The Press., 1901-02-07
IN. Valentine lie In New York for a

A. II. Hanson OF Boston was the guest
Of Karl Adams over Sunday.
George Ellie has taken position OF
sexton at the Methodist church.
T. F. Mullen has gone to Rainbow, N.
Y, for the balance Of the winter.
Miss Mary Converse is guest of Mrs.
Marcus Harris at Cambridge, Macs.
Meeting Of the N. G. G. with Miss
Maud Arnold. Saturday at $50 p. m.
Hiram Rathburn OF Monson made o
brief visit to friends In town Tuesday.
Miss Alice Fitton will give crokinole
party at her home tomorrow evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Frazier are re-
son.
The Current Events club will meet with
Miss Carolyn Brown next Monday even
ing, with the following program: Quota
lions; Stoddard's travels In Rome, Mrs.
Cooley; Leo XIII, Mrs. circuit; Her art
treasurers, Miss Newton current events.
Sunday morning after long illness. Mr..
Washburn has been prominently connect
ed with the J. B. Lippincot publishing
company for many years. He was a ma
tive Of this place and generally spent a
part of each summer here. He is sur
vived by wife, daughter and one sister,
Miss Amelia A. Washburn who resides
here.
Miss Blanche Depot was a guest last
week of Mr.. and Mrs. George Bolieau Of
Hydeville.
Mrs. Charles Russell at the Street is
seriously Ill, and not much hopes are en-.
tertained Of her recovery. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kingsbury OF
Hydeville have been visiting friends In
Somersville the past week.
MIR. and Mrs. Linus Putney returned
Monday from visit with Mrs. Putney's
relatives at New Salem, Mass.
Mrs. George Thompson Is canvassine
for several most excellent proprietary ar
ticles and is meeting with good success
In her work.
The fourth of 1.-THE principles OF Uni
versaist lfellowship-the certainty of JUS
retribution for SIM" will be considered
at the Untversalist church next Sunday
evening"
Mrs. Fl. F. Cady entertained the Uni
versalist church choir at her home las
Friday evening, and the occasion was on'
of those pleasant gatherings that are SURE
to be long remembered.
A. Fl. Simonds received by express THU
week valuable White Wyandotte cock
erel from the celebrated Maplewood farm
at Woodstock, VT, the largest combina
tion poultry plant in New England.
Letters unclaimed at the Stafford pos
office: r. Fl. G. Cunningham, Caroline
Emilio, Gretrude Hathaway, Martin Isen
egger, care Of VIM. Smith, Thos. Jeffer
son, Fred L. Riley, Rev. Henry T. Bar
nard.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptis
church will meet for work next Wednes
day afternoon and will serve their usua
supper from $50 to O'Clock, with Mrs
Oscar Sanford and Miss Christina Olser
as hostesses. '..
A wood lot containing some forty acres
belonging to the John P. Herlihy estate
situated at the Village on the west side
OF the highway, near the Hassett farm
will be sold at auction next week Thurs
day afternoon at one O'Clock.
An aggregation calling themselves thu
White Crown minstrels gave an enter
tainment in the town hall Saturday even
ing. The company appeared without an,
advance advertising and this, in connec
ton with the dull times, was responsible,
for the small house, much smaller thai
the merits of the company deserved.
/ George Colbu1n was given a surpris
party by his young mates last Frida
evening. Judging by the size of tn
gathering in front of the post Office, tb
party must have been large one. O
course, Bert Needham was prominent |
the social aspects of the gathering, an
II the youngsters had any better time a
the party than they did In Cady's store
where they were making their purchases
then they must have struck 1t rich.
Timothy Collins was arrested by Sheri
Helm yesterday noon and taken befor
Judge Parkess OF the borough courr
where he was found guilty of breach {
the peace and sentenced to thirty days /
Tolland jail. The trouble was at his HON
the night before, when his daughter, Mrs
Julia Stearns, was obliged to leave tn
house In her night clothes and take shel
ter with the family of Napoleon Barsalo
for the night. There are several conflict
ing stories in regard to the matter an
the sympathy appears to be about event
divided between the two parties.
Rev. George Williams met with gres
success In his work at New Brunswick
N. j., last week, and the following fro.
The News" OF that place will be OF In
teIest:
Rev. George Williams, the evangelis
who concluded his revival meetings Las
evening In the first M. E. church, carrie
with him as he leaves the city the hear
felt friendship OF many people who hav
profited by his words of counsel and 81
hortation. We cannot have too man
visitors like Mr.. Williams, and trust ths
he may be able long to continue the goo
work which he conducted In New Bruno
wick. ... .-.
Last week the following was among tn
items In this column: "E. j. Roberts ha
been conducting considerable of run
mage sale himself for few days past.
That Is just what we did say, and iu,
what We intended TO say, and all the po
sible connection that rum could have wit
t.