The Press., 1893-10-19

the board declines to visit the school this term at least. It may not be deem ed premature to say that the presen corps of teachers is the ablest the towl has had for many years.
 l -rCs H. Rider left for Moline, H., las Friday, taking in the worlds fair on hi return.
 r7Marcus Mowry and family are going to. Florida soon. L. D. Ide is to live witt his brother, Gilbert.
 l Miss Jennie Sharp, of Troy, N- Y. has been home for few days We heal r she has become an efficient public speak CT, making herself useful at Y. P. s. c E. and mission meetings.
 Arthur Potter is running meat ant fish market in Willimantic, and is doine well, it is said.
 -Hoyle's woolen mills are yet idle.
 A little daughter made her appear ance in the home of Chas. A. Robbins Monday. This is the fifth recent like ar rival in this vicinity. The other favored families are the Fishers, DeWolfs Weeds, and Cahoon's.
 -E. c. Eldridge has been repairing his house at Aldrich's mills, anticipating g removal from Staffordville thither this fall, or later on..
 -"Ihe true passion of beautiful wo. man is never so much for her beauty as for it's booty; as the passion of a game. ster is for his game, not for his luck"
 Ice formed some half-inch in thick. ness Monday night.
 James Carpenter and wife have moved to South Wilmington.
 There will be tongue-twister soeia at the Baptist conference room next Thursday evening. Everybody cordially invited.
 -Rev. $. Thatcher and family of War. renville were guests of c. T. Preston and wife on Tuesday. | s---s''Never bear but one trouble at g time. Some people bear three kinds-all they ever had, all they have now, and all they expect to have"
 Henry Fisher has repaired, painted andpapered his house, recently bought oi the Noble estate, and is 10 move into fl soon.
 70. T. Preston is attending the 27th annual reunion of his (12th Conn. regi. ment held at Willimantic to-day.
 Mrs. Rev. Theron Brown and Clar. ence Preston are visiting relatives here en route from the worlds fair.
 -Bertram, eldest son of Joshua Pres. ton, of Colchester, is in town after an alb. sence of thirty years
 Steps are being taken towards the in. stitution of post of the c. A. R. in this town. In the early summer seventeen old soldiers signed an application for g charter, but the matter has been held ir abeyance until now. The expenses at. tending the maintenance of post here would be comparatively light, as hall &c., would cost nothing Should one be instituted, weman's relief corps and ( society of sons of veterans would follow and their occasional joint meetings would Tighten up the present social stagnatior and dreariness of this locality. Will pa triotic citizens assist in the movement? The following from the Greeley (Col orado) Tribune, in reference to two form CT townspeople, will interest many O their old friends here:
 One of the pleasantest social affair, that has taken place lately i'll Greeley oc cured at the home of MT. and Mrs. Cal viff Randolph, -on-S Ninth street, west o Tenth avenue, Saturday evening, wher about thirty guests assembled to congrat ulate Mrs. Randolph's parents, MT. ant Mrs.: Morris Hastings, on the occasion o their golden wedding. At seven o'clocl an elegant supper was served, the follow MT, and Mrs. B. D. Sanborn, MT. an, Mrs.. O. Howard, MT. and Mrs. c. A Gale, MT. and Mrs, H. O. Bemis, MT. ant Mrs. A. c. Wilson, Mrs. E. A. Nims, MT and Mrs. F. B. Smith, MT. and Mrs. Will liam Mayher, MT. and Mrs. Thos. Mim mack, MT. and Mrs. N. w. Hall, Mrs. s. Jastrowitz, Judge and Mrs. J. c. Scott Major and Mrs. Hogarty, Mrs, A. H l Dunham, Mrs. S.. w. Bullard, MT. ant Mrs. G. w. Fiske, John Leavy, E. Carver. During the evening appropriat musical selections were rendered, quar tette-s. Hearts and Homes, , sung by MI and Mrs. F. B. Smith, Mrs. E. A. Nim and MT. Howard; a solo-sLove's Old Sweet Song." by Mrs. F. E. Smith, tha that lady also sang "John Anderson, M Jo, John," and 'Auld Lang Syne," wa rendered by the quartette, all presen joining; Mrs. Nims presided at the ol gan. MT. Howard read that beautiful poem by Will Carleton, ssThe Golde Wedding" MT. Leavy's extemporaneou remarks congratulatory to the venerabl couple toward the close were most hay fpily and beautifully expressed, and W wish we could give them verbatim. Tn evening was delightfully."- spent and tn guests departed about nine o'clock. South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Irving Reynolds, of Ashford, accom- panied by his wife and three children were visiting her brother, Herbert Lill bridge, Saturday and Sunday.
 Miss Rena Young, who is attendin a business college at Hartford, is hom for a few days.
 James Underwood, of Monson, Mass is visiting at W. F. Carroll's. Thomas Denman has resigned his pc J sition in the dressing room, and will go