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Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, milford, Georgetown, Berlin, LeweS &c)
10 81 a. m. and 6.2S p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and saturdays only. Returning train leaves
franklin City, 5.52, a. NJ. week days, las M.
Tuesdays. Thursdays and saturdays only.
Leave franklin City for ChincOteague (via
steamer) l.43 p N. week days. Returning, leave
ChincOteague AZ a. IN. week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 10 a. m 6.2S p. N. weekdays Returning
leave Lewes As ii m, 3 20 p. M. weekdays
Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1887 a. m. week
days and % p. IN. Tuesdays THURSDAYS and
saturdays only. Returning, leave Berlin 6 SO
IN. and 2.4S p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays only.
Leave Townsend for Centreville at 924 a. IN
and $50 p. m leave CentreVille 73I a. m and
$50 p. m, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford at 9.3S a m and 545
p m; leave oxford 6.55 a. n. and lao p. NJ.
week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge at Ills a. m.
week days, and ON Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays 100 p. m; returning, leave Cambridge
at go a. m, weekdays and 2.47 p. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays,
Train leaves Clayton for CheStertOwn 10. Is IN .,
returning, leaves CheStertOwn. & 90 a. m.
CoNNECTIONs.-AtP Porter. with Newark & Della
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne's& Ken tRailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
Il chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore d Delaware
Bay Railroad. AT Harrington, with Delaware,
Maryland Virginia Railroad AtSeaford, with
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia d Norfolk, Wieomieo &
PocOmoke. and Peninsula Railroads.
SDaily except Sunday
J. K. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, / o. F-Meets
every Friday evening, at 80 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMENT, No =, !. o. o. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at 7.3O o'clock
HARMONY LODGE, No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings OF each month
at 7.30 o'clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, l. o. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. As. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 7.30 O'Clock, at the odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No II, K. G. E.-Meets every Thurs
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7.S0 O'Clock.
MIsPAH LODGE No. I6, A. O. U. w.-Meets every
Monday evening at 80 O'Clock in odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. 1917 ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs-Meets the first Monday evening of each
month, at so O'Clock, in odd Fellows Hall
GENERAL WINFIELD :. PANCoCK PosT, No. %.
g A. K.-MeetS every Monday night in the
Hall Of { knights of the Golden Eagle. John
Garner. COmmanu,r
st AIRS AND STRIPES COUNCIL. No. 26, JR. 0. U. A.
Meets at 80 p. m, second and fourth
Thursdays of each mont il Odd Fellows
Hall.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
A FALSE TEACHING.
That Mans Chief End Is to Cruelty SpOn
taneity on the Cross OF Drudgery.

That Mans Chief End Is to Cruelty SpOn-
taneity on the Cross of Drudgery.
The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst writes
of "The Young Man at Play" in The
Ladies' Home Journal. He asserts that
lit is play rather than toll that is most
germane to our true nature and that
lies closest to the divine intention. The
care needing to be exercised as to the
quality of our amusements must never
be construed into a verdict against
amusements in themselves considered.
With most Of us the play impulse stands
far more in need of encouragement than
it does of restriction. The prOverb, 1T
is better to wear out than to rust out
is true in form, but false in spirit The
flowers do not wear out, but neither do
they rust out.
Zone reason why so many people are
asking whether life is worth living is
that we are teaching ourselves that
mans chief end is to struggle and to
cruelty spontaniety on a cross of drudg-
cry. We are not arguing for Incidence.
IndolenCe is as distinct from play as a
pool is from mountain brook. But
we shall be greatly disappointed in heav-
en- if it does not give a great deal of
opportunity for energy to issue in ac-
tivity that takes no thought and is joy
to itself, and sn experience that will
be sanity i'll heaven can hardly with
reason be criticised as limp and puerile
If INDUCED III before we enter heaven. "
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
A Pope's Rebuke.

Since Leo XIII has filled the chair of
st. Peter he has repressed the humorous
side Of his nature, which made him
greatly in demand as a diner out while
filling the Office Of nuncio at Brussels.
Always severe in matters Of propriety.
he was deeply offended ON one Of these
occasions by baron who passed him a
snuffbox on the lid of which was en-
ameled a feminine figure en- deshabille.
Admirably controlling his annoyance,
his future holiness replied: VERY pref
ty. Is it your wife?''
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
Has Cancer Its Special D1icrobeq

