The Press., 1902-09-11
WILMINGTON.


bile callers nowadays!
There was pleasant sing at Mrs. A. s.
Pierce's Saturday night.
The "kingdom extension" ladies met
with Mrs. Gardner yesterday.
Miss Jennie Church recently Visited her
relatives and friends In Rockville.
Frank Hawley and wife of Westford
called on friends on the Hill Tuesday.
Coal will be all right pretty soon. You
see II old prices don't prevail before snow
flies.
The Misses Mason and Hill Of Boston
were guests at Rev. A. Gardeners last
week.
We hear that the next Baptist ladies'
social will be progressive gossip" en-
tertainment, with prizes, etc.
Mrs. Coupland, Miss Dunning's sister,
has returned to her home in Chicago, III.
Her husband is patent lawyer there.
The democrats will hold caucus at
the town house next Tuesday evening to
choose delegates to the various conven-
lions.
The rain Tuesday evening caused the
postponement of the Baptist ladies' social
one week-to the evening of Tuesday,
10Th inst.
The Hill prayer meeting this week will
be held tomorrow evening, 18th inst, on
account of the lecture at South Willing
ton this evening.
A member of the state board of chart
ties recently inspected the towns aims
house at Upton's, Ashford, and found a
satisfactory condition of things.
Fitting and feeling allusion was made
to the recent narrow escape of the presi-
dent in Pittsfield, Mass, in the service at
the Congregational church Sunday.
A Massachusetts reader of The Press,
near Boston, writes that the family all
grab for that paper the first thing, and
lots of other papers are taken, too.
Eight thousand four hundred and fifty.
five persons were killed last year on our
railroads, and So, 339 injured. We have
now about 10000 miles of railroad.
At the Congregational church Sunday
the topic was "Christ our dwelling place. u
Text, Psalms COL. At the Baptist church
the theme was founded on Luke 1888
M. L. Dimock's house has been exten.
sively repaired by Baker and Royce, and
doubtless new coat of paint will be put
on shortly. Mr.. Dimock's health is quite
comfortable now.
Our "Rules for marriage" excerpt last
week has caused considerable comment.
Surely we meant to hit nobody; twas
only bit of pleasantly. We have bald
head, ETC., ourselves.
Mrs. w. D. Holman expects to spend
the winter with her son In Manchester,
while Mrs. Louise johnson, If her health
permits, will soon go to her sister, Mrs.
Betsey Jacobs, In Bridgeport.
Mrs. Belle Pierce and her youngest
daughter from Central Falls, and Mrs.
Mary Cady and her little daughter OF
Providence, R. l., were guests at Mrs.
Pierce's from Friday till Monday.
Uncle Sans income from revenue only
for the month of August last was about
twenty-six millions of dollars. Multiply
that figure by twelve and one gets some
idea where his yearly pension money, fol-
instance, comes from.
We are asked to say by the associa.
tional directress for home missions that
the meeting at Putnam Is expected to be
an unusually interesting one. Mrs. Nc
Winnie Is expected to speak on the af
ternoon of Tuesday, 23d inst.
We hear that the management of the
Central Vermont r. r. has recently or
dered the stopping of the g. Is a. m. trair
past, accommodating its patrons In Viii
lington, Ashford, Tolland, etc.
John D. Taylor returned last week from
trip in Long Island, etc. In returning
home by carriage he stopped in Torring
ton, and there secured pieces of lath from
the bedroom In the house there wher,
John Brown was born. We prize one o
| the pieces as rare relic.
The writer of strong editorial In on,
of our neighboring city papers last weel
rather strained point when he used tn,
word "connoting" for noting. Simpl
English Is generally the thing for effectiv,
writing and public speaking. But editor
often write for each others eyes, we sup
pose.
Miss Hattie Whitford, youngest daugh
ter of the late Dea Ell. s. Whitford, die,
in Wooster, Ohio, July 10th last. He
sister. Mrs. Anna Jones' youngest daugh
ter, Sadie, died last spring at the hom
of her mother in Oberlin, Ohio. Man
friends in this vicinity had not heard O
their sad deaths until recently.
A large portion of our Connecticut Ian
is already almost worn out. Instead Q
being improved by patient care and cul
ture, 1t has been skinned and exhauste
to realize quick and imperative cash re
turns, until now 1t costs too much t
bring the land back to legitimate pay
ing basis. What shall the sequel be?
A party of residents, people from Bos
ton, Chicago, New York, New Haven
etc., took four o'clock a. m. stroll t
the hill moving lot In the rear of G. 7
Preston's premises, Saturday morning, t
see the gorgeous sunrise, and at nigh
some of the party took In the electri
lights In Hartford, Rockville, Springfield
and Willimantic.
Last Saturday the Tigers of West VII
lington, on their home grounds at Cal
tiers, defeated the Wales II to 4. Th
feature of the game was the star playin
of the Tigers and the errors of the Wales
Score by innings
Wales, 900 2 1 OO1 o.
Tigers, O 4 10 III
Batteries, Mcguire and Stanton, Han
sen and Jacobsen.
The delegates of the local church to tn
Ashford Baptist association, that meet
In Putnam the 23d and Oath inst, ar
Mrs. Bartlett, Miss Ida Hall, John Bart
lett. An Invitation Is extended for tn
association to meet with this church mex
year. The church letter was read, also
letter from one of the old members of tn