The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-04-04
Miss Edna Reed is visiting friends ii

Worcester.
Mrs. ]. M. Leach is spending few
days In Cambridge.
Timothy o. Grady has purchased val
liable Holstein COW.
Mrs. A. L. Taintor Is visiting with Mr..
Taintor's parents In Lowell.
Frank Furness has opened his bakery
and restaurant in the Gary building.
Miss Alice Reed, who Is teaching In
Willimantic, Is home for the Easter vaca.
tion.
Miss Eugene Lee Is home this week
for vacation from her studies at Pough-
keepsie.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered this evening In the
Methodist Episcopal church.
DIR. L. f. Eaton Is now able to walk,
but Is still somewhat lame. He has re-
sumed business at his dental parlors.
Tickets for the concert by the Tufts
glee club Friday evening are having a
ready sale, and the indications are that
there will be full house.
The banks and several of the factories
will close all day tomorrow, it being a
legal holiday. The stores will close at
II O'Clock In the forenoon.
Miss Minnie V. Fryer and Miss Flor
,noo M Qkon1oxy ~ South Mopoh cfoY
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
s. Wadsworth the past week.
Some of the local fishermen took ad
vantage of the law being off Monday, and
went in pursuit of the little brook trout.
No large strings are reported.
The illustrated lecture on Palestine by
DIR. F. L. Goodspeed of Springfield at the
Congregational church Tuesday evening
was well attended and very interesting.
G.. Il. Baker & Co. have an attractive
window display of tulips, daffodils, hya.
cinths and Easter lilies. There is also In
the window brooder and lot of little
chicks.
Wilbur WEIGH, who has been in the
marine service In China and the Philip
pines, has returned to his home. He has
received a medical discharge from the
service, owing to i'll health.
Factory Inspector Henry o. Nichols o.
Norwich has been in town this week or
his annual visit. He speaks we'll Of the
excellent condition of many Of the fac
tories in town.
Henry o. Butterfield, the hardware
merchant, has finished a thorough coarse
of study under George A. Moore of Pal
mer, and advertises in another column
that he is now ready to correct all defects
Of the eye.
Arthur Blackburn, employed at thu
Faulkner mill, caught his hand in the
machinery last Saturday. Several of thu
fingers were hurt, and one had to b.
amputated. He was attended by DIR. Il
L. Nichols.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be observed at the Congregations
church this evening. Tomorrow even
ing union fast-day service will be hello
in the church at p. m. Address by Rev
Julian 8. Wadsworth of the M. E. church
The annual dance given by the ladies
of the Country club comes next Tuesday
evening. The Philharmonic orchestra OF
Springfield will furnish music. The pop.
ularity of these annual dances In the past
leads those interested to pleasurable an
attending are requested to appear in goli
costumes.
At the annual town meeting at Hamp.
den Monday the railroad committee, after
an extended report Of their doings, asked
for an informal expression as to the sub
ject of stock In any road to be built OF
the line from Springfield to Stafford
Springs, through Hampden, and it re
suited In a unanimous sentiment to sub
scribe per cent. of the towns valuation
all the law allows.
The latest developments In the electric
railroad situations are interesting. Mr.
Chaplin of Springfield was in town Mon
day and interviewed some of those inter
ested In an electric line. He showed tina
he had ample backing to build and equi]
line from Springfield to this town b.
the way of East Longmeadow and Hamp
den. The people he represents are will
ing and able to build from Rockville t.
Wales In addition II Mr.. Perkins lin
does not mate. ialize. The men repre-
sented by Mr.. Chaplin are not connecte'
with the company represented by L. E
Watkins, who has been making an ex
haustive survey in this vicinity the pas
few weeks. The Springfield men do no
desire to enter into controversy witt
those representing the extension frou
Rockville, but would prefer to cooperate
with them. The people who have exam
ined the claims of Mr.. Chaplin, and his as
sociates feel that the Springfield men ar
acting In good faith, and are willing t.
commence construction as soon as tn
way is made clear for making start
The financial standing of the promoter
is said to be of the very best. The peo
pie here would like to have both Spring
field and Hartford connection, and it i
hoped that the two companies can be in
duced to cooperate for such result
There will be another meeting Saturday
at which representatives of both compa
MES and others interested will be present
The outcome of this meeting will b.
awaited with interest.
Grace church notes Tomorrow, Goo,
Friday, there will be morning prayer, lit
any and ante-communion at $50 a. m.
and evening prayer and sermon at 7.3O p
M, and on Saturday, at $50 a. m, Their
will be morning prayer and reading. TIL
services on Easter day will be as follows
z 30 a. M. holy communion. IN IN q m