The Press., 1905-11-22
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 pony, etc. assre moved out of town last week.
 One county alone in Maine has raised four million bushels of pota- toes this year.
 There are men, and now and then a woman, who will stand without hitching; but they are rare animals.
 Turkeys ought not to be so very high this year, for the woods in Kan sas and in other western states are full of them.
 "One of the advantages of growing old is that one remembers so many things that have been attempted and failed, and will not have to be tried again"
 O. H. Afford 6 Son, hardware mer. chants of Willimantic, have brought suit, assumpsit, against B. E. Benton of this town, which is to be deter mined before Justice Shea of that oity
 The new overseer of the "Oonnec- ticut Woolen Co., at Daleville is about to move into the house formerly owned and occupied by James Hoyle, which was included in the recent purchase.
 Frederick Draper is teaching his young next door neighbor, Oscar Goosen, drawing, designing, etc. Thus the lads one effective hand will be made to do him good service in the future, it is hoped.
 Since the death of George E. Rob- bins, Rev. Austin Gardner of the Con- gregational church, a man of remark able physical and mental vigor, for his years, is the oldest inhabitant of the Hill and vicinity.
 The Oxford Paper company of Rumford Falls, Me-. for the next four years government postal card manu- lecturers, turn out 50, 900, 900 of that product monthly. Formerly this con- tract went to Hartford.
 "It is one of the iFonies of life to find a prohibitionist suffering from delerium tremens without knowing the cause. Patent medicines contain ing a large proportion ot alcohol, and other like stuffs, are the cause,
 The Commemorative Biographical Record of Holland and Windham counties comes handy in this gene= alogical business, although one can- not trust it in all particulars. Its famboyant style at times is regreta- ble.
 The papers say that Mrs. Jennie Snow of 10th street, Greenville, en- tertained visitors from Willington last week. Rev. o. L. Snow, her son, it will be remembered, is now absent in Maine.
 Much obliged for that explanation of the Russian word Douma, in last weeks Press. Yet we remain lexico- graphically ignorant. Even the word "Dyma" can't be found in our books. We are limited to Webster and The Century.
 "When any one says that it pays better to be president of life insur- ance company than to be g judge of the supreme court or president of the United States, he used the word pays in low sense and adopts the standard of the grafters. ''
 It is asserted by some that there was considerable rudeness displayed in the audience room of the Baptist church on the occasion of the mems late oyster social; but there are al ways young people who fancy that to be "loud' is to have good time.
 In regard to the recent Chinese massacre of missionaries: If that woman who thought she was acting in a semi official capacity had not meddled with those idols, much trou- ble and blood would have been saved. It is said that a quantity of hens feathers were found near the scene of the tragedy.
 The mems oyster supper, with cake, etc., of course passed off with great eclat. Remarks were made by E. O. Richardson and recitatfons were given by Rev. MT. Wolfe and George A. Cosgrove. At the close of the exer- cises games were played, including the ringing of the church bell. Twenty-Five persons from Stafford Springs, including clerks from A. L.. Towards and Robertson's dry goods stores, Herbert Crawford and others The oysters. cake and pies were great ly enjoyed. George Brown was mas ter of ceremonies, The oysters were cooked by J. J. Himmeler, Dea. F. W. Pratt and Charles H. Ryder being his kitchen assistants. The walters were S. S. Superintendent Robert P. Pratt, Charles Korner, Hans M. Han sen, Jr., Harold Pratt and Linneaus Nichols. The musical selections were excellent, Miss Banford of Stafford Springs and others being performers. Both the ladies' parlor and the audi ence room of the church were used on the occasion. The raw oysters were good to our personal knowledge. "Come again!' There were some one hundred in attendance, and the sum realized was about fifteen dol. lars.
 The late David Glazier, Chester Burnham and Horace Bicknell were the petit jurors from this town who sat in the Indian murder case men. tioned in the Taylor genealogy. The judges in that case were Chief Jus tice Hosmer and Hon. John T. Peters. The lawyers for the prosecution were States Attorney Barnes and Hon. Gal win Wiley. The prisoner was defend ed by Lawyers Stearns and Asa Will El1iu1.k0x1 waov,ooA