The Press., 1897-04-08
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 | teThe history of no people is heroical to it's mugwumps."
 1 Mrs. Dixon,has been removed to the hospital in Hartford
 Let us not forever be fixing our gaze on warts and blotches."
 The Press bundle for Willington was carried by again last week. The Jellas family have moved into the Ornsby place, Miss Leonard's.
 Chas. T. Preston and wife were in Rockville and Hartford this week.
 The Baptist Sunday and Thursday even- ing meetings will be resumed next week. Mrs. M. L. Dimock and Mrs. George B. Robbins are recovering from their illness.
 Grange meeting tomorrow night. Sub jects, lecturers hour, Byron and ''Peach Yellows." ....H.
 A young man from the Yale Theologi- cal Seminary will supply the Congrega- tional pulpit next Sunday.
 Thomas Valley and family are at Geo. E. Sparrow's. Joseph Sparrow has been recruiting there from the grip.
 Mrs. A. B. Dave is teaching the Hol- low school, while Miss Jennie Church has the Daleville school this term. Mrs. Dora Essex Himmelar has left her home near the Wilmington R. R. sta- tion for an indefinite time, 1t Is said. John Starkweather and Miss Rose Nichols were married in Willimantic Monday. They have gone to Philadel- phia on their wedding trip. Rev. Chas. H. Brown and Mrs. Chas. T. Preston are delegates to the minister's conference and the ladies' missionary meeting in Willimantic to-day. selden, youngest son of the late Bart. and Ruth Snow, died suddenly, 1st inst, at the house of his sister-in-law, Widow William Snow, while on a visit. The medical examiners certificate gives cause of death as apoplexy. He met his death near where he was born sixty-two years ago. He had, however, spent most of his life in Stafford, whither the body was carried for burial.
 Some of our older readers will recall Mary, sister of Dr. Melanthon Storrs, who studied medicine here with one of the local physicians. Her home was in l Westford, but she used to visit here oc- casionally She died last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Brigham, in Hartford, where she had lived many years. The Courant says: "Miss Storrs was woman of much strength of charac. ter, refined tastes, and of deep religious convictions, who impressed an unusually large circle of friends, particularly among the older families of the eastern part of the state with her loving and helpful kindness
 (From another correspondent.) IA sociable will be held at the Congre- gational church next Wednesday evening. The gentlemen are each requested to bring a pair of scissors, that they may cut pattern of ladies' dress sleeve in the latest spring style. All ladies who are in need of patterns can secure one by coming. No doubt there will be varle- ty of styles to select from. All are in- I vited. Supper as usual.
 South Wilmington Correspondence. I J. w. Harrison will have the agency for number of wheels.
 d MT. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison spent d1Sunday with friends and relatives in Nor 4 wietr --.--.s.-. I Orrin D. Lockwood moved Tuesday 1 from the old Benton house to his farm near Willington Hill.
 II David Barrows, who recently went to Andover to work on the railroad, is back and working for the company.
 Communion service was held in the hall last Sunday immediately after the service, and about twenty participated. Miss Rena Young is quite sick at hel cousins, in Willimantic, with kidney trouble. Her mother Is with her al pres ent.
 , Last Saturday Miss Baxter, with { number of helpers, gave the inside of the school house good cleaning, which great ly improves its appearance.
 A few from this place attended the minstrel show at at Hillside Hall last Tuesday evening, and report fine enter tainment well worth the money.
 The wide tires on G. Hall, Jr., & Co.'S wagons are good road makers. MT. Hal believes in wide tires and good roads The l.. A. W. boys wish there were more
 of his stamp.
 Mrs. Shaffer has moved from her farm | IJ SoA l in the village recently occupied by Alber
 Richardson. Alfred House has moved t.
 Mrs. Shaffer's farm.
 I ". R.. Perry, of New London, who hal 8 lengthy article Gllustrated) of his plan
 published in the "Ice and Refrigerator, 1 Chicago. The cuts will be taken iron : pictures made by J. W. Harrison.
 One of our prominent business people q after writing an important letter fror
 this place to Willimantic, signed hersel
 ''C. R. Wilmington, Willimantic, Conn.
 She explains herself by saying that tn f minister was visiting in another room
 and that rattled her.
 r John A. Starkweather and Miss Ros
 Nichols were married at Norwich las IF Monday. Any one on the 4.30 train Mor
 day afternoon could tell that they were married couple, because each had boo f and seemed to be absorbed in reading But going down in the morning how dii
 ferent it was. Congratulations.
 The next meeting of the literary societ d will be held in the hall Monday evening Bryant will be the subject. The debat if will be on the question, Resolved capital punishment should be abolished 6 Affirmative, Rev. ThomasDenman an
 Charles Buckingham, D. V. s.. negative