The Press

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Hand in your borough tax list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Remmert are receiving congratulations.
Mrs. E. L. Burr and son John and Miss Mary Leach are visiting at Greenwich, Mass.
Chas. Allen and son, of Windsor Locks, were with relatives in the borough over Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Howard have returned from a few days' visit with friends in Hartford.
There is some talk of arranging a minstrel entertainment, to be presented by local talent.
Regular session of Wauseon Lodge, I. O. O. F., next Tuesday evening. Installation of officers.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Harris were called to Manchester, Vt., last week by the death of Mrs. Harris' father, Ralph Purdy.
The Norwich firm, owning the large ice houses at Orcuttville, are scraping the pond and getting ready to commence cutting.
Monday morning was the coldest thus far this season. Reports vary from 14 to 20 degrees below zero in different parts of the town.
There is to be a dance and concert at Monson to-morrow evening. There will probably be several delegates present from this town.
C. E. subject at the Congregational church next Sunday evening, "What prayer should do for the Christian," I Kings, 8:22-40. Miss Bertha Heald, leader.
The Lincoln Athletic club will give a social dance at their rooms on Saturday evening. Music by Lynch's orchestra, B. J. Mullin, prompter. Tickets 50 cts.
Gen'l M. C. Wentworth and wife, of Wentworth Hall, Jackson, N. H., (White Mountains) spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Robert Fowle, of the Springs House.
The farce, "A Box of Monkeys," recently presented at the Episcopal church, will be produced, by the same talent, at the Hollow, in the near future, for the benefit of the Universalist church of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Baker gave a family dinner party at the Springs house Christmas. Those in attendance were Mrs. G. Baker, L. B. Baker of Springfield, F. H. G. S. and Clara K. Baker, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Carl Converse.
Dr. Ball, of Norwich, and others have purchased the David Lillibridge farm and a tract of land belonging to L. D. Gary, on the Willington road. It is said that a vein of emery in paying quantities runs through the land. Work of taking out samples of the ore has been commenced.
Mrs. G. B. Scripture has purchased, through the John Smiledge agency, W. A. Segar's Main street restaurant.
Mrs. Scripture has an enviable reputation as a cook and will spare no pains to please her patrons. Domestic bread and pastry will be on sale for those who desire.
Seats for Rice's comic opera, "Little Christopher," at Loomer Opera house, Willimantic, Jan. 8th, go on sale at the railroad station next Monday. Reserved seats $1. The company consists of 70 people, and carries its own orchestra and scenery. The time of the leaving of the special train will be given next week.
Ionic Lodge, F. & A. M., has chosen the following officers for the ensuing year: W. M., David Bissett; S. W., J. M. Leach; J. W., George J. Bailey; treasurer, C. F. Harwood; secretary, W. L. Warner; S. D., George W. Eaton; J. D., Gilbert S. Baker; S. S., J. M. Lord; J. S., A. Jacobson; tyler, Emory Pierce; organist, John Wood; trustee, W. M. Crawford; chaplain, Amos Nichols.
Miss Margaret Russell has accepted a position as instructor in Santiago college, at Santiago, Chili. She started yesterday, in company with thirty other teachers, and expects to make the trip in about four weeks. The college has 400 students, and is a part of the educational system under the direction of the M. E. church. Miss Russell has many friends in town who wish her success in her new line of work.
George Shea, of Newburyport, formerly clerk at the Springs house, in some way got his Christmas presents mixed, and sent a bracelet to Dick Ellis and a pair of suspenders to a lady friend in town. This accident furnished much merriment at the Springs House, and incidentally resulted in the following poem:
On Xmas day, our friend George Shea
Was thoughtful of his friends:
And of the number, on that day.
To Stafford Springs, he sends
Two kind remembrances of love
To two of different genders.
One to adorn a gentle dove,
The other was—suspenders.
Alack! alas! the goods astrayed,
As sometimes haps to senders;
The youth in bracelets was arrayed,
The maiden in suspenders.