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The Press., 1905-02-01
UNION.

Mrs. E. ". Upham, one of Union e
oldest and most highly esteemed resi-
dents, died at her home last Sunday
morning. The deceased, whose maid
en- name was Nancy D. Corbin, was
born in this town Dec. Goth, 1929,
and with the exception of the first
two years of her married life, which
were spent in Monson, she always lived
here. She was married Nov. 18th,
1S49, to E. W. Upham, who sur
wives her. She became a member of
the Congregational church at the age
of 16 years, and has from that time
been an earnest and devoted worker
for all that was best in life, always
others interests. Besides her, hus-
band she is survived by one son, F.
l.. Upham, and one daughter, Mrs.
Willard Richards, both of whom re-
side in this town. She also leaves
two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Luz
cius Agard, Mrs. Rebecca Agard and
NJ. II. Corbin, all of Brimfield. In
the death of Mrs. Upham Union has
lost one of it's most loved citizens, and
one whose good works will live long
after her decease. / Funeral services
were held in the church this morning
at IL o'clock and were largely attend
ed, Rev. Mr.. Rogers officiating. The
burial was in the new cemetery.
Rock Meadow.
Myron Heck has sold a 4O-acre
woodlot on the Stees place to Chaffee
Bros. of Oxford, Mass.
The farmers in this vicinity have
mostly gathered their ice. 1t was
from Is to 20 inches thick.
Mr.. and Mrs Benway of North
Somers were with their daughter,
Mrs. Lewis Dio, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Heck of East
Wellington were guests recently of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Heck.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Mathews re-
Gently visited their daughter-in-l law,
Mrs. Eveline Mathews, in Sturbridge.
Milo Broadway, who has been work
ing for Francis Sturtevant for a
year or more, is now at home work
ing for his father. -l.. ......5.... 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hulett of East
Longmeadow, Mass, visited his I'M
Gle, f. H. Ballou, and his cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Mathews last
week.
The storm of last week was nearly
equal to the blizzard of 1888. The
roads were impossible in many places
in this vicinity. There was no school
Thursday and Friday.
The Press., 1905-02-01
r Announce to the people Of Stafford

r Announce to the people Of Stafford
l. and vicinity that l have bought the
old established Drug Store, No. 10,
Main Street, Stafford Springs, so long
owned and conducted by W. D. Heald,
and shall thoroughly renovate the same,
and shall conduct 1t as has always been
done-a we'll regulated, reliable Drug
Store, where may be found a good stock
of Drugs, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines, and ell goods usually
found in first class stores of its kind.
To the old customers and friends of the
store l would say that. they will receive
the same attention and good treatment
that they have always received. and to
the old friends and customers, and new
ones as we'll, we say, come In aud see us
AS ever before, Physicians' Prescrip-
lions compounded with care and accura.
cy. Very truly,
The Press., 1905-02-01


