The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-09-20
WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON.
Charles T. Preston has joined "The
Union Veterans Union.'
Ora Walker went to work in mill
in Stafford Springs, Monday.
No, our Windham county neighbors
in the old "third" do not yet lose
heart.
Comrade House is to spend the
winter with his sister, Mrs. Samuel
Bartlett.
Marshall Field gave the officiating
clergyman at his recent marriage a
fee of $25, 900.
Samuel Gardner of Burnside took
his daughter, Miss Linda, home with
him last Wednesday.
Miss Stella Bartlett is at present a
saleswoman at Robertson's dry goods
store at Stafford Springs.
It is said that the volcanoes in the
Sandwich Islands belong to the same
family as the mountains in the moon.
The Adventists now say that the
end of the world will surely come
some time during the present genera
ton.
We did not know until quite re-
Gently that Rev. Clarence Pease, pas
tor of the M. E. church, Gurleyville,
is a cousin of ours.
Perhaps the just penalty of destroy
ing birds is an increase of destructive
insect life, more costly than all our
military expenditures.
Miss Dunning made a "neighbor-
hood" flag and placed it ON the "Pin-
nacle" before leaving with Miss Pal
mer for New York city to-day.
We hear that Mrs. Sadie Parsons
Morris, daughter of J. D. Parsons,
now of Springfield, Mass, is improv
ing at sanitarium in Rutland, Mass.
Mrs. Bramble from Ludlow, Mass.
her daughter in law, Mrs. Dwight
Bramble, and her daughter, Vina,
we're at the Baptist church last Sun
day.
Seven years ago, when Admiral
Dewey took the Philippines in tow,
there we're some 200 schools on the
islands. Now there are nearly 5000
there.
Dennison Walker has been at work
for some time for the Warren Wooden
company, Stafford Springs, while his
son, Charles, is at work in mill in
Ware, Mass.
Joseph Pobuda has sold his house,
the old Babcock- Dimock- LaDue- Ben
ton place, on the corner, to Clarence
Eldredge, trading off some personal
property in part payment therefor.
"We have a curious reversal of con-
ditiOns when the Russian mob runs
riot in order to stop the war, and the
japanese breaks out into rioting be-
cause the war has come to an end
We don't suppose that "The Union
G. A. R., but no old soldier can join
it who has not seen service at the
front and been under the enemy's
fire.
"Some japanese by their riotous
behaViors are doing much to destroy
the reputation for moderation and
loyalty to the emperor which were
supposed to be settled national char
acteristics. "
We hear that E. A. Morse has
bought the Moses L. Dimock property
adjacent, and then we hear again that
the purchase was not consumated.
Exactly how the matter stands at this
writing we are not advised.
Miss Grace Lillibridge, daughter
of CLARK Lillibridge of Springfield,
Mass, is a teacher of French in the
high school in that city, and the
Widow Fisk, formerly of this town,
is the housekeeper in the Lillibridge
family there for the present.
Marlen Knight and wife have re-
turned from weeks vacation in Bos-
ton, Pawtucket, etc., the first outing
they have enjoyed for some 20 years.
During their absence their nephew
and niece, James Wood and wife,
were on the premises as care takers.
1t looks just at present rather dark
for King, now that New London
county shows up pretty solidly for
piPNc Of SoI lon
county, of course, will have more del
egates in the convention than Wind
ham county. But, "There is des-
tiny which shapes our ends rough
hew them as we will,'' and still we
think that King will win out.
We hear good deal nowadays
about especial courses for girls at
various institutions, but we note that
there are no special courses advertised
for them in housekeeping and general
home making, which they and their
friends are eagerly looking forward to
their taking up, sooner or later.
Again we are led to say in view of
existing things, 80 tempora, o
mores -
We thought we had surely lost our
hawthorne grandfather walking
stick recently, but it was found at
last safely ensconsed under a pew
cushion in the Congregational church.
Now, when we can get hold of
heavy hickory stick left somewhere in
Stafford Springs not long ago, we
shall be content in, that line. The
cookies of our heart would be still
further warmed could we come across
pair of gold bowed lenses lost dur
ing the summer just passed.
At the Congregational church Sun
day morning the topic was "The rain
bow covenant - fonnded IN the nara.