The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-27
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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The democratic caucus for electing
delegates will be held at the town
hall this evening.
Judge and Mrs. J. 81. Reed and
daughter, Miss Alice, started on their
California trip yesterday.
Miss Julia Corcoran and Miss Lettie
Purcell have returned from recent
visit with friends in Hartford.
The Young Pinney's baseball team
defeated the Westford avenue boys
last Saturday morning by score Of
to 3. -.aa
Miss Gertrude Pease gave May
flower party last Friday. After
spending the afternoon in the woods
and fields the party was entertained
at her home.
The marriage of Arthur Slater and
Miss Agnes Lynch will take place
next Monday. A reception will be
held at the home of George Slater,
Stafford Street, at g. 80 a. m.
A social will be held at the Con-
gregational church this evening, with
salad supper at 6.15. The play,
"Aunt Susan JONES'" will be pre-
sented in the evening with the cast as
given last week. Supper and enter
tainment, 25c; entertainment alone,
15c.
Rev. Claude A. Butterfeld of the
senior class of Hartford Theological
seminary supplied at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday. Mr..
Buttsrfield has just accepted call to
the Union church at Ludlow, Mass. :,
where he will assume the pastorate
next Sunday.
The members of Wauseon lodge, I.
o. o. F., will go to Stafford Hollow
next Sunday morning, by invitation
of Rev. G. W. Sheppard, to attend a
sermon in commemoration of the S5th
anniversary of the order. The mem
bers are requested to meet at the lodge
rooms in time to start at 10 O'Clock,
sharp.
At the borough meeting last We'd
nesday evening Mrs. Leon Paul was
voted $3.50, the amount of her claim.
There was very small attendance.
Before opening the meeting it was
necessary to go out and find enough
voters to bring the number up to Is,
the number required for quorum.
A few came in after the meeting was
opened.
The Young Deweys opened the
baseball season last Saturday by de-
feating the Ponies of the Hollow by a
score of II to 8. The Young Deweys
are players from 10 to Il years of
age; the Ponies from 13 to 16 years.
The players on the Young Dewey
team are: J. Lessord, G.; f. Lessord,
p; B. Woods, IS; L. Waldo, L; e.
Woods, 2; E. Green, 8; FL. Busket,
+; D. Green, G; H. Kennels, l.
Charles @. Anderson has a quaint
old Morse's geography published in
1889. A note that is of local interest
is the following -
"At Stafford is an iron furnace, at
which is made large quantities of
hollow ware and other iron mongery
sufficient to supply the whole state. :"
Here is another quaint paragraph -
"The farmers in Connecticut and
their families are mostly clothed in
plain, decent homespun cloth. Their
linens and woolens are manufactured
in the family way; and although they
are generally of course kind, they
are of stronger texture and much more
durable than those imported from
France and Great Britain. Many of
their cloths are fine and handsome -
The book says =
In 1855 the number of inhabitants
in Connecticut was 13O, GIL. In 1774
there were 197, $50. In 18 years the
increase was 81, 245. From 1774 to
1882 the increase was but IL, 294
persons. This comparative small in
crease of inhabitants may be salts
factorily accounted for from the de-
struction of the war and the numerous
emigrations to Vermont, the western
part of New Hampshire and other
states.'' .a...=-.sE Il
Here is another Illuminating ex-
tract -
''The clergy, who are numerous, and,
as body, very respectable, have
hitherto preserved a kind of aristo-
cratical balance in the very democrati-
cal government of the state.
The lawyers get theirs in the fol
lowing -
''It may be observed that the people
of Connecticut are remarkably fond of
having all their disputes. even those
of the most trivial kind, settled ac-
cording to law. The prevalence of
this litigious spirit affords employ
ment and support for numerous body
of LAWYERS. -