The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-01-30
UNION.

Herbert Brown spent rev Gays IL
Charlton the past week.
The board of relief will meet al
the town house on Friday from to 4
The little daughter, Eva, Of My.
and Mrs. Charles Scranton was i'll
with the grip the past week.
Miss Annie Brown, who has been
home with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. Brown, several weeks, returned to
Worcester this week.
The farmers institute held last
Thursday was very pleasant affair.
and while the coolest day of the year
kept many from turning out, there
were many brave ones who attended.
In the morning the state forester, MI.
Halves of New Haven, gave a short
talk on the pine tree and forestry in
Connecticut. He told us that one
half the land in Connecticut was waste
land, and land on which pine could
be successfully grown. He thorough.
~ believes in the setting of seedlings,
instead of the planting of pine seed,
but said if in cutting your lots off
your would leave six to ten large
trees per acre, all cost or labor of
planting or seeding by hand is done
away with. and the trees will seed
sufficiently. Mr.. Putnam of Litchfield
gave an interesting talk on poultry.
io1 of he
location. Hot coffee, doughnuts and
ham sandwiches were served at the
LUNCH hour at the town house. In the
afternoon Prof. L. A. Clinton of
Storrs spoke on farm economy. He
gave the tables on different high and
low grade fertilizers and actual cost
of ingredients used, if bought separ
ately. For example, a low grade
fertilizer cost the farmer some $12 to
$15 per ton more than if the ingre-
dients were purchased and mixed by
the farmer while of the high grade
the difference was only some % to
IS per ton, and in both cases some
900 to 400 pounds of nothing but
sand or filling had to be hauled from
railroad to farm in each ton of pre-
pared fertilizer. Prof. Clinton
thought the economy on the farm
should apply to labor and improve
ment of neglectful practices. J. R.
Houston of Mansfield was called upon
to make a few remarks regarding
fruit, Pref. Gulley of Storrs failing to
appear. Mr.. Houston is a berry
gardener, and has had very marked
success with currants, raspberries and
straw berries. L. M. Reed presided
over the meeting, and in behalf of the
grange welcomed everyone Music
was rendered at intervals during the
session.
Mashapaug.
Miss Lizzie Moore of Burnside is
home and very i'll.
George Curry of Chicopee Falls,
Mass, was visiting In town over Sum
day.
F. H. Walker is very comfortable
and able to sit up considerable of the
time.
Richmond Young of Holland, one
of the Oldest men in this section, died
at the home of Eugene Young last
Thursday and was buried Saturday.
Funeral services at Congregational
church, Holland.
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Florida last fall to secure treatment
for her hearing, reports marked i'm
provement and is able to hear ordinary
conversation. The doctors expect she
will, with careful treatment, be able
to entirely recover her sense of hear
ing.
POLAND.
Miss Muriel Wood spent Sunday in
Warehouse Point.
The board of relief will meet at
the town hall on Friday from IL to 3.
Rev. J. A. Wood will preach Sun
day evening on the subject Wise and
foolish building
The Thursday evening prayer meet
ing will be held at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Fl. T. Barnard
Andrew Fl. Amidon of Stafford
Springs was the guest Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger NJ. Clough and
family.
Miss O. B. Mccormick has accepted
position as operator in the Office of
the Southern New England Telephone
Go. in Hartford.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E.
church will meet next week Wednes.
day afternoon and evening with Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Wood.
The Ladies' society of the Congre-
gational church will have a social in
the church parlors Friday evening.
Refreshments will be served for ten
cents.
The Silver Star club will hold a
box social in the town hall Friday
evening at 8 O'Clock. Proceeds of
the social to be used for furnishing
their club room.
The Epworth League will hold
penny social and valentine party Feb.
Is. The following committees were
Valentines, Marion An
derson, Susie Crandall. Ethel Usher;
food, Muriel Wood, Nellie Hewett,
Ethel Anderson.
The annual meeting of the Ecclesi-
astical society of the Congregational
church was held Friday afternoon.
The following church committee we're
elected: Edwin s. Agard, Lewis B.
Price, John W. Edgerton. A vote
of thanks was extended to the families
of Hon. Radcliffe Hicks and Mrs.
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