The Press., 1904-08-24

of Springfield are guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Austin Witt. In the list O.
guests at this hospitable home last
week the name of Miss Edith Jones
should have been Miss Edith james.
George, the fve-year son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Adnah French, who
was so seriously i'll with diphtheria,
died early Friday morning and was
buried the same morning in Hillside
cemetery The house has been thor
oughly fumigated and the family have
returned to their home The case
was very sad one and the family
have the sympathy of the community.
The Barsalou child, in the same
house, is recovering, and no other
cases are reported in this village.
The following is from Saturdays
Hartford Times -
The body of Mrs. Julius l.. Strong,
widow of Congressman Strong, who
died in st. Paul, Mimi, reached
Hartford Friday night, and the fu-
neral was held at the Northam Memo
rial chapel in Cedar Hill cemetery
this afternoon at O'Clock. The SER
vices were conducted by Rev. Will
liam DeLoss Love, pastor of the Farm
ington avenue Congregational church.
The Tempo male quartet sang "Abide
With Me- and 81 Would Not Live
Away" The casket was borne by
porters.
Mrs. Strong, who was Miss Alkaline
Converse, was a native of this town
and we'll known here.
Communicated
The towns all around us are having
rural free delivery, why is Stafford
left behind? Why can't some public
spirited citizen circulate a petition
for one?
Mrs. J. H. Mccarthy is quite i'll.
Mrs. A. Arthur West spent several
days last week in Agawam, Mass.
S. T. Gray of Yonkers., N. Y, is
q guest of his son, Rev. F w. Gray.
Mrs. Samuel Holdsworth of War
rem, Mass. spent Sunday with her
brother, Charles Eager.
Miss Elsie Belcher of Union has
been spending few days with her
brother, Willis Belcher.
At the business meeting of the Ep-
worth League, it was decided to give
home talent social some time next
month.
There will be an ice cream sale at
the rooms of the Y. M. O., Friday.
Cream will be served in the evening
by the moonlight, at 7.45.
Elmer A. Colburn of Springfield is
spending his two-weeks' vacation at
his old home with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lucius D. Colburn.
Last Wednesday Rev. and Mrs. F.
W. Gray and son, Wallace, Samuel
Heck and Miss Grace Booth attended
the Bible meeting at Westford.
Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Gray and son.
Wallace, S. T. Gray and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Miller left this morning
for the Willimantic camp meeting.
Mrs. Era S. Colburn's uncle, Otis
Eddy, of Rockford, ILL.,, passed his
one hundredth birthday anniversary
last Saturday. He was born in Bur
rillville, R. l., Aug. goth, 1904.
Mrs. Glare L. LeMonde met with a
painful accident last Friday morning.
While passing clothes wringing ma
chine that was in motion she tripped
and lost her balance; her right fore
arm was caught in the gear, and the
machine had to make several revolu-
tions before she was released. The
bruise was very severe one, but she
is making more rapid recovery than
was at first anticipated.
West Stafford.
Mrs. Michael Roberts is visiting
friends in Somersville.
Miss Johndrow of Somersville has
been at Michael Roberts.
Henry Mckinney has been visiting
friends in North Amherst, Mass.
The Sunday school will hold its
annual picnic at Evergreen park Aug.
Both.
Albert Hardendolf of Amherst,
Mass, is visiting at Henry Nc
Kinney's.
Mrs. F. W. Preston and Miss Elinor
Graves, who have been suffering with
diphtheria, are very much improved.
The black bass caught last week
and mentioned in these items, weigh
ed four pounds and nine ounces, &C.
cording to Mr.. Champlin's scales.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chaffee and
George E. Chaffee from Albany, N.
Y, and Carlos Chaffee and family
Chaffee's.
Marshall L. Broadway and Miss
Lena A. Ellis we're married by Rev.
II. T. Barnard, Wednesday evening
of last week at 8 O'Clock p. IN. Mr..
Broadway had fixed up the east end OF
the Brady" house and had it near.
| ly furnished, and it was in this home
that they were married. Tuesday
evening about fifty of their friends
gathered at their home to enjoy al
hour or two with the new family.
Before the guests departed they pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs. Broadway with q
hall rack. Congratulations and goot
wishes for these young people.
ASHFORD.
WestfOrd.