The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-27
WILMINGTON.

A friend in deed is a quit-claim
deed.
There are some 10000 clerks
swarming the various departments in
Washington.
Arbor day and bird day is Friday,
May 6. See the governors proclama-
ton relating thereto.
"Chloe Bigelow" had an interest
ing letter from Wellington in the Will
limantic Journal last week.
Rev. A. Gardner of the Oongrega-
tional church exchanged with Rev.
Mr.. Starr of Storrs, Sunday.
Rev. GA. Paddock of Hartford will
occupy the Baptist desk next Sunday,
when he will administer communion.
A case of spotted fever in Hartford
is said to be the 14-years-o son of
Eugene Macfarlane, formerly of this
town. =...... .-a.....rs
Austin Holt Of Stafford Springs
called on old friends here Saturday,
utilizing little spare time while on
a trouting excursion.
The local Y. P. s. @. E. took on
new life Sunday evening. It was APP
pointed this time to be held in the
Congregational chapel.
George Fl. Atkins, a veteran Of the
34th Mass. Vols, and his wife of
South Amherst, Mass, visited at the
Congregational parsonage last week.
Sunday was an exceptional fine
spring day, yet we do not hear of the
necessity of snoring up the churches
and halls where divine services were
held.
In an ejectment case in Willimantic
last week the plaintiff was grandson
of the late Willard Fuller of this
town. The former now lives in Col
ton, California.
The receipts of so of the largest
post offices in the U. s. for the month
of March were $6, 458, sol, net in
crease of over ID per cent. from the
receipts of March, 1908.
Harold Gardner came to his grand
parents at the Congregational parson-
age Friday from Yale university,
where he is a senior. The student is
at present somewhat indisposed from
malaria.
Remember the ladies' social at the
Baptist conference room Friday even
ing, the proceeds to go for the bene-
fit of the Sunday school and for
framed picture of Rev. @. L. Snow to
hang in the conference room with the
other former pastors. A large at
tendance is hoped for.
Mrs. Mary Francis Davis is failing,
and she is conscious of the fact. Miss
Jessie Holt has been caring for her
for some time. It seemed almost i'm
possible to secure a nurse and helper
for Mrs. Davis for long time. When
Miss Holt stepped into the job it was
considered fortunate circumstance.
The P. M. on Saturday placed
bottle of ink on table in the waiting
room of the post Office for the accom-
mediation of the public. The next
day it was gone. She probably will
not repeat the experiment. By the
way, the post Office at present is
simply post office; no stale peanuts,
cigars or candy on sale.
We do not care to be bounced upon
as an especially cynical individual,
yet we have often thought when per-
sons in religious meetings, when sing
ing or otherwise adopting that hymn
in which occur the words, "Gladly
leaving all below" that many of the
worshipers would not give up as much
as an old shoe or a crooked pin.
The Adamick- Williams case was
finally put over again, this time till
the June term of court, for the reason,
a Hartford paper states, that one of
Williams counsel, Reed of Stafford
Springs, wanted to go west to M. E.
conference. We have it though, how
ever, that Mr.. Reed denies this state
ment, and said that the judge, Case,
| wanted the case continued.
A fire started Friday morning near
the old DR.. Jason Barrows place, now
occupied by Fred Jones, and spread
with ravenous rapidity, notwithstand
ing comparatively light wind. into
the adjoining wood lots belonging to
George Vinton of Eagleville, known
as the Williams or Alderman place,
burning the old buildings thereon,
and S. P. Morrison. For time there
was a connection on the Hill, as the
Baptist bell was rung, but late in the
evening the flames we're subdued by
means of "set- back fires, causing no
further damage of any account.
We are at loss to understand why
our name was omitted from the
honorable list of old school teachers
of district No. 2, in the sketch in last
Press. We surely taught school in
that old brick school house, Miss Julia
Bishop of Tolland, afterwards Mrs.
William Sumner, teaching the primary
department.. We both boarded at the
late Frank Johnson's in one of the
late John Fuller houses, before or
afterwards occupied by DR.. @. B.
Newton. It was said we kept good
school; know the committee sought to
| hire us again; we were not turned
down" in any way; our record was
clean one there, and its queer, to say
the least, that our name is eliminated
from that list. A word of reminis-
ence in passing: Simeon Newton was
then cashier of the bank. The Rev.
Hiram Day was then his pastor, and we
remember well his firing OF gun in
his back yard he was something Of a
SPORTSMAN which frightened the
cashier, whose back yard was adjacent,
which act was the thin edge of the
wedge that caused the dominie's dis
missal. We attended at that time
many socials, given by the Congrega-