The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-09-05
WILMINGTON.

ford Springs Mineral Water Co. 1t is all
right. For sale at Charles Nichols,
West Wellington.
Mrs Jonathan Osborn is visiting friends
In New Jersey.
]. F. Whitford and E. A. Morse are
jurors for this year.
E. @. Bates bought fine yoke of Scot
land oxen Saturday.
John f. Whitford is recovering from
quite severe illness.
Elisha Sloan of Salem, Mass, is visit
ing at s. P. Morrison's.
Y Mrs. Osborne and grandson returned to
New Haven Saturday morning.
Parties from this vicinity attended the
Labor day festivities at Crystal Lake.
Mrs. Agnes N. Heck spent Sunday at
Mr.. Langdon's, over the Ashford line.
Mrs. G. e. Robbins is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. Harriet A. Lippitt, Norwich.
& Frank Chism has removed his family
to South Windham, where he has black
smith shop,
F. D. Preston and wife entertained q
party of friends last Thursday night.
Music and refreshments.
u. B. Marble attended his regimental
reunion (25th Conn. Vols.) at Lake Com
pounce, Bristol, last week.
Mrs. John G. Ryder and Grace Cush-
man, while driving Monday, saw two deer
browsing near Coldbrook stream.
September rained down on us last Sun
day. Now we know what to expect on
the remaining Sundays of the month";
there's anything In signs.
Rev. G. l.. Snow will speak Of Rev.
Campbell Morgan, Meody's successor,
next Sunday. Mr.. Snow will probably
speak of the man and his work.
A neighbor was having his I'VE threshed
last week. The fails few like drum
sticks early and late. Come to find out,
the men were working by the job!
Mrs. May Corbin Brown brought her
husbands cremated remains from Chica-
go, and they were deposited in the Corbin
lot In the new cemetery last week.
Amidon Brothers have purchased new
so inch saw for their steam saw mill,
which they will soon have in operation on
the farm of Mrs. William Eldredge.
There will be meeting of the direc.
tors of the Wilmington Cemetery associa.
ton at the town hall, Wellington Hill
next Wednesday evening, at 7.45 o'clock.
Say and do what you please, Labor day
stands for class observance, the only hol
iday Of that sort we have. This very pal
pable fact cannot be explained away
either.
We lived In Hartford when Bushnell
Park was mooted, exploited and the
scheme carried out. There was a racket
for two years or more. And now the
racket over the new cemetery scheme anC
the state road!
If the owner Of the six-legged calf, here
on the Hill, could collect ten cents pei
head for all who call and look the ANNA
freak over, quite good-sized sum would
be the result. The neighboring fairs
come off betimes and some considerable
reeompense ought to be realized from this
Interesting phenomenon.
Rev. Mr.. Mclean of Simsbury occupied
the Congregational pulpit Sunday, preach
ing from Phil. Al. Theme, Peace. H,
was accompanied from Storrs by Presi
dent Flint of the State agricultural col
Baptist church. Pastor Snow taught thu
Bible class, few being present on accoun
of the storm.
| A granddaughter of the late Deacon
Turner, Mrs. Smith, drove up from Mans
field last week, with Mr.. and Mrs. Stearn
of Stearns Hill, and called at the oil
place. In this connection we will stat
that the generous fireworks displayer o
Stearns Hill, Clarence D. Holt, is Will
lington Holt, but we do not learn from
what Holt family he springs.
II The children of the late John Fulle
II and Olivia Preston Fuller are locates
thus: Sophronia, Mrs. Hon, E. G. Den
mis-, and Caroline, Mrs. DR.. G. B. New
ton, Stafford Springs; Albert, Holyoke
4 Clayton, Spencer; Julia, Mrs. Hon
Charles Dean, Maiden, Mass; Salins
Mrs. Edward Allen, Brimfield, Mass,
and Mariette, Mrs. Lathrop, Coventry
died some time ago.
The time for choosing delegates to tn
proposed constitutional convention to sc
about changing the number of represent
atives from the towns and cities approach
es-Oct. 18th. Here is what state pape
says
The. towns should make 1t a matte
both of pride and of conscience to sen
their best mon to the convention. If
secOnd-rate or third-rate man eagerl
strives to get himself sent to it, his in
portunity should be in vain.
/ Children of the late James Dawley
Frank, a prosperous farmer, lives in West
ford, Andrew In Holyoke, Mass. James
George, Stanton and Sarah died Ion
since. James married Miss Royce
Georgia Miss Leonard Frank, SOPHIE
mia Robbins Stanton, Mary Robbins
Land Sarah Mr.. Gleason. Andrew TO
Il lowed Timothy Merrick to Holyoke an
became prosperous, as other Willingto
boys did, and have become from tn
Ethread business.
/ Although the weather was rather threat
ening, there was q goodly company In al
tendance on the Baptist ladies' socis
Tuesday afternoon at the five O'Clock to
and In the evening. The supper was
Igood one, and the games that were ac
lively engaged in enlivened the evening
The specialties were solo, Saved b
grace by Mrs. White Of Bellinghan
Mass, q guest of Mrs. Bates a duet b
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