The Press., 1913-08-13
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Charles Bolieau has gone to the St Francis hospital, Hartford.
 Mrs. W. H. Stafford is at Oal Bluffs, Mass. for two weeks.
 Mrs. Clayton Fuller of Springfield is with Mrs. Catherine Hicks.
 The Staffords will play the All Holyokes at Hyde Park Saturday af ternoon-
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard B. Baker have been spending a few days al Newport, R. L
 Work at the Orcuttville mill i. slack and it is reported that the stocl is being run out.
 Miss Mary I. Newton and Miss Frances Newton returned Saturday night from Weekapaug, near Watch Hill.
 Miss Emma A. Wildey and Miss Virginia Wildey of South Orange, N. J., are guests of MT. and Mrs. Fred Wildey.
 MT. and Mrs. George Bell of Gran by, Mass, have been guests of their cousins, Mrs. E. K. Taft and Miss Florence Washburn.
 William Ellis, son of R. W. Ellis, was operated upon at the Wilson sani- tarium, Hartford, yesterday for a slight throat trouble.
 MT. and Mrs. A. D. Shepherd and son, David, and daughters, Lottie, and Dorothy, have returned from sev- eral weeks visit in Paris, Canada.
 Miss Alberta Eaton is attending the Epworth League institute held at Willimantie this week. Miss Ivy Eaton accompanied her brother, l.. F. Eaton, to Jamestown, R. l., on Mon- day.
 Rev. David Y. Moore, with Mrs. Moore and their daughter, Pauline, of St. Petersburg, Florida, are guests of their cousins, MT. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson. Mir. Moore formerly preached at the Congregational church in Will lington and Mrs. Moore will be re- membered as Miss Lena Whitford of this town.
 There is general complaint of the slowness of the work on the state roads, owing to the small number em- ployed. The work on the Wilmington 1 road was started last October and is far from completion. The Stafford | end was to have been finished within | three months 1t is a detriment to l the place to have the road closed or almost impossible for so long time, and it appears that the state officials are lax in not requiring more expedi- tion in the work.
 ''The Hospital Aid society,"" sol ehristened at the July meeting, will hold its next regular session next Tuesday at 3. 30 D. m. The first part of the afternoon will be spent in sew ing, the meeting being called to order for brief session at the close. At the last meeting it was voted that each member should solicit jellies, preserves, canned fruits and the like, from people in her own church society, or in her own neighborhood, asking the housewives to set aside few jars during the canning season, ready for a collecting day" in the fall.
 Many hundred dead fish, mostly suckers, stranded in the cove and be- low the Allen bridge last week, at- tracted quite a little attention. The water was low, as the mills on the stream did not run by water for few days and the dead fish began to be quite a nuisance, but they were washed down stream Saturday, as the mills were run partly by water that morning. The cause of the death of the fish is not known, but two theories are advanced, one that they were killed by discharge from the mills and the low water, and the other that dynamite had been used in the Rhode Island mill pond. There have been a number of reports lately that dyna- mite is being used for the purpose of obtaining fish. If this is SO and the parties are discovered they are likely to receive the full penalty of law, for 1t is a very serious offence. At meeting of the directors of the agricultural society held yesterday af- ternoon the following committees were elected for the coming fair, to be held October ] 3, IA and 15: Recep- tion, O.. B. Pinney, Christopher Allen, F. G. Sanford, F. F. Patten, ". H. Hall; censor, O. F. Beckwith, H. s. Abel, G. A. Cosgroye; athletics, E. D. Tufts, M. D. O'Connell, Anders Jacobsen; midway, H. s. Abel, O. B. Gary, E. K. Taft; premium lists, George Siswick, Lewis Mclaughlin, l.. A. Aborn, O. F. Beckwith, H. l.. Garrigus; grounds and buildings, W. H. Hall, H. s. Abel, O. B. Gary. The vaudeville and advertising committee, which was elected at the annual meet ing, consists of R. H. Fisk, R. W. Smith and F. H. Baker. It was voted to admit the children under 12 years of age free on the third day of the fair. The first day of the fair will come on Monday. As Columbus day comes on Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday, so it is expected that this will be the big day of the Ra;-