The Press., 1897-02-11


 Mrs. Palmer, mother of Jedediah Pal mer, who has been sick for long time, died on Wednesday. The funeral was attended on Saturday morning, Rev. A. H. Post officiating, burial at Willimantic
 Two sleighing parties were entertained served with supper. One party was from Stafford Springs on Thursday evening, and one from the Rockville high school on Friday evening.
 .asFhe old social club held social dance ;a1 the town hall on Friday evening.
 A union service was held in the Con- gregational church Sunday morning, ad- dressed by P. c. Butterfield Id, and union service In the Methodist church Sunday evening, at which report of the work printed below was given. During the time they have been here they have shown @ devotion to their work and an earnest ness in it, that has won for them very friendly interest from all, and it is felt that much good has been accomplished.
 Hans L. Johnson, '.56, of Buff Cap, was buried to-day at 12 o'clock. MT. John- son recently returned from the hospital for an operation for cancer on lip, which resulted in his death. A widow and two small children survive.
 MT. and Mrs. P. 0. Butterfield, repre- sentatives of the Conn. Bible Society, who have been making a canvass of the town during the past five weeks. have completed their work here, and the fol- lowing is condensed report of their work Every family in town has been visited, and they have done personal work in the houses, and offered the Bible for sale, or have given it where it was needed. Arranged by denominations they | find there are Seventh Day Adveut fam. lilies of 12 people, 20 Baptist of 77 people 59 Congregational of 239, Episcopal oi 24, 22 Lutheran of T9, 94 Methodist oi 3sa, I Presbyterian of 2, B Roman Cath ollie of 147, Unitarian of z, Universal ist of 1, % families of 5s persons with nc preference. In all 263 families and 1O4( people. Sixteen different churches arc represented by the above families, as fol lows: Seventh Day Advent, Holland families; Baptist, Holland, 12 families Rockville 4, Wilmington 8; Congregation al, Coventry 1, Rockville 12, Holland 45 Episcopal. Stafford Springs 6, Rockville g; Methodist, Ellington 5, Rock ville 8 Wesley chapel 12. Holland: Street 6S Roman Catholic, Stafford a. Coventry I Rockville 27. Divided according to ma | tionality there are 196 American families of 746 people; French of 6, 5 French Ga I nadian of 20, B German of 146, II Irisl of 42, 6 Danish of 30, Swede of 7, Bo hemian of 42. They found 66 protestan families and 363 people who are not rep i resented in church or Sunday school There are g. Roman Catholic families ant 63 people not represented in church There are 1O3 children between and 1, years old in Sunday school, and 59 of tn same age not in Sunday school :. ? Roman Catholic children are in Sunday school and go are not. They sold 5f copies O the Bible and have given 34 copies. The found II protestant families without an
 portion of the Bible; 2 of. these wer , supplied. 12 Roman Catholic familie had no Bible; 1 supplied. They hay conducted 35 services, and 36 have seem ed to begin a christian life. 57 peopl were induced to join the home depart ment of the Sunday school. Willimanti
 Is their next field of labor. FLORA. '