The Press., 1909-03-24
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srAFFoRD SPRINGS.

Marosll were in Hartford Thursday.
There will be an auction of house
hold furniture at 10 q. M. Saturday,
April Sd. at the Bedding farm near
Jewett's Crossing.
Miss Florence Brainard, who has
been substituting for Miss Lawlor in
the second district, has been hired as
a regular teacher for the balance of
the school year.
O. O. Gilligsn, employed at the
office of the Faulkner mill, has re-
signed and will take charge of the
office work at the Central mill. Mr.
Gilligan will finish his duties at the
Faulkner mill this week.
The public schools will close Fri
day for the spring vacation. The
high school will Lave only one week.
The others, with the exception of the
primary of West Stafford, which has
q week to make up, will have two
weeks.
Joseph L. Spencer and his wife,
the estate of Samuel Amadon we're
disallowed by the commissioners ap-
pointed by the probate court, have
appealed to the superior court. The
two claims amount to about $1,000.
There will be large attendance at
the farewell reception to be rendered
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas lyric at the
Methodist church this evening. A
general invitation has been extended,
and the many friends of the departing
clergyman will be in evidence to wish
him success in his new field.
Rev. Mr.. lyric will preach his
last sermon as the pastor of the Metho-
dist church next Sunday evening.
The pastor and people of the Congre-
gational church will unite in the SER
vice, and the united ohoirs will render
special music. All of the retiring
PASTORS friends are invited to attend
this service.
Twenty five pairs of Hungarian
pheasants have been received from the
state hatchery in Hartford, a part of
a shipment from abroad. These birds
are handsome in appearance, bus not
quite as large as the partridges com.
mon to this vicinity. Warden Bissett
will liberate ths birds as soon as the
weather becomes a little more propi-
tious.
The case of Armsde Collette against
Myron o Kemp was tried in the
borough court Tuesday. The action
was to recover for wages claimed to
be due the plaintiff Quite a number
nf witnesses were examined by beth
sid-s It was cllimed by the dsfend
ant that Colletta agreed to work 70,
his board aud lndgirg until lac con
& It another j ., ani t:.at III pFcmite
" a. made OF any money The plain
tiff claimed that he was tn have s. a
week and board The evidence
seemed to show that the contention |
OF the defendant was correct, and the |
court found for the defense. Attorney |
Fisk represented the defendant and
Conditions on the late cars from
Crystal Lake have become so disorder |
ly that Supt. Nettleton has COM
planned to the local authorities, and
efforts will be made to discourage
future activity of this nature AMI
officer of the road took man into
custody last Saturday evening, who
was creating a disturbance, and de.
livered him to the local officers. The
local officers did not understand that
3 formal complaint was to be made
on the case, and turned the man loose
when he became sober. Supt. Nettle-
ton later had a John Doe warrant
issued, but the man cannot be found
1t is probable that the next man
arrested will be pushed to the limit,
as the railroad officials are deter
mined to quell the lawlessness.
Grace Church Notes: There will
be holy communion at 30 Thursday |
morning, it being the feast of the |
Annunciation. There will be even.
ing prayer. also, at 30. Rev. Dan
Russ Judd, rector of st Andrew g |
church, ThompSonville, being the |
preacher. Services Friday at and |
7.30 p. III. The preacher in the
evening is to be Rev VIM. Phillip
DoWnes OF Trinity church, New
Haven. The rector breaches at st |
Mary's, South Manchester, tonight. |
The subject of the sermon next Sunday |
morning will be "Gluttony. There
will be no meeting of the g. F. s
this week. The Womau's Auxiliary
meets with Mrs. H. 0 Butterfield on
Thursday at 3 p In aud the Junior
with Mrs. M B. Fisk on
Saturday, as usual. This society is
with it's Lenten work q
study of the missions in the Philip
pine Islands.
The free reading and social room,
established last fall by certain oiti-
Gems who felt an interest in the boys
and men who had no place of re-
creation, snch as should be in every
town, has had a busy and useful
season. Its doors will close for the
summer April The room has not
only met a real and vital need, it has
been also the means of establishing
aud friendship with
many of the boys and young men of
the community. Some of them. by
their own testimony, have received
new and helpful ideas from their new
friends. With them they look for
ward 80 resuming the work in the fall
under somewhat different and more
formal circumstances, but suoh as TO
ensure q larger interest and usefulness
for all concerned. This occasion is