The Press., 1892-01-07
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About noon On Christmas day James Ferry, one of our best known citizens, was surprised to see large company of friends coming to his house to greet him. Regardless of his surprise. however, they insisted on bringing their best wishes and spending pleasant afternoon with their aged friend. The table was spread and a bountiful dinner that they had brought was served, enlivened with pleasant rem iniscences of the past. There were about thirty in the company, including Joseph Ferry, Alonzo Ferry, George: Ferry, and Alvin Tyler, with members of their house holds and others. MT. Ferry is a genial man of eighty-three years, who still re- tains much of his old-time vigor, and bears the burden of years well. That he may yet enjoy many Christmas dinners is the hearty wish of his many friends. West Stafford.
 Jerome Worthington' has sold his blacksmithing business to Michael Rob- erts, and has removed to Granby, Mass, hoping to benefit his health by change of residence and occupation.
 The personal property belonging to Myron I. Cady's estate stock, produce, farming tools, and furniture-win be sold at auction by Milo J.. Eaton, administra- tor, next week. Monday, at 10a. m. Pres ton, auctioneer.
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 Bliss Hatch has had his house re- painted.
 Daniel Lynch has had his house re- paired, shingled and clapboarded. WELLINGTON.
 Manchester Herald: L. Johnson, West Willington contractor, has gang of Frenchmen at work cleaning up big wood lot just of Buckland street, Buck land. The timber is nearly all chestnut. The best of the trees are cut for telegraph poles and shipped from the Buckland station. Hundreds of these have already been sent away. Railroad ties, posts and rails and cord wood makes about all the product now. The Frenchmen have a cabin on the spot, do all their cooking, and expect to make winter of it there. No grip cases are reported there yet. (Correspondence)
 That miserable pestilence, the grip, is still with us. Among the latest suffer- CTS are E. A. Morse and wife, who are quite i'll. ;Selden Curtis and wife, and Chas. Nichols and wife, and daughter Clara, and J. J. Himmeler There were no services at the Con- gregational church last Sunday-p presum- ably on account of so much sickness. The pastor, MT. Breed, is as good as new, he thinks, having been cured, he says, of 8 serious malady, a acancerous affection of some ten years standing.
 The northern lights exhibition Tues day evening was magnificent, the waving green and crimson banners reaching to the very zenith.
 Mrs. A. D. Dimoek Is on 8 visit to her daughter, Annie, in New York. She will go to Philadelphia before her return.
 Bertha Young and friend, from Will limantic, spent Sunday at L. Preston's. The inmates of our home for the poor at Upton's speak gratefully of the Christ mas dinner given them. This town has only four there at present Tommy Hughes, George Study, Mrs. Kidder, and George Fisher.
 ozear Eens0n and wife havs gone toI Hive wilh John Mefriek at Hol5oke.
 The late Lewis Hazwood leaves $500 to his son Luther, $10O to each of his son Lewis children, and his farm and the re- mainder of the money in bank $ 1, 800 after deducting the above legacies, to his son, Lewis.
 Emory Williams, an old-time resi- dent of this town, died suddenly last Fri day evening, at the aims house, of which he had been an. inmate the past year, his Ill health of late causing him to become dependent. The greater part of his life was spent here, following his trade of car penter and builder. Among the dwelling houses built by him are those now occu- pied by E. A. Morse (the Turner house), l.. Preston, F. w. Pratt, Judge Holman, Lucius Eldridge, and Elam Eldridge. He also built the Baptist conference room. besides many of the best barns in town. He had returned from a short visit to Holyoke only two or three hours before his death. He was buried on Sunday in the old cemetery beside his wife and two children. who had long preceded him. He was member of the 2d Baptist. church, Holyoke, Mass.
 There are many cases of grip in South Wilmington, in common with other locali-. ties in town.
 Charles Nichols lost valuable COW last Sunday.
 = William Brownley received three boxes of oranges from his grove in Orange City, Fla, last Saturday. John Graham, formerly in 6. Hall & Co.'S. store, has charge of the grove.
 The winter term of the school in Dist. No. 9 did not begin last Monday, on account of sickness in Miss Miller's fami- ly. It will open next Monday, 1t is hoped.
 - John Merrick, of Holyoke, came down to attend the funeral of the late Emory Williams last Sunday. The funeral of Richard I. Bugbee, son of Jason Bugbee, Jr., was held last Saturday. He had resided at Long Branch, N. J., for nearly four years. Last summer he was an officer on the iron peer. He expressed his willingness to die, and his last message was, "Tell my mother good bye ? The current num- Der of the Long Branch Record says: Richard I. Bugbee died Wednesday morning at 11.30 o'clock, at the home of Chas. B. Reid, on Second avenue. About two weeks ago he was attacked withsgrip, | 1 ~~I.~