The Press., 1906-10-24
WILMINGTON

A. G.. Baldwin's house at the Hollow.
Sooner or later the truth will come
ont, whether or not you want it tc
appear before the world.
Willie CLARK, who has been at his
father, L. B. Olarke's, has returned
to his duties in Hartford, at Pratt &
Whitney's.
We have received from the hand OF
Joel N. Emo, an assistant Librarian of
Yale university, copy of document
relating thereto.
Mrs. Rodolphus Cooley, sister OF
John W. Clarke, who was here at the
recent outing is a resident of
Springfield, Mass.
The war Of 1912 cost this country
only 500, 900, 900, and the treaty Of
Ghent. which settled the controversy,
was a curious ending.
On account of the absence Of the
pastor the regular mid-week prayer
will be held on Friday even
ing, instead of on Thursday evening.
At the Baptist state convention, re-
cantly held in South Norwalk, the
prize Christian culture course banner
was awarded to the Wilmington Bap-
tist church.
s'He who thinks this world is worse
than it ought to be, and tries to make
it as good as he thinks it should be,
Will soon find that it is not as bad as
he thought it was. -
AT the Congregational church the
subject was "The great supper, >
Luke IA and 16. At the Baptist
church the topic was "The value of
TRUTH" founded on John 18 :38.
Fisk of Stafford, who some time ago
bought the Thomas Rider place of e.
FL. Burdick for it's timber. will soon
begin operations on the premises with
choppers, steam saw-mill, etc.
A tax of twenty mills was laid at
the last town meeting. And, we un.
derstand, the annual town meeting il
a thing of the past, as it was voted tc
hold town meetings biennially here.
after.
The local W. @. T. U. will meet al
the house of Mrs. e. J. Holman this
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. This meeting
is. necessitated by the postponement o1
tae regular meeting on account of the
STORM on Saturday.
In the quiet life Of the old time
village original characters were de.
veIoped because there was not socia
intercourse enough to produce friction
AID knock of the corners. Which il
b@Eter, the rough stone or the polish
ed jewel?
When mar is put on a politica
ticket without his knowledge or con
sent it is rather hard on him to b.
Obliged to go to the trouble and ex
pense of filing an affidavit in the
town clerks Office that the expense
etc., were nothing.
In America, wherever foreign ele
ments are compacted in one district
the foreign traits remain; but, whel
they are intermingled with each Other
and those who are American born
foreign superstitions and odditie
counteract each other.
We are told by Massachusetts sub
soriber to The Press that the late
Rufus Weston's first wife was Miss
Hannah Murphy Of Ohicopee, Mass
Fielder Heath married Miss Lovinis
Weston, and that is the reason why
we got things mixed in regard to the
Heaths and Westons.
Rev. Edmund F. Slater, a wealthy
Episcopal clergyman, whose will wal
recently filed in the probate court in
Dedham, Mass, was q relative Of the
late Eleazer Slater of this town. W.
recall him a few years ago as he wal
about here for material for the SLATER
genealogy. He was good as we'll al
a rich man.
Equality of opportunity is de-
manded for all freemen, and they
have a right to demand it. But
equality is the immediate cause anG
occasion of all kinds of inequality
Some will lead, some will follow
some will win, some will lose; and
given a free field and no favor, al
the end of a generation inequalities
will be as far apart as society car
place Them"
William O. Towne of Worcester,
Mass. long an engineer on the Bos
ton 6 Albany railroad, running be
tween Albany, N. Y, and that city
with his friend, Fred R. Fuller, sol
of the late John Clayton Fuller, have
been guests of E. Fl. Burdick. They
captured some game meanwhile. They
report that the country, especially
between the Hill and Moose Meadow
is full of partridges, other game bird
and squirrels.
There are at the Congregations
parsonage interesting visitors in th'
persons Of Rev. Mr.. Dorward ant
wife, returned missionaries from
South Africa. DR.. Dorward went a
missionary to Sonth Africa in plac'
of Rev. Harry Gardner, son of Pas
tor Gardner, who sickened and diet
suddenly on the eve Of his departure
and Mrs. Dorward is sister of hi
betrothed wife, Miss May Hill, VIII
has been frequent visitor at the par
sonage.
Before the civil war Eli Whitney
cotton gin had added a Thousand
millions Of dollars to the re5 enues o
the southern states, probably tn
most importan invention in tn
worlds history. The American crol
had grown to be seven-eights of al
the cotton produced in the world. Fo
sometime after its close the north wa
0hli0od tn nav AN animal interest O