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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26
SOMERS

Mrs. Davis of Springfield visited
Mrs. Emma Ravens over Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Meacham of
Springfield were guests at Erwin
Tupper's. over Sunday. $50
Miss Helen -Needbam of Springfield
is spending few days in town with
her grandmother, Mrs. E. B. Pease
John Hunt, delegate from Mt
Vernon council, o. U. A. M attend.
ed the meeting of the state conference
at Meriden last Friday
8. The work of re -cataloguing the
books in the public library is now
going on. Miss August Lombard,
librarian, under supervision of Mrs
johnson, is doing the work.
Dea. Everett P. Russell and Ernest
Fuller were chosen delegates from the
Congregational church to the Massa-
chusetts state conference of Congrega-
tional churches, to be held at Worces-
ter. Mass.
=. One of the teachers whose presence
Of mind was highly commended dur.
ing the fire in the Hollister Heights
school building at. Stratford, in help.
ing the eighty children in their care
to safety, was Miss Gertrude Avery,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
Avery ON the mountain; if not in
Somers, very near the line.
The neighbors' night meeting in
the town hall with Somers grange
Tuesday evening gave all a most en-.
joyable evening. The lecturers hour
was in the hands of the East Long
meadow grange and it gave an inter
esting program: Duet by Mrs. Stand
ard and Mr.. Cope; reading. Mr.. Twiss /;
song, Miss Ohamplain; reading, Mrs.
Smith; solo. Mrs. Davis; paper,
!" What is q good neigbhor ?" Mrs.
Cope; song, Mr.. Cope and Mr..
Weaver. Refreshments were served.
Two Springfield men, who went to
somers Saturday on fishing exour-
sion on. the pond of Edward o. sher.
man, s'on the mountain, giving
their names a. Harry @. Bovine and
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UNION.

Me-. and Mrs. Willard Richards
called on friends in Westford last Fri
day. h
e. Nj: Horton visited his daughter,
Mrs. Oliver Hewlett. in Holland last
Friday.
Clifton Newell visited his aunt,
Mrs H. g. Horton, in Holland, last
Saturday. =
Nelson Horton was Ill with cold
last week. but, will be able to attend
school, again this week.
Flags were displayed ON several
residences about town last Saturday in
honor of Washington birthday.
The ice storm of last week made
the trees look beautiful as the sun
shone on them. The les lasted sever
al days in some places.
Rev. j. e. Fischer Of Staffordville
will preach at the Congregational
church next Sunday at 2 p. m. Miss
Lulu Ide of Hydeville will be present
and render a solo.
MashaPAug.
Mrs Weber is spending few days
at her home in Holland.
!, F. A. Moore is hauling logs across
the lake to Turner'S mill.
Eugene Walker was in Springfield
last week for q few days.
Hans and Andrew Anderson have
been spendingaa few days in =Worces.
Joseph valliere's sister and hus-
band are stopping with them a few
days.
Mrs. f. W. Moore returned from
Worcester Sunday, where she has been
visiting the past three weeks.
Whooping cough is prevailing in
the homes of Joseph Valliere, Fred
Aldrich, Dan Thompson and Alex
Bouvia.
F. W. Moore was informed Sunday
afternoon by Dan Thompson that his
chimney was afire. The chimney
burned out with no serious results.
At the last meeting of the board of
relief at Union the board found very
little to change from the assessors
returns. 1t is evident from the re-.
suits of the last years. assessment that
a 10 or 15-mill tax will replace the
25tmilL tax now in force, and as d
result our property will be assessed
within a reasonable amount of it's
par value. Mr.. Broadway and Mr..
Brown are men of sound Judgment
and fearless convictions, and in COM
plying with the intent and direction
of the law regarding assessment gave
their time and attention and best
Judgment. They have not halted at
the 25.mill tax and assessed at 20 to
25 per cent. of actual values, but ar.
rived st q two.thirds at least value.
It's up to the voters themselves. Don
kick anyone else but yourself if dis
satisfied with your assessment. Your
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FOLLAND.

