The Press., 1899-02-16
WILLIraroN.

Robert Taylor has gone to work In the
Summit mill In Staffordvflle. His wife
and child are with him.
There were no services in the Congre-
gaifonal meeting house last Sunday. So
many of the worshipers live at a distance
that the storms of this season have al
lowed but few services during the winter.
The rumor that because Representative
o. Hall introduced bill last week al
lowing hotels in no-license towns. to
sell liquor, somebody In this town wants
such privilege, is doubtless fake OF the
first water.
The regular meeting of the w. G. T. q.
will be held at the hall In South Willing
ton Saturday evening, 18th inst, at 7.30.
The L. L., under their leader, Miss Rose
o. Hall, will have part In the program.
Light refreshments will be served.
Has the town ever thought of the
feasibility of disseminating some of our
little used highways-hardly more than
mere cart paths now? Such action would
permit more time and money to be spent
on, the more important highways us Il for
home traffic. For instance, there's q nest
OF little by-roads In the north part of the
town chiefly used to carry trade to Stat
ford Springs .~a- -..
There would be fewer sullen, quarrel
some, dull-witted men or women II there
| were fewer children starved or fed inn
properly In heart and BRAIN" as we once
said, In slightly differing phraseology, in
one of our school reports some time ago.
How long, how long shall children, be-
cause they happen to be reared in our
country towns, suffer from unwholesome
environment and Incompetent teachers
| Why can not our good citizens look ahead
a little and bestir themselves towards a
better method of school administration
town management first, and further prog
ress afterwards?
| The old William Williams place, be-
tween the two graveyards, near the Hill,
In recent years in possession of the Pot
ters, now Of Willimantic, has been pur-
chased by Messrs. u. Hall, l.. johnson
and A. Korper, the savings bank in Stat.
ford Springs giving quit-claim deed. 1t
is understood that this move Is looking
towards joining the two cemeteries under
one corporation. This Is certainly not
only sensible but a most praiseworthy
public spirited step in the right direction
and the many friends of the enterprise
both in and out Of town, will doubtless
heartily rally around it. The barn Is tc
be removed, and the house, repaired anG
painted, is to be reserved for the keeper.
Another blizzard, and no mails, at this
writing, Wednesday, since Saturday might
last; also complete blockade of the
roads since Monday. Our strong, lusty
young and middle-aged bucks seem to bt
afraid of little snow. Not 80 In the
days that are past. We, ourselves, wei
remember going with girl, In company
with party of sleigh riders, to Somers
when the snow and drifts were as deel
and formidable as to-day. In those days
men like the ones above described, wher
a big fall OF snow came, would turn GU
with their horses and oxen, not thinking
of pecuniary reward, and have merr,
time in breaking out the roads. Thel
the sick and the lame and the hungr,
were not doomed to an enforced impris
onment long and weary days.
South Wellington Correspondence.
miss Ida Hall is visiting with he
cousin, Mrs. Charles Peek, of New Yorl
City.
Letters remaining in the post offic
Feb. 18th: E. 81. Bidwelf, Mrs. d. s
Elliott, Mrs. Clara Gurvey.
Committeeman Hall gave notice tina
, there would be no school in the 9th dis
trict this week, on account of the storm
Gardiner Hall, Jr,, & Co, have pun
chased new pung for business use
which will find constant use while sleigh
ing lasts.
W. E. Demond of Stafford Springs ha
! sold some 80 cords of wood to Caroline
Hall, Jr., l. Co.. which he expects to dc
liver before the first of April.
Gardiner Hall, Jr.. and W. H. Hal
/ will attend the Home Market club Dime
at Boston on Friday. President McKir
ley is to be one Of the guests.
Irving Wright of Coventry, formerly q
this place, died at that place Friday las
of pneumonia. The funeral was he'll
Monday. A number of his friends In thi
: place contributed to pillow of flowers.
One gentleman who ventured out Nor
day evening to go to neighbours house
a few rods away, lost his bearings an
, walked off into walled ditch filled wit
q snow. With great effort he finally reache
q the house quite exhausted.
George Richardson, an employee In th
j dressing room, met with an accider
e Tuesday, whereby he will have to nurs
: his arm for few days, getting it caugt
r In the brush of the machine, taking til
t skin and flesh off in patches from h
8 fingers to the elbow. G. C. Essex dresse
J, the wounds until physician could b
d had
The storm which commenced Sunda
Q morning and ended Monday night was
9 record breaker since 1888. The mi
9 managed to run with about one-half tt
L help. Most of them had to be carried I
their homes by the company's team
d Monday afternoon, shortly after 10.
Il o'clock, which was kept up during Tue
L day and part of Wednesday, until tt
o roads could be broken through. Owir
|. to having good telephone service, we d.
> not feel "shut in" from the outside worl
While DR.. johnson OF Mansfield W,
. coming from certain part of the yillaa
81 having called on one Of his patients,
y sleigh was capsised, throwing him OF
70 and breaking the shafts The horse r