The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-10-18
WILMINGTON.

his own.
Selfishness, especially cussed self
ishness, is the root of all evil.
The two oldest little sons of Frank
Joslin have recently besn badly pois-
oned with ivy.
You can't get everything into The
Press any more than you can into any
other newspaper.
Oscar Himmeler accompanied Hans
M. Hansen, Jr., to New York city
last week Wednesday night.
Mrs. Rose Dixon, in company with
Comrade Ray, boarder of hers, of
Webster, Mass. we're in town We'd
nesday of last week.
Rev. Charles W. Wolfe left Monday
morning for the Baptist state con-
vention, holding it's meetings during
the week at Meriden.
Miss Gardner returned on Satur-
day from her visits in Hartford and
vicinity. Her mother met her in
Willimantic and returned with her.
The local W. @. 7. U. will meet
in the Baptist conference room next
Saturday, the Dist inst, 2 80 p. M.
A large neighborhood attendance is
requested.
Charles Nichols and wife have been
visiting friends in Oxford and vicin-
ity. His recovery from that shocking
steam saw mill accident was indeed
remarkable.
The children of E. A. Morse and
wife, Edna Sullivan of Stafford, Mrs.
Alice Sullivan of Boston and Robert
Morse and wife of New Canaan, were
recent visitors.
DR.. w. E. Holt of Newark, N. j.,
has been visiting his father, L. W.
Holt, who has suffered recently from
a recurrence of his distressing NAL
ady, the asthma.
The crop of buckwheat throughout
the country is abnormally large this
year, the total product being some
fifteen million bushels. Now for
buckwheat cakes
Deacon Eli D. Hayes of Longmead-
ow, Mass, former highly respected
resident, on whom we called last
week, desires to be remembered to all
his former friends here.
A series of cottage prayer meeting
has been begun in former pastor g.
L. Shows house in Greenville. These
are reported to be largely
interesting and uplifting.
When J. Osborne and wife of Rock
Vile were over here the other day
they bought the Joshua Preston-Lu-
cius Preston-J. B. Whitford- Isaac Har-
Sessions-L. D. Ide place at
the Hollow, and have moved thither
1t will be remembered by some per-
sons that Herbert T. Clark of Wilt
mantle, with party of tourists, re-
Gently called on friends here with his
That machine is now
in Hartford, having lately been sold
to parties there.
In our item of last week concerning
the late Capt. Elisha Wright, proba-
bly, the copy represented that Austin
Holt of Stafford Springs was a brother
of the deceased. 1t should be made
to appear that the last named is a
brother of l.. W. Holt.
1Ehoy say that President Roosevelt
ca1 do anything, now that the Ports
mouth peace congress has performed
it's mission and peace prevails through
out the world. Why can't he call
whose work shall be to unite
a divided Ohristendom
An identified "PeepiDg Tom, - or
of the sort, was in evidence
Sunday night. Let him choose other
quarters next time. AS it was, he
narrowly escaped a charge of cold
lead. We supposed the Hill, at least,
to be free from such marauders.
A New York paper states in it's COL
umn f Newport, R. l., news that
Grace Ryder, eldest daughter of John
G. Ryder, was recently married in
that city at st. Joseph's rectory to
Joe" Farley, an actor of the Clara
Turner company, now playing in that
city.
Why don't more of our boys learn
trades? There is a great demand for
skilled labor. There are lawyers,
doctors and ministers galore in this
country, struggling along on from
two hundred dollars to six hundred
dollars per year, while the trades
afford ample remuneration.
We have just received a very inter
esting letter from our old school
teacher, Mrs. Abigail H. Eldredge
Durham, of Greeley, Colorado. Her
description of the sugar beet and po-
tato starch industries in her locality
is both instructive and entertaining.
If she lives until next February she
will be in her ninetieth year.
There was musicale at Rev. Mr..
GARDENERS home last Wednesday even
ing. The music was of high order,
in by Mrs. E. A. Rad
ford, Mrs. Wolfe, Miss Katharine F.
McHugh and Willie Hill of England.
The violin playing by Mr.. Hill was
truly marvellous. He and his aunt,
Mrs. Radford, are now in Middle
town with relatives. They expect to
go to visit relatives in Virginia soon.
The ladies' social at the Baptist
church parlor passed off pleasantly.
There was good attendance and the
proceeds were satisfactory. The fea-
ture of the evening was the playing
on the new piano by Miss Katharine
F. McHugh, and singing by nearly
all present. The harvest supper was
pronounced delicious by all who par