The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-04-11
WTLLING TON

cats are gray!
, The sick ones mentioned in recent
issues are doing we'll, as far as we
know.
VIM. D. Ruby will sell at auction
at his farm next Monday, at p. m. j.,
five COWS and a horse.
Miss Gardner spent Sunday in Rock
Vile, attending the Palm services in
the Congregational church there.
Last week Wednesday was Mrs.
Gardeners birthday, and her numer-
GUS friends wish her many and happy
returns.
That was a very interesting Cali
fornia letter in the last Press by DR..
Watts, formerly of Stafford Springs.
Do so some more, doctor.
John D. Taylor has returned to his
home. His premises have been Wis.,
tied of late by these mauraders. His
revolver is now cooked and primed.
If you wish to see the pictures of a
"woozle- beast" look among the car
toons in the advertising pages of the
current number of Scribner's maya
zine.
Miss Grace Morse has returned from
her year with her brother and his
family in Stamford. She visited her
brother in Wyoming during her alb
sence.
The West Willingtons and the
Eaglevilles will begin to chew the
rag this season Fast day afternoon,
18th inst, on the old ball grounds of
the former mentioned team.
"There are people in India who
confess that they. or at least their
neighbors, talk too much for the
amount of work they do. Such con-
fession, made nearer home, would
surprise no one.
The general trade of the United
States with all countries is on the in
crease, the last fiscal year breaking
all previous records by millions of
dollars. Truly, this is a great and
BEOW1nS COuAb1y.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society
will give a social on Friday evening,
18th inst. A literary and musical
program appropriate for the season
will be carried out. Refreshments
will be served. Cake is solicited.
Dwight B. Gardner and Miss May
Phelps of Rockville drove over to the
Congregational parsonage Wednesday
last, the couple returning the next
forenoon. They had the benefit of
very pleasant weather for the drive.
Mrs. Caroline R. Robbins and fam
lily have received invitation cards to
the wedding of Bertha Della Ryder,
her grand niece, and J. W. Heller at
Lynn, Mass, 26th inst. The home
of the couple is to be at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
The women folks especially of the
north part of the town and Westford
side are indulging in sort of scare
over the alleged lawless operations of
night marauders. Shot guns and pis-
tolls have been put in readiness for all
further alleged attacks.
E. Il. Burdick has sold the old
Thomas Rider place to out-of town
parties for, its lumber and wood. J.
A. Dimock has rented the dwelling
for the coming six months. He and
his wife are to have an invalid lady
from New York city as boarder this
summer.
The largest dam in the world, 80
feet high, is soon to be built in Wy
oming by United States engineers to
help carry out the irrigation scheme
by Uncle Sam. The Shoshone river,
which is to be damned, runs through
a canyon 1000 feet high at the point
where the dam is to be constructed.
We have received a copy of the
Geneseo I'll. Republic containing
an article concerning the pleasant
celebration of the golden wedding of
Marvin Knewlton Paul and wife, re-
Gently mentioned in this column. We
opine that the pictures of the worthy
couple accompanying the sketch do
not f1atter at all.
The papers say that there is to be |
an investigation of the Dewey memo
rial, Mortified academy, Norwich, |
VT, business. 1t is alleged that the
collector was to have one-half of all
the money he raised for the purpose.
We wonder how much "bonus" the
agents of; Wilbraham academy get, |
for instance, for securing new pupils
for that institution. One such agent
told us that he received $40 per head
for his services.
We clip the following about for
mer Wilmington and Stafford Springs
boy from a neighboring city newspa-
per-
So Manchester, April Twenty
five years ago last Saturday Everett
A. Irons and Miss Hattie O. CLARK,
then a teacher in the Danielson high
school, we're married by Rev. Erastus
Cotton, then pastor of the Wilmington
church. The ami
versary was celebrated Saturday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Irons
of No. 1 Mather street, and was at
tended by about eighty friends and
many coming from Stafford
and Southbridge, Mass, to join in
the celebration. The presents of sill
yer which the couple received were
many. After their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Irons lived for time in Yer
sailles, later in Stafford, and from
there they went to Bolton. Eighteen
years ago they moved from Bolton to
MIR. Irons secured work
as section hand on the South Man.
chester railroad, continuing in this