The Press., 1897-05-06
WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON.
Correspondence
Mrs. Dora Essex Himmeler ret-rned to
her home Monday night.
Gilbert G. Brown has been visiting
friends In town the past week.
Mrs. Ward Cortis has moved from
North Coventry to Manchester.
Representative ]. M. Leach and A. w.
Tufhill, of The Press Office, Stafford
| Springs, were guests of Chas It. Preston,
| Sunday.
Letters In Wellington post-office un-
called for: Joseph Brandon, Miss Lottie
Swift, Peck, Snow and Wilcox, Mrs. Gym
thia Baxter.
Mrs. Mary Slocum, of Salem, Mass, Is
visiting friends in town. She and her
sister, Mrs. 8. P. Morrison, went to Hol-
yoke, Mass, to-day, to visit their father,
Thomas Slingsby, who is now 90 years of
age
a. L. Pierce, of Wyncote, Penn, with
his wife, Hattie Dimock, and their chill
dren, Edna, Florence, mex and Dorothy,
moved hither Tuesday. He is an cleo
trician, and goes to-day to at up plant
ON Long Island. His family will continue
| to I've here.
Geo. A. Cosgrove lost his favorite COW,
Jennie" Monday, from puerperal apo
plexy.
In the item In last weeks paper con-
fcerning Dow Ide the copy said has, not
''had;" and In the item about Eastern
Conn. judges, the copy said creatures of
the lawyers, not "contrary'-which was
Just contrary to what we meant.
Lest anybody should begin to gloat
over the superstition that the local g. A.
r. post is to disband right away, we re-
cord the fact that at its last stated meet
ing, nth ult-, 1t highly resolved to be
more loyal and united than ever. An
other fact is this: Every year since its
organization this post has had the largest
relative average attendance of any post
in me state, and 1t was so promulgated
by the assistant acknowledgement.
Next week we may have a word to say
about the last election of justices OF the
peace, the location of the present town
judiciary, etc.
Ii Is said that the local republican ma
chimes In this and other towns in this vi
entity are off their trolleys. More to fol-
low.
j. b. Carpenter was thrown from his
| road-cart MONDAY night by reason of a
little scrap between his COW, which was
hitched thereto, and a neighbours COW,
and was somewhat bruised.
South Wellington Correspondence.
Look out for tick-tacks.
Joseph Kingsbury has exchanged his
last years Packer for a new '97 Eagle
wheel By the way, he also has a new
bicycle suit.
Whist parties have taken back seat,
| and bicycling Is now all the rage.
Willie st. Clair has returned to his
home In Lynn. While here he worked
for Mr.. Gurley.
Talk about chickens, Austin Rowland
Matched 10 out of IL eggs.
| Where is the company that was going
to give the play "A Box of Monkeys y
in So. Wellington after lent?
We hear that there is going to be 9
picture gallery started In the place
| We've got a good one to start on.
| The Storrs ball nine and scrub nine
from this place and Eagleville played {
game at Eaglevilie last Saturday. Their,
were plenty of errors on both sides. w
ii. Hall played with Eaglevilles and will
thee men on. bases made a home run
SO you see we have some material for
team in So. Wellington.
1t was rather windy around here las
Saturday. II you don't believe it asl
Selectmen Korper. His carriage, which
had just been used, was standing In from
of his barn. A good full blast of wine
came, took the carriage and carried /
down the embankment. One axle wa
sprung, but no further damage was done
Next time they will tie their carriage t,
the windmill, SO 1t will not run away.
i Two young men from South Coventr.
had slight accident last Sunday night
They drove up to the boarding house
took in a young lady, and started to g.
across the river after another. Whel
they reached the covered bridge the,
claim that it was so dark they couldn'
see their way through, and ran into a pos
In the bridge and tipped them over ant
smashed the carriage quite badly. TIL
horse and persons were uniniured, and tn
men started for Coventry, leading tn
horse.
Literary meeting Monday evening
Emerson is the literary subject. Tn
debate Is on the question, Resolved, tina
all officers of the government should b.
elected by direct vote Of the people. Aft
Rev. G. Fl. Brown and Linneaus Nichols
neg, w. Ii. Hall and Arthur Spicer.
| Moose Meadow.
Frank Chism, who is employed by e
w. Brooks, is quite Ill. His place is bein,
filled by Harvey Barrett.
Rev. F. B. Adams occupied the pulpit
of the III. e. church last Sabbath. Tn
hour for service has been changed to $50
Representative Harry e. Back OF Union
who asjust opened law Office In Daniel
son WAS appointed prosecuting attorney
of the new town court Of Killingly b,
Judge Prescott yesterday.
Rock Meadow.
Quite an extensive fire spread owe
"Hedge Hog" last Friday, burning owe
number of acres OF sprout land owne'
by Rockwell and Brooks, not doing mucl
damage otherwise.
Mrs. Henry Booth returned home las
Friday from visiting her daughter IL
Hartford.
| ASHFORD.
| Westford CorresDondence.