The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-14
WILMINGTON.

AFTER al, our peas, onions, lettuce,
etc., stood the storm.
Della @. Ryder recently joined Christ
(EpiscopaD church in New Haven.
Daniel Y. Moore has been hired to sup
ply the Cong'l pulpit for another year.
A pleasant and well-attended Easter
festival was held by the children in the
Cong'l church.
Rev. s. w. Clark is somewhat lame
from his recent strenuous labors about
his new premises.
The frame of Legrand Johnson's new
barn is up, and the carpenters are hasten
ing its completion.
Lorenzo D. Ide has sold his place at
the Hollow to his son, Gilbert D. Ide.
The former intends to leave for Tampa,
Florida, soon.
The local w. G. T. U. will meet at the
house of Miss Gibbs, near the Wellington
railroad station, Saturday p. M, 10Th
inst, at o'clock.
The Wellington burying ground associ-
alton has been warned to meet at the
house Of j. B. Carpenter Saturday even
ing, 10th inst, at o'clock.
for this town, April term superior court,
is obliged to be excused on account of
the nervous ailment of his father.
Mrs. Ida M. Bronson returned from
Asbury Park, N. j., Saturday. She
hopes to recuperate soon from recent try
ing work In her profession as trained
nurse
Harry Morse duly arrived at his broth
er's rancho in Wyoming. He is very
happy and enthusiastic in his new en-
vironment-es especially in lassoing the cat
tie there.
A pleasant birthday surprise party was
given to Miss Lena Whitford last Friday
night. These rallies are getting to be so
frequent we are afraid we shall be unable
to report them in detail any further.
Mrs. Eliza Golf Dexter, who was killed
by the cars in Willimantic last week, was
a resident of this town for many years.
She was a native of Coventry, and an
aunt of Mrs. M. L. Dimock and Mrs. J..
B. Carpenter.
The friends in this vicinity of Mrs.
Helen Preston Brown will be interested
to know that she is travelling south with
a congenial party from Boston, being this
week in Washington, d. G.
Rev. DR.. P. s. Maxon, Of Springfield,
Mass, who preached the sermon at the
installation of Rev. G. II. Brown here
some years since, is g. A. r. man, be-
ing member of Co. c., 18th Ill. Cav.
Joel Emo came home from New York
to spend Fast day and Sunday with his
family. He is still assisting in the rear
rangement of the great library of CoIum-
bia university, of which Seth Low is
president.
There was quite a scramble in gather
ing up the cast off cross pieces from the
telephone poles from the Wilmington rail-
road station to East Wilmington, they be-
| ing given to the first conner who would re-
move them.
A hen in this vicinity, which had made
her nest on top of stone wall before the
|
fully to her brooding through 1t all. and
recently, on sunshiny day, appeared ex-
| ultantIy before her owner with her family
of thirteen sturdy chicks, not one egg
coming short of it's duty.
'The wisest course, and the course
most helpful to Cuba, would seem to be
to accept the form of resolution which
can be most promptly passed which does
| not deny or retreat from the principle
that Spain is to go and Cuba Is to be in
dependent, and which will enable the
American navy to terminate most speed
lily the uncertainty now affecting u.s.
A gang of men are cutting off and sink.
ing into the earth the poles of the once
great B. 0. telegraph line of Is wires
The men are also removing the cross
pieces, SO that only two telephone wires
are suspended from the shortened and
armless poles. The entire line has beer
removed between the Hollow and War.
renville, leaving, for the present, the
eastern terminus at the former locality
| where, we hear, there may be a telephone
station. Rumor also has it that there
may be one on the Hill-at both places
on the Hill alone. We have no access al
headquarters information.
Regular meetings of Elisha johnson
Post, No. SO, g. A. r., and of the W. r
G. Saturday evening, 10Th inst The la.
dies intend to provide supper. Can not
there be full attendance, so as to make
some arrangements to decorate the graves
of those who died In defence of theil
country, this same country that is nov
calling for more ''boys In blue" both or
nd TV1ct icVJk 10 or
seemly to ignore the services of the ole
soldiers and sailors who participated ii
the nations last great struggle and were
the protectors of Wall street and the
capitalists and manufacturers of the north
Mrs. Eliza White, 81, died at the HON,
of her son-in-law, Fred Draper Glass Fac
tory village, on the morning of the It'll
inst. She had been an invalid for Ions
time, including her six years residence
here, and when the end came, after some
suffering from complaints incident to OLE
} age, it was both sudden and peaceful
She was born in Coston, Leicestershire
England, and had been widow 80 years
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Draper, she
leaves one son, now living, in London
England. The funeral was held at thu
house Saturday p. M, Rev. G. Fl. Brown
OHnoldCiuS. Inc lnteEm0n was III Ln'
new cemetery.
South Wellington Correspondence.
Miss Stella Shaffer is spending a weel
in Derby.
Miss Edith Scott spent Easter sunda,
in Manchester.
Grandma" Parker, who has been quit
sick, is somewhat better.
i Miss Lillian Scott has been visitln,
friends in Norwich Town.
1 Miss Mary Miller from Brattleboro
VT, is home for short vacation.
George Worden and son, Rufus, hav
been visiting relatives at Dalton, Mass.
Mrs. Charles Westcott is spending
vacation of week In Willimantic and vi