The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-11-05
WILMINGTON.

| We wish to hereby express our heart
felt thanks to the. neighbors and friend,
who so kindly aided us during our recen
bereavement. LoUIs JOHNSON,
| JAMES STROUD.
j At this writing mild weather AGAR
prevails. Yet, winter is surely near
4 The Baptist ladies' social last Fri
day evening was pleasant gathering,
and successful financially.
We, in common with others in this
locality, perhaps, enjoyed sweet corr
the first week in November.
A large masquerade was held al
Curtis pavilion Halloween night.
Myron Dimock led the orchestra.
The Congregational ladies' social
last evening was pleasant affair, and
a goodly sum of money was realized.
Mrs. Frank Chism returned last
week from visit with relatives in
Norwich. much recuperated in health.
George E. Robbins. remains about
the same since the operation preform.
ed on him last week by DR.. Converse.
We are under obligations to Con.
gresham Brandegee for copy OF
Memorial Address ON the late Hon.
Charles A. RUSSELL
Far and beyond his immediate
neighborhood, the news of the death
of that very intelligent and promising
Il TrxyS
| grief and gloom -..-....-: 49,
M. L. Dimock, the veteran postmas.
ter, town clerk and store keeper, still
|'living with his granddaughter, Mrs.
Dasie Dimock Brown, is yet quite Wig
orous, while our two other elderly cit.
liens, N. S. Marcy and David Ell
dredge, are failing in both mind and
body.
When you are told to "come dowr
off that ladder" when you are paint
ing your own house, and to "stop thai
saw and hammer when you are try
ing to fix up your own portico, fol
fear of boycott because you don't be
long to a union, p" it's about time tt
ask, "have I right to eat and drink
and breathe ?''
The completion of the new state
road is going on apace "Notes'
next week, if the job shall have beer
done. There's great deal said about
this scheme, bnt let's all wait and
see how things are left In any
event, we guess there will be no brok-
en- bones. There is already quite q
change in highway aspect on the old
Hill. The greatest good to the great
est number has always been our motto.
1t is certainly crying, unmitigated
shame that the people of these United
States cannot enjoy the benefits of q
U. S. parcels post, as is enjoyed in
England and other countries across
the water, because Of the powerful
opposition of the Millionaire express
companies as expressed in congress by
the lobbyists. This is matter that
effects folks in Podunk, as we'll as in
New York and Chicago. These COM
panies and their highly paid lobbyists
also oppose the cheapening of the par
cells postage. The people will not al
ways stand this sort of business
. mark the prediction -,
- When we lived in Hartford we we'll
knew Comrade H. O.. Trumbull, D.
D., thessauthor of my Four Relig-
ibus Teachers, - as we'll as three of
these teachers, - Doctors Bushnell
and ,Beedle and Father Hawley.
The other religious teacher was the
late: REV. Charles G. Finney. Very
| graphic and interesting sketches of
these men are given by DIR. Trumbull
in the attractive volume published by
the Sunday School Times Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa. We might add that the
part containing the sketch of that
great and good man, Horace Bushnell,
abounds with hitherto unpublished,
interesting and edifying incidents in
that very conspicuous and useful life.
The appeal from probate case in
volving the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth
Glazier Spaulding, who died in Will
lington about year ago, and was q
native of this town, passing her girl
hood here, was settled out of court
last Saturday. The estate was valued
at 1924, 600, and had certain will she
had made been uncontested, E. A.
Buck of Willimantic would have been
the chief legatee. According to the
settlement referred to the four sons of
the late Isaac Glazier, Charles, Dan
iel, Frederick and Robert, of Hart
ford, and the three sons of the late
Mrs. Sarah Glazier Thomson of Will
limantic, all nephews of the deceased,
will receive substantial benefit. Had
the case gone to trial interesting and
novel points would have been raised.
Uriel Hanover, long a resident of
the town, died of pneumonia at his
| old home in the "Glassfactory'' vii
lage last Friday afternoon. He was
a veteran of the civil war, having en-
listed Sept. 5, 1861, in Co. B, 10th
Regt., Conn. Vols, re-enlisting as a
veteran Jan. LIST, 1864. He was mus
tered out of service July ID, 1865, and
has lived here nearly all the time
since. He was wounded at Peters
burg, Va, April 2, 1866, resulting in
the loss of one Of his forearms, which
made him, with his empty sleeve, a
striking figure for the rest of his life
He was the recipient of large pen
sion for his disability. His wife
died, it will be remembered, not long
ago. He leaves two sons, Herbert
and Henry, and two daughters, the
Widow Lena Cummings, who cared
for him in his illness, Mrs. E. g.
Richardson, and several grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren. The
funeral occurred at his late home, in