves.
At the service in the Congregational
church last Sunday morning, Rev. q. G.
Creegan of New York delivered very
interesting missionary sermon.
A large number from this place attend
ed camp meeting last Sunday. There
was the largest number of people on the
ground that there has been for years.
The reporter has been requested to cor
rect last weeks item regarding the car
fridge machinery. 1t was not all sent to
New Haven, part of it being sent to
Bridgeport as previously stated.
The Sunday school picnic at George
Clark's grove, held last week Wednesday,
was enjoyed by about 100. The day was
perfect, and the gathering was participat-
ed in by children and older people alike.
Two steamers transported passengers, as
we'll as number of private conveyances.
There were cake, sandwiches and fruit In
abundance.
(From another correspondent
Ernest Perkins was in town Sunday.
H. F. Dimock has another st. Bernard
dog.
School in district 2 commences Tues
day, Sept. 6.
Henry Wright's peach trees are laden
with fine ripe fruit.
A Special meeting of Wangumbaug
grange was held Tuesday evening.
Wangumbaug grange Is to hold bas-
ket picnic in Marcy's grove, Saturday.
A watermelon weighing thirty pounds,
grown on Martin Parker's farm, was
picked recently.
Cullen Potter of Providence, r. l., Is
visiting his children resident here. Mrs.
Potter Is in feeble health.
Mrs. Bezaleel Seagraves and Mr.. Hen
dershot are to be received into the Con-
gregational church Sunday.
Seth Buell., graduate of Storrs col
lege, now student at Oberlin, o., called
at the "Martin-box" Saturday.
DR.. w. L. Higgins took day of last
week, and with his brother, DIR. Harry
Higgins, Of Norwich, visited Ocean Beach
Mrs. VIM. Uncles, ST., was found dead
in her bed Tuesday morning, when called
to breakfast. Heart disease was the
probable cause.
The S. q. l. A. have recently fixed the
driveway in the Nathan Hale cemetery
and moved the grass there, greatly i'm
proving the yards.
Marvin Coleman is having peach bud
ding done this week. The ladies' whist
club, which met there last Friday, were
served with peaches and ice cream.
Mrs. Maggie Olmsted and her daugh-
ter, Hattie, of East Hartford, who have
been spending three weeks at Winthrop
Beach, are visiting at D. Fl. Clark's.
The sidewalk near Tracy's plant is to
be completed with a curbstOne and coal
ashes. A hand rail of pipe is to be put
in position. If the street could be graded
with earth taken from the rise in front of
Bidwell's hotel, Main. street would be
greatly improved. A. s. PARKER.
SOMERS