The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-09-08
WELLINGTON.

The burning Of the large barn in Scot
land last Thursday evening was very Wis
ible on the Hill.
Much sanctified patience is needed in
milking COWS during this exceptionally
Fostering fly time.
''Don't make an ado because people are
always coming to you about everything.
Nobody shakes crab apple tree"
Mrs. 81. E. Hartley, 70, mother of Mrs.
H. L. Keens of Village Hill, died in Brad
ford, Yorkshire, England, August 18th.
Mrs. Harry A. Preston and Master
Waylie Preston visited friends here Tues
day, driving thither from West Stafford.
Mrs. Carrie Arnold of Providence, r.
l., and Miss Carrie Gee of Fall River,
Mass, cousins of Mrs. F. w. Pratt, spent
last week at pleasant View"
A fine piece of bunting In the shape of
navy flag, 5x8, from Lord & Taylor,
New York, floats from the g. A. r. hall
adjoining Charles T. Preston's.
Rev. Truman johnson, NJ. D., admin
istered communion in the Baptist church
last Sunday, the pastor being absent at
funeral His wife and son have returned
to Providence.
Rufus Robbins strayed away from
home Monday afternoon, and was not
found till the next day, in Mansfield, near
Edward PEARLS. His mind has been
weakening Of late.
| A. s. Pierce, after spending two or
three days with his family, returned to
New York Monday. His mother, Mrs.
Scranton, and his niece, Miss Blanche
Pierce, returned to their home in Ashton,
r. l., the same day.
| Not one native Wilmington young man
enlisted in this war. Coming the near
est to it Is Clarence Preston, who was
reared here by his grandmother from
early infancy. Willie Shaffer, who en-
listed In the U. s. regular army, Is al
most as good as Wilmington boy, while
the father of Private Stanley K. Dimock
of Hartford, Ira Dimock, was born in
Wellington. Young Dimock, who got as
far as Camp Alger, Washington, was re-
Gently brought home sick.
We are sorry to learn that The Press
is to lose the services of Bro. Bracket
as collector and purveyor of the news at
the Threadfactory and vicinity. "Geor-
gie'' had both an easy and hard time,
somewhat. Easy, in that he always found
lunches Of items ready at the store and
post office, and hard, in that he had to
[ l. "a Al.
offered him. May success attend his ef-
forts at Springfield. It wouldn't be the
strangest thing in the world If he would
be found ere long on the staff of the Re-
publican or some other paper In Spring
field.
Another highly respected citizen, one
OF the old stock, passed away last Thurs
day evening. ELAN Eldridge, a lifelong
resident of chs town. covering period
of more than eighty-three years, was the
oldest son of the late Elijah and Sally
Hunt Eldridge, and died where they died,
on the old ancestral farm, mile or more
southeast of the Hill. The surviving
brothers and sisters are David, Daniel,
Lucius, Lucy, of this town, Joseph of
Rockville, Abigail (Dunham) of Denver,
Col. There was a large attendance at
the funeral, at the house, Saturday fore
noon. The burial was in the old ceme-
terry. A good, honest man has Joined the
majority.
| The following letter was received from
Clarence S. Preston last week:
Utuado, Porto Rico, Aug. 10, 1898.
My Dear Uncle and Aunt We are In
the Slough of Despond," or of maed,
rather. The rainy season has set in, and
our camp grounds are something awful.
l have fixed up my tent by digging
trenches around 1t, scraping 1t out and
laying down thick floor OF sugar cane.
| am keeping up my health so far first
rate, and hope shall till get back. l
have one trouble once In a while which can
be helped only by the U. s. mail. To-
day l received letters from that
made me happy as clam; have not got
over 1t. Since left the Yale know l
have lost lots of letters. | hope my
friends will write often, for 1t is the only
thing we have to help US along. We are
encamped In the little town OF Utuado, IS
miles from Ponce. Day before yesterday
we marched Is miles with the mud above
our ankles, the rain coming down in tor
rents most OF the way. | was so tired
could scarcely move when we got in. We
had to Ego to bed" without anything to
l I~,ir Ill
1t Is wonderful how much fellow can
stand when he has to had to be vaccl-
mated to-day. presume l shall have a
good sore arm for while. Probably you
and some of our higher officers. don't
think it was right in the case of the lieu
tenant colonel, but of the others have
nothing to say. You speak of our battle
at Guanica. Well, l can't explain my
feelings at that time very we'll. Our COM
pany was the one that was in the worst
of it, as you can see that nearly all of the
wounded are of Co. K. 1t makes me
tired over the way they are talking about
young Draper" His company was not
in it at all. They were a mile back In
the reserves. 1t is simply the case of an
influential father pulling his son along.
was made eoporal two days ago, which
is a grain better than being a private, you
know. A word in regard to our rations !;
They are simply vile. There Is no excuse
for it. Uncle Sam is all right, but his
commissaries are scoundrels. They are
coming money on us right along. 1 think
there will be time of reckoning when
they will catch 1t. We are constantly
getting news or rumors. The latest is
that we are to be in Washington the 10Th
OF Sept. for a grand review. I hope so,
but think it extremely doubtful. i.
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