house is open Tuesday and Thursda.
evenings to the public. Choice read
ing matter in the line of magazine
and weekly publications can be fount
upon the tables All are welcome Il
this feast of reason.
Stafford grange, No. 55, will holt
a social at the home of Mrs. E. A
Holbrook on the evening of Saturday,
Feb. 4. All members of this or other
oranges are most cordially invited to
be present. Ladies' are requested tc
furnish cake or sandwiches.
Rev. A. F. Baker leaves Saturday
to fill an engagement at Stonington,
after most successful series of re.
vival meetings in the Baptist church.
The evangelistic meetings will be
continued next Sunday evening at the
usual hour, with prominent speakers
from outside the parish.
stanordville.
Monroe Chaffee is ill.
Mrs. G. W. Miller is on the sick
list.
There will be mass next Sunday at
st. Joseph's chapel at $50.
Mabel T. Kemp is spending a few
weeks at H. A. Bosworth's.
Emery Phelps and family have
moved into L. Crawford's house.
There will be a business meeting
of the Epworth League tonight in
the M. E. church vestry.
Rev. Mr.. Weidman of the Hartford
Theol ogical seminary preached in the
Congregational church last Sunday.
George Chaffee of Bridgeport and
William Butterfield of Holyoke spent
a few days at Monroe Chaffee's last
week.
Lester Childs cut his thumb severe
ly last week Thursday while splitting
wood. DIR. Newton was obliged to
take several stitches.
The men of the Congregational
church will serve one of their famous
suppers in the vestry Thursday even
ing. All are most cordially invited.
The Epworth League topic for Sun
day evening in the Methodist church
will be "The enlarging kingdom, "
Esek. At: lip. Leader, Mrs. F. W.
Gray.
West Stafford.
Miss Kathleen Carey of Stafford
Springs visited Eva Roberts last week.
Alice Holmes of Somers is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Holmes.
Miss Rose Hanley of Stafford
Springs was at W. D. Graves last
week
Roy and Ruth Barlow and Lillian
Converse of Westford we're guests of
Barlow Bros last week.
Wendell Pnase went to Springfield
to visit his sister, who is in
one of the hospitals there.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
for work at O'Clock next Tuesday.
Also supper and entertainment will
be furnished in the evening as usual.
Mrs. @. M. Ellis and Mrs. |
H. @. Barlow.
1t was expected that Rev. L. H.
Higgins of West Hartford would sup
ply at the Congregational church last
Sunday. For some reason Mr. Hig- |
gins did not come, so it was decided
10 hold service of prayer.
The variety contest given by
he Y. P. S. @. E. last week Tuesday |
evening was very much enjoyed by
Ill. The contests were won as fol-
ows: Apple pairing, Mrs. Freedus
Fuller, corn Smelling, Wendell Pease
spelling, Grace Barlow; button sew
ing, Spencer Broadway; wood saving,
Mrs. Marshall Broadway; nail driving,
Alice Graves. For elocution four
prizes were awarded as follows: To
Blanche Sturtevant, Harry Armstrong,
Washburn and Clinton
Broadway. Several took part in the
,locution contest. Among those who
deserve special mention are Miss jose
1hine Newell and Mrs. Clifton Ellis.
The Press., 1905-02-01

CAL NOTICES
er this head 10 cents per line.)
and Champagne Cider, two
popular Aavnrs, now on Sale-
lhem q trial. Stafford Springs Min.
III WA'er Co. 2W
FOOD sale at e. l.. Burr's store Thurs
day al p. m. by ladies Of Grace church.
For sale-Thrse se,ond hand Pianos
and two Organs. T. F. Jordan.
The cotton aud Linen and Under
muslin sales still continue at A. l.. How
ards.
Taking Machines OF every descrip-
tion always on hand, also the latest Rec
ord4. T. f. Jordan.
A few Fur Scarfs left which will ne
clpsed out at reduced prices at A. L
HowArd's.
For fire Insurance apply to q. D Ide,
Stafford.
- Leave your orders for Engrav we'd
Cards at The Press office. so cards and
script pate 90 cents so cards and old
English plate from 81 so to $2.50.
The Press., 1905-02-01

The SUNSHINE OF SPRING.-The Salve
that cures without scar is DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts, Burns, Boils,
shine OF spring. Miss FL. NJ Middleton,
Thebes, ILL.,, says: II was seriously af-
flcred with fever sore that was very
painful. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured me In less than a week" Get the
genuine. Sold by Anders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1905-02-01
Nothing More Dangerous

Than Cutting Corns. The Foot Ease Santa
ry corn Pad cure by absorption. SOmeth hing
entirely new. The Sanitary oils and vapors do
the work. Sold BY all Druggist 20c, or by
mail. Aample mailed FREE. Address Allen 3.
OlmatA0. IL Roy. n. Y.
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FROM SCIENTIFIC SOURCES.

