The Press., 1895-09-05
WILMINGTON.

tCorrespondence.l
 Union prayer-meeting at Congrega- tional chapel tonight.
 Gertrude I. Morse, from Brooklyn, N. r., is at home to spend the month.
 -Dr. Wilbur E. Holt and family, of Newark, N. J., are at L. W. Holt's.
 Lena Whitford, late of Willimantic, Is at her fathers. .sz. @
 Mary Francis is visiting her mother, Mrs. Rufus Robbins. Geo. H. Snow has returned.
 Mrs. Bronson, with her niece, Alice Cosgrove, are at Geo. A. Cosgrove's,
 Mrs. Ann Dow, of Hartford, is stop ping with her sister, Mrs. $. P. Swift, assisting her in the care of MT. Swift, who remains about the same. "A man who makes statements which are untrue in order to carry his point is usually condemned by all decent people, unless they think that the point to be made is so righteous that it will justify some lying. But we do not often enough think that to sustain position by bad reasoning is about as bad as to support it by apocryphal facts"
 Rev. c. H. Brown is in atte endance at the annual meeting of the Ashford Bap- tist Association in Putnam.
 At the adjourned meeting of the joint board of school visitors and select men some additional appropriations were made. They now stand as follows: Dis trict No. 1, $215; No. 3, $2OO; No. 8, $190; No. 4, $19O; No. 5, $19O; No. 6, $19O; No. 2, $19O; No. 8, $252; No. g., $272. It appearing to the board that there Is now additional bona f1de resident children in the Moose Meadow district, although only nine in all, it was voted to set up school. It will be noticed that the Village Hill school may be continued. The new law makes thirty-six weeks yearly schooling obligatory in every dis trict, so that the appropriations are nec- essarily increased this year. But it is rank folly to run so many separate little schools. The people of these districts may yet be led to see this matter in it's true light.
 Mrs. Margaret Traver and her son, Allen, came up from Block Island Thurs day last, and remained at Chas. T. Pres toms over Sunday. They returned to their home in Worcester Monday, driving across country with the late Mrs. Walter E. Aliens horse and carriage.
 Rev. Theron Brown has returned to Boston. while Mrs. Brown remains at c. T. Preston's.
 Mrs. M. l.. Dimock has been indis- posed of late, but is now better. The school board deemed it wise un. der all the circumstances, especially in the interest of harmony, to rescind in the matter of its appointment of the Hollow district committee, and at it's late meet. Now he refuses to serve, "not for $100 even," he says; so the vacancy still re. mains. But, without doubt, some good teacher will be secured in due time by somebody.
 South WillingtOn Correspondence. School in this district commenced Tuesday, with Miss Sarah J. Andrews; o1 Summit, R. l., as teacher.
 Stated communication of Uriel Lodge No. 24, F. & A. M., next Saturday even ing.
 Irving Sholes and wife have been wis iting relatives at Athol, Mass.
 Miss Edith Scott acted as bridesmaid in wedding at Holland last week.
 The Ira Dimmock place, better knowr as the ''old stone house." has at last beer sold, the pdrchaser being w. H. Hall Improvements have already been made which add greatly to the looks of the village, and these will be followed by more, including the tearing down of tho old house, regarding the land and straight ening the road through the village til hardly trace of the old place will be left
 Miss Bertha Young has entered Will limantic high school, and Arthur spicel and Leo Korper have entered Stafford high school.
 Gardiner Halls truck wagon has beer fitted out with large tires and has beer finely painted, ... The South Willington and Talcott vile hines played very interesting game of ball on Pinney lot last Saturday. Tht longest hit ever made on the grounds wal made,by W. H. Hall of the home team Macfarlane, as usual, put up good gam' behind the bat. Both of the TalcottvillC pitchers were easily found by the exper Willington players, but Hall and Prer' were mystery to the Talcottvilles. Th' score was 15to 3 in favor of the hom' team. The Willingtons have challeng' from the South Coventry's, but Capt Hall thinks they had better rest on thei laurels.
 CMoose Meadow correspondence.)
 Mrs. Jason Allen has been visiting friends in Chaplin. Mrs. M. P. Fenton is laid up witt the rheumatism in her neck and head.
 E. E. Matthews and wife, from Rocl Meadow, were with Mrs. Ms. parents MT. and Mrs. F. H. Ballou, over Sunday
 There will not be any preaching il the church next Sunday on account o the pastors absence, but there will be prayer meeting at il o'clock instead.
 EASTFORD. | (Correspondence.)
 During the heavy thunder shove