The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-10-29


i George E. Robbins is confned t.
his bed with a chronic i11ness..
z Mrs. Carpenter is much better, s,
that she is able to attend to her duties
| John J. Snyder of Brooklyn, N. Y.
was guest at Charles, T. Preston'l
Saturday and Sunday. 4::fs, :.
The workmen are now iii earnest il
the completion Of the new state ROAD
from tile Hill to the railway station
Bear figs for a season or two, .ant
the. world outside, the orchard will b.
very unwilling you should bear this
ties. - .@-:. = s.t
II The Congregational ladies' aid so
ciety are to hold social Wednesday
evening, 4th prox. All are cordially
/ invited.
! Eliakim Manning drove up from
Willimantic Tuesday with DR.. Franz
Ryder and wife of Waterbury to cal
at g. E. Robbins.
Rev. Mr.. Snow. will begin his course
/ OF. sermonettes at the mid-week- meet.
/ ing, ON "The gospelaas seen in the
| Psalms,' this evening. y
- The Baptist ladies propose to give
q" Halloween" social, with appropriate
games, and harvest supper, to-mor.
row evening, Both inst. :. ia. = -.
,sRey.tA. Gardner present illness ii
| not considered by his. physician ,adad
friends as serious The patient thinks
| the trouble is his Old enemy, the grip.
Rev. Mr.. Gardner will not be able
to preach Sunday, and we are not ad
| vised whether or no there will be any
sort Of service at the Congregations
church on that day. 49, s..'
!. At the Baptist church. Sunday the
exercises consisted of reports Of. the
recent state convention in New HaveI
by Mrs. Preston and the pastor, who
were delegates in attendance. Is go
Little Willie What is the differ
ence between character, and r5puta
ton, ~Pa2" Pa" Character is lux
ury, my son, while reputation is &
necessity Chicago Daily News. :
Those interested will bear in mind,
of course, the change in the hour OF
service at the Baptist church, begin.
ming next Sunday, Nov: Sd, from 2 p.
m.s to 1854 a. pm.s with Sunday school
Immediately following. <sla ,,=
'aTlie probate court for thu" district
Of Tolland and, Wilmington, Hon.
Henry Young, judge, has appointed
w. F. Squier, postmaster at East Viii.
lington, conseryator over Mrs. Mariette
Blakely. He duly qualified as tc
bonds, etc. ..,s.s.. "a ...
Mrs Frank Chism, as substitute fol
Mrs. Julia Neil, attended the state
W. G.. r. U. convention at New Brit
ain last week. She ably represented
the, local body by her report =, which
she read at the meeting at South VIII
lington ON Saturday "a. ri. ts-... 81,
DIR. Converse, while on his way to
a sick call Saturday, accompanied by
his sister in law, drove into the newly
made ditch, near g. II. Ryder''s, in
the darkness of the evening, smashing
up. his carriage considerably, but nc
one was seriously injured. - .,
II Mrs. Gardner conducted an interest.
ing service Sunday at the Congrega-
tional church, Missions in NOLAN
medan lands were considered, as per
printed programs, Mesdames Clark,
Hobby, Miss Gardener, Alfred Cowles
and w. FL. Marsh assisting Mrs. Gard
ner. Rey.rMr. Gardner was not able
to be present. ON account of an attack
of the grip. .-r.-,..'
AS Lee Burdick was driving Sun
day noon over the Hill to his home in
his two wheeler, when nearly opposite
20. T. Preston's, his, horse. stumbled,
throwing the occupant out on the road
way, breaking one rib, and, it is fear
ed, injuring him internally. S. P.
Morrison and G. B. Robbins assisted
the injured man to his home, when
DIR. Newton was summoned. The new
road had nothing to do with the &C
cident. -...
The cigar and the deadly cigarette
are growing to be more and more the
vogue. .'But amid summer gardens
or by the winter hearth, among the
men of weight and respectability, the
pipe still reigns, the sign Of the re-
fective mind; of the. deep, hard
thinker. It's place is of domestic, joys
the dispeller of gloom from tired
minds and bodies; the bond between
friends. And it, shall endure until old
maids Of both sexes rule the world. -
The Moline I'll. Dispatch of the
Goth inst. has a two-column account Of
the wedding in that city, Sunday, OF
Miss Florence Louise Gould, grand
daughter of the late. Mrs. HANNAH
Dimock Gould, and johnson Hale Of
Boston, Mass. The couple will be ''at
home" in December in wburyport,
Mass. The groom is member Of the
firm Of Blood and Hale, financiers,
Boston, Mass. Some readers will re
member the bride while on a visi
here a few, years ago. <. ~. i
We have always been inclined tt
call things by their right names, hop
ing that, good, not evil, may, follow,
an we have this to say about a new
book, "The Autobiography of {
Thief, - published by Fox, SDuffield 8
Co., New York: In our opinion the
STORY il calculated to act as prevent:
i've of crime. The warden, of stats
prison says that the, street is the, mali
school of crime, and this book teaches
parents their responsibilities. DR.
Francis Preston Peabody of Harvard
university says: cit is most i'm
pressive and deterrent teaching, anG
edited with remarkable skill" A