The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-21
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j. a. Dimock spent Sunday at his home,
There are 1900 pores to thesquare inch
In the palm Of ones hand.
Miss Nellie E. Thrall of West sufield
is guest at Rev. A. Gardner's.
Miss Anna O. Marsh OF Plainfield, N.
J., is visiting with the Misses Palmer and
Dunning.
q. q. 3. Amidon and wife Of Westford
attended services at both churches on the
Hill Sunday.
Miss Sturtevant, formerly Of West Will
lington, was at church Sunday with
friends from that locality.
It has been arranged that the meeting
Of the Ashford Baptist association next
month will be held with the church in
Putnam.
Arthur and Henry Watrous, each with
one Of Dwight Bramble's teams, left last
week Tuesday to work for him on q tele-
graph line In New York and Pennsylva-
MIA. ~.
Master Carl Pratt spent last week. with
his friend, Master William Durand Hol-
man, at Manchester. During the visit
the two boys saw the sights in Hartford
together.
John Gaines, wife and children of New
Hartford have been visiting at Mr.. Bur-
dicks. Mr.. Gaines follows the large cot
ton plant that has SO long been an Inn
portant factor In the town to its new
southern locality In his old capacity as
superintendent.
We received call from our old COM
rade and tent mate, Walter III. Hutchin-
son OF Bristol last week. He and his
wife and son were visiting at Lincoln
Whites, Westford. Mrs. Hutchinson is
the daughter of the late Caleb Burnham
and Althea Carpenter Burnham, and is a
wellington girl. i ~. '.-''
Speaking Of cotton mills pulling up
stakes and going south, look at this ::
There are in North Carolina alone some
5000, children under twelve years of age
working In the mills, and many Of them
get nine cents day, twelve hours Yes,
sing "Rescue the Perishing"-t poor
slaves of the spinning room from q child
hood of miserable drudgeryl Oh, human
greedi <.-..
The law concerning the determination
OF the "queen's lace handkerchief"-the
wild carrots almost wholly imperative,
because An ''aggrieved person. or citl-
zen of the town, must be the complainant.
This is:a most beautiful white, blossom,
but Its very pernicious weed. A neigh
Dor recently called our attention to the
existence Of the weed In, front of our
premises the other day, and We eradicated
1t instanter. ...-. .
y Z At the Congregational church Sunday
the topic was t'Groundless conclusions, /"
as In the case of Jacob when he thought
everything was against him. Next Sun
day the children's subject will be ''The
Osborne house, the recent gift of King
Edward to his people, The pastor an
hounced that Mr.. Moor would preach, In
his place, next Sunday. At the Baptist
church Rev. Mr.. Paddock preached from
Exodus 35:35, "And the children of Israel
saw the face of Moses, that the skin OF
Moses face shone." Theme, Intercourse
with God" -. <: <...
Two Of our Hill girls 60 off to school
shortly Rachael Robbins goes to Bris.
Tol Monday next to attend the high school
there. :. Hen father, G. A. Robbins, goes
With her to stay week In the family Of
his cousin, DIR. Robbins, where Miss Rob.
bins will make her home during her at.
tendance at the school. Edna G. Price
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. g.
Price, goes to Stafford Springs, where
she will board with Mrs. T. G. Lathrol
while she attends school there. Having
no high or graded school within our Dor.
'ders, our young people must perforce &c
out Of town for advanced schooling.
Z. ~ South wilmington.
Fred Taylor Of Mystic Is visiting at w
E. Buffers. ...<..-... =
Ernest Stills Of Hartford spent Sunday
here al Homer Neii's.@ -4:*ss,*.' 49, -
VIM. B. Snow is having a vacation o
two weeks from his colportage work.
Miss Carrie L. e. Gibbs and Miss Stur
tevant of Amherst, Mass, are the guest,
eof Mrs. w. ID. Holman.
Phil Denman keeps open house and re-
ports ~ visitors last Sunday, who. fount
1t pleasant walk from the village.
We notice quite an interesting account
in The Waterman of Aug. 18th of thu
the ordination of Rev. sGhas. L. Cham
berlin, written by Rev. Chas. L. Snow.
The South Wilmington band will attent
the excursion Saturday and render sew
eral choice selections on the boat unde
the direction of their leader, Prof. Fl. G
| Wheeler.
The annual meeting of Mystic hive, No
2, Knights of Maccabees, In Mancheste
last Tuesday evening was attended by tn,
Knights from this village, accompanied
by ten ladies, invited guests.
Chas Latham, Jr., left here for Port
land, Me-, and vicinity last Thursday TO
six weeks. He accompanies Georg
Brooks of Tolland, who will conduct
restaurant at the various fairs there
abouts.
Misses Minnie and Grace WEIGH o
Denver, COL, who have been visiting
relations In the east the past month ant
we've the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
last week, returned to their home in th
west Thursday. +
Atthe adjourned business meeting o
the Y. P. 8. G. e. last Wednesday even
ing the following officers were elected fol
the ensuing six months: President, VIM
FL. Bracket; vice-president, Mrs. VIM
Morrison; secretary, Walter A. Allen