p "A daughter was DOTH MONDAY morn
ing to Mr.. aud Mrs. Raymond Rhodes.
Lynd Taylor of New York spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Wal
ter M. Taylor.
Miss Lila 8. Agard of Wethersfield
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. e. s. @Agard.
Mrs. Charles H. Sterry has return
ed home from the Hartford hospital
much improved in health.
The Epworth League business meet
ing was held Monday. evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Brown.
The new @soheddle of mail began
Monday. The mail arrives in town
now at 2 p. M, instead of p. m
The Ladies' Aid of the M. e
church will meet Wednesday afternoon
and evening with Mrs. Amelia Stun
'fel.
Henry B. Stafford of the New York
home opathic college Of physicians and
surgeons was the guest over Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. ARard
A masquerade ball will be given at
the town hall Saturday evening,
March 18th. by G. M. Brooks. Wood 8
orchestra will furnish music and Ed
Fields will prompt. Tickets, so
cents for men; ladies free.
The death of Charles Underwood of
South Framingham, but formerly of
Tolland, occurred last Monday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs Charles
H. Daniels. Mr.. Underwood was for
many years a respected citizen. He
was always interested in anything
that pertai ned to the welfare of the
church or town, and highly respected
and beloved by all The funeral
services we're held last Wednesday at
the parsonage in South birmingham,
and the body was placed in the re
ceiving tomb at Edgell Grove ceme-
terry until spring, when the burial
will take place in the family lot,
south cemetery, in Tolland. Four
children survive him, Charles f.
Underwood and Mrs. G. Frank Uhler
of Newton, Mass, Mrs Charles H.
Daniels of South birmingham and
Mrs. George W. Lansing of Palatka,
Fla.
In the death of Miss Helen v.
Johnson which occurred at TollaDd
on Monday, Tolland loses one. of it's
Oldest and most respected Inhabitants
Miss Johnson was a descendant of
families prominent in Holland in the
earliest days of its history. Her
grandfather, Solomon Eaton, born in
the town in 1867, was a soldier of the
revolution, a member of Gen. Lafay-
cite g high infantry. He was wound
ed at the battle OF Monmouth. He
married Elizabeth Delano, a descend
ant of Philip De la Noye, Hugenot.
who, after Joining the Puritan breth-
rem at Leyden, came to Plymouth in
the Fortune in November 1921. Miss
Johnson was the daughter of David
and Anna Eaton Johnson. She was
born in this village June 6, 1927.
Her family, of which she was the last
surviving member, early took up it's
residence in Holland street, where
she has since lived. Possessing an
energetic nature, blended with uni
formly good health until within the
last year, her long life has been an
active, industrious one. Being of a
very cheerful disposition, she shared
the esteem and companionship of
younger as we'll as of the older mem.
bers of the community, in which her
death will be sincerely mourned She
was q member of the Congregational
The funeral will be held at
her home Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Rev Henry z. Barnard of
McIndoe Falls, VT, a former pastor,
will conduct the services.
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assessment is right, your 25.mill tax
is wrong Cat ont to town meeting
and voteFthis year.
Rock Meadow.
Frank Smith, who boards at the
home of Alfonso Ruby, is i'll with the
grip.
Mrs. f. H. Ballou and son, Frank,
attended church last Sunday at Moose
Meadow. H. '.
=, Rock Meadow school, Miss Roger
teacher, finishes Its winter term next
Saturday. -.-.-4.. .,..... .-
Charles Webster recently visited
his brothers in Monson, also relatives
in Longmeadow and Springfield.
The r. F. D. carrier did not de.
liver mail last Saturday on account Of
it's being Washington's birthday.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26
HOME NEWS.
LOG,AL NOTICES.

Matter under this head 10 cents per line,
Great Bargains In American Goods
are offered by Glosua Fontanella. who
hiss bought the grocery stock Of Fonta-
nella Bros.
CARD. We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends who so kindly
assisted Us in our great bereavement at
the death and burial of husband and
father.
MRs. HORATIO q. NEEDHAM.
Mrs. EVA X. HEMENwAN,
Miss NErTTE f. NEEDHAM,
Mrs. NELLIE A. IRONS.
-Bidwell & Co. have taken the agency
for Hubbard's we'll known fertilizers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26

People you know here in Stafford
will tell you that Mi-o-na cures all
forms of indigestion and stomach
trouble. Ask Anders jacobsen to
show You the strong guarantee given
with every 800 box.
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w1LL1NaTON.
Nellie Carpenter is quite iii.

