The Press., 1889-02-28


 each person present expected to contribute to the general fund of information, select. ing his or her own topic.
 The ladies of the Universalist church are arranging for their annual fair in the town hall, with the usual attractions oi play, fancy tables, ice cream, cake, etc., etc. The fair will probably be held on the evenings of the 2Oth and 21st of March. Full particulars will be given in due time.
 Rev. J. F. Simmons will preach in the Universalist church. next Sunday.
 The next lecture in the peoples course" will be given on Tuesday evening, March 9th, by Rev. s. w. Sample oi Chelsea, Mass. Subject, "The Heroic Side of Unheroic People, as shown by Charles Dickens," Mir s ample is a man of great ability and culture dramatic pow CT as speaker. This lecture has been given in many places, and has been great success wherever given. Let Spiritualist Hall be filled on Tuesday evening, March 9th, to hear him. Lecture to begin at 7.45. The orchestra will be in attendance.
 WELLINGTON.
 There will be supper and entertain. ment at Moose Meadow church Thursday evening, 7th, supper consisting of baked beans, brown bread and cake, tea, coffee, etc., and closing with au entertainment consisting of reading, recitations, singing and speaking, etc., all for ten cents. Re- ceipts to go towards kalsomining the church. All are invited.
 (Correspondence.)
 The thermometer during the cold spell ranged from to 10 below zero in the lower localities. ;.
 Mrs. N. s. Marcy has again become quite insane. ...-..- ..s.....
 Albert Halls little daughter, Etta, is recovering from serious illness.
 Mrs Scott, at Mir. Korper's, is ill with rheumatic fever. >.
 R. Edgerton and wife gave party to friends last Wednesday evening.
 Pastors Breed and Terry both gave excellent discourses last Sunday. .
 School district No. g, term of ten weeks, closed Friday, Feb. B. Whole number registered, 48; daily average at- tendance, 39; pupils not absent during the term, George Heck, Eddie Lyon, Clar- ence Essex, Alice Grant absent half a day, Bertie Baker; absent only one day, Lena Korper, Wallace Preston, Georgie Brackett, Arthur Spicer. ...,,.- -,...
 The spelling match at the gathering of the Baptist ladies' sewing society, last Thursday evening, was quite interesting, especially to the large majority present who refused to take part. Those who were not afraid to let 1t be known that they might miss word or two, and who were disposed to help in having a pleasant time, were Mesdames Terry, Cortis, Misses Marble, Slingsby, Terry, Potter, Farnham, Jennie and Clara Sharp, and two boys, Arthur Cole and 0. T. Preston. The last named happened to stand up the longest, but finally sat down on the word ''Hy- bernacle." However. he spelled it accord ing to Webster, "Hi" instead of t'Hy." Pastor Terry, who .sput out the words, D had list from Worcester or some other authority. It is proposed to repeat the exercise soon. Recltations from Mrs. Terry, Arthur Cole, Daisie Dimock, Bessie Potter, and Dollie Slingsby added greatly to the interest of the occasion. Dollie Sllngby 8 humorous piece brought down the house.
 There were wild rumors last week in relation to the serious injury of a popular Wilmington college boy at Middletown, by the explosion of dynamite bomb used by the collegians to celebrate Washington $ birth day. It seems he was not injured at all, for the reason that he was not engaged in firing off the bombs. The Springfield Republican says he was not among the group of young men, one of whom was badly wounded, who did the firing, but only had them in his room while pre- viously.
 Covenant meeting in the conference room at 2 o'clock p. m.
 Mrs. Hannah Buckminster, for some time resident at the Hollow, died recent. ly in Providence. -r~
 Mrs. Clarissa Russ passed her S0th birthday last Sunday. She attended both churches, morning and afternoon, as usual.
 -Legrand Johnson injured his foot by falling cake of ice.
 - Representative Carpenter went to Hartford Tuesday for the first time since his injury. .r