The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-01-18

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Jennie Church and Nellie Carpen-
ter drove to Willimantic Monday. !
Antoine Wostre1 is filing his new
ice house with an article Of good
thickness and quality.
Mail Carrier Chapman was nothing
loath when he assisted us in hanging
out that flag Friday.
Speaking of "The Simple Life, -
everybody is reading it, but who can
follow it's exalted ethics?
Samuel Gardner and his daughter
of Burnside drove over last week,
both returning the next day.
Mrs. Eta Deming King, who died
recently in Willimantic, was buried
in the Deming lot in the old Cemetery.
Mrs. Chapman, wife of Mail Car
rier Chapman, fell on the ice Friday
night and hurt her shoulder quite
badly. .-..
Rev. Mr.. Wolfe, Sunday, at the
Baptist church, continued the subject
of "The prodigal son. his home
coming. ,,.:
A friend writes that the mercury
stood 20 below zero and that there
was two feet of snow in Minnesota
last week. -.
CLARK Lillibridge, formerly of this
town, is now running a prosperous
meat market on the Hill" in Spring
field, Mass.
The regular meeting of the local
W. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. l..
M. johnson on Saturday, 21st inst. +,
at 2 p. m.
Byron Houstan, tutor in the horti-
cultural department in the Connecti-
cut Agricultural college, Storms, spent
a recent Sunday with friends here.
Anthony Adams of Stafford Springs
has presented to the Baptist Ladies'
Aid society fine, large secondhand
range for their church parlor kitchen
Rumor has it that Rev. "A. Gardner
can have a foreign appointment from
President Roosevelt through his kins-
man, Morgan. Gardner Buckley, our
new U. 8. senator. '..-s.-s~~'-.-~.r e..
The mid-week prayer meeting will
be held, as usual, tomorrow evening,
not Friday evening, on account of the
Philbrook Snow entertainment at
South Wilmington Friday night.
Postmaster Hansen has. received
official notice that the r. r. D. route
is to. start ON the 18th of next month,
February. 1t is not known Mt this
writing who the carrier is to be. q.
Doubtless there will be d large at
tendance from all parts of the town
at Messrs. Philbrook and Shows IL
Illustrated. lecture at the hall, South
Wilmington, ON Friday evening, the
goth. y: ,s..-s d..
The post Office department.. Wash
ington, has recently issued a booklet,
"U.S. Postal Service-Doanestic and
Foreign,'' mail matter (which, ON
perusal. no wayfaring man though a
fool need err therein. ..-c.4 49, j.
John A. Brown of Ashford, we'll
and favorably known in these parts,
and who was so showed under ut the
Fessenden republican caucus in that
town, has been appointed q senate
doorkeeper at 5000 salary,
The grand jury of Worcester county
sat on Claude R. Taylor's case yester-
day. We have not yet heard of the
result. The Springfield Republican
of Monday says that the accused said
he had read many dime novels.
. We didn't hesitate long to hang
out cold Glory" in front Of the P.
o. building when We, heard of the
news Friday morning. 1t turns out
that the prediction we made in
this column some weeks ago proved
to be true.
: g. B. Marble, through J. Lang.
hammer, has sold his place near the
Il. r. station to q New York Bohe-
milan, and the latter is to start meat
market in the vicinity, it is said.
Comrade Marble talks of going to q
more 'congenial CLINE. ~' -
At the congregational church Sun
day Rev. Mr.. Gardner preached upon
the subject, ''The great power of per-
sonal influence. In closing his ad-
dress he touchingly alluded to the re-
cent death of Theodore Thomas, who
accomplished so much in raising the
standard Of music in the United
States. : go --:
WatermAms ReaGa, u, o. brother of
the late COL D. K. Reade, one of the
late ). T. Preston's appoirtees, re-
GENTLY died in Richmond, Va. He
was once resident of this town,
with BarVline Reade, his father. His
mother was one of the Ashford Knowl-
tons. The body was inferred in Will
limantic.
we are always glad to receive calls
from Wilmington boys whom we have
known since their infancy. Last Sun
day Louie Dimock called ON as.
When he left a business college in
Hartford he entered the office of Whit.
ney & Go. in that city. He expected
TO go to New York city Monday in
the interest of the firm.
South WillingsOn.
The Ice company have begun their
ice harvesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Denman spent
Sunday in East Hampton.
There will be q meeting Of the W.
%. 7. U. at Mrs. Legrand Johnson's
house ct 2.3o p. m. next Saturday.