A highly interesting discovery, which
will perhaps afford a clew to the cause
of cancer, has been made in Professor
Won Leyden's university hospital here.
A young woman of % and man Of 63,
both suffering from dropsy and cancer
of the stomach, were brought to the
hospital last spring. In order to remove
the accumulated fluid, tapping was re-
sorted to in both cases. The fluid was
examined under the microscope, and
hitherto unknown living organisms, be-
longing probably to the protozoa, were
discovered.
Professor Waldeyer, to whom the
preparations were submitted, advised
that they should be sent to DR.. Schau-
dim, assistant at the Geological insti-
tute of the Berlin university, who has
been investigating the protozoa for years
past. He began his examination on July
10, and ascertained that in both cases
the fluid contained a rhizopod, which
he named Leydenia gemmipara schau-
dim. He inferred that it is pathogenic
organism, but both he and Professor
Won Leyden still abstain from deciding
as to the connection between it and can
Ger, though they admit the possibility
Of such a connection. They have made
a preliminary communication on the
subject to the Berlin Academy of Sci
ences.-Berlin Letter in London Stand.
ard
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
He Got Judgment,

A Washington attorney is rather
noted for the facility with which he
forgets financial obligations He has
owed a certain grocer IS for a year or
two. The other day the merchant con-
cluded to try a new course with him.
Meeting him in his store he said:
Judge, have a customer who owes
me a small bill and has owed it for a
long time. He makes plenty Of money,
but won't pay. What would you dof''
"I'd sue him, said the lawyer en-
phatically.
"Wen, l will put the account in
your hands," and the merchant pre-
sented statement of the account
against himself.
IAN right. will attend to it," said
the disciple of Blackstone.
A few days later the merchant re-
ceived the following note from the law
yer:
''In the case of - against - 1
took Judgment for full amount of your
claim. Execution was issued and re-
turned mo property found. My fee for
obtaining Judgment is $40, for which
amount please send check. Will be glad
to serve you in any other matters in
which you may need an attorney. -
Washington Star
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
How Uncle Sam Got His Mama.

The nickname Uncle Sam, as ap-
piled to the United States government,
is said to have originated as follows:
Samuel Wilson, commonly called Un-
Gle Sam, was a government inspector
Of beef and pork at Troy, N. Y, about
1912. A contractor, Elbert Anderson,
purchased quantity of provisions, and
the barrels were marked ''E. A. )" An
derson's initials, and "U. S." for
United States. The latter initials were
not familiar to Wilson s workmen, who
inquired what they meant. A facetious
fellow answered, II don't know, unless
they mean Uncle Sam. A vast
amount of property afterward passed
through Wilson's hands marked in the
same manner, and he was often joked
upon the extent Of his possessions. The
joke spread through all the departments
Of the government, and before long the
United States was popularity referred to
as Uncle Sam.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
THE OPPORTUNITY CAME.
And Then He Waved Old Glory to His
Hearts Content.

And Then He Waved Old Glory to His
Hearts Content.
Two prominent Cleveland men went
abroad last summer, and one of them
took with him a miniature regulation
flag. 1t was the handiwork of a neigh
Dor, lady, and its dainty silken folds
were attached TO a gilded staff.
''Take good care of it, said the fair
fagmaker, ''for it means protection,
you know, and when the opportunity
comes wave it for all it is WORTH
Well, the opportunity didn't come for
several weeks, but all that time the lit
tie flag was within easy reaching dis
tance. At last, when the tourists came
to Frankfort Main. they were in
vited to dinner by an American resi-
dent, and around his hospitable table
they glowed over the glOries of Column
bias land until our pilgrims felt fairly
hOmesick.
Il made up my mind right then,
said the flag bearer, THAT Old Glory
would have to wave on some pretext
that day, even if 1 had to stand out i'll
the street and cheer for it alone"
Well, after the dinner they went out
to hear the band play, and then a wild
idea occurred to the man with the flag.
He stationed himself to one side, where
he could catch the conductors eye and
there he waited. Pretty soon the band
master looked squarely at him, and then
out came the stars and stripes with an
eloquent flourish. The leader was a Sc
we're looking man, with a stiff gray
mustache and very tight uniform, but
he actually smiled and nodded. Then
he stiffened up and raped sharply on
his music stand. The musicians stiffen-
ed up, too, there was a rapid fire of gut
| tural directions, and then
And then the great band broke out
all at once in that splendid chorus,
"'Tis the star spangled banner, oh,
long may it wave, and you may rest
assured the Cleveland man waved it
long and wildly and tried to sing, too,
and choked up over it, and the other
Americans gathered about him and sang
the best they knew how and waved their
hats and handkerchiefs, like windmills,
with the staid German citizens looking
on in big eyed amazement
81 say, do you know" said the flag
waver, that when heard the glorious
old tune it was just like getting in sight
of Cleveland smoke again
Well, the leader played the "Stal
Spangled Banner" through three times
then he whipped over to Home, Sweet
Home" and wound up with Yankee
Doodle"
"Oh, we didn't do a thing to tha
bandmaster, said the Cleveland man
"We just took him out and shook hands
with him all around and gave him
fine jolly, which he couldn't under
stand, and then bought him a barrel O.
beer, which he could understand. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
Schedule in effect Nov. %, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVE. DEPOT
WILMINGTON, EAST BOUND.

TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVE. DEPOT
WILMINGTON, EAST BOUND.
%2EXPRESS TRAINS.
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light.
New York weekdays, IS 10. 40 % a. m, sl2 q,
- 29, 50 2S, F5 81, - 80, al pm
Philadelphia. Twenty fourth and Chestnut Sts
week days, % 3 So, 40 $40, 1885, IS 25 - Is,
40 Ol, $i0 %, II 10 a. m SD 2 u 40 - 30 &3 2S
so, IS -, 80, e 80. 9 Is, al p, m
Atlantic City, weekdays, *72O a. m; *l2 2l,
- 20 p. m.
Cape May, week days, IS p a. m, A. %, p. m
WEST BOUND
Baltimore and Washington. @41S. 72O - a.
sll II. m; az 55 = %, . 81 a O3, "A ST. sc l6
IS 10 p. IN week days
Baltimore and way stations, Z 20 a. M. and 2 81
p. m. daily
Newark, Del, *4l8, : 90, Rs49. *l1a.m 2a
a O3, n 81, Z 81, rs 10 p m. week. days.
Pittsburg' week days, rs l6 p. m; Sundays,
- 81 p IN.
Chicago "a 81 p m, daily.
CINCINNATI and st. Louis, sl2 So, p. m and sS 19
p. m, daily.
New Orleans via Bristol and Chattanooga, &6. .l6
P. m. daily. Through Sleepers Washington to
Memphis and New Orleans.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
For Philadelphia, week days, $50 D. m.
Baltimore, week days, $50 p. m.
Landenberg nnd way Stations weekdays, 45
1920 a. m, 200. 5 20 p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON
TWENTY FOURTH and CHESTNUT STkEETS,
Week days, @S 30, Is, TO- IS lb 9SO 80 20
IL 80 a IN. az 90 u 49, Il 80, % 80, - 70, 80
IS Is. Is Al, 6. 30. q 40. S As. ~ll 80 p. m.
Telephone, No. 1893.
Rates TO Western points lower than via any
other line g. o. SCULL, Gen'l Pass Agent.
W. NJ. GREENE, General Manager.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
A Uniuue ViIIaPe.

Buckland-on-t the Moor, a secluded viii
lage of DevOnshire, England, has no
public house, parson, policeman or pau
per. The squire owns all the land. The
farms are small, but profitable. The
farm laoorers live in the squires cot
tages. When they fall sick, the squire
pays their wages as usual, and when
they are too old to work any more they
are continued ON the pay list and potter
about, doing what they please.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

Daily. 2Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops TO leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
"f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent,
or on signal.
'h" Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
or points north.
81" Stops 20 leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
81 Stops to let off passengers from points south
ofHarringtOn.
Ne0 Castle accommodation 9Tdtns.-Leave Viii
miugton 1910 a. IN and 95l p. IN. daily, and
s. IL. Ills Il. m, $50 4.30, 615. and 653 p. IN.
weekdays. Leave New Castle 30 a. m. and
1919 p. m. daily. S3l, 945 Il. l.02 a. m, lis, 536
6.44 and 722 p m. week days.
RB-Express trains leaving Harrington sos a
m, aud arriving at ga p. m, week days, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via POr.
ter's and Newark.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. End, 1890
CHuRCH sERVICEs.

AsPUR METHoDlkT T Observation-Disclosures Preach
ing at 101& A. NJ and $50 P. NJ. Sunday School
ppm. Prayer Meeting-Thursdaysa IA P. M.
Rev Adam Stengle Pastor
ST, PETERS PROTESTANT EPIsCoPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching at 1917 A. NJ. and ~ P NJ. Holy Day,
81 A. NJ. Sunday School, P. Prayer
Meeting Wednesdays, at ~ P. Rev. G. w.
Dame. Rector.
PREsBYTERIAN.- -Sunday-Preaching at 1O15 A. NJ.
and ~ P. M. Sunday SchOol-1115 a. NJ. Prayer
Meeting-Fridays at P NJ. Rev J. Estlin,
pastor.
ST. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-SerSiceSe every
other Sunday, by Father Connolly Sunda
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning. SeversOn i'll the after
noon Jermans Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.30. Rev. W.
K. MOwbray, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST episcopal (COored) -
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and p NJ,
Sunday School, P. N. Rev J. X. Adams,
Pastor
A. NJ f. -Sunday-Preaching at 1917
AN. and p. NJ. Sunday SchOOl-2l5 P NJ.
Rev. E. Byrd, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
ADpreeiated Scotch.