/ Nellie Carpenter is quite iii.
D. B. Gardner was at the Congre.
gational parsonage Monday. i a
| Mrs. 8 P. Morrison visited her
brother. Thomas slingsby, in Hol.
yoke last week. He is quite poorly
from the effect Of shock Of paralysis
His sister, Mrs. Samuel Nichols, il
passing the winter there. Il j
| South WiIlangt0n.
Mrs. Selden CLARK and two children
of East Hampton are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas A. Denman.
Helen Dimock aud Dorothy Mac
farlane accompanied their teacher,
Miss Margaret Mallory, to her home
in West Hartford to remain over last
Sunday.
Rev. Leonard Smith of Mansfield
occupied the desk in the hall last
Sunday. He referred touchingly to
the affiiction of Pastor and Mrs.
Charles. W. Wolfe.
William Fl. Bracket has been con.
fined to the house for several days
with what appears to be muscular
trouble. evidently the result of a
severe cold He was out of doors
Tuesday for the first time since his
attack.
Mrs. Alice Cosgrove Downs has
resigned her position as teacher of the
Satisfactory school, to take effect at
the close of the present term. A copy
of Lincoln's famous address at Gettys-
burg was recently presented this
school by it's first committeeman, j.
O. Jennings.
Two deaths of Infants occurred in
town last week, only a day apart.
Holman Julius, son of Mr.. and Mrs
William H. Kibbe of Portland, Me-,
died at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Romaine Tucker, where Mrs. Kibbe
was visiting her mother, Mrs Tucker.
His death occurred the 21st, the day
succeeding his birth. The interment
was at Ellington. Sunday morning
occurred the death of Wilfred F..
youngest child of Rev. and Mrs.
Charles w. Wolfe. Much sympathy
is expressed for the parents in their
trouble
West W.lingtoni
Peter Mogensen, ST.. Of Meriden
spent Sunday with his parents.
J. Hansen. Edwin Hansen and Miss
Jessie Converse are on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Hansen spent Sun.
day with Mr. and Mrs. H. M Han.
sen, Sr. i
Rev. Thomas lyric will preach at
the chapel Sunday afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
Miss Addie Hopkins of Eaeleville
visited a day last week with Miss
Serine Hansen.
Mrs. e. @. Sparrow of Essex came
here last week to attend the funeral
of her brother. CLARK Howes.
The funeral Of CLARK Howes was
held at the chapel. Tolland side last
Friday at 1 O'Clock, Rev., Wood ofici
ating, burial at Wellington cemetery.
Three sisters survive him, Mrs. VIM.
Wilbur of TollaDd, Mrs. E.. -DeWolf of
this place and Mrs. e. g. Sparrow of
Essex.
" Moose Meadow:
\ A good congregation greeted Pre-
siding Elder Newland last Sunday at
the ohurch and he preached a rousingt
sermon After. the sermon the fourth
quarterly conference was held. AL
though the congregation has grown
smaller because of the removal Of
families from the community, the
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26

Dewitt's CarboIized Witch Hazel salve
Is best for cuts. burne, boils, bruises and
scratches. 1t Is especially good for piles
Sold by Andels Jacobsen. 2ts
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26

To Break in New Shoes Always Use
Aliens Foot Ease, a powder. IL prevents Tight
ness and Blistering, cures swollen, Sweating,
Aching feet. At ALI Druggists and shoe stores,
&C. sample mailed FREE. Address, A. =. Ohm
bted Leroy, N Y.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26
ELLINGTON.

George B Dorr of Ellington avenue
lost his home by fire yesterday morn.
ing. His residence is near the Rock
Vile city line. The fire spread SO
rapidly there wasn't much use trying
to get anything out from upstairs,
therefore they lost many valuable
articles. Most of the furniture: was
likewise burned. The house was a
two-story and a half structure, and
was connected with greenhouse, Mr..
sDorr being great lover of flowers
and plants, and an authority on
Horticulture The loss will be about
$4,000 IN the house and $500 on the
housed old goods, covered by insurance.
The fire seemed to start in the vicinity
of the kitchen.
Crystal Lake.
A daughter was born last Wednes-
day to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Payne.
Miss Flora Sohofield and lady friend
from Hartford called Sunday at A. U.
Charters.
Mrs. e. B. Neff and son. Warren,
spent few days with friendsin West
Stafford last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M Barlow
and son from West Stafford were with
their parents here Sunday.
Wilbur Wiers and his entire fami-
ly are i'll. Mrs. Wiers has erysipelas
and the rest have the grip.
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Moose Meadow.

