The Press., 1901-01-31
WILMINGTON.
A yard measure.

Pastor Snow is out of town this week.
walls.
The ice industry Is being followed up
closely these days.
The board Of relief held their final
meeting for the year Monday.
Clinton Slater has removed from Win
field Slater's to Orrin Watrous'.
DR.. Davies has two interesting articles
on the new century In recent New York
daily. /
Rev. G. L. Snow is assisting the pastor
at South Woodstock this week in evan
gelistic work.
An item last week about the violin re- |
cital at Storrs must have been inadvert-
emily placed In another column.
Covenant meeting at Baptist conference
room Saturday afternoon, at 2 O'Clock.
Communion the following Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. E. A. Morse's daughters, Alice
and Edna, of Stafford, have been down
to help care for her and the ia nily the
past week.
Mrs. L. johnson, G. T. Preston and
wife, Mrs. James Carpenter, j. G. Sparks,
Marion Sparks, g. B. Robbins can be
added to the list of the sick, sore and
lame of last week.
Friday evening, 9Th proximo, Is the
"a tn hn iVynT0 nv
the Storrs people in the Congregational
church. AS we have said, we bespeak
large attendance. II stormy, the next
evening.
In the Congregational church, Sunday,
Dr. Davies discoursed upon the late
queen of England and empress of India.
At the Baptist church Pastor Snow made
vigorous appeal In behalf Of foreign
missions.
Joseph Sparks, 81, the Oldest native
born resident, died at his old home near
the Hollow, Wednesday, Of pneumonia.
He had enjoyed remarkable good health
all his life until near it's close. He was
made voter in 1884, consequently he
was the oldest native voter in town. He
was always democrat. He leaves one
son, Andrew j., who lives in New York.
He was thrice married, surviving all of
his wives. He was the last survivor Of
an old and respectable stock, and was
himself an esteemed member Of the COM
munity. His age was 81 years, seven
months.
All the same, Christmas must be a hu-
man, not q Divine, institution in the esti-
nation of all evangelical bodies. 1.-The
first certain traces of it are found
about the time of the Emperor Com
modus, 1870 to 1872 A. D. In the reign
of Diocletian, 282 to 3O5 A. D., while
he was keeping court at Nicomedia,
he learned that multitude of Christians
were assembled in the city to celebrate
the birthday of Jesus, and having ordered
the church doors to be closed, he set fire
to the building, and all the worshippers
pear that there was any uniformity in the
period of observing the Nativity among
the early churches. Some held the festi-
val in the month Of May or April, others
in January. 1t Is, nevertheless, almost
certain that the 25th of December can
not be the nativity of the Savior, for it is
then in the height of the rainy season in
Judea, and shepherds could hardly be
watching their flocks by night" says a
very high authority. The Roman Catho.
to complete the orderly and systematic
distribution of church festivals over the
whole year. 1t still celebrates the day
by three masses, one at midnight, one al
, daybreak and one In the morning. As
far as the sentimentality of the ''socia
holiday" is concerned, we have naught tt
, do; that is another story.
? South Wellington Correspondence.
MIR. Perry completed the work Of filling
his Ice house last Monday.
Pastor e. L. Snow is in South Wood
stock, helping in the revival meetings nov
> being held there.
. Stated communication of Uriel lodge
= No. "a, F. & A. M, next Saturday even
ing. Work will be in the second degree
D The mechanical part of the "Povert,
q soshul' invitations was done by w. H
Harrison and Is most creditable piece
of work.
r The South Wilmington Tigers met las
D Saturday and elected the following off
b GERS for the ensuing year: Captain, JOIN
Wadsworth manager, Wolcott Potter
~ secretary, Walter Allen.
j. During the Icy time of last week Mrs
l. Whiting fell backwards, the whole lengtl
It of the outdoor stairway to the house il
y which she lives, but most fortunately es
:, capped any serious injury.
l. Mike Farrar had narrow escape iron
n loosing an eye last Saturday. He wa
n leading COW, when she suddenly thre1
Q up her head and one OF the horns struc
g his nose, near the eye, making a very ba
70 wound.
The subject for debate on the evenin
II of February 12 will be- Resolved, Tina
> Grant as man, general, and pres
, dent. was more important factor in tn
u upbuilding and progress Of our natio
:. than was Lincoln.
70 About forty five persons attended tn
a party given by Miss Rosie Labonte las
!. Saturday evening at her home. TIL
'r evening was passed very pleasantly
n the young people In playing games, etc
% the large kitchen and front room bein
:, thrown open to the guests. Later in tn
;. evening refreshments were served, tn
10 party breaking up about midnight
1t most unique and fetching invitatio
I; has been issued by the social committe