The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-17

tenders her thanks to her nelghbors and
friends, who so valiently assisted In pre-
venting her dwelling house from destruc.
tion on the occasion of the late burning oi
her barn.
Real poverty is in the mind. in
the minds attitude. ..
Miss Jennie Morrison of Windsor il
visiting friends in town.
Promptness and punctuality are
badges Of greatness of character.
The wise man is not Influenced at
all by random and hear-say talk.
Flurries of hail and snow visited
this region Thursday Of last week.
Nearly $500, OOO. 900 are invested
in automobiles in the United States.
Mrs. A. D. Dimock went Monday
to visit her brother, Oscar Brown, in
Brunswick, Ne.
Eddie NJ. Hughes was divorced from
Maud L. Taylor Hughes in Whitman
tie, Friday last.
Julius Reed, it is said, was one of
the victims Of the pickpockets at the
recent fair at Stafford Springs.
Mrs. Adelbert Needham and he1
sister, Mrs. Hannah w. Rider, of
Stafford Springs were in town Friday
last.
Mrs. jeremiah Lillibridge,s former
ly of this town, visited friends in
Springfield, Mass, and vicinity last
week.
my son." said the old man to the
young man, 81 have had q great many
hard times in my life, and most Of
them didn't happen.
Walter Davis, Oldest child and son
of Charles Fl. Davis, q resident Of
this town for many years, was re.
Gently married to Miss Emma e. Snow
of Mansfield.
Rev. A. Gardner's. poems ON the
occasion of the anniversary meetings
of the churches in Warren and Buck.
ingham have been published in the
Hartford papers.
Mrs. Louise M. johnson is about tC
build q new barn in place of the one
recently burned. We presume that
it will not be 80 large as the previous.
ly burned barns.
The name Of the youngest Of ou1
Of states, Oklahoma, should
be pronounced with the o in both syl.
tables long. This is contrary to the
authority.
IL is much easier to write an essay
ON how the ex.prisoner should resist
temptation on an empty stomach thar
TO put yourself in his place and show
.saiAp how TO be an honest man.. ,.
Mrs. Preston may attend the trien.
nial convention Of the Worlds Chris.
tian Temperance Union in Boston,
October 1923. It will be an inter.
esting event, bringing together dele.
gates from all parts Of Christendom.
A recent item in this column in.
spires reader of The Press in Mime
apolis, Minn., to say that: The most
impressive and picturesque baptismal
service he ever witnessed occurred
years ago on the banks of the old
Bark -mill' pond at the Hollow.
We learn that Dwight Lillibridge,
son of the late Benjamin Lillibridge,
recently died in Marblehead, Mass.
His wife was a sister Of the late Geo.
Wilton and a daughter Of the late
Abner Wilton, the ruins of whose
house is little north of W. H..
Marsh's.
Find q man or woman past sixty
years of age who is habitually cheer
full and charitable, and one may know
without being told that the calmness
and steadiness that now appear are
the results of burdens patiently borne
and difficulties bravely encountered
and overcome.
Annie Gertrude Hayes Marcy of
East Hartford recently secured q di-
vorce from Merrick T. Marcy, we'll
known in this region, on the grounds
Of intemperance and intolerable cru
city, other charges in the complaint
having been withdrawn by her law
yer. She was awarded the custody
of her minor SON, Raymond Hayes
Marcy. The couple were married
in South Coventry, July IL, 1899.
The American board meeting ut
North Adams and Williamstown,
Mass. the haystack monument cele-
bration, was in full blast last week,
and was indeed o memorable occasion,
made more SO by the announcement
of the recent gift Of 81, 600, 900. We
have been at the sacred spot, and can
both Of rs testify as to it's picturesque
physical location. The celebrated
DR.. Mark Hopkins was then an inn.
pressive figure in Williamstown, and
a man of Importance throughout
Ohristendom.
It's both an idle waste of time and
impolitic to say anything either in
private or public against the Grand
Army button, the pioneer in the
button line, or of other decoration
OF the old soldier. Il were better to
study the history Of the United States,
especially those periods during and
after the late civil war. Besides. we
can never assimilate the foreign ele-
ment by seeming to be unpatriotic.
Twenty five years, say, from now no.
body will be found foolish enough to
try to make light of these things.
Referring to the history Of the 14th
Regiment, Conn. Vols, lately pub