The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-07-05
Mrs. Dasie Wilson Ruby has q

Charles A. Robbins spent the
Fourth with his parents.
The basket picnic, as announced
last week, was duly and quietly held.
Let all interested take heed that the
trout law went into force last Satur-
day.
Well, we had peas in June, after
all; and we presume "there are
Others.
A. S. Pierce came up from New
York Saturday afternoon to spend the
4th with his family.
The Congregational church meeting
Monday afternoon was adjourned sine
die, without further action.
"They say" we have had the siren
uous life and the simple life, and now
we have the Equitable Life
The Religious Tract society of
London, England, has recently pub
lished another tract by Mrs. Preston.
Rev. @. W. Wolfe drove to Wilt
mantle with Delegate Alice W. Pratt,
to attend the recent Sunday school
convention there.
The day was ushered in by the ring
ing of the Baptist church bell and
the firing of guns, A. S. Pierce being
the moving spirit.
The services at both churches Sun
day, Congregational and Baptist, we're
of patriotic character, in keeping
with the national birthday.
Miss Jennie Church has had over
six hundred chickens this season, not
Matched by incubators, either. Over
four hunderd are now thriving in her
extensive fowlery.
It is said ON good authority that
the Austro- Hungarian government is
encouraging it's subjects to immigrate
to this country, gather together all
the money they can and to return
home with it.
When folks refuse to give others
credit for the good they do and assign
mean motives for good actions, they
discredit themselves to such an extent
that, when they point out real errors
of thought and action, nobody believes
them.
Funny, but true {: If you are a
girl, and have unusual beauty, look
out; if you have more money or
brains than some other folks, or you
have a greater income, from whatever
source, look out, too. Folks will talk
about and be down on you.
The remains of the late Mrs. Gurley
we're inferred in the new cemetery,
not in the old. We notice, too, that
Rev. O. L. Snow assited Rev. @. w.
Wolfe in the committal service, and
we're told that the former had assisted
in the funeral services at the residence.
Few of the "old stock" native born,
are now left.
Now that Rockefeller has given
81 900, 900 to Yale and $40, 900, 600
more for general higher educational
purposes, regardless of denominational
bias (although he is dyed in the wool
Baptist), the new college yell inaug-
urated by our junior U. S. senator,
Bring on your tainted money-rah,
rah, rahl" comes in pat enough.
Seriously, kind friends, we were
taught in the law school we attended
years ago that money has no ear
marks. By the way, here is good
lesson as to inter denominat ionalism
and as to Christian comfy in general
Widow Lucius Preston and the
Misses Annie H. Tingley, Bertha
Young and Elinor J. Petrie of Wilt
mantle were at O. T. Preston's Mon
day. Miss Tingley, one of the orig
inal founders of the Windham county
home for poor children, still a d.
rector for the town of Windham, was
a niece of Arunah Tingley, who years
ago was engaged to be married to
Olive, eldest daughter of the. late
James Weston, and sister of the late
Orrin III. Weston of Worcester, Mass.
One of our most vivid youthful recol-
lections is of seeing the grief stricken
lover rush his laJhered horse up the
south road to the Hollow from his
home in Windham town, too late for
the funeral of his fiancee. Her body
was disinterred at the old burial
ground on the Hill, at his request,
that he might view the remains
south Wellington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Bond we're
visitors in town the Fourth.
ED" Conner of Holyoke spent a
part of Thursday in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas CLARK of East
Hampton are the guests of T. A. Den
man and wife.
Miss E. D. Hall attended the Sun
day school convention in Willimantic
last Wednesday as a delegate from the
local Sunday school.
The newly elected clerks in the
various school districts in town are re.
quested to send reports of the election
of school officers to Secretary w. H.
Hall of the town school board.