The Press., 1913-11-12
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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 chapter, O. E. S., this evening. TheT
 will.be initiation and refreshments.
 Walter F. Buck, a student in tn
 Wesleyan university, spent the week end last week with his parents an family in the Methodist parsonage.
 Mrs. Albert J. Turner, a forme resident, announces the marriage. Q her daughter Mrs. Agnes E. Carlton to N. M. Baldwin of New London iOct0ber 31st.
 The street has been widened at tn intersection of Prospect and Wes Main streets. The extra space l gained in front of the residence o1 John Hodgson, and the bank wall a that point has been extended. Th' improvement is marked.
 The borough committee, George Sis wick and Lott O'Halloran, have callet a meeting of the legal voters of tht borough, to be held at Borough hal Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, tc place in nomination candidates for tht annual meeting Dec 9th.
 There was a serious automobile ac. cident at West Stafford last Friday, in which one man was killed, one seri. ously injured and another slightly in. jured. An auto truck weighing $500 pounds turned turtle at the foot Oi Vest Stafford hill after a thrilling run down the grade. Fred s. Bird of Hartford, the driver of the truck, was almost instantly killed, the truck tipping over on him. Wm. Parsons, also of Hartford, fell under the ma chine and suffered compound fracture of the thigh and other injuries. He was, taken to the Johnson hospital for medical attendance and later was taken to his home in an ambulance. Frank Peterson, the third member of the party, was thrown clear of the truck and was not badly hurt. He received severe blow on the head and was unconscious for time, but recovered quickly. The truck was the property of the George B. Dewey Go. of Hart ford and was hired for the day by Ed ward J Martin to do a moving job. The truck was on it's way to Stafford Hollow to get a load of household goods owned by Mrs. L.. G. Beard. Mir. Bird, sthe driver, was employed by the Dewey company and the other two men were employees of MT. Martin. Just what caused the accident can not be learned. A man who saw the truck come down Chestnut hill says it was travelling at a tremendous rate of speed and was going from side to side of the highway. Near the foot of the hill the truck ran against a tree and an instant later turned over. Medical Examiner Newton was called and the injured men were taken to the hos pital. The body of Bird was taken to the undertaking rooms of c. H. Baker 6 Go. Later in the day MT. Dewey, by whom the driver was em- ployed, came to Stafford. He said that Bird had worked for him about two years and was steady, careful and reliable. The body was taken to Hartford for burial. Examination showed nothing wrong with the ma- chine. Too much speed and possibly an error in management caused the accident in all probability.
 A writer in the American Ecclesi- asticalReview for September deplored the use of ordinary love songs at mar riage ceremonies, instead of employ ing some special sacred hymn, writ ten purposely to express the dignity, the stability and the holiness of ma trimonial love, sealed with the VOWS of wedlock. The writer stated that he did not know of any hymn in Eng 'lish or in Latin that fully supplied the demand. Most of the so-called hymns were lacking either in sim plieity, strength, Christian piety or sound theology. According to several good judges the marriage hymn which follows possesses, in 8 high degree, the qualities required. It was writ. ten expressly for marriages or we'd ding anniversaries. It is so broadly true, sentimentally, socially and theo- logically, as to De acceptable to a wide circle of persons who plight their troth before the altar of Hymen. It was written by the pastor of St. Ed wards church, Rev. Felix J. O'Neill. The words have been set to fitting music by Prof. Frank l.. Farrell of Norwich. The music stores will have it in the near future. ..,..ss
 A MARRIAGE HYMN. .
 o BLEST BE THE VOW. "
 Copyright 1913 by Felix J. O'Neill.)
 O blest be the VOW
 Which the Angel of Love
 Has recorded to-day.
 The links that are forged
 At the altar of God
 They are welded for aye