The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-05-23
UNION.

at station.
UNION.
Decoration day services will be held at
the Congregational church on nearly the
same plan of past years, consisting of
speaking, recitations and vocal music,
services to commence at 2 p. m. Ladies
are requested to leave flowers and
wreaths at E. w. Upham's. The decora-
ton OF the graves In the center yards
will take place at 100. All old veterans
of the civil war and ourslate wars are in
vited to take part in the observance of
the day.
Mashapaug.
Gilbert Willis of Loudville was guest
of J. W. Winch over Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Alvarado Howard have
opened their cottage at Maryland park.
The local Grand Army post, ID. P. Cor
bin, No. IA, will worship at the Congre-
gational church, Union, on Memorial
Sunday, May s6.
The friends of Constable Fred Moore
will be pleased to learn that the hopes
are strong that he will recover fully from
his recent injury.
The Literary Circle will meet at the
Congregational parsonage, Union Center,
on Friday evening. The study of Dick
ems will be continued.
In harmony with the request of the Y.
M. G. A. to pastors generally, the pastor
of the M. E. church will preach special
sermon next Sunday morning in behalf
Of the young men of the land.
sOMERs.
Dr. A. L. Hurd has bought a new bay
horse.
Miss Amelia Wood visited friends in
Ellington last week.
Charles Wardwell has taken position
in Hampden, drawing ties and lumber for
Sidney Chaplin. His family will remain
in Somers.
Mrs. Albertus Harwood of Wales,
Mass, arrived at her brother, J. W.
Eaton's, Tuesday evening for several
| weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Needham and Mr..
and Mrs. q. s. Fuller started Tuesday
for an eight days trip to the Pan-Ameri-
lean exposition.
Miss Martha Hersey, the high school
teacher, Is to make an innovation in pre-
pairing her scholars for graduation at the
close of the summer session.
Fred Fields and son have disposed of
their 1899 tobacco, amounting to 5000
pounds, to Hunting & Sons, tobacco deal
ers In Hartford, at IA cents through.
Orville Hum, who has taken the con-
tract for road repairing In Somers, began
last week Thursday on the south road,
and will extend the repairs in this direc-
ton to the Ellington boundary.
The pulpit was supplied Sunday by a
younger brother of Rev. w. j. q. Ralph,
the pastor Of the Congregational church,
in order to help him out with his busy
work of packing and moving to Somers
| the 1OllOWlng week.
Mrs. Bissell of Springfield has arrived
at the old Dea. Pomeroy homestead on
the mountain for her annual summer So
journ. She will make various improve
ments, adding bay window, etc. A sis
ter and other friends will be with her, as
usual, considerable of the time.
News has been received of the death of
Albert Griffin, IS, at his home in Meriden
this week of pneumonia. He was taken
sick in New York last week, and return
ed to his home Friday evening. He was
a resident of Somers for many years, and
married Miss Emma Wood, niece of DR..
Gardner Wood. For some time he owned
and drove the stage to Thompsonville,
which he bought of the old veteran stage
driver, John Bond. In Meriden he was
in the tea and coffee business. His body
was brought to Somers this noon for
burial in the north cemetery.
Jerre Worthington, farmer at North
| Somers, has been so troubled in losing
chickens that he set watch and found
that foxes were carrying them off. He
found a burrow, in which he set trap,
and also In all of the paths leading to 1t.
He succeeded, as a result, in catching
two old foxes and four young ones, but
he knew there were more in the vicinity.
Monday, Fred Worthington, his son, went
out with his uncle, John Anderson, to re-
connoiter, Mr.. Anderson carrying his
gun under his arm. AS they were ap-
preaching each other, in some way the
gun was discharged, and nearly the whole
charge went into Fred's foot, near the in
step, causing a serious wound
Resolutions adopted at the last meeting
of Somers grange:
| WHEREAS, In the providence of God,
our worthy lecturer, Mrs. Bertha Frances
| Avery, is removed from us by death,
therefore be 1t resolved that,
| FIRST, We, the members of Somers
grange, recognize and attest her sterling
| qualities as a patron, and her marked
efficiency as an officer, and we hold in
| grateful remembrance her untiring devo-
ton to the interests of our order.
SECOND, Deeply impressed with sense
of incalculable loss, the grange extends
Its sympathies to the family of the de-
ceased, for whom the event has the still
sadder significance of personal bereave-
ment.
A: w. K1BBE,} for the grange.