The Press., 1905-11-29

Mrs. Robert Walbridge and tw' children of Wales were the guests Mrs. Fred Sanger over Sunday.
 Advertised letters in the Stafford ville post office: Mat Cavanaugh, Thomas Brown, Henry Carpenter.
 The entertainment held in the M. E. church last Friday evening was we'll attended, and proved 8 success in every way. ..'.
 The rummage sale at the Oongrega- tional church last week was a suc- cess. At the close Monroe Chamber lin auctioned off from the surplus.
 Next Sunday morning at the Con- gregational church the subject will be "To-day's earnestness solves all, for to-day never ends,' Matt. 6: 34 lesson, Matt. 6:19-34.
 The subject for next Sunday morn ing's sermon in the Methodist church will be "The souls thirst for God. ; In the evening the subject will be "The parable of the ten virgins. :"
 MT. and Mrs. John Farnum of Wor- cester were the guests of Mrs. Sarah Potter over Sunday. Mrs, Potter &C., companied her sister, Mrs. Farnum, to Worcester, where she will stay three weeks on account of ill health.
 The annual fair of the Congrega- tionl church will be held in the ves- of the Ladies' Aid society. Articles for the fair may be left in care of Mrs. Frank Brown or other members of the society. The entertainment feature will be in charge of Edward Harrington, and it is understood will have new features.
 Nathan Agard, 88, died in South Hadley of pleura pneumonia last We'd nesday. Mr. Agard was one of Staf- ford's oldest and most respected citi- zens, having lived in town all his life until within six months ago, when he went to South Hadley to re- side with his daughters. The de- ceased is survived by wife and four children, Isaac Agard, principal of the Rockville high school, Leroy Agard of California, Miss Sarah Agard, who is teacher in Mt. Hol- yoke college, and Miss Mary Agard, a teacher in New Hartford. Nathan Agard was born in Stafford. He re- ceived his early education in the pub lie schools, and later attended Will brsham academy. For several years he taught school in various places in Connecticut and Massachusetts dur ing the winter months, engaging in other work during the summer. Af- ter giving up teaching he spent the greater part of his time on his farm. He was an active and prominent member of the Methodist church and has always taken great interest in temperance work. His ancestry in this country dates back more than two hundred years, and his grandfather, Benjamin Agard, was living in Stafford more than a hundred and twenty five years ago. His father, Nathan Agard, born in IT'S, spent his whole life in Stafford, and died in 1868, aged 90 years. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Hall. He was the third son in a family of five children, and is survived by younger brother, Mason Agard, who lives in South Manchester. Nathan Agard was borr in Stafford Sept. 16, 1917. He was married Oct. 80, 1850, to Chastina Jane Lamson, daughter of Reuben and Abigail (GoodelD Lamson of Lunch burg, Vt., and then lived on the paternal homestead in Stafford for over fifty years. The funeral was held Saturday at his home in South Hadley, and he was laid to rest in the cemetery in that village.
 West Stafford.
 Louis Demars lost a valuable COW last Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. H. A. Pownall were with their parents in Manchester over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Clifton M. Ellis are receiving congratulations on the birth of daughter last Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Alonzo Graves and children of New London are spending Thanksgiving at W. D. Graves.
 Mrs. Myron Davis, who has been ill for several weeks at the home of her father, O. P. Bradway, is slowly recovering.