The Press., 1912-04-03

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 Storm. by MT. Stewart and quartet, ''Let Me Live and Stay In Dixie Land' by MT. Beckwith and quartet, and up The Rickety Stairs" by MT. Teal and chorus. The address by MT. Ellis on ''The Tariff" was a very comprehensive review of this import ant subject. His makeup was all to the good and he passed the airy per- sidage in manner that was very re- freshing. In the topical song My Motter'' MT. Ellis again shone and the verses devoted to local subjects were particularly we'll received. The effect of the song features was in creased by the excellent work of Lynch's orchestra in accompaniment, and the independent orchestral num- bers were also fully enjoyed. There were an unusual number of favors, and pages in costume passed them out at intervals during the progress of the dinner. The favors and donors were as follows: Shaving sticks, The J. B. Williams Co.; "Good Luck" medals, The Worcester Salt Go. memorandums, Malcolm s. Beck with, special agent; cigars, Joseph Whitcomb & O.. cigar cases, The Kelsey Heating Go. cigarettes, Stod dard, Gilbert 6 Co.,; match holders, Anthony Adams; Welch's grape juice, The Welch Grape Juice Go. Sunshine whole wheat crackers, The Loose. Wiles Biscuit Go. ]; cut flowers anC decorations, Stafford Conservatories electrical decorations, Rockville Gas 6 Electric Go.
 After the cigars were lighted w. E. Hanley, president of the associ' ation, introduced Dr. James Stretch as postmaster The doctor said he was frightened, but if so, his condi- tion did not prevent him from fulfill ing his duties in very pleasant and finished manner. Introducing the first speaker, Governor Baldwin, the toastmaster voiced the general senti. ment in speaking of the sterling qual. ities of Connecticut's chief executive, referring to- him as presidential tim. Der. As the governor arose he was rendered a genuine and spontaneous ovation, all rising. from their seatt and applauding vigorously The gov ernor in his introduction referred tc Stafford having library, park and hospital-all endowed. The speaker called attention to the fact that few towns of the size were so richly re. membered. Continuing, the governor said:
 ''In the early days of Connection history Stafford was thought to bt one of the towns most especially ia vored by nature. Here were severa iron mines of bog ore of excellent quality, and here were mineral springs of which people came from all ovel the country and whose waters cured many who could be cured nowhere else. There was water power at hand for manufacturing, and all the iror hollow ware for the state was made here. In the Revolution a oannor factory was set up which did good ser vice to the cause of independence. 4 hundred years ago, besides two cotton factories, one clock shop, three wooler mills, three tanneries, six grain mills or1 n 1ovo,1 coxr file +hora xuorc some for lighter work where women only were employed. In. those days, to quote from Pease 6 Niles Gazette1 of Connecticut and Rhode Island, a publication of that era, large quan- titles of straw braid and bonnets are made and sent abroad for a market, which is equally important, regarded as source of profit, or as a means ot promoting female industry and habits of attention to business, and conse- quent abstraction from light and friv. olous occnpations and amusements, o1 the more unwarrantable employment of local detraction. do not know which of the joint authors of1 this work, Dr. Pease or John M. Niles, wrote this description of the Stafford women of that day, but venture to say that MT. Niles; who soon after ward became United States senator from this state and then postmanster general in President Van Buren $ cabinet, would have found this pas sage in his Gazetter hard thing to explain away, and might have been sorely tempted to found an earlier Ananias club, if he had been running for office here or anywhere in 1912. Most of the industries that Stafford throve on a hundred years ago have disappeared. Yet she has doubled her population, her prosperity and her industrial importance. How is it? By three things: the invention of modern machinery, the introduc- tion of coal to raise power, and the laws making incorporation free to all. It was once thought that modern ma chinery, by displacing hand tools,. X CCont1nusd on page 4l