The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-03-13

WILMINGTON.
AS my spring term commences March
10th, will agree to give instructions free
on all instruments purchased of me after
above date. Prof. Jordan, Stafford Springs.
The free-will Offering meeting of the
w. G. T. U. has been postponed until
some time In April.
A regular meeting Of the w. G. T. U.
will be held In the schoolhouse at East
Wellington Saturday, 10Th inst, at two
O'Clock p. m.
1t beats all how many shut-in Sundays
we're having this season In this vicinity
on account of stormy weather. No SER
vices again on the Hill last Sunday.
Mrs. W. D. Holman sustained an ankle
sprain last week. 1t is fortunate cir
cumstance that she is again able to walk,
for her husband, the Judge Is laid up with
the grip.
While the robins and the bluebirds were
engaging the attention of many folks in
this vicinity recently, according to last
weeks Press, we were listening to the
pipings of the festive frogs-for change.
Old homesteads in district No. omit
ted last week: The William F. Williams
place, home lot by the new cemetery ex-
tension, house burned down the "Billy"
Williams place, house gone, land owned
by George Vinton.
Don't forget the box social, the young
ladies of the Endeavor have SO much at
heart. Bear in mind 1t comes off Tues
day evening, 18th inst, weather permit
ting, at the Baptist church parlors. The
bidding for the boxes, George A. Cos
grove auctioneer, is expected to be spir-
tied.
The fact can not be disguised that the
present price of living, considering the
prices of butter, eggs, milk, potatoes and
other vegetables, meats and feed, grain
and all breadstuffs, and the necessaries
of life generally, has gone up 40 per cent
in recent years, as cold statistics demon
strate.
Very pleasing to his constituency is the
stand taken by Congressman Henry, who
has the bill In charge, In his advocacy o.
pure butter as against oleomargaline
as endorsed by his speech in congress
last month; a copy of which we hereby
acknowledge. 1t Is a cogent, sensible ar
gument
We ventured the opinion some time
ago that registered dogs were property
notwithstanding neighboring legal opin
ions to the contrary. So we were no
surprised last week to see that New
Haven court awarded damages for an In
jury to dog-$75-for the severing o
two toes Of a dog by a trolley car.
Frank, the ten-years-old son of Bert E
Cartier, was recently seriously injured b.
an arrow shot in the eye while playing
with the boys at the Glassfactory school
He was taken to Bridgeport by his moth
or for treatment. DIR. Wilson, there
thinks the eye may be saved, but the ques
ton of sight Is yet source of anxiety.
All roads have been for some time ant
now are In bad condition, but, we ar
told, they are no worse than the neigh
boring towns. Right here we hearth.
concur in the suggestion of a practica
neighbor, made the other day, that par
Of the towns road money, especially tina
part that Is usually wasted, shall be USE
for making we'll known bad spots permso
aently good. Then we can see year b.
year that something has been accom-
plished. Let's talk this business over a
the next meeting.
Present occupants of the old home
steads in school district No. 2,"Topliff "
John Grant place, Chas. Fl. Hobby; tn
Capt Delphia place, Frank Mason; tn
Abner Whiting farm, w. II. Marsh; tn
Leander Hull place, owned by Bosto
parties for a summer home; the Georg
Leonard or Topliff place by Harry Pratt
the Charles F. Morrison farm by ALDER
Watrous; the Horace Bicknell farm b
Elliott Sparrow; the Abner Church place
Sam. Gellus; the Hazard Hull place
Warren Hobby; The Samuel Wake
place by Albert Root; the Nathan, AS
and Amanda Wheeler place by A. Cowles
the Daleville mill, tenements, etc., b
Dennison Walker; the James Dawle
place, owned by Mrs. A. w. Baldwin
house burned down; the Joseph HUI
place by A. Planchette; the Dunbar
Calkins place, obliterated the Luciu
} Fisk place by William McVeigh; tn
Marilla Fenton place by Charles M. Mi
Ter; the Aarial Eldredge farm by Augul
} tus Miller.
The family of our towns women, Misst
Ida and Lizzie Hall, who started on tt
Celtic from New York February 9TH, r
, ceived their first letter from them Marc
7th, and they report very enjoyable tr
thus far. The letter was mailed at Gil
ralter. After they left New York a
went we'll for twenty -four hours, and the
the whole party, with the exception
Ida and Mrs. Bugbee, began to feel veal
kneed, and it was three or four days b
fore they had what they term "sea legs
and when they all got together again the
took bottle and put their cards in it ar
offered reward to any one finding it ar
= writing the particulars of the findin
sealed it tightly and threw it overboar
l Ida says: II did not miss or lose OF
: meal, and while all my folks were sick
amused myself by taking pictures
Them" q have always heard that eve
: the sick one on boat has excitemel
, enough, because there was something ne
: coming up every minute-W. III. H
Sunday morning. the 10th, they saw VIII
! looked like big gray cloud, but we
i fnQl1u told kha ToIo