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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
TOLLAND.

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Winnie Brown Friday afternoon.
Miss Florence Leonard entertained
party of friends Saturday evening.
Frank Babcook of New York is the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. P. Babcock.
Leonard Powell of Hyde Park,
Mass, is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey Vinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Phelps and
family of Hartford have arrived at
the Tolland House.
Florence and Lenore Laubscher of
Rockville are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. P. Charter.
Miss Katharine Birdseye and Robert
Birdseye of New Jersey are the guests
of Miss Miriam Underwood.
John Usher was seriously injured
Sunday. His horse was frightened by
passing automobile. Mr.. Usher
was trying to hold the animal by the
and knocked Mr.. Usher down, injur-
ing him seriously.
The funeral of Mrs. William A.
Agard was held at her home Friday
afternoon at $50 O'Clock. Rev. Fl.
L. Barnard, pastor of the Oongrega-
tional church, and Rev. William Post
of New Preston, former pastor, con-
Quoted the service. Mrs. Katharine
Bissell Agard was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bissell of Tai
cottville. She was born in that town
June 6, 1851, and lived there until
she married William A. Agard of
Vernon. Shortly after their marriage
they went to Cincinnati, O., and re-
mined there two years, then moving
to Des Moines, La. In nine years they
moved to Staten Island, N. Y, where
Mr.. Agard was engaged in the -four
business. In 1890 they returned to
Connecticut and have lived in Toll
land since. Mrs. Agard was a men,
Der of the Congregational church, SEQ
rotary and teasurer of the Missionary
society and treasurer of the Library
association. Mrs. Agard leaves a
husband and four children: Miss
Lucille Agard, Mrs. Katharine Agard
Meacham, Miss Marian Agard of the
Presbyterian hospital, N. Y, and
William Agard of Pittsburg. Penn.
Mrs. Agard was 30 years of age and
died last week Wednesday from apo
Dlexy.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
WINTER BIRD NEIeHeoRs.
Many of These Much Travelled Little
Fellows Are Surprisingly Tame.

Many of These Much Travelled Little
Fellows Are Surprisingly Tame.
1t is surprising that there are birds
which come to us only to spend the
winter, leaving us again at the begin.
ming Of spring for northern lands and
snow banked hillsides, where the long
day and pale twilight nights OF the
arctic reign. Birds that raise their
broods In the far, treeless northland,
where heather, grasses and stunted
alders grow on a shallow, soaking soil
undertake by a great depth Of eternal
ice, at the approach of winter gather
into great rowing hocks TO surge south
ward to the gentler climate of our bIiz-
zardy temperate" wintersl
Many of these much travelled little
fellows are wonderfully tame and seem
not to experience fear of man so uni
versal with animals that rear their
young IN his neighborhood. Pine gros-
beaks and crossbills, whose real homes
are in the silent, moss filed spruce for
ests Of the great north, will almost al
low themselves to be caught I'm your
hand. With the field rowing birds,
like the snow buntlngs, horned larks
and longspurs, this fearlessness Is not
found, probably from the constant look
out they are forced to keep against the
cunning and hungry white foxes and
the daring, trap jawed little ermine
that persistently hunt them In their
northland home. But the rosy little
red polls, the creepers, kinglets, little
friend chickadee," as the northern In
dams call him, and all the other deep
forest jewellers are as unafraid of us
as they are of the gentle porcupines
and deer of their home woods-St.
Nicholas
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
ELLINGTON.
CRYSTAL Lake.

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Charter are
in Mansfield for few days. stay.
Communion service next Sunday af-
ter the regular preaching service.
David Sykes and family of Rick
Vile are in the Winship cottage for
two weeks.
Mrs. Fl. @. and Mrs. Myron Aborn
of Ellington spent the day with old
friends last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giles s. Dimock of
Yonkers, N. Y, are expected for a
weeks stay with their father, e. H.
Dimock.
The summer cottages are fast being
filled for the season, while others 60
and come for a days outing Fred
j. Snow and e. H. Preston of Rock
Vile were among the pleasure seekers
last Sunday. They brought over a
load in their autos.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

