The Press., 1904-03-10
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

of her parents at HolyOke, Mass.
Mrs. John Wood of Stonington
visiting relatives and friends in town
Miss Helen Leach was the guest o
her sister at Manchester over Sunday
Mrs. r. s. Hicks returned las
Thursday from an extended visit il
Worcester.
The ladies of Grace church will
hold a food sale at E. L. Burr's stor'
Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Russell and family, who hav,
been stopping at the Springs House
have gone to Atlantic City for a cou
pie of weeks.
Edward Tetrault, employed by j
| M. Leach, has been confined to hi
home part of the past week will
neuralgia I'm the face.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Country club and the Stafford Col
company will be held at the SPRING
House next Tuesday evening at
O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. O'Halloran, Tim
othy Desmond and Miss Nellie Hasset
attended the special musical services
at st. Patrick's church in Monsol
last Sunday evening.
A pleasant reception was given BY
the boarders at the City hotel las
Saturday evening. There were abou
10 couples present, and music wa
furnished by Prof T. F. Jordan's or
chestra.
A. W. Kingsbury has submitted
plans for the new receiving vault t,
be built at the Stafford Springs Gem
etery which are meeting with appro
bation from many who have seel
them. Mr.. Kingsbury is the onl.
local man to figure ON the job. ant
his price is considerable lower thai
some of the outside bidders.
The union service of the Methods
and Congregational churches will b
held at the Methodist church mex
Sunday evening at O'Clock, instea'
of the week following, as usual
The speaker will be Rev. W. L. Bear'
of the American board, who is sta
toned at Foochow, China, who will
speak of his work in that country
The address will be illustrated b.
lantern slides, many of them mad
from photographs taken by Mr.. Bear
during his work among the Chinese
The meeting cannot fail to prove in
lteresting. e..
The following was taken from
Fibre and Fabric:-
| Mystic, Conn. A certificate of or
ganization for the Mystic Woolel
company was filed with the secretar,
of state on January 81. This Ger
tificate gives the following officers
with number of shares of stock hel,
by each: President, Herman Rawit
ser, New York, $50; vice-president
Simon Rawltser, New York, 23O
secretary and treasurer, Sidney Sis
wick, Stafford Springs, 10. John Ken
nedy holds 80 shares. Cash amount
ing to $40, 600 has been paid in on tn
capital stock and $40, 900 of propert
has been turned in.
The evening with the history Q
Stafford last Tuesday evening was on
of the most interesting and profitabl
meetings that has been held by tn
Current Events club since it's organi
zation, February 20, 1897. The even
ing was very stormy and kept man
away, but there were over fifty pres
ent. The loan exhibition containe
many articles of historical as we'll q
general interest. Among the article
shown were an old fiint-lock gun
loaned by W. B. Preble of Orcuttville
which was carried by his great-grand
father, William Preble, in the revo
lutionary war and the war of 1919;
saddle that was used in the family O
W. P. Bidwell before the revolution
a powder horn carved by Britisl
Subject before the revolution, owne
by ]. r. Washburn; a Nathan Hal
Ichair, owned by Mrs. @. J. Holmes
and an old clarionet on which Clarl
Grant used to play in the old churcl
at the Street. Mrs. J. f. Chamber
lin had quite large collection of oil
books and antiquities. There were
number of relics, including an oil
hymn book, pieces of the old orgal
and arm of a pew of the Congrega
tional church, picked up after tn
flood of March 81, 1877. Herbert @
Thresher, the photographer, had owe
200 photographs, which made larg
display by itself. Many of the view
were about Stafford. His copies O
old photographs and pictures of Stat
ford in the earlier days added mucl
to the evenings program, which con
sisted of the following papers: see
ography, geology and Typography o
Stafford, Miss Kate Lord; "Church
es," Mrs. VIM. Morrall; "Schools,
Miss G. A. Washburn; "Hotels, ,
Miss Edith Cushman; 1'Manufac
tures," Miss G. A. Beckwith; "Rev
olutionary and civil war times,'' Mrs
R. W. Ellis; "The flood of March 81
1877" Mrs. F. II. Spellman. s. W
Page gave a number of reminiscence
of the early days, but mostly referre,
to the visit of Lafayette here in 1924
and suggested that tablet be erecte,
to his memory, as he stopped owe
night at the Springs House. J. r
Washburn spoke of the early days O
West Stafford, and contributed som,
facts in regard to the industries O
that locality. Mr.. Page and Mr.
Washburn are both SO years of age
and they were listened to with mucl
interest. Mr.. Washburn rendered
violin solo. Alvarado Howard in al
interesting manner described the earl,
layout of the roads in the borough