The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-12

weeks vacation.
Frank Harris of Bridgton, Me-, is visit
ing friends In town.
Frank Goff has taken a position on the
electric cars at Palmer.
The girls sewing class will meet with
Mrs. Robinson next Wednesday evening.
The embargo Is lifted and the Central
Vermont Is now receiving freight as usual.
The electric light company has made
arrangements with Amos Gagon to do the
inside wiring on his own account.
r. w. Wynlng advertises in another
column to give private dancing lessons In
the evening at his homo on East-Main-st.
Napoleon Gilman went to Springfield
Wednesday to consult a specialist about
his eyes, with which he is having trouble.
The annual meeting of the cemetery
association will be held Monday evening,
March 23d, instead OF Tuesday evening, as
given on the first page.
Rev. q. s. Davis will deliver the sec
ond part of his lecture on 1.-THE Land of
the Pilgrims" at the Methodist church
next Wednesday evening.
The regular union service will be held
at the Methodist church Sunday evening.
Rev. E. A. Burnham will speak on 1.-THE
Warnings Of Religion, rational"
The artists who took part In the con-
cert Tuesday evening, with several local
friends, had an informal lunch at the
Springs house after the entertainment.
There were ten present.
The house on the Joseph Ferry place
owned by Mrs. Della =. Allen was burned
last Saturday morning. Fire was first
discovered on the roof, and 1t probably
took from the chimney. 1t was insured
for $3.50 In the Middlesex Mutual, and
the loss Is probably thousand dollars.
There will be a social at the Methodist
church next Wednesday. Supper will be
served at six O'Clock by the hostesses,
Mrs. Orrin Converse and Miss Carrie
Eaton. After the supper hour the pastor
will continue the lecture on the Land Of
the Pilgrims" with stereopticon illustra-
lions. Supper and entertainment Is cts.
either singly 10 cents.
The Hartford i Worcester railway
company has Its charter In Massaehu-
$50, 900, to the state. Last Wednesday,
when application for the charter was
made at the secretary of states Office at
Boston, the Worcester & Southbridge
street railway company had secured an
Injunction against the company receiving
the charter, through some slight techni-
cality, but the matter was fixed up and
the charter was obtained on Friday after
hard fight with the Worcester & South
bridge company. 1t Is expected that the
Rockville franchise will be obtained next
week. Mr.. Perkins states that the ma
chimes for the power plant to be located
In this borough and many OF the ties and
other material to be used have already
been ordered. II the charter for the road
from Hartford to New Haven Is obtained,
with the freight privilege, this section
will be greatly benefited.
The benefit concert to Mrs. E A Burn
was attended by large and appreclative
audience. Nearly all the reserved seats
In the house were sold, besides fifty
general admission tickets. Mrs. Burn
ham appeared In four numbers and re-
sponded to several encores. This was the
first time that many of the audience had
had the privilege to hear her In concert
music. As she Ia so we'll known, locally,
1t Is only necessary to state that she rem
dered the none too many selections In her
usual finished and pleasing manner. Mrs.
Brandegee of Pennington rendered two
violoncello solos as only an expert upon
that instrument can do, and was called
back both times. Miss Mazda Louise
Miner Of Hartford, the pianist, accompa-
MED Mrs. Brandegee and very skillfully
gave two numbers and responded to en-
cores. Mrs. Carolyn Paddock Pratt of
Monson, the reader, delighted the audi
ence and responded both times to the re-
call. The last selection, "Vision," a solo
by Mrs. Burnham, accompanied by Mrs.
Brandegee In the violoncello and e. A.
Burnham on the plano, was fitting close
to one of the finest concerts ever present
ed In the borough. .
At the annual meeting of the Stafford
Springs Agricultural society last Tuesday
the report of the treasurer showed the
receipts Of the last fair to have been as
follows: Admission tickets, $3,0Ss.80;
grand-stsnd, $S41.36; trotting entries,
$500 so; ground rents, 81 ,243. 90; poul-
try entries, $120.50; wood sold, $177. 81 !;
state appropriation, $262, 12; miseella-
neous, $16 Al; total, $6,25S 40. 1t is a
very good showing, considering the rainy
weather on the second day appointed for
the fair. The receipts for ground rents
were larger than any year since the asso-
citation has been In existence. The dis
bursements last year were 81, 367.14, in
Guiding the expense Of moving the build
ings, grading the land bought last year
and building the section of new fence.
Over $500 was expended In the improve
ments. The society has cash on hand Of
$3.50, with all bills paid. Many of the
stockholders think that the society should
declare dividend, and motion was pre-
sented for dividend Of So per share and
was voted upon, but the legality of the
vote was questioned. There was not a
very large representation of the stock
present, and the meeting was adjourned
until next Tuesday at 10 a. m, when the
election af officers and other business will
be transacted.
/ STAFFORD.
CARD.-Words are meaningless to ex-
press, even In q small measure, my great
appreciation and deep gratitude to those
who so kindly extended to me acts Of