The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-04-12
MONS SON.

| MONsON.
Festus Cooley has moved to the
Robbins place.
Fiske Bacon is in the Mercy hospi-
tai at Springfield for an operation on
his foot. He will be incapacitated
for several weeks.
John P. Herlihy has been appoint
ed census enumerator for the town by
state bureau of the statistics and labor
of Boston He will begin his duties
May 1.
Fred Robarge, the fast catcher and
batter, has signed with Monson for
this season. Manager Dempsey has
made date for game with South
Manchester the 18th of June.
The selectmen organized Monday
afternoon. 90. McCray is chairman
of the selectmen, H. M. Smith chair
man of the overseers of the poor, and
VIII. Anderson chairman of the board
of health and clerk of the boards.
Miss Mirron G. Kennedy and Jacob
J. Jones were married Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Kennedy on
Lincoln street. The ceremony was
witnessed by few friends and was
performed by Rev. 9. @. Conner.
Kneading Bread. -"It is reported
that one of the fastidious newly
married ladies of this town kneads
bread with her gloves on. This incl
dent may be somewhat peculiar-but
there are others. The editor of this
paper needs bread with his shoes on i;
he needs bread with his shirt on; he
needs bread with his pants on, and
unless some of the delinquent sub
scribers of this 'Old Rag of Freedom
pony up before long, he will need
bread without a damn thing on, and
North Dakota is no Garden of Eden
in the winter time North Dakota
Newspaper.
A yellow bull dog killed big black
cat owned by Clarence Heminway last
Sunday. James Mitchell was in
formed that it was his pet cat Tom.
Tom is favorite with the children,
and quite an elaborate funeral service
was held over his supposed remains.
The landlord thought pretty we'll of
the cat also, and announced his in
tention of starting out early Monday
to shoot the dog. Later in the day
Tom strolled into the office of the
hotel, tail up and purring the tune
of "When the Robins Nest Again. "
Mitchell could hardly believe his
eyes, but finally calculated, "By
ginger. He's come to life again. "
The name on the headstone will have
to be changed, but as it was put on
with chalk this will not be a difficult
matter.
The town meeting Monday was
quiet, homelike affair. The voters
acted as if they we're at church, and
those who were behind in sleep dozed
quietly through the proceedings. All
that was necessary was to have some
body present the proposition, and a
few would say "Aye" in a bored
manner. Once in great while some
dissenter would say MAY" from force
of habit, but it happened rarely. The
temperance workers we're not asleep
in the early part of the day. They
secured @. g. Keep and A. M. Walk
er as a prosecuting committee, which
indicates that pure cold water will
have to do, with the possible excep-
tion of July and August, when little
molasses and ginger may properly be
added to the water for adults. Mar
tin Dorsett, the disciple of the old
woman who lived in a shoe, created a
brief diversion in the early part OF
the meeting by putting on a vaude-
Vile act, but he was removed to the
basement. If Martin had been placed
in solitary confement years ago the
town would have been money in, even
if the census figures were less f1atter-
ing. The total appropriations are
$27, ,2O5, but of this amount $500
for miscellaneous expenses and $500
for the support of poor is appropriated
from funds in hand, and will not have
to be raised by taxation. The meet
ing was called to order by the clerk at
8, and @. M. Gage was chosen moder-
ator. The officers not to be elected
by ballot we're chosen, and in the
meantime the polls were opened and
voting was going on in the same
room The reports of town officers
were accepted without discussion, ex-
cept in the case of the overseers OF the
poor. Some questions were asked in
regard to that report and were answer
ed by one of the overseers, after WHICH
the report was accepted. The jury
list as prepared by the selectmen was
accepted. It was voted to raise and
appropriate $500 for the suppression
of the illegal sale of Intoxicating
liquors, and @. @. Keep and A. M.
Walker we're appointed a prosecuting
committee. It was voted that the
"dog money" be used toward paying
teachers salaries. The method OF
collecting taxes and remuneration OF
the collector are to be the same as last
year. Discount and other terms are