The Press., 1920-03-25
THIRTY.ONE YEARS AGO.
February 7, 1889
Items of local interest taken from the columLs
 of The Press. thirty-one years ago.
March GS, 1889.


 The street watering cart was put on yesterday There was need of 1t.
 The school on Stafford street begins next Monday Miss Alena Corbin of Union, teacher.
 It is necessary for people to go home at 10 o'clock or earlier or else go in the dark, the present torough government having the lamps extln-
 guished at that hour,
 The Stafford Springs Cemetery As
 sociation at it's annual meeting last
 Monday evening reelected the o,d
 loard of directors, and chose Orren
 Converse, president; Andrew Whltoh'
 yice-president; w. D. Heald secreta-
 rV: c. F.. HarWOOd. treasurer; F. |.
 Patten., J. c. Converse, auditors
 Nathan Rood, S3 years of age, an in
 mate of the Stafford poor house, and
 who formerly lived north of Stafford
 taking paris green, a dose of al out
 tea spoonful. Soon after taking it he
 summoned Poor master Shepard and
 informed him what he had done, and
 Nr. Shepard immediately went in
 quest of 'Dr. F. l.. Smith, who reached
 the patient al out two hours after he
 had taken the poison. AntidOtes were
 administered, and the patient made to vomit, but all to no purpose. Ills death seemed quite painless. An enterprise, started with very little flourish. beginning in small way, Tut from which very much is expected, is the business of bOttllng the water from the Stafford mineral spring, now being done in the base ment of Julius COnverse'S elegant new block beside the spring. One of Brad ways motors furnishes the power, erful pump, a cylinder in which the water is impregnated with cartonic acid gas, machines for filling, cOrking and wiring the lottles, and one for washing empty bottles. The water thus prepared can le shipped any where and kept for an indefinite time, and well known as it is, for valuable properties, can hardly help finding for itself an extensive sale. On Monday afternoon Charles C.. Anderson, employed at Dennis mill putting belt upon a pulley in the basement of the mill, had his coat caught by set screw in collar upon the shaft and was instantly drawn down upon the shaft. which was a short one. holding two pulleys sup ported by frame, and near the ground. The shaft was revolving with great velocity, and realizing that to be carried around ly it meant certain death, Anderson braced himself against the frame and shouted for help Thomas Burwell, of Holt & Bur we'll, whose machine shop was in the room adjoining. had seen him go into the room, and hearing his cries, ran to the floor al owe and shut down the water gate, and soon the shaft was stopped Anderson had kept his posi- ton, though he was just losing his senses from exhaustion. He was soon got out, and Dr. Newton summoned to his aid His right arm was broken near the shoulder, the joint dislOcated, and he was adly bruised and strained by his efforts to sustain himself. His escape can be accounted for only by the suppOSition that the collar, which seemed tight, had turned upon the shaft MT Burwell's presence of mind, in going at once to shut the gate rather than to see what was the trouble, probably saved Anderson's s 1 life.
 Born -Westford, 2d. son to William Sands.
 Born Mansfield, Eel. 10th, son to George F. Freeman; 26th. son to Al l ert F.. Gurley.
 Born Wales, 2d, daughter to Leroy and Ida M Suuier.