According to the Scientific American,
the cost of running an electric furnace
capable of producing the extraordinary
heat of 5000 degrees is 80 cents min
ute, $48 an hour, or about $500 day.
At the recent Roentgen congress in
Berlin a special committee adopted
the following Technology for the new
science: Rontgenology is the study cf
Rontgen rays; Rontenography is pho
Biography by the rays; Rontgenoscopy is
observation by Rontgen rays; ortho-
rontgenography in place of orthodia-
graphy. Rontgonotherapy and the verb
to rontgeniZe in their obvious mean
ings.
The new quartz vessels so valuable
for their endurance of temperature
changes, have disadvantages. They
leak at high temperatures and Berthelot,
using tubes with walls one-thirtieth of
an inch thick, lost a third of the oxygen
and a sixth Of the nitrogen in one hour
at 1400 degrees Centigrade. The sealed
up gases were originally at about air
pressure. PermeabiIity for hydrogen is
quite marked at 800 degrees, but with
hydrogen chloride and carbon dioxide
it is scarcely appreciate below 1900 de-
grees.
The old idea that changes are taking
place on the moon has been carefully
investigated by NJ. Puiseux, French as
tronomer. Going over all records, from
the earliest observations to the latest, he
concludes that the reality of the sup
posed changes has not been proved, and
that the varying sensitiveness of the ret
ina for faint objects is sufficient to &C
count for differences seen, while differ,
ent conditions of exposure might ex-
plain all appearances in the photo
graph.
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America and become a citizen again
OF that grand old country of the stars
and stripes, and asked dad how he
could do it, for he said he had rather
work in a slaughter house in America
than be a grand duke in England.
Il never saw dad look so sorry for a
man as he did for Astor, and he told
him the only way was to sell out his
ranch in London and go back on an
emigrant ship, take out his first pa
pers, vote the democratic ticket and
eventually become citizen. Astor
was thinking over the proposition, and
dad had asked him if he was not
afraid of dynamiters, when he shud-
dered and said every day he expected
to be blown sky high, and finally he
smelled something burning and said
the smell reminded him of an Ameri-
can Fourth of July.
"You see, had been sitting still on
the step of the veranda so long | got
nervous, for something exciting, so !
took giant firecracker out of my
pocket and lit the long tail, and showed
it under the porch and looked inno-
cent, and just then one of the flunkies
with the highest pants you ever saw
came along and patted me on the head
and said I was nice boy, and that
made me mad, and when he went to
sit down beside me on the step took
my horse chestnut out of my pocket
and put it on the step just where he
sat down, and how it happened to
come out so l don't know, it must have
been Providence. You see just as the
turnkey flunked on the chestnut burr,
the firecracker went off, and the man
Jumped up and said: 'Ell's-fre, ham
bowed and he had his hands on his
pants. and the air was full of smoke,
and dad got on his knees and said:
Now | lay me- and Mr. Astor faint
ed all over a rocking chair and tipped
beer bottles on the veranda and more
than 40. servants came, and | told dad
to come on, and we got outside the
gate, ahead of the police, and got
cab and drove quicker than scat to
the hotel, and l asst dad what he
thought it was that went off, and he
said: you can search me- but he
said he had got enough of trying to
reform escaped Americans and we got
in the hotel and laid low, and the
newspapers told about dynamite
outrage. and laid it to anarchists"
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NATURALIST WAS AT FAULT
Man Of Learning Failed to Identify
Very Common Animal from
Description.

One of the professors at a great university
in Scotland recently wrote to an eastern
university to the following effect:
Walking in the dusk through the grounds
of the university the other evening, my at
tention was arrested by a low murmuring
sound near me, which was neither hiss nor
a whistle. On looking | saw creature lying
on the ground, larger than cricket. Two
an.enna-like protuberances projected above
the eyes. It had no wings; and the covering
of its body WIS variegated, though certainly
not like down.
Mindful of the danger to myself, | did not
venture to turn it on its back, so as to count
the legs. On the ground lay small quantity
of snow-white substance, which had evil
IDENTIFY exuded from the body. Can any of
your professors identify the creature from
this imperfect descriptions"
The naturalist connected with the eastern
university fell into the trap-bated, prob
ably, especially for him. He wrote learn;
edly about various insects, and concluded
that the one observed must be one of two
whose long Latin names he gave
"The antenna-lile protuberances. are
used for burrowing in the ground" he
wrote, "and these insects secrete a. fluid
which they have the power of ejecting to
protect themselves in case of attack"
The tutor wrote again to thank the nat
uralist for his information, and to say he
need not trouble him further, as he had for
tunately observed the creature again more
closely under exactly similar circumstances,
and was able now to identify it himself as
the Vacca vulgaris or common cow
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everybody hates me here, and / don't
dare go home to collect my rent for
fear l will be quarantined at Ellis is
land and sent back to England as an
undesirable emigrant who has commit,
ted a crime, and is not welcome in the
land where was born. Old man, heye
a glass of Milwaukee beer and let's
talk of your home and my birthnlace
and forget that thsra is such a coun-
try as England
Dad sat down on the porch, and I
went out on the lawn chasing peacocks
and freeing guinea hens, and setting
dogs on the swans, until a butler or a
duke or something took me by the col
lar and shook me till my teeth got
loose, and he took me back to the
veranda and sat me down on the bot
tom step so hard my hair raised right
up stiff, like a porcupine. Then 1
listened to dad and Astor talk about
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HEALTH AND STRENGTH
RESTORED BY
PE-RU-NA.

