The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-04-21
WILMINGTON.
Let's get our dogs registered!
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Let's get our dogs registered!
Oh, poor Spain, Eight or quit!"
Forgive and forget. When you bury a
mad dog don't leave his tail above
ground"
"Uncle Sam is rich enough to buy US
all farm" is chestnut. Now we say
he's rich enough to buy US all a yacht.
Grange meeting tomorrow evening,
22d. Subject for lecturers hour, "What
are you going to plant, and what profit
do you expect therefrom ?"
We were misinformed as to the hiring
of Mr.. David Y. Moore to supply the
Cong'l pulpit for another year. We hear
that the matter is not quite settled yet.
At the g. A. R. post meeting Saturday
evening Comrades Preston, Carroll and
Marble were appointed committee to see
to the decoration Of soldiers graves in
the four cemeteries In town.
Mrs. President Morrison, w. r. c., has
appointed this committee to act In con.
cert with the g. A. r. post committee
with reference to the observance of me-
mortal day: Mesdames Marble, Joslin,
Heck, Lyon and Preston.
From another correspondent.I
The ladies' benevolent society will meet
with Mrs. Charles Thresher and Mrs. G.
H. Hobby next Wednesday afternoon
and evening at their home. Ice cream
candy, oranges, ETC., will be on sale dur.
ing the evening. The laughing camera
will be on exhibition, and John Whitford
and Miss Lena Whitford will furnish
music on the piano and violin. Through
the kindness of Mrs. Robbins an enter.
tainment will be given in part by the
scholars in her school. Supper as usual
If stormy Wednesday the social will bt
postponed to Thursday.
South Wellington Correspondence.
George Worden has been laid up fol
the past week with rheumatism.
Harvey Allen from Boston dental col
lege is spending weeks vacation a.
home.
D. G. Manning of Westf1eld is at home
His father, Lathrop Manning, is in quite
feeble health.
There will be an auction sale Of furni
ture, etc., at the residence Of Daniel E
Benton Thursday.
Joseph Kuhnert and family have beef
spending a weeks vacation visiting rela
tives in Bloomfield.
George Richardson spent Sunday q
State Line. He conducted service a
the school house there.
A stray pug dog has taken liking Il
j. w. Harrison, and sticks to him all tn
time. See advertisement in another col
umn.
Charles Essex and mother from Fal
River, Mass, were in town Sunday at
tending the funeral of Mr.. Essex's uncle
VIM. F. Essex, Sr.
The first game of the season for tn
South Wellington ball nine will be playe
with the Willimantic high school, at VII
limantic, Saturday. May 21st.
Louis Silvey and family leave Saturda
for Philadelphia, where Mr.. Sllvey vii
accept a position. He has been oversee
of the printing department for the pas
four years.
There will be a social and entertaix
ment at Wesley chapel Thursday evenin
of this week. Mr.. John Starkweathe
will be present with his graphophone
Admission, Is cents.
Mrs. Fitch, who is companion I
'Gfandma' Parker, left Tuesday nigt
for New York. Her son graduates 9
nurse from a New York hospital Wee
nesday, and is to act as a nurse In the I
S. army.
There will be meeting of the Literar
society Tuesday evening. The subjet
for discussion will be, Resolved, tht
the blowing up of the Maine was suff1cier
cause for the United States to declal
immediate war against Spain"
VIM. f. Essex, Sr., who was formerl
well known in this state, died in Chicag
last week from pneumonia. The remain
were brought here for burial, and the fl
neral was held Sunday at the home I
his son, Charles G. Essex. Rev. Dani
Y. Moor officiated. The interment We
in the Wilmington cemetery. Mr.. Esse
was born in Colchester in Oct. 7th, 1911
He was an overseer of cotton weavir
and spinning in Connecticut and Mass
chusetts continuously from the age of
to 81. He married Eliza A. Clark
Windham, who died in 1879. The la
twenty-five years of his life he has spel
in Chicago. He was one of ten childre
Grandma" Hall being the only one wi
now survives. He leaves three childre
VIM. F. Essex, Jr., Chas: G.. Essex al
Mrs. Levi Bond, all of whom reside
this place,