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“TOLLAND COUNTY STAFFORD —_— Woeodlawn Property Choice for Park —Commiissioners Named—NMrs. C. R. Parry’'s 90th Birthday, Over 400 veters turned out to the town meeting Saturday afternoon, the largest number that has ever attended a town business meeting. It is esti- mated that there were 300 from the | horough: W. H. Heald was chairman of the meeting. F. F. Patten made the report for the committee appointed to select '3 site for the park. ‘The re- port siated that the committee had comsiderad the different places sug- | gested, including Woodlawn, the dia- | mond-edged traet, West Stafford, the fair greunds. Stafford strest. After congidering the sites proposed the committee decided to recommend the | purchase of the Waedlawn property | for $17,800 as the most desirable. The motion in favor of purchasing Wood- lawn was carried hy a large majo F. H. Baker, William Park, W. Hanley, W. R. Preble were appoinies park eommissioners. Mre. Arthur Connors visited friends in Hartford last week 1 Mrs. lLaura Whi Mrs. George | Stevens and son of Springfield are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George La- | tham. Wins Canada Bride. went to St. Philip, last week, where he will be marrwi; mext Monday. He ‘and kis bride wi'l| return the iatter part of the week and | and i Herry & will make their home with Mr. Mrs. Fred Grav. ! Ninetieth Birthday. Mrs. E. R. Parrv passed her %dth | birthday eon Saturday at the home of | Mrs. E. M. Goodell. Mrs. Parry re- ceived flowers, letters and a posteard shower from friends. She had as| zuests Miss Richmend of Philadeiphia. G. R, Comatock of New York., A. Com- stock of Denver, Col, O. W. Bugbee of New York. MANS Enjoyable SFIELD DEPOT Card — Whipple Greene' Social Death. Mre. Jensen and twe sons of Staf- ford were at the home of Mr. and Mr: Hansen on Sunday. Mrs. E. R. Dimock entertained friende from Willimantic recently. Miss Pease, who has been at the home of Mrs, Baker, has return to Windgor much improved in health. | Meps. Lyon and Mrs. of | Phoenixviils with Mrs, Platt, recently saent the day in Willimantic with Mrs. | Card Social. Arnothar of the pelasant card socials was given at the home of Mr. and M Hapeen last Tuszéay evening. The guesta presemwt ware Mr. and Mrs, Whealer, Mr. and \rs, Mr. and Mys. Thomesor 2 Mrs. Ousterhgut and Mr. and Smith, Light refreshments iware Death of Whipple Gre Whippie Greeu died Wednaesiay. He wes barn fa Coventry, ®. I, January, 1831. Whesw a2 yong man he came to Coventry, Conn.; afier living there a few yeers he came to the home whick he died. 'There survi sons and Wawe daughters; also several grandehiidyan. Mra, Mar'y was in Stafford Sprinzs recently. Mrs. Lewis of Willimantic sp Weadensday at the home of Mrs. Platt. Mrs. Gfififan. a recent guest in towm, has raturned to her home in Colchestar . SOUTH WINDHAM. Many Attend Temperarce Meeting in Willimantic—Notes, Prank Chism of viajtor in town on The Rev, R. G. limantie Baptist binston ne was aj s Hartley church pulpit Were in exchange wi wil- | the | the Rev. of the oec ; Sund Harry CGrimes on The Y. P. . omitted Sunday evening her fron, here attended ance address given by Knex Liviagsion at the at_ Willimantic, E meeting and the M Fa was a num- | temper- Dahozoh | church} Miss n Chesebro 1 Sunday visitor her s. Frank | M{'nrd 8. William bas been | eryr il at St - ital, is imsvoving i C. E. PBloome tsoat en- ) tertainment cdnesday | evening. | Ciarence Chamberlain has accepted a | position as condwctor on the Shere iine | electric road beiween Savbrock and Lirantard, ! A. €. Kenney is suffering from an at- | tack of grip. | Harry Avery was a rccent visitor in | Hartford. Richgrd Lewis, who has been con- fined to his home for a numi of weeks, resumed on Wednesday Mrs Willie 8 re Tied frem | a visit w her daughter, Cas- sins .Curtis of Somerville. A large number of bi heen #een in thig vicinity this saa Aront fifiy. varieties have been ident d, and the common varieties seem unusuall mbundant Miss Emma Rabcock is building a new additior teo her home. BDLTON I Visitatiens of Grangers——Parsonal ' | Notes. Mrs- Frances E. Ruggles has return- ‘.addg':;n Hoston, where she has henn:ij,»;‘_ e N A # utchi ed Th = el Mrs. Carrie A. House of Hartford is | sinnary nd e g;:":n- )llz:ss( spending some time in fown. Piteait I Miss Atice King of ringlield was | Netted $25. mecemt guest of Mrs Charles T.