The Press., 1908-05-20
WILMINGTON.

The EndeavOr was. led by Rev. A. Gardner
 A pleasant time at Oartier's Satur- day evening is reported.
 l.. D Clarke and wife are both i'll with the prevailing colds.
 All other worldly joys go less, To the one joy of doing kindnesses. ;
 Mrs. Slater of West Stafford visited her sister. Mrs. Lewis Morse. last week.
 Miss Mabel Elaine Clarke is plan ming to spend a part of the summer in the Adirondacks.
 Within proper limits. useful work is as wholesome for children, aud as interesting. as play.
 Most of the gardens are planted. but Samuel Pourtery takes the banner for early vegetables.
 The pleasant Sunday weather brought out a good Sunday school and church attendance.
 Sunday morning Rev. MT. Gardner preached from Matt. S:25. Theme, "Jesus saves his disciples from perish ing"
 The committee appointed fer Ohil- dren's day was Mrs. Wolfe, program ; MT. Clark, decoration. they to choose their own assistants.
 It is pleasant to have the McVeigh family back in their own home, to see the house open and to note these ladies among the many who are driving.
 Miss Cora Agnes Dimock of Gurley- vile, teacher of the Center school, had pleasing poem, "Violets, in the Hartford Times recently. for which she is receiving much com- plimentary notice.
 Rev. O. w. Wolfe's excellent sermon was again from the inexhaustible 18th chapter of 1st Corinthians, beginning with the Sth verse, some of his illustrations being very pertinent and original.
 A young married man was com- plaining because his wife pestered him continually for change, five cents. ten cents. "Why, what can she do with SO much money?" "I dono, hain't never give her none yit. ]"
 Several from here attended the W. o. T. U. county convention in Rock vile yesterday. Mrs. Holman, presi- dent; Mrs. Pratt. secretary; Mrs. Wolfe, purity superintendent; Mrs. Preston, press superintendent. and Miss Rose o. Hall, superintendent of L. T. L. work. are all from our local Union, in the work of which we are. all take a justifiable interest and pride.
 Sylvester Preston Morrison has sold his home near the Baptist church and his farm to Lewis Ludlow Dydo, through Vincent Horkey. This is the place owned and occupied by Hon. Sylvester T. Preston during his resi- dence on the Hill and by his widow until her death, shortly after which it was purchased of the heirs by MT. Preston's nephew and namesake. Everyone regrets the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison from the neighborhood.
 When we think how few weeks have passed since our hilltop was swept with snow or imprisoned in ice, we marvel at the carpet of flowers with which it is now covered, and the fruit trees never blossomed more abundantly Saturday our drive took us over beyond Daleville and the Fenton river valley. and we never before fully realized the beauty of the views from that locality. One must go far ins search of scenery to find any to vie with that in Wilmington. When the new state road is completed, even more people than now will ssek it's environment.
 The Baptist Sunday school will hold a social on Tuesday evening. the 26th, in the conference room, the proceeds of which are to go toward hiring teams to carry the school to the Associational convention at the Spring Hill church, Mansfield, on the last Wednesday in June, the 24th. It is hoped that all who are in any way interested in the church and Sunday school will make personal matter of this and assist in making the social success. There will be supper and a pleasing pro gram, the details of which we are not able to print. The committee con- sists of Miss Clark, Miss Bartlett, Nellie Carpenter, Mrs. Albert Wat rous, Mrs. Wolfe.