The Press., 1899-05-25

Advertised letters Chas. F.. Wake Mrs. Charlotte Waldo, Chas. E. Smith, Chs. Guillemette.
 J. H. Packer of New York city is in town designing colors in paints for some of the best residences.
 stafford.
 Mrs. Oscar Colburn has been spending few days at the home of her parents. Rev. John Cameron will occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church next Sunday. | Jarvis Hyde was called to Plainfield last week to attend the funeral of niece. Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. 5. c. E. this evening-"The Gift of Power. ," A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday after noon for work and will serve their usual supper from 5.3O to z o'clock. There will be meeting of the Baptist church and society in the chapel next Saturday afternoon at o'clock. A full attendance of both bodies is desired, as business of importance will be acted upon. Mrs. Holtham and daughter, Mildred, are in Boston this week for the purpose of attending the wedding at Hyde Park of her brother, Charles Gould, where Miss Mildred is to act as flower girl. The bride is Miss Poor, who visited here with MT. Gould few weeks ago.
 Smith Barrett of Willimantic is making one of his semi-occasional visits to J. c Wightman's carriage shop this week. and the smile of enjoyment and feeling of con- tent that has come over him since he ar- rived has already caused him to let out his vest strap some two or three inches.
 There will be meeting in the Baptist church chapel next Saturday afternoon, to which all children, who are in the least interested in forming Junior Christian Endeavor society, are earnestly invited to attend. As this organiz ,tion is non-sec- tartan in char acter, it is hoped that there will be large attendance of children and that society may be formed that will be a credit to the village.
 Some one or two seasons ago we had occasion to speak of Joe Connor not being in it with some others in the matter oi catching fish, but we take it all back. When a man can go out three days in succession and catch respectively, %, 27 and 22 handsome trout, with not small one among them, he is certainly entitled to the reputation of a fisherman. This is ljust what Joe did last week, and the fish were sight well worth looking at.
 F. J. Glover had narrow escape from a bad accident last Saturday. He had been called to do some pipe work in g well at Hydeville owned by Michael Swift There was ladder in the well, placed there by other parties, which MT. Glover supposed rested on the bottom, but in stead it was placed on some stones in the side of the well, under the water and out of sight. He had been down and was or his way out, when just as he reached the top the ladder slipped from the stones and he fell a distance of about twenty feet into nine feet of water. That he es capped such fall with only bruised arm was a wonderful piece of good luck. Staffordville.
 George Colburn of Holland, Mass. was guest of Ezra s. Colburn last Sun. day. He came on his wheel. Charles D. Colburn of Palmer, Mass, was also re. gently visitor at Ezra $. Colburn's.
 West Stafford.
 Mrs. Julia Edson is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Fairfield.
 Marvin Harwood of Ellington has beer the guestof his brother, s. M. Harwood
 Miss Hattie Smith is riding new bicycle. Eugene Cady has a new Cresen tandem.
 MT. and Mrs. w. H. Skinner and daugh ter, Lucille, of Rockville called on friends last Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Holmes of Rock vile visited at F. z. Fairfield's last Satur day and Sunday.
 Mrs. Belva Wilbur, Is expecting he nephew, Fred Wilbur, and friend iron Meriden, today. They will make the tril with their wheels.