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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
UNION.
Mashapaug.

Mrs. N. B. Jefts and Mrs. Minerva e.
Bucklin of Monson, on a carriage drive
through the northern part of the state,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. G..
Smith over Sunday.
w. Wellington of Watertown, f. David
SON of Cambridge, Ell. DeForest Smith of
Roxbury, Mass, and w. Churchill OF
Southington are stopping with Major
Smith for few weeks.
Among those who are stopping at Pine
Tree Inn at Mashapaug are Mrs. Charles
Puffer Of Salem, Mrs. Henry Gerald OF
Stafford, Rev. M. B. Taylor of Brooklyn,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Holt and chill.
dren Of Neward, N. j.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31

The Press for one year and the Farm
Journal the rest of 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902
and 1908, practically five years, will be
furnished for $3.50. For $2.40 the semi
weekly Hartford Courant will be included.
This offer Is only TO subscribers paying
strictly in advance. Only limited num-
Der of subscriptions for the Farm journal
will be taken.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
Mems Suits.

We have suits, all sizes, "a to 40, from
$5 to $3.50, that you cannot but be -.
pleased with If you are looking for -
good, serviceable business suit.
From SO to $12 we have suits that will
compare more.than favorably with many
of the so-called suits made to order.
From $12 to $1S we can certainly
please you, and the goods are made by
first-class makers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Base, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes
tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant re-
fort discovery of the age. Cures swollen feet,
blisters and callous spots. Aliens Foot-Ease is
certain cure for in-growing nails, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all druggists and shoe
stores, Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
Bicycles.

Speaking of bicycles, we have sold
wheels for years. They are made in all
only standard and we'll tried wheels, and
we tell you what they are and do not mis-
represent other wheels to sell them either.
We can give you reliable wheels, gents
or ladies', from 1876 to 1915, from the we'll
known factory of Spalding & Co., which
is their guarantee.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

(Matter under this head 10 cents per l1ne.)
Mrs. H. q. Durham of Staffordville
is closing out a line of Muslins-15c.
values at Sc.
Big bargains in Hamburg Edge and
Insertion at E. L. Burr's.
"A. w. Walker offers this week one
case Of Bed Blankets at 40 cts. per pair,
better ones at SOC. up to 80 per pair.
Call and examine.
Show Case, Lamps and Fixtures for
sale. III. G. Wheeler.
-Bedspreads will be laundered another
week for 10 cts. each by the Maverick
laundry. F. A. Lasbury, agent. Work
may be left at Schme1ske & Jacobsen's
tailor shop.
Miss Russell has received large as
sortment of Golf and Bicycle Hats in new
and stylish shapes.
"A. L. Howard has just received case
OF Outing Flannels for the fall trade.
japanese Napkins at The Press Office
for 10 cents hundred
Balance of Shirt Waists marked down
at A. L. Towards.
Having disposed of my stock of Boots
and Shoes 1t will be an accommodation If
all who are indebted to me will settle as
soon as possible. shall be at store or
residence, No. Fisk-ave. s. F. MAINE.
You can get all sizes of rubber jar
rings at Anthony Adams Furnace-ave.
Yes, A. W. Walker is selling the Do
nestle Wrappers and Is receiving new
ones every week. When you want to see
a good assortment call in, and we know
the styles and prices will please you.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on a so cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar If it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25 cent bottle to prove
satisfactory, or money refunded.
w, D. HEALD, Stafford Springs.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
Chi1dS' Suits.

We can fit the little ones in all the
latest patterns, and at prices from $3.50
to the best.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31