Mrs. Emma Fleissner, 1912 Sixth
Ave, Seattle, WASH, Worthy Treas
urer Sons of Temperance, writes:
"Isuffered over two years with IT.
reguIarandP painful periods. MY health
was i'm very precarfOuS condition and
Twas anxious 10 find something TO re-
store my health and strength.
ct was very glad to try Peruna and
delighted to find that it was doing me
good. / continued to use it a little over
three months and found my troubles
removed.
al consider IL a splendid medicine
and shall never be without ii, taking
a dose occasionally when feel rum
down and tired"
Our files contain thousands of testi-
monials which DIR. Hartman has re-
ceived from grateful, happy women
who have been restored to health by
his remedy, Peruna.
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We Of the passing generaton are not
are doing most things they were done ten or
twenty years ago. not working as well as
we should. I fancy that most women are baking
bread just they did when they were first mar
ried, and that the only reason why their husbands
still survive is that they able to hire
cook assist them. If our boys wanting in one
thing than all others it is the quality of self
reliance. But there is great difference between
self-conhdence and sef-conceit. Hard work is the
other important factor 1t is the price of
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Patrick Henry,s Grave.

Inquiry is made now and then"
said James Atkinson, OF Philadelphia,
"as to where Patrick Henry, the
Tongue of the Revolution, is buried.
The great orator lies in quiet grave
on the estate in Charlotte county,
Virginia, whare he formerly lived
Red Hill is the name of the estate,
which is on the Staunton river, SO
miles from Lync..hurg. When Pat
rick Henry bought The place it com
prised about $500 acres. One of the
nearest neighbors was the celebrated
John Randolph, of Roanoke, Is miles
away. Red Hill is now owned by Hen
RVS grandson, William Writ Berry
Baltimore Sun.
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CURRENT CURIoS.

At Culross abbey, in Fife, Scotland,
a tombstone has been found which is
believed to date from the fourth cen
tury of the Christian era.
partridge shot by sportsman in a
field near cambridge, England, the
other day, dropped into the smokestack
Of passing locomotive and was lost.
Bishop Mora, of Hidalgo, Mexico, re-
Gently celebrated mass 1900 feet below
the earth's surface, at the bottom Of a
silver mine which has been worked for
centuries.
Il might as well be dead as alive, for
I have nothing to live for" said an un-
known tramp to another tramp whom he
had met a few minutes before on the
road near Leigh, England. Don't say
that, mate" replied the other. At that
moment a bolt OF lightning killed the
first speaker.
When a Dover IN. HI man finished
painting his pole beans, he left the bag
containing the leftover seed in the
grass beside tree. He found the bag
the other day firmly rooted to the
ground. The bottom layer of beans had
sprouted, and the roots embedded them
selves in the turf
Il was walking across a field with my
dog at my side when young rabbit
emerged from wood close by" says a
writer. Suddenly it fell to the ground
and was to all intents dead. The dog
shifted it and watched it for about ten
minutes, thinking it absolutely dead. /
walked away about so yards, when l
looked back and saw the rabbit rise and
run rapidly into the wood whence it
came. 1t is evident that it saw the dog
and dropped down out of fright"
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America, and / never saw a man who
seemed to be so ashamed that he was
a brevet Englishman, as he did. He
said he had so much money that, it
made his head ache to hear the inter
est accumulate, nights, when he
couldn't sleep, and yet he had no more
enjoyment than Dreyfus cid on DEVILS
island. He had automobiles that voulo
fill our exposition building, horses and
carriages by the score, but he never
enjoyed a ride about London, because
only one person in ten thousand knew
him, and those who did looked upon
him with pity and contempt because
he had renowned his country to get
solid with the English aristocracy, and
nobody would speak to him unless
they wanted to borrow money, and if
they did borrow money from him he
was afraid they would pay it back, and
make him trouble counting it. He
told dad he wanted to get back into
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-26
RESTORED HIS HAIR.
Scalp Humor Cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment After All
Else Had Failed.

