The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-12-01
WILMINGTON.

T
Shovelling snow is about the meanest,
most unsatisfactory business you scare
up.
We are snowed.in, at this writing, |
Wednesday, and have been since Satur-
day night.
A special meeting OF the local w. G T. |
U. will be held at South Wilmington, Sat-
urday p. m.
In common with the churches in your
borough, and adjacent boroughs and |
cities, there were no services here on Sun
day.
"The modern girl never feels so delight
fully masculine as when she has to crawl
around on the carpet looking for her COL
lar button under the bureau
1.-The college girl who writes essays
about the 'FInal Extinction Of Man"
will fill five pages telling you about the
baby's first tooth few years after she |
graduates
The blizzard put quietus on the pro-
posed soclals Tuesday night. 1t is ex-
POOtOOs AOWONOAS buo1 lnOIO Will D0 Ou0 db
the Baptist conference room next Tues
day evening, roads and the weather per-
hitting.
Mrs. Gilbert @. Brown accompanied
her daughter and son-in-law, Loring
Goulding and wife, on their return home
to Livermore, N. H., last Friday as far as
Boston. Mrs. Brown went for two
weeks visit.
1t seems to US, it may be delusIon,
that folks are good deal more afraid of
little snow in these days than they used
to be-especially ia the line of breaking
out roads. By "folks" we mean lusty
young and middle-aged men with their
teams and shovels.
With Brother Geo. A. Cosgrove as
POSTMASTER at the supper tables at the
grange meeting on gala night, the ma
irons and patrons had high old time.
Hartford, Tolland and the state of New
York were represented. The responses
to the various toasts were in happy
vein.
The unpropitious weather Thanksgiv-
ing day prevented many family reunions,
but here in this vicinity, A. s. Pierce,
who came on from New York with his
family, also Miss Annie E. Dimock on a
vacation from New York duties, took
dinner at A. D. Dimock's, s. P. Nor
rison, wife and their granddaughter, Miss
Dorothy Macfarland, at G. T. Preston's,
and M. L. Dtmock, wife and Miss Daisy
at South Wilmington.
(From another carrespondent)
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Goodell spent
Thanksgiving in Boston with his sister,
Mrs. M. G. Cone.
south Wellington Correspondence.
John W. Mel spent Thanksgiving with
relatives in Hartford.
Miss Hattie P. Slingsby has been spend
ing few days with her parents.
Miss Anna Brittion of Willimantic COM
menced the winter term of school in the
district on Tuesday.
Miss Carrie Curtiss of Stamford has
been spending few days with her sister,
Mrs. T. A. Denman.
Adolph Korper has been confined to
the house by a lameness contracted during
the severe stormy weather
G. Hall Jr & Co., have received mum.
Der car loads OF coal for family use and
have just finished distributing same.
Many plans that we've made by old anc
young for Thanksgiving day could not bt
carried out owing to the very stormy
weather.
Gardiner Hall Jr. Co., are making in
dividual contracts for spool birch wooc
at $5 per cord to be delivered during the
month of December.
Miss Mary Miller returned to hel
school in Brattleboro, VT, Tuesday
having spent Thanksgiving week at hel
home with her mother and sister.
James Smith went to the Backus hospi
tai, Norwich, Wednesday, to receive
treatment for lameness which has giveI
him much trouble for few years past.
The South Wilmington correspondent tt
Willimantic contemporary, is trying
hard to think of something to write, which
will look we'll and appear fresh by New
] Years.
CHARLES L. Daniels, who has charge o
the work on w. R. Perry's ice plant here
! showed very handsome sample of {
/ wolf river apple, grown on his place al
} New London, measuring 154 inches arounC
and weighing pound and quarter.
The snow storm of Saturday night ant
} Sunday was the worst in many years TO
) drifting, roads in all parts of the tow1
{ were drifted full some drifts fifteen fee
| deep A large gang of shovelers hav
i been at work on the main roads, ant
have them now we'll opened up. Fort
unately there has no one in the place II
4 need Of doctor.
Pains in tie chest when person has
cold indicate a tendency toward pneu
monia. A piece of flannel dampened witt
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound o.
to the chest over the seat of pain vii
promptly relieve the pain and prevent tn
threatened attack of pneumonia. Thi
8 same treatment will cure lame back il
\ a few hours.
For sale by E. K Taft, Stafford Springs
II. F. Cady, Stafford.
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