The Press., 1906-01-10
WILMINGTON

i 6IOu was u0ubIOu0u 1dS6 W00hP 1S gam
ing.
"Some people can talk Christianity
by the yard, but they cannot walk il
by the inch." ....
DR.. A. A. Lawrence of West Med.
way, Mass. was the guest of Charles
T. Preston Wednesday and Thursday
last.
Sylvester P. Morrison has completed
his new we'll, having found abundant
water, at considerable depth, how
ever.
Mrs. Studley still remains quite
comfortable. Mrs. Trask, near by
neighbor, has nearly lost her eye,
sight.
When your thermometer, in the
sun, at about noon, registers 25 de-
grees above zero, as it did on Sunday,
it is cold.
The slight fall of snow Saturday
evening caused some brief annoyance
to pedestrians, but did not affect much
the general travel.
R. E. Cartier and family have
moved to Daleville, he assuming the
management of the store as we'll as
that of the boarding house.
S. S. WEIGH, the new occupant OF
the Hoyle homestead at Daleville, has
cut away the evergreen hedge in
front, which gives a more pleasant
outlook.
There still continues to be lots of
teaming over the new state road from
the Hill to the railway STATION, large
quantities of wood and lumber being
hauled to the latter place.
Here is a good orison =
Here's another morning red
Now get me out of bed;
May 1, Lord, through all the day,
Squarely deal and give fair play.
Rev. G. W. Sheppard of Stafford
was at g. T. Preston's Friday. Mrs.
Wolfe will occupy his desk in his alb
sence Sunday, Jan. 21st. We bespeak
for her good audience, weather per-
uniting.
The suite of G. H. Alvord and sons
of Willimantic VS.. B. E. Benton,
mentioned in The Press some time
since, was, on Saturday last, decided
in favor of Benton, who was to re-
cover his costs.
We are requested to give notice that
the Baptist ladies will give a social
on Tuesday evening, the 10th instant,
to which all are cordially invited.
The usual supper, baked beans, etc.,
will be served.
An old, skillful and highly es-
teemed physician once said to an all
ing person, in response to the inquiry,
Doctor, what shall take for my
cold?" "Take a fortnight, take a
fortnight, and if that don't do, take
another Sensible advice!
Goosen, the butcher, had an auc-
tion last week. Many of the things
we're bid in, we hear. He and his
to the same old stand, resuming the
meat and grocery business. "Jakey"
remains behind, to assist his fathers
successor in the business here.
"Those who are we'll born, we'll
bred, self directed, disciplined, and
exercised in all their functions of
mind and body do that which is right,
wise, seemly, and dignified, without
effort, without thought, without
temptation to do otherwise. This
ability is the prize of patient contin
uance in we'll DOING
The following is from the Hartford
Courant: Whenever you hear an
angry politician in Office protesting
lofty contempt for the newspapers and
for public clamor,' set him down
without hesitation as either fool or
knave. All the chances are that
he's more than a little of both. -
And this might be carried a little
further.
Miss Stella Bartlett entertained last
Wednesday evening a party of young
people, chiefly from Stafford Springs.
They pronounced the occasion an en-
joyable one. Charles H. Rider had
his team in readiness, according to
agreement, to take thither a party
from the Hill, but the inclemency of
the weather served to keep the would
be participants at home. The affair
was complete surprise to Miss Bart
lett, who was given a fine umbrella.
1t should have been stated in the
Preston Renealogy last week that AL
bert B. Preston of Hartford, son of
Joshua Preston and Caroline Eldredge
Preston, married Martha Lewis of
that city. They have no children.
Also that the late Father Rev. DR.
Thomas S Preston of New York city
belonged to a branch of the family,
and Father T. j. Preston of Thomp-
sonville, a native of New Haven, be-
longs to another branch. The late
Doctor Preston of New York city, at
considerable expense of time and mon
ey, procured the preston coat Of
arms" copy of which is in posses
sion of Charles T. Preston. The
translation of it's French Latin motto
is eff God Wills
9HE MARCY aENEALoGY.
We have been requested from a dis
tance to write up this old Wilmington
family's past history. We copy some
what from two historical volumes in
our possession: "The Marcy family
trace their ancestry to John Marcy,
who was born about 1862, son of
the high sheriff of Limerick. He
Joined Elliott's church in Roxbury
March Z, 1885. In April, 1886, he,
with Raniamin GriOOs and o1ovon