The Press., 1904-01-07
Mrs Louis Feddler is visiting in
Montreal.

John Sena has sold his farm in TIN
Roaring Brook district, known as TIN
Benton farm, to Pasquale Tenore fol
$1,000.
William Benton is employed by HI
, Chapman & Co. as selling agent fol
the new bread maker that is becoming
so popular.
: The borough authorities have taker
legal action against the high school
property for not complying with the
bylaws requiring snow to be moved
from sidewalks, also when slippery te
be sprinkled with some suitable ma.
terial The school authorities have
agreed to pay $40 and avoid further
costs. The borough officials wish tC
call attention to the fact that in 1902
a little sand on a slippery walk would
have saved about $5, 600. And while
they believe that in fair trial the
for any claims of this nature, never
theless to avoid further trouble of this
character they will endeavor to en-
force the law, and do not consider the
borough should be at the expense of
employing special policeman to walk
the streets notifying delinquents.
Stafford.
Miss Geneva Dimmock returned to
her school in Springfield Monday,
after spending the holiday vacation
at her home here.
Miss Annie Sheppard left Tuesday
morning for Granville, N. Y, where
she has taken position and expects
to remain for some time.
The Hydeville Ladies' Tea party,
with their husbands, enjoyed a de-
lightful house picnic New Years after
noon and evening at Pasturelands
Farm with Mrs. Crawford and Mrs
Andrew Ledoyt.
Unclaimed letters, Stafford post Of
fee: Julia Washington, Mary e.
Evans, Laura A. Drew, Franciska
Komeysha, E. G. Rising, M. D. Ham,
L. B. Warner, Al Signor Bergesa Gil
orgio, Soltisa Andrias.
The New Years dance in the town
hall Thursday evening was success
full affair, so much so that it managed
to gain about a half an hour on the
new year. There we're a couple of
alarm clocks set to ring out the old
| year at II O'Clock, but there was some
mistake in setting them and they
sprung the new year at 80.
The young people of the Universe
list society are preparing a play to be
given in Memorial hall on the even
ings of Thursday and Friday, Jan.
2Sth and goth. The play will be a
farce entitled, Samantha AL
len at the Court of Fame,' and is full
of incidents that will cause roars of
| laughter. The entertainment will be
fully up to the high standard of form
er plays given by this society. It will
be under the personal direction Of Miss
Harris of Weymouth, Mass, lady
who has had years of experience in
this line of entertainment Miss
Harris furnishes the music, costumes,
etc., and will be here for a week be-
fore the evenings of the play for the
purpose of giving personal supervision
to the rehearsals. This will be the
event of the year in the entertainment
line, and Memorial hall will no doubt
be filled. The prices of admission
will be 25c and 35c.
"Whewl was it cold enough for
your" That query was all right this
time, and the ''oldest inhabitant" has
no more to say about old-fashioned
winters. While it has been steady
cold since the goth of November, this
week has been a record breaker. The
extreme cold started in early Satur-
day morning and about the middle of
the forenoon snow began falling,
with no rise in the thermometer. The
high wind only made the cold more
intense and piled the snow up into
drifts. Sunday the storm continued,
and everything was at a standstill, no
services being held in either of the
churches. Sunday night the Their
mometer ranged from IL to 90 below,
and Monday was the coolest day of
the year, but Tuesday morning was a
surprise to all. People on looking at
their thermometers began to open
their eyes. About the highest of
which we have knowledge was 20 be-
low, and from that it ranged all the
way to 40 below, at the houses of G.
E. Burke and E. M. Wilton. We'd
nesday morning the same thermom-
eters were anywhere from % to 80 be-
low. 1t is hoped that the level has
been reached. M. Browns bakery
team started on it's regular trip to
Wales Saturday morning and did not
return until Sunday afternoon, and
then had to take four hours in making
the trip. Henry Fagg and George
Colburn had an experience in the
storm that they won't care to repeat.
Mr.. Fagg was going to Rockville Fri
day on business, with one of Mr.
Bariteau's teams, and invited Mr.. Col
burn TO accompany him, which he did.
They were to stay over night and re-
turn Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Col
burn went to Hartford to spend the
night with relatives, and left there
on the trolley at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon for Rockville, but did not
reach the latter place until O'Clock
that evening. At O'Clock they made
start for home in the binding snow
storm, and their 'sufferings from the
cold and snow were something beyond
description. They finally reached the
Springs and had the team put up for
rest, and after drinking number of
cups of hot coffee they made another
start, reaching home about midnight.
They claim their ride from the Springs
up to be more trying than the ride