The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-12-06
WILMINGTON.

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| Good work, prices reasonable. Cardinal.
| The game law Is now on again.
| Geo. e. Sparrow's housekeeper, Mrs.
Lamb, with the little girl, has left.
Isaac Still of Holyoka, Mass, visited
his sister, Mrs. L. B. Clark, last week.
"The needle always has an eye for
business, and seldom fails to carry lite
point"
| Mrs. A. 8. Pierce can crow over Sec
ond crop of Strawberries, although not
quite 80 bountiful as the first crop.
Miss Gross of New York, with her
zithera and Rhoda Lyon, sang a duet at
the Baptist Sunday school session last
Sunday.
There will be Bible reading as one of
the exercises at the mid-week prayer
meeting at the Baptist conference room
this evening. g..
Mrs. w. D. Holman was in attendance
on the national meeting of the w. G. T.
u, at Washington, D. c., last week, as
one OF the Connecticut delegates.
The hog killers say that the melt this
year tapers downwards, Indicating, &C.
cording to the old sign, that the first half
OF the winter will be the hardest.
We are under obligations to Hon. E. s.
Henry. M. c., for valuable, finely bound
public documents, entitled Commercial
relations of the United States with for
efgn countries"
| D. W. Holt and wife, who went to
with their children, returned home sooner
than was expected on account of sickness
In DIR. Hollis family, his wife and daugh-
tiers having been attacked with diphtheria.
II There was Sunday school concert at
INTERPRETATIONS meeting house Sunday.
DIR. Davies gave an address, and Lizzie
Whitford, Eva Hobby, Gertrude Davis,
Faith Davis, Rachel Robbins, Lucy Rob-
bins, Florence Pierce, Inez Pierce and
DJrothy Pierce took part.
1t every one when he got dollar buried
1t, or 1t become goodbye dollar, there
} wouldn't be much money stirring around.
Then again, II, now and then, somebody
didn't get up and go out into the world
and get whole mess of them, what would
become of the mass of people? Who
would build the hospitals, meeting houses,
bridges, school-houses, colleges, and so
, on?
The ladies of the Congregational church
on the Hill gave a social and chicken pie
supper Wednesday evening. The room
} was crowded, and the time passed merrily
with supper and games. Two of the gen.
tlemen liked the chicken pie so we'll that
they each bought one to carry home. 1t
Is hoped that all present will come to the
/ next social In four weeks. Nearly ten
dollars were taken.
Mrs. Chas. T. Preston, as town direct.
or, attended yesterday the 18th annual
meeting of the board of management and
town committees of the Tolland county
! temporary home and the opening of ite
new building at Vernon Center. She re-
ports everything now to be In fine order
and the superintendent, E. s. Talbot, the
right man In the right place-with most
efficient assistant In the person of his
wife,
r 1t is said that Mrs. Charles Ii. Davis is
, an heir to the estate of her uncle, VIM.
Marsh Rice, of Texas, of the alleged
value of $15,00O,000. The two wills
twill have numerous ends and wide rami.
fcations." The first will gives the bulk
3 of the estate to the VIM. M. Rice insti.
r tute at Harristown, Texas. In, that will
Mrs. Davis mother, Mrs. Minerva R.
Odds, of Palmer. Mass, has $4,000. In
the second will Mrs. Davis Is to receive
$4,000. The trustees of the institute are
fighting the second will, while both wills
l WILL NO COAbO0LOu Ou SSCCOuAb VI dllCS0S
l undue influence, and the poisoning of Mr.
Rice In New York last fall by his lawyer
Albert T. Patrick, and his valet, Jones
The lawyer and his friends strenuouslJ
, deny the allegation, and are confident
that the second and last will of the de
ceased multi-millionaire will stand.
/ Thanksgiving day: George Wood ant
wife, Stafford Springs, at George Rounds
Mrs. A. s. Pierce and children at A. D
> Dimocks'; Dea. Eli d. Hayes and wife a.
Chas. T. Preston's Miss Dasie III. Dim
ock at D. G. Dimock's; q. B. Robbins
at Chas. A. Robbins; Gary Marcy
9 Rome, N. Y, Jesse Holt of Conn. agri
cultural college, and Frank Marcy, New
London, at W. 81. Hollis; Frank Car
penter, wife and children, formerly O
this town, now Of Wethersield, at Fayett'
Goss', Willimantic; Miss Gross of New
York, sister of Charles Korner, at George
Lyons; Geo. A. Cosgrove and family a
t B. E. Benton's; FL. P. Church and wife
Leila Church, Howard Church, Rock
q Vile, Earl Church, Hartford, and Mis-
Church at Mrs. Gilbert Ide's; Chas
y E. Amidon and family at G. E. s. Ami
don's, Westford; Mrs. Baldwin at Henri,
Q Fishers; Mrs. Dave and children witt
n friends In Harwinton; Perry Davis tw'
daughters, Stafford, at Daniel Eldridge's
Winfield Slater and family at Orrir
Watrous'.
n South Wellington Correspondence.
vt CARD OF THANKs.-We desire to OK
a press our thanks to the many friends VIII
/. have shown their sympathy In our lat
bereavement, by the gift of flowers an
in other ways.
JOSEPH KUHNERT AND FAMILY.
q Letters remaining uncalled for in pos
hoo
, Rouse.
B. John Brownlee was home from West
q field Thanksgiving and remained owe
10 Sunday.
q Geo. O. Richardson ate his Thanks
{, giving turkey with his sister in Eas
q Hampton.
70 Miss Lizzie D. Hall was home fror
20 Boston Thanksgiving, returning the fo
Se lowing Monday.
J. VIM. Potter moved his family into tn
10 recently remodeled tenement In the Morr
ID son house last Thursday.
" The Misses Rose and Ida Hall are al
II tending the W. G. T. u, congress
T. Washington this week as delegates.
Dr. The directors of the Wilmington GENE
terry association will hold meeting in tn
hall at South Wellington next Monda
It evening at O'Clock.
At the annual communication of Uric
20 lodge, No. "a, F. and A. M, Saturda
y evening, the following officers were elect
ed and installed: Arthur B. PEBBLES, W
10 NJ. Chas. G. Cummings, s. w.; Wm
1T I'll. Hall, j. w.; Adolph Korper, treas
urer, James W. Harrison, secretary
= Henry A. Ballou, 8. D.. Henry W. Hanks
. J. D.; Thomas A. Denman, s. s.; Al
o. thur F. Curtis, J. g.. VIM. Fl. Bracket
chaplain; W. F. Essex, marshal; Arthu
10 Devereaux, tyler.
" Unless all signs fail, the entertainer
70 by the L and D. society this coming Sal
ID urday evening, will eclipse all past efforts