The Press., 1894-06-07
WELLINGTON.

| Ezra 5. Walker, who died on the 3d at the home of his daughter, Mrs. w w. Alden, in Ludlow, Mass, aged S9 years, was born in Willington, but atsthe age of 20 years removed to Belchertown, Mass, where most of his life was spent as farm CT, also serving at one time as selectman of that town. He was Millerite, and has been an exhorter in that belief. He leaves three sons and three daughters, most of whom live in the west
 (Correspondence.)
 l Widow Harvey Merrick of Bristol is to spend the month at Mrs. R. Edgerton's.
 Mrs Joseph Hull of Norwich attend ed Memorial Day exercises here, and was the guest of Mrs. s. F. Swift.
 1 Among others from out of town who observed Memorial Day here were Mrs. ex-U. s. Treasurer Gillfillan of Washing ton D. o.; Past State Commander Smith and wife and James Macfarlane and wife of Willimantic; Mrs. Dr. Johnson, George Huntington and wife and President Rooms and wife of Mansfield. The teachers of the public schools present were Mrs. Brownlee and Misses Nellie and Abbie Mowry.
 Cards are out for the wedding of w. l H. Hall and Alice Holman on the 14th inst, at the residence of Judge Holman.
 Charles A. Robbins has gone to Nor wich to work in Dawley's steam saw mill. His family are soon to remove thither. | John G. Ryder has moved into the Congregational parsonage
 Regular grange meeting tomorrow evening. Subject, '' c ultivation and curing of grass.''
 The topic for the meeting in the Bap- tist conference loom last Sunday evening, Mrs. Mary Lyon, leader, was '.The Col den rule"
 --"Some folks are useless on top of the ground; they ought to be under it, in- spring the cabbages."
 The old trip-hammer that for two or three generations has been unique feat ure of the ancient blacksmith shop at the Hollow is now thing of the past. It has been removed by Amidon Bros., who are repairing and making extensive altera- tions in the shop. A new iron wheel to operate table saw is to utilize the water power, while the old comb shop overhead is to be enlarged for paint shop.
 The editorial in The Courant of Wednesday of last week, "Hats off," is a good dose for soldier haters.
 -Children's day services in the Bap- tist church on Sunday, the 17th inst. !, when recitations, dalogs, etc., will be given.
 Rev. Charles H. Brown preached in Hillside hall, Mansfield, last Sunday af- ternoon.
 --C. H. Ryder's new barn is nearing completion.
 70. T. Preston attended reunion of his old company 0, 18th Conn. Vols.- in New Haven Monday.
 It was interesting to us, if sentiment al to him. to note in the office of a popular Willimantic lawyer the other day school books he had used when a child, with the rewards of merit given him by his teach CTS, holding the promise, we fancied, of his manhood's success.
 MEMORIAL DAY SERvIoEs.-THE LARG- EST PUBLIC GATHERING IN TowN WITHIN THE MEMORY OF MAN.-The program for memorial Sunday and Memorial Day ser vices, as duly given in The Press, was most successfully and pleasantly carried out. On Sunday large audience assem- bled in the Baptist church and listened to an appropriate discourse from the pastor, Rev. Charles H. Brown. MT. Billings of the Hartford Theological Seminary, the Congregational supply, assisted in the ser vices. His fine reading of the hymn Amer ica was observable. The G. A. R. post the Womans' Relief Corps and Wilmington grange marched from the G. A. R. hall to the church. On the morning of Memorial Day details of comrades repaired to Vil. lage Hill and Moose Meadow cemeteries and decorated the soldiers graves. By eleven o'clock, on the arrival of the drum corps from South Coventry, the village green was alive with animated groups o1 old and young from all parts of the town, Contributions of flowers and food were profuse and abundant. The four long ta. bles at the town hall, set with 104 plates were filled and refilled until all were fed The procession, headed by the finely dec orated floral wagon and the band, left the : G. A. R. hall at 1.30 p. m. for the Hil cemeteries. The grange, with their badges and implements, acted as escort to tht post and the w. R. Corps, after which , followed the school children and long line of carriages. After the decoration O the graves, the c. A. R. ritual being used , the procession marched to the Baptis church and listened to the eloquent ad dress of the orator of the day, Comradt , and President Rooms, followed by patri otic remarks from Past State Commando B. E. Smith, poem from Rev. Charles H. Brown and exercises by pupils of Mrs Rrownlee's school. Those of the crowt who could not gain admittance to thu church quietly enjoyed themselves in th' beautiful sunshine and exhilarating ai that helped glorify the day. A pleasing feature of the exercises was the instru mental music by John F. Whitford, clario net, Robert Taylor, violin, and Jamei Taylor, violin-cello. Thus ended the frs r observance of Memorial Day under th' auspices of this new post of the Grant Army of the Republic. All these previ ous years this has been missionary ground l on Memorial Day.
 South Wilmington Correspondence. : The entertainment given on Tuesda. evening, May 29th, by the school chil ) dren and their friends was success il every way, and was well patronized.
 Ernest McNally left home Tuesda. night to work for the Willimantic Liner Go.
 W. H. Hall has purchased a nev Columbia safety bicycle.
 Miss Edith Scott has been visiting il