The Press., 1905-02-22
WELLINGTON.

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| Nearly all the grip victims are inn.
proving.
| We're you ever troubled with colly-
wobbles?
We hear that Widow Baker Studley
is quite i'll.
Harry Morse drove D.. B. Gardner
to Rockville on Friday.
Our next venerable story will be OF
an old time Baptist brother.
George E. Sparrow remains in
quite a feeble condition, it is re.
ported.
We hear of a man in town who re-
Gently invested $4,000 in a certain
patent stock, and in short time sold
it for $4,000, thus realizing $4,000
good.
Rev. @. W. Wolfe last Sunday
preached from Heb. IL %. Subject,
Faith" as particularly exemplified
in the life of the late Miss Frances
E. Willard.
Jennie Church attended the recent
piano concert in Hartford of the cele-
brated Polish musician, Paderewski.
She reports his performances as un-
speakably superb.
The st. Valentine story that ap-
peared in the Springfield Daily Re-
publican of the 14th inst. is a true
one, as told the writer by the late
Solyman Taylor, who was the "Solly''
of the story.
1t seemed good last Sunday morn
ing to hear the Congregational half
past nine, or first bell," ring again.
Besides, we could look at our time
pieces in the morning and change
them if necessary.
Quantity and quality are sharply
contrasted terms according to this
worlds ethics. But, as we under
stand it, it is quite different in the
spiritual kingdom, "No male nor fe-
male, no bond nor free," etc.
Not very old chestnut: Two men
went up in balloon, and before they
had gone far up it burst. To what
nationality did they fall into? An
swer-one came down a Russian,
while the other, lighting on a tele-
graph wire, came down a Pole.
For generations the "postman' Is
horn has figured extensively in po-
etry and in reality. Wouldn't it be
good idea for our new F. R. D. car.
rier to thus announce himself on his
arrival at village or hamlet, thus
reviving a time honored custom.
G.. B. Marble and wife, who since
they sold their place in West Will
lington were to move to a more con.
genial CLINE, as we stated in The
Press, have decided to remain in the
neighborhood of their old home, hav.
ing removed into the house occupied
by Martin Hansen.
| Mr.. Weed, who was a supply for
the Congregational pulpit some years
ago, recently died at his home in
Simsbury from a cancerous affection
of the stomach, which laid him pain
fully low over two months preceding
his death. He was thorough going
evangelist and did some effective
work wherever he went, including
this place.
We gave in this column some time
ago some Congregational statistics,
now we will give the Baptists a
chance. This body now numbers,
from Methodist sources, Statistican
Carroll. N. Y. Christian Advocate,
the largest protestant body in the
land, numbering 1884. 691. an in
crease for the year of Ill, 500. The
Universalists, for instance, number
81, 900.
"What is the finest quality in hu-
man character? Is it not truthful
ness? The child that is taught to
speak the truth cannot but be honest,
brave, self-respecting, ultimately Ca
pable. The man or the woman who
speaks the truth cannot but have
friends and love and genuine success
for, in a world of lies and evasions,
such an one is as a rock in the midst
of a quicksand. The time to teach
truthfulness is childhood. And the
way to teach it is never, never, never
to make your child for an instant
afraid to tell you the truth about any
thing misunderstanding he does,
anything he thinks'
Years ago there was respected and
Jealous member of the First Church
of Christ here it's corporate name J.,
who had the reputation of being a
little parsimonious. In course of
time, esteeming the pecuniary bur-
Gems of the church too great for him,
he withdrew from the same, uniting
with the neighboring church in North
Mansfield. Soon afterwards a neigh
Dor having noticed he was on loose
pulley, not attending church any
where, asked him the reason for his
non attendance on Divine public wor-
ship. N. Bin those days a man
who did not attend church somewhere
was considered pariah in society.
"Wall, I'll tell ye jest how tits, {"
said he. 81 liked it we'll enough ON
Wellington Hill, but couldn't stand
handin' over so much money, so I'M
jined up there and jined down in
Mansfield. Pretty soon I unjined
there, cos the first thing I knew a lit
tie pesky tax came along and the
disgruntled whilom church member
vigorously resumed hoeing his corn
by the roadside.
south WillingtOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Mlangsky are
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