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THE FOREST PEOPLE.
A Curious Scotch Settlement In ths
 Heart of France.

A Curious Scotch Settlement In ths
 Heart of France.
 Attention Las been called in France to little British settlement which still exists In the very heart of the country not far from Rourges. iii the province Of Berry It's irthnbitant:; have received the naEle Fo:etaius. or forest people. Their history is cur;- ous one
 In recognition of the services which John stuart. constable of Scotland. rendered to ihe French nation one Of It's kings. Charles VII. 800 years ago granted him q park ill tue forest ot Hautcbrune and subsequently, gave the Scotchmen whom he settled there the right also of feeding pigs and cutting wood in the adjacent royal forest of Allogny They also were exempted from the payment of genera! taxes. salt tax or the dues levied by the neighboring town of Bourgcs. and finally royal magistrate was appoint ed for their special benefit.
 This magistrate used to sit booted and spurred. with his sword ny his side, aud for many years his decisions were given without appea! not only i'll all civil but in criminal eases as well which affected the proprietors or hum bier inhabitants of tbe forest.
 The Scotchmen cleared the forest of its old trees and planted instead or chards and then invited others of their countrymen 10 come and join them Since :hen they have preserved some rlling of their Scorch origin as well as thelr lofty, stalwart, active and vigor- ous form. They cultivate both beala!s and whISSers and both in accent and peculiaritins of speech show tFIei: de scent.
 In dress they only differ from the inhabitants about them by wearing long lesglngs with spurs attached Many of he names are Scotch or Eng fish. such as Talbot. Cromwell. EaIli- day and Goodwin. Brooklyn Eagle.
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L.ordlx pisraeli.

Disraeii once told Il lady that two possessions which were indispensable to other people he had always done without '.l made she said. ''every kind of conjecture. but without sue cess. nnd on my asking him to els tighten me ne solemnly answered that they were a watch and an umbrella 'Tsnt how do you manage asked. If there happems to be no clock in the room and you want to know the time: I ring for Il servant. was the magnilo aupnf reply We'll. l continued. and what about the umbrella: What do you do, for instance. if you are in the park aud are caught in Il sudden show err I take refuge. be replied, with E smile. nt excessive galiantry. under the ulnhreila of the first pretty woman meet ''s
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NEVER OPENING FLOWERS.

A Large Number of Plants Bear CIeis-
 togamous Blossoms.
 The never opening flower. or. as bot anists call it, cielstogany. is well illus trated by the case of the common sweet violet The familiar purple. sweet scented blossom. which to most people is the violet flower, hardly ever produces any seed Hut altogether ua- seen by most people it produces a number of minute. scentless and col orless flowers which never open.
 These are self fertilized and produce abundant seed The word cleistog- amous expresses the fact that the Fertilization takes place without the opening of the flower and hence with cut the agency of insects. Such never opening flowers occur in large num- Der of plants. sometimes along with blossoms of the ordinary sort and sometimes without them. It is dis puted point. however whether there will produce nothing but cleistogamous flowers.
 There are nevertheless a number which normally produce nothing else. As regards fertility. the seeds pro duced by the cleistogamous flowers are never inferior to those of the ordinary blossoms. In some cases they are SUI. perior and in others they are the only seed produced by the plant
 It has been found that the amount of cleistogamy varies with the height of the plants The shortest bear cleis- togamic flowers only. and those lit- tie taller have few small open flow. CTS in addition to the closed ones. The tallest plants have larger open flow- CTS, with only few cleistogamic.- Botanical Gazette.
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 Aloysuis Kopf took first prize for men. box of cigars. at the dance at Ory stal Lake Saturday evening. and Miss Mamie Ostretag of Rockville the prize for ladies. an umbrella.
 William Bowler. proprietor of the Crystal Lake Hotel. was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Fred Prentice of Heborn, on the charge of selling liquor on Sunday. Iu the com plaint MT, Bowler is alleged to have made sales on Sundays, August IA and 21. The evidence upon which the arrest was made WAS furnished by State Policeman Arthur L Story of Norwich As the Ellington justices of the peace did not care to try the case, the trial was before Justice Andraw KinRsbury of Coventry yer terday morning. MT. Bowler was found guilty and fined $3O and costs on each of two counts The total amount was $76. 30, which was paid.. Proscsuting Attorney D J. Mccarthy appeared for the state and Attorney T. F. Noone for defense.
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ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.

