The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-01-21
WILMINGTON.

wilmington, Jan. 21st, 1904.
CARD OF THANKs.-We desire to than
all those who were kind to us during tn
Illness and at the funeral Of our lat
father. JAMES B. TAYLOR.
EvELINE Nj. TAYLOR
A girl may look upon a ring.
Ralph Snow of Willimantic was Of
his rounds in town Monday.
@! 7. Preston's broken thumb an,
the wound thereon are doing we'll.
Text at the Congregational churcl
Sunday was Gen. H.. Theme, eth
singular man''-Noah.
The board of relief will meet Mon
day. Feb. LIST, according to the new
law, in the town hall.
:. -. Details of the wedding of Hans M
Hansen, Jr., and Rhoda e. Lyon yes
terday may be given next week.
The state road force of men left the
work Saturday on account of the cold
weather, to resume March list.
There are comforting reports as te
some of the local peach orchards-not
SO bad results from the freeze as was
at first feared.
Rev. Clarence Tuller,a supply here
gone years ago, is now a worker in q
branch of the fremont Temple, Boston,
Sunday school and mission.
Sunday before last Frank Chism and
wife Joined the Cong'l church by
letter, while Charles Thresher and
wife and the elder Mrs. Hobby took
letters Of withdrawal.
Rev. RIO. Sherwood, who supplied
the pulpit here some years ago, pre-
ceding the settlement of Rev. Mr..
Terry, is now pastor of the First
church, Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. Mary Marsh, formerly of this
town, is now living at the Church
Home, Baltimore, Md She is in her
S5th year, and is as we'll and happy
as could be expected.
1t is feared that this years peach
crop hereabouts, and in the state gen
orally, was ruined by the late hard
freeze. In some localities the trees
themselves we're killed.
1t was cold, too, Sunday night and
Monday night, when the thermometer
in some localities stood % below zero.
1t was thought Monday night and
Tuesday morning beat the record for
frigidity.
Mention was made last week of the
recovery of Dea. Eli D. Hayes from q
bronchial attack. He writes later OF
an enjoyable autumnal trip to scenes
of his birthplace and early life in New
Haven county. 49,. ...~.
Some will remember a visitor here
in recent years, Miss Elsie Traver, of
Worcester, Mass. She was married
yesterday to Wilbur D. Palmer of Bos-
ton. Their home will be in Lexing:
ton, Mass. The bride is a grand
daughter of William Allen, the veter-
an boiler maker of that city.
Rev, b. M. Osgood of Cambridge,
Mass. preached very acceptably in
the Baptist church Sunday. Text,
lisa. 81: II, 10. Theme, foundations
of Christian character. - He will
probably occupy the pulpit for the
present at least, and although he did
not come here Sunday as candidate
exactly, yet, presumably. he is one.
Another of the old stock passed
away on the morning of the 18th
inst, in the person of Newman Sum-
ner Marcy. This good man and high
ly respected lifelong citizen was born
Aug. 10, 1918, at the paternal home,
where many years of his life were
passed, Jesse Emo and family being
the present owners and occupants. or
in later years known as the Philo
Wright place). The deceased was
the youngest son of Jedediah Marcy
and Mary Brett Marcy, whose four
children we're Louisa, May, John,
Newman-issue of the second mar
riage. Mr.. Marcy early in life mar
ried Sarah Ann Lyon, born Oct. %,
1877, in Eastford, whom he survived
ten years, and who was near rela-
tive of the late Gen. Nathaniel Lyon
and sister of the late wife of Rev
Samuel Dunton Merrick, now living
in Addison, N. Y. Mr. Marcy leaves
three daughters, Louisa, wife eof Al
bert ,Watrous, Eveline, wife of James
B. Taylor, and Sarah, wife of Henry
Fisher of Ashford, the eldest daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Snow, dying about
five years ago. Two. :sohs, Samuel
and George, died in infancy. He is
also survived by ten grandchildren
and five great-grandehildren. He
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Taylor, where of late years he
had received good care and attend
ance. The premonition Of his dis
ease was a paralytic shock received a
few weeks ago, from which time he
gradually failed until the end came
peacefully and painlessly. The fu-
neral was held Wednesday afternoon
at the Baptist church, of which he
had been member for over 70 years,
Rev. G. L. Chamberlain of North
Ashford officiating, preliminary SER
vices having been held at the house.
The hymns sung by the church choir,
of which Mr.. Marcy was member
for many years, were "Must Jesus
Bear the Gross Alone and Nearer
My God to Thee The interment
was in the family lot in the new GEM
etery. The bearers we're George Snow,
Albert Watrous, j. B. Taylor, Otis
Russ, Charles p. Williams, Henry
Barlow, F. w. Pratt.
.:.. South Wellington. ~
Mrs. E. J. Holman is at the home
of her son in Manchester.