The Press., 1896-09-03
WELLINGTON.

Sights of apples, but the potato yield is scant, with a tendency to rot.
 The center school will begin Wednes- day next week, 9th inst.
 The republican caucus was slimly at tended, thirteen being the highest number of votes cast for candidates for the differ ent delegations. Only one of the sixteen candidates chosen, Chas. T. Preston, de- clined to wear the laurel. The list of delegates was given in the South Willing ton items last week, we notice.
 You can fool some of the people all the time; you can fool all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool G1 of the people GW the time. A. LINCOLN.
 Whitman, the present owner of the Glass Factory, is extensively repairing the dwelling house. This is another ad- dition to the newly repaired houses in that village.
 Mrs. Works, with her daughter, Edna, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Loren Trask, returned to her home in Manchester this week.
 
 ed to hold their annual meeting, the board of school visitors have appointed the fol- lowing officers: Committee, Frank Or cutt; clerk and treasurer, H. D, Royce; collector, Dexter Robbins. The school begins next Monday.
 Llat of letters uncalled-for h post of- floe, Sept. lst Mrss Ida Hfrsch, c. c. -g4ough, Mrs. Wm. Bartlett, Miss Emily Hudson,J. W. Chapman, Thomas Miller, Stephen Gulick, Mamie Carroll, J, Free man, Lena M. Young, Adolph Bensck.
 Last Thursday 8 party of thirty-ffve relatives - Pratts, Johnsons, Prestons, Gurleys and Glaziers, from Willington, Mansfield, Hartford and Worcester, Mass. picknicked at Lake Wangumbaug, South Coventry. That those who went early had good luck with hook and line was proved by the fish fry at noon, which sup. plimented the well-filled hampers that loaded the tables with good things, tC which all, old and young, brought excel lent appetites. If everybody wasn't re- lated to everybody, everybody was re lated to somebody, and the occasion was both memorable and enjoyable.
 It is expected that large delegation from the local grange will take in the fol lowing: A field meeting of the Connect icut granges will be held at Storrs college Tuesday, September 8. It will be on tht basket picnic plan, and generous invita tion is extended. It is expected that Ma tional Grange Master Brigham, of Ohio will be present and make an address Other speakers expected are State Maste s. o. Bowen, ex-State Master J. H. Hal' and Mrs. Estella Barnes, secretary of thu Connecticut state grange.
 Delegates from the local church to thu 72d anniversary of the Ashford Baptis Association held yesterday and to-day a Spring Hill: Legrand Johnson, W. H Bracket, J. B. Carpenter.
 Rufus Wordsworth and wife, of Man chester, Mrs. Wesley Storet and son, o Asbury Park, N. J., and Mrs. Ida Bron son are at Geo. A. Cosgrove's. The Congregational church repairs ar nearing completion, and dedication SCI vice will be held in the edifice on Sunday 18th inst.
 The Loren Trask place recently sol by Levi Gary to c. H. Hobby is now hel by his son, Warren.
 The grass and brush in the old ceme tery sadly needs cutting.
 Mrs. G. G. Dave, who has been visitin in Boston, is now i'll with cold in Pitts field, Mass. She hopes to be able to rt turn at the close of the week.
 The Potter school is closed for tn year, and the only scholars now living the district, Fred Juul's children, atten the Roaring Brook school.
 Lucius Preston recently visited hi brother, Joshua, in Hartford.
 Merrick Pratt and family and his brotf er-in-law, s. Taylor, of Worcester, Mass were at F. w. Platt's last week.
 Walter B. Allen, of Boston, was at T. Preston's Monday of last week.
 Mrs. Hattie Dimock Pierce and her tw daughters, of Jenkinville, near Philade phia, Pa., have been visiting at A. I Dimock's.
 Mrs. w. H. Steadman and her daugt ter, Eva, of Hartford, and Mrs. Stead man, of Mansfield, were at the Curti place Monday.
 A party from here called at the cream cry at Morrow the other day, and wer much interested in seeing Bonnie Bento make butter. Now Bennie says that lawyer even, though he be Patron, mus practice before he can become expert i lifting the cover of a big swinging chur1 And the latter says that when he went school to Norman Holt he used to b threatened with being greased and the swallowed; and when he was deluge with cream on the occasion above meI toned he didn't know but the rest weul follow. He is ready to promise, however that the next time he visits the creamer he will suffer the butter makers to do tn honOrs.
 COmmendable and humano-the newl repaired and new warm horse sheds the rear of the Congregational churcl The fine, warm sheds of the Methods chapel, Holland side, also furnish anotht object lesson.
 A flock of wild geese, several hundre in number, sailing very high southwarC passed over this township recently. cold weather near
 The following from the Palmyra (N.Y Y Courier will interest many readers of Tn Press in this vicinity and elsewhere:
 A tribute to the memory of John I Bennett, who was born June 7, 1922. H ancestral home was Stonington, Conn and his parents were of the best Ne England type. He was one of famil of thirteen brothers and sisters, ten whom survive him, and whose ages a craze more than seventy years. He wt !