The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-14

n0V. u. z. maTVlu anu Iaml4y Will
leave Monday for few days visit in
| Dorchester, Mass.
John G. Wightman makes announce
ment in another column of his large
: spring stock of carriages, wagons, etc.
Topic for the Y..P. @. U. meeting
next Sunday evening will be every
day religion. :" Leader, Miss May
Colburn.
Rufus J. Leonard, the subject of
the following clipping from the
Ellington correspondent of the Hart
ford Courant, is we'll known here.
He was born and grew to manhood and
married his first wife in this town.
He is member of the Stafford Leon
ards, being own cousin to the late
Milton Leonard: "Rufus J. Leonard,
an aged resident, has left town, and
his whereabouts is unknown. Mr..
Leonard recently sold his home to
John @. Miller, and last week COM
pleted moving to the Newell house.
Late in the week he went to Hartford
to secure payment for a tobacco crop,
and later wrote to his wife from
Springfield, Mass, informing her that
he should not return. Mr.. Leonard.
who is rs years old, is a native of
Stafford, and once represented Toll
land in the general assembly, but for
the past fifteen or twenty years has
lived in Ellington. Mrs. Leonard,
who is a native of New York, is his
third wife, and is about go years old.
Mr.. Leonard recently sold his farm
and moved to a tenement near the
center. as his advanced years and
severe attacks of rheumatism rendered
it impossible for him to work the farm
longer
stanordviIle.
Schools began Wednesday.
Fire escapes have been put on the
school building.
Mrs Glare L. LeMonde visited in
East Brookfield, Mass, last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis West on Monday.
Miss Ella Baker of Wales has &C.
cepted position in the Hope mill.
Rev. I. P Booth of Morrisville,
VT, was in town Friday visiting rel
atives.
Newell Delphia recently caught a
trout one foot and two inches in
length. weighing one pound and three
quarters.
Next Thursday evening the Ladies
Aid society of the M. E. church will
serve supper.
Sunday evening the Epworth League
subject will be "The Transforming
power of Christi Leader, Mrs.
Grant Hammer.
Mrs. 9. L. LeMonde and Mrs. B.
B. Paine, in another column, adver-
tise to dispose of their household
goods at private sale.
Rev. Arthur Clemmens from the
Hartford Theological seminary at
Hartford preached at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday.
This evening the Ladies' Aid socie-
ty of the Congregational church will
serve supper. Hostesses, Mrs. Clar-
ence White and Mrs. VIM. Royce.
The engagement is announced of
Harry Garfield Cady, formerly of
Staffordville, to Miss Amy Taylor
Hoxie, daughter of @. H. Hoxie of
Mystic.
The Y. P. S. @. E. meeting Friday
evening at Z O'Clock. Topic. GLOW
Christ transforms lives,'' Romans
IL: 1,2; Phil. 1920, p. Leader,
Mrs. A. Arthur West.
At the annual meeting of the La
dies Aid society of the Congrega-
tional church the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs Frank
A. Brown; first vice. president, Mrs.
R. M. Chamberiin; second vice-p pres
ident, Mrs. A. Arthur West; third
vice-president, Mrs. James Swift; Sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. Mary Lit
tie; social committee, Mrs. B. B.
Paine, Mrs. Emory Phelps, Miss Maud
Chamberlin, Miss Louisa Cam and
Messrs. Emory Phelps, Ernest Cooley,
Harry Goodell, Herbert West.
West Stafford.
| d. l.. Ellis and men commenced
work on the roads yesterday.
Schools commenced their spring
term yesterday with the same force of
teachers.
Mrs. Augustus Holmes returned to
her home here last Friday from
Washington, D. @.
Mrs. E. B. Smith recently saw four
deer feeding in the pasture near her
home. Two of the deer were small
ones.
Rev. George E. Porter of the Yale
divinity school will supply the pulpit
of the Congregational church next
Sunday at LIS p. m.
The following taken from the Hart
ford Times will be of interest to West
Stafford readers: "Alonzo U. Catch
ell and Miss Lucy Eugenia Aver, and
Harry s. Whittier and Mrs. Lima J.
Aver, widow of George Aver, were
married at the Rev. Charles L. Ayers
house in Windsor Thursday afternoon
at O'Clock. Rev. Mr.. Aver married
the latter couple, and his son, Rev.
Edward P. Aver, of North Guilford
married the former couple. The
wedding was attended by only few
relatives and friends. Refreshments
were served after the ceremony, and
in the evening the couples drove to
their homes in Hartford. Mr.. Witter
is clerk, and will now live at No.
10 Adelaide street. Mr.. Gatchell is
clerk at the government envelope
works and his home il at No 81