The Press., 1900-12-13

evenings next week.
 Captain Henry Hurley of Utica has been visiting friends in town.
 Thomas Hassett of Rockville is visiting in the borough for few days.
 School will close for the holiday vaca- tion of two weeks next Tuesday.
 Mrs. John Brockbank and Mrs. J. An. derson are visiting friends in Monson. Mrs. James Walker and Miss Grace Harwood are in Springfield for a few weeks.
 Main street and is continuing business at his residence.
 Dr. A. O. Comins Is suffering much pain and inconvenience from large boil on his upper lip.
 Timothy O'Grady has bought the block at the corner of Main and Gold streets of Lyman Cushman.
 The merchants are displaying their holi- day goods and the show windows present an attractive appearance.
 Mrs. T. A. Chaffee of New London has sold tract of 90 acres of land on Colburn hill to William A. Royce.
 At the regular meeting of Winter post, c. A. R., next Tuesday evening the elec- tion of officers will take place.
 Next Sunday afternoon there will be Sunday school at 2.15, and service and sermon at 8. 15, at the Orcuttville school house.
 The service and Bible class at Grace church tomorrow (Friday) evening, in- stead of this evening, and at 7.3O, instead of 45. All are cordially invited.
 c. s. Baker presented the Congrega- tional church with fine clock for the audience room on its recent anniversary. The clock has an oak case, an IS inch dial and on it's face are the dates 1850 and 1900.
 The annual sale and entertainment of Grace church, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, netted the society over $165. The two plays, "The First Time" and Rubber Boots," were very pleasingly presented.
 It is expected that Manager Casey of the New Gilmore opera house, Spring field, will put on a vaudeville entertain ment at the local opera house the first of the week, to include the moving pictures of the Stafford fair.
 The ladies of the Methodist church will hold rummage sale on Friday and Sat urday of next week, in the store in Pages block formerly occupied by H.C. Wheeler. All articles contributed should be left at the store next Thursday.
 The concert by Citizens' band at the opera house last evening received a very small patronage. The entertainment was one deserving much larger house. The number of other attractions of the week no doubt was largely responsible for the small attendance.
 The Alabama Troubadours drew a good sized crowd at the opera house Monday evening. Some of the musical specialties were very good and the entertainment as whole gave general satisfaction. The company is large one and the street parade the day of the show had its effect on the attendance
 's' The weather this week has been deci- dedly wintry, Sunday being an especially cold and windy day. The prospect for skating was good until Tuesday, when a light snow fell in sufficient quantity to spoil the ice. The young people are natu- rally somewhat disappointed, as the ice Is spoiled for skating and there is not enough snow for coasting.
 The popularity of Holland as a winter resort for tramps is well known. John Kelly has heard of the desirability of a sentence at Holland jail, and expressed a desire to be sent there. Instead of this he was taken before the superior court last week under the new tramp law, and Judge Elmer gaveIhim year at Wethers- field. A few similar sentences, and the tramps will avoid Stafford. The application for charter for the Stafford Springs electric railroad is pub- lished in the Press this week. The appli- cation includes all the routes that are liable to be used and some that are not. It was decided not to make application to cover possible connection with Spring field by the way of Hampden, but at the eleventh hour representatives from Hamp- den came down and asked if there was any objection to having this route in with the rest. As there Is no objection, 1t was arranged. The charter asks for the privilege of carrying freight as well as passengers.
 Rev. E. A. Burnham preached histor- ical sermon at the Congregational church Sunday morning, appropriate to the 5Oth. anniversary of the church. The sermon was very interesting and will be published later The celebration of the 5Oth anni- versary continued Monday evening and took the form of reception to the new pastor and his wife. Letters were read from Rev. Hiram Day, first pastor of the church, Rev. Alexis Ide of West Medway, Rev. E. w. Bishop of Concord. Rev. w. s. Hawks of Springfield, a former pastor, was present and gave interesting reminis- cences of his connection with the church. Accounts of the destruction of the old church and of the dedication of the pres ent edifice were read, the description being taken from the files of the Press. A pleasant feature of the evening was duet by MT. Ray and Miss Sibley. The picture of Rev. c. c. Painter was decorated and | flowers placed beneath it. The ladies oi the church served bountiful supper The attendance was large stafford. l Tho hnvc houo hoop oniouinn cood