The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-08-31
Mics Katherine Bliss GOES to Blandford

Miss Kate Crane of Springfield is guest
of Mrs. Edward Brown.
Mrs. Charles Rider is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. George L. Dennis.
Stafford.
Miss Gertrude Wightman was at He
bron over Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Thresher Is spending few
days in Springfield this week.
Charles Hyde of Canterbury has been
visiting his brother, Jarvis Hyde.
Mrs. Fl. II. Hall and two children are
in Worcester visiting Mrs. Halls sister.
Mrs. Sawtelle and children of Worces-
ter are guests of MIR. and Mrs. F. J. Clio
yer.
Miss Mary Jennings of Windsor has
been making short visit with friends in
town.
Miss Carrie Curtis of Portland, Me-,
was a guest last week of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Lasbury.
Miss Emma Martin has taken POSI-
ton with the Summit Wooden company
at Staffordville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Kelly were called
to Brimfield Tuesday to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Kelly's uncle.
Miss May Colburn has accepted a posi-
ton as teacher of the Staffordville school
during the next year.
Miss Lois M. Ireland OF, Springfield, for
merly Of this town, was a guest of Mrs.
w. Fl. Black last Friday.
Miss Jennie L. Briggs of New London
Is guest of her aunts, Mrs. Will Dun
ham and Mrs. Russell Colburn.
John Berg and two daughters, Bertha
and Katie, of Philadelphia were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Ladish over Sun
day.
Mrs. Martin Lombard of Hartford has
been the guest of her brothers. family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Leonard, at the Vii
lage.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. S.
C. E. this evening-"Gree Pastures; the
Christians Pleasures All cordially
welcomed.
No doubt next Monday Is looked for.
ward to by the children with eager antici-
pations of pleasure-schools will all com.
mence that day.
The Misses Sessions, who have occu.
pied the Baptist parsonage for many
years, have rented the vacant tenement
In the Moses Harvey house.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Holmes, who have
resided for number of years at Talapoo.
ga, Ca, returned last week, and for the
present will make their home in this vii
lage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Brown, who were
recently married and are boarding al
Blacks hotel, were given a fine serenadt
by the band one evening the first of the
week. p.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Comb of Boston
John q. Goodell of Upton, Mass, ant
Miss Olive Goodell of Hartford have beer
guests of Rev. and Mrs. L. s. Goodell tn,
past week.
Notwithstanding the unpleasant aspec
of the weather last Thursday, quite I
large number attended the Baptist Sunda,
school picnic at Evergreen park and hat
a rare day of enjoyment.
Walter Moulton of Shelby, Ohio, wa
the guest of his aunts, Mrs. Wakefield
and Mrs. Russell, last Sunday. Mr.
Moulton Is in the east in the interest of
new patent ball-bearing umbrella.
Rev. Mark B. Taylor, pastor of tn
Park congregational church of Brooklyn
N. Y, and Rev. c. Fl. Puffer and famil
Of Salem, Mass, were guests of Mr.. an
Mrs. Henry Gerould over Sunday. Mrs
Puffer is remaining for more extends
visit.
Rev. George W. Sheppard supplied tn
pulpit Of the Baptist church last Sunda
and gave universal satisfaction. At tn
church meeting held last Tuesday aftel
noon it was voted to extend call to Re,
George Williams to become the settle
pastor of the church.
Miss Fife Dunbar of Hydevllle has r.
turned from Windsor Locks, where sh
has been visiting her uncle, Charles !
Chaffee. She was accompanied home b
her cousin, Miss Carrie Gauthier of Har
ford. Miss Dunbar will shortly leave Il
New Britain, where she will enter tn
state Normal school.
H. F. Cady has rented the Beebe stol
and will occupy 1t temporarily while hi
present store is undergoing a compile
renovation. He expects to have the stoc
of goods all moved in about two week
when the carpenters will take possessio
of tho store and make all needed repai
and many improvements.
II we had known that there was such
phenomenal yield In quantity, quality al
size of potatoes this year we should ha7
hesitated little before daring to spea
of them last week. Timothy Collil
shows some very fine Early Vermont
single specimens weighing one and on
half pounds. Henry Gerould also exhibi
a mammoth potato Weighing two poun
and one ounce, but Nelson Skinner
Moulton Hill beats all records SO far til
season. He brought down bushel a fe
days since that were raised from tn
same seed of "New Queen" sold by Jac
Glover & Son last spring. They we
more than worth looking at, single spe'
mems weighing two pounds and t,
ounces.
The following from the Bridgepo
i Evening Post of August 22d will be of
terest to people In this village:
just fifty years ago to-day, in the to,
) of Stafford, Conn.,, Asa Wiley and MI
Ann. E. Clemence were joined in he
wedlock, and to-day they are celebrate
!. their golden wedding at the residence
! their son-in-law, Theodore Tooker,
= Gilbert street. Mr.. and Mrs Wiley a
a well-preserved couple, and although t
whitened locks show that Father Til