The Press., 1892-06-30
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WELLINGTON.
 (Correspondence.) -Lucien Holt, one of our oldest citi- zens, has not been in his usual good health of late.
 John Merrick, of Holyoke, Mass, was guest of Albert Sharp last week.
 At the Hill district meeting last Sat urday evening Charles H. Rider was chosen committee, w. H. Holt clerk. At the Glass Factory district meeting the same evening Chas. E. Nichols was chosen committee, and Charles Nichols clerk nd.treasurer.
 "A great many people can order oth- CTS about very brilliantly and satisfactori- ly, who fail when they have to do the work themselves"
 The Press last week was the first to give people hereabouts the news of Cleve- lands nomination at Chicago. Even the New York dailies Thursday morning did not have the information. The Courant however, of that morning gave us the news also when it reached us in the even- ing.
 -"I'm glad of these frequent and copi- ious rains we are having now for one reason," said an old farmer the other day. "It stops folks from cutting their grass before it's half grown. Of late years farm- CTS are crazy to get their hay crop in long before maturity"
 Mir. Weed, the Congregational SUD- ply, is holding weekly evening meetings in the vestry and in the various school districts.
 Pastor Brown is in attendance on the associational Sunday school convention at Brooklyn. Next week he is to attend the great international Y. P. s. c. E. convention in New York city. It is esti- mated that at least 20, O,00O delegates will be present, the largest religious gathering ever held in America.
 We see in the papers that this year the Fourth of July in the country towns especially is to be extensively observed in the way of town and neighborhood.p pie nics, a very commendable and pleasurable observance. At South Willington for a number of years the children and those of larger growth have had a nice. time in that line. But that locality is in the southwest corner of the town, so that the enjoyment of the occasion is necessarily circumscribed. Why can't the Hill and other neighborhoods have some such pa- triotic and social gathering next Monday One of the best beloved ministers ever settled in this town was the late Rev. David Bancroft, many years pastor of the Congl egational church. He came here young man fresh from his studies at Amherst college and Windsor (now HartforO theological seminary, was or dained here, and immediately won the hearts of all the children by always pleas antly accosting and showing kindly in- terest in them. Our vivid and pleasant memory of him was refreshed last week as we, watched the games of party of some dozen or more lads who were being entertained at the Baptist parsonage by Pastor Brown. He had invited his Sun- day school class at South Wilmington and the boys of about the same age in his own neighborhood. They picked cherries, played croquet, botanized little, swung in the hammock, ate all the ice-cream, cake and other goodies that their boyish stOmachs would accommodate, and made a jolly good-natured racket Such pleas ant manifestations of the proper relation between pastor and young people are alto- gether too infrequent.
 MoosE MEADOW CoRREspoNDENoE. - The floral concert drew a. full house and passed off very pleasantly. Among other very pretty church decorations was a Gothic arch, with evergreen and roses, and suspended from above with crose and crown. Much credit is due to the committee and young people for their painstaking work in the decorations. The recitations were good, especially the ssfou1 little sun flower girls" EVA.
 South Willington Correspondence.
 Mrs. E. Chapman advertises this week the opening of dress making rooms in this place. I MT. Charles Benton, who left this place early in the spring to work in 2 creamery at Canton, has returned an6 moved into c. c. Essex's house.
 The Hall children are all at home.
 Mir. w. H. Hall graduates this week
 MT. c. Hall and daughters, Clara ant Rosa, attended the graduation at Middle town.
 I Mrs. Edward Pearl is at Springfield with Miss Ida Clark, who has been yer, sick, but is now slowly recovering.
 Hartford Post, 29th: The weddin, of Miss Ethel Hall, daughter of Origel Hall, Colorado Springs, Col, and MT Joseph Kingsbury, of South Coven try, will take place at the residence o Gardner Hall, South Willington, to-mor : row, Rev. c. H. Brown, of the First Bap tist church, officiating.
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