The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1908-10-28
WILMINGTON.

WELLINGTON.
The Bible day concert will take the
place of the regular service on the
second Sunday in November, and as
it is very pleasing exercise the attend
ance will doubtless be large.
Rev. A. D. Goats, D. D., will
preach at Baptist church next Sunday.
Every one will want to hear DR..
Goats, and will feel paid for making
an extra effort to attend the service
that begins at IL O'Clock.
West Wilmington.
Rev. Thomas Tryie will preach at
the chapel Sunday at 8 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hansen were visit
ors to Hartford last Wednesday.
Nj. Tesar, ST., has sold his work
team to E. Shiebler of Tolland.
Miss Alice Pratt was home over
Sunday from Willimantic school.
Mrs. G. P. Bugbee visited at Mrs.
A. Parsons in Ellington last Wednes-
day.
Miss Mertie Evans of Andover was
the guest over Sunday of Miss Alice
Pratt.
Rev. Thomas Tryie will preach at
the chapel Sunday afternoon at j
O'Clock.
A. Jacobsen. Jr., has bought the
place known as the Edgerton farm OF
Fl. M. Hansen, Jr.
Miss Serine MattesseD visited few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. 7. F. Mat
lessen in Stafford. -
Mrs. r. Tucker and Mrs. Pomeroy
were guests of Mrs. A. Bowers on
Monson last Friday.
P. Hansen of Stafford Springs
visited at his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Hansen. one day last week.
Mrs A. Jacobsen, ST., of ELI
thorpe's crossing visited at her son g.,
Ed, in Buff Gap few days last week.
South Wilmington.
Joseph Gergler of Providence, R. =,
is the guest of his brother, Louis
Gergler.
The old freight house is being
moved to it's new location, north OF
the new station.
Twenty one voters have been made
at the two sessions of the board of
electors this fall.
AS Dooley says: "Well, we will
all know how the election came out
the first Wednesday after the first
Tuesday after the first Monday"
Rev. J. B. Connell of Hartford
preached a mastery sermon in the
hall last Sunday. He will find a
hearty welcome whenever he comes.
Next Sunday Rev. A. B. Goats, D.
D., will be here and meet the friends
he made year ago.
The drouth is broken; it surely has
been a dry time; everyone was dry !;
everything was dry. W. E. B. had
a wagon that was so dry it's tongue
hung out. We are told that Stafford
will continue to be dry whether it
rains or not; may it result in less dry
pocketbooks.
A Halloween social will be given
in the hall this week Friday evening
under the auspices of the Y. P. s. O.
E. Ice cream and cake will be on
sale. The success of these socials in
past years is a good and sufficient
guarantee that this will be we'll
worth the while. All are invited
and welcome. Come, and bring
pencils with you.
At a special meeting of Lodge Will
lington, No. 1875, O. 8. P. s.. held
last Saturday evening, the sum of $50
was collected among the members and
friends and presented to Brother
Charles Vochmurka, who recently lost
something like $500 in fire that
burned his barn, several head of live
stock, lumber, nails, wagons, cream
cry. hay, grain, ETC., with an in
surance, he says, of only 5000.
There was a delightful little shower
of pretty pink pastors here on Toes-
day morning. The shower came up
from the southwest in the vicinity
of New Haven, and was followed by
remarks much more foroible than
elegant The Palmer souvenirs will
not be contaminated by sticking them
into a dirty old ballot box along with
republican ballots and such old stuff,
but will be laid away gently in the
garrets, resting side by side with dis
oarded hoop skirts, straw hats of bet
ter days, oxidized stovepipe, copies OF
the New Haven Journal. Courier, shoes
with ventilators in the place where
corns were wont to be, denijohns,
rat traps and other kindred articles
of more OF less antiquity and value.
Po0uiocOoE in nono