The Press., 1895-12-05
WILMINGTON.

A large paper balloon, with four flags attached, landed at the house of H. l.. Keene some time last night. It was launched from the office of the Philadel- phia Inquirer at 12 o'clock Monday. By returning card that came with the bal loon, giving the time of its arrival, MT. and Mrs. Keene are to receive one dollar. (CorTespOndence.) The entertainment Rt the COngEe9a- tional church passed oR pleasantly last evening. -"The chief objection to the charity that begins at home is. it's extreme domes- tioity, which prevents 1t from calling on any of it's neighbors.a
 Robert R. Battle, former we'll known resident, died in Fort Collins, Col, Sept 17th, aged 7s. He left widow and eight children. The local paper speaks of him las a. highly respected citizen. F. =. -
 The Literary Club meets tomorrow evening. Subject, Washington Irving. | Man is a lover by instinct, ,a hus- band through reason, . baeheloa froaaa' calculation"
 Eli D. Hayes and wife, Mrs. Rev. T. Brown, of Newtonvllle, Mass, and =Clar- euce Preston of Boston were guests at C.. T, Preston's Thanksgiving day.
 s-G. B. Marble Is quite successful Rs a veterinary surgeon in this vicinity.
 The center school has a vacation of one week, beginning Monday next.
 Chicken pox is somewhat prevalent hereabouts.
 -''Most men are fools about women but no man Is quite so great fool as he who Is sure that he knows all about 1 them" :
 An adjourned meeting of the Baptist Ecclesiastical Society will be held in its conference room Saturday evening, 7th inst, at p. m. All members of both church and society are requested to be pr esent, as the matter of merging the church and society into one body corpo rate, under the new law, Is to be consld cred.
 John G. Ryder returned from Moline Ill.,, Monday. s-:
 -Kingsbury of Stafford Springs fur nished headstones. for the graves of tho late Mrs. Allen and her children in thu Epad cemetery. ...
 Charles K. Nichols is juror from thls town for the coming year, his first attend ance being on the Dec. term at Holland.
 South VVillingtOn COrroSpOndence.
 Annual communication of Uriel lodge kNo. 24, F. < A. M., Saturday evening. full attendance is desired.
 The ,phonograph entertainment givel by Mir. Lasbury in the hall last Frida! kevenlng was very interesting Towar' the close the South Willington band broke the photograph while reproducing
 Mrs. E. l.. COnnor and son James, o Westfleld, Mass., spent Thanksgiving a her father's. FrederIck NewcOmb.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison visite' Mir. Harrison's father at Yantic last Sun day. MT. Harrlspn's. brother has just re turned from a trip around the world a private secretary for Mir. Slater of Nor wich.
 Mrs Chas. Essex spent. Thanksgiv ing with her brother, John Smith, at VII limantic. Mir .Rahd Mrs. Henry Knapp of stat ford ate turkey with Mrs. Fanny Scott.
 Frank Spicer, of ,WilAmantie spen Thanksgiving at home.
 Mrs. Mary Mundell and daughter aE visiting at w. H. Brackett's. MI. and Mrs. Needen of stanor , Springs spent Sunday with Mrs. Weeden' mother, Mrs. Ann Parker. Cz ooss Meadow correspondence.) } -Remember the lecture in the churc l next Sunday evening, at 2 o'clock, b Rev.-J. HI. James of Rockville. He wi also preach in the morning and administt the communion. David Mathews and wife, EYere Mathews and wife from Rock Meadov s land Herbert Bosworth and wife frol Gurleyville were guests Thanksgiving da of F. H. BaIlou.
 Meta and Anna Hanson from Sta1ol . Springs spent Thanksgiving with the
 parents.