George Washington and the best Eng
lish fashions wouldn't seem to go very
we'll to-day. We have always, thought
plenty of style was good thing, and
have let it enter into our entire stock, o.
Spring and Summer Clothing.
This is very reckless time Tor prices,I
and any one wanting clothing will find 1t
so If he sees our goods and learns the
prices.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31

udyS SAuC0 VAdU WoIo EdlSoO lIOm Gudl
same seed of "New Queen" sold by Jacob
Glover & Son last spring. They were
more than worth looking at, single speci-
mems weighing two pounds and two
ounces.
The following from the Bridgeport
Evening Post of August 22d will be of in
terest to people In this village:
just fifty years ago to-day, in the town
of Stafford, Conn.,, Asa Wiley and Miss
Ann. E. Clemence were joined in holy
wedlock, and to-day they are celebrating
their golden wedding at the residence of
their son-in-law, Theodore Tooker, 1858
Gilbert street. Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley are
a we'll preserved couple, and although the
whitened locks show that Father Time
has not been idle, yet upon their golden
anniversary they ale hale and hearty.
Mr.. Wiley has attained his list birthday,
while Mrs. Wiley is five years his junior.
The groom of fifty years was born in Stat
ford, Conn.,, and was the son of Calvin
Wiley, who for six years, under Adams
and jackson, was United States senator
from his district. The career of the son
has been nearly as illustrious as that OF
the father. Mr.. Wiley has been judge OF
i QEOUbb0 VI LILO OlcAAOAu uIoLILCls AAopOOUOA
Of customs in Brooklyn for sixteen years,
! la the United States assessors Office fol-
six years, and for one year was United
| States marshal at St. Louis, Mo. Foul
children blessed this marriage, a son and
daughter being dead. At the present
time Frank Wiley, a painter and con
tractor Of Fairfield, and Mrs. Theodore
Tookel Of this city are the living children
There will be a reception at the Gilbert
street residence this evening at 8 o'clock
at which about fifty relatives and friends
will be present. Following the reception
a supper will be served and music utilizet
to enliven the occasion. A number o
gifts have been received by the aget
couple, and several floral tokens. Tina
1t will be a happy gathering this evening
no one doubts, and that the bride ant
groom Of SO many years will continue ii
good health for many more years to com
is the wish of their legion Of friends.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31

Saturday at 4.30 p. m. Local sympathies
seem to be evenly divided, and the game
will easily be the most interesting one of
the season.
Henry E. Patten, "a, a former resident
of West Stafford, died at Hartford Tues
day afternoon from the effects of an
apoplectic shock sustained about two
weeks ago. Since the shock he has
been conscious only at brief intervals.
Henry E. Patten was born at West Stat
ford May IA, 1885, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Patten. He was educated In the
public schools of his native town and the
academies of Wilbraham and Westfield,
Mass. In 1866 he went to Hartford,
where he became financial manager for
George E. Smith, who ran a dye works
establishment. In 1878 he purchased the
business and has since carried 1t on. He
was republican in politics, and had
served several terms In the common coun.
Gil of the city Of his adoption. He was
married June 30, 1892, to Miss Hannah
Grove OF Hartford, who survives him
He also leaves sister, Miss Celinda Pat
ten, Of Hartford, and two brothers, Cal
vim and Francis, of this town. Mr.. Pat
ten was a hard working business mar
and enjoyed the friendship and respect o.
his business associates, as well as others
with whom he came In contact. He has
not been in good health for several years
and it has been his custom to spend {
part of each winter in the south. He wal
an enthusiastic Mason. He was Knigh
Templar, a member Of Sphynx temple or
der of the Mystic Shrine and had attained
the 32d degree In Masonry. The funera
will be held from his late home In Hart
ford this afternoon at O'Clock, and tn
body will be brought to West Stafford to
morrow for interment.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

