The Press., 1904-02-11
Of Bristol. president Of the state asso.

of Bristol, president of the state asso'
citation of business men. Mr.. Muzzy
interested the business men from the
start. He told some good stories to
illustrate his points, and had some
good points to illustrate. He spoke
of what the state association has done
in the way of legislature favorable to
business men, and claimed that in
union there is strength. The speaker
called attention to the value that the
various business mems associations
throughout the state can be to each
other by exchanging lists of dead
beats. He spoke Of the value of local
association, in that it brought bust
ness men in closer touch with each
other. He cited incidents to show
where competitors had got together on
neutral ground through the organiza-
tion, and advised harmony and a
friendly spirit even among COMPETE
tors. Judge J. Fl. Reed, the next
speaker, advised that the friendly
spirit spoken of be extended to in
clude the attorney. He said that
the lawyer necessarily comes in very
close touch with the business men in
one way and another, and expressed
his qualification that the local attor-
neys have become part of the Bust
ness Mems association. The judge
had been told that gun awaited the
man who used more than ten minutes,
and said that he realized his danger.
Warden Patten pretended to be very
much abashed by his exposed position
on the firing line. He claimed that
if there was a fire escape within easy
reach he would be pleased to use it,
and even went so far as to insinuate
that he would not mind dropping
through the floor, even though the
wash room or soda water room was
under him. Mr.. Patten is not so bash
full as he would like to have people
think. He gave one of the best talks
of the evening in a forceful, frank
and interesting way, and closed with
an earnest plea for standard of citi-
high standards in other lines. Law
yer O'Connell responded for the
schools in a graceful and witty man.
ner. The speaker thought that the
subject of schools does not receive
quite the amount of attention from
the average citizen that it deserves.
1t is here that the future citizenship
is trained and moulded. Mr.. O'Con-
nell gave interesting local statistics
relative to our schools and their cost,
and considers them to be the most
profitable investment that we have.
Mr.. O'Connell told some stories of the
wit of school children, conscious and
unconscious, which were highly en-
tertaining. The last speaker of the
evening, or as he chose to call him
self, the first speaker of the morning,
was Rev. William Morrall, and he
spoke on business relation to religion.
The speaker showed that from the
time of Noah to the present it was a
bad thing to divorce religion from
business. He gave substantial reasons
for the amalgamation of business and
religion. Mr.. Morrall closed in
strong and mastery manner a very
interesting program of toasts.
Stafford.
Rev II. T. Barnard of West Stat
ford will preach in the Universalist
church next Sunday morning.
1t is expected that both the River
side and Phoenix mills start this week
on a four days a-week time schedule.
j The quarterly meeting of the Bap-
tist Ecclesiastical society will be held
next Wednesday evening at z O'Clock
in the chapel.
Joseph Ferry, we'll known resi-
dent of this town, was married in
Somers Jan. 9Th to Mrs. Jennie E.
Drake. The couple are making their
home at the farm in West Stafford
purchased by the bride some months
ago.
There will no preaching service in
the Universalist church this evening,
as the clergyman who was to oficiate
has had call from out of the state
and will be unable to be present.
Rev. J. P. Marvin will preach in
Meriden this evening.
Mrs. Louisa Kline, 70, a former
we'll known resident of this place, died
at her home in Wales last Tuesday.
Funeral services were held in Wales at
one O'Clock this afternoon, and the
body was brought here and buried in
the old cemetery at the Village.
The lecture on Japan in the Baptist
church last Monday evening did not
draw as large an audience as the mer-
its of the lecture deserved. Rev.
DR.. Bennett is an interesting and
pleasing speaker, and his perfect
knowledge of the subject gave addi-
tional weight to his talk.
The committee appointed by the
school board to investigate the neces-
stiles of the Pinney Grammar school
building report that nothing be done
at present. In the matter of fire es-
capes, they say: That for the next
fifteen years there will never be over
fifty pupils in both of the upper
rooms. The halls are wide, with
double doors at each end of the lower
hall opening outward, making exits
ample enough to avoid any danger of
crowding. Any danger from fire must
necessarily come from the basement,
which is kept shut off from the rest
of the building, and the fire would
have TO burn through four inches of
solid floor before any danger could
come to either of the rooms above.
They fail to see how there could be
any danger to life in either of the