The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-03-28
The Press office telephone number is


97-22.
Charles Ellis lost one Of his best team
horses Sunday.
Siswick brothers advertise Scotch Col
lie pups for sale.
Dwight Lyons of Eastford visited
friends In town Sunday.
The next service will be held at Orcutt-
vile on the second Sunday In April.
Miss M. E. David win hold her millinery
opening this week Friday and Saturday.
The annual sale of the pews of the M.
E. church will take place next Monday
evening at 7.30.
John P. Hanley will arrive home Sat-
urday from Holy Cross college for the
Easter vacation.
A. W. Walkers spring opening COM
menced to-day and will continue the bal
ance of the week.
Mrs. S. A. Jacobs and Miss Ea1e Dun
bar will leave on vacation trip to Wash
ington next Friday.
There will be special meeting OF the
Amusement club, Friday night, for the
purpose Of initiating new members.
The Young American athletic club will
hold a social dance at their hall on West
ford avenue, Saturday evening, April 13.
People who have copies of magazines
that they do not care for, either odd
volumes or in sets will confer favor by
presenting them to the public library.
Miss J. L. Palmer, telegraph operator
at the Central Vermont station, Is Ill with
the grip at her home In South Windham.
She is getting better, and hopes to re-
sumo her duties next week.
A son, weight 10 pounds, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Fryer of Willimantic
last Tuesday. Mrs. Fryer was formerly
Miss Edith Wright who lived on the
Cummings place for number Of years.
Passion week will be observed by the
Congregational church with meetings ev-
cry evening except Saturday. Tuesday
evening DR.. Goodspeed will give lecture,
and communion will be administered
Thursday evening.
The annual meeting Of the Ladies' Aid
society of the M. E. church will be held
next Wednesday at 4 O'Clock. Supper
will be served at o'clock. Hostesses,
Mrs. F. F. Patten, Mrs. Richard w. Ellis
and Miss Myrnle Washburn.
Gary Bros. have a new machine for
sharpening horse clippers which does the
work with speed and accuracy. The firm
will now be able to keep their own clip
pers sharp and can also take care of their
neighbors in the sharpening line.
The Kings Daughters Of the Congre-
grtional church have assumed the sup
port of young girl, among the poor
mountain whites of North Carolina, who
Is struggling to get a common school ed
ucation under the auspices of the A. M. A.
Cock fighting is not without interest to
quite proportion of the male population
of the town, Notwithstanding the strenu-
Gus legal precautions that have been ia
ken to prevent this kind of sport. A
cooking main In the suburbs Monday
evening drew large and representative
audience.
A carriage owned by Gary Bros. COL
lapsed at the corner near the Savings
Bank of Stafford Springs Tuesday after
noon. The carriage contained a COM
mercial traveller and the driver, John
Grundy. Neither of the men were hurt,
as the horse stopped as soon as possible
after the carriage became disabled
Something gave away, and the men riding
were SO heavy that the body of the wagon
settled down between the four wheels,
making complete wreck Of the vehicle.
At the annual meeting of the Stafford
Springs Cemetery association, held at
the Business Mems association rooms
Monday evening, the following directors
were elected: W. D. Head. F. II. Baker,
G. F. HARDWOOD, Charles Warren, A. L.
Howard, J. W. Chandler, M. J. Eaton,
Il. G. Parkess, E. e. Dennis, Robbins
Patten, GO .Cleaveland, Andrew Wilton,
Alvarado Howard, W. H. Cooley, F. L.
Smith, Lyman Cushman, F. E. Patten, j.
F. Chamberlin, G. G.. Ellis, G. B. New
ton, ]. NJ. Leach, Lewis Mclaughlin, ].
J. Ellis, A. G. Eaton, J. M. Lord, M. B.
Fisk. At the directors meeting the fol-
lowing officers were reelected: Presi-
dent, Andrew Wilton; vice-president,
W. Fl. Cooley; secretary, W. D. Head ;
treasurer, Charles F. Harwood. The re-
ceipts for the past year were as follows
Opening graves, $154.25
Care or lots, 69n0
Labor on foundations, etc., 1925
Sale OF lots, $79O,79
Less land Certificates retired, s45.oO- 445.7s
special requests for care OF lots. 111.O1
Amt. taken from int. of perpetual fund, 10000
$1.1s6.s1
Expenditures:
Paid overdraft at bank, s2as7
TOOL mouse, 1900
Tools, Anon
Superintendent. 800
LABOR. 297.0S
supplies, 22.1S
IS per ct. OF sale Of lots to perpetual fund.- III
special Dequest to perpetual fund, 171.01
CaSn on nand, 291.22
$1,1s1.s1
Amount Of land certificates, $1,270.75.
Amount of special requests for perpetual
care Of lots, 81 1926. Total amount of
perpetual fund, $3,314.19. There were
"a interments last year, the largest num-
Der since 1882, except 1898, when there
were 80. In 1884 there were 30. The
numbers were 10 In 1899, and is
In 1885. The total number since 1882 is
AZ. Superintendent Head Is entitled
to much credit for the excellent care and
of the cemetery the past
year. For the amount OF money expend-