The Press., 1905-11-08
William McHugh of South Nor.

The Misses Cosgrove and McHugh drove to Stafford Springs Saturday.
 Mrs. Celinda Waldo of Hartford is still with h CT sister, Mrs. Carpenter
 The condition of Mrs. Studley re- mains about the same at this writing.
 The dance at Hillside Friday night drew parties thither from this vicin- ity.
 James Carpenter is at work as a section hand on the Central Vermont railroad.
 Miss Leila Church of Rockville is visiting her sister, Miss Jennie Church.
 Charles A. Robbins of Middletown was in attendance at his fathers funeral Monday.
 Miss Lizzie Whitford was in town last week, stopping with her uncle, J. J. Himmeler.
 Please bear in mind the Congrega- tional ladies social, in the chapel of | oAAOAA OANAOAAO OAA4S ONOAAhSs
 Charles Nichols and the estate of the late Samuel Nichols have each quit-claimed to the other.
 Charlie Bidwell, having left his uncle, Alonzo Roswell, has been at work for Armitage & Amidon.
 It will pay you to read "How to know the fallacies, " in the November number of the Atlantic Monthly. I
 Master Robbins of Stafford Springs took the place of Waterman of the fish market on the route hither Tues day.
 . The men will serve an oyster supper in the chapel of the Baptist church, Willington Hill, op Tuesday evening, rain or shine:
 If an elephant could jump as far in proportion to his weight as flea, there would be DO holding him on this planet.''
 A small boy in one of our schools, on being asked by his teacher to name some wild animals, replied, "Ele. phants, rhinoceroses, sharks and hypo- crites,'
 We have some material now in hand for the genealogies of the Ruby, Glazier, Ryder and Preston families, which will appear in this column in due time. 1 Mrs. J. aF. Whitford is reported to be much better in her new home in Cromwell. She has discarded the use of all medicines, relying on faith and will for the cure of her nervous troubles.
 Mrs: Baldwin, the grandmother, was recently wired that heF daqg hter, Mrs. Angie Yonge, now of Harwinton, formerly Mrs. G. G. Dave of this town, is rejoicing ill the recent birth of little daughter.
 A breezy young lawyer once accost- ed an old minister with the remark, T think I shall give up the law and go to preaching; what text would | yo9 advise ne to use in my first at- tempt?" By this time he stink eth," gravely replied the sedate old divine.
 Will some one please rise and tell | us the meaning of the word Douma, ''1 which the editors are flippantly using nowadays, with reference to the pro- posed new Russian legislative body Our Century Dictionary has been la- boriously consulted, and the word cannot be found therein.
 Among letters recently received concerning the recent death of MT. Parsons, we selected from the pen of Maj. Edward v. Preston, Hartford, another reader of Fhe Press: "I read last nj ght of the death of James Duane Parsons, Duane, as we used to call him, and have done good deal of meditating in the last twenty four to. forty eight hours, recalling boy. hood days in Wilmington Hollow, when brother Burt, Duane, Erza Morse, Henry and "Cy" Sparks and the writer were all boys together, sorry enough that perhaps the Modest Ro- man of them all,' Duane, had gone to the farther shore. He was a fine character from start to finish, a we'll balanced man, doing justice and lov- ing mercy all his days''
 Not wholly unexpected was the death of George E. Robbins, whose illness has been herein before men, tioned, which occurred Saturday morn- ing, 4th inst, his demise resulting from series of paralytic shocks, in- duced, in all probability, by the ex- citemept attendant upon the laying out of the new state road in front of his premises, resulting in the removal of the old barn, etc. He was born in Thompson Nov. 23d, 1922, remov- | ing hither with his father, the late Ephraim Robbins, and his mother, Lucy Whitman Robbins, years ago, ( spending his life in farming. In his . 'arly married life he joined the Con- church, being a member r 'f that body at the time of his death. | He is survived by his widow, former 1 y Miss Caroline Rider, only daughter C If the late Thomas Rider, four chil- lren. Charles, Emma, Harriet and Benjamin, and two grandchildren. r daughters of the said Charles. The oo uneral was attended the following - donday at his late home, formerly wned and occupied by the late Dan- t el Glazier, Revs. A. Gardner and c. a V. Wolfe officiating. His remains o were inferred in the family lot in the Id cemetery. Thus has passed away D mother old-time resident who will r e missed by his relatives and friends. .