| . , S muer. i The 1d Hall association netted Henry Diatz is home from South: 220Ut 325 at their May day , last week Manchester. ill with measles. Wednesday. Bolton gramge furnished the pro- | . Pe C- E. society held a social at C. amme at a_ meeting of Andover | V' s ay evening. amge iast Monday evening. Andoy. | _ There is diphtheria in the family of | gramge will return 4 programme lat- | VWiliam Baldwin. . A collation was served and ‘h,\ Mrs. Willlam Geoss was remoced to! Ing was greatly enjoyved. a hospital in Hartford Sunday to un- s Wiiliam inwall of South |9erg0 an operation for appendicitis. anchester was a recent guest of her | MIS. Joseph Herold i3 visiting her E‘hfi. Joan Johnson son in Westerly. R. Members of Bolton grange, No. 47, Miss Mabel f‘n!ber' of Northfield, | meeting of East Central | Y388, Wwas at her home here over ttended the i - Ce grange at East Windsor Wed- Resday. Sulphur Water Baths At Little Cost Effective sulpHur-water baths may be made at little cost with warm water and Glenn’s Sulphur Soap Fxcellent for rheumatism, hives; heat rashes and many dnouc* i - | property, | into C. “LETTERS FROM TWO STATES _COLUMBIA Squier Farm Sold—Miss Irene Dixon at Summer State’ Orni(hulo"in. or and daughter, nf‘ are guests ot Mrs. Elmer Tay News Bedford, Mass., Taylor's parents. Mrs. Home—Grange Hears Gottleib Koenig. Mrs, Willard B. Clark, who for sev- eral months has been ill at the home of her daughter in Willimantic, so so | far recovered as to be able to return | Mr. and Mrs. to her home on Columbia Green. A brother East Killingly, o M light hay of Miss Lillian Sayles of teacher of the school in Pine street district, was her guest » Sunday at the home of Mr. and ‘W. H. Kneeland. The protracted crop. drouth Delegates Chosen. Sunt, Assistant i Clayten Hunt and wife” and Supt. G. Tucker were chosen delegates to represent the Co- Sunday scheol at the Tolland Sunday schol convention soon to be. held in South Coveniry. Farm Sold. William Squier has sold his farm William B. cently purchased, formerly Little estate, which he re- to Long Island. Mrs. Carrie Frost and belonging to the a purchaser from daughter ot Boston are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ab- bott Little on Cclumbia Green. Raymeond Hamden are Deacon William Hill. father, Chestnut P guests Collins and family of Mr. Collins’ A. Collins, on iil, Brought to Summer Home. Miss Irene Dixon, who has. been crit- ically ill at her home | was brought te her summer home on the Lake shore last State Ornitholcgist Lectures. in New Monday. indicates a of York, | - been entertzining their “cousin, l‘- | Hinks from Jersey S C‘harles Hobby is workin; hl Nor- wich for a brief time. Mrs. Otis Conant is conflned to her home ith . heumafism. UNION ! Stafford Pruchfl- Fil I: “Locak Pulplt. Rev. Isaac Booth of Stafford preach- ted at the Congregational church Tast | Sunday for Mr. Graham, who was away for the day. George Newell visited Hartford last week. > W. P. Marcy of Hartford is spel ng a few days at the Marc stead, 'which is open for the summer. iMiss Grace Tyler who -has i with West Woodstock friends a few days returned home last week. WILLINGTON The Rev. Sherrod Soule of Hartford, superintendent of Cangregational state missions. will predch in the Congrega- gational church next Sunday, May. .21, at 11 o'clock. The Rev. w. spiringly Sunday afternoon on Gift of the Holy ' Spirit,” from John! xi 5-16-17. There was a good at-| tendance: 39 were at Sunday school. Mr. Darrow also presided at the Ln- deavor meeting Sunday