The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-04-03
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fist parsonage.
Clinton Slater has. with his family,
moved to Preston City.
Charles II. Hobby Is 90 far improved
as to be able to be out Of doors.
Covenant meeting at the conference
room Saturday, 8 p. M, April 9Th.
Young folks these days can't too early
sign the declaration Of dependence.
Harriet G. Robbins Is in Norwich for a
few weeks with her cousin, Mrs. Harriet
Lippitt. -.
Easter flowers graced the Congrega-
tional desk contributed by Mrs. Rob
bins and Mrs. Hobby.
We were sorry to lose the call the other
night Of the new merchant at West VIII.
lington and his associate.
| It was ideal Easter Sunday weather
| which, doubtless, had to do with the nm
usually large audiences at both churches
on the Hill.
It now. appears that Martin Sparrow
and Mrs. Viola Bailey, when they recent
| ly left George E. Sparrow's, went to Stat
ford Hollow to live.
| II anybody thinks It's big thing to
send boy to Yale, for instance, let him
read Poultney Bigelow's article in The
Independent, March 2oth.
s'Themistocles said he could not fiddle,
but he could rule city. If man can
rulesa city we'll, let him, but 1t is better
to play the fiddle well than to rule a city
ILL.,"
The leader of the meeting on the Hill
Sunday night, Mrs. A. D. Dimock, feel
ingly alluded to the recent notable remov-
al of spiritual and financial props of the
Baptist church.
This Is the time of year when our pre-
tentious boroughs and small cities ought
to look out and eliminate their inherent,
stale, stagnant greasiness, and so escape
possible recurrent epidemics.
Mrs. Lucius Eldredge is yet somewhat
feeble, but she is better. Mrs. Gilbert
Ide, who has not been seriously i'll at all,
is recuperating, and all the recently sick
folks who have not died are on the mend.
1t is we'll known that the Y. P. 8. G. e.
is a Congregational enterprise almost
| wholly. But Is it death for a Methodist
young person to remain in 1t and not join
the Epworth League, or for Ia Baptist to
remain In 1t and not join the B Y. p. o.?
Every Easter since Helen Preston
Brown, Mrs. Walter B. Allen, died, beau
tiful flowers have been sent from Boston
to decorate the gentle sleeper's grave.
AS usual, Sunday morning, before carry
ing them to the cemetery, they graced the
desk in the Baptist church for the MORN
ing service Easter lilies, daisies, ferns
and daffodils. Banked by sprigs of Nor
wegian spruce they made fine display.
At the Congregational church Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Gardner had for his theme
EASTER Sunday" Texts, Ezekiel 1913,
Matt. 28th chapter. At the close of the
service the regular quarterly church meet
Ing was held. An invitation from Mrs.
Gardner to all the ladies Of the congrega-
ton, young and old, was read, requesting
them to meet her at her residence on the
next Wednesday at 8 p. M. to consider
the subject of missions, at home and
abroad. At the Baptist church Rev. Mr..
Shows subject was "The Angels Easter
message" founded on the 3Sth chapter of
Matthew. The same Easter chapter was
read In both churches. There was spec
ial music, including solo by T. A. Dem
man and duet by Edith Burdick and T.
A. Denman, which were indeed very fine
performances.
Years ago little fellow used to be
stumbling around the Hill here when on
summer visits to the Congregational
manse, where lived his aunt, Mrs. Rev.
Daniel Bancroft. He Is now professor of
Greek In Yale-Prof. Bernadotte Perrin
and the author of fine new book,
.'Plutarch's Themistocles and Aristocles,"
which indeed is treat to the true lover
OF Hellenism. The book is one Of the
Yale bicentennial publications. This
handsome jubilaum volume, which is a
book, truly brings out Plutarch as the
greatest Of biographers and shows the
hand of a master in dealing with the
springs of Greek history and biography.
Indeed, "Little Bernadotte Perrin" has
come to something In this world. In this
connection it may be appropriate to add
that another distinguished professor of
Yale, the late Elias Loomis, LII. D.,
was born here in the Baptist parsonage.
Old homesteads and present occupants
In school district No. 4, "Rider," now
called Moose Meadow: Capt. Oliver Holt
place, unoccupied; Origin Dimock place
by George Rounds; Timothy Marcy place
by A. d. Dimock; Dea. Rufus Rider
place by Matthew Burdick; David Glazier
place by Joseph A. Dimock; Thomas
Rider place, unoccupied Jason Bugbee
place by w. F. Carroll; Robert Batty
place by Jason Allen; Sylvanus Batty
place, unoccupied John Fuller and Will
lard Fuller place, unoccupied; Rufus
Robbins place, obliterated; the Charles
P. Rider place by Frank Underwood !;
the Weatherby place by Dwight Lamb !;
8. 0. Lamb place, unoccupied; George
Wilton place, unoccupied the Thomas
Knowlton and w. w. Marcy place by J.
l.. Emo; the Chandler place, unoccupied;
the zebediah and w. s. Marcy place by
J. L. Emo; the Utley or Capt. johnson
Niles place by j. ID. Taylor.
| Jenny M. Golding, AZ, formerly of this
town, died In Willimantic, at the home
of the late Mrs. William F. Shafer. No.
81 North street, where she was at first
taken seriously i'll, ON the, evening Of
March %. She Yves daughter of the
late Joseph folding, member of Co. q,