The Press., 1903-06-04
Mrs. 0barles taichmond and Miss Ger.

E. u. Plnn6y, over M0mOrlaI uay.
 Mrs. John Wood of Stonipgton has been guest this week of Mrs. Clara Cummings and Mrs. Lucy Wadsworth.
 Good sharp frosts again Sunday and Tuesday mornings and what little vegeta- ton there Is left is of very little account
 Andrew Ledoyt says he can go Johnny Shinnehan one better. He has dog that has treed two woodchucks at different times. ...
 Thos. Mcdonald of Rockille, former employe of the Riverside mill, was in the village this week. Toms face is just as pleasant and smiling as ever.
 Unclaimed letters, Stafford post office : Etta O.. E. Boyd, Ida M. Pond, 0. E.. Messick, Charles Carpenter, Rev. 0. F. Stinson, H. Cambell, Felice Morsa.
 The Baptist society has been making some much-needed improvements to the parsonage, and have also converted the west end of the horse shed into a carriage house for MT. Shephard's use.
 Miss Addie Rsthbone of Hebron Is a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. G. Wightman. Mrs. Asenath Williams and Mir. and Mrs. H. E. Downer and child of Willimantic were also guests at the Wightman home- stead over Memorial day and Sunday.
 There has been quite a case of juvenile thieving in the village and nearly all the tools in Worthlngton's blacksmith shop have disappeared as consequence. The boy gained an entrance by crawling under the building and up through hole in the floor.
 The Christian Endeavor society will hold 8 "festival of the five senses" at the Baptist church tomorrow evening. No admission will be charged, hut Ice cream and home made candy will be on sale. Come and bring your five cents
 You can hear, you can feel,
 Taste, see, or smell;
 Whatever you do,
 Twill please you we'll"
 Monroe Brown, former resident and we'll known here, Is critically i'll at his home in Hartford, No. 185 Sigourney street, from the effects of a paralytic shock received last week. His throat is partially paralyzed, so that he cannot speak, and he Is able to take only limit. ed amount of nourishment. He lies in a comatose condition, and there Is little hope of improvement. MT. Brown Is SC years of age.
 Henry Gay, an employe In the finishing room at the Poenix mill, met with bad accident Tuesday. He was at work around the dryer, when the machinery unexpectedly started and caught both hands in the gearing. They were terribly mangled, and as result he loses three fingers on one hand and one on the other. Dr. c. B. Newton had charge of the case and the wounds are doing as we'll as could be expected.
 Serene E. Dwight, one of Stafford's oldest and most valued citizens, died at his home last week Thursday noon after 8 long illness of 8 complication of die eases incident to old age, the immediate cause of his death being uremic poison ing. The deceased was born in Belcher- town, Mass, November 12, 1895, and be- came resident of this village in 1844 He has always lived here since that time, though he was employed for short time in Rockville at the carriage shop of Wm. West. He was married October 31, 1S47, to Miss Martha Francis, who survives him, as also do two daughters, Mrs. Nella Weston, who lives at home, and Mrs. W. H. Hassett of Worcester. MT. Dwight, known to everybody, old and young, as "Ed," had host of friends and no ene- mics. His life had been a blameless one, and his presence will be greatly missed by a large circle of warm, personal friends. He had been continuous occupant of the house in which he died for over forty seven years, and was the last surviving member of his fathers family. MT. Dwight was veteran of the civil war, being a member of company D, 25th Con necticut volunteers, in which he enlisted August 31, 1862. He served with credit to himself and company in the army of the Gulf, under General Banks, and was engaged in the battles of Baton Rouge and Irish Bend, and also at the siege of Port Hudson, receiving his discharge August 26, 1863. During the latter years of MT. Dwight's life he had charge of the Pinney Grammar school building, until failing health caused him to resign his position. He had endeared himself to the children, who keenly felt their loss of kind and considerate friend. Funeral services were held at the house Sunday ak q 1al4 IT officiating. A favorite poem of the de- reclted by MT. Marvin. Beautiful cut flowers and floral emblems were in profu- sion, among them being handsome pieces from the pupils of the Plnney Grammar school, the Grand Army, and others. The burial was in Hillside cemetery, and here the Grand Army had charge of the ser. vices, the full ritual work of the order being used. A quartet composed of Mrs. Fl. F. Cady, Mrs. E. H. Pinney, F. A. Lasbury and E. H. Pinney, beautifully rendered the selection, "Sleep Comrade Sleep," at the grave. Among the rela. tives from out of town In attendance were Mir. and Mrs. W. H. Hassett and daugh ter, Lillian, of Worcester, and David Ruby and other members of his family from Norwich.
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 Will Carleton, the popular poet anC lecturer at NJ. E. church, Stafford Springs Wednesday evening, June 10. See ad.
 Otto Serno was In Boston Monday.
 George l.. Eaton Is home from MoosuI for three or four weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Adams visited relatives over Sunday at Stafford Springs
 Charles Cady of Old Mystic, formerly of this place, spent part of last week with friends here.
 The Sunday school of the Congrega tional church will give a concert and ex ercises appropriate for the occasion or Children's day, June 14th.
 The meeting of the Y. P. s. c. E. will be led by Herbert A. West Sunday even ing. Subject, "Modern lessons from the Rechabites." (Temperancp). As this is the monthly conservation meeting, 1t is