The Press., 1904-09-14
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
J.. NJ. Leach is in Boston on bust
ness trip.
b. p Cooley has gone to Maine on
q business trip.
Miss Fleta Cummings of Springfield
was in town over Sunday.
Miss Cora Burwell has returned to
her studies at Mt. Holyoke.
Edward Shea has taken q position
as driver of the express team.
Richard O'Neill has taken q posi-
ton at the Crystal Lake hotel.
w. H. SPEEDING of New York is
visiting relatives in the borough.
Joseph Stuhlbach, the jeweler, is
in New York selecting his fall stock
of goods.
Miss Mabel Weber of New York
has been the guest for a week of Miss
Sadie Comins.
Miss Mary Fontanella of Platts-
burg, Penn, is the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Amelio Cini.
Miss Eva Barrett and her cousin,
Miss Cushman, are spending q week in
Springfield and other places.
Rev. Amos Nichols, pastor of the
Methodist church at Black Hall, has
been in town q part of the week.
The Athletic ball team defeated the
Staffordvilles in O game of ball on
the latter's grounds last Saturday by
a score of Ii to 4.
Harold Parkhurst has returned from
Virginia, where he went with Con-
necticut militia company, and took
part in the maneuvers.
Charles Demond, who has been en-
ployed in store at, Fishers Island
during the summer months, has re-
turned to his home here.
Miss Bessie Stevens of Providence
has been the guest of Prof. and Mrs
E. A. Maynard. Miss Stevens was
formerly music teacher in the public
schools.
A drummers' and fifers' convention
will be held at Crystal Lake ON Sat
urday There will be shore dinner,
and dancing in the evening. Fred
erick's orchestra will furnish music.
Harry Stebbins was before the court
Friday morning. charged with the
larceny of watch from Arthur Dor
sey. The defendant pleaded guilty,
and Judge Parkess made it fine of
81, costs and 30 days at Tolland.
The civil suit of Walter S. Warner
against Myron Kemp was tried last
Wednesday before Judge Parkess. The
suit was to recover $50, which War
ner alleged that the defendant owed
him for wages. After the evidence |
was submitted court adjourned for ] 3 |
minutes. and during the interval War
ner agreed to accept $11 and pay the |
costs. Lawyer Fisk appeared for the
defendant and Lawyer O'Connell for
the plaintiff.
In the severe thunder storm last
Thursday afternoon Frank Barnish,
30, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. The deceased was
Polander and his death was particu-
larly sad, as he leaves q wife and
four children in the old country who
were dependent on him for support.
He was an industrious, honest man
and was valued for these qualities by
his employers, the Keefe Bros. The
accident occurred near the Catholic
cemetery, and one of the oxen that
the man was driving was killed by
woodlot at West Stafford at the time
The funeral was held from the Cath
Ollie church Saturday morning at 8
O'Clock, and the burial was in st. Ed
wards cemetery. N
The problem of arranging q Sun-
day evening service which embodies
the deepest devotion, sublimity, Sim
plicity, yet is so brief that it can
readily be attended without inconven-
fence by church members living even
in remote quarters of the parish,
seems to have been satisfactorily
solved by the rector of St. Edwards
church, the Rev. Felix ]. O'Neill.
Father O'Nein has demonstrated his
ability in parish management along
various other lines, which have met
the hearty approval of the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Tierneys notably in the mat
ter of securing q uniform and contin-
nous church offertory, to which every
member of the parish willingly con-
tributes, yet without feeling their
generous offerings as burden in the
least. Each Sunday evening large |
proportion of his parishioners is rep
resented at the beautiful service which |
he has devised. and in which there is |
a hymn to the Sacred Heart, the Lit
any, Benediction of the Blessed Sac
rament and the closing prayers and
psalms. There is no suggestion of |
undue haste, yet the entire service |
lasts but q quarter of an hour, and as
il begins at half past seven, it en-
ables the church members, even in
this parish of magnificent distances,
to assist at benediction every Sunday |
evening. What Father O'Neill has
accomplished in Sc. Edwards parish
is deeply appreciated by the msmbers
of his church, and what he has &C
complished in the town is realized
and appreciated by people of all de-
nominations As q total abstainer, |
he sets an example which the men
and boys under his influence are
moved to emulate; his labors for edu-
cation, for the Improvement of the
home and social life of his people,
his zeal for the advancement of relig-
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