''I was troubled with severe scalp
humor and loss of hair that gave sse a
great deal of annoyance and inconven-
fence. After unsuccessful efforts with
many remedies and so-called hair tonics,
a friend induced me to try Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. The humor was cured in
short time, my hair was restored as
healthy as ever, and I can gladly say
have since been entirely free from INV
further annoyance. 1 shall always use
Cuticura Soap, and I keep the Ointment
on hand to use as a dressing for the hair
and scalp. (Signed) Fredk Busche, 2l3
East 57th St., New York City"
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well Posted.

uuack doctor whose treatn- ent had
evidently led to the death of ais pa
tient was examined sternly by the cor
oner.
What did you give the poor fellow p
asked the coroner.
sIpecacuanha, STA"
ssYou might Just as well have given
him the aurora borealis," said fhe cor
oner.
Well, sir, that's 5;Ist what was go
Ing to give him when he died.".-N. Y.
Tribune.
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Good News for All.

Bradford, Tenn, Oct. 23rd (Speciall =
Scientific research shows Kidney Trouble
to be the father of so many diseases that
news of discovery Of sure cure for it can
not fail to be welcomed all over the coun-
try. And according to Mr.. j. A. Davis, of
this place, just such cure is found in Dodd' S
Kidney Pills Mr.. Davis says:
.Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed them. They have done me more
good than anything / have ever taken. |
had Kidney Trouble very bad and after tax
ing a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills am
completely cured. | cannot praise them too
much"
Kidney Complaint develops into Bright's
Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes, rheumatism
and other painful and fatal diseases. The
safeguard is to cure your kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills when they show the
first symptom of disease
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-26
The Bad Boy Tells His Uncle About
London Fogs - How They Rode
First-Class from Liverpool to Lon
don-A Visit at -'Bilr' Astor's
Country Place - How CHIPS"
Flunkey Sat on a Chestnut Burr.
~ HON GEORGE w PECK.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Formerly
Editor of Peck's Sun, Author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc.
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
"CoIne in, you young heathen," said
the groceryman, as the Bad Boy looked
through the front door. cts foggy
morning."
'Foegy?" said the Bad Boy, as he
seated himself. SAY, old man, you
just ought to see London fog. 1t
court sentenced me to live in that
town, l would appeal the case, and
ask the judge to temper his sentence
with mercy, and hang me. The fog
there is SO thick you have to feel
around like blind goddess, and when
you show up through the fog you
look about Is feet high, and you are
so wet you want to be run through a
clothes wringer every little while. For
two days we never left our hotel, but
looked cut of the windows waiting for
the fog to go by, and watching the
people swim through it, without turn
ing a hair. Dad was for going right
to the lord mayor and lodging COM
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His One Complaint.

''Do they treat you well here?", asked
the good woman who was trying to do lit.
tie missionary work behind the bars.
Fairly well, ma'am," answered the bur
gar who was enjoying three years vaca'
ton. II have only one fault 10 find WITH
the treatment they hand out"
"What is thatw queried the lady visitor,
''They refuse to let me carry night zey!"
replied the prisoner-C Chicago Daily News.
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His Offering.

A Kansas City druggist tells that a
wealthy man came into his store one Sun
day morning, and. throwing dime OH the
showcase, said: Give me two nickels for
that, please?" "Going to try slot ma.
chine?'' asked the druggist, pleasantly.
NO" replied the wealthy man, "I'n go.
ing to church"
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One Exception.

'Life," remarked the man who com.
ments on things, lis just what we make it,"
with possibly one exception" replied
Senator Badger
And that is"
'"rhe assistance the janitor gives us now
and then Louisville CourierJournal.
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Important.

ssWhat is the most important thing about
an airship!" asked the investigator.
And without a moments hesitation the
inventor made answer:
''The parachute Washington Star.
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Western Life Indemnity Company.

The Policy Holders Committee at No.
n jackson Blvd, Chicago. will give COM
plete information about the expenditure
of 5000, 100000 of company funds as COM
missions to Mr.. Rosenfeld for the purchase
of Life Insurance Company of Pennsyl-
vania business made on or about February
goth, 1905, and the expenditure of $20O, 900. 90
company funds on September goth, 1905, to
purchase 5000 shares of stock in the Security
Life and Annuity Company (par value $40 90
per share). Mr.. Moulton, Mr.. Resented
are now cited by Judge Kohlsaat to show
cause why they should not be punished for
contempt in making the last transaction.
Make inquiry at once.
HERVEY B. HICKS. Chairman.