The Press., 1904-07-27

Town over SUNDAY.
Mrs. B. f. Taylor, accompanied By
Mrs. N. D. Fenton, has gone to hel
cottage at Crescent, Conn. for va,
cation.
Station Agent J. R. Parkhurst is
spending a vacation in northern Yer
mont Miss Dora Todd is in charge
during his absence.
The Rough and Readys played 9
game of ball Saturday with picked
nine of young players, and defeated
them by a score of IL to z.
DIR. and Mrs. Michael Burnham of
st. Louis are guests of Rev. and
Mrs. E. A. Burnham DIR. Burnham
preached at the Congregational church
at both the morning and evening SER
vices.
The first of the series of summer
dances was held at the Springs House
last Saturday evening and proved an
enjoyable event. A number of the
townspeople were present. The
second of these popular assemblies will
be held next Saturday evening.
Summer guests registered at the
Springs House the past week are :
Miss Converse of Boston, Edward
Wilcox OF Boston, r. B. Lewis OF
New York, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis
of Rockville, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Ainley of Boston, Charles Bragg and
son, Earl, of Central Village, w. W.
Adams, Moosup.
Charles Tetrault and Miss Georgi-
anna Borousseau, both of Central
Falls, r. l., were united in marriage
at St. Edwards church this morning.
Mr.. Tetrault is former resident, and
the honeymoon will be spent at the
old homestead in West Stafford. The
newly married couple will make their
home in Central Falls.
The date for the annual excursion
to Watch Hill and Block Island has
been fixed for August 9th. Arrange
ments have been completed for the
shore dinner at Watch Hill. The ball
team will go on the excursion and
play game with the team representing
Fort Mansfield. The Citizens band
will also accompany the excursionists
and will play ON the boat and at the
Hill.
James F. Merriam ON Rockwell
Hill. in thinning out the green plums
ir,F Il e T., h.l
csity to keep tabs on one tree, a
Burbank, and found that he had taken
$50 plums at this one picking. All
told, he estimates that he took 1000
as many more, each, from his Chabot
and Abundance trees. Mr.. Merriam
believes this vicinity has remarkable
adaptation to fruit raising of all
sorts. In proof, he adduces the really
surprising fact that the tremendously
severe winter, just past, did not kill
single tree, although he has young
cherry. plum. apple, peach and ounce
trees, some of them only a year old.
The town school committee held
their monthly meeting Monday. The
board has passed a vote that all new
teachers to be engaged shall be held
on probation for one term. Owing
to the difficulty in securing carpen-
tiers the work of fitting up the room
in the third story of the school build
ing, to be used for the commercial
course, will not be commenced until
August LIST. Miss Elsie M. Russell
of Somers, who taught the Crow Hill
school last year, has been engaged to
teach the intermediate school in West
Stafford. Miss Myrtle I. Worthing-
ton has been engaged to teach the
school in the Patten district. The
filling of the vacancy in the primary
department., Staffordville. caused by
the resignation of Miss Grace Booth,
was left with Alvarado Howard, the
visitor for that district. The COM
mittee has under consideration for the
primary department. at Stafford Hol-
low young lady of several years of
successful experience in teaching
young children. Miss III. Bertha
Squire of Willimantic has been ap-
pointed for the Grow Hill district.
Miss Hattie L. Smith goes to Crystal
Lake to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Miner. Miss
Evelyn Taylor of Hartford has been
engaged for the Pinney grammar
school. In all probability the schol-
ars of the Lull district will be trans
ferred to the Davis district, and those
of the Hall district will be transport
ed to Staffordville. The board ad-
journed until next week Tuesday
Considerable indignation is felt by
local friends of John Crowley, who
recently died in Lowell, owing to the
fact that he is buried in Ware.
Crowley has a lot in st. Edwards
cemetery, and it was his wish to be
buried there beside his brother. His
brother died in hospital in Norwich
short time ago and was brought
here for burial When Crowley put
up monument in memory of his
brother he had his own name put on
it also. Crowley had been a resi-
dent of this town for the past five or
six years and was employed at the
Faulkner mill. About two weeks ago
he left here to go to Lowell for a
visit and to attend to business mat
tiers. Monday of last week he was
found dying on the banks of the Mer-
rimac river, and expired soon after
being taken to the hospital. Charles
Blackburn had charge of his effects
here, and when Mr.. Blackburn saw
the account of his death in the daily
papers he asked M. O'Halloran to go
down and get the body. Crowley had
told Mr.. Blackburn if anything hap
Denod he wished to he buried here