The Press., 1893-07-13
WELLINGTON.

S~~N Street.
 WELLINGTON.
 (Correspondence.)
 Take it all in all, the hay crop will be rather light this year.
 Apples and other fruit will not be as plenty as was expected.
 Corn and potatoes, as general thing, look well.
 Harry A. Preston and wife, of Au- burndale, Mass. visited friends here Tues day.
 We see now and then stranger visit ors passing, but it would hardly be the proper thing to run out and ask them who they are and where they are stopping. So, if we can't get accurate information. we are unable to note the new arrivals, as we said last week.
 The past week has seen some excit- able runaway horses. o. D. Lockwood's s horse, while delivering milk on the Hill, took it into his head to run across the common in break-neck fashion, spilling out the milk cans and smashing the car riage top. Mrs. Weed, while driving out with Mrs. Lincoln White, in Westford, hitched her horse near a friends house. The animal got unloosed and took a little turn by himself, splintering up the car riage somewhat. Sunday, while Fred Holt and Frank Marcy were taking spin, the horse, in turning corner, overturned the wagon and kicked himself loose. Mrs. Nellie Carpenter is recovering from bad attack of measles. There are other cases in town, we hear.
 We regret to be obliged to announce that Dr. Street has reconsidered his in- tention, of locating here, chiefly on &C., count of the 'sbad condition of our roads, '' as he writes. He is to locate in Lebanon. We must now continue to be content with the services of neighboring physicians, chiefly DRs. Newton and Johnson, who, happily, are among the most skillful phy- sieians of the state. But they each have their own extensive local practice, and it is often hardship for them to take the long drive hither. And in emergency cases we are in hazardous situation. Not long since we lost the sale of a piece of property on account of the de. plorably low condition of our schools, and now we lose first class doctor because our roads are so poor. In the former in- stance, the community lost the acquisi- tion of bright, respectable, well-to-dc family. Nor is the above by any means the only case of the kind for the last few years. We must not be understood tC say that all of our schools are poor ones 1 It is to be hoped, for one thing, that ill the coming year more strictness on the part of the board of school visitors in the ex animation of would-be teachers and iI regulating the schools will be observed.
 -"Be sure you're right, then go ahead, let the consequences be what they may.
 As to the above in regard to oul roads: This must be said in the way o1 excuse; the new town scrapers were moi available till late in the season, and ther their use this, the first year of their tria is necessarily somewhat experimental | We understand that ill the early fall wig orous and faithful work will be put on al our public highways. And another yeal it may be that there will be @ different system of system of road repairing. Now let there be full attendance on our next annual town meeting-particularl on the part of the fault finders. At the last one First Selectman Korper arose and invited of repairing our roads. He, with his col leagues, certainly has never stood in the way of intelligent, faithful, economica road repairing. But there was too mucl fun and crudeness in the ''discussion' that followed. From what we hear, WI opine that business will be attended tt at our next annual town meeting.
 Timothy Merrick's recent severe ill ness at his home in in Holyoke has lief him in shattered condition, so that h. is probably done with business, we ar told. | South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Miss Nellie Morrison has returne, from months visit at Boston, Mass.
 -G. P. Curtiss started for the world fair on Monday.
 Thomas Denman has gone to Brook lyn, N. Y., to spend a week.
 Miss Bessie Potter, formerly of thi place, now of Willimantic, has been spend ing few days with Lizzie Dimock.
 Miss Carrie Curtiss is down with tn measles.