The Press., 1904-11-02
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

OLIVE N. CHAMBKRLN.
For fire Insurance apply to q. D Ide
Stafford.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Miss Kate Knight was at her homI
in Wilmington over Sunday.
Mrs. Edna f. French of Chelsea il
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Hol
than.
William Barnum of Willimantit
IN taken the position Of porter at the
Springs House.
! J. M Shea of Providence has beer
visiting at the home of his father,
Timothy .O'Shea. during the pas
week.
D.J Mccarthy, who is with White,
sDaggett s. Tilson of New Haven, tool
the oath of attorney at law at Rock
Vile last Friday.
A supper and social will be held
at the congregational church parlor:
next week Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Christopher Allen and Mrs. George
L. Dennis will act as hostesses
DIR. James Stretch will leave TO-
morrow for q two-weeks' vacation in
8 Boston. where he will attend clinics
at the general hospital. His office
will be closed during his absence.
Miss Mamie Squires gave a Hallow-
cen party at her home Monday even
ing. Miss Dora Todd also enter
tanned q party of friends the same
evening at the home of Mrs Rafftery.
The Halloween party at the Congre-
gational church Monday evening
proved very enjoyable event. There
was a magic cake, candle blowing and
all the accessories necessary for a
proper celebration of the evening.
Those interested in the future had a
chance to have their curiosity graft
fed. --r -.
Landlord Scott of the Springs House
has made arrangements to receive
election returns at the Springs House
the night of election. Gilbert 8.
Baker will also take returns at the
store of G. Fl. Baker & Co., and with
the aid of a stereopticon will throw
the results on screen in Haymarket
Square
After the harvest supper at the
Methodist church this evening the
dramatic sketch, MAN Proposes, -
will be presented: The man, Capt
Wynter Tor Huntingdon, R. W. Ellis
the girl, Belle Campbell Tor Hunting-
toni Miss Kate 1. Lord; the maid,
Dinah. Miss Ivy G, Eaton. Price of
supper and entertainments. 15c; en-
tertainment alone. 10c. ,.......-.
The series of organ concerts will
be given this winter, without fail
A good number of season tickets have
been purchased. The first concert
will be given in the congregational
church Wednesday evening, Nov. Is,
at 8 O'Clock, by Mr.. Benedict Mrs.
Susan Lord Brandagee will assist at
this concert, playing the violoncello.
Mrs. Brandagee has just returned from
London. While she was there she
purchased a beautiful toned Stradiya-
rius cello and this she will use here
Season tickets may be had either of
G. H Baker 8 Co., or Mrs. @. E.
Butterfield.
The school board met Monday af-
ternoon and organized as follows:
Chairman, Alvarado Howard; secre-
tary, NJ ID. O'Connell; auditors, John
A. Foster, M. d. OsOonneIl; com
mittee ON building and repairs, Ralph
Wiers. John A. Foster, NJ. d. O'Con-
nell; committee ON transportation,
W. Fl. Black. Schools will be visited
81 follows: D. l.. Suenderhauf and
q. Dto'Connell. borough; John A.
Foster. Staffordyille; VIM. Fl. Black,
Stafford; Alvarado Howard. in north
and east parts of the town, schools
not otherwi7e provided for; Ralph
wiers. West Stafford and north and
west districts. if st7'''s <i'l. e
The attraction at the opera house
Thursday and Friday evenings of next
week will be Collins famous moving
pictures A feature of the entertain
meiit will be a reproduction of Fore
paugh- Sells Bros. circus, from the
arrival of the trains in the early
morning until the loading again at
night after the show. 1t shows the
entire reproduction under the canvas,
intending the hippodrome parade, the
tumblers, the performing elephants,
the royal japanese troupe of acrobats
and rough riders and the great char
lot race. Comfortably seated in a
theater chair, you can imagine your
self under the canvas seeing q real
circus, so accurately are the acts re-
produced on canvas.
Mrs. Angeline Dorsett, Sc, died
Thursday evening about O'Clock,
after q short illness, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Harriet A. Hyde.
Mrs. Dorsett was daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Channcey Cotton of Mon
SON, where she was born July %.
1918. She was twice married, her
first husband being Alonzo A. How
1A0s VA bnAo 6oWAs W WHoAA SAAC w eAs
united Nov. IS. 1884. To this union
were born q daughter. Harriet AL
vira. and o son, Alonzo L., both of
whom survive her. After the death
Of Mr. Howard the deceased was mar
ried q second time to Joseph Dorsett
of Monson, Oct. B, 1874. To this
second marriage was born one daugh-
ter, Mrs. George w. Chamberlin, of
Hartford, who also survives her moth
CIR. Mr.. Dorsett died Oct. 81, 1870.
Mrs. Dorsett came of old New Eng
land stock, her grandfather, Moses
Hancock, being soldier in the con-
tinentsl army. She possessed the
characteristics that have made New
England women respected wherever
known Her strong physique matched
her strength of character, as her ad-
vanced age shows. During the past
90 WARS Mrs DorSekk has not beenI