Most modern heroines are married
women, whereas the nice ones in
Shakespeare and in novels before 1890
were almost always unwedded maids.
You like Beatrice and Port1a and,
above all things, Rosalind. You do not
lose your heart to Lady Macbeth
Though a fine figure Of woman), and
you do not desire to compete with
Othello in the affections of Desdemona.
This may be too nice morality, but to
Victorian taste even widows, In novels
at least, come under the ban Of the
elder Mr.. Weller. Nobody but Colonel
Esmond ever cared for Lady Castle
wood, and Dobbin is alone In his pas
sion for Amelia.-Andrew Lang in Lon.
don Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

dragged himself into the kitchen, push
ing the picture before him. The cellar
door was ajar. Thither he made his
painful way and pulled it wide open.
The mingled smells of damp earth and
last seasons vegetables greeted his
nostrils. Without a pause he thrust
the picture through the doorway and
listened with many delightful chuckles
as the children of Israel went bump
ing downward. Halfway down the
frame stuck fast. That would never
do He pdlled himself back to the bed
room to get the cane. With the aid of
the cane he was sure he could reach
down and complete the descent.
He had scarcely regained the bed
room VIXEN he heard his wife come in.
He lay on the floor, spent and breath
ing hard. Perhaps she was going out
again. He would lay low and wait
He heard her moving briskly about the
kitchen for a time; then door squeak
ed raucOusly on it's hinges. There was
only one door in the house that creaked
in that fashion. 1t was the cellar door.
He heard her descending the cellar
were going down in the dark. Good
Lord! She was going down, and that
picture was lying there on the stairs.
In the darkness she would never see it.
1t would send her headlong down more
than half the flight.
Well, whatever happened, he wouldn't
speak before she spoke to him. He
thumped the floor Justify with his fist.
Undoubtedly she would come back,
thinking he wanted something. He
listened breathlessly. Creak, creak!
She was still going down. She must be
close upon that cursed picture. His
fist was clinched; he bit his lips. But
he wouldn't speak first, not If she went
down a thousand flights of stairs. In
an agony of suspense he thumped the
floor again, and in his excitement he
did not notice that this time he used
his right hand.
"Abby, Abby! Come here, quickw
The words broke from his lips almost
involuntarily. He heard her coming,
laundering up the stairs in her haste,
and he sank into huddled heap, relief
and shame struggling for the mastery
of him.
Abby came running into the little
bedroom. Her eyes fell first on the
empty bed, then on the huddled figure
on the floor.
Father, father" she cried, sinking
to her knees beside him, "what has
happenedY
abby" he said severely, "do you
know you're a-talkin' to meY'
II don't care. I'm glad of it, she
confessed recklessly. you spoke to
me, father. You called me-"
She sat down and lifted his head to
her lap, stroking it tenderly as if he
had been a child. "How came you to
be out here?' she asked.
He smiled up at her sheepishly. 81
took a notion to git that picture of the
children Of IsraI out of the room," he
explained. "It's bothered me a good
deal Of late, so l yanked it down with
the cane an slid it down the cellar
stairs. Then you come in an started
to go down them stairs, an l hollered
to you. l was afraid you'd break your
neck over it,
"Ten minutes ago l shouldn't "a
cared much if l had broke my neck"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
nuuaI to the Occasion.

A lady entering her kitchen one
morning saw a knife, fork and plate
as we'll as the remains of rabbit pie.
Suspecting that a certain policeman
had supped at her expense, she ques-
toned the maid. "Jane," she said,
what has become of the cold rabbit
PIER 81 gave it to the dog, num-" re-
piled Jane. Does the dog use knife
and fork, thenT' demanded the mis-
tress. mot very we'll yet, num-" said
Jane, quite unabashed, "but I'm teach
ing him to."-London Telegraph.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
Rev. J. E. Fischer is attending the

