The Press., 1898-11-17
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 A. H. Eldridge and wife were in Hart ford last week.
 Hard and constant knocks bring suc- cess; DO abracadabra will do it.
 Lena Whitford came from Willimantic recently for brief visit at her home.
 Josiah c. Sparks was reelected deacon at the Baptist church meeting last Sun- day. .-s -.
 l.. Preston slipped while descending his cellar stairs last week, and was slight ly hurt.
 The adiutant of the G. A. R. post has mailed a notice to each member to be present at the annual inspection Saturday evening, 18th inst. ..--.. -..- -.
 The annual meeting of the Baptist so- ciety will be held in its conference room Saturday evening, 18th inst. A full at tendance is desired
 Mrs. Della A. Rider returned to her home last Saturday. Miss Hattie C.. Robbins was with her sister at the store and post office during her aunt's absence
 Why don't farmers raise the Giliihower apple more? It is seldom rotten or de- cayed at the core, and it is always grabbed for first when the fruit is displayed in the market.
 Meeting of the local w. 0. F. U in the hall at South Willington Saturday after noon, 18th. Officers for the ensuing year will then be chosen. A full attendance is requested.
 W. D. Holman and wife and c. T. Preston and wife are attending the annual meeting of the board of management at the Holland County Temporary Home at Vernon today.
 N It is requested that the grange Gre ception night" committee, F. w. Pratt, A. H. Eldridge, Mrs. J. B. Carpenter Mrs. s. P. Morrison, meet at c. T. Pres. toms tomorrow evening.
 The silver wedding of G. B. $. Amidon and wife was recently celebl ated. We are not in receipt of particulars. Any way, their many friends wish them hap lpy journey on to the golden milestone and beyond.
 A number of persons from this vicinity attended the ordination and installation exercises at Stafford Springs last week |, Those who attended in the afternoon would have been more comfortable had the meeting house been warmed. ', Benny Benton and wife and Miss Emma Leckler were thrown from their buggy ? Sunday afternoon while on the way iron the Hill to Geo. A. Cosgrove's. Int former was bruised somewhat, Miss Leck Ter lost one or two teeth, while Mrs. Ben ton escaped injury.
 II Bert D. Preston, eldest son of Joshus 7 at Colchester Sunday morning at the agt l. of 63. The funeral was held there Tues y day. He leaves widow. He went iron u here to Hartford in 1854, and had alst lived in Chicago, Ill. J, and Brooklyn, N. Y
 A special meeting of the local grange is called for Tuesday evening, 22d inst. as reception night" when a supper is tt be given to the fifteen members who hay, l been married since the organization O the grange, five years ago. This meeting D will also mark its fifth anniversary, th first visit of the county deputy occurrin, h Thanksgiving week, 1893. The connubi ality of the occasion will include the w n M., the w. O., our senator-elect and rep resentative-elect. The point to be note' 2 In this connection is-f you want to ge married, join the grange!
 s A somewhat animated talk was had a the last meeting of the local Y. P. s. c V E. over the evenings topic, "Cbristial recreation" Dancing and card playing in toto, seemed to be condemned by tn = majority of Christians who spoke. Tn sexual aspect of the former position wa
 prominently brought to view. The meet ' ing was ably led by Mrs. A. D. Dimock
 Next Sunday evening the topic will be
 Thanksgiving one, Praise the Lord,
 Rev. s. W. Clarke leader. We are re d quested to say that that meeting, as vel
 as those following this winter, will begi at 2 o'clock, sharp, an introductory prais n service occupying the first half hour.
 Last Wednesday afternoon the boile T, of the steam saw-mill on the Clarenc
 Mclean lot exploded with terrific force :. the attendants miraculously escaping 1T =, stant death or serious injury, the explt
 sion being upward. The cause and r' or sponsibility attending the accident al
 both problematical, J. l.. Enc havin f charge of the job and mill, and one Ke
 logg, of Holyoke, Mass. being the owl
 CT. The former, with his team, was , :. some distance from the mill, and so r ;a ceived considerable injury. The mi hod hot o
 leer, and, we understand, had been font condemned. Among the succession owners are: Griggs, Ryder, Barret r.. Bramble and Downs. As evidence of tl
 force of the explosion, the shell VI
 whirled some twenty rods, bounding ar d rebounding four or five times. The ir
 mediate damage-to the mill itself
 some $175. H. South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Main-street has received top dressil mt of gravel.
 The company have stopped soHcitir ar outside blacksmithing.
 The only thing lacking in the cyst he stews served on the Hill election day VI, l.. the oysters. ..-.
 The horse recently owned by Miss Cha ed lotte Brigham has changed owners. Frar he Pobuda now furnishes the feed.
 W. E. Battye, who lost bull some tv lis weeks ago, has found the animal son svi seven miles from here, in the locality
 Storrs. 5e.s- .... --. ng Mrs. w. H. Nichols was called hurrie 'es ly to the home of her mother in Rho
 Island, Wednesday afternoon, her moth le- being seriously sick.
 he The Ladies' Temperance society W
 meet in the hall Saturday afternoon, No