The Press., 1896-10-01
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 special meeting af our post Saturday evehing, Oct. 8d at T o'clock, to prepare for annual inspection. Per order com- mander, Chas. T. Preston, adiutanf.
 Lawyer w. B. Stout, of Asbury Park, N. J. spent week with his wife and son at Geo. B. Cosgrove's
 Df. George Snow is visiting his family at Mrs. Mary Shows
 There was a pleasant social at the Bap- tist conference room Tuesday The games, s' Boston and Dumb Crambo" were especially interesting
 Communion will be administered at the hall in South Willington next Sunday af- terneenp
 The expected candidate not putting in an appearance, the pastor of the church in Westford, MT. Rand, supplied the Con- gregationAl church last Sunday.
 In Rockville last week we had a. plea ant chat with Sheriff Dickenson, whom we had not met sincehe was one of our pup.s tz str school teaching days. We were also favored while there with an in- terview with Cotnrade Burr, editor of The Leader.
 The dramatic and musical talent of thei local grange who gave the entertainments at Storrs.l last week, weregreatly fatteredI by the hearty encomiurns bestowed by the faculty of the college and others. The. ''come again" was evidently meant. EWillia hads so5 cil ilx,ar vaay,lznx3 zs.5- 'tsa
 Sliding on painted stick,
 And when he sucked the paint all off
 It RFEfe him deathly sick,
 PartiesSwho want load of those hoop pole shavings of George Wilson's, at the Hollow, must go for them right away, for he is aaFng to cart them off and burn what are left next week.
 w. H. Steadman and wife, of Hartford, were on the Hill, Tuesday,
 The screed concerning the missing in- ventor and machinist, J. H. Morrison, in a recent issue of The Courant, from its Willimantic correspondent, and copied into local papers, was canard. Neither his wife norany one of his relatives has any tidings of him whatsoever. Besides, the drinking heavily of late'' business, is- suing from the above mentioned source was not true. The man had lived on the Hill with his brother for three months previous to his disappearance, and had led quieteand sober life. The editor of an anti-silver democratic paper down south received the following from subscriber the other day:
 "You d--d old fool; don't you no them fellows what you rite for will have ) to pay you $16 for every $1 they pay you now under free silver? Hain't you got senso enough to see that, you blasted old fool ?"
 Speaking of hoop-poles, reminds us of a letter received by client of ours from 8 lawyer once practicing in Stafford Springs It read: "Dear Sir-You are acused o1 cutting Whooppoles on ---'s land, r etc. We have used it as an object lesson on occasion a
 We have heretofore in this column an imadverted to the propriety and desira Q bility of the public school teachers il town identifying themselves with the SO cial, moral and educational enterprises il their midst, where their influence should be felt. We have eight teachers in town Some of them have drawn hundreds O. dollars from the town treasury, and hoy many of them are ever seen in our various a social meetings to enliven and assist il o the wholesome exercises? r -Goorgc-A. Roufsas has sold a+pfeee 70 land near John F. Whitford's to Eddi f Hughes, whereon the latter intends t, erect soon dwelling house. b The w. R. C., connected with the loca Q G. A. R. post, also hold special meeting V Saturday evening, Oct. B. South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Stated communication of Uriel Lodge 24, F. and A. M., Saturday evening Prof. Patterson of Storrs is to give lee 'O ture. A full attendance desired. The baptizing in the lake last Sunda 1 passed off very pleasantly. The day wa D perfect and quite large crowd wa
 present.
 Miss Amy Williams, of Willimantic
 rode on her wheel here and spent Sunda l. with friends in town.
 V Albert Hall, the silver man from Idah
 Springs, Col, is visiting friends in town 10 Dr. H. Taylor, of New York, is visitin y at Gardiner Halls.
 'l J. w. Harrison was called suddenly t
 Yantic, Wednesday, by the death of hi '0 grandmother.
 ~ Mrs. A. Ko1per and daughter, Lena are visiting relatives in East Hampton. 11' The iron for the new bridge from tn >' Berlin Iron Bridge Go. has commenced ', arrive, and the bridge will be put in 8 " soon as possible.
 D Joseph Kuhuert is having a bad tim with his knee. The abcess, which at frs I was quite small, is now very large an 7' painful, and he suffers greatly. Dr. Johr son is attending him.
 Chas. McFarlane has been attendin
 court in Willimantic the first of this weel :" Representative w. H. Hall has houn II pup, which will in the near future folio s fl the trails through the woods of Willing 0l ton and neighbOring towns.
 W. H. Hall has ordered stone frol 'l Monson to be laid for the new bridge. " A. R. Perry, of New London, has fc ~ some time been negotiating with Gard '' ner Hall for the privilege of cutting ic
 from ''Lake Beauty to be sold in Ne ~ London. They have at last come to mt 1' tual terms, and MT. Perry is to erect ," modern style ice house here some on
 hundred and fifty feet from the railroa 7 track. The dimensions of the buildin '' are 125x8O feet. It is to be 35 feet hig 'A and will be divided into five apartments The capacity will be 5000 tons. Groun
 was broken Monday fo1 the building, an
 the work will be pushed as rapidly a