A son was born last week to MT. and Mrs. Claude H. Dimock.
 Ora H Charter spent part of last week with friends in Rockville.
 Alfred Charter. Jr and Theodore Tessier are employed in Ellington during the tobacco season
 MT. and Mrs Perlin Dimook and Miss BerniCe Dimook are visiting relatives in Blandford, Mass.
 Mrs. Frank Newell and Mrs. ,. R. Downss and daughter, Gladys, spent sundayswith friends in Ellington.
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ASHFORD. Wastford.

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 John Galauax lost valuable horse last week
 Everett Mathews of Union called on relatives here Sunday
 Mike Bacha was obliged to kill one of his COWS Monday, IS 1t had tub.1- oulosis.
 The box social held last Friday evening was decided success. netting about $12.
 MT. and Mrs. O. D. Chapman went to Wiilimantio camp meeting with W H. Reed in his auto last Sunday
 Everett H Barlow spent the first of this week with friends in Mystic, going part of the way with his auto.
 Our selectman, Fred 0 Chism, is working the roads again with a force of men, making many Improvements
 Dwight Durham has sold his farm, stock and tools, and for the present is staying at the home of O. w. Smith on Shady Lane.
 Miss Ruth Barlow and Miss Eff /, Agard of Brimf1eld, Mass. are the guests of Miss Barlow's sikt r, Mr.. George Taylor. at South Coventry
 Armitsge S Amidon have threshed out eight hundred bushels of oats this season, which shows there is yet some life in the good old Westford soil when properly handled .
 Mrs Charles HuDtley wes a oalls r at the Springs and West Stafford last week Although in her 75th year Mrs. H. enjoyed her first trolley ri5e and was much pleased with her trip Among the out-of town visitors who registered at the Westford Hill school house last week were Mrs Robert Williams of Staffordville, Mrs. G. B. Howard and Miss Ethel M Howard of Chaplin and Wesley ". Howard of Boston.
 The caucus of the republicans was held Saturday afternoon Both Good win and Lake had tickets in the field, two or three ballots being necessary to elect each delegate The oom- pleted delegation to the state conyen- tion is said to be for Lake Delegates were not instructed. The caucus was called to order at 2 o'clock and or- ganized with the election of J. E. Murphy as chairman and Merrill s. Louks as clerk. The following are the delegations: State, R. B. Tifft, F. M. Wright. J M BuiwelI, Henry R. Woodward; county, E. M Grant, H s Brown. Fred Ohism, H. Q. Bar low congressional, o. D. Ohisn1, B H. Barlow. Henry Lamphere, H E. Scott; senatorial, Steven B. Tifft, H. O. Balrow, William Bates. William Poole. While the county delegation is uninstructed it is understood that it is divided, two fayoring the re-eleo tion of Sheriff Preston B. Sibley and the other two the election of ex-Sena- tor Charles A. Gates of Willimantic. In the election of town committea several ballots were necessary The final ballot stood: Henry R Wood ward, 3S; c. o Baloh, IA MT. Woodward was declared reelected and given power to select his own committee members.
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A COLONIAL HUSTLER.
Colonel Samuel sIoper Was a Jack oe
 All Trades.

