The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-04-03

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The best 90 Shoes for ladies Is thu
Ethel. F. Kreisel.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Miss Teresa Clark of Greenwich Il
spending the Easter vacation at her home
here.
Kirk Rounds has taken a position ir
Wales, and will leave for there the first
OF next week.
Miss Kate Lord and Miss Sophia Brown
are home from Wellesley college for the
Easter vacation.
Miss Maud Beard of Hydeville has
taken position with Miss g. S. Beck
with, the milliner.
Mrs. A. T. Gray has closed her dress
making rooms In the HARDWOOD block on
account of illness.
The hardware store OF Harvey Chap
man will be open every week day evening
hereafter, commencing next week.
Edward Hopkins has gone to Winchen.
don, Mass, to visit his sister. The cafe
is In charge of ]. A. Bradley, Jr., during
his absence.
Advertised letters: Mrs. Q. G. Smith,
Mrs. e. M. McEren, Jas. Panote, K. W.
Gable, Tom Stafford, Frank Chiffee,
Michael Coskisin.
Mrs. A. W. Walker will remove her
household goods to Medford, Mass, next
week, where she will make q home for
her son, Clarence.
William Converse has been spending a
few days In town previous to going to
Arlington, Mass, where he Is to have
charge of an electric light station.
Ohio Brown was called to Holyoke the
first of the week by the illness of his
mother. She is Ill with pneumonia, but
hope Is entertained for her recovery.
William Murray was before the bor-
ough court Tuesday charged with drunk
enness and breach of the peace. Judge
Parkess sentenced him to 60 days at Toll
land.
Michael Shea and daughter, Miss Julia,
who have been the guests of Timothy
O'Shea during the past five weeks, re-
turned to their home In Douglas, Me-
braska, last Thursday.
Messrs. Thurston and Root, students
of Hartford theological seminary, who
recently attended the great students VOL
unteer convention at Toronto, Can, will
speak at the Congregational church next
Sunday.
The reserved seats for the band min
strels at St. Edwards hall next Tuesday
evening will be on sale at 81. s. Abel's.
Admission 25, IS and 80 cents. There
will be street parade at O'Clock and an
outdoor concert at the hall.
w. A. Parrish, a former resident, who
for the past IA years, has had charge of
the carding and spinning for the Glaston-
bury Knitting Co., has gone to Hocka-
mum, where he has responsible position
with the Hartford Blower Co.
The Tufts college glee club, booked for
a concert here next Monday evening, has
cancelled the engagement, owing to the
fact that several members have the mea-
sizes. Those who heard the club last year
will'regret the necessity for cancellation.
Grace church notes Holy Communion
next Sunday at 10 40, when most of the
Easter music will be repeated. II there
are any who have not yet handed in their
pledge cards for the new financial year,
they are kindly requested to do so with
out fail next Sunday. Choir rehearsal
Saturday at 7.3O p. m.
Harold Comins and Miss Emma Kuehne
have been chosen to represent the local
high school In oratorical contest at
Willimantic April IS. Contestants have
been invited from Stafford, Putnam, Rock
Vile and Manchester high schools and the
Woodstock academy by the Die Bessering
society of the Windham high school to
take part In the contest.
A large congregation attended the
Easter night services at the Congrega-
honal church. A chorus of 90 voices,
assisted by Mrs. e. A. Burnham, ably
rendered the cantata, "Priest and King, !"
under the dictatorship of g. A. Ray.
The music was interspersed with the
reading by the pastor, Rev. e. A. Burn
ham, OF passages OF scripture on which
the cantata was based.
Monday the law was off on trout, and,
notwithstanding it was cold, raw day,
quite number Of enthusiasts were out on
the brooks. No large catches are re-
ported, and the general impression Is that
the fish have not begun to run up the
brooks yet to any great extent. F. e.
Fitzpatrick and W. E. Hanley together
caught seven fair sized ones, and Rev. r.
]. O'Neill secured small string.
The local minstrel show at st. Edwards
hall next Tuesday evening, and an attrac-
tion In the opera house the same evening,
has oecasioned considerable comment this
week. A report has been current that
the opera house date was made to hurt
the minstrel show. DIR. L. r. Eaton of
the opera house management says that he
was not aware that the date had been se.
lected by the minstrels when he made the
booking, but 1t is now too late to cancel
the engagement. The minstrel manage
ment has been asked to postpone the pre-
sentation, but the boys refuse to make a
change, as they say their announcement
was made In ample time to avoid the COM
plication.
At meeting Of the court of burgesses,
held Tuesday evening, the subject Of re-
arranging the street lights was discussed.
The plan that Is being investigated at
present Is to take out all the arc lights,
except those on Main street and the ONE