The Press., 1907-11-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Horatiou Needhan of Orcuttville i~ quite i'll.
 Mrs. Cyrus H. Converse and ohil drsu are visiting in Boston.
 James Lord is confined to his rocm at the Springs House by illness.
 Walter willett of Boston was q e guest of Maurice Demond over Sum- day.
 Mrs. P. Panciera of West Main street was injured by a fall few days ago.
 A flock of wild geese, southward bound. passed over this town this morning
 Miss Jennie and Miss Bessie Tilden of Falmouth, Mass, are guests of the Misses Barrett.
 Mrs. Harold Post of Woods Hole was the guest of MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Burr over Sunday a
 superinAendent A, T. Mitchell of the Warren Woolen company is in New York on a business trip.
 There will be a social at the Metho- idst church this evening, and lecture on Panama" by Rev. J. E. Fischer.
 A. F. Young has been visiting friends here this week. Mir. Young has just returned from a trip to Mon tana.
 Malcolm Beckwith has taken a position as window dresser and card writer for Meekins. Packard & Wheat of Springfield.
 There will be a union service at the Congregational church next Sun day evening. at which Rev. Thomas lyric will preach.
 Dr. John P. Hanley has located in Bridgeport for the practice of medi- cine His many friends here wish him 8 large measure of sucoess-
 Superintendent Hancock of the local electric company has placed a sausage machine in the Arnold market with a capacity of 400 pounds an hour.
 Dr.. James Stretch is i'll with sciatica at a sanitarium in New Haven, and will not be able to re- sume his practice for another week.
 The grade of the electric road has been lowered a few inches in front of the Warren block this week. The line of the street will conform to the reduced grade.
 Preparations are about completed for the combination auction sale to be held unass t66Ndftectiou of Gary Bros tue 3Oth. Articles will De called for and transported to the sale if the firm is notified. .,,.. r.,~ .
 A sewer to carry of the surface water has been placed at the corner of East Main street and Furnace avenue, crossing the electric tracks at right angles. Marshal Bolieau has had charge of the construction.
 Considerable interest is manifested in She formation of the local branch of the St. Jean the Baptist society, and 1t is reported that there are 6S applications for membership. A meet ing for organization will be held in three or four weeks.
 Fred Wildey has returned from an extended trip through the west. The scarcity of currency is pronounced and is having the same effect on basiness As in the east. MT. Wildey Sbruught back a sample of the clearance house certificates used in some of the cities of the west.
 There is some curtailment of the wooden business owing to 6uancial conditions. While none of the, local plants are to shut down at present, production will be limited. The Warren woolen mills are no longer run nights, and a large numbef of people have been laid of at the Rhode Island plant.
 G. O. Benson has resigned his posi- tion at the Springs House to become head clerk at the Crocker House in New London. He will leave here Thanksgiving and take up his duties bn6 uE8h OA OCNCAAOoAs h0 ASAAy local friends of MT. Benson are pleased to learn of his advancement. while regretting that his new duties will take him away. F
 A very pleasant occasion was the observance of the 90th birthday of Mrs. Phebe A. Clark, last Thursday, on Brown avenue. Although so far advanced in years Mrs. Clark is in good health, and retains her mental faculties to a remarkable degree She was in the best of spirits last Thurs day. The calling of large number of friends in the afternoon was de- lightful surprise to her. Everyone who came not only gave her cordial greeting, but left some token of their friendship and good will. Mrs. Clark resides with her son, s. F. Clark.
 Over 25O persons followed closely the detailed account of the trip "Across the desert to Mt. Sinai" by Rev. E. w. Bishop, D. D., last even- ing. The graphic descriptions and the clear pictures, many beautifully oolored, made lasting impression of that far of peninsular. Even the barren wastes have their fascination, made glorious with the lights of heaven by night, and gorgeous color effects of sea. rock and cliff by day. The strange people. perform their ancient ceremonies and observe the same customs as in the days of Abra- ham. The environment is as of old, the rugged mountains. the. sandy plains, the sparse vegetation, scattered palms, historic springs and numerous v.na;aa The hrokherlv interest and