The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-09-03

Andrew J. Sparks of New York has
been visiting his cousins, J. @. and
Marion Sparks.
What's become of that project for q
special town meeting to see about the
three cemeteries here at the Center
The Misses Georgiana and Harriet
Leonard of Cambridge, Mass, daugh-
tiers of the late Rev. DIR. L. g. Leon
ard of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, are guests at
Charles T. Preston's.
A picturesque object on the crown
of the common is tent that has been
utilized by the Misses Palmer and
Dunning on many summer expeditions.
1t is now pleasant gathering place
for evening musicales.
Mrs. Preston gave lawn party last
week Wednesday afternoon in honor
of Miss Edna g. Pierce, member of
her Sunday school, as sort of send
off to the Northfeld female seminary,
which she enters next week. Mem
beers of the Sunday school and others
who brought ice cream and other re-
freshments enjoyed the occasion very
much. Miss Dunning's guitar and
voice, games, etc., in the evening
were interesting features.
A quiet, unassuming, kindly dispos-
ed man has been a respected resident
a number of years in the person of
Benjamin Gee, who died early Tues
day morning of heart trouble at the
residence of his son,in-law, #. w.
Pratt. He came hither from Provi-
dence, r. l., being born in England
June 1, 1926. He was Mexican war
veteran, the only one in this part of
the county. His funeral will be held
at the house tomorrow afternoon at
$50. The interment will be in the
family lott n the old cemetery beside
the remains of his wife, who died here
/ few years age. He was a member
of Pilgrim lodge, I. o. o. F., of Prov
idence.
south Wellington.
John Wadsworth is home from
Woonsocket, r. l., on a weeks vaca-
ton.
Mrs Maria Scott and son of East
Hampton are visiting at w. E. Bat
tye's. .-
Thomas CLARK of Canada was the
guest Monday of his cousin, Mrs. W.
E. Battye.
Charles W. Eldredge of Indian Or
chard spent Sunday with his parents
in this village.
Thomas Slingsby and wife of Hol-
yoke, Mass, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Gardiner Hall, Jr.
VIM. Ladi has bought the Walbridge
place in Holland. A deed to the prop
erty was given Wednesday.
Mrs. Janette Shaffer returned Tues
day from Derby, where she has been
visiting with her children.
Mrs. Sarah Sampson returned Mon
day from visit of few days with
her parents in Holyoke, Mass.
Regular communication of Uriel
lodge, F. & A. M, next Saturday
evening. Work in the second degree
Miss Sarah Woodwork and Miss
Selma Carlson have been engaged to
teach the two grades of the village
school this coming year.
Miss Florence 1. Allen, returning
to her studies at the Holyoke acade-
my, spent part of Wednesday and
Thursday with Walter Allen and wife.
Oswald LANCER moved his family
Monday into the tenement vacated
by Mrs. O. @. Essex, who will have
rooms in the. tenement occupied by
Charles Johnson
George Bracket returned from his
trip to Prince Edward Island sooner
than he contemplated, because of the
bad weather. He reports a terrible
rough outward passage.
Louie Dimock has entered the Hunt
singer school in Hartford, Homer
Neil, Jr., the Storrs college, and Les
lie, Korper and Miss Lulu Devereaux
will continue their studies at the
Windham high school.
W. H. Hall has purchased a bell for
the school house of Meneely & Co.,
West Troy, N. Y, who have been in
the business since 1926 The bell,
which will weigh 300 pounds with the
mountings, and cost about $50, is to
be delivered within two weeks.
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Miss Minnie @. Riley of New Haven
has been engaged to teach the school
in district No. 1. Miss Riley is a
graduate of the Hillhouse high and
of the state normal school, both of
New Haven. She has taught one
year in CRANKY. The school will be-
gin Sept. 8.
| Contracts for the improvement of
two sections of highway in town have
been let, and the work is to be COM
menced at once. One piece is that
part of the road from the post Office
on the Hill west to the state road,
the other from VIM. Brownlee's north
to this village.
The Manchester Herald prints a
lengthy article, which is copied by
the Rockville Leader and Willimantic
Chronicle, in which is told the story
of three verdant ladies from South
Wilmington who took their first trolley
ride from Rockville to Hartford re-
Gently. The account of the converse
ton of these unsophisticated ladies
with Genial John Crockett, " motor
man, is truly interesting DiEgent
inquiry fails to locate these three
ladies who never saw a; trolley car,
but it must be true. We can imagine
these three ladies smuggling up to the
genial gentleman and whispering this
shameful secret into his pink ear,