The Press., 1908-01-22

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 the Crystal Lake district.
 .Alvan Smith of Springfield was at his home here over Sunday.
 Mrs. Juan Brown Is i'll at her home in Glynville with the grip.
 Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin is visiting her parents in Holyoke, Mass.
 John Fletcher. who has been i'll with the grip, is more comfortable.
 Mrs. Adelbers Needhan arrived home from New York last evening. She is making a good recovery.
 Miss Frances Newton entertained a party of friends at her home on East Main street the 18th. it being her 4th birthday.
 Eddie Collins, the fast local pitcher, has an opportunity to go to New Bed ford for the coming season. but has not yet signed a contract.
 There will be a union service at the Congregational church next Sunday evening, with a sermon by Rev Thomas lyric of the Methodist church. ~ The total enrol1ment of the night school IS now 93, and is about all that can be accommodated. The work is going along in a satisfactory man ner.
 The ''J. F., whist club met with MT. and Mrs. H O. Butterfeld last evening. Anders Jacobsen and Mrs George Siswick won first prizes, and Mrs. Wallace Morse and George Frazier took the consolation trophies.
 Fotanella Bros. who have conduct cd a grocery business in the Blue Front block. are preparing to file petition in bankruptcy. Another local firm has been in financial difi- culties, but has arranged e satisfactory settlement.
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Browne enter tained a whist party at their home last evening Prize winners were Miss Nj. Ella Browne and John H. Burrans. Consolation prizes went to Miss Mary Dennigan and W. E. Han- ley. A bon-bon lunch was served.
 The annual meeting of the baseball association should have been held the first Wednesday of this month, but has not been called as yet. E. l.. Breckenridge, who has managed the team at South Manchester, wishes to- come to Stafford the coming season.
 The main pier of the new bridge on the west side of the stream is now completed, and the work of placing the bridge for the electric road can now be carried to an early com' pletion. The bank near the Rhode Island plant is being rapidly reduced.
 Mrs. K V. Selfridge. who has been employed in a number of families in this borough as 8 trained nurse, was found dead in her bed at Columbus, Ohio, last Friday. She went toI Columbus from Hartford about two years ago on account of failing health.
 Ths Elite moving pietures were at St Edwards hall Monday and last evenings. The attendance was good considering the. short time between the booking and the presentation, and the consequent lack of advertising. The same. company will present pictures next Tuesday evezing. and the excellence of. the entertainmentl this week will help to fill the house next time. -s l. <Communicated.) AN ExPLANATION TO THE PEo-
 PILE OF STAFFORD.
 am again compelled to appear in public, through the medium of The Press, by the false statements of Miss Roberts. In her communication of January. 18th. after her preamble. Miss Roberts says shat hiding behind the fine distinction that exists between an informal and formal resignation, he tells the public that was solemn ly discharged before I resigned. That is a lying truth. fail to oompre- bend the ,fae distinction, and con- slider it very broad distinction and amounts to no resignation at all; just the same as I would consider the nomination of a candidate for mem ber of the school board on an informal ballot, and his defeat on a formal ballot, would mean no nomination at all (as far as that candidate was con- oerned). A lyiHg truth, ,-this is the most ambiguous and senseless ex- pression have ever heard of, and I can imagine but one case where it could be appropriately used, and that is as & title for Miss Roberts com. munications to The Press. Miss Roberts evidently feared we should not know where this living truth" came from, as she immediately in- forms us that she "threw up her job, and probably this "lying truth" came up at the same time and she must have been greatly relieved. She now proceeds to describe the highway meeting, stating that it was the day on which she closed the school for lack of necessaries; that invoked the Deity to emphasize my anger; that urged her to push the matter no further, and she followed my advice. But she is confused, and has incidents of another meeting associated with this. As recollect the circumstances, had been to carry a flag to the Staffordville school and make arrange ments for a new flag staff to replace the old one, which had been broken of by a wind storm. left Staffordville about 1 o'clock and met Miss Roberts near her boarding place, on her way to school. about 1.3O p. m, and talked with her for perhaps fifteen minutes. told her to send me list of supplies needed and would see