The Press., 1898-01-27
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Miss Ethel Bronson has returned from
her visit Ia the nelghborhood of New
York City.
Loren Golding and wife returned to
New Hampshire to-day from visit to
the Baptist parsonage.
Mrs. Grace johnson Huntington of
Mansfield visited her relatives near the
Wellington railroad station last week
Members Of the local w. G. T. U. are
in attendance to-day at meeting with
Mrs. George Huntington, Mansfield Depot.
By best accounts all the sick mentioned
last week are on the gain. Geo. Lyon lie
getting along quite we'll with his broken
leg.
Many have been the falls on the icy
roads and walks of late. Among them
was that Of gentleman on his way to
New Haven, Monday.
On recent dark night, a party of
Swedes and others returning from Stat.
ford Springs or vicinity to Buff Cap.
drove into Willimantic river. No serious
damage resulted.
The very inclement weather last Sun
day prevented a service in the Congrega-
tional church, although the minister 1e-
ported fog duty. Services were held at
the Baptist church.
Stephen Lockwood Of Wellington and
Adelaide Buckminster of Rockville were
married Jan. Goth, at the house of the
backgrounds father, 0. D. Lockwood, by
Rev. Charles FL. Brown.
We have been prompt and painstaking
in announcing the time, topics, etc., of
the grange meetings since its organiza-
ton We give notice of the regular
meeting tomorrow night, when, it is ex-
pected, installation of. officers will take
place.
| There are families, all the members of
which are animated by the same intere is
who echo each others praises or condem-
nations, are alike cold or hot-all SEEM
ing to possess the same mental and moral
mechanism-a ''mush of concession" Ii
is often an unjust as we'll as ridiculous
unanimity.
| The board of relief closed their sessions
for the year last Monday. There was
only one appearance for ''relief" before
the board, and that was the case Of an
alleged partially blind person, who, not
being ''aggrieved by the doings of the
assessors" had no standing in court
The board held that it had no power I'M
der the statute to act in the premises
Rev. Leonard Smith of Spring Hill will
preach FOR the pastor of the Baptist
church next Sunday afternoon, at the hal
in South Wellington, the latter having
part assigned him at the exercises or
that day in Warrenville These two
churches used to fraternizA good deal
in the years agone, and it may be that,
even now, In this ice period, there are
persons in this vicinity who will attend
this anniversary. Hence we clip the fol
lowing notice from the Willimantic Jour-
nal:
The date of the golden jubilee of the
| Baptist church has been changed from
the 23a to the Both of January Printed
programs of the occasion will be put out
the early part of next week. The public
is most heartily invited to these services
Sunday morning and evening. Rev. @.
H. Brown of Wilmington, che of the ablest
Baptist clergymen in the state, will
preach in the evening.
south Wellington Correspondence.
Mr., MARY Muhdell has been quite sick
She is under the care of DIR. johnson.
Now Is the time to get up your sleigh
party. AS the snow will not stay with us
long we had better take the first oppor-
tunity. Who'll go ahead?
Owing to the absence OF Pastor Brown
next Sunday, Rev. Leonard Smith OF
Spring Hill will preach in the hall. Mr..
Brown will preach at the exercises in
honor of the anniversary Of the Baptist
church at Warrenville.
Last Sunday morning, owing to the
slushy weather, a number of the men
came home from the barber shop well
prepared to keep their coat-tails out OF
the wet. One Of them was extensively
advertising Portland star matches and
sweet eaporal cigarettes.
Elmer Macfarlane fell and hurt himself
quite badly one day last week. He was
walking on the curbing by W. H. Hall's
house, and in some way he fell and cut g
deep cash in his forehead. The trained
nurse at Origin Halls sewed up the
wound, and it is now healing rapidly.
The South Wellington literary and de-
batting society held meeting in the hal
Tuesday evening. Thomas Bailey Aid
rich was the literary subject, and mum
Der of his poems were read The debate
was on the question:" Resolved-Th
! beauty is of more worth than usefulness.
The debaters in the affirmative were Miss
Rose Hall and Rev. q. III. Brown; In the
negative, Miss Callie Hopkins and Geo
w. Bracket. The debate was very in
teresting. The judges, Miss Nellie Nor
l rison, w. H. Buckingham and Georg,
: Worden, decided in the negative by
vote Of two TO one.
TOLLAND.
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