Colonel Samuel SIoper Was Jack og All Trades.
 1t is necessary that the pioneer be man of infinite resource. who can do l for himself or his neighbors every nec- essary task. Such man was Colonel Samuel Sloper. one of the early set tiers of BIandford. Mass. whose as- tonishing versatility is recorded by s. c. Wood in ''Taverns and Turnpikes of Blandford"
 Colonel Sloper, among other thingR kept something of stable and pas tured horses and stock For the mu- nifcent reward of shillings the old veteran in l1SS moved the family of David Knox by means of ''teame and boy" Now and then he turned his hand to odd jobs He carted and laid out John Waldo Woods flax one sea- son for f7 lbs.
 He seems to have made shoes and garments for his family and for his neighbors. For Enos LoOmts' young son, who was bound out to him. he did on this wise: Gaping your sons shoes. 1-3." ''One bottle-green coat trimmed and made for Moses, shil- lings' He made several shirts and 8 frock for the Martin Leonard com pany
 The number of things which this vet eran and "dabster'' did make an as- tonishing list He was surgeon in or. dinary to the parish of Blandford and this long before he had accumulated Un%rN eAv1mV RNNo he was. His Journals are peppered over with charges for the treatment of young horses. In the account of Eliphalet Thompson~in the year 1772. along with q frying Pam" and ''1 Pr Sizers." is the charge. 'To Setting your boys rist. twelve shillings." James Sinnett in l7S5 became indebt- ed to "Seting your knee and Dress ings" and to ''Sundri Dressings" and shillings respectively.
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Going the Wrong Way.

young clergyman was called to a church in small town in upper New York. After his first service the youthful minister asked one of the deacons. q big hearted but extremely plain spoken old fellow. what he thought of this mornings effort"
 The deacon was silent few mo, ments before replying Finally he said:
 Well. I'll put it to ye ill kind of parable. It reminded me of Tom Dor gan's fust deer hunt. when he was green. He foilered the deer's tracks all right, but he follered 'em all day in the wrong direction
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Erslar fn WriAa IL

In ls7l Edward Lear was staying with The governor of Roslbay Ut Ma. halaleshwar the hill station of the Bombay presidency was there and took Il Walk with him que day. He asked nie tlie ialne Of some trees told him Thy were called ''janbnr' trees In India. He immediately pro, iucesI his sketch book and in his in lmlitnblp style drew n bull looking into jam pnt He salid it would help him 10 reinpmlltg the ll'lllse. London Spec latnr
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Republican Caucus.

The Republican electors of the town Of Tol- land are requested to meet in caucus in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, September 7th, 1910, at o'clock for the purpose of electing delegates to the Republican state convention to be held at Hartford September B and IA, 1910, for he nomination of state officers and repre- sentative at large in the congress of the United States, and to appoint state central commit tee; also to elect delegates to the county, con- gressional, probate and senatorial conventions respectively; also for the purpose Of electing q town committee for the ensuing two years.
 Dated Holland, August 27th 1910.
 By order Of Town Committee,
 EDWIN S. AGARD, Chairman.
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nIsTRICT OF sTAFFORD sa Pro

1I Dat6 IOuft, AuguSt 3I 1yl0.
 Estate of Eliza Jenkins, late of Stafford, in said District, deceased.
 The administrator having exhibited hIs ad- mfnistration account with said estate to this court for allowance. 1t is
 Ordered-That the 7th day of Sept, 1910, at o'clock in the afternoon at the Probate office in Stafford be, and the same is assigned, for hear ing on the allowance of said administration ac- the administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by pub fishing this order once in some newspaper having a circulation in Said district, and by posting a copy of this order on the public sign-post in the town of stafford, where the deceased last dwelt
 ROBERT H. FISK Judge
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nIsTRICT OF sTAFFoRD. as, Pro

1g bate Court, August 30. A. D., 1910.
 Estate or susan M. Sessions, late Of Stafford, in said district, deceased. The eXecutrtx having exhibited her adminis- trattOn account with said estate to this tourt for allowance, it ts
 Ordered, that the 7th day of September, A. D. 1910, at o'clock in the forenoon, at the Probate ot1ce In Stanord, be and the same Is assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said administra- tton account, with said estate and this Court d. rects the executrfx to cite all persons inter- ested therein to appear at said time and place by publishing this order in some newspaper hay ing circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-post in the town of Stanord, where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record.
 MARCUS B. FISK, Judge.
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Love and Shining Mark.

