The Press., 1917-02-01
WELLINGTON.

The Lord s supper will be observed next Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Cosgrove are both recovering from their very serious illness.
 At the next meeting of Wilmington grange, Feb. 9th, there will be an apple program, followed by an oyster supper. Every sister is asked to bring an apple pie to be judged. There will also be a demonstration on preserving apples.
 This from a letter just received from John Merriok will interest many old friends:
 Minneapolis, Jan. 22, 1917.
 Yesterday Minnesota broke her own record what is reported this morning to have been the worst blizzard in nearly 40 years and followed by a severe cold wave sending mercury from IA above yesterday morning to 14 below this morning with the promise of it's going to 20 below to- night. That following the cold wave of a week ago when the mercury was held at 10 below for 100 hours and going to 80 below one morning and being at 20 below for three successive mornings until it became just little monotonous, or it was to your humble servant; but with good anthracite coal put in on the last summer prices we hope to see warmer weather before we run short. The last month has been no time to ecOnomise on coal.
 A recent letter from Claudious w. Rider said that Josiah Sparks was in the employ of the Merrioks when they removed from Mansfield to Holyoke in the spring of 1867 aud was converted in a revival there soon after and was baptised there. was in the employ of the Merrick Thread O. until the early spring of 1868 when I resigned and again took up my trade as carpenter and builder. My impression is that MT. Sparks was converted under the labors of Rev. Edward Burnham a celebrated evangelist who was a pastor in Holyoke in 1868 and 9. Rev. Dr. R. J. Adams was called to the pastorate of the Second Baptist church there in the fall of 1869 and immediately reaped good harvest of the sowing of Evangelist Burnham. Dr. Burnham had labored and he entered into his labors. The next June Dr. Adams baptised, one baauti' full Sabbath morning, 40 willing candi- dates in 42 minutes. Quite good number of those then baptised are now still members there. One that I knew we'll is now we'll along in the eighties and the church now numbers between 700 and 800 members. Our friend, GlfHHaEipHe fHeaEitp &Ei8sJEn ,bbun iA unPa nf tts ferring to deaoons reminds that last Thursday morning a friend of Mrs. Lathrop called her by telephone from St. Paul to tell her that our mutual friend, Dwight Potter, wal the night before elected deacon II the First Baptist church in St. Paul to fill a vacancy caused by the deatE of their senior deacon, Deacon Var Du Zee, who had held the office fo nearly 40 years and was greatl, beloved. May his mantle fall upoI his successor.
 With kindest regards to all o4' friends. John Merriok.
 West Wilmington.
 Mrs. Wm. Converse and children I.have been quite ill with tnnsilitis. Mrs. Wm. Bentley and daughter Ruth, spent the week end with MT. an
 Mrs, Edward LaBonte, in Chaplin. MT. and Mrs. George Joslin 0 Woronoco, Mass, were week'en ; guests of his brother Frank. The
 were here on account of the seriou illness of his mother who is in tn Stafford hospital i'll with bronohia pneumonia. Mrs. Joslin's condltlo ; is still serious.
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