The Press., 1904-07-27
WILMINGTON.
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See advertisement, second HAND
blinds wanted.
Next week, perhaps. we shall have
something to say about the new state
road.
Rev. E. B. Moore and wife started
ON their drive home, across country
Monday.
There will be baptisms at the lake.
let, South Wellington, ON Sunday,
3lst, at 9.45 a. M, preceding the
morning service.
If the woman of to-day thinks that
her ridiculously deformed pouched
waist is fascinating to the men she
is greatly mistaken, we hear.
Rev. A. Gardner of the Congrega
tional church and Rev. Clarence Pike
of Mansfield Center will exchange
pulpits next Sunday, with no weather
restrictions.
Harry Morse went to Boston Satur-
day to visit his sister, Alice, return
ing to New Canaan the following
Monday, there resuming his perma-
nent position.
We had sweet corn from our cup
per garden for our table Sunday,
which, we will take the liberty OF
rising and saying, is not bad for such
season as this.
The West Willingtons were at il
again Saturday, beating the visitors
all hollow, but the crowd at the
grounds was not as large as was OK.
pected, we hear. .. "a.
G. B. Robbins is about to bring
sui. for damages, caused by the new
state road in front of his premises
We hear that he cannot get satisfac.
tion in any other way.
The recent rumor that the Story
Cotton Go. of Philadelphia, Pa, hai
gone up" affecting adversely par
ties in this vicinity, we hear pretty
straight" was false one.
L. W. Holt and wife expect t.
start Saturday or Monday for Cottage
City, Mass, where they will tax.
another vacation with their son ant
his family and Mrs. Hollis sister.
The topic at the Baptist churcl
Sunday afternoon was 'The benefits
of the church to the individual maj
or woman Three candidates were
recommended for baptism next Sun
day.
An interesting scire facias case was
tried in Willimantic recently, il
which Chauncey Macfarlane, former
ly of this town, was a party. The
evidence showed little "sharp prac.
tice'' by some of the parties.
Mrs. A. S. Pierce entertained last
Saturday evening party of relatives,
friends and neighbors in honor of he1
husband, who has been for many
years an electrician in New York,
and who was at home over Sunday.
Music enlivened the occasion and
"Pit" was played.
A recent decision of the supreme
court changes somewhat the law in
regard to Sunday contracts, making
it little more difficult to plead the
statute. But we still maintain it is
best not to make Sunday contracts of
any kind. Press readers may take
note of this comment if they so DESIRE
: At the Endeavor meeting at the
Congregational chapel on Sunday
evening Rev. and Mrs. Wolfe were
voted in as members, and Miss Lizzie
Whitford as an associate member.
Mrs. Wolfe was chosen as permanent
president, and rising vote of thanks
given Miss Gardner for standing in
the breach two weeks.
Col. Charles L. Dean, mayor of
Maiden, Mass, called on friends here
ON his way from Westford to his
home, via. Willimantic. His honor
seems to have lost little vitality by
reason of his recent serious accident.
He, with his friend, Chapman, the
mail carrier, had an interesting coun-
try side drive.
The recitation at the social last
Friday evening, "Mr. Middlemarch' e
Bee Sting Cure for Rheumatism, by
Mrs. Wolfe, "took down the house. -
There is real humor in the we'll rem.
dered story. Miss Alice Cosgrove's
recitation was very good, too; and il
little Alice Ward improves with age
there's no knowing what she may at
tain to.
We have tried hard to have a tele
phone on the Hill, although there are
or now in town. We recently SEM
out 81 letters inviting cooperation,
in forming club, but only four per
SONS responded, and they not favor
ably, so, we guess we shall have tc
give the enterprise up again. Yet
hardly a day passes without the
familiar saying by some one, "Yor
ought to have a telephone on the
HILL" v
Recent mistakes in this column
Please read water for ''matter, - fol-
matter doesn't always find it's level,
but water does; Daniel for "David, y
for they are altogether different chaps.
We don't care rap for these typo.
graphical errors, but we are often
called to task on account of them by
persons who do not seem to take in
the situation. Even the N. Y. Tri-
bune would have such mistakes, were
the author not around to read his
proof. ..... .......
1t was a rainy evening, that of last
Friday, but there was goodly at
tendance on the Baptist ladies' social.
The ice cream, cake, etc., were ex-
cellent, and the company was divert
ed nv OamaS muaio Sinuinu and roci :