The Press., 1906-02-07
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Mrs. John T. Melbourne, who has
been ill, is recovering.
Miss Nellie Marsdale visited friends
in Monson over Sunday.
VIM. A. Foster of Palmer was at
his home here over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin
were in Palmer over Sunday.
Edward Goodell of Staffordville has
purchased the fish business in Rock
wells block of W. E. Slater.
M. O'Halloran resumed his labors
at G. H Baker & Cos the first of the
week, after an illness of few days.
Miss Kate l. Lord is acting as an
instructor in Monson academy owing
to the illness of Miss Burley of Maine,
who has gone to her home.
Mrs. G. H. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Valentine and Miss Elinor Val
entine attended missionary conven-
tion in Springfield last Wednesday.
John G Wightman has completed
the military enrolment, and finds
there are Ats in town subject to duty.
Of these there are 67 exempt for vari-
.ous reasons.
1t is expecte that a large number
will go to the chicken. pie supper at
Mrs. A. E. Bates on Friday evening
Bolieau's barge will leave the depot
at 7 O'Clock, sharp.
David Robertson is placing steel
ceilings in the two puper rooms of his
Main street store. He has also point
ed the fire wall above the Eaton block
and will cover it with metal.
Dana Gary purchased a promising
mare at the horse sale in New York
last week. The mare is four years
old and her name is DEVILS Maid.
She has no mark and Mr.. Gary will
begin training her at once.
Rev. Mr.. Tryie read a paper on
"Robert Browning and the Christian
faith" on Monday afternoon, at the
Norwich District Ministerial associa-
tion, which held it's meeting at South
Manchester.
Fire was discovered about 1.3O
Saturday afternoon on the roof of the
finishing department of the Warren
wooden mills. No alarm was rung
in, as the fire was quickly extin-
guished by employees of the mill, who
used the company's hose for the pur-
pose. It was fortunate that the fire
broke out at the time it did instead
of in the night. The damage was
slight.
A special program is being prepared
for the commemoration of Lincoln g
birthday. next Sunday evening, at the
Methodist church. Beside appropri-
ate music there will be the reading
of the Gettysburg address by Harold
Comins, and Whitmau's Captain, o
My Captain" by Miss Kate Lord.
and an address by the pastor on "The
message of the life of Abraham Lin
coin to the young men of to-day"
Several of the Consolidated road
officials were in town last Friday
The party consisted of Vice President
Townley, General Manager Punder-
ford, Civil Engineers Hill and Ryder
and Attorney H. B. Freeman of. Hart
ford. They came here from Wilt
mantle, where they went over the
route of the proposed extension from
Willimantic to Coventry. They made
no stay here, but Immediately got in
to team and drove to Rockville. 1t
is evident that they were not out for
a pleasure trip, as later date would
have insured more favorable weather
conditions. The indications are that
the new owners of the franchise are
looking the property over, and it is
probable that they will decide one
way or the other promptly. If they
decide to build, there is ample capital
to push the work to an early compile
tion The officials were interviewed
at Rockville on the prospects of build
ing the road, and talked favorably of
it, according to the Hartford Times.
The Consolidated promises nothing,
but may prove more active when it
comes to doing something than the
Shaw syndicate. The number of peo-
pie who will not believe that we are
to have a trolley until they see the
cars is increasing.
Willimantic, Ct, Jan. 81, 1906.
Editor Stafford Press =
Dear Sir:-Kindly grant me lit
tie space in your paper to explain a
matter which personally concerns me
My attention was called to a newspa-
per account of a suit in law against a
Mr. Gary for "alleged cruelty to the
stallion, County Beater " Now,
County Beater is my property, and 1
turned him over to the care of Mr.
Gary, who was reputed to be good
horse trainer. The account says THAT
Mr Gary had more or less trouble in
getting his money for training and
driving" 1 want to say that there
was no trouble whatever. l wrote
Mr.. Gary several times that lie could
have the money when the horse wss
returned to me, but to no effect. 1
visited him and asked him to return
the horse, and his bill would be paid.
He finally did so, and 1 fulfilled my
part of the contract by paying him in
full. And. want to add, that there
was never any intention on my part
to do otherwise, for no ona in this
community accuses me of being dis
honest. The account adds that "the
alleged cruelty took place last Octo-
ber. +" What of that? Many a man
who is really guilty of crime is not
brought to justice until months, and
sometimes years, have passed since it's