The Press., 1908-09-02

Hartford visitors on Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Luoius Goodell of Hopedale, Mass. were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Martin Goodell recent ly.
 Miss Jennie Lilley returns to her home in Willimantic to-day. after spending a fortnight with her cousin, Mrs. Jennie Glover.
 George Beard and Fred Remmert. both graduates of the high school, class of 'OS, will enter Bates college. Lewiston. Me-. this fall.
 Charles Smith of Huntington. l.. l., and Raymond Baldwin of Rich- mond Hill. L.. l.. were the guests of Edgar Oolburn last week.
 Recent guests at the home of Mrs. Emily M. Goodell were Mir. and Mrs. Orshan Crawford of Worcester and F. A. Bugbee of WillimAntio.
 Among those who attended the Will. limantic camp meeting last Sunday were Alva Brown and family, Miss Mary E. Smith, Miss Alice Greaves, Frank Smith.
 Rev. George Shepherd, formerly pastor of the local Baptist church. now of Suffield, who is stopping at the Springs House, called on old friends last Friday.
 Pipe is being laid to bring water from E. O. Pinney's spring to the ladies' hall in the Universalist church, and to the house across the street occupied by Mrs. Inez Lasbury.
 Unclaimed letters in Stafford post office: Mrs. King. Mrs. Laura Ran- kin, Miss Dora Bender, Miss Della Daley, s. Wales DIckenson, W. M. Nickolds. +. O. Avery, E. B Mo- Main, Miss O. B. Wheeler. Tuusoeujy Dordo, Cormino Azzimaro.
 Baptist Church Notes: The 5 o'clock open-a service next Sunday will be 6 temperance meeting. The addresses will be given by Rev. H. A. Hersey and J. R. Parkhurst These outdoor meetings have been highly successful. Sunday will be the clos ing service.
 The Ladies' Circle of the Univer- salist church will resume its weekly Wednesday meetings and suppers this etternoon and evening. Supper will be served at 6 o'clock. A matter of special importance will come before the Circle in she afternoon. The hostesses for to night are Mrs. Mary W. Prince and Mrs. Edgar Oolburn.
 Mrs. J. F.. Simmons and son, Rev. Cle-ence Simmons. of Webster. N. Y, have been the guests of Mir. and Mrs. E. O. Pinney during the past the late Rev J. F. Simmons. who was pastor of the Universalist church twenty years ago. Sunday morning large and appreciative congregation listened to a sermon from Rev. Clarence Simmons on the text For as in Adams all die. even so in Christ shall all be made alive. The sermon was forceful and convincing.
 Florence Brown, 55. wife of the late Amer D. Brown. died at the home of her father, A. D. Oady. Fri day evening, Aug. 27. The oldest of 8 family of six, she was born in the west parish, on the old Grow Hill farm that has been in the family for more than 8 century. At the age of IA she. with the rest of the femily, left the old homestead and moved to Stafford Hollow, then the business, as we'll as the geographical, center of the town. Here she attended the common schools and the private school conducted in the old town house, under the direction of Professor Barton and Miss Halliday. so famous smong her contemporaries of forty years ago. In 1872 she married All l mer D. Brown of Stafford. whose | death occurred at her fathers home July 9, 1907. Soon after her mar riage her husband bought @ home in | Holyoke, and there most of her mar ried life was spent; and there for | many years, until prohibited by ill l health, she was an enthsuiastic work ! CT in the Unitarian church. About | six years ago, with her husband, she | left her home in Holyoke and came back to Stafford to give her parents the care and affection needfal to their | years. Sbe died in this solicitous for their welfare to the last conscious moment of the pain. ! full illness from which death brought | Q blessed relief. The funeral took | place Monday at l o'clock, Rev. H. A. Hersey officiated. He spoke of the I gospel of service as the gospel of I Christ that had found a living ex- ponent In the self sacrificing life of ! Florence Brown. Two vocal solos were beautifully rendered by Mrs: Dorothy McTaggart Miller of Boston. The burial was at Stafford Springs.
 Staffordville.
 Mrs. Mary Little has been visiting relatives in Mansfield.
 Mrs. Minnie E. Hughes is visiting in Rochester.
 A daughter was born to Mfr. and Mrs. Lewis West last Wednesday even. ing.
 Mrs. Fred Bowden and daughter, Miss Isabelle, are guests of friends in Worcester.
 The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Fred Smith is quite i'll with cholera ilfantum.
 o. W. Miller returned home Satur- day night after few weeks employ ment in Ellington. l
 Allison Lyon was the guest of his Mrs. Charles Hill, in R