The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-09-01

VINO are stopping on tn0 mir nelu q
picnic at Aborns grove Wednesday.
@. Walton Aborn entered upon his
school duties Wednesday at Ellington.
We wish him success in his new field OF
labor.
Miss Lottle F. Chapman, who has been
spending few days with her aunt, Mrs.
Eugene Neff, has returned to her home In
Rockville.
Rev. T. G. Denman of South Willing
ton will preach next Sunday at the usual
hour. There will also be church meet
ing to elect trustees the first Monday in
September, at z. 80 p. M.
WELLINGTON.
Henry Cooper and family are to re-
move to Pomfret.
Quite heavy cuts of rowen are being
housed in this region this season.
Mrs. Charles Holman and little son
have been visiting at Judge Holman's.
Willie 0. Eldredge has moved to South
Wellington, and is at work in the mill
there.
The Congregational Sunday school pic
nicked on the resort at Square Pond yes
terday.
Mrs. Loren Trask and her granddaugh-
ter, Edna Works, are at New London for
the week.
The special matters up for considera-
tiOn at the last meeting of the local grange
were laid over until Friday evening, Sept.
23d
Not being present at the republican
caucus last Saturday, we are not able to
give the result of the proceedings. Be-
sides, it Is properly South Wellington
item.
The time, place and program of the
next meeting of the q. A. r. posts Of
Chaplin, Union and Wilmington are to be
determined by the commanders OF the re-
spective posts.
Rachel M, eldest daughter of Charles
A. Robbins, held party in observance
of her eleventh birthday last Thursday,
25th inst, where were present eleven of
her little girl friends.
Associational director, Mrs. Annie A.
Preston, expects Miss Giles of Spellman,
N. c., seminary to speak at the Womans'
Home Missionary session at the associa-
ton meeting at Willimantic next week.
Rev. s. w. Clark will preach in the
Baptist church next Sunday from the
text, tHave ye received the Holy Ghost ?"
Should the weather be propitious, from
what we hear, there will be full turn
out.
The U. s. officials, from the highest to
the lowest, who are responsible for the
speakable sufferings OF our we'll, sick and
wounded soldiers in Cuba, Porto Rico
and in the camps here at home, deserve a
court martial and bullet.
Communion at Baptist church next
Sunday. Last Sunday Deacons Sparks
and Bracket and F. w. Pratt were chos-
en- delegates to the meeting of the Ash
ford Baptist association, to be held at
Willimantic next week, Sept and s.
The entertainment given in the town
hall Tuesday night by the local c. E. So
ciety was success as to numbers, pro-
gram and Ice cream and cake. The num-
bers taken by Rev. S. w. Clarke and
Miss Jennie Church, singing, and reading
and recitations by Mrs. Preston, Rev. G.
Ii. Brown, Edna Pierce and Florence
Pierce were we'll received. The duet by
Rev. Mrs. Truman johnson and her son,
Merle, In the Karen British India) dia-
lect was a unique and interesting feature.
Among recent and present guests In
town were and are National Grange Mas
ter and National Grange Chaplain Bowen
of Eastford, and Mrs. DIR. w. L. Higgins
and daughters, Ruth and Ruby, of Coven-
try, at G. 7. Preston's; Widow Frank
Morrison and son of N. j., at s. P. Nor
rison's; Mrs. Scranton and her grand
daughter, Miss Blance Pierce, of Ashton,
r. l., at Mrs. A. s. Pierce's; Mrs. Ce-
lenda Waldo and her granddaughters,
Grace, Lizzie, Jane and Helen Knox, of
Hartford, at j. B. Carpenters; Miss Kit
tie P. Burdick and j. w. Burdick, Jr.,
children of James w. Burdick of New
Hartford, at NJ. Burdick's; Mr.. and Mrs.
chester at G. A. Cosgrove's.
South Wellington Correspondence.
Howard Field of East Hampton is Wis
iting at A. Korper's this week.
Mrs. Pet Gray of Bristol has been
spending few days at VIM. Browulee's.
Clarence Essex begins his sophomore
year at the Willimantic high school next
Monday.
Miss Nora Parker returns this week
from months vacation at her home in
Northampton, Mass.
Miss Cora and Miss Lulu Devereaux
have been visiting at Harry Denman's in
Norwich the past week.
Mrs. Fanny Southwick and daughter,
Gladys, are spending three weeks va
catian with relatives in Maine.
VIM. Eldredge, who formerly lived at
Eldredge's mills in this town, has taken
position in the dye house of G.. Hall,
Jr., & Co.
Joe Duchan got hurt quite badly in the
ice house Monday. He had an ice pick
and was trying to move cake Of ice,
when the pick slipped and few up, hitting
him in the eye, inflicting severe wound.
It is expected that the South Willing
tons will play the Eaglevilles game of
ball at Eagleville next Saturday. The
game will be a good one, and South
Wellington delegation ought to attend.
There was a bicycle collision In the
new village Sunday night. Harry Shaffer
on George Morrison's wheel was riding
down the street, and Charles Buckingham
was riding up. They we're both going at
good rate of speed, and when ready to
pass each other they turned out the same
way, and before either could turn back
there was a collision. Fortunately the
riders were not hurt, but the wheels have