The Press., 1898-06-09
WELLINGTON

WELLINGTON | south Wilmington Correspondence. Adolph Benson has been taking 8 weeks vacation, visiting friends in Nor | wich and vicinity.
 Walter Allen from Bristol, who has taken charge of the stamping room, has moved into Albert Halls house.
 The company are putting up large shed for the the accommodation of horses in the pasture on the Benton lot.
 South Willington is growing all the time. Two new buildings are now going up. Wm F. Essex is erecting a horse barn on Charles Essex's property. Geo. H. Baker Is to do the work.
 Flags are flying from newly painted flag poles on the top of the two highest buildings in the village, and others have them out from their private residences. In this way the people of South Willing ton show their patriotism.
 There will be children's day concert in the hall next Sunday in place of the regular Sunday school and meeting. The program Is in charge of 8 committee elected from the Sunday school. The concert will begin at 4 o'clock, and all are welcome.
 Committeeman Homer N. Neil, W. H. Hall and Carlos Gurley have called 8
 school meeting for Friday evening, June
 10th, at the school house, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and ito do any oth- ; CT business proper and lawful to be done at said meeting"
 ? Sam Valentines tent show Is attracting = large crowd each evening to the tent . near the Morrison lot on the depot road. 5 The show is travelling in the interests of = the Cactus Medicine Go. of Long Island.
 A very good entertainment is given each T evening, although considerable time is
 devoted to medicine. The admission Is
 10 cents on alternate evenings. 8 Last Saturday evening party of about 8 thirty surprised Harry Worden and pro- 8 ceeded to entertain him, the occasion be- ing the nineteenth anniversary of his 8 birth. Instead of entertaining Harry, MT. = and Mrs. Worden took hand and enter 8 tained the visitors in tip-top shape. An |. excellent supper was served. Before D leaving the visitors presented Harry with t silk umbrella engraved HI. A.W." and d a meerschaum cigar holder as memoirs oi d an enjoyable evening.
 Once again has the South Wilmington Il base ball team compelled an opposing l team to bite the dust The date was last d Saturday, and the victims were the Junior y League Stars of Willimantic. The game - was played at Eagleville, and was the d best game in which the South Willing l. tons have participated this season. The = new uniforms of the South Willingtons
 showed of we'll. The pants and shirt are
 of a light gray, with black belt, stockings and cap. The letters IS. w." in black
 are on the shirt, the whole making a very .. neat uniform. Next Saturday 1t is ex
 pected that the local team will play She l. Buffaloes of Rockville at Rockville. Fol - lowing is the score of Saturdays game:
 J. l.. Stars, % 2 4 o 8 1 1-1s . So. Willingtons, O271 OOO2 3-1t
 Batteries Junior League Stars. Nichlos
 and Hyde; So. Willington, Prue an (
 Hall. Empires, A. l.. Spicer and "Red n Sullivan.
 UNION.
 Mrs. Kinda Marcy of Southbridge has re turned to her summer home.
 Miss Olive Simmo ms of Wales Is visit
 ing her brother, R. B. Horton. There will be Children's day exercises at the Congregational church next Sun
 day.
 Albert Miller of North Grosvenordale
 visited his mother, Mrs. Chas. Miller, tn,
 past week.
 MT. and Mrs. Geo. Whitcomb of Charl
 ton visited her brother, Willard Richard son, on Memorial day.
 ' Rev. MT. Rivard will hold union meet ing at the school house in the east distric
 next Tuesday evening. The most instructive stere opticon magi b lantern lecture on India was given Thurs l. day evening at the Congregational churcl d by Rev. H. M. Lawson, a returned mission d ary.
 Rev. George H. Furness and wife O
 South Wardsboro, Vt., and Miss Flor,
 Agard of Brimfield spent Memorial Sab y bath with there aunt, Mrs. E. w. Upham
 The meeting of the grange next Wed
 nesday will be in the form of a field meet
 ing st II a. m., at the home of w. r. Howard. The raising of grass will b
 the subject for discussion D. Rock Meadow. " Mrs. Wm. House has been taking car
 of her daughter, Anna House, who @ quite sick at her aunt's in Wales. @ Mrs. Charles Webster entertained las
 week Thursday her cousin, Mrs. Lymal J. Moore, from Mashapaug, and her uncl d from Worcester.
 Adelbert and Philena Agard have bee g. visiting at the home of MT. and Mri t, Strickland in Buckinham. They attend
 ed the Memorial exercises in South Mar of chester, returning home on Tuesday ( h. last week.
 a. ASHFORD.
 The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C D. Drummond regret to hear of their LII In fortunate accident last week Wednesday to They were going from there home to tn
 Westford postof1ce when their horse bt h. come frightened and started on a rur " throwing MT. Drummond out, but he hel " on to the reins and was dragged som III distance until the reins broke. The hors @, then had full headway and Mrs. Drum
 mond was thrown out, cutting her heat