The Press., 1901-06-06

IIlOuQ6 bOWA Miss Florence Webster was in New York over Sunday.
 Edward Willis of Springfield was in town for brief visit last week. Napoleon Archambault has taken po- sition as clerk at the Springs House.
 Miss Ray Lubin of Worcester is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Frank Simmons.
 Henry Huden, recently employed in Chicopee, is spending vacation in town.
 Carpenters are putting in a new floor in the smoking room at the passenger station.
 Miss Mabel Foster has returned from a visit with MT. and Mrs. D. w. Foskitt in Brimfield.
 Mrs. George Cardinal is away for two weeks, visiting relatives in Willimantic and Montville.
 Mrs. Samuel Taylor of Worcester Is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. George Siswick.
 Abraham Maine, who resides at the Foster homestead, fell and broke his right arm last Friday. Three hundred feet of new hose have been added to the equipment of the fire department this week. MT. and Mrs. Rumrill and son of Springfield and MT. and Mrs. Walter Bradbury are guests of Mrs. l.. J. Horton.
 Patrick Joyce caught big pickerel in Dr. Mann's pond one day this week. It was about 30 inches long and weighed 5 pounds and one ounce.
 Regular monthly meeting of A. O. H. Sunday, at p. m., at which the annual election of officers takes place. Members are requested to attend. Nearly car load of people from here attended the Forepaugh & Sells circus at Willimantic last Friday. and all were much pleased with the show. It has been decided to hold the festival at St. Edwards for two nights, but not | the same week. The first session will be some time in the third week in June, and the second date is July 4th. Samuel Brand, who lives near State Line, while handling revolver Memorial day, shot himself through the hand, in- | flicting painful but not necessarily dan gerous wound. Dr. c. B. Newton was called to attend the wounded man. Keefe Bros. are using steam road engine for hauling lumber from the Rock well lot to the railway station. The horses do not take kindly to the outfit, but will probably get used to 1t in time. D. K. White of Chicopee was here last Tuesday and planned 8 nine hole course on the golf grounds, so as to use the new section. Another plan, which leaves the six holes as they are now, with possibly slight change, and provides for the three additional holes mostly on the new ground, is also being considered A joint meeting of the board of governors of the Country club and the board of directors of the Golf company will decide on the layout next Saturday afternoon.
 MT. White is fine golf player and teacher, and if enough of the members desire he will come here and give indi- vidual lessons. Any member desiring to take lessons is requested to notify J. H. Valentine, captain of the golf team.
 Stafford.
 There will be dance at Evergreen park tomorrow evening.
 Charles Connors of Monson was at home over Memorial day.
 Reuben Burley of Holyoke was guest of his daughter, Mrs. B. H. Plnney, over Memorial day.
 MT. and Mrs. Gilbert Chaffee and son, Charles, returned to their home in Hart ford yesterday.
 J. G. Wightman has had a telephone put into his residence and is now connect ed with the circuit.
 Mrs. Mary Spooner very much needs the services of capable woman and has an advertisement in another column. Rev. o. M. Fisher, Ph. D., of Canton, Mass, will preach in the Universalist church Sunday morning in exchange with the regular pastor of the church. As evidence that the trout have not done biting is the fact that Homer Lord tried his luck last Friday and brought in @ string of twenty two handsome fish, The Gilbert Chaffee auction last Satur- day drew large attendance of buyers, and nearly everything sold brought good prices. The home place was purchased by Samuel Rockwell for $7OO.
 Unclaimed letters in Stafford post of flee: Lucretia E. Dyer, 3 for Mrs. Hester Payne, MT. Hages, Gusti Johnson, Thorn ton Rhone, l.. A. Turner, Louis Ottis, Joseph Sorette, Toni Trybilovier, Alonio | Conetto.
 Mrs. George Thompson received invi tation cards this week to the wedding of her nephew, Dorrance Colburn. The wedding occurred at Mystic yesterday, and the bride was Miss Katherine Pierce of that place.
 Pastor Williams subject on Sunday morning will be "A walk in the R. gar den," and in the evening the subject will be Americas most popular sin, and not l drink at that" Rev. and Mrs. Williams will sing at the evening service. The general rule of unpleasant weather held good on Memorial day, rain falling nearly all the time during the exercises in Hillside cemetery. Some interesting ex- ercises had been planned for the occasion, but owing to the storm everything had to | be cut short.
 | Miss Minnie Roberts is in Chicopee Falls attending the wedding ceremonies of her sister, Dora MT. and Mrs. Ga-