The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-02-17
WELLINGTON.

"Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles YOU"
F. w. Preston. with Gladys and Way
lie, Of West Stafford, was at c. T. Pres
toms Sunday.
Meeting Of the, local w. G. T. U. in
the Baptist conference room Saturday p.
m. at o'clock.
Legrand johnson is building a new
barn in place OF the burned one. George
Barker has the contract.
The Sunday services at both churches
we're well attended, notwithstanding the
sloppiness of the roads and paths.
Feb. IA. Well, yes, we had a valen-
tine, nothing could have been sweeter ;
pair of robins just at dawn singing a
mating metre! ....
We saw fat, handsome gray squirrel
cavorting on the street near Rawltser's
mill in the borough the other day. Was
he an escaped pet?
Instead OF the regular grange meeting
the Gath, special one, In commemora-
ton of Washington's birthday, will be
held on Tuesday evening next There
will be Washington program for lee
turer's hour.
F. W. Pratt, administrator, will sell at
public auction, at the residence Of the
late Mary l.. Snow, Willington Hill, next
Monday, at 10 a. M, the personal proper
ty, consisting of stock, farming tools,
household goods, etc. -~.~
II could write better things than you, ~
Pray let me see you write few.
There's all the paper In the land,
A cord of pencils at command,
And matter waiting at your hand
Please give us something newt
A. s. Pierce was with his family from
Saturday till Monday evening. His New
York Office is In the Metropolitan build
Ing, cor. 23d at. and Madison-ave. His
company has the contract for lighting the
new wings of the art museum, Contra
Park.
Regular meeting of Elisha johnson
Post, No. SO, Saturday evening, 10Th inst
The dept commander, with his staff, pro
poses to visit the post March 18th, anC
has requested that special meeting b.
called on the evening of that day.
such meeting is held, comrades viii
bear In mind that the visiting officers
must be duly entertained.
South Wellington Correspondence.
Miss Rose Hall Is visiting relatives II
Pawtucket, R. l.
Mrs. Frank Cummings Of Lynn, Mass
has been visiting friends and relatives IL
town.
Andrew Macfarlane of Worcester, has
been visiting his brother, Charles Mac
farlane, in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner Hall, Jr., spen
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. George
S. Elliott, in Willirnantic.%
There will be a meeting OF the W. G.
T. U. in the hall Saturday afternoon, a
8 O'Clock, All are invited.
There was very pleasant surprise
party given to Charles Buckingham a
his home last Thursday evening. The oc
casion was his seventeenth birthday.
Stephen Lockwood, who was recent.
married to Miss Addie Buckminster o
Rockville, will commence Housekeeping
soon in one of the company's tenements.
The next meeting of the South Willing
ton Literary and Debating Society will
not be: held, until Friday evening, Feb
25th, owing to the public meeting OF tn
grange Tuesday evening next.
At the semi-annual meeting Of the Y
P. s. C.~E., held last Wednesday even
lng,, the following officers were electe
for the ensuing six months: President
w. H. Bracket; vice president, Georg
y. Richardson; recording secretary, Rev
Charles q. Brown; corresponding secre
tary, Miss Rose Hall; treasurer, Mis-
Lillian Scott. 49,,