The Press., 1897-10-14
WELLINGTON.

| meeting Saturday evening. 18th inst.
 Mrs Helen Preston Brown of Newton vile, Mass, visited at her brother, O. T. Preston's, last week. l Arthur Benton returns soon to Saxton's River, Vt., academy, where he has been for some four years, to perfect himself in special studies, particularly in the sci ences.
 Jason Bugbee, formerly of this town, of late years a teacher in Essex, Is now employed by the city of Hartford as time- keeper for the laborers at work on Bush- nell Park.
 Among the thousands in attendance on the fair last week none were more pleased over the entire show than the visitors from this vicinity. This town was nearly deserted Wednesday and Thursday
 Mrs. Legrand Johnson is visiting friends in New London and vicinity. With her are in attendance in that city at the Wom- ans State Christian Temperance Union meeting Mrs. W. D. Holman and Mrs. F. W. Pratt.
 Among other and minor bequests the late Mrs. E. P. Taylor left $1 ,OOO to the Baptist church here and $25O each to the women's foreign and the home mission societies. The former sum is to be placed on interest towards support of the minis ter.
 A tax of two cents was laid at the special town meeting last Saturday. It was also voted to appropriate $500, under the new good roads law, to improve the road from Babcock's bridge southward, an especial point being at the "Narrows," near the R. R. track With the desiI ed | will be a fine road all along between South Willington and the borough of Stafford Springs. As announced last week, the 10th an- nual meeting of the North Holland Sun- day School Union will be held in the Con- gregational church Saturday, Oct. 18th, from 10.30 a. m. to 8. 30 p. m. Lunch at noon. Miss Lovel, state field" worker, Prof. Peebles of Storrs college and others will speak. The full program will be duly circulated. With favorable weather there will doubtless be good attend ance, so let the ladies of the local churches see to 1t that there shall be enough to eat and drink, especially for out of town people as we'll as for their own families.
 O. H. Merrick of Holyoke, Mass, a Wilmington boy, has until recently, been prominent candidate as congressman from the first Mass. district, including the cities of Springfield, Holyoke and North ampton. He wisely withdrew his name before the nominating convention sat, as his chief competitor, after a declination, consented to run. The Holyoke, as we'll as other delegations, were enthusiastically for him, and it is thought by many that he would have won in the convention. The Springfield Republican in a recent issue had very life-like picture of him and sketch of his life. His parents were the late Timothy Merrick and Jus tina Hall his grandparents, Origen Hall and Selina Preston Hall. The following lines by Mrs. Annie A. Preston, long time intimate friend, were read at the close of the funeral discourse of Mrs. Solynan Taylor: AT REST. Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom f1y:" This the longing Of her heart When deaths shadows gathered nigh. This the wish fulfilled at last, AS her gentle spirit passed | Beyond the veil that shrouds our sight, Into the fullneSs Of Gods light Could Sire speak to us to-day, We might fancy she would say Be thankful, friends; I am at rest Within the portals Of the bleSt.
 Naught to me the form I've left, Though, dear ones, you are bereft; My earthly body was not I; The friend you pr1Zed can never die. My thanks left for those so true, Whose kindness smoothed my journey through The way Of weakness and Of pain, path shall not tread again.
 And now this message sweet send To every dear and cherished friend: Follow my Savior, whose great love Gives entrance to the gates above
 The gates that stand aJar for you, Youu see as can see to-day l How Jesus is the life, the way" South willington Correspondence.
 Mrs. Florence Denman Raney has re- turned to New York City.
 Mrs. Thomas Slingsby from Holyoke, Mass, is visiting friends in town.
 Miss Sarah Andrews of Summit, R. l., Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Nichols. | Miss Charlotte Brigham Is at East Hampton, owing to the illness of her sis ter, Mrs. Field.
 There were no South Wilmington items last week, as the correspondent could think of nothing but the fair. | Grandma" Hall is quite seriously sick with pneumonia, complicated with bron- chial trouble. Dr. Newton of Stafford Springs is the attending physician. A nurse from Hartford Is also in attendance
 Miss Edna House and Oscar Brown of Hartford were married by Justice Essex at the residence of w. E. Butler last Sat- urday evening. MT. Brown has returned to Hartford.
 The marriage of Miss Clara Alkaline, the oldest daughter of Gardiner Hall, Jr to George Storrs Elliot. of the firm of Chesbro & Elliott, ,Willimantic, took place at the residence of MT. Hall at 12 m. to- day.
 Gardiner Hall, Jr., and family and Representative Hall and wife and Miss Jennie Essex attended the marriage of Miss Etta, the daughter of Albert Hall, to Richard Van Peck of New York City, at the Springs House, Stafford Springs, last Tuesday.
 The mill shut down Wednesday and Thursday of last week for the Stafford fair. A very large number went up Wednesday, and quite a delegation at tended Thursday. All pronounce ii about the best fair they ever attended W.H.Hal took all the first prizes but one on his cattle, and that one was a second. This was the only exhibit from South Willington, and it is a record breaker. Quite a number of the South Willington- ites got left Wednesday, and had to wait over until the boat train. Moose Meadow.
 Earl Barrett of Springfield was home for few days last week.
 Frank and Charles Kies are visiting ir Middletown, Conn.