The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-10-19
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| Mrs. Sabra Shaffer of Willimantic is
visiting at M. L. Dimock's.
Nettie Eldredge Clark and her husband
OF Missouri were In town Monday.
Oscar Browne of Maine has been visit
Ing his sister, Mrs. A. d. Dimock.
Rev. Theron Brown was the leader at
the Endeavor meeting last Sunday even
Ing.
Mrs. Isabelle Sleight returned last
week from her trip to California, quite
restored in health.
George Baker is shingling e. d. Hayes
house, the late Gideon M. Merrick's resi-
dence, near the post Office.
Miss May Lord, the evangelist, Is to
come to this town next week, we hear,
beginning to hold meetings at the Hollow.
At the regular grange meeting last
week, the discussion relating to the
Transvaal was interesting and instruct.
i've.
Last Sunday the Baptist church granted
letter of dismissal to Miss Bertha Farm
ham to the Warren avenue church, Bos-
| ton.
Rev. Mr.. Davies of Storrs has accepted
the call rendered to him by the Congre-
gational church, as recently mentioned
In The Press.
George Holt, son of the late Gen. Orrin
Holt, has been for some years living with
his arother, Norman Hollis widow, at
Knox Co., Mo.
Mrs. Edna Macfarlane has removed her
stock of goods from the Hollow to the
store at West Ashford, formerly occupied
by the Lyon Bros.
Walnuts, chestnuts and butternuts are
plenty in this vicinity, and the owners
complain that trespassers are almost as
plenty as the fruitage.
Delegates to the Baptist state conven-
ton held in Waterbury this week are the
pastor and wife, Mrs. Legrand Johnson,
Miss Holt and Miss Hall. b..
There are numbers of victims in this
vicinity from pickpockets at the late
Stafford fair. Some won't tell how much
money there was in their purses.
The personal effects of the late Sanford
H. Niles will be sold at auction In the
near future. A savings bank deposit will
amply provide for all expenses attending
his sickness and burial.
Mayor Chas Dean, we'll known in this
vicinity, gave an eloquent address to the
veterans of the Maiden, Mass, G.. A. r..
post, on the occasion of its 26th anniver-
sary dinner, Oct. 9th.
Lucius Preston recently visited his
brother and other relatives In Hartford.
These two brothers are the only surviv-
ors of the ten children of the late Amos
and Martha Taylor Preston.
A sociable is to be held at Mrs. Bald
wins Saturday evening, Oct. 21st. Sup
per, 10 cents for children and adults, the
proceeds of supper going toward the pay
ing for desks recently put in the school
house.
T There were several delayed presents
for the late silver wedding, for which the
( recipients are duly grateful. Among the
l contributors to the silver ladle fund was
, Mrs. A. H. Eldredge, whose name was
, inadvertently omitted.
3 The following appeared in the Spring.
field Republican of the 9Th inst:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Preston o.
4 wellington. Conn.,, celebrated yesterday
+ the 25th anniversary of their marriage re-
ceiving visitors day and evening. They
have many friends in this city and else
r where among our readers, to whom es
r pecially Mrs. Annie A. Preston has be
y come intimate by her writings of cleve
. stories and verses for The Republican TO
a q period even longer than that of he
a welded life. One of her poems, eth
y Green Grass Under the Snow" has fount
( it's way into the anthologies, and Is con
), stantly reprinted in the newspapers al
e over the country.
r. The recent change In the mail train
causes no dissatisfaction on this route
In fact, with the exception of the posi-
g bility that The Press may not reach u
until the day after its publication, it i
t. better all around. For instance, we &c
our daily papers much earlier than fol
!. merly. Doubtless the withdrawal of tn
boat train, so called, causes some dis
quietude In the breasts of those who
lie heavy business, but in our humble opir
ion there Is no law that can compel th
re running of money losing train, or an
other for that matter. 1t must be born
Ill UAuU LILO OOAt1oA Oh "Oub H. L
has no great terminals for passenger ira
or fic. The telephone has become an In
d. portant factor In the business worlt
while electric roads are fast coming int
r. vogue; the great railway lines are no
obliged to turn their attention more
A. freight business.
:, "About one man In a million is orig
nal. But at least five out of ten are
70 cent and useful members of society. who's
opinions are valuable on the practical a
gs fairs which come within the range
al their experience and observations. Amor
he them will be found the few who are cap
BILE of original thought, and who ha,
al genius that Is exercised for the benefit
mankind. Among the other five out
"a :l ten will be found a large contingent
LII more or less useful men and women, WI
are dependent upon others for their Opt
VI. ions, and who are kept within the rul
NO of decency by the conventional restrain
ii of society. Among them, also, will
st found those who are wholly irresponsib
In morals Or in intellect, have really Il
uo outfit of genius without having had II
W corrective of experience and the balan
VII of that common sense which com
er through the acceptance and practice
lie. that which has been commonly accepts
r. by mankind"
South Wi1lfngton Correspondence.
Mrs. Frank Parker Of Leeds, Mass,
nd visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas. job
30. son.
Thomas Slingsby and wife of Holyol
have been visiting relatives In town Il
past week.
Only six freight trains passed throut
90 here on Sunday last. How about tn
-, Sunday law?
~ The blue-jay hunter Is still a support
of the Shamrock and goes about singh
ey "n o' 'Ao
NO no "sham" about 1t either.
Nj l.. A. Korper, son Of Selectman Korp
of this town who WAS a graduate of HuI