The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-03-08
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


10 cents each.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
w. S. Martin has taken a tenement in
Chambers block.
Anthony Adams and Carl Adams are
spending few days at Boston.
E. L. Burr has been in Boston this
week selecting goods for the spring trade.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. a. Webster and Mrs.
VIM. Avery have returned from visit to
Boston.
Eight members were voted into the
Business Mems association last Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. W. W. Lathrop will entertain the
afternoon whist club at her home on
Grant avenue this evening.
Mrs. Pomeroy and son, DIN, who have
been guests of DR.. and Mrs. F. B. New
ton, have returned to their home in New
York.
The Warren Wooden Co. is to arrange
as to close down at noon Saturdays, COM
mencing about April 1.
The Maccabees held a pleasant social
at their hall Tuesday evening Bissett's
orchestra furnished music for dancing,
and there were about 10 couples present.
The ladies' aid society of the Metho-
n lot abr o1l
ing and election of officers in the church
parlors next Wednesday afternoon at
4.30. The regular supper and social will
follow at the usual time.
The Current Events club will meet
with Mrs. George Lawton on Monday
evening. Quotations: Women; "The
Women of Shakespeare by Miss Adams;
Hamlet, Act III, read and discussed;
music. Delegates will be elected to the
special meeting of the Connecticut State
Federation of Womens Clubs to be held
in Willimantie April "a and 25.
The senior class of the high school have
secured for their commencement speaker,
Marshall Livingston Perrin, Phi. D., of
Wellesley Hills, Mass. DR.. Perrin is pro-
lessor Of the German language and litera-
ture at Boston university, and is also
superintendent of schools at Wellesley.
Mr.. Perrin was graduated from Harvard
college at the age of eighteen. In the
same year he became secretary of the
United States fish commission in Califor-
mia. Afterwards he took years work
in the chemical and physical laboratories
at Harvard and received the degree of A.
M. In 1883 he set out for Germany, where
he spent six years studying at the univer-
stiles. From 1885 to 1888 he was lektor
OF the English language in the University
OF Gottingen, where he received the de-
gree of Phi. D., taking examinations in
Anglo-Saxon, German and Sanskript. DR..
Perrin Is not only profound scholar, but
Is also fine speaker. His address, ED
ucation With Purpose" will prove a
rare treat.
The storm last Thursday caused the
streams that pass through the borough to
u.
storm did vast amount of damage to
the highways all over town. The rain
started In the morning and continued all
day. The ground was frozen, and all the
water that fell had to flow off through
the natural sources. No alarm was felt
until the middle of the afternoon, when
it became evident that if the streams con-
tinued to rise the consequences would be
disagreeable. Late in the afternoon
Faulkner Co. were obliged to shut
down. Similar conditions at Rawitser's
lower mill made it necessary to close
down that plant. By this time the stream
that comes from Staffordville was so full
that those who were Oh its banks through
the business part of the town began to
wonder what the result would be. Gary
Bros. took out their horses and carriages
and packed up bus load of harness,
robes, etc., ready for removal If it be-
came necessary. Charles Anderson also
removed his teams from his stable. L.
d. Gary was somewhat worried, but the
water at its highest did not get into his
stable. e. N. Washburn's barn was
flooded, and his horses and harness were
taken to place of safety. The water
entered the cellar of the First National
bank building and extinguished the fire
in the furnace. The cellars in the Baker
block were flooded, and considerable dam.
age done to the various stocks. Smith &
Cooley had water from both streams, and
1t was about two feet In one cellar and
lesser quantities In the two others. Much
stock was wet, and considerable extra
work Is necessary to get 1t in shape again.
The Forestville mill was obliged to shut
down, and did not start until Friday noon.
In addition to the loss caused by the de-
lay, the Forestyille company had about
% cords Of wood carried away. Dennis
brook, which Is usually mild and lamb
like stream, became quite unmanageable,
and flowed across Wellington avenue and
through Demond's lumber yard In very
reckless manner. The losers by the high
water estimate their losses as follows !:
Rawitser & Bro, $4,000; II. Chapman,
$1,000; Smith & Cooley, $500; G.. H.
Baker & Co., $500; Andrew Wilton, 30
cents and two quart vinegar measure;
Electric Light Co., $3.50.