The Press., 1906-02-28

- me AlOnuAI6 BAKERY Will continue &C
do Baking at Stafford Street. All theil
goods may be obtained at Garvais' groce
ry store at the Springs. and at T. W
Lyons store at Stanordville. Orders by
telephone or by mail y III be promptly at
tended to. Mrs. A. Abrams.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Temple of Honor meeting this even
ing.
John Carr is quite i'll with the
grip.
Miss Edna Reed has returned from
q visit in Boston.
". E. Hanley will open Saturday
at his old location.
Waldo Lathrop was the guest of
John Burr over Sunday.
Miss g. s. Beckwith is in New
York on business trip.
John T. Woods, who has been quite
Ill, is now more comfortable.
VIM. Benton has added another pool
table in the rear of his lunch room.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. ". Smith returned
last Friday from short visit in New
York.
s. F. CLARK has taken the agency
for the Florence nurseries of Roches-
ter. N. Y.
Merrill Converse is out again, after
being confined to his house for a week
with a cold.
James Peirolo. who has heen work
ing for A. W. Kiugsbury, has gone to
Meriden to work.
Miss Christine Chapman of Spring
field has been the guest of friends in
the borough the past week.
Rev. Webster Woodbury. of South
birmingham, Mass, will preach at
the Congregational church next Sun
day.
Judge J. Fl. Reed will 60 to Dam
bury to hold short calendar session
Friday. He will be at Danbury for
the March session of superior court.
The regular meeting of Winter
Post, g. A. R.. which should be held
next week Tuesday evening, is post
poned to Wednesday evening follow
ing.
A dance was held by a company of
young people at Young American
athletic association hall Monday
evening. Jordan's orchestra furnish
ed music.
Joseph Levene, the local ice dealer,
has been busy this week cutting at
Brooks pond, where the ice is 124
inches thick. He will store some of
it in sheds and stack some of it.
o. L. Chism of Stafford Street is to
move to Portland, Oregon. and will
sell his real estate. saw mill outfit,
tools, etc, at auction ON Tuesday
March Sth, at l p. m , as advertised
in another column.
Early Tuesday morning, after the
freeze. a man was out with an axe.
near Anderson's stable. chopping his
rubber out of the frozen mud These
sudden changes in weather are re-
sponsible for more or less discomfort
A suit has been entered, returnable
the first Tuesday in March to superior
court Of Tolland county. to foreclose
Judgment lien and set aside certain
Of real estate in the suit of |
Eugenia O. Matthews against the Con-
verse heirs.
The estate of Mrs Henrietta Holmes
is being settled this week After all |
bills are paid there will be left about |
$1,000, which, by her will, is left in
the hands of trustees, the ir terest of |
the same to be used for the poor of |
Stafford. The trustees are E. O Pin
ney, who was the executor of the es-
tate, Miss Celia Holt and F. J Glover
There was a quiet wedding at the |
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Black
burn last Saturday evening. The con-
tracing parties were Joseph Roberts
of Stafford and Mrs. Grace B Hiscox |
of this place. Rev. Thomas lyric |
officiated. After the ceremony the |
company were favored with several |
vocal solos by Wilfred Blackburn,
who was accompanied on the piano by |
Mrs. Roberts.
A meeting of all those interested in |
baseball will be called for some even
ing next week. New conditions have
arisen which call for q general ex-
preston of opinion and united effort. |
The plan of operation for the past |
two seasons will have to be modified |
in some particulars to meet the new |
conditions, and it may be necessary
to form a new organization. with new
articles of association. 1t is desirable
that all who are interested in the
continuance of baseball in town shall
be at the meeting. the time and place
of which shall be announced later.
Mrs Fanny O. Schofeld died at
her home ON Village Hill Monday
morning. She was stricken with
paralysis early in the morning aud
lived but q few hours afterwards
Her husband. William Schofield, died
about ten years ago. She was about
IS years Of age and had lived in this
for 30 years. Her funeral
is to be held at the house this after.
noon at 1 O'Clock, Rev. William Nor
rail- officiating. The burial will be
in the Stafford Springs cemetery. She
leaves four sons. Arthur F, who is
now employed at Chapinville, Mass,
Benjamin of Port Chester, N. and
Clifton aud Alec, who live at home.
In spite of the storm, the Washing
toms birthday supper and entertain
ment at the Methodist church last
Wednesday was success in point of
numbers aud interest. The long ia
bles were twice filled, and the bill of
fare was up to the well-known stand
ard, both in quality and quantity.