The Press., 1902-04-10
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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Frank Furness has taken position
with Joseph Loudon at Wales.
Regular meeting of Winter W. R. g.,
next Wednesday evening at 7.30,
Bert M. squires and John Mcclure Of
Baltic, visited friends here over Sunday.
The Percy Plunkett company date at
the opera house Tuesday evening was
cancelled.
Miss Hattie Werner is home from the
Normal training school at Manchester,
for vacation.
Winter w. r. c., will give supper to-
morrow from 5 to in Memorial hall.
Price 10 cents.
The streets are receiving the usual
spring cleaning, under the direction of
Highway Commissioner Cushman.
John Roach and John Carter were be-
Parkess committed Roach for 30 days for
vagrancy and drunkenness, and Carter got
80 days on change Of drunkenness.
Several of the teamsters and shovellers
employed by Gary Bros struck Monday
for less working hours and more wages.
The firm refused to grant the demands
and the places OF the strikers were filed.
Chas. D Hine, secretary of the state
board Of education, was in town last week
looking over the public library and ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased with the
library as at present arranged and man.
aged. Mr.. Hine believes that the public
library system of this state Is very val
liable adjunct of the school system and a
powerful educational influence when sus-
tanned and developed along the modern
progressive lines. Mr.. Hine is very anxious
to have the Stafford library listed with
the state libraries. When so listed and
an annual appropriation received from
the town. the library will receive books
to the value of two hundred dollars the
first year and one hundred dollars each
year afterward. Mr.. Hine believes that
the Stafford library is one of the hand
soonest and best arranged libraries outside
the large cities like Hartford, New Haven
and a few other Places. and that 1t COM
pares favorably with any of the small
libraries In the state. He Is very much
impressed with the marked Improvement
taken place In the library every way since
his last visit to town. 1t Is probable that
before the summer Is past meeting of
the state library association will be held at
the Springs. Assurance Is given of the
meeting of the teachers institute here be-
fore the summer term of school closes.
The minstrel show under the auspices
OF the Citizens band drew large house
Monday evening. It was decided to have
the entertainment in the opera house In
stead of at st. Edwards hall, Manager
Eaton having invited the boys to use the
house free of expense. The management
of the house made this liberal proposition
In regard to the house and gave the
minstrels choice of dates to show that
there was no intention on their part to
conflict with local talent. The more con-
venient location of the opera house made
1t possible to draw larger crowd, and
the arrangement proved very satisfactory
to all concerned. A band concert In front
Of the hall preceded the entertainment
and proved pleasing feature. The
trouble commenced with the popular
"Minstrel's Deligh" overture by the full
company. After the gentlemen had COM
piled with the request to "be seated" the
soloists and jokers continued the perform.
ance. Some of the jokes were a little
personal, but this is bound to happen al
we'll regulated minstrel event, and as far
as known no offense was taken. The
songs showed careful preparation and
were well rendered. The second part in.
cluded number of good specialties
prominent among which was the club
swinging by Charles Kretchmar and the
baton juggling by E. RUSSELL Foster
Wynings In his contortion act won heart.
ly applause, and deserved 1t. Michael
Mullins, popular local singer, rendered
''Who Threw the Overalls," and Sullivan
Marsdale and Remmert Of the Lincoln
athletic club pleased the audience with
their act. The cake walk which closed
the program, made astrong stage picture
and the participants lent grace and energy
to the various movements. The orohes.
trail work under the direction of p. Bren.
nan was worthy Of special mention. The
entertainment will be repeated this even
ing at the town hall at the Hollow.