The Press., 1903-08-20
Owen MCCARTHY has been quite iii

but is now more comfortable. : sss
r Miss Susie B, Cheney of Ney
Haven has been the guest of her sister
Mrs J. A. Mix.
William Benton, who has not full,
recovered from his recent illness, wa
again taken i'll Sunday evening. will
pneumonia. He has been very sick
The work of taking the old orgal
out of the Congregational church ha
been commenced, as the new one is OF
the way and will be installed as sool
as it arrives. The church will b,
closed again next Sunday.
There will be golf match at tn,
Country club grounds this Afternoon
at O'Clock between the Springs hous'
team and the Country club team. DIR
L. f. Eaton and F. G. Sanford will
play with the Springs house team.
Il STAFFORD.
A boy baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Linus Putney last Saturday.
Miss Margaret Moore of Wilbraham II
enjoying vacation at her home In Hyde
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Sanford are making
a months visit with relatives In East
Hartford.
George Colburn is making visit with
relatives In Springfield, Hartford, and
other places.
Mrs. P. J. Clark OF Milford and Mrs
Charles Prince and child are guests OF
Mrs. Mary Prince.
Glover's bus carried load of the mem.
bers of the A. o. Fl. from the Springs
to Rockville yesterday.
Samuel Gillis and family OF Wellington
are moving into the little house at the
north end of the bridge.
MIR. and Mrs. George Jenkins were In
Westfeld, Mass, over Sunday as guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Jenkins.
Rev. George Thompson Of Springfield
VT, has been q guest this week Of his
mother, Mrs Emily Thompson.
Herbert Thresher Is attending the con-
vention of the New England Photograph.
ers' association In Boston this week.
Mr. Nelson of st. Louis, Mo-, Is making
his annual visit with the family of Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Soule In Hydeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Gould of Bos-
tor are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Holtham on Stafford Street.
Edward johnson and family of New
Haven have been recent guests of Mr..
Johnson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
johnson.
Mrs. George Hassett left last Tuesday
morning for months stay In the Adj
rondacks, In hopes to receive an improve
ment In her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. B. Beebe and Mrs.
Allen B. Miles of Meriden are making
visits among friends and relatives in the
village, making their stopping place at
Blacks hotel.
There will be game of baseball on the
local ground next Saturday afternoon be-
tween the home nine and the Hawks of
the Springs, and good game may be
expected. An admission fee of ten cents
will be charged, but ladies will be admit
ted free.
One of the best ball games of the sea-
son was played on the local ground last
Saturday afternoon, when the home team
defeated the Wales nine by score of 10
to IA. Score by innings:
Staffords, 21O2 90 4 2 3-14
Wales, 500 8 O 1 0 Ola
The Chaffee family will hold their an
nual reunion at Evergreen park next week
Wednesday, and all bearing that name, or
In any way related to the family, are cor
daily invited to be present. These re-
unions commenced with only very few
members In attendance, but they have
steadily increased In membership until 1t
ls now one Of the largest and most en-
joyable family gatherings held in this
section. With good weather, the reunion
next Wednesday will be the largest yet
held.
The September "Delineator" devotes q
number OF pages to an article on Colonial
Samplers, which recalls to mind the fact
that there are a number of similar souve-
Mrs In Stafford much more ancient than
any mentioned In the Dellneator article.
Mrs. A. II. Simonds has a sampler worked
by her grandmother, and completed Au-
gust 25th, 1885, one hundred and eighteen
years ago this month. The little girl at
that time was between eight and nine
years OF age. The sampler contains all
the letters Of the alphabet, both capitals
and lower-case, Scripture text, Ere
member thy Creator In the days of thy
YOUTH" her name, Pamela Shepherd,
with the date, and Is In as perfect a con-
dition as when worked by the little girls
hands. 1t Is worked with silk on canvas,
and shows good degree of skill In one
so young. Mrs. Simonds has similar
sampler, worked by another relative,
Lydia Shepherd, In March, 1901, that Is
In equally as good condition. This Pa
mela Shepherd was the second wife of
Elisha Alden, Jr., TO whom she was mar
ried October 26, 1900. She was born In
Tolland January 90, 1777, and died In
Stafford October 80, 1s4S Elisha Alden,
Jr., was the son of Lieutenant Elisha
Alden Of the Colonial army, Massachu-
setts troops, and was born October, 1867,
In the house at Foxville which was torn
down by the late Josiah Converse when
he built his new residence. His first wife
was Miss Clarlsa Parker of Coventry, to
whom he was married In October, 1898
She died In Stafford January 25, 1900. By
his first wife he had five children, and by
his second, thirteen-eighteen In all
enough to satisfy even President Roose
velt's ideas on race suicide. Lieutenant
Elisha Alden, who was a son Of Rev.
Noah Alden, was direct descendant In
the fifth generation, of John and Priscilla
Alden of Mayfiower fame, and was one of
tho firof ~ NOT tho xzMrr Arok &ho ok..~r