The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-02-14
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The only observance of Lincoln Is
day that we know of was the hanging
out of our "Old Glory"
Mr.. Demond had most of our local
transfers engaged in drawing timber
to State Line, Tuesday last.
A valentine story written by Mrs.
Preston for the New York Tribune
some years ago is to be read at So
cial in Willimantic this week.
It is said that the coal dealers in
the country have on hand some fifteen
million tons, so that the open winter
may be factor in preventing threat
ened strikes.
Dea. G. E. S. Amidon and wife OF
Westford attended the Congregational
church and Sunday school Sunday,
and called on their old pastor, Rev.
s. W. Clarke
Says Uncle 'Rastus: "Some folks
is lying all the time dey is tellin'
deir yarns. says nothin', and wait
till thay git through, but dey is lynn
all de same
Owing to the absence of the keys
of the Congregational church proper,
the services were held in the chapel
last Sunday, which was both cosey
and warm.
] By the way, that copy of The Den
yer Republican, sent US by Mr.. Hall,
is an interesting journal in more ways
than one. It's leading cartoon, fol
instance, has both a point and a
moral.
The subject at the Congregational
church was Lincoln" his birthday
being on the day following. At the
Baptist church at the same hour in
the forenoon Rev. 9. W. Wolfe
preached from l Sam. $1,000. Sub
iect, 1.-THE power of example,
The friends of Gardiner Hall, Jr.
will be pleased to learn that he was
removed from the hospital at Norwich
to his home Monday afternoon last
week in very good condition. His
entire recovery may be now confident.
ly looked for.
ka are now doing we'll. A few were
imported from Siberia into that state
some time ago through the efforts OF
DR.. Sheldon jackson, and have flour
ished even beyond all expectations.
Some of them are utilized in trans
porting the U. S. mails there.
Referring to the late Palmer Smith,
the time was when he with his late
father, Asa Smith, the Amidons, in
Guiding Dan" the Bakers and 9th
ers of Westford used to be familiar
figures in the Hollow, or the "City. -
as it was then called, then, with it's
varied industries, the busiest and
largest place in town. Indeed, the
times and the trends of industry have
changed in late years.
Albert Hall has sent us a recent
issue of the Denver Republican, which
contains an account of the seth birth
day celebration of Mrs. Abigail Ell
dredge Durham in Greeley, Col.
Mrs. Durham was born here Feb. +,
1917, at the home of her father, the
late Elijah Eldredge, where Miss
Lucy, her sister, now lives. We
gather that, aside from being the old
est woman in Greeley, Col, that she
is highly esteemed for her many good
qualities. We may furnish the read
ers of The Press, in the near future,
letter received by us from her the
past winter, remarkable for a person
of her age, in correctness of construc-
tion and in chirography. AS we have
hereinbefore remarked, this woman,
80 years young, is one of the two of
our remaining old school teachers,
the other one being Mrs. Maria Mar
vim Butler (Mrs. William Butler) of
Rockville.
The old friends of Mrs. Sally Wen
burg Dennis were panied to hear of
her death at her home in Stafford
Springs early last week. She was al
ways so full of life it is hard to real
ize that she has gone hence. Her
cheerful disposition, her warm heart
edness aud her generous impulses won
for her friends wherever was her
abode. Her pretty, picturesque little
figure will be missed here as we'll as
in her late home village, Stafford
Springs. Besides her husband, George
L. Dennis, we'll and favorably known
hereabouts, two sisters and a brother,
all originally from this town, survive
her. Her father, we'll known in New
York city circles, died there some
time ago, the mother dying at the old
home here, both being buried in the
village cemetery here. Mrs. Preston,
representing the relatives of Mr.. Den.
MIS- family here, attended the funeral
on Saturday last.
Palmer Smith, So, an old and high
ly respected citizen of Ashford side,
died at the house of George Smith,
his nurse and care-taker, last week
Monday night. Thomas Palmer Smith,
years ago, was a familiar figure in
this locality, especially the Hollow.
He was a son of the late Asa Smith,
and in recent years he had lived on
the old Smith farm with his sister,
Louise. He was a man highly re-
spected by all who knew him, of the
strictest integrity, and until he got
witched up in his mind, some
years ago, ran his farm, which he
and his sister had inherited from
their late father, so that it had be-
come one of the most productive
pieces of realty in this part of the