The Press., 1900-06-14
WILMINGTON.

DIation or the Fourth. 1 MT. Dexter, wife and two sons of New York are summering at L. Johnson's.
 : How poor are they that have not pa tience! What wound did ever heal but by ldsgrees!"
 The details of the ordination services, in progress this afternoon, will be given in next weeks Press.
 Are you going to Storrs commence ment? Sorry home duties will prevent acceptance of kind invitation thereto. Rev. Lester L. Potter, formerly of this town, preached for his nephew in the Ca- rev street, Springfield, Baptist church last Sunday.
 Children's Sunday this year will be ob- served on the second Sunday of July. | On the first Sunday of the month there will be communion.
 Now comes the season for the eontin- ued story of the Trolley Horror. There's much pleasanter reading. Living 'where you can see folks" has it's drawbacks | The proposed revival of manufacturing interests at Daleville is welcome news to the community. We shall be glad to be furnished with, the details for readers.
 Joseph Le June, wife and child came from Brooklyn, N. Y., to E. A. Morse's last week. The former returned Monday, while Mrs. Le June and child are to re- main.
 The new Baptist pastor, MT. Snow, will l be found at Legrand Johnson's. It re- mains to be seen how far in the path of I wisdom this step may lead-living so far away from the meeting house, good parsonage and garden remaining empty in the meantime.
 Unquestionably the greatest physician Hartford ever had was the late Melanthon Storrs. Older residents will remember him as studying medicine on the Hill with the late Dr. F. L. Dickinson. He was an exceptionally able all around physician and surgeon. and one of the best of men. | Mrs. Nettie B. Cortis was granted 8 letter from the Baptist church last Sun day to join the church in Willimantic Her letter of request contained words of interest and regard for the old church. At the same time 0. L. Snow, the pastor elect, was received by letter from the church in Lynn, Mass.
 L The scheme of the free rural delivery system for this mail route hangs fire We don't hear as much as we did about it. The letter carrier for the route is the chief one interested, on the surface, and ] lshould be on the move. We hear from authority that some of the local post of fees will certainly be abolished before any new contract will be made; and the date of such contract is the first of July fI-rather near at hand.
 South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Mrs. A. Shaffer of Derby is visiting her
 daughter and friends in this village. Edward Burdick began his work ol
 census taking in the village last Tuesday.
 Miss Carrie l.. E. Gibbs, who is visit.
 ing at West Willington attended services at the hall Sunday.
 Anthony Adams of Stafford Springs
 was exhibiting oil stoves and ice cream
 freezers in the hall one evening last week ,f A bus load of young people went from this village Tuesday evening to hear Miss M. E. Lord at the Congregational ckurct
 on the Hill.
 The local ball team have not yet played
 a game of ball, although they have tried
 to arrange for out-of-town games, anC 7, are badly handicapped by not having any ', good home ground.
 r Thompson Bros. have just finished 8 painting the house owned by Albert Hal s and occupied by w. A. Allen, and ths
 appearance of the house now is such as
 to make the tenant feel that it was wortt
 waiting for.
 : The funeral of the late c. c. Essex las s Thursday was largely attended, the ser 8 vices at the house being conducted b, d Rev. c. H. Brown, who came from New l. port, Vt., for that purpose. Beautiful n flowers in great profusion covered tn
 casket and adjoining parts of the room l. The burial services in Willimantic wer n conducted by the Maccabees of the Man q chester tent, of which MT. Essex was member.
 = The children's day exercises at tn @ Wesley chapel were a decided success g and did much credit to Miss Georgi r. Whitford, who had charge. The decora 2 tions were fine and the arrangements wer d in the best of taste. The speaking an
 singing were excellent. The orchestra ,, consisting of John Whitford, violin; Rot o Pratt, cornet Miss Lizzie Whitford, pic 7. colo; Miss Georgie Whitford, organist
 rendered three pieces. The solo singh = by Winthrop Pocknet and the Misse o Ethel Burdick and Marion Parker scene - worthy of special mention. There was large attendance, far more than the chaI =, el could conveniently accommodate.
 Moose Meadow 70 The church will hold sociable wit , Mir. and Mrs. Marcus Fenton next Frida
 evening.
 e Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev. Julian s. Wads II worth will preach and administer the sat .s raments.
 d Children's day was thoroughly enjoye g. by the large number present, and the ez It ercises were a credit to the Sunday schoo
 ROCKVILLE. | Dr. Melanthon Storrs of Hartford die Ia last Saturday and Dr. B. K. Leonard ( d Rockville died yesterday, both from bloc , poisoning, contracted while operating uT