\ A good congregation greeted Pre-.
siding Elder Newland last Sunday at
the ohurch and he preached a rousing
sermon After. the sermon the fourth
quarterly conference was held. AL
though the congregation has grown
smaller because of the removal Of
families from the community, the
affairs Of the church were shown to
be in good condition, the. bills all
paid and the outlook on the whole
hopeful. Services will be continued
at regular intervals.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26
ASHFORD ID
W0etfOrd.

Mike Kill lost a COW last week.
Lyman Squiers, who has been ill, il
convalescent
School in district No. 8 closes Fri.
day for a three. weeks vacation.
Mrs. Julia CLARK is visiting rela.
tives in Bristol and Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank Underwood has been i'm.
proving his house by putting in new
windows.
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MANsFIELD.
Mansfield Depot,

MAAneA0hU O0pOCs
Wallace A. Dean of Hartford visit.
cd at Irving Botham's Saturday.
Quite a number from this place at.
tended the dance at Coventry Friday
evening. @
A. e, Botham and Irving W. b.
than made business trip to South
Windsor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stedman have
been in Coventry several DAYS caring
for Mrs. Brigham Barrows, who is
seriously ill.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26

Don't take cold, but IL you do, don't
fail tn take Kemp's Balsam to prevent
serious consequences. Nothing else Is so
valuable in treating coughs and colds.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

the next cage to transparent fish of
a delicate pink or blue-or a family
of devil fish. There are fish OF a
beautiful somber purple, and fish Of
white with black horizontal stripes,
looking like a company of convicts
from Sing Sing. There are many
many others, those with trailing
frfnges, or floating wings; those with
eyes on little pivots that turn easily
in all directions like small, coming
towers; all odd or unusual, seeming
like dream-fishes, or the phantoms of
a disordered brain, rather than prod
ucts Of nature.
spent considerable time on tho
architecture Of the Hawaiian Ian
guage, but never got much above the
ground floor; but if had stayed in
the cellar, it would have been just the
same, for could make but ono thing
out of it, and that was that the whole
structure is built upon the letter X.
They can't get along without that X.
They must stick it into everything.
For instance, If you want to make q
tour of the islands you take the little
steamer Kilanea-that is to say, you
could take it, once upon q time; but
they saw fit to tire of the name, and
changed it to Kinau; thea when they
wanted something more romantic and
English, they called it-not Sea Bird,
mind you! or Ocean Spray, or Flying
Scud-but "Like-like." Can't get along
without the K! So you sail around in
little old "Like-like," and somewhere,
or anywhere-it don't make any diff
ference which, for it's sure to begin
with a K-you make q landing, and
10! it is called Kalahui; just as good
name as any port of entry, If you
don't mind koming in through the
kustoms in that way. It's a breezy
little port, with a courthouse and a
klub-good fellows, too!-and a mer-
camille marine. and railway, and q
wreck in the harbor, and al! of 'em
belonging to Kalahui.
If you speak Of the thriving planta.
tons that back the harbor, they'll be
sure to ask you IL you've noticed the
Kalo patches? Kalo may be French
for kabbages or karnations-you DOM
give kontinental. either way-but
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
you smile, and say. "Great! wouldn't

you smile, and say, "Great! wouldn't
mind having a korner in Kalo some
day."
If you want to 90 up mountain, Of
course it must be Haleakala; it's only
got one K in it, by the way, but It's
got the biggest krater at the top of It
you ever saw or heard of-20 miles in
circumference, and 1000 feet deep.
It's stone dead-entirely gone out Of
business; but in my opinion that's an
advantage Of two.to:one on any live
crater. II you want to 20 up another
mountain, try Kilanea--it's only an
other K, and the avenue that leads
out to it is a magnificent boulevard
set out on either side with bread-fruit
trees, mangoes and alligator pears
Kilanea is the biggest thing In the
live crater business IN the world-a
lake of fire 1000 feet long and 500
wide. with a surface measure Of u
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
SAYS GOOD WORD FOR BESSIE.
incidentally, Editor Gives Warming te
Young Men.