evening. Mrs. Gardner Hall, her sister, Mrs. Whitcomb, and Mrs. S. Slingsby. cal ed on friends on the Hill Saturda. afternoon. S, Darrow SPRING HILL Nathaniel Michel of New York was the zuest of Mr: and Mrs. W. A. Weld Friday and Saturday of last week. H. C. Hawkins and family were Hartford on Wednesday. B. M. Sears pccompanied the bod: of Mrs. Holt. formerly of North Mans- field, to Natick, Mas: on Wednesda for nurial. John 8. Nason and family of West- in The grange held an open meeting| poro, Mass. came to the home of W. Wednesday evening. Professor Job of| o Weld by automebile on Thursday. the Conmecticut Agricultural vnlkze; EWCL IS, gave a moat interesting lecture on Our Wild Birds, iflustrated by stereopticon | “ATTAWAUGAN. siews fros hotographs taken by | & = himself of bids e heir - mative| - Blmer C. Wood received a May bas- haurts. The hall was weli filled with|Ket from his Sunday school pupils on an appreciative audience. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wednesday at Storrs Agi h their daughter, Ruth, a stu-| lege wi dent at the ant outing. A improvemen college, Lyman is making repairs 1s on hi lumbia Green. C, having a pleas- s house near Co- HEBRON | Fine Entertainment for Benefit of Aid| Saclety——Address on Bohemia. Isham spent ultural coi- | and | Tuvesday evening. ! Alvert Rollinscn has moved his fam- [ il into their summer residence on Christian hill, rl Gibney i spent Sunday at Qua- di Mitchell Grimshaw. Jr.!, has moved his family to New Bedford. | WASHINGTON COUNTY, R.I. RICHMOND An entertainment was given in the| Winner in W. C. T. U. Medal Contest— n hall Friday evening. May 19, by | p d Foreigh: Mission Cipcle Chester Tennant for the benefit of the | M‘"':' i eig g A Ladie: y. The entertainment | SO 8.15. The ladies of the church = Mari’ A e Fowe. ice cream and cake, which The €lark’s Mills union held a silver i medal contest at Shannock church re- spoke in- | he, weeks, are improving. Mr. yonmde out l!unda.for the first time.| J. Palmer who has been in is out again. Charles ‘Barber - of ‘Woody. Hill was| in_this place Sunday. Mrs. Addie Bingham of Providence | has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Hil bard Church. Mrs. Mary F. Burdick is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Charles P. ‘Falmer of Westerly. Road Improvements. Road Commissioner Osmas Edwards has had a force of between 15 and 20 friends _-in | men working the roads in this vicinity. Mrs. Charles Stone of Clark’s Falls lias been the guest of relatives .here this weel ARCADIA. Funeral of Mrs. Almon F. Reynolds— Personal Items. Miss Annie Crandall, teacher of the school in Bates distriet, went home last Triday to Kockwell, returning to her school Monday. Mrs. Hannah Mahala Reynolds, wid- ow of Almon F. Reynolds, died DMon- day, May, 8. Funeral seriices were held at the residence of her son, Whit- man Reynolds, Thursday, the 1ith, Rev. C. A. Meader of Pawtucket offi- ciating. Burial was in the family lot at Willow Valley. Deceased was in her 84th year. Mrs, William T. Barber continues to be in poor health. James- Tyler is working for Charles H. Reynolds as farm hand. Mrs. J. R. Perkins continues ill, re- quiring the services of a physician. Hugh Bair of Cranston called on Benjamin Sheldon one da\' last week. WEEKAPAUG. Ocean View W. C. T. U. Met with Mrs, Sidney Chapman—Nutas The Ocean View “' T. U. met at the home of Mrs, Sidney Chapman on Wednesday 2 rnoon with fifteen pres- ent. After the busimess part of. the meeting was over, Mrs. Mertie Looflow took up the subj ““Parenthood and Iis Responsibilities.” Several se- lections were read by different mem- bers after the meeting. Mrs. Chap- man served dainty refreshments of sandwichos, salad, cake and coffee, and a social time was enjoved by ail. The Club of Ten met at the home of Mrs. Leon W. Bliven Monday after- noan with a goced number in attend- ance. Harry Sunday with his parents here. ASHAWAY George A. Whipple of West street suffered a shock on Wednes- day