The Press., 1902-09-18
WILMINGTON.

should go to the Willimantic fair, Sept.
80 "a, 25.
Mre. Lucius Eldridge Is still very low.
Harold Gardner returned to Yale yes
terday.
Potatoes are rotting considerably in
this vicinity.
| Edwin Edwards and wife have gone to
Hope Valley, r. I.
Electrician A. s. Pierce of New York
spent Sunday with his family here.
Edward Harris and Mrs. Lydia Works
have removed from Osbornes mills.
Frank II. Knox, wife and son, Albert,
of Hartford are at Mrs. J. B. Carpenters.
A draped picture of the late martyred
president hung from the Congregational
desk last Sunday.
Many persons in this vicinity highly es-
teemed the late Miss Marcia Wilton and
were shocked to learn of her death.
Miss Abbie Chism, who Is attending
school in Willimantic, spends her Sun
days with her brother at the Hollow.
Phil Ryder has gone away to seek en-
ployment. He Is at present with his
mother at Stafford Springs, 1t Is said.
The meeting of the L. T. L. will be
held at the Baptist conference room to-
morrow afternoon, 10Th inst, at four
O'Clock.
The estate of the late w. G. and A. R.
| Morrison company, has been finally set
tied, the creditors receiving about ten
per cent.
j. l.. Emo was appointed to serve on
one OF the committees at the prohibition
convention in New Britain last week
Wednesday.
Those old-fashioned, big copper cents,
where are they? There were 119 600, 900
of them coined first and last, and they
must be somewhere.
| L. B. Clurk and wife have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Ida Dorkins, in Dor
chester, Mass. Miss Mabel and Miss
Alice Pratt kept house during their alb
sence.
James Carpenter and Charles Kcrner
are now at work on the Central Vermont
railroad as section hands, riding thither
and hither with the latter's horse and
buggy.
| They are bringing oil from Texas to
New York for forty cents per barrel. We
wonder could we get barrel brought
down from Stafford Springs, six miles,
for that price?
Grace Knox and her brother, Frank,
after their return to Hartford from here,
sang In the quartet choir of the First
Baptist church, Hartford, taking the
places of the regular members while they
were on vacation.
W. Fl. Holt has passed around to his
neighbors some specimens of apples called
Ladies' Sweet" that are both luscious and
busters. The graft came from the farm
of the late Simon Carpenter, and was set
by the late Oliver A. Holt.
| Quite a delegation from here are in.
tending to take in 'The Horseshoe Park
association" proceedings In Willlmantic
23d, 24th and 25th, this month. This is
the first annual fair of this new associa.
ton, and its managers are hustling to
make it first class show.
| The Sunday evening Y. P. s. G. E.
meetings seem to be growing in interest
and numbers. Nearly every meeting some
names are proposed for membership.
At the last meeting Mrs. Nellie Carpenter
/ was the leader. Next Sunday evening
| Miss Geniveve Gardner will lead, 1t Is ex-
pected.
| eff any one wishes to do good and
thinks he can make point by writing
and printing, In Gods name let him fall
to. But, If the impulse to write and to
print has for its motive only the relief of
a local irritation, confined to the mind OF
the writer, for the sake of our common
humanity let him keep his irritation to
himself
| At the Congregational church Sunday
the theme was 1.-THE conserving power OF
good men," The children's sermonette
was omitted to give place to abiding to
mckinley" day-the man, his blessed
memory-in keeping with the observance
of the first anniversary of his death In the
churches throughout the land on that day.
At the Baptist church the topic was "Joy
In the Lord"
The W. G. T. U. will meet in the con.
ference room of the Baptist church on
Saturday afternoon, at three O'Clock. A
good attendance Is requested to choose
delegates for the state convention. Any
one Is welcome and cordially invited to
these meetings. Those who have not
handed In their free will Offering envelopes
are requested to do so at once. They
may be forwarded either to the treasurer
Mrs. Mary Lawrence, or the various com
mittees for securing renewals for mem
bership, Mrs. Carl Gurley for South vii
lington Mrs. Frank Preston, Hill; Mrs
Chism, East Wilmington; Mabel Clark
Glass Factory; Mrs. Marble, West vii
lington.
The Baptist ladies' social Tuesday even
ing passed off pleasantly. There was not
a dull moment, with the singing, reading
recitations, games and supper. The par
Elephants in the Literary" and singing
exercises were Rev. A. Gardner, Miss
Sarah L. Dunning, Rev. G. L. Snow, Alice
Cosgrove, Harold Gardner, who sang
"Old Black Jo," and Mrs. Frank Knox
of Hartford, who presided most accepta-
bly, at the organ. Had the object of the
social been advertised more extensively
l. e., to help pay Miss Dunning for the
new singing books, doubtless there would
have been crowd on hand. AS it was
| there WAS a good and enthusiastic attand