The Press., 1898-04-21
wILLTN0TON.
Let's get our dogs registered!

WELLINGTON.
 Let's get our dogs registeredi
 Oh, poor Spain, flight or quit!"
 Forgive and forget. When you bury mad dog don't leave his tail above ground"
 Uncle Sam is rich enough to buy us all farm" is chestnut. Now we say he's rich enough to buy us all yacht.
 Grange meeting tomorrow evening, 22d. Subject for lecturers hour, "What are you going to plant, and what profit do you expect therefrom ?"
 We were misinformed as to the hiring of Mir. David Y. Moore to supply the Congl pulpit for another year. We hear that the matter Is not quite settled yet.
 At the G. A. R. post meeting Saturday evening Comrades Preston, Carroll ard Marble were appointed committee to see to the decoration of soldiers graves in the four cemeteries in town.
 Mrs. President Morrison, W. R. O., has appointed this committee to act in con- cert with the G. A. R. post committee with reference to the observance of me- morial day: Mesdames Marble, Joslin, Heck, Lyon and Preston.
 From another correspondent.l
 The ladies' benevolent society will meet with Mrs. Charles Thresher and Mrs. o. H. Hobby next Wednesday afternoon and evening at their home. Ice cream, candy, oranges, etc., will be on sale dur ing the evening. The laughing camera will be on exhibition, and John Whitford and Miss Lena Whitford will furnish music on the piano and violin. Through the kindness of Mrs. Robbins an enter tainment will be given in part by the scholars in her school. Supper as usual. If stormy Wednesday the social will be postponed to Thursday.
 South willington COrrespondence.
 George Worden has been laid up for the past week with rheumatism.
 Harvey Allen from Boston dental col- home.
 D. c. Manning of Westfield is at home. His father, Lathrop Manning, is in quite feeble health.
 There will be an auction sale of furni- ture, etc., at the residence of Daniel E. Benton Thursday.
 Joseph Kuhnert and family have been spending weeks vacation visiting rela- tives in Bloomfield.
 George Richardson spent Sunday at State Line. He conducted a service at the school house there.
 A stray pug dog has taken liking to J. W. Harrison, and sticks to him all the time. See advertisement in another col. umn.
 Charles Essex and mother from Fall River, Mass, were in town Sunday at. tending the funeral of Mir. Essex's uncle Wm. F. Essex, ST.
 The first game of the season for the South Wilmington ball nine will be played with the Willimantic high school, at Will limantic, Saturday, May 21st. Louis Silvey and family leave Saturday for Philadelphia, where MT. Silvey will accept position. He has been overseel of the printing department for the pas four years.
 There will be a social and entertain ment at Wesley chapel Thursday evening of this week. MT. John Starkweathe will be present with his graphophone Admission, 15 cents. Mrs. Fitch, who is companion t Grandma" Parker, left Tuesday nigh for New York. Her son graduates a nurse from New York hospital Wed nesday, and is to act as a nurse in the U S. army.
 There will be a meeting of the Literar, society Tuesday evening" The subjec for discussion will be, Resolved, tha the blowing up of the Maine was sufficien cause for the United States to declar immediate war against Spain." Wm. F. Essex, ST., who was formerl well known in this state, died in Chicag last week from pneumonia. The remain were brought here for burial, and the flu neral was held Sunday at the home 0 his son, Charles c. Essex. Rev. Danie Y. Moor oficiated. The interment wa in the Wilmington cemetery. MT. Esse was born in Colchester in Oct. 7th, 1S1e He was an overseer of cotton weavin and spinning in Connecticut and Massa chusetts continuously from the age of 1 to 51. He married Eliza A. Clark c Windham, who died in 1879. The las twenty-five years of his life he has sper in Chicago. He was one of ten childrer Grandma" Hall being the only one wh now survives. He leaves three children Wm. F. Essex, Jr., Chas: c. Essex an Mrs. Levi Bond, all of whom reside i this place.