morning. Friends of Mrs. Whip- ple and her aged husband hope for her speedy recovery. Hon. George B. Carpenter is able to get about the house after a severe illness. A M s, Brown of North Stonington is auls.mg Charles J. Blake at carpenter Noyves of Watch Hill spent | ) 3 < - i > H work, improving his premises. The Rev. Johu H. Fitagerald atfend- | fently, Miss Gertrude Kimber winning) 7, - Aalter Blake and a lady friend vilie 10th. | Srating Matoalt Caug . MMy - Chavies] the home of Mr. Blake's father, Daniel ¥ ngr-.r.w Stnday at the home of | Crandall ofl Carolina and Mrs. Frank | l“'\181—1“”;? ;?rl:anff‘i";\mg”;hfl has been Mr. Buell's brother, Robert Buell { Marchant of West Kingston. Mrs. S.| M= L~ . Ranfolph, who has been The Rev. John Solomon Porter, a| B. Dawley, the president of the union | g terly Tuesday afternoon. nissionary from this town to Austria, Presented the medal. The other con- Pt St T s ey preached in the Congregational church | teStants each received a photo of Mrs. | z. his topic being | D- K. Livingston, state W. C-TL B | LONG SEA VOYAGES. ore and After. This top- | president. Several solos were siung by i B ; interesting to all, show- Miss Florence Milner. accompanied on| A Bark 332 Days from Port to Port— hem the differerce hetween a Bo- | (h¢ organ by 3iss Marion Brackett of Ship Blown Across Pacific. n who was converted and one| Boston. The benediction -was pro- who was not. The difference was sim- | hounced by the pastor, Rev. Walter N.i The other day the Italiaf ship Ninfa fiar to those of ancient Bible times,| RevROlAS. | sauntered into the channel with a Mr. Porter came to Hebron that morn- | Delegates to W. C.T. U. Convention. | change of wind and signalled off ng from Manchesier, staying with his| The Clark’s Mills union held its semi- | Prawle Point, 196 davs out from As- cousi Mr. Ward., whno drove to Man- | - meetirg at the home of Mrs. ! toria bar without once having been chester to get { William Kimber Tussday, May 16. Mrs. | reported. = To the nautical perception Attended The World in Boston. »gene Crandall. president of Caro- | the sea is full of ‘such lonely craft Mr. and Mrs. W. Clifford Robinson | t organizer, yeis | battesing their way ronnd the. Horn, son; Taretus. Afiss Band Lothie: P interesting | through a region of almest perpetual Miss Florence B Smith attended .xnn hebnful talk on what nther unions | gales, or idling in the doldrums to the eiybighs o mq;;»-' have done and are doing for the tem- | itritation of their dispirited crews, Saing geant of | perance cause. The following were| Who only find partial t’?nso\aunn in < and Lizhi, seen In tire after. | el°cted delegates to the South Distri the reflection that every flap of the nnm- was one of the greatest events| 507 n‘xll"h to he held at Wakefield on | mainsail means half a crown out of o Ak Gncrs - I Snfogred e WD s ™ Mrs. W. E. Earn- | the owner's pocket and a correspond- Mrs. Eliza Holems of Meriden is the | of guest Buell, Hart E. tha Busell, James H, the retreat r ent Thursday. her uell and siste went to Har:iford who was taken to Hartford greathy Jagsger, in ed T. Pa cousin, Miss Ellen Miss Mar- Monday. last Febru- ner, in superintend- town last STAFFORDVILLE Happenings of the Waek—Vm:torl and Grace Mr= Willi Mildred Travel ak fgWY anlh turned home last Sat West. for some tims, 1 2y am Chandler and daugh-| were of parents, and Mrs F.{ < B Thompson and Mrs. lection was La er i with the W. benediction. Dawley Place Sold. Charles Dawle has sold house lot at ¥ ron to Mr. Cook hannock, who meved in on Wednes- H. F. Roouse of Shann ot} : < has| hoved into the house fermerly occupied | B. B. \voorv,l ing addition to their own hard earned W. pay. Within the experience of the deep .