The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-12-01
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
A. o. U. W. meeting this evening.
Willis Reed has been visiting friends In
Westford.
Embert Mursdale has taken a position
at the Springfield armory.
Mrs. F.. G. Sanford has returned from
a visit with friends at Norwich.
j. NJ. Leach and Daniel Hurley we're in
Boston yesterday on business trip.
The STAFFORD Worsted company COM
meneed this week to run on full time.
Miss Eva Penney of Brooklyn, N.Y., Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Burwel.
Landlord Segar will entertain the ''ReaI
Widow Brown" company at the Springs
House on Sunday.
Mrs. Anthony Adams and Miss Mena
Adams are in New York this week on a
business and pleasure trip.
Treasurer HARDWOOD of the Stafford
Savings bank returned Wednesday morn
ing from a business trip to Boston.
Miss Clara NJ. Chaffee of Thompson
Vile spent her Thanksgiving vacation
with her sister, Mrs. A. w. Kingsbury.
Miss Mary l. Newton has gone to New
York for a course In art study. having
given up her contemplated visit to Call
fornia.
The electric lighting system at the
Congregational church has been thor
oughIy overhauled and several additional
lights put in.
g. A. r. meeting next Tuesday even
ing. The annual election of officers of
Winter Post will take place, and full
attendance is desired.
Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Penney and son
from Springfield and Mrs. Perkins of
Bloomfield were with Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.
Parkess over Thanksgiving.
The Young Mems Literary society has
chosen these officers: President, Sidney
Siswick vice. pl esident, Leverne Dim
ock; treasurer, Eugene s. Charter; Sec
rotary, John Siswick.
William Engley has finished his course
at Eastman business college at Pough-
keepsie, and has taken q position In a
real estate Office in New York City. B.
P. Cooley will finish his course about
Christmas.
Work on the telephone line from Wilt
mantle to this town Is in progress, and, as
soon as 1t is completed. a sample machine
will be put in to be tested by those inter
ested in the new exchange that is TO be
established in this town
The local football team was badly de-
feated at Willimantic Thanksgiving day
by the high school team Of that city by g
score of 80 to 0. The game was played
in pouring rain. The local team had
but little practice, and was outplayed al
every point.
The observance of 40 hours devotion
viii commence with high mass at 8 a. m.
tomorrow. Saturday morning. the first
mass will be held at O'Clock, and high
mass at 8 a. m. Sunday the first mass
will be at 7.15. the second mass at 8. 80
and high mqss (close of 40 hours devo.
tion) at II a. m.
The school in district No. 4, stafford
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the autumn term Wednesday Of last week
Scholars neither absent nor tardy: Delia
Larviee, Florence Garveis, Bena Garveis
Willie Slater, Clarence Hamilton. James
Lykings, Andrew Farrell, Leo Garveis
Augustus Garveis; absent but one day
Joseph Larviee and Paul Garveis.
1.-THE Real Widow Brown" by the A.
@. Scammon company, Is the attraction
at the opera house Saturday evening
The following is from the Pawtucke
Tribune of Nov. IS, last:
1.-THE Real Widow Brown Is q "dandy.
1t is simply cyclone of fun from begin
ming to end, and there has been nothing
to equal it since the days of Muldoon'l
Picnic. The whole plot hinges upon the
old deacon answering one Of the adver
tisements in New York paper, purport
ing to be written by y young widow who
Is seeking another husband. 1t happens
in this case that there is real widow
ramed Brown, and after some CORE
spondence the old man writes for her IL
come on to be married. Now the deacon
has daughters who do not banker after
stepmother, and when they see the letter
advising the father that the widow ia OF
the way. the letter having fallen into tbs
hand OF the chOre boy, Teddy, they SCI
about with the aid of their beaux, who
are up-to-date young men, to circumven
the pair. One of the young men disguiset
as the deacon, the other dressing as tn
Widow Brown. Each fools the other q
first, and when they have revealed them
selves they set out to fool everybody else
The rest can be imagined. The coined,
is replete with helatest songs and dances
rendered in metropolitan fashion, easil,
as meritorlous as anything In the princi
pal theatres In the large cities.
The Bridgeport Farmer says of tn
same company:
It is one of the best companies that ha
appeared here this season. 1t Is smooth
and finished play, and eliminates into In
cidents that carry an audience into dts o
laughter. The acting was effective, tn
company we'll chosen and the singing de
lIghtful The speclAlties introduced ar
clever and up-to-date.