The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-03-21

Michael McGillicnddy will sell h
household furniture at auction Satu
day at p. m.
Polly Pierce. Is, valuable parrt
owned by Mrs. Emory Pierce, hi
passed on. The end came Marc
goth.
New telephones this week as fo
lows: Eli Parizeau, 12-5; A. "
Kingsbury, 27-3; Fred Wildey
residence, 34-3.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs Ben
jamin Fessenden, Donal l., L
months old, died the 18th of bron
chial pneumonia. The funeral wa
held yesterday from their home il
Providence.
The Sherman moving pictures il
Illustrating the Passion Play will b,
the next attraction at st, Edward
hall, Thursday, March goth. We'd
nesday evening, the 29th, the picture
will be shown at the Hollow.
The high school is planning to give
an entertainment in st. Edwards
hall the second week in April for the
benefit of the "Oracle. The pro
gram will include a farce, musica
selections and speaking. The schoo,
orchestra and glee club will render
selections.
Michael McGillicuddy is soon to &C
to Philadelphia, where he will have
charge of cafe owned by his brother,
Connie Mack, of baseball fame. Dur.
ing the time Mr.. Mack has been here
he has made many friends who will
regret to see him leave, although they
will be pleased by his good fortune.
Mr.. Mack is very industrious and
obliging, and will make friends
wherever he goes.
A strike is threatened on the Gen.
trail Vermont railroad, but it is hoped
it will be avertsd. There are about
/ 500 men employed on the system,
and large percentage have voted to
strike if their demands looking for a
betterment of conditions are not COM
piled with. The management has the
matter under advisement, and a de-
cision one way or the other will soon
be reached 1t is thought that a
strike would temporarily tie up the
entire system.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Stafford Golf company
was held at the Springs House last
evening, and the following directors
we're elected: O. F. Beckwith, Chris
5opher Allen, g. F. Harwood, DIR. L
F. Eaton and Lewis Mclaughlin.
The annual meeting of the Stafford
Country club followed. The follow
ng governors we're elected: Chris
gopher Allen, F. F. Patten, B. P
Cooley and Lewis Mclaughlin. The
governors holding over are G. F.
Chandler, Walter Scott, R. H. Fisk,
T. H. Valentine and G. B. Pinney.
The club is in prosperous condition
md the indications are for a very sue
essful year. There is 1891 in the
reasury. To the n members II new
1embers were added last evening.
After the business meetings the rest
the evening was devoted to whist
Hiss Margaret Cooley and R. H. Fisk
sceived the honors.
Editor of The Press With your
ind permission, would like to ad-
ress query to your Wellington cor
In that very entertaining
ccount taken from the diary OF an
nglishman who was travelling in |
Connecticut, early in the past CEN
1ry, 1 note an allusion to an inn
'hich the traveller is supposed to have
ound in Wellington. The diary
lated that the traveller asked for |
omething at the inn, and that the
distress called upon Minerva" to |
ct it for him. In commenting upon
he diary, it is stated "We are at |
ISL to locate the Minerva. " Now,
light not the stranger have crossed
1e line from Wilmington into Stafford
ithout knowing it. There was in
lose days, I suppose at that very
ate, an inn within the limits of
hat is now the borough of Stafford
prings, but which was very likely
ot in sight of the Stafford Springs
ouse 1.-THE only object likely, per-
APPS, to indicate to a stranger his
hereabouts). This was kept by
ohn Baker, who was also a cabinet,
furniture, maker and a relative of
le Bakers from whom we now buy
lrniture. The oldest of his large
mily of children was named Mi
arva. At this time she was about
5 years old. Her mother, a sister
Captains Solva and Farley Con-
rise, was woman of great execu-
We ability, and would surely have
ilized any such help as her daugh-
could render, ard have called upon
IF to wait upon the traveller. In
ew of the facts stated, knowledge
which the writer received from a
ember of the Baker family, who
'rself lived at the inn, is it not
obable that the Minerva mentioned
the traveller is thus brought to
Sht? Herbert O. Thresher.
Stafford.
Mrs. Nella Weston is visiting rela-
yes in Norwich.
Albert HI. Sheppard is visiting at
g Baptist parsonage.
The skating rink will be opened to-
orrow evening at the town hall.
Miss Beatrice Treadway of East
me is the guest of Miss Lillian
.rks.
Rev. George W. Sheppard will de-
'er his farewell address next Sunday
ening.
Stafford grange, No. So, will hold
invitation dance in MamoriaI holl