| sea sailor such passages are nothing unusual, particularly on the outward voyage 10 the Pacific, when Cape Horn has to be weathered and its prevailing westerly winds won threugh. On March 1916, the four-masted bark Invernesshire, sailed froem Hamburg, bound for Santa Rosalia in the Gulf of Califcrnia. During a passage which included such dents as her tem- inc Cool . porary abandonment by her crew in Mirs John Hoxle n dread of her foundering, she was { Mrs Alpert Hovie recently made al fyr.ed to put into the Falklands to g { short isit ‘-”'\‘1‘ = brother and fam-| yefit and sailed again on her inter- i ;x. l_n:;xn‘. P? B2 b - | )upled voyage on September 27. Frem WY WYP PPM! !n'v 2 'Lp 1rfiPnQ=n ac fli!d ":;Fq S| that time she was neither seen nor has beep in' trip to Palmer and Springfield; Mass. | heard of until she arrived safely at ith her daughter, 1ast week. her destination on February 2. 1811, ylor in Coventry k; Seorge Moore and Mrs. ’\Hnr‘w Me- attended the funeral of Mr. e's sister, Mrx. Roxanna Wales, TUnion last Saturday. Wetherell of Dorchester, was the guest of her cousin, J. H. McCarthy over Sunday. Horatio and Arthur We: nded e circus Bert Carp { Hydeville mill. in Springfield Satur- Jessie Rosworth made a brief limantic last Friday. enter employed in the May Day Ent.rtamment Nets $25—C. Sunday. B Soc EAST WILLINGTON Junior Grange interested in Corn and Potato Growing Contest. Plum, biossomed p Will Downs and famil P. Williams’ house. Grass is suffering badiy rain. pear and a rofusely. pple trees have have moved for want of There is preaching in the Congre- gational chu o’clock. rch next Sunday at 11 Much interest is taken in the Wili- ington grange Junior Corn and Potato club whi towt. i®s being organized in It is expected that each school the will have a good number of members. The pupils of the East Willington schiool are enthusiastic and twelve are to compete for the prize crop of corn and potames, GURLEYVILLE Mrs. Arvilla Dunham has returned to _her home for the summer. 's. Willis Croft’have mov- Wood farm. D. Yeomans have r. and | ed to the Joh M, and Returned Missionary Spoke. The Home and Foreign M cles in the | held their annual meeting in the Shannock Baptist church on Wed- nesday, May 10. There speaking at both sessions. including an address by a returned missionary from service among the Indians near Hud- | lad son Bav. Mrs. William Earnshaw has returned from Boston. where she attended the world’'s !‘(pl\ ition. HOPK!NTON 253 Dogs Registered During April— Surprise for Deacon and Mrs. Ken- yon. During April 243 dogs were register- ed in the office of the tewn clerk and one kennel Heense was issued. Saraih A. Webster, wife of William P. Webster, has d the Henry Brown property to Henry Demarais of Provi- | dence. The Webster family has mov- 1 ed to Hope Valley. | Telaphone men have removed | guy wires fom the elm tree at the re: idence of John E. Wells, as direoted by Mr. Wells. i Carpenter has returned from isit in Providence. E. Wells. Surprise Vi | About forty fr | Kenyon and ife gave them an enjo able surprise Saturday evening. Dur- ing the evening Deacon Alfred A Tangworthy presented them a pretty wing chair in behalf of the. com- pany. | s Zoe L. Kenyon, after spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Har- riet C. Kenven, has returned tc- West- erly. Eugene D. Wheeler has purchased an automobile to use in carrying the mail on his route from ‘Ashaway via Clark’s Falls to Hopkinton and re- turn. Mrs. Edwin R. Allen has been spend- ing several days with friends in Hope Valley. 1 i ROCKVILLE Yerk State Preacher Comingto Local Church—Loyal Workers Meet. Deacon Hareld R. plied the pulpit in the Seventh Day Bajuist chureh last Saturday morn-~ ing. Rav. ¥. L Lindh was expecfed to avoidably detained at home. Call Accejted. Crandall sup- . A Q. has accepted the call pastorale of thi to the hurch and expects A meeting of the. Loyval Workers was heid Sunday with Mrs. Harold R Crandall te transact special business. Hon. and Mrs. Benjamin' Kenvon i 7 interesting | of Pawtucket ! speak, but was un- | Crofoot of Independence, | for sev- i 337 days out from her original port of { departure. The veyage of the Invernesshire al- most compares with the performances of the