The Press., 1907-03-06
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

riously ill. is slowly improving.
David Robertson is i'll and confined
to his room at the Springs House.
The Wilton grocery has been con-
nected with the telephone exchange
Edward T.. Conan of Hartford has
been visiting friends in town this
week.
Attorney Daniel E. Irwin of Boston
was the guest of W. D. O'Connell
last week.
Samuel Kuslansky has bought a
house on West Main street owned by
]. W. Witt.
The public schools will close for
the spring vacation of two weeks Fri
day. March goth.
Adelbert Needham received car
load of heavy draught horses from
the west Sunday morning.
Rev. f. J. O'Neill attended the
regular quarterly conference at the
cathedral in Hartford yesterday.
Miss Mary Foregson and Miss Ger
trude Garrison of Fitohburg, Mass :.
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Riv-
cite.
The next Saturday afternoon meet
ing of the Country club will be held
March 18th with Mrs. christopher
Allen.
John F. Bannister has opened the
Griffith blacksmith shop ON Westford
avenue, aud has notice in another
column.
The Current Events club will have
an open meeting March Is. to which
the members have the privilege of
inviting friends.
Noel Nj. Pease of the Eaton drug
store is confined to his home by ILL
ness. George Bruce of Norwich has
been taking his place.
Peter Owens was before the borough
court this morning. charged with
drunkenness. He PAID a fine of 50
and costs, and will remove to Prosi-
dence.
1u6E6 Is eOLuo tdAh VI tllc
muzzles from dogs, and there is a
possibility that the justices may take
action in that direction in the near
future.
The next Country club whist meet
ing will be held at the Springs House
next Monday evening. Mrs. Richard
Ellis, Mrs G. p Bard and Miss Helen
Leach will act as hostesses.
Stephen Pease is the first man to
report the sight of bluebird, claim
ing to have seen one last Friday
The general reliability of Mr.. Pease
lends credibility to his assertion.
Details for the presentation of me
vada, OF The Lost Mime" are being
completed. The play will be put on
at st. Edwards hall Saturday, March
10th, and the following Tuesday
evening. March 10th, at Memorial
hall in Stafford.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the baseball association
will be held this evening at O'Clock
in Society hall in the Johnson block,
when a board of directors will be
chosen for the coming season and 9TH
er business transacted.
The post office department. prohib-
its the handling of post cards orna
mented with PARTICLES of glass. mica.
or other similar substance, liable to
injure the persons handling the mails.
except when such are enclosed in an
envelope or suitable covering.
The supper given by the st. Ed
ward's Aid society last Friday evening
drew an attendance of nearly 400. and
the society Melted about $50. The
tables were tastefully decorated. The
supper was excellent aud the service
was commendable. The society will
give an entertainments and social
Friday, April 9th.
The following will take part in the
prize-spesking contest to be held the
last of the term in the high school
Mae MacCallum, Lottie Hatch, Eta
Bidwell, Frances Alden, Lucy Mat
thews, Blanche Barlow, Bessie Carey,
Blanche Waterman, Gilbert Wagner,
Malcolm Beckwith. There are two
prizes offered, one of So and one of
So. so.
The local telephone exchange is
constantly growing, and there are now
about $50 subscribers. Ii deserves
to grow, as the service is unusually
good. People from out of town, who
are familiar with the services of other
exchanges, say that Stafford compares
favorably with the best. The tele-
phone is becoming more and more
business necessity.
The Ladies' Aid will serve q sup
per at the Methodist church next
Tuesday at O'Clock. Price 10 cents
Hostesses, Mrs Marshal Bolieau. Mrs
W. G. Ellis and Mrs. H. O. Holt.
Something in the way of amusement
is promised for the time between the
supper hour and the evenings enter
tainment. The ladies are asked to
come to the church in the afternoon
TO sew.
An Italian employed by the cleo.
trio road was badly injured Monday
at West Stafford by a bank oaving in
on him. The man is on the books
of the company as No $50. and was
taken to the hospital at Springfield
on the evening train. DR.. Bard at
tended the man and found that sew
eral of his ribs were broken. The
ends OF the broken ribs had pene-
trated the tissue of the lungs, causing
the air to escape. There were other
minor injuries While the man is
seriously hurt, he may recover.