The Press., 1892-01-14
WELLINGTON.

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 Leap yeari Now, girls, use yaal privileges.
 Gilbert Ide is some better; able X be about the house.
 George Snow is home from Meridar somewhat ill
 The sick folks are generally or tlss gain.
 -An old resident says that they f3aJ calTit .tla grippe if they want to, bsit. hf for him, he believes it to be nothing but the oid-fashioned influenza. He had 1t when it prevailed years ago, and he knows when it gets hold of him again, IS t IF twice within a few months.
 -L. B. Clark has been one of the shut ins for some time, and was unable to be at the recent board of relief meeting. I -Cold stream watering trough, near the Glass Factory, is out of repair. All the hofses in the vicinity neigh 8 loud protest against the empty receptacle. Trad Edwards and wife are both very poorly this winter at their home in Hart ford:
 Another unsuccessful liquor raid was recently made by Agent Eaton in the Glass Factory village. '.
 The body of Lambert Gibbs, who lived with his daughter in the Daniel Edgerton house near the depot, and who passed away on Tuesday, the 9th inst, was carried to Ware, Mass, his former home for burial. Mrs. and Miss Gibbs are grateful for the kindnesses of theiI friends and neighbors at the time ofs his sickness and death.
 Mrs. Pamelia Preston, widow Of the late Augustus Corbin, and sister Of the late Silas Preston, an old-time resident here, and most estimabIe woman, tlie.1 at Drewsville, N. H., last Sunday morn ing. The remains will be brought hither to-day for burial in the family lot in the new cemetery.
 -List of letters uncalled-for in the Willington post-ofice Jan. IA: Sir D. Simon Caceres Nordo, Mrs. W. e. Bris4 wade, Sadie l.. Martin, Mrs. Joseph Clark, wv. Card Go.
 l Mrs. Caroline Waldo, widow of the late Walter Newcemb, died on Tuesday last So another old resident, highly esteemed woman, and greatly beloved by her family, has gone. The funeral will be held at the house to-day at I o'clock We have been recently reminded Of q little incident that occurred some few years back, when we were teaching the school In the old brick school house m Stafford Springs, and boarding in the fam fly of the late we'll known Frank John son. There was 2 lady teacher, who had charge of the primary department of the same school, and who also boarded in.the same family. One dark winter night a gentleman friend, young lawyer from Holland, came to call on her. As he was starting for home, after somewhat pro- longed interview, his horse, impatient from standing in the cold, unhitched him self in some way and left for his warm stable in Holland some little time before his dumbfounded driver was looking for his whereabouts, That exasperatfng horse logged along only few rods in front of the young lawyer nearly the whole distance to Holland Street. 9sIf he ever comes again after sAis experience TO shah know heis in dead earnest Julia, ,; lquizzed good-natured Frank Johnson. But come again the young man did, laagAed over his adventu,s ;; aai IT IT conrss of tlme tha uoslple wgsrS Il!
 That stoIy reminds uss als6 = 4 deacon who years ago lived on Eastst. , l in Amherst, Mass, and rejoiced in two beautiful daughters, who attracted great deal of company.
 One clustering January night the dea- con said, 'I'm the happiest man in the township. My family all about me, and not beau in the house. ? But hardly had the words left his lips before two young men from the south parish drove into the yard.
 | It was bright moonlight evening, but the high wind kept the air full of the feathery. snowflakes, and the highway was blockaded with drifts. Itwas natural enough under the circumstances for the young fellows to wait for the wind to go I down.
 This transpiring about midnight, the owner of. the team went to the shed, drove Eup to the open door, where his compan- ion and the two girls were standing, and said, ''I'm not going to drive home; yo. can drive"
 "We'll see about that" said the other, running out, and, catching his companion unawares, he tossed him out into snow drift and took his place; only for mo ment, however, for in that time he found himself up to his eyes in snow. He was soon up and at it again. They were about evenly matcheds and the result of the third tussle was that both landed in the drift.
 The girls shrieked and giggled, the night-capped deacon and his wife were peering out from behind the curtain, the old horse, disgusted at such nonsense, gave snort and a plunge and started for home, the two beaux making all the haste possible in vain attempt to overtake him.
 Come in and go to bed, :, called the deacon to his daughters, land get up to. morrow and set your caps at some one j else. You never will see these chaps again. But nightfan brought them both back asking for the deacon this time. 5. We had decided, :" they explained, 'sbe- fore we had wollowed half way to the I bay road that the game was worth the candle, and came up to ask your permis- sion," which was given, and double I wedding was the result.
 l Now, what is 1t that ssremindan us SC