The Press., 1892-07-07
WTLLINGTON.

wILLINGTON.
 (Correspondence.)
 MT. Weed has a pretty horse and car riage from Needham. Wm. Brown also has handsome horse from the same quarter.
 Willie Waldo, from Hartford, spent Sunday and Monday with his relatives in town.
 MT. and Mrs. Edgar Pease, from FL lington, were at c. Nichols over Sunday.
 Monday p. m. about 60neighbors and friends enjoyed o'clock picnic tea on the lawn at Chas. T. Preston's. There was a bountiful collation. provided by the ladies. There were music, games, 8 swing, &c. Altogether it was pleasant social time. Most of the younger ones of the company drove to Daleville in the early evening to see the fireworks. but were too late for the display.
 An enjoyable time was had by the Daleville people on the Fourth, under the auspices of the Sunday school there-a picnic during the day and fireworks in the evening. A genuine bunting flag, 6x9, which the people of the district had purchased, was used on the occasion, and afterwards presented to the district. Later there will be a flag raising in due form at the school house.
 -E. A. Morse's family celebrated the Fourth by pleasant reunion.
 It is expected that Rev. MT. Brackett, of Saratoga, N. Y., will occupy Rev. MT. Browns pulpit next Sunday, the latter now being in New York in attendance on the worlds P. Y. s. 0. E. meeting.
 The yield of grass, although general ly good, is uneven. Some fields are thin ner than usual, others are quite heavy, the effect of the copious rains being diff ferent on the various soils.
 -"There are three short and simple words, the hardest of all to pronounoe in any language (and suspect they were no easier before the confusion of fongues), but which no man or nation that cannot utter can claim to have arrived at man. hood. These words are, 7 aoGs aoroasg."
 There's no use mincing matters as to this thing : Our garden seed firms ought to be publicly excoriated for putting on the market from year to year the misera- ble quality of seeds they do. July finds our gardens destitute of seasonable vege- tables, seeds for which have been put in the ground over and over from the earliest planting time. In many cases money enough has been expended for worthless seeds to buy all needed vegetab ables de- livered at the door:: sss
 South Wilmington Correspondence.
 We had an .uneventful 4th at South Willington, except that the boys made considerable noise with their fire works.
 John R. Neil spent the fourth at home in Hartford, MT. Edward Pearl in Springfield, Mass, Miss Lillian Scott at Stafford, Miss Edith at Holland, MT. and Mrs. William Morrison at Glenv1lle, Miss Rena Smith at Willimantic, Wm. F. Car roll, wife and daughter at Providence, R. l., James Corkrin at Boston, Mass
 Those from abroad who spent the fourth in this place were: John Taylor and wife from Providence, R. l.; Thomas Slingsby and wife, Alfred Slingsby and wife and Miss Ida Stalker, all of Holyoke, Mass, were at MT. c. Halls; Bert Cur nan and wife from New London at Sam. uel Nichols; John Richardson from Holyoke, Mass, at Albert Richardson's Wallace Preston of Willimantic atEd. Connors'.
 MT. Harry Denman and son Thomas left here Tuesday for Norwich, where Mr. Denman will run an engine in silk mill and his son has a position as dresser tender.
 Miss Ethel V. Hall of Idaho Springs Col, and Joseph Kingsbury of Soutt Coventry, were united in marriage at tho residence of the brides uncle, Gardiner Hall, Jr., on Thursday last, June 30, a p. m., Rev. Charles Brown of the Bap tist church officiating. The house wal tastily. decorated with flowers gathered from nature's green house. Fhe large north room, in which the ceremony tool place, was especially pretty, being dec orated with ferns, ox-eye daisies and whit roses. Ida M. Hall, cousin of the bride acted as bridesmaid, and Louie Kings bury, cousin of the groom, was best man The bride was attired in white, while tn bridesmaid wore light blue. The pictur thus presented by the contrast was yer pleasing. The presents received wer numerous, handsome and of great variety The bride and groom left on the evenin train, bearing with them the best wishe and congratulations of all. n
 ELLINGTON.
 Mrs. E.. L. Crumb will preach mex Sunday at Crystal Lake at the usua hours of worship.
 Crystal Lake Correspondence) The subject of discourse in the Meth odist church next Sunday morning will b Abiding in Christi
 F Although large numbers of peopl were at the grove on the 4th the da passed very quietly.
 | W. A. Parish spent the 4th with. hi brother-in-law, MT. Baker. Edwin an UT TT A T A ID TT e 70