The Press., 1903-12-31
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 There's many . sip of the cup and the lip.
 The topic at the Congregational church Sunday was 'Life's purposes, founded on Gen. II: 52-''And Terah died in Haran.'
 Rev. O. l.. Snow will hold recepS tion at the hall, South Wilmington, Friday evening, New Years. A cor dial invitation is extended to all.
 Some one recently rose to assert that we didn't quote the old proverbs quite right in The Press of late; they seemed quite like, but were not accu- rate. Just so.
 Parties from the Hill would gladly have gone down to South Wilmington Sunday afternoon to attend the anni- versary exercises had conveyances been obtainable. "..-." a.'-. .a .a.
 A man fully equipped has from 25 to 30 pockets in his clothes, while a woman has none. But she will rise to an emergency, while he is turning one pocket after another inside out. Mrs. A. D. Dimock's first school teacher, Miss Lucy Fuller, then of Jewett City, sent her whilom pupil of four years @ beautiful Christmas letter, accompanied by gift, from Kansas.
 We have lived in New York, Hart ford and New Haven, have fingered . little in New Orleans, Boston, Wash ington, D. O., Philadelphia, Provi- dence, Montreal. etc., but never hank cred after city life.
 A Hartford friend writes: II see in the papers that Pastor Snow is to leave. hope on account of no difficulty" etc. Bless you, no. That church never had any difficulty" any way, we are told. - --s,.
 Frank Burr and Mabel Rounds were married by Rev. A. Gardner at the Congregational parsonage Saturday, the 26th. The happy couple is living in Wauregan. The groom has work Ill 8 mlll In the vicinity.
 Communion was observed at the Baptist conference room Sunday, when two persons joined the church by letter-Nathan Ward and wife, Tol- land side. Their letters were from the First church, Holyoke, Mass.
 Indeed "who can stand before His cold"-as evidenced Saturday night and Sunday morning, whom the thermic record was between 15 degrees to 4'de- grees below zero, according to locality. Our instrument stood degrees below.
 In Mrs. Preston's paper Sunday ref erence was made to former members of the Baptist Sunday school, E. A. Morse, Charles H. Ryder, John C.. Ryder, s. P. Morrison, DC. Dimock, Adolph Korper, and others. "Come again, she says. .
 One hundred years ago Louisiana was added to the United States. We have been in the old building, the "Cabildo, in New Orleans, where the formal and legal transfer took place. Faneuil Hall, Independence Hall and the Cabildo are indeed his torical public buildings.
 Among the Christmas gatherings, all that have come to our notice were {: A. D. Dimock and wife, J. A. Dimock and Charles T. Preston and wife at Mrs. AS. Pierce's; Dea. F. W. Pratt and family at Frank Joslin's; R. E. Cartier and family at Charles H. Ryder's. ,.
 The Christmas entertainments at both churches passed off pleasantly, the Sunday school children's parts were creditably performed, while the trees were tastefully decorated and bountifully supplied with presents. The special music was of high order. These occasions of good will and some- times humble effort should not be sub jects of criticism, anyway.
 The 75th anniversary of the found ing of the local Baptist church was observed Sunday morning in the con- ference room, whore were gathered some thirty persons who listened to the interesting letters and papers read - John Merrick of Minneapolis, Minn., by George A. Cosgrove, "The church in it early days;' Rev. s. D. Merrick, Addison, N. Y., "The church as I knew it from its begin ming" read by Deacon Francis Way land Pratt; 'The church twenty-five years ago." by Mrs. Dimock, read by the author; History of the Sunday school," by Mrs. Preston, read by the author; "The duty of members to the church. by Mrs. W.R. Terry, south field, Mass, read by Miss Clark Fragrant memories" by A. Sharp, Scroon Lake, N. Y., read by Mrs. Pratt; "The church and the commu- nity, " read by Dea. W. H. Brackett address, "The church of to-day, Pastor Snow. The exercises were in terspersed by the hymns, Come Thou Almighty King '' "The Church's One Foundation, "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name," and the usual regular devotional service. The inclemency of the weather, postponements, the last one indefinite, were, no doubt, inn portant factors as to the slimness of the audience. It will matter but a little one hundred years from now who is who at present.
 This excerpt is, in our opinion, ft- ted to this locality:- .-8. H7- T
 The Boston Congregationalist says The enthusiasm of the Y. P. s. O. E. in its early years lay in the fact that young people assumed responsibility for its management. In many cases the same persons continue its leaders.