The Press., 1905-02-01
WILMINGTON.

port. -
Communion at the Baptist ohurc
next Sunday.
John Chandler skips over the snov
drifts these days with snow shoes.
Mrs. Gardner has returned fror
her visit in Manchester. Hartford
Springfield, Mass, etc.
What is q magazine these days
A small body Of literature entirel.
surrounded by advertisements.
The topic at the Congregations
church Sunday was "Name writer
in Heaven" founded on Luke 10: 20
Sunday Rev. g. W. Wolfe preache'
from Luke 10: 1923. Theme, eth
quest Of the sick young man for sal
walton. - e--s..
The Atlantic Monthly says that tn,
two best newspapers in the United
States are the N. Y. Sum and tn,
Springfield Republican.
"We are all pilots Of the most in
tricate Bahama channels. Beauty
may be the sky overhead, but duty
is the water underneath.
So, it seems, that John Brown Of
Coventry is our new Holland county
commissioner. The late SolyrQa1
Taylor used to be his guardian.
Herman Gross, who owns and oc
cupies the old Leonard Holt place,
near the Hollow, " is quite ILL., Hill
daughter, Rose, is caring for him.
Many folks do not recall that since
1897. there have been NO "three days
of grace" ON notes. Miscarriage Of
mails, however, is always an excuse
in the premises. IT,.
Our neighbor church, Westford
Congregational, is now without q
pastor, Rev. Henry A. Ryder having
accepted call to the church in Har.
witch, Mass on the cape, some 80
miles southeast of Boston.
The "Flinch club will. held its
first meeting with Mabel e. CLARK on
Friday evening, Sd inst, at 7.3O
O'Clock. It is intended that the club
hereafter shall meet as then at the
homes of the different members.
Much complaint is heard of the
impassability of the roads, even yet.
But the new F. r. ID. carrier will
have the roads cleared for him, &C.
cording to the terms of the petition
signed, the signers obligating them
selves to help remove all obstacles,
including snow.
Gone who starts out at 20 to think
for himself and pursues trHfh4is like
ly to discover at 20 that one-third of
his life was given to error, another
third to exchanging it for other er.
ror, and the last third to unsay the
errors and undo the mistakes of the
other two thirds. -
A blizzard struck this locality
Tuesday night and continued with
increased fury the succeeding day and
night. There we're no mails Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday last, the
roads being impossible. No teaming
of any account was done, and the be-
low zero weather kept nearly every
body in doors.
We meant to have printed last
week, in addition to what was said
about dividing the county, the follow
ing: The copy got misplaced: Mans
field, CuFNDtry, Columbia. and greas-
err part Of this town already go to
Willimantic to- trade, etc., and geo.
graphically are nearer that city than
Rockville-which city is practically
the present county seat. We have
heard prominent citizens of stafford
say they had rather Ego to court, 2"
ETC., to Willimantic, and certainly it
would be handler for Union. We
have already lost our senatorial dis
trict, the county being already pretty
we'll emasculated.
The following is the route. of the
rural free delivery, as per instructions
sent to Il. M. Hansen, Jr. postmaster
at West Wilmington post oARce:a Com
mencing at the post office, West Will
lilgton, the carrier wilt go thence
southeast to Massinda oOrnsr, l. 1
miles; northeast to Glass Factory,
Z; southeast, via. Wellington, to
Daleville, 3.2;n east and northeast to
Roswell corner, Ill; northwest to East
Willington,s 1.6; north, via. Moose
Meadow, to cemetery, AS; northwest
to church corner and retrace, Ia;
southeast and east to Pulsifer corner,
!. s.. south, southeast and south to
White corner, AZ; west, southwest,
southeast and southwest to-, Smith
corner, 2. 3; westerly, via. East Will
lington andeWillington, to post Office,
5. 4; total length of route, 90 miles.
The following clipping from q re-
cent issue of New York city news
paper will interest the old acquaint.
ances of G. G. Dave, who used to
live among u.s.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller will pass
cakes and tea at q reception to the
members of her sons Bible class at
her home next Sunday evening. Mr..
Rockefeller has promised tosassist in
the entertainment. Mrs. F. Parmlee
Prentice, sister of the absent class
leader, will assist her mother. George
6. DAVE, an old member of. the Rock.
efeller Bible class, took Mr.. Rookie.
feller's place as leader yesterday, and
spoke on. the subject of "suocess. >"
He was, introduced by DR.. e. M.
Foote, vice-president of the class, as
Zone who used to be with us fire.
quently. but of late years has been
away aud attained a name in the
world"
Apropos of progress along some
lines, we hope. Years ago q. N.
Merriok was the congregational store.