The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-03-07
srAFFoRD SPRINGS.

NJ. J. Hassett was at Leominster,
Mass over Sunday.
W. A. Comins, who has been quite
i'll, is getting better.
Mrs. John Melbourne is i'll at her
home on Westford avenue.
Sheriff Louis Helm has been in
New York ON a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Foskett were
At the Foster homestead over Sunday.
Miss NJ. A. Sargent of West Boyls-
ton has been visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Thomas Warren has been quite
i'll for few days with an asthmatic
trouble.
Miss V. s. Batty of Wellesley col
lsge is the guest of Miss Sophia
Brown.
Orient chapter of Masons will meet
at their hall this evening and work
the NJ. NJ degree.
W. A. Comins aud Joseph Connor
have been granted q patent on a spe-
cial cork for horse shoe.
Mrs Harry Pownall and Miss Mol
lie Fitzgerald of Mouson are in New
York for the millinery openings.
Samuel Kuslansky has sold the
place he recently purchased on Benton
street to Louis Lewis and Peter Sous
sell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Allen
have returned from Bermuda and are
in Washington. where they will re-
main until about April LIST.
The entertainment at the Congre-
gational chapel last Wednesday even
ing was quite enjoyable and had a
good attendance.
Another carload of horses for Adel-
bert Needham will arrive Saturday
from the west. This is the second
shipment this season.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Springs Agricultural society will be
held at the office of Lawyer r. Fl.
Fisk next Tuesday afternoon at 4
O'Clock.
The recent cold interval gave Jones
Bros. a chance to continue cutting
ice. and they now have a sufficient
quantity to last them through the
summer.
The supper given by the w. r. @.
last Friday evening for the benefit of
Mrs. Milo Eaton had a large attend
ance from all parts of the town, and
Melted SIS.
The work of getting the store ready
for the clothing business. in which
James Warren is to engage, is being
pushed rapidly, but Mr.. Warren is
unable to announce just when the
opening will be.
Advertised letters: Lewis Alexan-
der, Mrs. Bachelor, Mrs. o. B. Car
penter, Mrs. James Cavanaugh, Mrs.
Misael Fleury, Mrs. James Griggs,
Mrs. A. O. Hillman, Frank l.. Nor
ton. Edgar Phelps, Miss Gussie
Schnderkoff, Miss Sadie Utley.
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the presentation of' shaun Rhue, {"
the four-ac comedy drama, March
18th. The entertainment is given
for the benefit Of the A. o. H and
will be repeated Tuesday evening
March goth, at the Hollow. Music
for the occasion will be rendered by
Lynch's orchestra.
There will be an auction sale of
the household goods and other prop
erty of Smith Abrams at the Marcy
place at Stafford Street, Saturday,
March 18th, at 10 a. m. Besides a
lot of excellent household furniture
there will be sold horse, a carriage,
q farm wagon, harness, robes, three
breeders, cultivator, small farming
tools and q quantity of hay. The
goods have been assigned to Frederick
Psrpegan-
Adelbert Needham has exchanged
his property on the Hollow road for
the Springs House property, and will
take possession as soon as he can COM
pleted arrangements. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Needham are we'll adapted to
make q success of the undertaking,
and the townspeople are we'll pleased
to see them have the property, as it
was known that Mr.. Scott contem-
plated selling. Mr. Needhsm has built
up a successful business in the sale of
horses, which he can handle from his
new location even more conveniently
than from his present stable. His
wide acquaintance will also help him
in his new business. Mrs. Needham,
with her quiet tact and pleasing per-
sonality, will be an ideal hostess.
The surveyors are again at work on
the proposed electric line between
here and Rockville. Engineer Sumner
was in town last week, and he thinks
there is little doubt that the Consoli-
dated will build the line. There will
be some changes in the route at the
entrance to Rockville and at other
points. The policy of the Consoli-
dated will be to look out more for
local traffic, and this may mean about
two miles more of track over the more
direct line contemplated by the Shaws.
The road will in all probability take
in both Crystal Lake and West Stat
ford, and will enter this town by
coming under the railroad on the
West Stafford road. instead of the ex-
pensive overhead entrance planned If
the cars came in by the Faulkner dam.
Vice. President Townley of the Con-
solidated telephoned to the local rep
resentatives yesterday asking for
conference relative to the extension of
the bond. Mr.. Townley said it would
be almost impossible under the cir
cumStsnces to live up to the conditions