The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-07-31

A cousin from New London accom-
panied Mrs. Addison Dimock home
from her Jewett City visit, for week |
of rest.
Mrs. Preston, associational director |
for the w. A. B. III. M. s., wishes
that all PASTORS wives and presidents
of circles would write to Miss Ger
trude l.. Davis, treasurer, No. $40
fremont Temple. Boston, Mass, for
one of the ingenious dime clocks.
Gould they not he used in Sunday
school classes as we'll as in mission
circles, thus helping to pay the deficit
of the society?
DR.. Elijah Lyon of Holyoke is Wis
itiRg his relatives in town, George
Lyon and family. He is "a years of
age, and remembers coming from
Eastford in a box sleigh one cold win
ter night with his uncle, John Lyon,
to a spelling school in Wellington
"Oity," his cousin, Jane Lyon, be-
ing the teacher in the district at the
time, when he was IL years old, 70
years ago. The late General Nathan
iel Lyon was his first cousin, and is
held in affectionate remembrance.
The old gentleman is we'll preserved,
has an excellent memory and tells
many interesting old-time incidents.
The wife of Rev. Samuel Merrick and
Newman Marcy were his cousins.
The item in last weeks paper in
regard to the contemplated Sunday
school excursion to Samuel Bartlett's
was inadvertently left incomplete.
The reason, or one of the reasons, for
making that the objective point, aside
from visiting one of the families most
faithful in church and Sunday school
attendance, would be that it is the
site of the earliest Baptist church in
the town, of which Elder Lillibridge
was pastor, where lunch would be
eaten and singing and commerative
speech making would follow. This
as yet is only a scheme, and sugges-
tions from any one interested will be
gratefully received. This was plan
of the late long writer of this
column, Charles T. Preston, Esq.
and there are some who would like to
have it carried out. Doubtless there
are many long time residents, even,
who have no idea of the beautiful
scenery that this route discloses. and
even some who have never been in
the east and north part of the old
town.
We are much gratified to hear from
Mrs. Hoyle, South Wilmington, that
she has a hymn book printed in 1917
which has the hymn asked for last
week. A. E. W. from Stafford writes
that it may be found in "Winona
Hymns" No. 156, "We'll Stand the
Storm. - And from West Stafford,
Mrs. J. r. Buck sends a most inter-
esting little leather covered volume,
Hymns and Spiritual Songs" in
which No. 73, O. M, is Jerusalem,
My Happy Home," the original hymn
of eight verses, the last verse being
the much sought after stanza, "When
we've been there ten thousand years, +"
etc. This hymn appears in the mod
ern hymnals with six verses, the last
two being omitted by compilers who
do not know the interesting story of
the hymn. This little book has a |
quaint advertisement, and as an
ga concise account of
the rise of camp meetings." which is
explained in foot-no as being pro-
duced from memory from a paper
printed in the Evangelical Magazine.
There are other hymns in this val
uable little book that we have heard
our mothers and grandmothers sing
before they were made more poetical,
but not always more spir-
ltual. We are grateful for the assist
anoe, as many we're interested in To-
eating the stanza.
Quite a delegation from here en-
ioyed the "fleld day" at Storrs last
Wednesday. 1t was an ideal day for
such an outdoor visit, lunch and
and over three hundred peo-
pie from all sections of the state and
several from Massachusetts were in
The lunch was excellent
and abundant. Professor Graham
was presiding officer. President Slim
ION was very happy in his address of
welcome, and Mr.. Cosgrove as the
first speaker put everybody in the
humor of learning how to make the
success, of which he was able to give
the figures, making an excellent show
ing. AS usual, Mr.. Oosgrove made
good points, saying that strong will
was called flrmness, and a strong won't
obstinancy, and that it was persist
ency that was needed in making a
success of the hen business, The talk
was all instructive and listened to
with interest, as all agreed that there
was still much for the best informed
sven to learn. Miss Smith, one of
the instructors of English. gave two
to the delight of all,
t The Bride" and a French Canadian
dialect poem. There are about 100
pupils of the summer school making
very happy and very much
at home in the dormitories. The
state college is a good objective point
Tor a drive on field day, or any other
lay. Visitors are made welcome, and
the better informed~t We are in regard
70 what is being done the more inter
sst we take in ,thet grand enterprise,
md the more prideful regard we have
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