A great lake steamer can go up to
Hudson, III miles from the mouth; that
is 1870 miles from the nearest point on
Lake Ontario and 240 from the nearest
point on Lake Erie.
If the number Of people daily enter
ing the city of London were TO be dis
patched from any given station by train
1877 trains, each conveying 600 per-
sons, would be required for the pur-
pose. Moreover, if all these trains were
arranged in q straight line they would
cover 22l miles Of railway.
The United States geographical sur
vey has just issued map Of New York
and vicinity. The map is engraved on
copper and printed from stone. The
cultural features, such as roads, rail-
roads, cities, towns, houses, etc, us well
as the lettering, are brought out in
black, and other features, like swamps,
etc, are clearly defined, making a valu-
able chart OF the territory.
More matches are used In the United
Kingdom than In any other one coun-
try in the world. 1t has been estimated
that English people use On average of
eight matches each person per day, and
annually over 1,7OO,ooO,Oq0.ooo are
burned. The largest match, factory is
in Austria, and each year 1t uses $4,000
pounds of phosphorus, turns out 2,SOO,-
coz, ,OOO, 900 matches, and for the boxes
alone 100000 feet Of wood are used.
One pound day is said to be the most
that an organ grinder ever takes, while,
with some exceptions, five shillings
is about the least, so that London Or
gan grinder may be regarded as fair
ly prosperous man. An organ can be
hired from the makers for one shil-
ling sixpence q day, while the price Of a
new organ is a25. The cost Of setting
an organ to new tunes Is about four
pounds, and, since novelty Is essential,
this is frequent source OF expense.
II you wish TO make q fountain pen,
take two ordinary steel pens OF the
same pattern and insert them in the
common holder. The inner pen will be
the writing pen. Between this and the
outer pen will be held Q supply Of ink,
when they are once dipped into the ink
stand, that will last to write several
pages of manuscript. II is not neces-
sary that the points Of the two pens
should be very near together, but II
the flow of ink is not rapid enough
the points may be brought nearer by q
bit Of thread or a minute rubber band.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

The American workman Is limited
only by circumstances within his own
life. He or his son may rise TO the
highest position in his nation withou,
the favor Of heredity. The highest hon.
ors are attainable without the inter-
vention of royal favor. This 10 the in.
cenive to American effort Not that
every individual American thinks Of
this or appreciates the boon. not by
any means. But a great many Of them
do fully understand what their national
heritage means and the remainder ore
carried along in the irresistible current
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

Crosses at the foot Of letter are out
Of date now that some girl has discov-
cred what Is said to be far better way
of sending kiss to her - particular
girl chum. The discovery was made by
accident, and it was quite by chance
that the young lady who claims the
credit noticed q pink impress Of her
own lips just below the signature Of the
letter she had just written. 1t came
about in this way: She Ind just been
out in the wind and rubbed lip salve
with its daAh Of rouge over her lips,
and this was the result - somewhat
greasy kiss, but decided improvement
upon the scratchy cross. At all events,
the lady persevered, and now 1t is the
fashion in certain quarters for the
girls to dust their lips with powder,
slightly damp the paper, kiss It, and
send the mark to her girl friend-or
somebody else. 1t works very we'll, and
the "kisses" don't run.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

Experiments conducted by the Cali
fornia agricultural experiment station
seem to indicate that by the introduce
ton of the Australian salt bushes"
hundreds of thousands of acres of hith-
erto worthless land in our western
states will become valuable for grazing.
The salt bushes" are members Of q
large plant family, to which the beet
and pigweed also belong, but only few
varieties have any economic value.
That which has given the best results in
the west is atriplex semibaccata. The
plants Of this family have great
drought-resisting power, and will grow
on soil too alkaline to sustain even al
falfa. They keep green all summer,
grow rapidly, yield from two to four
crops year, and the root remains in
the ground for the next season. They
have great fattening and health-giving
qualities for stock, making the best of
beef. and wool of unsurpassed even
ness and strength Of fiber. The intro
duction Of these plants is another proof
that science pays, even In farming.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

Cash K" Is the curious verbal dis
guise under which, for ten years past,
some generous person, who uses IN
Omaha paper Us his agency, has given
many thousands Of dollars to worthy
people and deserving objects. No one
but the editor Of the paper knows whn
the hidden philanthropist is. Yet hap
PLY, although Cash X" is able to give
large sums Of money, he is only type
Of many who. in equally self-etfacing
ways, are offering help and hope to the
needy and the unfortunate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

