The Press., 1905-08-30
WELLINGTON,

the sun early this morning? -.
Miss Marsh has returned from he.
visit at Rest cottage to her home
in New Jersey.
Did you wrench yourself from the
arms of morpheus early enough this
morning to witness the partial eclipse
of the sun?
W. F. Carroll is living in the new
house recently built by E. H. Burdick,
on the old Thomas Rider place, while
building his new house at South Will.
lington.
Mrs. J. Osborne, now of Rockville,
with local friend, recently looked
over the old Bowers place, near the
Hill, with view of purchasing and
returning to town. .
Who from the third? P" Why,
Hon. W. A. King of Willimantio, to
be sure: Although nearly blind, we
fancy that we can see the common
sense, inevitable outcome.
"The plain, middle class people
have been the prop and stay of Amer
lean life, and must continue to be if
we remain republic" Here is an
example of Quantity" versus equal
ity."
"The Baptist worlds congress in
London closed in Royal Albert hall
with 5000 in the audience and q
chorus of 500 ON the platforms no.
BILE gathering of the defenders of re-
ligious liberty
Samuel Portray has bought the late
Rufus Robbins place, also the ada
cent dwelling, formerly owned by the
late Leonard Roswell. The new own
er expects to remove to the premises
about Dec. 1st.
Calvin, after having relentlessly
foretold the doom of non-elect in
fants, added, GA horrible thing to
say. L confess" All honor to the
men who tell the truth, however
much it goes against the grain.
1t is expected that member of a
Bible society of Norwich, who belongs
to the Second church there, will oc-
c1py the Baptist pulpit next Sunday
presenting the claims of
that society. There will be special
music.
Miss Grace Knox, a member of the
local Baptist church, sang at the fu-
neral of Mrs. Colt, in the Church of
the Good Shepherd, in Hartford, last
Friday. Miss Knox is at present a
of the quartet choir of that
Mrs. Radford sang at a recital in
the Congregational parsonage Tuesday
evening, Miss Marsh of New Jersey
her on the piano. The
former began singing in public when
a little girl in England, standing on
a hassock in the church.
Rev. M. J. Twomey, we'll and fav-
orably known by many in this COM
munity, meeting him at associational
gatherings. etc., in the Baptist church
here, now pastor: at Danielson, has
recently received a call from the First
church in Portland, Maine.
Resent the law as we may, it is
none the less true that remuneration
brings. with it a. mysterious initia-
tion, a. finer insight. Its discipline
would seem to refine and temper our
organs of spiritual perception, and
thus make up for the commoner ex.
perience lost by a rarer experience
gained. .-.~.-~.. .,..... .~.,
Some years ago we were taken to
task by certain reader of The Press
for using a paragraph Or motto from
his farm paper. Evidently he did
not notice the quotation marks we
used in The Press, or if he did, he
did. not know the significance of
them, but the objector is dead and
gone, and may he rest in peace!
Between $4,000 and $4,000 are an
nnally paid. as a part of the taxes of
Holyoke, Mass. ,, by natives of Will
hngton. They are John Merrick, An
drew Dawley, Isaac Still, Olaudius
Rider, the Merrick Lumber company
and the heirs of the late Timothy
Merrick. Through his loyalty to old
friends and old localities these men
have been enabled to feather their
nests pretty we'll. The late Timothy
Merrick believed in passing a good
thing around. Herein lies a good
object lesson.
Herbert T. CLARK and wife, Mrs.
Clara McFarlane CLARK, and Mrs. Kit
tie CLARK Rue of Willimantic called
at Mrs. A. S.. Pierce's and Q. T. Pres
TOMS with his automobile, - new
Pope, gasoline, Wednesday afternoon
last. They took in Mrs. Preston and
went to visit the birthplace and liv-
ing place in town of Mr. Clark's late
father, David Fl. CLARK. They also
visited the old cemetery. wherein are
buried their ancestors. Subsequently
Mrs. Pierce and her children took
their first automobile ride. All the
parties are loud in their praises of
the machine.
The topic at the Congregational
church was Chow religion ruins"
Text, Is. 49,: 20. At the Baptist
church in the afternoon the theme
was ga study of the character of
John," or "James and John, the sons
of thunder. - Text, John 1: 81, SO,
80. Mrs. Radford of Virginia, sister
of Fred Draper, with Mrs. Coleman
of New York as accompanist, sang
two solos to the great delight and ed
ification of the audience. In the con-
we're Mrs. Ida Clarke Daw-
kins Of Dorchester, Mass, and CLARK
Lillibridge Of Springfield, Mass. ;.
former residents.