The Press., 1916-04-05

Id And 1t certainly does my goat get
 When something of the present into tt
 past Is set,
 Il Destroying pleasures that too seldol IF come.
 Types we meet: When thoughts ac
 uate man to lay. or rather try to lay !. emphasis on his words and he does Il
 we have what we call the Eloquent Man
 We met one of those fellows recently Il Here's the sum total of our observations His hands described many circles befor
 one doubled fist came down onto wait T ing palm with smack that served t jointly startle and divert our attention
 from the topic he was so forcefuliy try Q ing to make clear He waxed to such 1 high pitch that people passing inevita
 bly stared in our direction and caused 1 s funny feeling to thrive within us. W. r wondered, instead of paying attention tt
 what he was saying, if it was not often , question in the minds of cops, who look from distance, whether peaceful citi
 zen is being threatened with an awful
 mauling We recalled, after making g foolish answer to g question advanced by the Eloquent Man. how Hartford cop
 had moved up Monday afternoon to see ] if an innocent bystander was about to be subjected to seemingly uncaled for l. thrashing and how he found it was just a political candidate taking advantage ot the fact that he had just given his listen CT trio of cigars.
 Stafford.
 Regular communication of Wolcott Lodge Thursday evening
 A toll telephone station has been installed at the post office.
 Miss Ethel Sault was taken 5o the Johnson hospital last week for treat ment. ..-....-
 Topic for Y P. O. U. Sunday even ing, "Habits '' Leader, Rachael Glover.
 | A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo Hearn at Johnson hospital last Sunday.
 Mrs. Philena Preble and Miss Harriet Wiers have rented the tene- ment over the store of H. F. Oady and are taking possession.
 The Ladies Circle of the Universal. ist church will meet for work to. morrow afternoon instead of Wednes. day, as usual. The regular monthly supper will be held at 6 o'clock. Hostesses: Mrs. J. N. Sibley, Mrs. Milton Soule, Mrs. J W. Dimmick. The Lenten service will be at 7. 30 in this ohuzch. Rev. l.. Rees will be the speaker.
 The community was shocked last Monday morning to learn of the death of Miss Mabel Edson. at Dalton, Mass. She had recently suffered an attack of the grip that terminated in pneumonia, causing her death Sunday evening. WA Abbott, half brother, received word of her serious illness Sunday morning and he at once left for Dalton. Much of Miss Edson's life was spent in Stafford where she was born. Since the death of her mother, Mrs. E. A. Holbrook, in Aug. 1914, she has made her home in Dalton. She was regular attend ant of the Universalist church and librarian of it's Sunday school for many years. She was also faithful member of the grange, taking a keen interest in it's welfare and for eight years previous to her leaving town, was it's efficient secretary. The funeral was held at the Universalist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. 0. H. Puffer officiating. Mrs. O. H. Moore sang. The bearers were J. P. Brown, J. W. Rollinson, F. A. Lasbury, Geo. H. Lord, J. M. Larned, G. D. Ide. Burial was at Hillside cemetery. ... .....
 The two basketball games in the town hall last Friday evening aroused much interest, the local boys taking both games. Capt. Lougheed's men won from the s. Y. M. o. seconds by the close score of 20 to IS in game which was at times very exciting and very noisy on the part of the specta- tors. The lineup:
 Lougheed's H. HIS. s. Y. M. o. St. Marie, If rg, Manano Sanger, If lg, Colnins Lougheed, 0 c, Eaton s. Murray, rg If, Mullins D. Murray. lg If, Argenta
 Baskets from floor, s. Murray 4, Argenta 4, Lougheed ?, Sanger 3, Eaton 3, Mullins 2, St Marie, Manano; from foul line, Lougheed 2; time, 2O-minute halves.
 The Pinney grammar reserves won their fifth and last game with the s. Y. M. 0. juniors 26 to 5. The Pinney students feel much pleased, especially as this now gives them four games out of the five with an aggregate score of 67 to the 31 hard earned points credited to the Springs boys. The lineup:
 Reserves. s. Y. M. O. Webster, IT lg, Irons Glover, If rg, Fitzpatrick Cunningham, 0 c, Whitaker Pagan, rg lg, Taylor Dobson, lg If, Palanck
 Baskets from floor, Webster 4. Dob- son 4, Cunningham ?, Whitaker ?, Glover; from fouls, Cunningham 4, Whitaker; time, two 15.minute periods; referee for both games, Reynolds. The next basketball event is to come tonight when the P. c. S. first team meets the alumni five in town hall, the Hydeville and Hollow