The Press., 1883-09-06
Cor. Hartford Evening Post,

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 Wilmington is town on seven or more hill, beautiful for situation, with it's pure, cooling and invigorating air, its clear, sweet and most excellent water Its healthful and salubrious climate will not suffer in comparison with Litchfeld county's most favored spot. Her hills and wales, her mountains and valleys, grand and beauti- ful in the most varied scenery, are dotted all over with farm houses. mills and man. ufactories, showing that her hardy people wrest from her rugged soil comfortable lv- ing and even competence. Willington, like many of our country towns, is being drained of her young people, but like many others, she has trained and sent them forth host of noble men and women, fill ing places of honor and trust all over our land, and sent many to the great mission fields of the world Wilmington Center is on one of the lofty elevations of the town, remarkable for its cool breeze in the hot test days. On the top is large square, surrounded by pretty dwellings and the two churches of the town, Congregational and Baptist. The air is so delightful as to make it pleasant on the warmest days From three sides the roads descend a mile or more to several beautiful valleys that to East Wilmington IS skirted by n double row of beautiful naples for quarter of mile or more, making it q pleasant stroll There is also South Wilmington, on the line of the New London and Northern railroad, in which is MT. Halls thread factory West Wilmington, on. the line of the rail road, in which is Holland depot East Will lington, in which is Daleville, with a wool en factory worked by MT. Hoyle The other sections of the town are the glass factory west of the Center, and North Will Hngton, north of the Center. Scattered over the town are various saw and grist mills, making some business for q dIliet country town ; and last but not least, Will hngton is staunch republican town, the very Vermont of Connecticut. She is and has been for some time 'sno license" town, wholly banishing the liquor traffic from her borders aH7 iis" it'3pf.s.f
 On one of the highest of the many, fine elevations in East Wilmington is5a farm of 300 or 400 acres. Near the center of 1t, and on its highest ground, is & fine large plateau filled not too thickly with shade and fruit trees, vines, arbors, etc. In the midst of these is the dwelling house and all the convenient and necessary outbuild- ings, all commanding one of the finest and most picturesque views of the town amid scenery fitting the artist, student, scholar, lawyer, pleasure or recreation seeker In intervals all oyer the farm are scattered the moving, tilling, pasturing and wood- ed sections, comprising 75 or more acres of moving, 75 to 100 acres tillage, and the balance pasturage and wood The family carrying on this great farm consists of the mother, three daughters from sweet six teen up, and young son, and here I wit messed I think the rarest sight, in all New England at least, if not our whole land, of three young ladies, smart intelligent, beau tiful, accomplished Accomplished not on- ly in the modern sense, but in all the arts of fancy industries), going every morning with cheerful, artless simplicity to thsir farm duties, which comprise every depart ment, from preparing the land, blowing, planting, hoeing, and all the details of rais- ing, down through to harvesting and &c., curing the crops skilled in all, in mow- ing by scythe, raking by hand or with a horse rake, pitching, loading and unload ing hay, reaping, raking, binding and stacking rye, wheat or oats, in fact every kind of labor necessary on a farm, besides
 those in the dairy and the cooking depart ments, washing, etc., all of which are well hments of singing, music, painting, draw ing, etc, are they not worthy of admira-
 ton and good examples? Their happy cheerfulness, their ruddy, glowing faces, active vigorous forms betokening the very picture of life, health, strength and come liness, was certainly proof of their enjoy ment of their farm life. Perhaps for rec reation some of our city young men might enjoy day or two of rest, to be as was, having with these girls. Could they not work well and enjoy it moving around an eight-acre lot fanked on either side by two beautiful young ladies, or raking and loading hay, binding and stacking rye, led on or cheered on by happy, gleeful rolick- ing girls-if so, you might come and see us. '.