The Press., 1902-06-12
wILLrNGrON.


 WILMINGTON.
 Mrs. Belle Sleight has returned from New York to spend the summer at hel fathers.
 | Children's day will be observed at the Baptist church on the last Sunday of the month, the 29th inst.
 l The Congregational ladies will give an ice cream social Tuesday evening. 17th inst. A cordial invitation is extended to Iall.
 The Misses Dunning and Palmer of New York arrived at their cottage they bought of Dea. E. D. Hayes last Thurs day.
 There will be meeting of the w. c. T. U. at the school house in East Will lington Saturday afternoon, 14th inst. at 3 o'clock.
 The wife of Dr. Thomas K. Starr, daughter-in-law of the late Mrs. Hannah Marcy Starr, recently died in Hartford, suddenly.
 Four persons, two on profession of faith and two who await baptism, were added to the membership of the Baptist church last Sunday.
 Mrs. Preston has been invited to write and read poem on the occasion of the celebration of "Old home week" at North field, Mass., July 27th.
 "The world is for the living. Only a day, and the dead, even though lying in heaps of thousands, become but as cob webbed pictures on the wall" The longest English word, used by the late Archbishop of Canterbury, is s'Anti- disestablishmentarians," twenty-six let ters, as many as the alphabet has. | Dr. Wilbur 0. Holt wrote on the 4th inst. that he was on top of Pike's Peak on his way to the Pacific coast. Snow banks four and five feet deep were at Pike's Peak.
 The destruction of the newly repaired and decorated church in South Wood- fstock last week will probably necessitate the holding of the Ashford association elsewhere in the early fall.
 Moses, drama" by Rev. c. H.. Brown, formerly of this town, and written while here, has lately been published. We have been favored with copy, and we think it would have quite run If pr operly set for the stage. There are between fifteen and twenty churches dedicated every day in the year in this country, which shows that the Christian religion is near the hearts of lot of folks. So 1t seems it has its place among the people as well as ball, racing, tennis and golf.
 1t was curious to note the changes of temperature and the aspect of the heav- ems that occurred within ten minutes of each other last Sunday-rain squalls, wind squalls and blazing sun. In your shirt sleeves some parts of the day; win ter overcoats at other hours.
 Those in this vicinity who heard Rev. Wm. N. DeBerry, colored, of Springfield, Mass, at the recent s. s. convention at West Stafford will be glad to hear that he will speak again, free lecture on the "Race Problem" before the Epworth League at the M. E. church, Stafford Springs, Wednesday evening, 18th inst. In spite of the rainy weather there was goodly assemblage on the occasion of the annual roll call and reunion at the Baptist church, Tuesday afternoon and evening. Letters from absentees were in- teresting and edifying, while the devo- tional exercises, in which Rev. c. l.. Chamberlin of North Ashford took part, were both inspiring and uplifting. There was also good supper provided. At the business meeting the old board of church officers were chosen, excepting the clerk. Mrs. B. J. Pratt was chosen to that office in place of l.. Johnson, deceased.
 'I took ride to West Stafford the oth- CT day with my better-half to attend 8 Sunday school convention held there," said Neighbor Wishwell, the other even- ing, as he hung up his hat on the accus- toned peg, and, with 8 tinge of disap- pointment on his face, took chair. "I ain't over and above pious man, but like to see the fair thing done every time. Now noticed that the folks in attend ance on that meeting were as good look ing lot and seemingly as respectable as folks who might be found in attendance on some other kind of a show. And, what sticks in my crop is, there was no account of the proceedings, supper, etc., In the local papers. Now, for instance, Dick Ellis didn't wear any clogs, didn't have on golf, ball or tennis suit, but his touching, earnest, helpful paper on Sum- day school experiences was we'll worth passing along to the people who read the papers. And Mrs. Preston's picturesque, entertaining and uplifting story eff I do say it) was hardly referred to, while Miss Washburn's helpful, practical paper, and the short, pithy addresses of the very capable presiding officer and the neigh borhood ministers were not heard of again. If 1t had been ball game or a minstrel show every wink, every act, every gesture, every word would have been duly chronicled and exploited in the papers. The folks that attend these re- ligious meetings have their following, and take the papers as extensively perhaps as the patrons of other sorts of shows"
 South Willington.
 Stated communication of Uriel lodge, F. x A. M., next Saturday evening.
 School in this district closes next Fri day, the 18th, for the summer vacation.
 A lawn party will be held at Wesleyan