Miss Bessie CAKE, the little girl. OF
rather the young lady, who is om
right-hand bower in matters typo
graphical, is away this week. She
went over to &Meriden to spend a week
with relatives and rest up. Our wife
suggests that we say something good
of Bess in her absence, but this weeks
trials and tribulations in getting out
the paper without help rather set IN
guessing whether there would be any
policy in advertising her good quail.
ties too much. Right here, young gen.
tlemen, take a tip that any effort
toward permanently removing her
from the Times force will meet with
disapproval equaling that of an irats
dad! Those of our readers who know
our helper best will agree with. tie
statement that there is nothing too
good to say Of Bess.-Ths socie4e
Times
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

turned into q .''dago" with q fruit
stand. There was a free delivery of
fruit. 1t was hard to tell which was
the fruit, and which was the ''dago."
We stopped long enough to remove q
banana from my eye (you have to
keep your eye peeled and went on.
Nothing happened until we got in the
midst of a crowded thoroughfare,
when the blamed thing had the blind
staggers; tried to climb an electric
light pole, and bit policeman in the
middle of his beat! That cost the city
a copper, and me pretty penny.
An interesting phase of life in Hon.
olulu is the political speaker, who
takes the stump-sometimes several
stumps, in auccession-at the noon
hour. All Hawaiians take a keen in
terest In politics. The speech heard
was in the Hawaiian tongue, the only
words I understood being beef
trust;;" this the speaker said very
plainly in English, there probably be-
ing no equivalent in Hawaiian. AS
he proceeded from stump to stump,
his audience waned perceptibly-
perhaps from native Incidence Of
temperament which could not cling
very long to one thing. At any rate,
when he reached the last stump his
audience reminded me of what Peter
Daley said of an audience in New
York theater where h,sinocc 1uoc
poor. When asked how large the au-
dience was, Pete" answered, Il could
lick all three of them!"
From politics to Pali-a marvellous
transition. This high cliff, garlanded
with the softest and most luxuriant
verdure, overlooks a fertile valley
where is spread, like a carpet, every
varying shade of green that finally
melts in the distance to the exquisite
turquoise and beryl tints of the sea,
making an enchanting panorama of
transcendant loneliness.
I was next taken to the aquarium,
where the collection of native fish is
something beyond the widest imagin-
alton to picture, and quite battles de-
scription. Little fishes striped in
bright pink-and-white, like sticks Of
peppermint candy, jostle those that
are of silvery and blue brocade,
others of a dark color, with spots of
vivid red, and brides of golden vel
low going about their heads are in
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

acres. You hold your breath and say
your prayers; and, when a gust Of
wind carries away the binding steam
and smoke, you look down, down 500
feet into veritable hell-fire lake,
whose waves of flame rise and fall in
convulsive throes that shake the very
heart out Of your body-in other
words, the thing has fits to beat the
band. and you wish you hadn't come!
But you get all over it by the next
day, and if you want to calm your
mind and restore your nerves, you
take a nice, quiet stroll down Kukui
place and kommune with nature.
Finally, If you've done anything you
oughtn't to, and get arrested and ia
ken to the lookup, you run up against
the biggest bunch of ks in the whole
business. The name of the Jug is
Kahleamakakaparakapili
That got me! l was kompletely ker.
fiummuxed-down and out. AS far as
studying the Hawaiian language goes,
I'm kwitter!
oh, lovely island world! Where else
in the universe is there a spot made
up wholly of beauty and peace?
Where man-and even woman-can
cease worrying about stocks, fran
chises, new bonnets, real estate, soci-
ETY., insurance, politics, and all the
rest that go to make up the pande-
moniurn of existence, and settle down
in the shade of palm tree, royal, CO.
Goa, wine, cabbage, screw, fan or ma
tive-he mas choice of seven-un.
button his shirt-collar and smoke the
pipe Of forgetfulness.
Oh, happy Hawaii! that hath no
poisonous reptiles, no noxious plants,
no pestiferous insects!
IT'S not that can do you Justice!
Let my friend Charley Stoddard, with
his prose-poem-paragraphs and his
mellihuous periods do the job for me
When he sits down with his pen dip
ped in honey, and his mouth full O,
guava jelly, to reel off a few reams
of ecstatic English in praise Of his be-
loved islands, he makes the rest of us
feel like 30 cents. And when he de.
clares that he has Travelled the wide
world over, but never, never has he
seen spot to equal this-why, what
can we do but say, Same here, old
man."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

fed frantically to the fence, over
which he plunged. shrieking, Heap
devil! heap DEVIL" When the driver
had finished telling us of his first OK
perience told him of mine-not in
Honolulu, but in the good old Empire
state, U. S. A. AS I remember it was
a fine ride! The fine was a hundred
and fifty. said to my chauffeur
(chauffeur is French for plumber)
Let her go!" and he let her 60. We
went SO fast, the milestones looked
like a cemetery! We simply few,
through the air. When the car stopped
short I was still flying. I few 80 feet