The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-04-05
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

sition at the Springs House.
Mrs. Catherine Hicks has gone to
Hartford for an extended visit.
Miss L. s. Cady is spending hen
vacation at Pasture Lands farm.
Mrs. NJ. Orth and Miss Lizzie
Rister were in Springfield yesterday.
Adelbert Needham will receive q
carload of horses from the west on
Monday.
W. E. Demond has purchased a
wood lot on Village Hill of Seth
Schofeld.
Frederic Faulkner expects to go to
housekeeping in Mrs. Gaston's house
ON Church street.
W. A. Comins was able to be down
street yesterday, after an illness of
about two months.
There is pronounced scarcity of
the better class of tenements at pres
emit in the borough.
George Gary is home from the mill
tary academy at Rockland. Vt, for
the spring vacation.
John NJ. Leach attended the BAN
ouet of the Hartford Business Mems
association last week.
Misses Rose and Mary Hanley and
Miss Kitty Carey have returned from
q short visit in Hartford.
Manager Fay of the Springs House
returned Monday from a short visit
at his old home in Worcester.
Mrs. F. J. Cardinal was called to
Bridgeport last Saturday by the death
of her sister, Miss Aujenia David.
Peter Golden has taken one of the
Rawitser horses to Mystic for the
use of Superintendent John Kennedy
D. L. Peterson, boss finisher for
the Central Wooden company, has tax
en- one of the flats over The Press
office.
The Staffordville reservoir is full
Water began to run over the dam
Thursday for the first time in num-
Der of months.
There have been several forest fires
around and in the town the past week,
but as far as can be learned not much
damage was done.
Mrs. Charles Fox will sail for Paris
in the near future. Later this season
she will take an automobile trip
through the British Isles.
Frank Adams has moved from Mrs.
Josiah Converse's house to q house
owned by Mrs. Fox. Mrs. Converse
will occupy the house vacated by Mr..
Adams.
Lucius Washburn, who has been
making an extended visit here, has
taken a position in New York city,
and left last evening to take up his
new duties.
Frederic Faulkner is having trou-
BILE as q result of a slight injury to
his knee. He is at present wearing a
plaster cast, which interferes with
his locomotion.
There was a large attendance at
the service at the Congregational
church last Sunday afternoon, when
the choir ably gave the cantata, 1.-The
Man of Nazareth.
George Lawton of Worcester has
been in the hospital for an operation
and has been seriously i'll. At last
accounts he was recovering, which his
many friends here will be glad to
learn.
The st. Edwards girls basketball
team defeated the team representing
the Girls club at st. Edwards hall,
last Thursday evening, by a score of
20 to 6. The game was stubbornly
contested and proved interesting. This
is the second victory for the St. Ed
wards team.
If "The Old Homestead is played
in Monsoon for the benefit of the base
ball club of that town, and the prob
abilities are that it will be, there is
talk of playing the piece here once
more, the evening preceding the Mon
son presentation, for the benefit of
the local baseball club.
E. Sliby of Norwich, the Syrian
missionary under the direction of the
Connecticut Bible society, is making
his semi-annual visit here. There
are about fifteen Syrians in town.
Mr.. Sliby assists this class of people.
His work in striving to make them
desirable citizens is to be commended.
Superintendent Nash of the New
London division of the Central YER
mont railroad will use his influence
to get fast, up-to-date train, which
will pass through here about noon, to
accommodate through summer travel.
II this is done it has been suggested
that the train that now leaves for the
north about z O'Clock in the morning
shall be made one hour later. Mr..
Nash thinks that this might be ar
ranged.
Miss Elsie NJ. Tuthill and William
7. WINNINGS of Philadelphia were
united in marriage last Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. E. A. Burnham.
They took the evening train for Phil
adelphia, where they will make their
home. A large party of their friends
gathered at the station to pass them
rice and good wishes, but were eluded.
Mr.. and Mrs. WINNINGS took the train
-, as Orcuttville and were so carefully
concealed when the train passed
through here that they were not dis
covered.
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Mrs. Mary Braithwaite advertises
her place for sale.
A. H. Simonds, who has been quite
i'll, Is able to be out.
There will be religious service at