Percy I came to ask you for tho hand of your daughter. @ Goldrox- Which one?
 "Why. Elsie!"
 "Oh. she's in school yet! She wouldn't think of such thing" Well Ethel then"
 .Oh. Ethel is too young!"
 Then give me Mary in maria ge. She's old enough"
 "Oh. yes; Mary is old enough to know bettern Yonkers Statesman.
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pnan4inaI M;a..,

"so you believe in marrying for loveY asked the innocent maid, Yes. to certain extent" replied the fair widow, 'but marrying for love without side issue of bread and butter is like slipping the froth from glass of soda water. ."-C Chicago I News
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Leave your son good name and an employment.--Steve
The Value of Doors.

When a man is cross there isn't any thing in the world more aggravating than house with all the connecting doors down or one that has doors that close noiselessly. man likes to slam door. He gets more good out of slamming a door. in his opinion, than any one could get out of religion. It is his protest against everything in the world that is wrong. and it means that he isn't much older than the child that beats its head on the door.-Atchi- a0n Globe
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nIsTRICT OF sTAFFORD sa pr

1I bate Court, August 30, 1910
 Estate of Cornela Needham, late of Stafford, in said district, deceased The administrator having exhibited his admin ts' ration account with said estate to his court for allowance, 1t is
 Ordered. that the 24th day Of September, A. D. 19l0 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the Probate Ofnce In stafford, be and the same is assigned for a.hearing on the allowance of said admfnts- tratton account with said estate, and this Court directs the administrator to cite all persons in- terested therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order in some news paper having circulation in said dIstrtct, and by posting copy on the public signpost In the toWn oT Stanord, where the deceased last dwelt. Certified from Record
 MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk
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THE PRESS.
LEWIS MoLAuGHLIN, PUBLISHER.

This paper is mailed regularly to it's supscrsp ers until definite order to discontinue is TO. ceIved and all arrears are paid in full.
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 Resolutions, obituaries or cards Of thanks ir- serted at one-half advertising rates. BlrthF marriages and deaths inserted tree. Commun cations received wftholA5 signature always com. mitted to the waste basket without attention.
 THIS Paper and The Connecticut Cousanl vance.
 We are-nOt responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing, endorse the opinions Of our corresponds nts.
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Asa Ea;4. R;l

Guest - How long is this lease Of your hotel to run? Hotel Clerk What lease? Guest The one just gave you the money for. New York Press.
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Ara Court of Probate holden at staf

A T Court of Probate holden at Staff L1 ford, within and for the district Of Stafford, on the 22d day of August, A. D. 1910
 Present, ROBERT H. FISK, Judge. sOn motion Of Mary E. Pease admlnistratrix on the estate of Amelia Tupper, late of Stafrord, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be al lowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the adm1n1stratTix, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising the same once In some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sfgn-post In said town of Stafford, Certified from Record.
 MARCUS B. FISK Clerk
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LitaraI.

Mistress Do you clean rooms with alacrity7 Applicant T gin'rally prefers patent sweepers. mum. = Baltimore American.
 Slim Chance For Her.
 A missionary who was making his way through backwoods region came upon an old woman sitting outside a cabin. He entered upon religious talk and finally asked her if she didn't know there was day of judgment coming.
 "Why, no," said the old lady; q hadn't heerd O that. Won't there be more than one dayY
 ''No, my friend; only one day." was replied.
 'sWell. then,' she unused, q don't reckon can get to go, for we've only got one mule. and John always has to go everywhere irst"-New York Sun.
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ATANTED Cosmopolitan Magazine
 wv requires the services Of representative In Stanord Springs to look after subscription re- neWals and to extend circulation by special methods which have proved unusually success full Salary ana commission. Previous expert- 0nCe desirable but not essential. Whole time Or spare. Address with references, H. c. Camp bell. Cosmopolitan Magazine. 1789 Broadway, New York City,
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A T Court of Probate holden at Tol "A land, within and for the District of Holland

