The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-10-07
UNION.

suited in the following ticket being
elected, John Buckley acting as
moderator: Assessors, Martin j.
Brown, r, Geo. W. Broadway, d;
selectmen, L. M. Reed, r, g. W.
Thayer, r, H B. Booth, d; board of
relief, T. o. Newell, +, L. e. Wells,
r, A. T. Allen, d; grand jurors, M.
J. Brown, T, @ E. Willis, d; audi
tors, R. B. Horton, r, O. T. Rindge,
d collector, H. r. Howard, r; con-
stables, F. A. Moore. r, Geo. Heck,
d registrar of voters, M. j. Brown,
r. A. Nj. Heck, d.; tree warden, H. R.
Howard, r; school visitors, 7. o.
Newell, r, Il. M. Reed, r, A. T.
Allen, d i; library directors, E. M. Hor-
ton, r, L. M. Reed, d. At the bust
ness meeting in the afternoon it was
voted to take no action regarding the
laying of a rate for taxation until
the assessors had completed their re-
port and duties. The matter of the
highways for the year ensuing was
left in the hands of the selectmen
It was voted to repair, relay and fix
up the wall at the east side of the old
cemetery. Also voted to instruct the
sexton to NOW the grass at least three
times during the season in the ceme-
terry. It was voted to fix the price of
man aud team on road repair work
at ~ per day, and 8 hours con-
stitute a day. The selectmen, treas
urer and the school board offered their
reports for the year, all of which were
read and accepted. The sense of the
meeting was to get at what was for
the very best interest of the town.
and each man was for that interest,
with good fellowship toward his
brother townsman. Well may we be
proud, residents of Union. of our town,
speaking wholly from a financial
standpoint, as given out by the select
men and our treasurer. We have no
debt; all bills paid; no paupers, and
over $4,000 in the town treasury.
From standpoint of statistics, have
we any result of the late and lamented
panic? None Union within her
self has clothed and fed her own, and
some others We have missed that
awful feeling of having the bottom
drop out of tie stock market in Wall
street; it is entirely out of conception
to our minds Our neighbors have
sold butter, eggs and produce, labor
and brains right through the year,
have for the past 40 years and will
until the Good Shepherd calls them
home to rest. The items of the con-
dition of the town in brief are as fol-
lows: Expended for schools, Sept.
goth, 1907, to Sept. 25th, 1908,
$1,367 O5; expended for roads,
81 ,4O8. So; expended for salaries,
1864. So; expended mi, cellaneous.
$494 80. Receipts for the same
period: From cash on hand, the tax
collector, school money, civil list fund,
etc, $6,198. "A; against expenses,
orders of selectmen, dog fund, ETC.,
$3,976 r. Balance of 50, 1922 80 cash
in treasury.
MaShapaug.
Miss Foley is boarding with Alex
Bouvia.
A committeeman has not been ap-
pointed as yet to take Mr.. Moore's
place.
Hunters report no game this year
The abundance of nuts of every kind
nd mi la
seems unusual. i~
VIM. Regan has made arrangements
with Lyman Moore for the use of his
older mill and press for this season,
and is prepared to make cider.
Schoo. closed one day for the Stat
ford fair, and a good representation
from Mashapaug attended. Every
one reported a good old-fashioned
Stafford fair.
Eugene Walker writes to friends
that he arrived at his destination in
Pennylvania, and the same day fought
forest fire nearly all night. AS he is
in districT that has been very dry,
he expects to have his hands full un-
til the fall rains set in.
Mrs. Roscius Back left Monday, the
5th, for Washington state to visit her
son, Harlow. Mr.. and Mrs. Back
have been planning for some time to
take the trip across the country, but
have recently built house and moved
from Mashapaug to Southbridge to
occupy it, and the trip has been post
poned until now.
F. W. Moore and family moved to
Sturbridge last Wednesday. Mr..
Moore has taken the position Of boss
farmer with r. T.. Chaplin, at Mr..
Ohapin's summer home in Sturbridge.
Mr.. Moore has been with us for the