The Press., 1904-10-26
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Edith Bush was at Norwich
over Sunday.
| Prof. and Mrs. George Harmon OF
Somerville, Mass, were guests over
Sunday of their daughter, Miss Ethel
Harmon.
Harold Fl. Comins, who has re-
turned to Amherst, has been re-elect-
ed secretary of the class of 'O7. He
has also been elected secretary of his
college fraternity.
The young women of the Congrega-
tional church are expecting to give
the play, Rebecca,'' dramatized
from Kate Douglas Wiggin's book of
that name, early in the winter.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone company has distributed neat
and attractive match boxes to it's sub
scribers. They are of aluminium.
The company provides the special
match required.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Business Mems association was held
at the Springs House last Wednesday
evening, and the following officers
were elected: President, J. M Leach |;
vice president, David Robertson; Sec
retary and treasurer, r. 81. Fisk !;
committee on claims, W. III. Webster
and Anthony Adams. It was voted
to hold a banquet this winter, and G.
s. Baker, Joseph Stuhlbach and J.
M. Leach were elected a committee
to arrange for the same. The asso-
citation has membership of IS, and
is of much benefit to the business men
of the town in many ways. A COM
mittee consisting of J. M. Leach and
M. D. O'Connell was appointed to
work with Warden F. f. Patten in
an effort to secure a better electric
light service. . ...
Miss Ora Cecil and her leopards,
which were feature of the fair, are
now at Poli's in Hartford. Thursday
of last week Puss, the big Asiatic
leopard, gave birth to a male baby.
The event was unexpected and the
'httle leopard was removed from the
cage, as there was another female
leopard in the cage with the mother,
and it was feared that the former
might eat the cub. A separate cage
was arranged for the mother and the
little leopard was returned to her.
The mother seemed pleased and fon-
died her offspring. The next morn
ing there was nothing left but the tip
of the baby's tail. The unnatural
mother had eaten her offspring. Puss
is the leopard that is SO untractable,
and could be induced to do nothing
while here but form a part of the
pyramid. Leopards frequently de-
stroy other leopard's kittens, but as a
rule do not eat their own.
Lawyer E. NJ. Yeomans of Andover,
who, besides being county health Of
ficer, is the democratic candidate for
senator in the 35th district, is anxious
for couple of joint debates with F.
Fl. Baker, the republican candidate
in the same district. His letter to
MI. Baker follows -
Andover, Conn.,, Oct. 1S, 1904.
Mr.. Frank Fl. Baker, Republican Can
didate for Senator for the 35th
District,
Dear Sir Recognizing that the
personality and principles of candi-
date for public Office are legitimate
subjects of consideration by the voters
to whom he appeals for support, and
that in constituency so widely scat
tered as that of the 35th senatorial
district the electors can with difficulty
acquire an adequate acquaintance
with its candidates for senator, I
hereby invite you to joint discus
sion of the issues involved, to be held
at Stafford Springs within two weeks
from the date hereof, and similar
discussion to be held in Rockville
during the week previous to the cleo
tion. Yours truly,
. E. M. Yeomans.
Mr.. Baker does not pose as joint
He is plain business man,
ready, if elected, to give the business
of the people the same intelligent at
tention that has made a success of his
own. His reply to Mr.. Yeomans fol-
lows =
stanford Springs, Conn, Oct. 81. 1904.
Mr.. Edward Yeomans, Andover,
Conn, Democratic Candidate for
Senator for the 35th District,
Dear Sir Your esteemed favor of
the 18th inst. received and contents
have been carefully noted. desire to
thank you very kindly for inviting
me to a joint discussion of the issues
involved in the present campaign.
the issues between the two
great parties in the present campaign
are so clearly drawn and so we'll un-
derstood by the electors of this dis
trict that little, if anything, could be
gained by either of us engaging in