The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-10-17

OtOfES, lS now Coacnlng the tlilag6 I'LL
school.
s. P. Morrison, with the help of F. ID.
Preston, is shingling and otherwise re-
pairing the store and post office.
There will be social at the Baptist
church parlor next Tuesday evening, the
22d. Supper will be served, as usual.
ALI are invited.
The fifth annual meeting of the W. G.
T. u. will be held at South Wellington on
Saturday afternoon at 8 O'Clock. A good
attendance is desired for the election of
officers and to choose delegates for the
state convention, which is to be held at
Bridgeport, October 1881. Also at this
meeting the membership will close, and
the result Of the captains work will be
made known.
South Wellington.
Mrs. Stephen Slingsby is visiting in
Hartford.
Miss Fannie Denman spent last Sunday
and Monday in Norwich.
Judging from reports, the hunters are
finding gray squirrels in plenty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles o. Latham spent |
Sunday as the guests of Francis Pease in |
Some1s.
Rev. Charles L. Snow left town for New
Britain last Monday to attend the Baptist
state convention.
The finishing touches are being put on
Joseph Kingsbury's house, in the way of
hanging doors and blinds.
Gardiner Hall, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
II. Hall and Misses Ida and Lizzie Hall
left last Monday for the Pan-American
exposition.
A large party of young men from this
village went out on coon hunting expe-
| dition last Saturday night, but the only
coon they got was pole cat.
Just now Third Selectman Johann Oh
dershaw is wondering whether he would
rather have those thirteen tramps settle
on him all at once or one at time.
The W. G. T. U. hold their annual
| OuoAACOS uOOG1uS Ill buO udll OdGuIOdy
ternoon at 8 O'Clock. The election of Of
ficers will be included among other bust
ness, and a full attendance Is particularly
| desired.
Evidently the question: From which
source, observation and experience, or
reading and study, may the most be
learned? was not settled by the debaters
Monday night, for the question Is still
being argued wherever two or more meet.
The following were appointed last Sum-
day by the members of the Sunday school
as a committee to make arrangements
for the entertainment of delegates to the
North Holland Sunday School union meet
ing, to be held in the hall Wednesday af-
ternoon and evening, Oct. 80. Miss Ida
Hall, Miss Maggie Brownlee, Walter Al
len I'd, Miss Lena Korper, Mrs. Phoebe
Gurley.
Owing to the rainy weather the attend
ance at the opening entertainment of the
L and D. society Monday evening was
rather slim, but those who did attend
heard good debate. The speakers were
John Wadsworth and .Wolcott Potter for
the Affirmative, and George Morrison and
Walter Allen I'd for the negative. The
decision was awarded to the affirmative.
The speakers, without any exception,
made fine showing, and considering the
i circumstances they did remarkably we'll.
We hnno fn hoor fhono oooin of iuno
when the size of the audience will be
worthy of their efforts. ALI other enter
} tainment which had been arranged for
was necessarily postponed. The next de-
bate will probably occur Oct. 28th.
Moose Meadow.
i Joe Rider and family have moved from
this place to Stafford Springs.
Mrs. Jason Allen has returned from a
visit with her cousins In Chaplin.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Tereney of Watch Hill
visited at Jason E. Aliens last week.
Il William Ruby has purchased the So
called Pearl place. 1t is very large
farm.
Rally day will be observed at the M. E.
church in this place next Sunday. Exer-
cises will commence at $50.
DR.. and Mrs. Clark and daughter OF
Bellingham, Mass, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Bates Wednesday.
Mrs. Calvin Rider met with serious
accident last Saturday. She was assist
ing her husband in the care of the COW,
when in some way the rope got around
her foot, throwing her down and breaking
her shoulder. DR.. Frank Newton of Stat.
ford Springs was called and reduced the
fracture. Their son, Charles Rider oil
Rockville, came here Tuesday, and or
> his return was accompanied by his father
and mother, who will make their home
with him this winter.