The Press., 1907-03-06
WILMINGTON.


Mrs. Adelbert Needham and son
were in town Sunday.
Maple sap ran quite freely in this
locality last Sunday.
Mrs. Gardner and her daughter
went to Willimantic by train Satur-
day.
G. Dave led the Endeavor meet.
ing, in place of Mrs. Preston, Sunday
evening.
o. T. Preston is still on his back,
suffering from an attack of asthmatic
bronchitis. r=
Representative George A. Cosgrove
was SO i'll on Sunday as to be obliged
to send for physician.
when two men ride on one horse
one of them must necessarily ride be-
hind, as Shakespeare truly says.
More people are killed by machin-
cry in factories and on the railroads
than in all the wars in the world.
Pastor Wolfe preached in the Bap-
tist church from the words in Rev.
2:10, FBe faithful unto death and
will give you crown of life."
The topic at the Congregational
church Sunday was "An unwithered
/ profession, founded on His leaf
shall not wither," Psalms l.: B.
Mrs. William H. Marsh, who has
been shut in by rheumatism for
long time, was able to be out at the
Congregational church Sunday last
Dorothy Pierce's relatives and
friends celebrated her thirteenth
birthday last Sunday. Mrs. Pierce
is also fine cake maker. We en-
joyed specimen, and the ice cream,
if we we're in bed.
| A flock of six or seven robbins were
seen and heard on the Hill the 10th
of February. There ought to be lots
of pussy willows around in this To-
cality by this time, but we don't
hear of any as yet.
"a hundred years ago the news
that Buenos Ayres had been recap.
tured on the 18th of August by Gen.
Beresford, and fourteen hundred Brit.
ish troops taken prisoners and marched
into the interior reached London jan
uary 18TH -
Harold W. Pratt, who has been at
work in Providence, R. l., spent Sun
day at his father, f. W. Pratts, on
his way to Hartford, where he is to
work for Mr.. Jacobs, an extensive
machinist there, brother of L. HI
Jacobs of Tolland.
We have just emerged from the
ice and cold of February, to be sure,
but it ia hard to foretell whether or
no we shall have late spring. We
never feel safe any way until after
the 18th of March, the date of the
big blizzard of 'SS.
There will always be two houses of
parliament. But bishops and imbe-
cile heirs of great names and titles
will not long be allowed to obstruct
the will of the English people. The
House of Lords has again come to the
place where the people and the House
of Commons begin to say, mend it
or end it. -
We hear of hospital in Stowe,
Mass, for old, broken.down, ill-used
horses. A good thing for all locali-
ties, indeed. This humane institu-
tion was founded by young woman
not long ago. The premises are
known as "Red Acre Farm" which
consists of 81 acres of pasturage and
paddocks. The young woman found
er, Miss Bird, has given up to the
public her nice home and land, and
gives the enterprise her personal su-
pervision.
When we we're a small boy wood
ashes were in brisk demand in this
vicinity, selling for a quarter or a
"shillin' +" bushel. In those days
the old glass factory was running,
and ashes were used in the manufac.
ture of glass. Nowadays this COM
modify is a drug, not marketable at
all By the way. we have some in
teresting souvenirs of that old glass
factory; for instance, glass hat, a
small one of course, glass walking
stick, inkstand, rolling pin, cam
phor bottle and sediment collected in
the bottom of one of the pots.