The Press., 1908-08-19

Rev. A. Gardner preached Sunday morning on "Side lights of the 23d Psalm.''
 Rev. Charles l.. Snow preached last Sunday from 2d Timothy 2:15. A helpful, we'll delivered address.
 The electrical display of Thursday evening kept many away from the very pleasant musical aE the Studio.
 "The rural problem is the. problem of the man behind the plough. and that means the problem of half our population.
 Mrs. Alice Oosgrove Downs is at Cozycroft while Mrs. Oosgrove is absent at Saxton's River, Vt. MT. Downs was there over Sunday.
 Mrs. Chase of North Coventry is keeping house for Jonathan Osborne while her mother, Mrs. Osborne, is visiting friends in New Jersey for two weeks. 4s
 Rev. Charles L.. Snow called on friends on the Hill on Friday. He has received a unanimous call from the church in West Medway. Mass A strong church and pleasant will laRe in which to find Q home.
 We were sorry to read of the burn ing of the Baptist church in Palmer That beautiful. pink tinted cloud, with its wonderful. electrical display, was working destruction to our remote neighbors and friends. The report of the thunder could" but just be distin- guished here. t...'
 The MT. Phelps who was buried in the old cemetery last week was. a brother of Mrs. Buck More, who used to live near the railway station in West wilmington some, thirty years since. Only few of the people liv- ing in town at present recall the fam fly. Rev. A Gardner read the com initial service.
 It was decided at the Baptist Sun. day school Sunday afternoon to begin at once on raising fund for Christ. mas, each class to work by itself. having the privilege of holding one social, the class having the most money at the close of the contest if to have the privilege of purchasing the gifts for the tree.
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 H M. Hansen. Jr., was in Hartford on business one day last week.
 P. Mogensen of Meriden spent Sat urday and Sunday with his parents.
 Miss Carna Larson of Stafford il visiting her grandparents. MT. and Mrs. L. Hansen. .t-
 Mrs. Brooks and daughter of Hart ford were recently the guests of MT. and Mrs. s. Johnson.
 Mr. and Mrs. M. Hansen of Mans field Depot visited MT. and Mrs. H M. Hansen, ST., Sunday.
 The Misses Florence and Editt Gross and Master Edwin Hansen arc spending the week with MT. and Mrs A. Horner in Mansfield.
 P. Larson returned Friday to hii home in Chicago. III. He had beer the guest of his aunt, Mrs. l.. Han sen, for many weeks owing to i'll health. 3z : Best wishes go with Mir. and Mrs. J. Sorrensen. as they leave tonight for New York to return to their old home in Denmark. They will board the steamer AugustA Victoria, which leaves Yonkers, N. J.; on ThursdaS at noon. J. Hansen will accompany them as far as the steamer. .
 West Wilmington won the. fourth game. of series between that town and South Wilmington Saturday on Oar. tiers grounds. 9 to 8. The game abounded in costly errors on both sides. Batteries for South Willing. ton, Prue and Shepard; West Willing ton, Hansen and Jacobsen. Struck out. by Prue 6, by Hansen 13. Hits, of Prue 9, of Hansen 6. Umpire, Ootter.
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 Miss Elisa Campbell of Norwich ie visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. T. o. Denman.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles w. Holman of Manchester spent Sunday with Mrs. E. J Holman. s@-s
 Mrs. Louis Gergler and daughter, Viola, and Mrs. Wm. Carroll are visit. ing friends in Mystic.
 Mrs. A. B. Shippee and daughter Evylyn of Atwood vilie are guests O1 MT. and Mrs. Fred Oolbufn.
 Wm. l.. Lilley of Providence, R. l., spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Vim. H. Bracket at Hillside View.
 Highway Commissioner Macdonald was in town Saturday, inspecting the work being done by Contractor Gill.
 Miss Claire Sheehan of Walling- ford arrived Monday to spend 8 few days with: MT. and Mrs. Wm. Bracket.
 Mrs. E. J. Whittemore of Hartford and Mrs. Maggie Fraver of New Britain are guests of MT. and Mrs. John R. Neil.
 The body of Faith Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Davis, who formerly livedeain this, town, north of Mansfield Four. Corners, was found in a pond near her home in Monson, Mass, Sunday forenoon. Miss Davis was 16 years of age.
 Win. H Bracket will remember his birthday, that occurred last Fri day. for a while at least. The em- ployes in the spooling room lover which he Is foreman) took advantage of the oooasion by, presenting him with a fine silk umbrella, silver trimmed, with his initials engraved thereon.