The Press., 1901-12-05
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


ing at her home,
Mrs. Thrall and daughters, Misses Em-
lily and Nellie, were Thanksgiving guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Patten.
Archie Simpson OF Fitchburg, Mass,
has been guest Of Allan Brown, who
gave party in his honor on Friday even-
Ing.
Winter w. r. Co.. No. 25, will give
another supper In Memorial hall next
Friday evening from 8 to z. Supper ten
cents.
Misses Annie and Alice Herrin enter
tanned aparty of friends last Thursday
afternoon In honor OF Miss Alice's seventh
birthday.
Mrs. James Burbank of Longmeadow,
Mass, is guest of her mother, Mrs. G.
W. Beckwith. Mr.. Burbank was here
over Sunday.
]. Carl Converse returned to Oneonta
N. Y, Monday morning. Mrs. Converse
and the children will remain In Stafford
until after Christmas.
John s. Smiledge has entered suit In
the superior court of Springfield against
Nathan Washburn for money alleged to
have been expended at defendants re.
quest. The suit Is for $500.
Mrs. 81. q. Eddy, 80, we'll known In
this town, where she had spent the great.
or part of her life, died at the home oi
her daughter, Mrs. VIM. Damas, in New
London of heart trouble last Thursday
Mrs Eddy lived here until about four
years ago. Many years ago she Joined
the Congregational church at Stafford
vile, and held her membership at the
time of her death, never having taken q
letter to any other church. She was ar
estimable woman, and had many friende
among the older residents Of the town
She was the only daughter of the late
Heber Wilton. One brother, D. e. Viii
ton Of New London, and five daughters
survive her. The daughters are Mrs
Ralph Brown of West Stafford, Mrs
Henrietta Pomeroy of Stafford Hollow
Mrs. VIM. F. Damas, Miss Minnie f.
and Miss Lillian M. Eddy of New Lon
don. The body was brought here last
Saturday forenoon, and the funeral was
at IL o'clock from the Congregations,
church in West Stafford. The buria
was in the cemetery In that village.
The following is the report of the re-
ligious canvass of the town by the Con
necticut Bible society:
Since October 10Th every house and
every family In Stafford, with few ex
ceptions, has been visited, and certain
statistics obtained by one or the other oi
two representatives of the Conn. Bible
society, viz. Rev. Fl. B. Roberts, secre.
tary, and Rev. James A. Towle. Mr..
Towle visited the entire borough of Stat
ford Springs, and the two visited the re-
mainder of the town. The exceptions re-
ferred to are as follows:
The only statistics sought regarding
the Roman Catholic families, viz. /: tn.
nationality, the number of persons ant
the number of children of school ag,
In each family, were In many cases OBJ
tanned from neighbors without specia
call. In few cases protestant families
were away from home, and an extremel!
small number were so remote from neigh
bors that 1t was felt that time could no
well be taken for call thus the in
formation regarding a few protestan
families was obtained from others. Apar
from unavoidable errors, we believe WI
have the name, nationality, composition
of the family, number, sex and ages o.
the children, and the church relations O
every protestant family In town. Where
families have stated their connection with
or preference for, a church or denomina
ton, their names are handed to the cler
gyman of such church or denomination.
We have found in the town 1909 fami
lies, including 4O87 persons, of whom 67;
families and 2471 persons are protestant
331 families and 1852 persons are Roman
Catholic, and 6 families and "a persons
are Jewish. Thus, by families, 81 PEI
cent. are protestant and 3S per cent. Ro
man Catholic, while, by individuals, only
60 per cent. are protestant and 40 per cent
are Roman Catholic, the protestant fam
lily averaging less than persons, the Ro
man Catholic nearly 5.
The Americans have 631 families ant
2298 persons, the French 1873 families ant
671 persons, the Irish and Irish American
1853 families and 1853 persons, the Italian
% families and 169 persons. There ar
eight other nationalities.
Among the denominations the Baptist
have SO families and 215 persons, al
though many others, having no Baptis
church within reach, attend with, an,
here are enrolled among other denomi
nations. The Congregationalists hav
21S families and S62 persons, the Episco
palians 80 families and 181 persons, tn
Methodists 219 families and S25 persons
the Universalists so families and 1870 PEI
SONS. Families having no preference
among denominations are 40, embracin
116 persons.
or the protestant children of schoo
age 1856 are in Sunday school, while n
less than 116 are without the religious In
struction.
The borough contains 514 families an
1859 persons, protestants and Roma
Catholics being about equal in number
or, more exactly, protestants are 2ss fam
lilies and 1905 persons, Roman Catholic
1923 families and 1887 persons, and Jews
families and IL persons.
Those who, by their own statement, d
mot attend church are, in the borough
protestant families and 124 persons; |
the town, as a whole, 1876 families an
479 persons. Obviously far create
number attend seldom IL ever.
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