The Press., 1883-09-13

next Sabbath at the usual hour. A Sab bath school concert will be held at 71 in the evening.
 MT. Luther Crawford seems to bear the palm in this vicinity for potato crop. Fifty of his potatoes made plump bush- el, and three of them when weighed lacked but one ounce of five pounds. MT. Jarius Hatch, his hired man, dug for him sixteen bushels in two hours and ten minutes.
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 Stephen Slingsby is giving his house a general repairing and re-modeling.
 Widow David Vinton is visiting friends in New Jersey.
 There were no services in the Congre- gational church last Sunday, Rev. MT. Morris being Ill Cummington, Mass, on 8 vacation.
 Misses Julia and Mary Weston, now of Elizabeth, N. J., made a flying visit here while attending the association.
 Rev. MT. Phillips is now taking a part of his vacation at the shore.
 Among old residents here who attend ed the association were A. H. Fuller and wife of Willimantic, MT. and Mrs. John Merrick of Holyoke, Widow Abel Johnson of Mansfield, Wm. Clark and wife of Tol- land, Dea Henry Whitford of Mansfield, Rev. w. c. Walker and wife of Andover, and Widow Amariah Dexter of Willimantic
 Mrs. J. B. Carpenter is slowly but percepibly gaining in health.
 Mrs. Augustus Smith and children have moved into Edward Mahoney's house.
 Miss Kate Morrison has been visiting at Marblehead, Mass.
 -Engene Macfarlane is now running Merrow & Co.'S WillingtCn wagon, succeed ing Messrs. Pearl, Wilson and Tilden.
 Miss Annie B. Dimock has entered Moody's Northfeld Seminary as as free scholar. This young ladies' school is over whelmed with paying applicants, one hun dred and fifty being refused this term for want of room. Both board and tuition are meant by the word ''free."
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Eldridge are vis- iting in Blackstone, Mass.
 George Hale has moved from. Selden Curtis house to Stafford Springs, and is tending boiler at the Warren mill. James Carpenter, with his sister, is keeping house at the Daniel Edgerton place. MT. Carpenter is book-keeper at Buck & Co.'S.
 Through transformation 1t was stated last week that 1t was A. J. Tilden who was driving tho runaway team. It was G. w. Merrow, and he not only thanked the brave Mrs. Faulkner, but gave her a nice dress pattern.
 The 59th meeting of the Ashford Bap- tist Association here was favored with fine weather and 8 goodly attendance. Your space forbids full and detailed report of the business, conference and social meet ings, sermons. &c. The proceedings may be thus epitomized Wednesday-busi- ness meeting, reading of letters from the sermon by Rev. MT. Bartlett of Holyoke, Mass, and woman's missionary meeting in the Congregational church, where addresses were made by Mrs. Whit ing, state secretary, and Miss Evans, who is soon to go as missionary to Burmah. In the evening, at the Baptist church, Rev. MT. Hiekok of Thompson preached on ''The dignity of christian brotherhood and while in the hall, at South Wilmington, Rev. MT. Stubbert of Putnam preached. Thursday morning at g o'clock a prayer meeting was held, after which re- ports were heard, resolutions discussed and passed, which was followed by a ser mon by Rev. MT. Holman of Willmantic. This was succeeded by social meeting, which continued till the adjournment, at one o'clock. The moderator, Rev. J. R. Stubbert, though somewhat brusque and imperious in manner, made good presid- ing officer. Rev, A, J. Chapin of Mans field was clerk. This assoeiational meet ing is regarded as an interesting one. The statistics of the churches were on the whole encouraging. While there was an unusu- ally large number of deaths the gain is nine. The sermons were all well received, the prayer and social meetings tender, spir- ited and interesting, while the business conferences were harmonious and satisfac- tory. Among those whose remarks at the meetings were listened to with were the Messrs. Brown, father and son, of Brooklyn; Rev. T, A. T. Han na, state missionary; MT. Noise Charbon- neau, French missionary for the state Rev. l.. s. Brown, of Rockville; Rev. W. c. Walker, association missionary; MT. Thatcher, of East Thompson; Dea. An drew H. Fuller, of Williimantic, and Rev. F. l.. Batchelder, of Stafford. The colla- tions furnished by the ladies on both days at the town hall were pronounced good FLU oluuC1cut, WIu6 Guc 0uGSIUd1ulucub provided for man and beast over night was not found fault with, Wilbur Duncan cared for fifty horses at his barn near the church. Resolutions were passed by the association thanking the church and con- here for it's hospitality, the choir for its excellent and tasteful music, and the Congregational friends for the use of their church for the women's meeting. The next assoeiational meeting will be held in Andoyer, and the Breaeher Rev. J. R. Stnbbert; alternate, Key. MT. Hiekok..
 It Is expected that Rev. Theron Brown will occupy the Baptist pulpit next Sunday.
 First frost on the Hill this season came last Sunday night.
 Wilbur Towne; wife and sister, of Woodstock, are visiting at George Robbins.
 There is quite asgira of Wilmington maidens just now: Jenny Sharp to her school in Troy, Annie E. Dimock to North field Seminary, Stella Potter to Everett, Mass, Etta Holt to Fall River, Mass, for a visit, and Minnis Grant to Andover, at tending school there while living with the family of Rev. W. O. Walker. This de- pletes Mrs. Annie A. Preston's Sunday school class perceptibly.