The Press., 1916-10-05
WILMINGTON.

Choir rehearsal at church Saturday evening at 7.3O.
 Mrs. Lloyd of Hartford recently visited Dea. and Mrs. ". H. Marsh.
 Miss Phoebe Ring is at Hillside farm for a week, on her return to Brooklyn, N. r., from Castine, Me. i, where she has passed the summer as usual.
 Wilmington is gratified that her leading oitizen has been nominated as state senator. He will go as one having experience, and Experience openeth wisdom's ways" according to Milton.
 An immense sunflower from Misses Dunning's and Palmer's garden is to be taken to Springfield by G. V. Smith to be used in the decorations at the coming much talked of dairy con- vention.
 The text of Rev. MT. Parker's Sum- day mornings thoughtful and ex- oellent sermon was 2d Samuel, 24th chapter, 24th verse. The Lords supper was observed. The decorations were deep red dahliss. -..
 Rev. E. W. Darrow of West Hart ford is studying at Trinity college, Hartford for the M. A. degree. He has to be at the college some part of each day excepting Saturday. and this with his church duties make him very busy. s.--.. .4..-
 The only specimen of the white pine blister found in Wilmington by the official investigators from the Yale experiment. station was on the leaves of a small isolated currant bush at Hillside farm, and there is not white pine tree anywhere in the vicinity.
 There was a large attendance at Bible school Sunday morning and the happy children started on Pretend" trip to Porti Rico, Cuba, Panama Canal and California on the Sunday school excursion steamer, Salvador, to last three months. The older people would gain information, increase the adult department of the school and help a good work by taking tickets for this trip.
 Sunday afternoon callers at Maple Corner from the borough were MT. Hodgson, wife and grandchildren, Anders Jacobsen, wife, son and guests From Bridgeport, Roy Tucker, Mrs. Tucker and son, Dimock. From Gurley vile, Mrs. George Dimock, son Leon, daughter, Mrs. Beebe and children The bright. cool afternoon was ideal for motoring and automobiles promote neighborliness.
 MT. Cosgrove last week received the following letter from Ernest O. Gray, who enlisted in the U. S A. from Stafford. When a lad he was for some months with the Cosgrove family at Cozyoroft and attended school and Sunday school, so all will be glad to hear from him.
 Somewhere in Mexico, Sept 19, 1916.
 Dear folks:
 After waiting six long month for an answer from you will write again. I sent you a postal card the day before crossed the border We have had quite hard time since we have been down in this country, but don't hardly think we will be down here much longer now. My brother and have only five months to serve now to fill out our three years. will come down and see you all when I get my discharge Best regards to all. How is Alice and Billy Downes and the baby. I suppose the baby has grown quite a bit since I last saw her. Different societies send us old magazines and papers down here to help pass the time away, and ran across an old Rural New Yorker" and I saw an article written by you and certainly enjoyed it. It was entitled "The Snow Bound Hen" and it brought me back to the days when l used to be there. I spent many happy days there. Have you still got the old farm? The country