A we'll known learned judge, who
was keen politician before his promo
tion to the bench, went down while
yet plain @. Q. to help the Liberal
candidate for Scotch borough He be-
gan speech with Scotch story but,
failing in giving the "awccent" with
due emphasis, the story fell fat and the
audience began to murmur. The prac-
ticed orator changed his key and re-
sumed il his natural and stentorian
voice, Gentlemen, do not speak
Scotch, but 1 vote Scotch" Tremen-
dOus applause followed, whereupon our
@. G. proceeded, no doubt very repre-
hensibly, land 1 often drink Scotch. :"
After this he was the unquestioned idol
of the hour. Household Words.
The Moon VIII Never Change.
The headline may give the reader the
idea that something has gotten wrong
with our satellite and that in the fu-
ture Luna's fair face will not get
through the regular phases of new moon,
first quarter, full moon and last quar-
ter, as has been her wont since the time
when the mind Of man runneth not
to the contrary"
But such, dear reader, is not the idea
wemean to convey, but we do mean ex-
actly what the headline says, that under
existing conditions (and the conditions
which have existed ON the surface of the
moon for perhaps millions Of years) ii
is physical impossibility that the face
of the moon should change ono iota.
There are neither outside nor inside in
huences that can be brought to bear tC
make a change in the oonfguration Of
"our silvery sister world" Her inter
nal fires have long since died out and
there is an utter absence of both air and
water. Existing under such conditions
it is utterly impossible that the face Of
the moon should undergo change or dis
integration even in the course of hun.
dred million years. st. Louis Republic.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
Nickel Coins.

Our nickel coins are really misnaned
and should be styled copper coins. The
cent nickel contains 70 per cent Of
copper and only 25 per cent Of nickel.
The ordinary 8 cent nickel in common
use has the same proportions Of copper
and nickel, three-fourths of the former
and one-fourth Of the latter.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
The Grewsome Mahratta.

The grewsome mahratta wadkah, the
weapon of the Hindoo assassin, is shaped
like tigers claws and fastened to the
fingers Of the right hand by rings. With
a treacherous embrace the murderer
claps his victim and tears him open,
leaving him mutilated in a condition
that leads the discoverers of the body to
believe a tiger or some other wild beast
has clawed the man to death.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
sure Preventive.

Professor, said the fair leader of
the reform delegation to the reticent
neighborhood philosopher who was sup
posed to know everything, "we're try
ing to make this world better and have
taken the liberty Of seeking your adj
vice. What is the surest way to pre-
vent divorces in this country?''
Don't get married"
And the delegation filed out.-De-
troit Free Press
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

In 1861 Mendoza suffered from an
earthquake, which shattered many
houses, and fire broke out among the
ruins, occasioning the most terrible con-
fagration the city had ever known.
Over 10000 lives were lost on this oc-
casiOn.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
we Must SAN.

find the great thing in this world is
not so much where we stand as in what
direction we are moving. To reach the
port of heaven we must sail sometimes
with the wind and sometimes against
it, but we must sail and not drift nor
lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

Wheat, in 100 parts, contains a. 4 Of
water; mineral elements, 2; albumi-
noids, 1S; carbohydrates, 67.6; crude
fiber, 3; fats, 1.5.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02


But when physical weakness or disease is
added to woman's burden it becomes al
together too heavy. No woman cafi be
cheerful or hopeful who is dragged down
by continual pain and physical wretch
edness
The special weaknesses peculiar TO the
feminine organism are comparatively easv
to overcome If the earlier svmptofns are
given proper attention. But IL allowed 10
go unchecked, they are liable to develop
into serious, chronic complications.
ANY woman afflicted with these delicate
ailments ought to have the immediate. aid
OF Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is
perfect and unfailing specific for all dis
eases Of the feminine organs. 1t was de-
vised for this one purpose, and acccimp
fishes this purpose as no other medicine
has ever done
For nearly 80 years DR.. Pierce has been
Shiei consulting physician Of the Invaids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo.
n. T., where in conjunction with his staff
Of associate specialists, he has successfully
treated many thousand cases of female
complaint "
No physician living has had more ex-
tended opportunity to study this class of
diseases in actual practice. No medicine
ever invented has done for women what his
Favorite Prescription " has.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

"For several years have recommended
'Castoria, and shall always continue to do
50, as it has invariably produced beneficial
results
EDWIN F. PARDEE, NJ. D.,
125th Street and Tth Ave-, New York City.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
SOME COMMON NAMES.
Fifty of the Most Numerous In Great Brit
ain and Ireland

These are the 90 most common sur
names Of the babies born in England
and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland,
arranged in the order of their numerical
Importance:
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
Yoke Fellows.

