The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-10-05
WILMINGTON.

Now for the fart May the wealth
or be propitious.
Julius Reed has nearly recovered
from his recent attack of illness.
Willie Waldo of Hartford paid
flying visit to friends here last week.
Mrs. Charles H. Brown of Newport,
VT, and friends from New Haven are
at "Cozy Cliff.
We hope we shall not feel obliged
to us any more Notes. in our mince-
meat for some time to come.
Wayne Morse and wife of Wyoming
are at e. N. Morse's for months
visit. They took in the exposition
at St. Louis.
The wife of Joseph Langhammer,
now under the care of a physician.
draws from two New York benefit So
cities. in weekly payments.
Winfred Slater cut himself in the
face with his axe while working In
the woods Saturday. He was taken
to the office of DR.. @. B. Newton,
where the wound was attended to.
We have taken delight this season
in passing around among the neigh
bors' sweet corn in June and also in
and succulent in both
they, those neighbors, say.
Mrs. Hibbard Parker of Andover,
nee Edna Mason, with her husband,
has been taking prizes galore at the
agricultural fairs this
potatoes, paintings,
etc.
Frank johnson of Providence, RI,
writes to Mrs. George E. Robbins
that he attended the St. Louis exposi-
ton, and on his trip called on the two
of the late Harriet Walker
Morrison in Aurora, Ill.
The ladies' social at the Congrega-
tional church Tuesday night was a
large one, and a success in every way.
By the way, were all sorts of Chris
tians to'enthuse so effectively spirit
ually as we'll as socially, legitimate
church fruit would, we dare say, be
apparent.
Joseph A. Dimock has moved to the
old David White place, now owned by
White, Westford, while his
tenant at the Nelson Emo place, James
Burdick, has moved into the new
house on the old Thomas Rider place,
now owned by E. HI. Burdick. Thus
the old Thomas Knowlton- Nelson
Emo Jesse L. Emo place is agaf va
can't.
Miss A. V. Cosgrove led the Y. P.
s. @. E. meeting Sunday evening. It
was voted at the business meeting,
the president, Mrs. Wolfe, in the
chair, that Miss Cosgrove be the dele
gate to the state convention in Hart
ford, at the Park church, on Friday
and Saturday of this week and on the
Sunday following, and that the So
ciety pay her expenses. The report
of the committee, nominating those
who are to serve on the various COM
mittees during the year, was adopted.
Our attention has been called to a
structure or something we said in The
Press recently. Our eyesight is so
poor we must be excused from reading
the Bible, SO piously exhorted to do,
or any other good book. Meantime
we shall continue to tell the truth in
this column whether it hurts or not.
And whether or no it's best to give
the truth at all times is an old, old
question. Moreover, we suspect that
the communication got into the paper
somewhat surreptitiously. We rarely
notice such things, but in this case
the deeply aggrieved one, we make
an exception. s.... ...-
1t has been learned recently from
Washington that the prospect for the
establishment of free rural delivery
is poor in this vicinity -leastwise no
such route is possible until spring,
and the local P. M. has been urgent
ly requested to withdraw the resigna-
ton mentioned in a late issue of The
Press. It is said also that the petit
ton for that project sent in is faulty,
etc. In this connection it may be
proper to say that Mail Carrier Chap
man has sent in a bid for carrying
the mails on the old route from July
1st, 1905 until June Both, 1909.
The p. NJ. has taken under advise
ment the withdrawal of the resigna-
ton. The authorities now say: First,
the petition to the department was
not gotten up properly; and second,
that the route now is practically a
free rural delivery one. The petition
was signed, we hear, under some mis-
apprehension in many instances. But
no one can now say that the local P.
NJ. blocked the projecte in any way,
and who told that official of the cir
culation of the petition, in a quiet,
private way, is as much mystery as
ever.
A goodly delegation went from
here to attend the SOth meeting of
the Ashford Baptist association in
Warrenville last Tuesday morning.
The exercises from start to finish
were both interesting and helpful.
Pastor Chappell and his corps of
assistants did all they could do to
make the occasion pleasant to the
large crowd of visitors. The annual
sermon by Rev. G. w. Sheppard,
topic 'The Bible,' was truly a mas
terpiece and was heartily praised on
all sides, while the women's mission
airy meeting in the afternoon, presid-
ed over by Mrs. Annie A. Preston,
the associational director, was indeed
inspiring. chiefly, on account of the
touching address by, Miss Matilda