The Press., 1904-06-08
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Speak we'll of the host who sum- moned you over.
 John G. Whitford has lately bought a piano of Jacob Goosen. '.There are two kinds of fools in the world; male and female
 The West Willingtons are beating everything, right and left, this season, we are told.
 We have been asked "What things grow on every bush?'' Why, lies, for instance. s....
 Mrs. Newton Darling Arnold of Providence, R. l., visited her cousin, Mrs. Pratt, last week. +s, ....-.
 Charles A. Robbins has got through at Wormword Hill and is now at work for his brother, Ben. Robbins.
 Mosquitoes are somewhat in evil dence in this locality, while the housefiy is not yet very aggressive.
 "Children's day'' will be observed with appropriate exercises at the Bap- tist church a week from Sunday after noon.
 Mrs. Ransom Packard Clark, for merly of Rockville, wife of Willie Clark, died recently in Springfield, Mass, of consumption.
 At a recent session of the Congre- gational Sunday school there were present, headed by the Wostrels, thir- teen Bohemian children.
 The topic at the Congregational church Sunday was Hearing vital factor in church service,' founded on texts in Matthew and John.
 Next week we hope to give the date of the ordination of MT. Wolfe. The annual church roll-call, we under stand, is to be on the evening of the 21st.
 Miss H. O.. Robbins is recovering from an attack of tonsilitis. Her sister, Emma, took her place at the organ in the Baptist church Sunday before last.
 A pleasant time is anticipated on the afternoon of the 14th inst, at the home of W. H. Hall, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the mar riage of MT. and Mrs. Hall.
 Frank Hanover of Willimantic, a brother of the late Urial Hanover, was recently taken to the Backus hospital, Norwich, on account of a splinter in one of his fingers.
 Augustus Miller and son, Charles, were thrown from their wagon Sun day, while on their way to Morris Marcy's, Mansfield. No bones were broken, but some bruises were sustain ed.
 The first day of June was cold one for summer. The same day in 1854 was very much the same, people in this longitude and latitude being obliged to keep fires to be comfort able.
 The ball games at R. E. Cartier s are keeping his grounds busy this season, we hear. It seems the Storrs boys got euohered by the West Will lingtOns at the recent contest there, the first defeat of these boys this sum- mer, we are told.
 James W. Burdick and wife, late of Eagleville, are living with Joseph A. Dimock and wife on the old Thom- as Knowlton-N Nelson Enc farm prepar- atory to occupying new house now being, built by E. H. Burdick on the old Thomas Rider place. At its annual session Sunday the Baptist Sunday school elected the fol- lowing officers: Superintendent. R. P. Pratt; assistant do., Mabel Clark secretary and treasurer, Alice V. Cos grove; organist, Hattie o. Robbins librarian, Alice W. Pratt.
 How sensitive folks are about their doctors Same as about their dogs, and much more so than about their ministers, for instance. And as for their lawyers, why, the devil take the hindermost. By the way. did you ever notice how lawyers love each other-about as hyenas do the human race.
 The time for our annual district school meetings comes on apace. Here, in this district, No. i, the man who ran the meeting last year has re- moved from town, and it remains to be seen what will be done this year. We understand that Miss Riley, who has made an excellent record as teach CT, cannot be hired another year.
 We were shocked to hear of the comparatively sudden death of young Harry Doyle of cerebro spinal men, ingitis in Burnside recently. We knew him when he was little fell low in Holland, when po3tmaster of that town and was watching his career with interest. We'll, he's got through, and we all must follow.
 At the Baptist church Sunday the subject was Faithful stewardship. i" The desk was ably occupied by Mrs. Sarah Wolfe, wife of the pastor-elect, and graduate of Buckingham, |" an annex of the college at Lewisburg, Penn. The couple are expected to move hither, into the Baptist parson- age, the latter part of this week. MT. Wolfe joined the local church Sunday by letter.
 We note that Gilbert O. Brown, formerly of this town, father of the late pastor here, now of Newport, Vt., has secured a free trip to the St. Louis exposition, all hotel expenses paid also, through one of the "con- tests" in one of the numerous ten cent magazines. We also note that in some of these "magazines'' the price of advertising is $6 per agate