Rev. ]. e. Fischer is attending the
Epworth League convention in Weirs,
N. H, as a delegate from this place.
There will be a box bazaar in the
M. E. church next week Tuesday even.
ing. Ice cream will also be for sale.
The pastor of the Congregational
church has invited all the older people
to hand him list of their ten favorite
hymns. from any book or authors.
Next Sunday morning at the Con.
gregational church the subject will be
"Alive unto God," from Romans
GIL. In the evening 1--WE could buy
all"
The Junior Endeavorers will meet
Friday afternoon at 2.3O in the Con-
gregational vestry; conservation and
roll call. Subject, ga young man.
choice. "
There will be no preaching service
in the Methodist church Sunday
morning. The Sunday school will
be at the usual hour, II O'Clock. The
Epworth League prayer meeting will
take place in the church at O'Clock.
Leader, H. G. Durham.
West Stafford.
Mrs. E. L. Brown has sold her farm
to @. P. Broadway.
Mrs. F. A. Sturtevant is entertain
ing her mother, Mrs. Henry Neff.
Miss Mabel Graves was in New
London last week to witness the Yale
Harvard boat races.
Miss Louise Ward of Springfield has
been the guest of Mrs. Andrew
Magill at @. P. Bradway's.
Mrs. Carl Battige and family have
moved into the east tenement of the
house owned by F. 2. Fairfield.
Mrs. Robert Greaves and family
have moved into the east part of the
house owned by J. M. Armstrong.
Mr.. and Mrs. Braggs of Hartford
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Morse and
children of Wilmington have been
recent guests at Henry McKinney's.
Mrs. Martha Mooers, aged 80, and
Mrs. Henry Alden, aged 90, with Miss
Alden, drove from Thompsonville on
Tuesday and were guests at John Han
coUk's.
Rev. E. N. Munro, who was called
to Marblehead, Mass. some two weeks
ago to attend the funeral of brother,
was again called to that city last
Thursday to attend the funeral of
another brother.
A lawn social will be held at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. f. 2. Fair
field next Tuesday evening. Ice cream
and cake will be for sale. The pro-
ceeds will be for the benefit of the
Ladies' Aid society.
Last Sunday the Junior Christian
Endeavor society elected the following
officers and committees for the ensuing
six months: President, Helen Pres
ton; president, Harold Munro !;
secretary, Ethel Gold; treasurer,
Leslie Lovett; lookout committee,
Leslie Lovett, Helen Preston; prayer
meeting committee, Ethel Gold,
Harold Munro; social committee,
Winthrop Avery, Blanche Sturtevant,
Arthur Avery; sunshine committee,
Blanche Sturtevant, Christie Jensen,
Doris Glazier, Dimock Glazier, Hattie
Pease, Stella Pease, Clinton Broadway;
collector, Clinton Broadway. First
,ellent department was awarded to
Ethel Gold, and second prizes were
given to Harold Munro, Leslie Lovett
and Helen Preston
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
COVENTRY.
South Coventry.

Frank Gilmore has purchased about
100 acres of what is known as the
Manning estate, on the north shore
of Coventry lake. Four others are
interested in the purchase. and plans
for its development are to follow.
Miss Elite B. Lincoln, a domestic
employed at the summer home of W.
E. Wheelook ON Babcock hill, COM
mitted suicide Sunday night by tax
ing a dose of chloroform. Miss Lin
coin, it is stated, had not been mental
ly sound for several months. She
was about so years old.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

The efficiency OF lightning conductors
Is fairly well attested by the freedom
Of the great cathedrals and tall spired
churches from injury. st. Paul's and
Westminster abbey, for example, are
well protected and serve to safeguard
a large area surrounding them. Expert
ence in the navy Is to the same effect.
In former days, before conductors were
employed, there was an annual charge
for damage to his majesty's ships by
lightning. Between 1910 and 1915, ac-
oording to Sir w. Snow Harris. thirty
ave sails of the line and thirty-nve frig-
ates and smaller vessels were complete
~ disabled. That item has now vanish
ed from the votes.-London Telegraph.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

The clock has a strange way Of tell
ing different tales with the same face.
II it is telling one man to hurry up, 1t
tails the next man who looks that there
Is plenty of time.-Atchison Globe.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES

LOOAAA NONAOSos
Matter under this head 10 cents per nne.l
Mrs. Emory Pierce will have Ice
Cream for sale on and after the Fourth.
They say that Parizeau's Ice Cream
this year Is better than ever. He secures
his cream from the SOmers creamery.
Orders by telephone promptly delivered.
Call 19-5
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

Sue BdIu, Out HOW =
She drew him to her hungrily. Some
thing warm and wet splashed on his
forehead. Daniel coughed huskily.
81 guess you'd better git the children
Of IsraI off the cellar stairs an hang
'em on the south wall again." he said.
Somehow l feel g If could stan 'em
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

Children like Kennedy's Laxative
Honey and Tar. The pleasantest and
best cough syrup to take, because it con-
tains no opiates. Sold by Anders Jacob
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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
A Certain Cure for Aching Zee

Aliens Foot Ease, powder; cures Tired, Ach-
ing, Sweating, swollen feet. Sample sent FREE
also Sample OF FooT-EAsE SANITARY CoRN-PAD,
a new invention. Address, Allen s. olmstead,
Leroy, N. Y.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04
Mother Grav's Sweet Powders