ANYBODY who has ever walked on q
railway track knows what an uDcom-
Portable thing It II to do. because OF
the absurd distance OF the ties from
one another. They are too near to-
gether for man Of average length OF
leg to step on every one and they are
too far apart for him to step on every
other one. Now that the railways
have begun to use oil on their tracks to
lay the dust there II hope Of still fur
.ther innovations for the comfort OF
travellers. 1t IL reported that certain
western roads are laying new tracks
with the ties four inches further apart
than was formerly the custom. The
possible effect Of this on the drama
can scarcely be overestimated. In the
old days It used TO be the custom for
actors returning from unsuccessful
tours 10 step on every other tie and
hence came the exaggerated stride OF
the old-school tragedian. Recently II
has been more the custom to try TO step
on every tie and hence the habit Of lit
tleness and triviality which has been
carried into every branch Of the drama
With the ties placed at distances which
will allow Of q comfortable step II 10
reasonable TO hope that ease and grace
will be infused into the naturalistic
school OF the dramn, with lasting artis-
tic effect. II was an actor who was ex-
planning all this to some friends the
other day, and when he had finished he
noticed that they were all gazing at
him with silent sympathy in their
faces. For moment he looked con-
fused and then he said: "Of course
you know-I don't know anything
about this myself. But l know men
who are expert trackwalkers, and they
have been telling me about IT,"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24
HABITS OF SPEECH.
Faulty Language Used In Child
hood IL Hard - Correct IN
After Life.

why do educated parents allow
their children to contract habits Of un-
grammatical speech that will have to be
conquered in after-life?" asked q spin
ster of o mother.
because they hate to worry the poor
little things about such matters when
they are young and should be care free.
II seems cruel to be oil the time cor
recting them and keeping them on their
good behavior. They will have TO learn
the rules Of our dreadful language oil
too soon as 1t is.'
"Yes," said the spinster, land in ad-
dition to learning to speak properly
they will have to unlearn the tricks Of
speech In which they have been allowed
to indulge all their little lives. Iknow,"
laughing, "that there is much ridicule
of old maids children but l believe
that my theory in this case is correct.
It is n positive unkindness to let your
child double his negatives and say
'ain't,' when several years from now he
will be harshly reproved for such
lapses. The child must learn to talk,
anyway, and is 1t not as easy to teach
him to say 1t is l. as IT'S meT And is
it not as simple for the little tongue to
lisp 4 saw it, as I seen itT Hove baby
talk, and should not correct child for
his mispronunciation Of hard words.
AS he grows older he will himself see
his mistakes in that line and change
them. But insist that 1t is q parents
duty to make the difficult path to gram
matical speech a. easy a. possible by
never allowing the little ones to stray
from u In the begiuning.r
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

II 10 not paradoxical, as II might
seem, to call the ending Of the college
or school course commencement, says
Youths Companion. Every ending il
also beginning. Theory ends. prac-
tice begins. War ends, peace begins.
Life In one form ends. life in another
form begins. Night ends, day begins.
So study Of books ends, and the appli-
cation Of that study to the wider study
of the world and to the tasks Of life be-
gins. The schoolboy ends, the scholar
ly man begins. That is the purport Of
commencement, and for It no filter
name could be devised.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24
PA AND THE PINS
Some Things He Knew About Them
and Some others That He DiscOv.
cred Very Unexpectedly.

The parlor lamp shed Its peaceful
rays on happy group Of five persons.
There was the head Of the family and
the one who called himself the head Of
the family, their two daughters, aged
respectively IS and s, and boy Of II
years. The father carefully removed
bent pin from the seat Of the rocking
chair and stood holding it between his
thumb and foretinger.
my son." he said, pompously, did
you ever, when you saw discarded,
bent, little pin, pause and reflect how
long 1t took to make II and how many
different hands contributed toward
fashioning it as it is? In the first
place there were the miners who dug
the metal IL Is composed Of; the men
who transported 1t to the factories; the
workmen who made the pins; the work
men who sharpened them; the men
who packed them; the dealers who
sold them to tradesmen; the men that
carried them to the stores and the sales
men who retailed them over the coun-
ters-just think what an army of 10
borers handled that crooked little PIN"
EYES," said his son and heir reflec-
lively, but you left out lot, pa"
"How SOP" asked the old gentleman,
In n tone Of surprise.
"Why, there was the old lady who
bought paper Of 'em; there was her
biggest daughter, who took one to pin
up the rip in the waist of her dress;
the young man that told 'em ut the
office that it was the cat that made
that railroad map scratch on the back
of his hand; the girls little brother,
who borrowed the pin to make into q
fish hook; the little sister, whose straw
hat he took to keep his angleworms in.
and his old father, who sat down on
the bent pin when his little boy got
tired Of fishing. They all had hand in
1t, too"
NO." said the old gentleman, az he
threw the pin in the fire and took up
his newspaper. "You are drawing on
your Imagination, my son. never
found pin that went through such o
series Of experiences in my life."
Maybe you haven't, but you will" !"
remarked his son and heir.
"No, no! Run out and play" 70
piled his father. II am going to sit In
my"
But before ne sat down he noticed
that his eldest daughter was mending
o tear in her dress, while the little ono
was wiping the stains from q straw
hat; 20 he pushed his armchair aside
with o suspicious glance at o cleaning
point on its seat and sank wearily on to
the sofa. However. ere he had fairly
touched its surface he bounded toward
the zenith with yell Of anguish.
"The old man couldn't very well have
helped finding It," said the small boy
to himself, as he stopped to regain his
breath two blocks Of, "cause there wns
q pin on every blamed piece OF furni-
ture in that room. My, but won't ma
give II to him for swearin' like that,
thnugh!~-Harlem Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

