The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-02-26
TnrRrv YEARS AGO.
items OF local iRteresC taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.J
February IS, 1873.

The reservoir Mt StaffordvilIe is to
be stocked next week with land lock ed
So mon.
p. P. Davis has bought of W r.
Davis a house and lot near OrcuttVille
for $500. Vi
The new rooms of Ionic lodge, No.
10, F. A. M , are now completed,
and will be occupied by the lodge for
their stated communication next Mon.
day evening.
The school in Orouttville closed
Friday Names of scholars not tsrdy
nor absent a whole day during the
term: John Callahan. Arthur Spell.
man, Harlan Goodrich, Myrtle Cen.
verse, CLARA Davis.
After April 1st Baker will occupy
CT ntIal hall for a furniture ware.
house, removing from Browns block.
The Congregational society will prob.
ably negotiate for the use of borough
hall on Sundays from April 1st until
they an occupy their new church.
The ladies of Grace church will
give the last tea party Of the season
at their vestry Friday evening and
i'll con, ecticu theTewit's the amusing
play, Seeing the epiant, - Char.
acte 81 tanned by DIR Fisk, Or.
Smith, lol and Mrs Arms, Mis-,
Lulu aud Master Charlie Arms AMI F.
W. Preston. ~,
Report Of the schonl in district No
10 (VillaRe) East parish. whie h
closed Feb 23l, Alice ]. Rlodgeti
teacl er: Whole number Of scholars.
IA ; average attendance, IL. rs N ans 6
of scholars not ahsent nor tardv dor.
i, g the term: Alice l.. Hatch, Matte
| E Frost, Cornelia r. Eusminger,
Lizzie Moore, Arms 9. Ensmirg-r
Michael Moore, g arlie E. Eusmiuper
10 NJ ore, an Eddie Nj ore Gract
Leonari. Nellie Moore, frankie
Frost, and Freddie l.. Frost have beer
absent hut net tardE, and Isabella
S;ui h his teen tsrdy hut not absent.
The fall and winter term of Miss
5 K Eller>'s s. lect s"h"ol close
lasl thursday. with appiol riat- a d
nte ssti.g exercises. A patriot c
ANA IeprPs4 ntirg Che Yankee
aud ihe Tnry' was f civ nAsre4
Tle ci ara ters ere aStu ued b, mem
bers OF the h. Of aud we as fol
lows: NJ. AMI Mrs. Boxtrr, tories,
| G Newell aud Mis-. Ella Mite n 8
Fra orl, Miss Heald; Hen y B a. :
ford, son OF Mrs. B Ca ConVrIs' ;
MuIl Pitcher, Miss A Uhamberlin
Grace, Miss q Ga ton; Washington.
W. Sweet; aids F Arns, G Dennis
so oilers. w Sanford, G. a ms FL !.
lowing the drama was America
Birthday Gift" Miss George Baker
representing America, aud Misses
Katie Beckwith, Gertie Chamberhn,
Edith Snow. Mary Newton, Alice
Chamberlin, Oracle CASTOR, Amer ca {
daughters, each presenting gifts.
We recently visited the place in the
northe astern section of the town OF
Stafford where silver mine is sup.
posed to exist. It is situated about
two miles and a half above Stafford
Vile. Some half dozen years ago l..
N Gates, wealthy citizen of Wor.
cestel, purchased the Cutler farm in
that vicinity, of some hundreds OF
acres, most of which was wood land.
He put up a steam saw mill and cut
off the timber and most of the wood
from the farm. But recently Mr..
Gates has conjectured that some rocky
veins running through his land con.
tanned minerals of lead, iron and
silver, some of which have been
found in the rocks dug out, and has
been assayed. He is firm in the
belief that he shall find by digging
down deep a vein of rock containing
silver ore enough to pay for working
the mine. Accordingly he has en-.
gagged j. E. Batchelder to sink shaft
one hundred feet into the solid rock,
at an expense of nearly $4,000. AL
ready he has dug and blasted out the
rock to the depth Of nearly fifty feet,
and employs fourteen men, seven by
day and seven through the night, the
shaft being about seven by nine feet
square t., the expectation of the
proprietor is realized, here is a source
of wealth equal to some of the gold
and silver mines of California and
Mexico. Some intelligent persons
think his hope of wealth from this
source is fabulous and visionary. Still
his laying out much money in digging
down SO deep into the solid rock at
tracts much public attention and many
visitors
Born In West Stafford, 22d, q
daug hter to Eugene D. Ellis.
Tn Staffordville, 25th. son to
Louis Briscett
In Tolland, 22d. a daughter to
Ward NJ Webster
Married. In Stafford Springs,
Goth, by Rev DIR. Church, Ed lie F.
Charter of Tolland and Jennie Tromb-
ley of Stafford Springs.
A SENSATION