The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-08-14

WILMINGTON.
Miss Danta Palmer is cousin OF the
celebrated Laura Bridgeman.
Whortleberries are quite plenty in this
vicinity, as In fact are all small fruits.
Clarence Mclean has sold his farm, the
old Barzilla White place, Westford, to
Bohemian family. ~
The women of both churches were COR
daily invited to attend the "Kingdom
Extension society" at Mrs. Gardeners yes
terday.
The stated meeting of the local w. G.
T. U. will meet at the hall In South Will
lington Saturday afternoon, 10Th inst, at
3 o'clock.
One Of the new corners on the Hill has
already begun to find fault with her en-
vironment. She says the days are too
short here.
There was an outdoor sing by local
members of the peoples singing class,
led by Miss Dunning, ON the common
Saturday night.
A Chicago party measured one Of our
towering hollyhocks last week, and found
the stalk to be somewhat under fifty feet.
Now our tiger lilies make the plot glorl-
GUS.
Mrs. Frank Carpenter of Wethersfield
has been spending week with Mrs.
Judge Holman. Charles w. Holman and
family returned to their home In Man.
chester August LIST.
The Mortified contingent on the Hill
and vicinity doesn't seem to materialize
this season, as far as attending the con-
ference there this season is concerned.
We hear that the whole project has been
abandoned.
Timely and seemly allusion was made
of the browning of King Edward, and the
British empire, along with reference to
our own public men and affairs, In the
prayer at the Congregational church Sun.
day. -"
We hear that Rev. Mr.. Paddock will
supply the Baptist church next Sunday
that the following Sunday there will be q
missionary concert, and that the next OF
third Sunday during the PASTORS absence
Miss Lord will take his place.
Mrs. Charles Il. Brown and her sister
Mrs. Belle Sleight, returned from Asbury
Park, N. j., Saturday. The former is
somewhat better in health, while the lat.
ter can shake hands again all right, hel
right arm being nearly as good as Of old.
One of the best surgeons of New York
city, examining Mrs. Sleight's arm that
was recently set by DR.. G. B. Newton
said that the work had been capitally
done by the latter, and that the treatment
and the recovery of the arm had been
perfect. ..-...t'. ....s..
The topic at the Congregational church
Sunday was "Loneliness"-or alone anG
still not alone, as in the case of severa
Bible worthless and others In history thai
the speaker, Rev. Mr.. Gardner, cited
The five-minutes' talk to the children
next Sunday will be 'tChrlst the truth"
AS has been hereinbefore stated, iti
simply impossible to notice all summer
visitors, as we'll as to chronicle othel
matters, unless persons interested viii
communicate with US or with the editor
We don't keep team now, and the popu
lation hereabouts is not congested enough
to enable US to be omniscient locally.
Y The Baptist ladies' social Tuesday even
ing was success, both In points Of mum
bers and attractiveness. An interesting
feature of the entertainment was graph
ophone exhibition by w. Fl. Dobson o
Providence, r. L., formerly Of Buff Cap
q brother Of Mrs. Clara Preston, will
whom he Is stopping. The selections
were new and good, and the instrumen
first class.
Charley Topliff, now of Springfield
Mass, has been on business tour re
Gently through North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and he has just started for Lo
Angeles, CAL, where he Is to set up
large pipe organ in one of the churche
there. Miss May Topliff of Pomona
CAL, has been visiting the family i
Springfield. She Is engaged In librar
work, and Is now at the summer schoc
in Amherst, Mass. ...-.
In the absence of the pastor of the Bar
fist church, on his four-weeks' vacation
the country, Rev. A. Gardner of the Cor
Igregational church will lead the mid-wee
prayer meeting. Tonight he wants Al
who attend to bring their Bibles wit
them, as he intends to give unique 81
position on the book. He also expect
that every one will be able to repeat til
125th Psalm-fve verses sand recite 1t 1
unison. The services promise to be III
usually interesting.
you think that Uncle Sam isn't prett
we'll fixed look at these figures: He lead
the world In producing the five chi.
requisites of manhood, clothing, hea
light and manufactures. The value {
the latter Is double that Of England, SEQ
land and Ireland. He raises more cor
than all Europe communicative billio
bushels. The value of his manufacture
yearly is $13 900, 600, OOO-double that {
the United Kingdom, and equal to that {
Germany, France and Russia. He ha
more gold and greater circulation of MOI
ey than any other country, and so OF
WIN this prosperity continue? Yes,
tire eating politicians don't get on to
again. The number of mail pieces h
handles Is greater than that of Continent
al Europe combined, while the number G