The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-03-31
WELLINGTON.
A constant feast is never relished

"a coHsGanG IeasG is never roI1Sned.
Those verses in recent Press, in.
spired by our farewell to last Febru.
airy, were pretty cute.
Rev. A. Gardner at the Congrega.
tional church Sunday preached from
Ps. 1O7:4-5. Topic, "Love to the
church,
Widow George r. Snow died in
Willimantic last Saturday, and was
buried in the old cemetery by the
side of her husband Tuesday. Furth-
or particulars next week, if possible.
Rev. B. M. Osgood, who recently
occupied the Baptist pulpit for some
three Sundays, has recently received
and accepted a call from the First
Baptist church, Hornellsville, N. Y.
George Bracket of Hartford was on
the Hill Sunday. He says that Mr..
Mcdonald, in whose office in the
capitol he is employed, will be out
here to inspect the new state road in
about two weeks.
The home of George A. Cosgrove is
now known as "Cozycroft Farm, /"
where the proprietor exploits his poul-
try business, and from whence are
shipped his hen fruit and broilers to
the various markets.
Herbert P. Bancroft, only child of
the late Rev. David Bancroft and q
native of this town, is now living in
Bellows Falls, Vt. He has a son
in the senior class of the University
of Vermont, Burlington.
We notice that Miss Leila M.
Church of Rockville, who often visits
her sister, Jennie, here, has written
a story for a Maine paper, and that
in it she acknowledges the receipt OF
a check in payment therefor.
Dwight B. Gardner has resumed
his trips on the road in the bell bust.
ness. May good luck attend the steps
of this genial and popular salesman.
He left his mother here little better
since her recent attack of illness.
Leverett Merrick of Bristol was re.
ported as being sick with the grip 6
short time ago, but the papers have
been silent regarding his condition
His mother, Mrs. Burnham Merrick,
is still living, making her home with
him.
Did our frogs get frozen up the
past winter, that they are SO dilatory
in their usual spring singing? The
woods are full of dead birds, it il
said, and perhaps the amphibioui
pipers have suffered too the past
cold season.
There are various rumors of inn
pending real estate changes and sales
in the vicinity. Many of them are
moonshine, with a little shadiness
now and then. But, doubtless, there
will be more new corners here before
the first of May.
A plan was in progress to have an
Easter Sunday school concert, as u.s.
ual, at the Baptist church, but it has
been deemed wiser to have the regu-
lar preaching service, so, it is expect
ed, that Mr.. Wolf will occupy the
pulpit. There will be special music.
however, on that day.
We did not mean to coin the word
deterious'' in item last week about
folks not being to blame for their rel
atives going astray. Our copy said
deleterious. Also please read Sam.
Portray instead of Sam. "Prouty, ~
and in the Congregational church sta.
tistics item the copy should have said
after Including 1907, 291" for church
building, etc.
The many friends and acquaint.
ances of the Hon. E. @. Dennis this
way we're grieved to learn of his
death last Saturday. Numbers in this
locality would have attended the fu.
neral Monday had it not been for the
bad condition of the roads; and the
hour of the funeral was such that the
railroad communication was not con
venient at all.
At the Baptist church Sunday Mr.
Wolfe preached from John 3:16
Subject, Foreign missions. At the
close of the service the church mem
bers present unanimously voted tt
give him a CALL It is understood
that the young candidate will accept
and that his ordination will occur il
the church sometime in June, afte,
his graduation from the seminary.
"Well," said Neighbor Wishwell
coming in for his mail, 81 see they'v,
selected the hall, South Wilmington
as the meeting place for the next re
publican caucus. Its a kind of
meaningful innovation to be sure, bu
under all the circumstances, the tow
: hall being occupied by the Italian
road gang, and the caucus being onl,
to choose delegates to attend the stat,
convention in Hartford, which bod,
in turn is to choose delegates for tn
national presidential convention, an,
the entire party in the state bein,
fierce for Roosevelt there can be n,
possible contest anywhere along tn
line, SO I can't see where any growl
ing can possibly edge in. We're tow
officers to be chosen at such pro
posed caucus the lay of the land Nigh
be little diagonal. No, personally
and l presume voice the sentimen
of others, J. don't care whether tn
Hill, West Wilmington, East Willing
ton, Moose Meadow, Village Hill
Roaring Brook, Tinkerville, Dalevill,
or South Wellington is selected fo
the camping ground. It has been no
ticeable for long time that tn,
voters all over town do not as rul,
turn out to caucuses in general; the,