The Mennopites Of Pennsylvania.
whose general conference recently in
terdicted the use Of tobacco in any
form. do not propose TO let this prohi-
bition interfere with their worldly af-
fairs. The farmers Of the colony keep
right on planting tobacco, getting
around 1t by saying that II their indus
try is SO displeasing to the Lord the to-
bacco will not grow. The outlook at
present is for bountiful crop.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24
AUDITORS NOTICE.

In the Estate OF In the Orphans Court
Henry Grubb. Sr. ,decd-l ol snyder Co., ra.
The undersigned Auditor appointed Sy Ine
ministrstor mil Of the Estate OF Henry Grub, sr..
late OF Centre Township, Snyoer Co.: ra. de-
and TO make report to the next term Of Court,
win sit at the oilice OF Jacob Gilbert, Eaq- In
Middieburg Snyder County, Pa. on FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER I. 1889, at II clock a. M, for the
ineIit when and where all parties In interest
shan attend, and present their claims on said
fund. HORACE ALLEmA AZ,
Aug. 5. 1922. Auoioor'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24
Su ,s,,rlptl0n Sl.5O per year
Cows in the Cotton BELT.


In q recent bulletin OF the department
Of agriculture Prof. Hacker states that
the farmers Of the cotton belt are un-
dergoing an experience which comes
sooner or later to every section OF our
land. Wheat was grown almost ex-
clusively in the north until the soil
refused to respond. No one seemed to
know why. but when wheat failed they
began to depend more upon live stock.
AS the live stock increased the land
brought better crops, and it gradually
dnwned upon them that the failure OF
crops was due TO lack of fertility and
thnt by diversified farming they could
restore 1t and secure as good, II not
better, returns than they received from
the virgin soil. in the same way the
soil of the cotton belt has been i'm
poverished by constant cropping and
inadequate fertilizing. 1t is not in the
cotton nor In the oil extracted from the
seeds that the fertility is lost, but 1t
is In the parting with the cotton seed
cake or meal tc Europe that the loss
occurs. If the cake and meal he fed
20 dairy cows all the fertility will re-
main on the plantation. The pro-
fessor's advice to cotton growers is,
,herefore: Go into dairying with the
dairy cow"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

A AMaine farmer who raises fine straw
berries came to Wells village with fine
lot recently and commenced peddling
them at is cents box. He sold quite
portion Of his load at that price, when
he found that he must sell at two boxes
for q quarter. Then he retraced his
route and refunded the difference to
all those who had paid the IS cents per
box.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

An Aurora Qll.) man has discovered
an effective way Of keeping his neigh
Oors' chickens out Of his garden. 1t is
not altogether new. 1t consists of o
reasonably good shotgun and plenty Of
ammunition back Of good steady aim
and some nerve. 1t is said to work al
most every time,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-24

During thunderstorm in southern
Missouri the other day, lightning
struck the hat of mans head and
tore 1t to ribbons, but did not injure the
man, so 1t is claimed, but without afIl-
Gavlt.