The Press., 1906-10-31
WILMINGTON

President Roosevelt's ThanksgivinI
proclamation is good reading.
Mrs. Calista Howard Whitford re
Icently died in Ashford at the ad
vanced age of 80 years.
Mrs. Oslinda s. Waldo still re
mains with her sister, Mrs. Emily 8
Carpenter. The latter's inflamed ey,
is improving.
Rev. O. W. Wolfe and wife attend
ed the roll.call gathering at the Bap
tist church in Stafford last Thursday
afternoon and evening.
A number Of teachers in town, ac
companied by pupils, attended the
national W. O. T. U. convention in
Hartford last Saturday.
Boys. and everybody elsa. come &c
the Hallowe' EN- social and supper Civ.
en- by the Congregational ladies in
their vestry this evening,
Rev. Mr.. Dorward, at the Sunday
schoolsin the Congregational church
last Sunday, repeated the Lords pray
er, tralslating it into the Zulu Ian.
guage, step by step.
We recently received letter from
a friend in Florida denying in toto
the story of re-enslaving the negro in
that state, lately published in the
Springfield Republican.
Mrs. Eliza Holt Thorne, formerly
Of this town, only daughter of the
late General Orrin Holt and Eliza
Dunton Holt, visited her old friend,
Mrs. Sophia W. Harlow, in Worces-
ter, Mass, this last season.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society has
been asked by the republican candi-
dates for representatives to serve oys-
tsrs, etc., in their church parlor on
election day. The society will prob
ably comply with the request.
The democrats have nominated D.
y Royce and Frank R. Mason fol
representatives, and George II. Mich.
OILS, George s. Wilson, George A.
Rounds. Merritt L. Usher and Nelson
Towne for justices of the peace.
At the call of the wary speoulatol
men and women quickly and cheer.
fully put their money into wild snd
new enterprises and experiments.
By -and-by they will have all the ex
perience they want and some one els
will have the money.
AT the Congregational church th'
slbject of the PASTORS discourse wa
jacob at Bethel. = At the Baptis
church Rev. T. O. Denman. in plac,
Of tESs pastor, who was absent from
town, preached from John 14:12
the topic being Faith and works. .
II must be fun to throw slops on
good snatured dogs back, not that hi
master or mistress care much abor
the inhuman act provided the waite
is not too hot nor too filthy. W.
keep our dog chained nowadays, &C
cording to law; in fact, we alway
have kept him chained up.
At the Y. p. 8. O. e. meeting Sum
day evening the returned missionary
Rev. James Dorward, occupied tn
time speaking of his work in tn
Zulu mission. South Africa. TIL
leader, Rev. A. Gardner, gave wa.
and the topic for the evening, "Da
vid Livingston, to this very inter
esting speaker. Rev. Mr.. Dorwar,
also sang several hymns in the Zul1
tongue.
Mrs. G. E. Robbins recently re
ceived a letter from Mrs. Lille M
Magwire of Aurora, ILL.,. daughter O
the late Mrs. Harriet Walker Nor
rison. Some of our readers will re
member the little girl when she lef
for Illinois with her mother. Mrs
Robbins also has received from New
ark, N. j., a souvenir postal card rep
resenting dwelling house in that CIT,
of DR.. Wilbur Holt.
Last Saturday, Mrs. Preston enter
tanned at five O'Clock tea Rev. Jame
Dorward, his wife, Mrs. Florence
Della Hill Dorward, and little daugh
ter, Florence Genevieve Dorward, o1
the American board, recently from
South Africa, their hosts, Rev. Aus
tin Gardner, wife and daughter, Rev
and Mrs. s. w. Clarke, Rev. anG
Mrs. Charles w. Wolfe and Charles
Wagner Wolfe, Jr.
We have been informed by readers
of The Press, both in Connecticut and
Massachusetts, that we are still in
error regarding the name of the first
wife of the late Rufus Weston. Hel
name was Harriet, not "Hannah, 81
Murphey of Ohicopee, Mass. We were
mistaken, too, it seems, in regard tC
the name of Fielder Heath's wife.
We are told by subscriber to The
Press in Massachusetts,, who ought tc
know, that her name was Louisa, not
|" Lovina," Weston.