For Children, successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse In the Children's Home In New York, Cure
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy
Worms. Over $1,000 testimonials. They never
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. z.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

Helen. a little girl Of four years,
came to her mother with q look Of pain
on her face and said, Mamma, have
two bad headaches"
1.-TWO headachesT said her mother.
"How can that Der"
"Well, 1 have one above each eye"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-07-04

Kennedys Laxative Honey and Tar is
the original laxative cough syrup and
combines the qualities necessary TO relieve
the cough and purge the system OF cold
Contains no opiates. Sold by Anders
Jacobsen
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5tAuOruV1kles
i wish to sincerely thank the neigh
bors and friends for their many acts OF
kindness, and for their floral tributes dur
ing my recent bereavement.
MRS. JANE L. CARPENTER.
There will be mass at 9.15 Sunday
morning at st. Joseph's chapel.
Miss Ida Wilson was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Cole, over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen s. West, Jr.,
of Worcester are guests of her mother,
Mrs. Lima Booth.
Mrs. Rose Silk and daughter, Kate,
are spending a few weeks with rela-
tiyes in this place.
The patriotic service held in the
Congregational church Sunday even
ing was interesting and inspiring.
The O. E. conservation and roll call
meeting will be held Friday evening
at the Congregational vestry. Sub
ject, Humility
The Ladies' Aid society of the Con-
church will have a patri.
otto social and bean supper in the ves-
try this week Tuesday evening. Ice
cream will be on sale.
The Press., 1906-11-14

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there IS Kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a deranCement of the female organism, and which, while it causes a disturb Ance similar to ordinary indigestion, cannot be relieved without a medicine which not only acts as a stomach tonic, but has a peculiar tonic effect on the fe- male organism.
 As proof of this theory we call at tontion to the case of Mrs. Maggie Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y., who was completely cured by Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound after every thing else had failed. She writes:
 "For two years I suffered with dyspepsia which 90 degenerated the entire system that was unable to attend to my daily duties. l felt weak and nervous, and nothing that ate tasted good and it caused a disturbance in my stomach I tried different dyspepsia cures, but nothing seemed to help me. l was ad- vissd to give Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound trial, and was happily surprised Go find that 1t acted like a fine tonic, and Tn a fswdays began to enjoy and properly digest my food. My recovery was rapid, and In Eve weeks was a well woman. l have rec commended it to many suffering women
 No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unquali- fed endorsement or has such a record of foures of female troubles, as has Lydia ID. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Press., 1906-11-14
Marion HaPland.

The celebrated authoress, so highly es. teemed by the women of America, says on pages 103 and 445 of her popular work, ''Eve's Daughters ; or Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother"
 ''For the aching back should it be slow in recovering it's normal strength an Allcock's Plaster is an excellent com. forter, combining the sensation of the sustained pressure of strong warm hand with certain tonic qualities developed in the wearing. It should be kept over the seat of uneasiness for several days-in ob- stinate cases for perhaps fortnight"
 ''For pain in the back wear an AllcOck s Plaster constantly, renewing as it wears of. This an invaluable support..when the weight on the small of the back becomes heavy and the aching incessant."
The Press., 1906-11-14
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
[Items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty years ago.l
November 16. 1876.

