The Press., 1903-07-02
WILMINGTON.
ts now "ye-ah" for yes.

Florence Nightingale Is now in her S4th
Iyear.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Holt are at Cot
tage City for two months.
Jesse Holt gave party to her young
friends last Saturday night.
Miss Smith of Hanover visited her
cousin, Miss Ida Eldridge, last week.
e. G. Carpenter has been spending a
few days with his friends in Hartford.
Mrs. Belle Sleight returned Saturday
from New York to her father, George A.
Cosgrove's.
Memorial day dissertation and Sabbath
day dissertation go hand in hand nova.
days to pltiful degree.
George Richardson gave a lecture to
the children In Willimantic recently, un-
der the auspices of the local w. G. T. u.
The Baptist ladies' "Will Carleton"
social last Friday evening was very
pleasant gathering, and financially sue
cessful.
Mesdames Louise M. johnson and EN-
ma ]. Holman went Thursday last to WIS.,
1t Mrs. Grace johnson Huntington at
Sharon, Mass.
In the item last week concerning the
first district school meeting copy said
wisely, not "nicely," helping to assimi-
late the races, etc.,-a very excusable er-
ror In compositor.
Parties from this locality were disap-
pointed In the Observation-Disclosures of Bar
mum Bailey's circus at Hartford last
Thursday afternoon. So were twenty
thousand other folks.
| George Heck, son of Mrs. Agnes Heck
of New York, George Lincoln of Storre
and Miss Lila Church of Rockville, who
is visiting her sister, Miss Jennie Church,
were at the ladies' social Friday evening.
A neighboring daily says In one of lite
issues last week that certain "celebra.
ton closed with dance until the early
morning hours" Editors try to edit toe
much sometimes, and sometimes they dc
not edit enough.
Mrs. Preston wishes to acknowledge
here the receipt Saturday of a fine bou.
quet of "seven sisters" roses from Mrs
Levon Taylor. Later they graced the
decorations of "children's day" In the
Baptist church.
We were not among those who ''got
left" In regard to the circus In Hartford
last week. We went to attend the 3Ott
annual reunion of our regiment. Out o.
,OO8 who left that city for the front II
1862 only 70 were present.
1t Is certainly an honor to the church
the town and to all interested far anC
near, that the statistics given below O.
the historic "First Church of Christ" II
wellington are again full and complete
in the Congregational Year Book.
eff one can learn to be content with
simple things, the supply provided for his
need is infinite; for simplicity in life ano
thought includes everything In the heav
ems above and the earth beneath, excep
a few things which can be bought only
with money"
Jacob GoOsen, formerly retail grocer
at No. 1895 Third avenue, New York
now owns and occupies the John A
A. Brown place, formerly the Davit
Clark place. Mattesen, the mllkman
now owns the best of the land of the oil
FORM Mr. (loooor 10 T., loo-o xbo ,ouo,,o
ises October list next, on account of re
cent litigation In regard to the real estat
deal.
e. G. Richardson and his brothers an,
sisters have recently received pen. stripe
legacy from deceased relatives estate II
Somers. There are other legatees also
The deceased Mr.. Pease of that town
who left larger estate than was antici
passed, was always kindly disposed MAJ
towards his relatives, and now his pos
norton beneflcence will make them hap
py In degree.
The statistics of the Congregations
church and Its Sunday school, as we fin
them reported in the last year "Congre
; gational Year Book" are: Members
male 10, female 81, total so, absent II
, admitted by letter 2, removed Q. Sunda
school, superintendent, e. A. Hobby
members 40, average attendance 80, fam
lilies 81, Y. p. s. 10. Benevolence, fol
! eign missions 81, church building $:
! home missions $5, total $50, home o.
penses $2.78. Church organized 172'
pastor, Rev. A. Gardner, clerk, Mr.
Rosa Whitfo1d. Home expenses $27S.
: Speaking of college commencement
these days, The Springfield Republica
has this to say: "We have only or
l word Of sober advice to add to that whic
has been 80 plentifully bestowed upo
the graduate of 19O3-and that Is this
Grapple for life the friends you hay
made In college, and let not the class an
institution spirit wane, as far as your a
tention and interest can keep 1t up. r.
alize now and never forget that here Is q
asset for life, perhaps the best 1t wi
bring you, certain to be worth your car
full cherishing, and to yield returns rio
beyond gold or glory. Lay hold, to hay
, and to keep, on this shining period, ths
1t may light the path Of busy years an
Grabbed age-none other like 1t CLEAN
on land or sea, be sure of that"
1t was an ideal June day for children
day, at least the last Sunday In June, il
stead of the first Sunday In June. Til
program was successfully carried out
an unusually large gathering: Organ 70
3 untary; responsive reading prayer b
the pastor; singing by the choir, "Ou
Sunday schools" reading, my first duty,
. Jesse Holt; reading, "What have don
! to-day ?" Ednah Pierce; singing, "Bear
tiful day." choir; reading, Mounting tn
lad /A4onA1l