The Press., 1905-10-25
WELLINGTON

again in town last week.
Prominent persons are often in re-
ceipt of "crazy" letters. Such mis-
sives are invariably thrown into the
waste basket.
Ira Dimock and son Of Hartford,
with Ernest Cheeseboro of Whitman
tic, visited this locality Monday in
an automobile.
We often wonder why more flower
lovers do not SOW cosmos for late
blooming. They are nearly as attrac-
tive as chrysanThemums.
These halcyon October days afford
the farmer no excuse for slackness in
his fall jobs and work in and around
his dwelling, out-buildngs, farm, etc.
One item of expense incurred by
the state at it's hospital for the insane
at Middletown is II barrels of flour
used daily in the bakery for it's in
mates.
Mrs. Preston desires us to say that
she wishes it to be distinctly under
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spondent; that she has enough to do
on other lines.
Rev. Charles L. Snow, pastor of
the Third Baptist church, was in
Wilmington Wednesday to perform the
marriage ceremony for a former par
ishioner. Norwich Bulletin.
| Ono Of tho Dox, +roa x1ordoDs in tho
state has already met his death in the
line of duty. But this sruesome fact
ought not to deter these officers from
carrying out the statuatory obliga-
tions provided for them.
Let there be full attendance at
the educational meeting Friday even
ing. The topic, "What is a good
SCHOOL," treated by. Secretary Hine,
is an interesting one, and should be of
moment to the entire community.
The new owner of the Daleville
mill and adjacent property is Bernard
Makover of New York, president of
the Makover Wooden Go. of that city.
Bright hopes are again revived as to
business in the locality above named.
There is lot of undigested learn
ing in this world. We hear it on all
sides, but, as we have stated private
ly, oftentimes there's a big hole
through our head, caused by things
going in at one ear and out at the
other.
After withdrawing her troops from
Manchuria, Japan will owe one bill
lion, two hundred and fifty millions
of dollars, or over twenty five dollars
per capita The Mikado knew what
he was about when he signed the
treaty, fully realizing the situation
of his people.
The "Peeping Tom incident is
closed. We are assured that there
need be no further worry in this To-
cality. 1t will now be in order for
readers of this column to study up
the original "Peeping Tom 1t
will be discovered that his doings
were altogether different from those
of his modern namesakes.
Despite the darkness of the night,
the rain and other untoward circum
stances, there was a good attendance
upon the mid-week prayer meeting
led by Rev. Mr.. Gardner. The
weather was a great contrast to that
of the evening of the ladies' social in
the same room a few evenings pre-
vious, when the night was almost as
light as day.
We have sold the dead cherry tree
recently cut down on our lawn to
Hartford parties for chair timber,
revolver and gun stocks, etc. The
tree was perfectly sound, though
dead. 1t was nearly one hundred
years old, set out by the late Daniel
Glazier, Esq. 1t was some fifty feet
high, measuring from six inches to Is
inches in diameter.
The Hartford Courant states that
there will be meeting in the inter-
est of education in the Baptist church
here Friday evening at 7.30 O'Clock,
and that Secretary Charles D. Hine
of the state board of education will
speak on "What is good school. "
Mr.. Hine also writes us to the effect,
so that we give the meeting the ben
eft of this advertisement.
1t seems that the Storey Cotton
company investors about here will
receive on their Investments in that
company that went to the dogs last
March in the neighborhood of one per
cent It appears that the U. S. pos
tai department., which declares the
thing to be the largest postal fraud
ever known, has been chiefly instru-
mental in hunting down both the he
and she rascals of the defunct concern.
We are requested to state that the
supposed marauding stranger on the
Hill that Sunday night is a we'll
known party, and that he was sud-
denly stricken with illness and had
no thought of being a "Peeping
Tom AS we have already said the
episode is ended, and what is the use
of talking any more about it. If the
affrighted females are willing to drop
the subject, disinterested parties
should be.
Our leading doctors say that ty
phoid fever is infectious and COM
municable, as demonstrated by the
disease in So towns in the state, some
800 cases being reported. Of these,
there were one in Ashford, three in
Mansfield and five in Stafford Springs.
The causes of this dread disease are
in great measure unexplainable, but
the months of August, September and
October, in which the disease is most
prevalent, are almost gone, but we
ara not vet out of the woods.