The Press., 1899-05-11
WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON. l Soon ''the man with hee' will be ! picturesque figure in the landscape. Mrs. B. R. Wilbur is seriously i'll at l her home in the Glassfactory village. k. c. Richardson and his scholars in district No. pleasantly observed Arbor day.
 D. Y. Moor, the Congregational pulpit supply, spent part of last week in New York city.
 There will be sociable at the Congre- gational church next Wednesday evening All are invited.
 This spell of extreme dry weather is beginning to tell on the upland grass and the early planting. Frank Frost of Marblehead, Mass, grandson of Dwight Lillibrldge, is visit ing at George Rounds. Mrs. Emma Golding returned Monday to her home in Livermore, N. H., after a weeks visit at the Baptist parsonage.
 Charles F. Spooner of Westford, who has been the mail carrier some over two months, has not once missed The Press | bundles at the railroad station Harry Morse was taken Monday to the Backus hospital, Norwich, where, it is hoped by his family and many friends, a successful operation will be performed. We witnessed a novel fight the other day between our big Plymouth Rock rooster, Anchises, and our dog. The rooster beat, notwithstanding our cat, | Aguinaldo, was on the side of his friend, | the dog.
 Mrs. Brown accompanied her husband, Representative Brown, chairman of the letown last week, on the occasion of the visit of that committee to the Industrial School for girls there.
 1 Grange meeting, with stereopticon evening. It has been suggested by the lecturer that the children of grange fami- lies ought to witness the very entertain ing and instructive exhibition. l Hon. John B. Carpenter, who has long been in failing health, died Tuesday even- ing at o'clock. The funeral will be held tomorrow Friday at Il o'clock 8. m. A more extended notice of the death of this useful man will be given next week. | Widow Samuel Wilson-Candice Han- over-long resident In town, died from paralysis at Upton's last week. Her hus- band was one of the last surviving glass blowers at the old factory here. One only remains-Leonard Shafer-the old est veteran of the 18th Conn. regiment.
 Neighbor Wishwell dropped in this morning and began talking about the pecuniary ability of such communities as this to pay for the maintenance of public worship, schools, good roads, etc. "Read that,' said he, holding out cutting in a newspaper. ''It says that reliable statis- tics show that four-fifths of the twenty millions of families in the United States do not enjoy an income of $4OO year. Now about Willington," he went on, Do one-tenth of the two hundred or so families have that income?" "Including the factory village ?' we observed. "Yes," he said, II include that part of the LoWn. NOC 1eellng aDle on our part to answer the question to dot, the rath- CT startling subject was dropped.
 South Wilmington Correspondence.
 R. H. Worden has purchased driving horse.
 Arthur Spicer is riding new mount. It is an "Eagle.''
 Mrs. Fanny Scott has been under the doctors care for week past.
 D. Campbell and wife ot Manchester, N. H., are visiting with Wm. Watson.
 The engine in the mill gave out Mon- day, causing some departments of the mill to take furlough for day or two. l Representative Origin Hall had some choice fruit trees stolen from his grounds last week. Mir. Hall thinks he knows the guilty one.