The Press., 1888-03-01

though he ''sleeps in dull, cold marble,
 is not forgotten"
 Rev R. H. Emerson held a service al
 Pease schoolhouse Sunday.
 Our local musical artist, Jas. A. Chaf
 fee, Jr., entertained the G. A. R. at Me
 morial hall the other night with some o his choicest selections.
 WILMINGTON.
 tCorrespondencs.l
 Covenant meeting in the conference room Saturday p. m., o'clock.
 Rev. MT. Edwards of East Haddanl gave an excellent discourse in the Congre. gational church last Sunday. IL Is highly spoken of by members of both congrega- tlona who were present. He assisted Pas tor Terry in the services at South Willing ton in the evening.
 -Chas r. l. Beale, a lawyer from New York, was in town last week looking over the records to find out data concerning his part of the town.
 Attachments on the shares of Sherman a6d Freeman LilIibridge in the estate of the late Burnham LillibrIdge, in favor of ID. R. Barlow of Sturbridge, Mass, in case 1 of the former, and parties in Michigan ill 1 case of the latter, have been left in the | town clerks office.
 Parties from here who happen to be in Stafford Springs about meal time should visit the restaurant of their old townsman, William Farnsworth, where he and his wife and daughters will serve them with good dinners, lunches, tea, coffee, etc
 In our late notice of Willington's el- derly people we ought to have mentioned Widow Daniel (Sophronia) Shaffer. She Is 83 years of age and in quite good health. She is at present with her daughter at the Springs.
 ]. George Barrows and wife have moved into the Bently boys house and are board ing Charley, who has lately bought out He intends to make immediate and sub- stantial improvement in the farm.
 List of letters remaining uncalled for in post office March l: D. s. Ballero, Deertied Valley Creamery, James Patten, MaIyLnnkenhamer, H. Pratt, AmasaHolt, B. c. Johnson, G. B. Rurose, w. s. Garter, Mrs. Mamie Charter, John Fisk, Mrs. Martha J. Marcy, Lillian Griffin, Susan J. Durham.
 A. Judson Potter recently lost COW. Neighbors soon subscribed money enough to enable him to buy another.
 ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT BLAcKMA1L1NG.
 Not long ago there was great and pleas ant excitement among the chronic sore heads and scandal mongers of this and sur rounding towns over the tirade of attempt ed personal abuse of us served up for nearly a year to the patrons and supporters of a measly little sheet, got out here and latterly at Stafford Springs-invited thither by some of the above named fraternity call ed "The Home Messenger" Its constit- uency from the beginning to the end was a very proper and legitimate one. The enviOus and iealous-pated individuals who composed this brainy, high-toned coterie- no one of whom we ever harmed hair S worth-gloated weekly over this scabby issue of ridiculous lying about our person al affairs. Things went on swimmingly for while, but at length thls sheet, its ''editor" and one or two of it's chief sup- porters came to iguominious grief. In the mean tune the correspondent of this col | ann preserved the tenor of his way with | usual calmness"-in fact this Is the first | time he ever mentioned the "paper, ,"- knowing that the pitable impecunious con- dition of this "editor" would render a civil | prosecution very lonesom4 job, and that l criminal one, which would shut him mp | in Holland jail, not for the first time, would | rAsult in throwing his children on the town. The following missive, lately received by | us, is our excuse for using so much space In subject alike diStasteful to us and to the community in general. It is sent for solely for the benefit of each 1f ''Home Messenger" and admirers and )ackers of it's blackmailing, contemphble editor" By the way ism it pity that we should 80 throw away such splendid chance ''to make up reputation for al- most anything, "''to be restored by means IS humble as the Home Messenger and o "help overthrow arrogant political par ies" of Willington and ''otherwise" pre- the great republican and demo- ,ratic parties of the nation !-
 South Willington, Ct., Feb 23 1888.
 MT c. T. Preston, Wilmington, Ct Dear Sir: If you have learned not to be surprised tt "nything you will accordingly take this with all usual calmness I wish to make one or two statements and offers:
 It wou d be of much benefit to both of us if Sach worked for the others interest. Not with nasty zeal to discover our real object put so quietly and imperceptibly at first as 1ot to note beginning.
 You can easily see that it is not hard to make up good putation for almost any hing, and also to restore one by means as tumble as the Home Messenger. It is also possible to overthrow seemingly arrogant po- itical parties, local or otherwise, when prop ,rly handled say with yo"r or others pen.
 You may conceive of this in the best light possible, and attach all of the comprehensive ness to it you desire.
 If these hints are understood and offers are let me hear from you; otherwise, let oblivion possess all. With present respect am truly, JNo. D. TAYLOR
 P. S.-None, not even my wife, know of his.
 .MANSEIELD.
 Correspondence.
 MT. Albert A. Gurley has arriya |