lumbersome craft of earlier navigators, except no doubt that it | was a tedious passage and not en- ! livened by encounter with carracks i with pepper from Malabar, of | which the king of Spain was owner. On Neovember 19, 1 . the Pesire, un- | der command of Thomas Cavendish, a gentleman of Suffolk. set sail from the neadlands of Caiifornia for the { Channel. At break of day on June R of the following year she fell in sight of the island of St. Helena; on July 3 she crossed the line and after holding the trade winds to the limits of 40 north latitude recovered the long wished for port of Plytmouth on September 7. 1587. Not much better could be expected from the ships and their equipment, he sailing master of the Desire thought it \\orth\ of record that run- ning merr: before the wind under all the sail she could carry his vessel mpassed 149 miles between noon and noon, a boast which would expose the modern shipmaster to the derision of his companions in every shipchandler's shor of the ports_he frequented. Amon.s some extraordinary Wi made deep sea sailing craft w recen: years there may be mentioned that of the Beacon Rm <. engaged on a short coastal trip Tbetween twou Australian ports, After all hope of her safe arrival had been abandoned she turned .up at Talcahu, in Chill, some 6.800 miles from her intendead destination. Being in light trim and consequently with no grip on the water, she had been unabls t» make progress against a persistent hoad wind and her master had been com- pelled to square yards and - malke fair wind of it across the bread Pa cifie. Another large four masted bark, the Buteshire, had the remarkable experi- ence last vear of circling around the windless gulf of Panama like a circus ho-se until she was obliged to put back. 30 days out of port and short . to her pcrt of departure. however, be an exaggeration ages hin t may, Years of Suffering Catarrh and Blood Disease — Doctors Failed to Cure. Miss Mabel F. Dawkins, 1214 Lafay- ette St, Fort Wayne, Ind., writes: “For three years I was troubled with catarrh and blood disease. I iried sev- eral doctors and a dozen different rem- edies, but none of them did e any good. A frierd told me of Hood’s Sar- saparilla. I toock two bottles of this medicine and was as well and strong as ever. I feel lJike a different person and recommend Heed's to any one suf- fering from catarrh.” Get it today in usual liquid form or .tablets | ca.uad Sarsatabs. FOR THE BUSINESS MAN, club-like its hospitality. FOR THE TOURIST or outing. FOR THE FAMILY, home.lihe environ- ments with geclusion or the of ex- periencing the fascination om THE HOLLAND HOUSE, 30th Sireet and Sth Avemue that the lightho keepers in the gull fell into the habig of regulating their calendars by her appearances.—Pali Mall Gazette. It is stated’ 187,000 tons of phos< phates were exported from Christmag Island - in 1910, as compared with 185, 181 tons in the previous year. Too tired to work If you get up in the morn. ing tired—if you weary with ” little exertion—if vim and go are lacking—your liver 1s torpid. Take Schenck’s Mandrake Pillk and feel better at once. 70 years’ spe- cific for biliousness, iiver complaint, sick headache, dy-pep!l- giddiness, jaundice. Wholly vegetable—absolute- 1y harmlese—sold everywhere, 25c. Our free heok will teach you how to prescribe for yorurse! Dr. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, Philadelphia. HALF STCGCK BANQUET ALE 7]196'11931,411291"1('&12 Miss Hope Principal of Boston Public Cooking School for 15 years, says of «1 have used several makes of ranges but consider the Crawford the desz. It uses less coal and gives a more even heat than any range I ever saw.” The Single Damper (patented) affords the only perfect control of fire and oven. The Oven has no _“cold corneré nor “scorchm% ’ts,” because o f e cup-joint heat . flues. - “The Two Hods ‘in’ the base, one for ashes. . instead of the old ¢lumsy ash’ n,_a.nd one for "'fller & Pratt Mfg. Co. Y 35 Uniom St., Boston |