The Press., 1897-02-04
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On account of the bad condition of the roads, the crazy sociable was postponed until next Tuesday evening.

Toaus, lne crazy Soc1aOl0 was postponed until next Tuesday evening.
 (Correspondence.)
 Tuesday-Candlemas day Have you half your corn and half your hayP
 Mrs. Wesley Stout, of Asbury Park, N. J., is at George A. Cosgrove's.
 While one Chauneey says that although there are lots of restored public conf dence, it doesn't seem to affect business, the other Chauncey, the New York one, says Cat the recent Platt banquet) that the country never was in such good con- ditiOn for better times-and he didn't in- tend 1t for joke, either
 J. c. Brown, Jr., and wife, of Boston, visited at the Baptist parsonage last week.
 Those in attendance from this vicinity at the dancing party at Mrs. Lathrop's, near BabcOck's bridge, last Wednesday night, were Charles H. Ryder and wife, J. J. Himmeler and wife, H. F. Stark weather, Misses Jennie Church and Daisy Wilson, Ernest Wilson and Harry Morse. Music was furnished by J. F. Whitford !; Bissett, prompter. The occasion was highly enjoyable to those present, all though the three o'clock return home in the face of the heavy snow storm and the environment of the pitchy darkness was not very pleasant after-clap.
 ''The ass is perfectly comfortable in the lions skin, when his Una keeps close beside him to tell him how ferocious he appears!"
 Arthur Wood recently sold fine two horse team wagon of his own construc- tion to customer in Stafford Springs.
 We were favored by call from Repre- sentative Henry R. Woodward, Ashford, on Monday.
 For specimen of we'll sustained par agraphing in recent editorial, entitled "FeweI Western Colleges" in the Spring field Republican-twenty-t lines, one hundred and sixty-one words, from period to period
 The Baptist church was represented at the Sunday school convention in Stafford Hollow yesterday. It is expected that the next quarterly meeting will be in Willington.
 Referring to that public confidence," let us bear in mind that only 16 out of 3,679 national banks have closed their doors as yet.
 It would seem that the institution known as the old fashioned country de. bate is being revived. Unquestionably | it is good and wholesome thing The winters monotony is broken, minds are made alert and dignified, and debasing trivialities go unnurtured for the time. But the chief foes of this most beneficent pastime are personal fueds and the un- restrained social partisan. t--
 The following from the Courant relates to former resident physician, who re- moved to Rockville some years ago. "Doctor Dick" is still well remembered by many residents:
 Dr. F. L. Dickinson is receiving the congratulations of his friends on reaching his eightieth birthday Friday. in the evening of that day, the officers and di- rectors of the First National Bank and the physicians, with their wives, visited the physicians residence and the evening was much enjoyed. The party left tokens of their esteem. Dr. Dickinson was for many years the leading physician of this vicinity, but on account of poor health has not done much active work for sev- eral years. He has always been identi- fled with the prosperity of the city and town, having been first selectman, sena- tor from the twenty-third district and vice president of the First National Bank He has filled many other positions of trust. His friends wish him many more years of a happy and useful life.
 South WillingtOn Correspondence.
 Mrs. Eliza Kent Fuller, former resi- dent, read an interesting original paper at the recent meeting of the state grange 1 in New Haven. .-...
 Congratulations to Mir. and Mrs. W. H. Hall. It is girl, born last Friday night. Henry is passing round the cigars.
 The company have procured fine new sled for 'Old Sam" to do the trucking with this kind of weather. The body Is blue, trimmed with red, and Charlie Hills, the driver, feels quite ''stuck up" about | it. 1-F'
 We are glad to learn that the play, "A Box of Monkeys" is to be given in South Willington. We think that good crowd would turn out and hope it will be 6 success.
 Miss Rose Hall, who recently had al operation performed for appendicitis, lE slowly recovering. Dr. Alfredss Taylor who has been attending her left for New York Wednesday.
 We recently received letter from Sol omon Topliff, former resident of this place, and in it we found few verses O poetry MT. Topliff has written poetry for The Press, and his verses are very in teresting.
 There was no Sunday school or service in the hall last Sunday, owing to tht pipes being frozen. The literary meet ing, which was to have been held Monday evening, was postponed for one week The Christian Endeavor day program m has been given up entirely It is expected that the pipe will be mended this week and if so communion services will be helc in the hall next Sunday.
 School here did not keep last Thurs day, owing to the big snow storm. The snow blow was kept at work nearly al day, but the paths would fill up as sool as they were made. The big sled took the help home from the mill at night The snow drifts in this section are very large. The deepest we have encountered is up in Arthur Eldredge's yard. We go in drift there and went in clear to oul neck. The storm is thought by some O the older residents to be nearly equal tC the blizzard of '88. At any rate, SoutE Wilmington was pretty well showed in.
 w. R. Perry, the ice man, is lucky fellow. The last storm covered the ponc