The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-01-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items OF local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years agc.l
Jan 7. 1870.

Oabs - AotVs
James Macfarlane has established
circulating library at his store In Cor
verse's block.
The stone bridge near the depot keeps
crumbling away with each freshet. There
is now but barely width left for the pass
age Of WAGON. 1t hardly appears Likely
to fall more than II has. however. unles 9
the ar. his get further undermined.
Ches'er j. and David G. Holmes have
received their letters patent for their new
beef and vegetable slicer, and propose
to commence their manufacture on an ex-
tended scale, having taken rooms In the
Stafford Loom company's building for tn
p"rnose.
Henry B Avery, a lad thirteen years Of
age. living with Daniel Avery of West
Stafford. while going to the harm to milk
early Monday morning the third inst ga W
4 large cat-owl alight 10 lot near by,
which upon inspection, he found was &C.
vouring a chicken. Having no other
weapon handy, he SHE'D stone, which
coming in contact with the OWLS head.
laid his owlship out. 1t proved to be one
Of the largest Of the kind, measuring some
five feet from tip to tip OF the wings. To
one of his legs there was attached a small
steel trap, with a chain some eighteen
inches long. which had the appearance Of
having been on some time.
Rain commenced falling Saturday even
ing and continued steadily all night, and
all day Sunday until between and 8
O'Clock In the evening. About the time
the rain ceased falling the dam at the
upper reservoir, Staffordville, (known as
he Tuckerville reservoir y which has been
regarded as unsafe for some time, gave
way, causing considerable anxious excite
ment and quite an amount Of damage to
the mills. The rush of water from the
reservoir carried away the dam of the
Home mill, cut an entirely new channel
for the river in front of the mill and carried
away completely the stone arch bridge
just below the mill on the highway. The
dam of the Tuckerville mill was about
half carried away The bank was under
mined SO that the tall chimney and the
dry house belonging TO the mill fell. and
are an entire wreck. A large wood pile
was carried of from this mill, and freely
distributed, with stones and other debris.
on the meadows below. The dams below
fortunately all held their places or the
damages would have been very much
larger than present. The damage to the
two upper mills il quite heavy, and it will
r. quir. something of an outlay to put
them in running order again. Work has
already been commenced on the dams and
will he pushed forward as rapidly as cir
cumstanres will permit. The roads In
this vicinity are In much the same condi
ton M after the Oct ober a nod TIL" ioes
at Stsff 'rdville can not b. l-ss than$6 600.
Words WIS sent to this village Immediate
ly on the giving away Of the rest rvoir
and fears that the whole series IF dams
between this village and Staff ,rGvilIe
might succumb to the pr-sure and send
down upon US an immence volume Of
water, were quite freely expressed, incit
ing property owners to get ready for
great fl .od. The families on the leland,
and In other exposed situations, left their
homes, only one lady daring to spend the
might on the island. However the water
got 40 spent in coming from Staffordvill
that very little riae could ba ohsprv. d L.,
'h- already gr.a'ly swo len stream, ~ d
by midnight fears we're .mostly abated.
The dam at Smith & Chambers tannerv,
rebuilt after the October freshet, was
again badly washed and damaged on SUM-
day.
A. s. Eaton OF Staffordville, who is an
extensive breeder Of choice poultry, re.
Gently expressed to parties In South Caro-
lima six fowls, two roo tiers and four hens
for which he received $40 each.
Born. Stafford Springs, January All,
1870. a son to E K. Taft.
MARRIED -SOmers. December. 30'h,
1869. by Rev. Rufus Understood. o E
P-ase Of Springfield and Julia NJ, only
daughter Lorenzo Wood of Somprs.
Staffnrdville. December 81st, 1869, by
Rev. ID. L. Brown, J. H. Converse Of
Wales and Mrs. Jane Walker Of staff ,rd
Stafford Hollow, January 81, 1870, by
Rev g V. Markham, M. II. Griswold OF
Collinsville and Hattie A. Stanton OF Stat
ford Hollow.