The Press., 1904-08-03
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communion at the Baptist church
next Sunday.
4 Mrs. Rufus Robbins is seriously i'll
with bronchial pneumonia. q
| Among other things Rev. Mr.. Pike
thanked the Lord for in his prayer
were our books and papers.
Rev. Charles Wolfe at the Baptist
church Sunday discoursed on the two
Protestant sacraments, baptism and
the Lords supper.
e. O. Richardson and wife started
on a northern tour Monday morning,
making the conference at Mortified,
Mass, their objective point.
A delegation from the Hill was in
attendance on the administration of
the ordinance of baptism in South
Wilmington, Sunday morning.
Herschel @. Young of Hartford,
through Vincent Horkey, has sold
his, the old Amos Smell farm, to
Frank Parkorney and wife Of New
York. 1!
1t is said that the inmates of GER
tain house in Hampton, who were
former residents here, have been re-
Gently fined and jailed for improper
conduct.
Merrick J. Pratt's family of Provi-
dence, Z. l., are at his father, f. W.
Pratt's. The son hopes to join his
family for week or so, if he can
leave his business.
AT the Congregational church Sun
day, Rev. Clarence Pike of Mansfield,
in exchange with the pastor, preach
ed from Heb. AIS, 16. Theme,
"Christ overcoming temptation
Are we aware that to-day we as a
nation manufacture one third of the
worlds commodities, and that our
working people receive nearly twice
as much pay as the working people of
any other nation in the world?
Lawyer Bowen of Willimantic has
brought suit against the town for
damages in favor of G. B. Robbins.
The next term of the Tolland county
superior court will open ON the first
prox.-the first Tuesday of September.
The many friends in this locality
of the widow of Rev. J. P. Hawley,
once pastor of the Stafford Springs
Congregational church, will be pain
ed to learn that she is now nearly
blind at the home of her daughter in
Monson, Mass.
A pleasant party of young friends
greeted Clayton Richardson at the
residence of his father Monday even
ing, on the occasion of the young
mans twenty first birthday. Refresh
ments we're served and a jolly time
was had. Clayton will be a voter for
the first time next fall.
It is stated that SO per cent. of the
inhabitants of India are still Bud
dhists; that nearly all of the effective
missionary work has been done among
the Koreans, a so-called inferior tribe
in that country. But quantity. not
quality, is the Bible watchword, as
we'll as that of many missionaries.
| We intimated last week that we
might have something to say in this
issue about our new Estate road, I"
now that the work is completed and
"adopted, - but it's too blamed hot
When we get to it we shall simply
mirror public opinion, pro and con,
not undertaking to make this paper
the vehicle of either personal praise
or personal spite.
By the way, the outcome of that
conservator case the other day was a
little different from that of the Will
liams- Adamek case before jury, not
long ago, for trespass damages, when
it was settled without our knowledge
or consent, the town being pretty
we'll represented on the side of the
defendant. But, all the same, our
retainer has been paid us in good
solid cash.
An illustration of the annoyance
and damage caused in this locality by
the wood Molock craze: Our best hay
got a drenching through the severe
storm of Tuesday afternoon because
the man who cut the grass could not,
for Glove nor money" procure man
to get move on to help him to get
the hay in, presumably because the
boys around here were all tired from
numbering. We have heretofore
prophesied in this column that the
time would soon come when these
same men will be glad to do little
farming for themselves and fo1
others, in other words that they
won't be really cent better off when
they get through with their lumber
ing.
south willington.
Gilbert Spicer is selling new pota.
toes of his own raising.
Mrs John R. Neil, Mrs. George
Nichols, Miss Lizzie Dimock and Miss
Edith Scott are at Block Island for q
week.
Mrs. Charles Robbins and daugh-
tiers, Rachael and Lucy, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. James
4 last week.
Mrs. R. H. Worden and son, Theo-
dore, of Willimantic have been visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. Charles
Macfarlane.
Mrs. Thomas Moriarty recently
suffered badly sprained ankle by
stepping into woodchuck hole while
picking huckleberries.
Miss Nettie Shaffer, who returned
from her visit to Derby last week,
brought with her Dorothy, daughter
of her brother, Charles, of Derby.
Bonnie e. Robbins, Wilmington Hill,
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