on the 931 day of August, A. D. 1910
 Present, EDWIN s. AGARD Judge.
 On motion of Frank T. Newcomb, execufor on the testate estate of William Stoelzel late of Holland, within said district deceased
 This Court doth decree that six months from above date be allowed and limited for the credi- tors of said estate to exhibit their clalms against the same to the executor, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertis- ing the same once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-post in said town of Holland, nearest the place where the deceased last dWelt. Certified from Record,
 ". EDWIN AGARD .Imdrp
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OSF-P Pair of rimless eyeglasses, be- 4@ tween Roaring Brook and Stafford Snrinps. on the River road Finder will be rewarded by leaving same at The Press office
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LOR SALE CHEAP An invalid's chair, in good condition; oak frame In- quire rress Office
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MAN NTED = Plain Sewing. Shirt
 Waists and Shirt Waist sutls, ChtIdren's presses. '3w1S
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ITO RENT-Tenement, with improve 4 ments. WILLIS H. REED.
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k'OR SALE Young Stock-Steers and Heifers. GARY BROS.
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TNO RENT - Tenement over Arm 1 strong's market. Inquire of
 GEORGE SISWICK.
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FOR SALE-My Concord Buggy, at a I bargain. W. K. DEMOND.
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Slim Chance For Her.
Micht HeIp Some.

"It's up to you, to. do something to help our Netghborhood Improvement asociation.'
 "I'm for it. I'll make my daughter sell her piano" Cleveland Plain Deal CT.
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STORE TO RENT on Main street NJ w. II. REED.
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ITO RENT Two Tenements with al 4 modern Improvements
 MRS D. N. BROWN.
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MUST BE SOLD Here Is an oppor- 1 IVh tunity of lifetime. The best thing ever offeTed in the town of Stafford for the price. Any half fair oHer will be accepted nice house and stable, IA acres or excellent land splendid water everything in the best Of order finely situated 8 lii tie ways from tho borough, and i've minutes walk from the tTOlleyS This property IS going to be sold regardless of value. Anyone wanting fine home way down cheap will do well to Investigate this at once.
 J. 5. SMILEDGE, aFant-ave., Borough.
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CHOICE BUILDING LOTS for Sale NJ on stafford HetRhta, fnr cash or on very easy teKmEs FRANK K&EFR
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FOR SALE-A load buggy in A 1 con. 4 sdttion, A bargain. G. D. IDE, Hydeyille
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The promo ters of the Connecticut fair, which is to bs held at Charter Oak park, Hartford, next week, open ing Monday and continuing until Fri day, day and night, have planned this year to follow somewhat the custom which has prevailed in the middle west, where the state fair has grown to huge proportions, and will keep the purely agricultural features of the fair prominently in view. r. is not only that these things are good drawing cards, in themselves, but they are the feature on which a state fair lays it's foundations. Circus acts, theatrical exhibits one can find in other places, but the huge tents of cattle. the private stable of horses, the herds of sheep, the glarinR mid way, and, most of all, the great COS mopolitan crowdp, which they draw can be found in the country fair and nowhere else. H Butterf1eld, the present manager of the fair. has been secretary of the Michigan state fair for number of years.
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DIANO and Organ Tuning and Polish. ing. CHAS. CADY, Stafford
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ITO RENT Modern house Keefe's Plains SI7 month modern flats Sl1 and Sl0; mill tenemanta aE lover rents.
 9W91 FAULKNER MILLS OFFICE.
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The September term of the superior court will open on Friday at 10 30. at Rockville, when 8 short calendar session will be held on cases assigned for trial. Judge William g. Case will be on the bench. The state cases will come before the court next Tues day. and those who plead guilty will be sentenced at that time, but there will be no criminal trials until Tues day, September 13. During the week of September civil matters will be heard if there are any ready for trial. In the oivil side there promises to be plenty of business, one of the most prominent cases being that of Leona Gilman of Willimantio against John M Wadsworth and Edgar Brown of South Coventry for damages of $25O0 for injuries sustained in the collaps- ing of the pavilion at Lake Wangum- baug at the time of the opening of the trolley road to WiIlimantic from South Coventry
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DABBIT DOGS FOR SALE.
 1O *2w1I J. GARDEN, 66 Furnace-ave.
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LSOR SALE-Small Parlor Stove and 1 two sets of back door ateps 2l inches high.
 JOHN $. MARBLE.
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COWS AND PIGS FOR SALE. 9 w. J. BOWLER,