Many women work too
hard. There is no cues
ton about that. If they
did not have Love for a
yoke fellow they could
never endure the daily,
hourly grind and drudgery
OF life. But they bear It
cheerfully, sustained by
loving thoughts of hus-
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
What is
Castoria.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

The CrrAuE COMPANY n MURRAY STREET YORz CITY.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02
Wilmington I Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION
ON and after Nov. 10th, 1886 rain. vii, leave
cclI Ii

EXP Pas. Exp PAS. Mail. Ma |
?. M. a. y. AN. Nj P.N. +. N
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

The use Of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems 2 work
Of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
Smyrna times., 1896-12-02

''Castoriai isso well adapted to children that
Irecommend it as superior to any prescription
known TO me-" H. \. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Press., 1896-03-19
sOMEns. nn..aa...a.. l.no. {

--HaEry Burdick, Of ChiCopee, spent last Sabbath with hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. BurdIek also EEnest s. Fuller, of MoneOn academy was the guest of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. c. 8. Fuller at the ''ElmWood.e
 --Mr. and MtH. Caleb Lee have rt,turn- ed from a visit with Moueon friends.
 The la6lies' aid society met this week Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. w. P. Fuller, A social was held in the evening.
 The funeral Of Carrie, eldest dauRh- ter of Wm. Wiers, was attended Monday at o'clock. Rev. c. H. Ricketts ofEici- ated.
 Regular meeting of the grange this Thursday evening. The lecturers hUur will be occupied in the discussion of Ques- tions of vital importance to the farmer. As . social educator the grange in town stands pre-eminent.
 -C. &. Fuller Is In Boston this week.
 Miss Hattie o. Billings, of Hartford, was at home over last Sabbath.
 John MalORey, who started in the meat business for himself last fall, left town B week ago for parts unknown, to the surprise of all, and the regret of his many customers, who wished him all pos slble success.
The Press., 1896-03-19
Warp Printed Silks

The new silks are winning golden opinions and corre- spending success; none so lovelys.are to be found else wherein the city, people say. The prettiest silks are ex- elusive silks, and will be found nowhere else but here; and, even here,t there is only enough of some of the things for a waist or two. The prettiest silks are going while the snow is still on the ground.
 Left aisle.
The Press., 1896-03-19

For those fancy brands of Tooth Pow ders, when you can buy Thymolic, su- periOr to any in the market for only 1Oc a bottle.
 Ha&e yousseen4hose new Hair Curriers' we are selling for 5 cents. s.e-s LazelIs Perfumes only 23c. an ounce. ;. .el Save money and buy your Drugs and Patent Medicines
 AT
 LATHRoP'S DRUG STORE.
The Press., 1896-03-19
<,st s.,j (CoTIg kl,!.;al!

-. Endeavor Society held a very pleasant "conundrum"- social at the resi- lence of MT. and Mrs. Oscar Ieonard, on Friday evening. !, :, :+4.r, ~- ,--; ,,rr
 Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, of Stafford Springs, preached at the Methodist church Sunday morning in exchange with the pastor. o4- = s':.ssfs Il " ~ :.
 Senator Edward E. Fuller was in Bridgeport early in the week.
 "A child was born to MT. and Mrs. Charles Newman on Tuesday. e. %:~- :
 The Junior EndeavOr Societys will hold social at the residence, Of:J. w. Edgerton on Friday evening. -@92 pr. H. l.. Tillotson, who has been practising nearly year in Holland, left town on Monday for Vermont. Never has the town been so healthy as during the past year, and this was the occasion of his leaving.
 The ladies of the M. E.Echurch will give supper and entertainment in the Town Hall, Friday evening, March 27. This is the annual Crandall supper. E
 Mrs. L.s B. Price spent Sunday fin Hartford. 4.. -sE 4atr.
 Rev. c. H. Edwards was in town, and held meetings on Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings. --.." -..:.. ;. ---
 Miss Sadie Willard was in town early in the week. FLORA.