The Press., 1914-03-11
WILMINGTON.

Clarence Eldredge is employed a the bleach house, South Wilmington. ! Mrs. L. B. Clarke has been quite | i'll for some time, her daughter, Mrs. Russell is with her.
 The studely brothers have moved into the house with MT. Draper, and have a renovated and convenient apartment.
 Miss Margaret Brown, teacher of the Center school, spent the week end at her home in Yantic.
 At the teachers meeting last Friday, the Center school was again awarded the banner for good attendance.
 We hope it may be fair for the partial eclipse of the moon this We'd nesday evening. Look for it's ap- pearance at 8.41.
 Regular Grange meeting Friday evening. Several matters of inn portance are to come up. Try to be present in good season.
 Topic for the Thursday evening meeting will be the Prayers in Gen. esis. The home department every. where can have the pleasure and bene. fit of the study if they can not attend the meeting.
 At table spread for the birds at Hillside, we'll up ont of the way of the cats, five blue jays make them. selves very much at home and the little birds have to be satisfied with the crumbs that fall from the table oi the gorgeous brotherhood.
 Mrs. Harry Pratt has been ill witt grip and bronchitis for some weeks, and Miss Marion Sparks is quite poor ly. If we cannot make calls or tele phone calls on shut-in friends we cal write a postal. A letter this morn ing says: "I wish had been the ont permitted to invent post cards they are such blessing, assuring you that your friends keep you in mind ant many of those with pictures are SC artistic and diverting. "
 A series of lectures bearing on Types of Farming is in progress al Columbia University, New York city, Fridays, at P. m., at Schermerhoru hall, under the auspices of O. s. Nor gan, professor of agricult 1re, and ouI George A. Cosgrove, member of Conn. state board of agriculture is honored by an invitation to deliver the lecture this week, and all are gratified that his health that has been precarious has mended sufficiently for him tc make the trip.
 The deferred Lincoln day exercises with patriotic hymns and offering for home missions to be applied on the Congregational apportionment, made a pleasant opening for the we'll at- tended Sunday school Pastor Dar- row took the text for his timely and impressive sermon from Hebrews z :25. Pastor and Mrs. Darrows sang a duet very sweetly, Mrs. Darrow playing the accompaniment, and the organ was supplemented by the stringed instru- ments of Miss Cunning, Miss Church and Mr. Floyd Ayers. All were pleased that weather and ways permitted at- tendance.
 This family misunderstanding of our neighbor, Mexico, brings ont some fine and informing editorial articles in the various leading journals. With in our recollection every debating so- ciety in every country school house would be discussing the situation. When neighbor Cuba mismanaged family affairs, the local grange had g most interesting discussion of the sub ject that aroused so much interest that an after meeting kept it up in the li- brary at Maple Corner, where one and another had drifted in and when the last one had talked out and gone the late lamented Rev. Theron Brown, who was a guest remarked: 1T am astonished. Ono would not have heard better talk or better sustained argument in any community know. '' Why is not discussion in the pres ent grange in order?