The Press., 1899-06-01

The Misses Jennie and Alice Clark have returned from Boston for the sum- mer.
 Misses Alice and Gertrude Chamberlin returned yesterday from weeks visit at Norwich.
 The marriage intentions are announced of finders Jacobsen and Miss Jennie Coombs.
 Mrs. L.. Warner is to move to New York soon after this term of school is completed.
 Dr.G.J. Bassow has successfully passed the examinations before the Massachus- etts state board, and will locate at South bridge, Mass.
 Samuel Norton, who Is employed at Mechanicsville, has been visiting his mother, Mrs. James Norton. Mrs. Grosvenor and the Misses Gros- venor of Pomfret were guests at the Springs House over Sunday. There will be special service for Sa- cred Heart devotions at St. Edwards church tomorrow evening at 7.3O. Edward Cummings, son-in-law of T. c. Lathrop, died at his home in Columbia last Friday evening. He leaves widow and nine children.
 J. M. Leach and Rev. E. w. Bishop went to Rockville yesterday to play golf with D. L. Burritt and Rev. MT. McKin- ley. The victory was for the local repre- sentatives.
 Regular monthly meeting of A. O. H. next Tuesday evening, June 9th, at 2 o'clock. All members are requested to be present, as business of importance is l to be transacted.
 John Grimm's little daughter was in- iured by team driven by Charles Huden Memorial day. The teams were leaving the cemetery after the exercises, and Hu- den's horse became frightened by the band and sheered out. The little girl was knocked down and her head was hurt. She is getting along nicely, and will soon be as well as usual. Some of the mischievous youngsters have invented a new kind of mischief. They take piece of hose pipe the right length to look like large snake and at tach string to it. They then find hid- ing place at safe distance. By draw ing in the string they give the hose the gliding motion of snake, and it is quite startling in the evening when it is too dark to distinguish objects plainly. A man who found one of these snakes nov ing across the road on Willlngton avenue expended considerable muscle in trying to kill it, and is willing to use still more if
 he can find the boys who played it on him. Stafford.
 Claude Pinney of Worcester academy
 Is at home for a vacation.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Ellis spent Memo
 rial with friends in Palmer.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles George are visit,
 ing with friends at Eastford.
 On account of growing infirmities, Tim.
 othy Collins would like to sell his COW.
 MT. and Mrs. A. J. Hedges have been guests of Mir. and Mrs. Will Walbridge
 this week.
 Charles Espig of Holyoke, a former resident, has been visiting friends in town this week.
 Charles Gibbs of Orange, Mass, is a guest this week of his sister Mrs. Abner Needham.
 Mrs. Henry Bottum at the Street has
 been seriously i'll for the past week, but
 is now improving.
 Paul Gabrou of Chicopee and MT. Ru berge of Ludlow have been guests of MT ] and Mrs. Edmund Roberts this week. ) MT. and Mrs. George Chaffee of New l London were guests at the Beebe home stead over Sunday and Memorial day. MT. and Mrs. Reuben Burley and MT and Mrs. Hoyt of Holyoke were guests o MT. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney over Memo rial day.
 At the business meeting of the Baptis , church and society, held last Saturda afternoon, formal call was extended t. Rev. John Cameron, which he is holding in consideration.
 There will be regular meeting of tn Stafford grange next Tuesday evening when the third and fourth degrees will b worked. A collation. will be served, an' the ladies are requested to provide.
 Matthew O'Keefe and son, Michael g were called to Derby last week on ae l count of the death of MT. O'Keefes fath D CT, who died in that place last Saturda d at the advanced age of eighty-three. l. Joe Connor and son, Arthur, went fish ing again Monday and brought back t p Cady's store for exhibition two handsom strings of trout, thirty in Joe's and twenty three in Arthur's and they were all gooC | sized fish. There can be no question a to Joe holding the record for this section Unclaimed letters in Stafford post office l. Miss May Myers, Miss Katharine Mul j. phy, Miss Maimie Curran, Miss Masie 2 Brent, MT. Alix Robert, MT. R. c. Mi - lar, MT. J. F. Gamer, MT. Edwin I = Frost, F. P. Aeardsley & Co.,, Dr. c. T Lenox, The National Electric Co.,, Signo T Meda Arbino,
 Notwithstanding the threatening aspee
 
 :. day turned out to be all that could be dt
 sired in the way of weather. The su
 never shone brighter, nor did the yard
 ever look more lovely than on this mt . :. morial anniversary, but there appeared [ :. be most decided lack of interest show '' in the day, and general air of disregar
 seemed to prevail in the village. Ther - is no doubt that much of this was due $ the fact that the services were of tn briefest. In former years the large nation It al flag has usually floated in the village @ giving added significance to the day, br this year it was most intensely conspicl
 ous by its absence. We have no know edge whatever of who has charge of tn e flag or has authority over it, but if ther v v was ever time when that emblem, whic G.. ul.