The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-04-24
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Walter ]. Nichols drove up to visit his
parents Sunday.
The Congregational ladies held pleas.
ant social last evening.
Former Mail-driver Spooner of West
ford was In town last week.
Mabel Clark Is making three-weeks'
visit with friends In Boston.
A Willimantic party advertises the late
.Legrand johnson farm for sale.
At this writing 1t seems as If mild and
general spring weather had come again.
A German family now own and occupy
the Henry Felch place, near the Ashford
line.
Its good thing to have backbone In
many directions, but be careful you don't
fall over backwards.
Mr.. Wait has left Geo. G. Sparrow's
and has moved into the house with Mr..
Edwards at Osborne's Mills.
Mr.. Gross Of New York recently came
up to look over his farm, the late Leon
ard Holt or Davis Baker place.
Two persons were proposed for mem
bership In the Congregational Y. P. s. G.
E. at the last meeting, Sunday night.
Parties from Storrs came up to attend
the memorial services Sunday, but were
late, having heard that the service would
be held at 2 O'Clock p. m.
The children over eight years of age
belonging to the congregation are invited
to meet Mrs. Gardner at the parsonage
Saturday afternoon, Goth inst.
The state V. P. of the Baptist Women's
Home Missionary society, in her annual
report, compliments Mrs. Preston, the
Ashford associational directress, for the
best work in the state.
Widow Daniel Eldridge has been visit.
ing her daughter In Stafford Springs,
Miss Wood, who has spent the winter
with her, next to her sisters, Tolland
side. Miss Wood was not we'll when she
left.
In the Glass Factory old homestead
Item of last week this should have been
said: "The Nicholas Whitford and Dea.
Henry Whitford farm by Widow Legrand
johnson; the John B. Whitford place by
E. G. Richardson"
r. +. Cartier's horse got loose In Rock
vile last week, and in trying to catch
him he was thrown, and was unconscious
for time under local physician's care.
The enterprising travelling merchant is
on his route again, as usual.
The diphtheria excitement has abated.
The little girl is recovering, and her little
brother, who was taken down, has the
disease in mild form. Quarantine is
yet maintained, and strong hopes are en-
tertained that the epidemic need spread
no further.
Gertrude Davis is with her grandpar.
ents at Palmer, Mass, where she Is at.
tending school. Her brother, Walter, is
pupil at the Conn. Ag'l college in Storrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oldy, the grandparents,
did not visit at the Davis's, as recently
stated in this column. They were ex.
peeted, but sickness prevented.
We have now and then missed maya.
zines, notably The Century, on the short
route from Stafford Springs hither. And
now pair of gold lenses sent here from
Hartford has been fllehed from the mails
A U. s. mail inspector will have to visit
these parts soon, perhaps. Whoever has
got those spectacles will have jolly time
seeing through them, we guess.
The present squabble over town repre-
sentation in our constitutional convention
reminds us of the contest In the u. s.
senate, 1t finally resulting in equality oil
representation by very close vote, Della.
ware and Rhode Island, New York and
Pennsylvania, for instance, being treated
alike. Our own Ellsworth was an import.
ant factor in bringing about the result.
An interesting feature of the last mid.
week prayer meeting was the talk OF
Rev. Charles L. Chamberlain, the new
pastor of the churches in Westford vii.
lage and North Ashford. He, with his
family, wife and three children, Is soon
to remove to the latter place for perma.
nent residence. He Is an old friend and
schooimate of Pastor Snow, coming hith.
er from Lynn, Mass.
English conservatism will not permit a
telephone within the precincts of the
Bank of England. Largely on account OF
this national trait, and chiefly on account
of the foolish notion of the labor unions
the trade Of the United States with Eng.
land the last year was $48S, 900, 900 In
our favor. And this commercial In.
vasion" of England, as well as of all Eu.
rope, is going on with rapid strides.
We have advocated over and over in
our school reports the following, which
appears In the last annual report of the
state board of education:
The union of schools and the convex.
ance of children has always resulted In
large and better schools and In decreased
expense. Ii this process can continue un-
til In all possible cases there is one central,
well equipped, well taught school In a
town, the children will obtain a better ed.
ucat1on and economical administration OF
schools will be promoted.
An unusually large congregation was
present In the Baptist church last Sun.
day to listen to the memorial services,
which were as follows: General remarks
by the pastor; the late Legrand John
son, Geo. A. Cosgrove; Mrs. w. F. Shat
fer, Mrs. Louisa M. johnson; Mrs. Hayes,
Mrs. A. D. Dimock; Judge Holman, C.
L. Preston; Miss Jenny Golding, Mrs.
Annie A. Preston-all these short ad-
dresses eulogistic of the deceased. The
hymns used: "Hear what the voice of
heaven proclaims," "How firm a founda-