The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-11-28
Holy communion at Grace church Sat

Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Penny and son of
Springfield are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G..
@. Parkess.
The main belt broke late Monday after
noon at Rawitser's mill, and 1t was nee
essary to suspend operation for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Allen and
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilton leave to-
day Thursday, } for 10-days' trip to New
York City and other places.
George Cardinal, William Foster and
Herbert Barlow are working notices at
the hardware store of II. Chapman.
Mr.. Barlow resigns to go into business
with his brother in the general store at
West Stafford, recently purchased. Mr..
Foster and Mr.. Cardinal are going to Pal
mer to work for Buck 4 Whitcomb.
To-day, Thanksgiving day, there will
be morning prayer, holy communion and
sermon at Grace church at 10 a. M, the
whole service not to last over an hour
and quarter. The offering will be for
general clergy relief fund. All who are
thankful to God for his mercies during
the past year are cordially invited.
The new clock for the library, donated
in memory of Miss Ella Baker, has ar
rived, and can be seen at Burwell's jewel
ry store The quotation on its face is
from "Soldier and Servant" by Miss
Baker, and is as follows: "God has an
interest in this very Identical place where
l am, an interest In seeing that place
well served, made the most of, brought
out fully
DIR. q. L. Nichols has an automobile,
the first to be owned In town. The doc
tor experienced some difficulty In OPP
Grating the machine Saturday, and his
efforts to control the vehicle were watch
ed with much interest by many people.
For few days the auto has been tempo
rarily out of commission, waiting for an
expert to come and see what the trouble
Is with 1t. .-.....s
Mrs. Mary A. Freeman has resigned
her position az assistant in the high
nected with the local schools but short
time, but, owing to her ability and ex-
perience, much regret will be felt because
of her resignation. The resignation is to
take effect after the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. Freeman has fine offer from the
Hill preparatory school for boys at Potts
town, Pa, for special work In French and
German.
With each demonstration of the indi-
vidual interest In the success of the IL
brary in all Its branches, the power for
good is more widely spread and realized.
During the past week the following dona-
tions have been made to the Stafford pub
lie library and reading room: Reference
epartment-Cram's Atlas of the World,
Ancient and Modern, new census edition,
from Charles F. Beckwith. Circulating
experimentation Sherman's Recollec-
lions of Forty Years In the House, Sen
ate and Cabinet, 2 VOL, A 2636-37; Life
of James G. Blaine, by James P. Boyd,
A 1886; The Story of My Life, by Mary
A. Livermore, A 1884; Our New Posses,
sions, by Trumbull White, A 1888, from
Christopher Allen; The Beautiful Life OF
Frances E. Willard, by Anna A. Gordon,
A 5000, from Mrs. Andrew Wilton; Don
Quixote by Cervantes, 2640, from John
sons book store. The reading room de-
partment-Springfeld Daily Republican,
given by Christopher Allen; The Hart
ford Daily Times, given by Louis Rawit-
ser; The Springfield Union, (evening
edition), given by Orrin Converse; Num-
sey, one year, given by James M. Lord i;
The Press; The Monson Register.
To the Editor of The Press To-day
Thanksgiving day, our merchants will
keep as holiday by closing their stores
when at noon, or close on to 1t, thus
giving their clerks only half holiday
instead of whole one, which they are
supposed to have. When will our mer
chants have the wisdom to fall in line
with the villages which have long agt
given up this ancient, but by no means
/
of our people will go shopping tomorrow
morning. But why /? Not because they
cannot possibly do 1t any other time, but
because they kaaoao the stores will be open
If they knew beforehand that the stores
would not be open at all on legal holt
day, but that they would be open till OF
8 O'Clock the night before, they would
''govern themselves accordingly" just al
shoppers do in other places. have ye
to learn any good reason why our mer
chants should not keep legal holiday ii
the only proper way, viz, by closing theil
stores the night before and keeping then
closed till the morning after the holiday
Stafford Springs, Nov 81. T. D. MARTIN, JR.
Stafford.
| An invitation dance is to be given In
Spiritualist hall on Thanksgiving day
evening.
Bert Lamb shot white squirrel 6
short time ago. 1t was a little larger
than gray one.
The ladies of the Baptist church viii
meet for work next Wednesday after
noon. No supper.
| The Ladies' Mission circle of the Bap
fist church will meet with Mrs. Thomas
Black Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Pinney witnessed
the Yale Harvard football game at Cam
bridge Saturday, remaining in Boston I'M
til Wednesday of this week.
| StafYordville.
Mrs. Warren Chaplin will spend Thanks
giving with relatives at the Springs.
Union services will be held Thanks
giving morning at the M. e. church.
Mrs. Jonathan Cummings has gone tt
Springfield to spend Thanksgiving week
Miss Sarah McElrOy was the 0uaaf q