The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-03
WILMINGTON

found on the fourth page.
No mail on r. f. D. No. 1 Mon
day, it being legal holiday,
Mrs. Chase spent Christmas with
her parents, J.. Osborne and wife.
Mrs. Gilbert Ide is reported to be
i'll. Mrs. W. F. Squier is with her
at present.
A fire to the north was discernable
early Sunday morning by people in
this vicinity.
At the Congregational church Sun
day the text was John 17:1. Subject,
"Life's greatest work.'
Sammy Portray is working at the
thread mill, alternating with neigh
boris team in going to and from their
work.
Miss Emma F. Robbins received
another Christmas gift from her
friends in the congregational church
on Sunday.
Laura Heath, daughter of the late
John Heath and Amanda Niles Heath
is all officer in "Dowie's Zion's City"
organization.
The town safe, which has been for
long time in the town clerks office
on the Hill, was moved to South
Wilmington on Saturday.
cit is a great help to comfort and
a great economy of nervewear to
greet each day as good day, aud its
weather as good weather. -
This is. q most valuable recipe for
pneumonia or any internal inf1amma-
ton: Take a half dozen onions and
chop them fine, mix in rye meal and
vinegar to make poultice, and apply
hot, changing at intervals until relief
is obtained. This simple remedy has
saved human lives over and over.
Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, have
on sale new game for church fairs,
socials, etc., which is now all the
rage, called "The game of Bible quo
tations,' 5G cards. Mrs. Preston
played the game with some friends
Saturday evening and pronounces it
very interesting as we'll as whole
some, withal.
A friend writes us that he we'll re-
members the fine focks Of Marine
sheep owned by the late Daniel
Glazier, Esq, and he says, "Woe
betide the man who kept one of those
sheep in the water more than sixty
seconds at the time of the annual
sheep Washing" and humane ideas
were not as prevalent then as now
Sanford Taylor, who years ago used
to be a clerk for Rider and Weston at
the old post office, son of the late
Deacon Asa Taylor and brother of the
late Solymau Taylor of Wilmington
and of the late B. F. Taylor of Stat
ford Springs, is now living with a
grandson in the residence of his
brother-in-l law, the late Joel Smith,
in Leominster, Mass. If Mr. Taylor
lives until next summer he will be 94
years of age.
The Christmas exercises at the BAY
fist church Tuesday evening proved
to be interesting and uplifting to a
goodly audience. The Sunday school
children acquitted themselves re-
markably we'll, the music was excel
lent, and under the leadership OF
Rev. @. W. Wolfe the whole aft Air
was a success. Among the distri bu :
tions was neatly gotten up chuFch
calendar by Pastor Wolfe, who had
them passed to the audience. TIE
usual money gift to the organist, Mis-
Harriet @. Robbins, was among tile
gifts.
A goodly assemblage of parishioners
and friends greeted Rev. O. W. Wolfe
and wife at their pleasant parsonage
home on the evening of New Year s
day. The parlor decorated with
greens, with it's open wood fire and
the young couple standing to greet
their guests, was pretty sight. A
handsome sum of money was left for
the benefit of the host and hostess.
Illness prevented many of the older
church members from attending But,
as it was the house was we'll filled
with guests. Ice cream, cake and
coffee were served, and most of the
company departed at late hour A
delegation from South Wilmington was
present and added much to the interest
of the occasion.
We have an out-of-t town contribu-
ton to the Taylor genealogy: San
ford Taylor, now living in Leomins-
ter, Mass. at the age of 90, married
Angennette Mason of Southbridge,
Mass, in 1887. She died several
years since. Their living children
are Herbert Duane, Caroline Agnes,
Emily Jane, Annie Cora. Three
children are deceased-ElizaG enette,
Mary Jane and George Francis.
Thomas Taylor had two wives-frst,
Experience Fireman.; second, Mehit-
able Merrick, who subsequently mar
ried Joshua Pearl of Vernon, and af-
ter his death returned to the home of
her grandson, John Merrick, where
she died, at the age OF 80, all her
friends being much attached to the
old lady.
Since the establishment of the u.
S. post Office Oh the Hill there have
been seven postmasters, viz: Jona-
than Weston, Gideon Merrick, Lucius
Eldredge, Norman Holt, M L. Dim
ock, S. P. Morrison and Annie A.
Preston, the first named and M T..
Dimock holding the Office most of
the time. The four first named are
dead, the last three named are living
in town. For the edification and
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