COlUM0S
 of The Press, thirty years ago.l November 16, 1876.
 In the case of Claudius Harvey vs. the insurance companies, the court has given a decision awarding MT. H $17, ,25O for damage by the burn ing of the old Valley mill one year ago. MT. Harvey claimed SIS, 900, and the companies offered him $12,- 900.
 The annual meeting of the Holland County East Agricultural society, ad- journed from the 9th inst, was held on Monday last. The old officers were reelected, viz: Hon. E. H. Hyde, president; vice. presidents, Jul jus Converse, Wm. Holman; secre- tary, Dr. O. S. Sprague; treasurer, R. s. Hicks; corresponding secretary, W. P. Sweetser; directors. R. Wes- ton, E. W. Upham, Nathan Pierson, James Mclaughlin, E. T. Converse, H. F. Corbin.
 At the annual meeting of Torrent Engine company on Monday evening last officers were chosen as follows: By election-Oyrus Banford, foreman; i; Gardner l.. Hyde, Wm. M. Crawford, assistants; Alvarado Howard, clerk and treasurer; l.. K. Lord, assistant do.; W. M. Crawford, s. w. Page, w. D. Heald, W. H. Cooley, G. O. Parkess, executive committee; stew ard, Anthony Adams; assistant stew ard, Charles Butterfield. By appoint ment-Leading hosemen, Vim. R. Pot ter, w. E. Butler, Charles Butter field, Albert Parkess, L. K. Lord, M. Bolieau. z. B Grandy, Richard Rourke, R s. Staples, Wm. R. Small, Ephriam Spedding, James Fitton i; suction hosemen, George Eaton. A. E Converse, E R. Fiske, s. s. Earns worth, O. W. Sanford; bagmen, s. W. Page. M. A. Smith, A. K. Morse. J. Mclaughlin, J. Brosnan, T. Shea. Tho company at the beginning of the year numbered 5S men; admitted dur ing the year, II; died or discharged, \
 G. present membership, 63. The company has been called out during the year, by fire alarms, five times. On two of these occasions it's services were needed, and valuable in the saving of property-Nov. 8th, 1875, at the house of Harrington on Park street, and Sept. 24, 1876, at the fire on School street. The other occa- sions were those of slight fires, ex- tinguished without it's aid.
 Born. Stafford Springs, 11th, a son to Rufus B. Fowler.
 Wilmington, (Village Hill), a son to M. B. Fisk; 10th, daughter to Curnell Baker.
 Wales, 18th, daughter to Dr. F. L. Smith.
 Stafford Hollow, 4th, a son to Dr. M. R Griswold.
 Orcuttville, 18th, son to Arthur E. King.
 Married. - Willington, 14th, by Rev. c. W. Potter, Gilbert l.. Spicer and Lizzie Brownley, both of Will lington.
The Press., 1906-11-14

The best treatment for indigestion and troubles of the stomach is to rest the stomach. It can be rested by starvation or by the use of good digestant which will digest the food eaten, thus taking the work off the stomach. At the proper temperature, single teaspoonful of Ko- dol will wholly digest 3, ,0O0 grains of food. It relieves the present annoyance, puts the stomach in shape to satisfactorily per- form it's functions Good for indigestion, sour stomach, aatulence, palpitation of the heart and dyspepsia. Kodol is made in strict conformity with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by An ders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1906-11-14
AVATG R.RWR.

'If you should have your choice whether to die in the Empire State or select Jersey" remarked a Hoboken lawyer the other day. "Over there," said he, we still do business on lines laid out by the common law. For ex- ample, under the laws of New Jersey a husband Is entitled to all the per sonal property left by his deceased wife. Across the river the case Is quite different, because under the laws of the state of New. York half of a de ceased wife's personal estate goes to her children and the residue reverts to her husband. Only where there are no children is the hubby the whole thing" New York Press.
The Press., 1906-11-14
A starveling Greyhound.

One rarely hears of stray dog found practically starving in the streets of a city rising to fame and bringing for tune to it's benefactor.. Such, however, is the history of the celebrated dog Brigadier, which many years ago, after being hustled about the streets of Man chester, found a sympathetic friend in the late MT. Foulkes of that city. Find ing the dog in the streets homeless, Mir. Foulkes took it home, and with it, aft CT careful training, succeeded in win ming the Waterloo cup. With the mon- ey thus won MT. Foulkes purchased a hotel at Wilmington, suburb of Man. chester, which he renamed the Water loo hotel. In quiet spot of the hotel grounds stands tombstone erected to the dogs memory.-Iondon Graphic
The Press., 1906-11-14
.rOpnccO Leaves.

A scientist writes: '"The essential quality for which tobacco is smoked or chewed lies not really in the leaves themselves, but is contained in thou sands of hollow knobbed hairs which cover their surface. The vital nicotine is garnered in these pear-like balls, but as it is impossible to shave off these hairs and would be a scarcely com mendable achievement if it could be undertaken it becomes necessary to preserve the whole foliage for com mercial purposes"
The Press., 1906-11-14
A Punctual Artiat

One well known and decidedly inar- tistic quality of Lord Leighton was his punctuality. He was once in Damas- GUS and was urged to remain there, but he declined. His reason was that he had to be in London on a certain day because he had made an engagement with his model. A friend was anxious to learn whether Lord Leighton had ac- tually kept this engagement, and he found that when the artist was as- cending the staircase straight from Da- mascus the model was knocking at the door of the. studio.