The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13
MONaON.


academy took q sleighride TO Moulton
Hill Friday night. enjoying the even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Fred o. Letter.
De Reefs minstrels are booked for
Memorial hall for April Sd. They
will play here under the auspices of
the baseball association and are bound
to do a land Office business
There is a report from DR.. Peters
of Boston that the dogs head submit
ted for examination showed indica-
tions of rabies. The animal is the
one that bit Mrs. Boucher.
Delmore Pease has leased of Mrs.
Rufus @. Pease her house on Washing
ton street. Mrs. Pease is to accom-.
pany her daughter, Mrs. Miller, on
her return to Columbus, Ohio.
Ralph O. Needham of the battle
ship Connecticut, now at the Brook
lyn navy yard, has been spending
few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs W. A. Needham, of Main street,
The republican voters will hold
their caucus for the nomination Of
town officers in Memorial hall Thurs
day night, the Dist, and the demo-
Gratis the following night in the same
place.
The seven O'Clock car yesterday
morning ran on the Brimfeld switch,
and was delayed about an hour in
consequence. This is the first at
tempt made to run a regular car to
Brimf1eld.
Merrill Carew has drawn in the
poles for the extension Of the electric
road which will be made this spring
Mr.. Carew says there are poles enough
to extend the road as far as Fred
Peck's place.
The organization of the ball team
is progressing. Dauphinais, Collector,
Wallace and Murphy have signed.
Negotiations are pending with May
nard and Crowley. The indications
are that we shall have ball team
that will give visiting teams proper
amount of good healthful exercise.
Postmaster Seymour has received
notice from the postal authorities
authorizing him to post notices, ask.
ing for bids for the contract of carry
ing the mails from the local post
office to the depot. This work has
been done for many years by John
Curley, who resigned from that con-
tract some time ago, as he did not
consider the pay sufficient for the
work that it required. The past
few months there has been a great
deal of waiting for trains, especially
at night. The train due at Monson
at z 40 from the south is late nearly
every night, and many times several
hours. Bids must be handed in to
the postma ster before the 10Th.
The house on the Lent farm was
burned last Friday afternoon. Mrs,
Lynch, q near neighbor, noticed
smoke issuing from the building about
A O'Clock, and called Miss Lent on
the telephone. The fire originated
in the attic near the chimney. and
was probably caused by defective
flue. Neigbhors went to the assist
ance of the family, and while moth
ing could be done to save the house,
much of the furniture was taken out.
bureau containing inusrance and
other valuable papers was burned.
While Miss Lent could not tell def
initely about the insurance, she thinks
that it is covered. The house was a
large two.story frame building, with
an ell, and no doubt cost $4,000 or
more. The barn was saved.
The baked bean supper held at the
house of Fred o. Letter Saturday,
the I'd, in the interest of the Moul-
ton Hill Sunday school, attracted
about two hundred presons, fifty COM
ing from Stafford, including Mr..
and Mrs. II. F. Cady, Ed. Pinney and
family, Rev. A. B. Todd and others
of the elite, unlabelled. The enter
tainment, under charge of Miss Bessie
Moulton, embraced, besides other
features of unusual interest, play
entitled "The Fairy Godfather from
Paris" Homemade candy and corn
balls were on sale. A total of about
thirty dollars was taken in. An
order for the new organ has been sent
to Brattleboro. The next social
function Is to be a lawn party. We
hope it may be soon, if lawn can
be found large enough.
The following officers of Quaboag
lodge of Rebekahs have been installed !:
N. G., Mrs. Nettie Aldrich; V. g.,
Mrs. Minnie Weber; R. S., Mrs
Clara Thompson; F. s., Mrs Emma
Butler; treasurer, Mrs. Lizzie Howe;
warden, Mrs. Lena Needham; o. g.,
Lavator Weber; conductor, Mrs
Esther Burlington; 1. g., Mrs. Mabel
Pease; r. s. N. G., David Needham !;
L. s. N. g., Grace Stacy; r. S. V.
G., Lillian Priestly; L. S. v. G.,
Alice Blodgett; chaplain, Ada
Graves. There were about 40 mem
bers of Morning Star lodge of Spring
field present at the meeting Thursday
evening, and there we're 81 local
candidates. The new lodge has a
fine membership and bids fair to be
q very enjoyable organization. The
regular meeting nights will be the
first and third Thursdays of each
month.
The annual meeting of the Monson
free library and reading room associa-
tion was held in the library rooms
Monday evening. The report of the
treasurer was read and accepted, and
was, as it usually is, favorable one.
The librarians report for the year
ending February % showed that the
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