The Press., 1898-08-04
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Hurrah for our war governor and for the state of Connecticut.
 The Merricks of Holyoke, Mass. called at their ancestors homesteads in town Tuesday.
 There was an enjoyable whortleberry party at A. H. Eldridge's farm last Mon- day afternoon.
 Charlie Eldridge Is at home and is about the house, but still suffers consid- erable muscular pain.
 Mrs. Orrin Lockwood continues quite feeble. Dr. Newton was called in con- sultation with Dr. Johnson last Monday. Mrs. H. P. Church of Rockville re- turned to her home to-day. She Is the the adopted daughter of the late Gilbert Ide.
 Skunks are unusually plenty, preying upon the farmers chickens and getting trapped
 Mrs. Charles Miller, who has been spending the month with Mrs. Pierce, re- turned to her home in Germantown, Penn., Monday. t.. List of letters remaining uncalled for In post office Aug. 8 A. Lfeshets, Ma thaniel Blitzer, MT. Levi, care of Mrs. Grief, J. Aultschuller. Clarence s. Preston received his bap- tism of fire at the battle of Guanica, Porto Rico, Tuesday, the 26th ult. Three of his company comrades were wounded. At the semi-annual business meeting of the Y. P. s. c. E. Rev. Samuel w. Clarke was made president, Mrs. Rev. Charles H. Brown secretary and treasurer, and Miss Emma Robbins corresponding sec- retary.
 We all need to hear to the warning, ''Take heed lest ye fall." Some of us err in some directions, others in other directions. Don't let us be too quick to turn the head or point the finger at any gathering when we think somebody else is hit.
 Mrs. Alonzo Pierce invited twenty lit tie girls last Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of her daughter, Edna Gould Pierce. The little ladies spent happy afternoon with many games and enjoyed their supper out of doors, the table being set upon the lawn.
 Real estate transactions the past month: Congregational society to Char. lotte Brigham; E. B. Tyler to s. P. Mor- rison; Albert Sharp, pew in Baptist meet, ing house, to Mrs. A. s. Pierce; Charles IF. Preston, horse shed near Baptist church, to Eddy Burdick.
 At the funeral services of Gilbert Ide the Rev. Charles H. Brown made an interesting and helpful address. The singing was by Miss Jennie Church, Mrs. T. Preston. The burial was Thursday afternoon in the new cemetery, where there was singing with the committal service.
 Summer visitors: Miss Barbour, E. N Kronper from New York at Frederick Draper's Miss Grace Champion of Tex as at LeGrand Johnson's. Mrs. Heck has with her for two months her mother Mrs. Mary Kurr, and her sister, Miss Jessica Kurr, of Jersey City, NJ. Mrs William Nichols of Holyoke, Mass, is al Samuel Nichols; MT. and Mrs. Clarke and Master Charles Clarke of Montreal Canada, at J. B. Carpenters. Alber. Sharp was in town over Sunday. Mis-, Emily Peck, former school teacher here and lately a worker among the In dians, at Daniel Eldridge's.
 South Willington Correspondence.
 Huber Morrison of Willimantic ha. been spending a week at W. H. Halls.
 MT. and Mrs. Origin Hall will enjoy tho cool sea breezes at Cottage City thil week.
 Peter Noble and daughter, Mary, o Monson have been visiting old friends ir town.
 The Misses Florence Neil and Lizzi Dimock are in Westerly, R. l., for tw, weeks.
 Mrs. Fitch, companion to "Grandma' Parker, is enjoying a vacation at the sea shore.
 Communion services will be held in tn hall Sunday immediately after the regu lar services.
 Miss Nora Parker Is spending tn month of August at her home in North ampton, Mass.
 Clayton Hanks and family have move to Willimantic, where MT. Hanks is em ployed as painter.
 MT. and Mrs. Stephen H. Lockwoo are receiving congratulations. It is boy, and weighs s4 pounds. A party of South Willington wheelme are planning to riGe to Norwich Sunday
 and take the boat to Watch Hill.
 Good huckleberries are very plenty i , this locality this year. Many have beel f picking, and good berries can now b
 bought for eight cents per quart. The ice man, W. E. Battye, was muc B missed on his trip to Mantle last week
 The extremely hot weather made the ic f melt fast, and the village was hot plac ? for two or three days.
 Mrs. O. D. Lockwood, who has bee lquite sick for some time, had counc v of doctors Monday. Dr. C.. B. Newto I of Stafford Springs and Dr. F. E. JohI f son of Mansfield Depot were in council
 but did not announce any conclusion. A a lpresent Mrs. Lockwood Is as we'll a t could be expected. < l Hereafter when anyone sells Sout t Willingtonite a horse he will have to sel
 them barn to go with 1t, as there is ah
 solutely no stable room in this flourish
 ing village. It is comical to see one c / our inhabitants, who, when she wants t
 go down the road half @ mile, has to wal
 three-quarters of mile up the road i
 order to get her horse to make the joui e dey. .....- ..s s5
 James Smith met with an accideut Sur @ day. While attempting to lead one ( f the company's horses down from tn f pond he gave it too much rope, and th