The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-07-27
WELLINGTON.
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David Y. Moor bids formal adieu to
his people next Sunday.
| The two church socials last Wednesday
evening were we'll attended and remu-
nerative.
The U. 8. P. o. department has sent
out to post offices neat and handy metal
holder for its daily weather bulletins.
The alder wood industry Is having quite
boom in this region. Some parties went
from here Monday to Hampton to cut,
peel and ship the article to the powder
works in Hazardville.
| Charles P. Williams has greatly i'm
proved his premises recently. A spacious
veranda has been added to his recently
repaired and painted house, while the
painter has been at work on his new barn.
Some ten dollars were raised at the
Congregational gathering at Mrs. Will
liam Eldredge's as a parting gift to Mr..
Moor, while at the Baptist five dollars
was realized for certain repairs in which
the ladies are now Interested
The Baptist Sunday school was newly
organized last week. Superintendent,
Rev. G. Fl. Brown; assistant superin-
tendent, F. W. Pratt secretary, Mrs. G.
L. Preston; treasurer, Miss Dasie Dim
ock; librarian, Mrs. Legrand Johnson.
Thanks were voted to the unknown donor
of the new pulpit Bible.
The state has just paid the bills for
pocket knives, fountain pens, pocket
books, albums, etc. Senate, 81 ,689. 80
house, $2,353.71. This makes an aver
age for each senator of $40. 3S, and 80. "a
for each representative. The house had
one and one-half fountain pen per MEM
Der, the senate six each. Each senator
had nine pocket knives at cost of 90 81
each, while each representative had about
two and one-half each, costing $1.27 each,
Other like items of expense filed with the
controller and paid by him are of interest
to the public.
There was a good representative at
tendance upon the special town meeting
last Saturday afternoon, and after very
lucid and interesting explanations of the
new law concerning the improvement of
the public roads and the methods of its
administration, by Highway Commission
; er Mcdonald and Senator Hall, the town
voted unanimously to appropriate 81, 400
for the improvement of it's public roads.
1t is understood, of course, that three
fourths of this sum will be reimbursed by
the state. The motion was made by Sc
KorDor Gopotor Ho11 oo%iDr oo
chairman of the meeting and Representa-.
tive Brown as clerk. The question OF
so1ere, on what public road, the money Is
to be expended is of course uppermost in
all minds. Good feeling seems to prevail
on this point, and the voters will Loyalty
wait for and abide by the decision of the
board of selectmen and the commissioner
Q as provided by law. 1t is predicted that
the much travelled public road, or Sec
| tons of 1t, between Ashford and Tolland
: running through the town will be the
scene of future operations. Indeed, thai
:. was the true inwardness of feeling of 9
n majority of the voters present. 1t was
doubtless the prevailing belief, too, thai
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: the work. These two privately exchanged
opinions no doubt had good deal to de
Y with the unanimity of the vote. How the
n money is to be raised, when the work Ii
to begin and other germaine matters re-
main to be developed. The disposition
shown to trust the selectmen and tn,
commissioner was commendable. Before
the meeting adjourned hearty vote o
thanks to Highway Commissioner Nc
Donald for his presence and remarks wa.
passed.
South Wellington Correspondence.
. Miss B. Squiers of Atwoodville Is Wis
- iting with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Colburn.
Miss H. G. Sanger of Springfield, Mass.
is spending the week with Mrs. Fam,
# Scott.
Everett Scott of Hartford has beel
l. spending few days with Mr.. and Mrs
J. Joseph Kingsbury.
George W. Lewis of Hartford, agent O
t. the Blickensderfer type writer company
70 is spending the week with VIM. Brownlee
An interesting game of base ball is ez
g pected to be played Saturday afternoo
n between two mines from the place, Capt
II Allan and Capt. Spicer.
The good road improvement projec
y was launched last Saturday at the spec
y ial town meeting with unanimous vot
10 to appropriate the sum of 4,4O0. W
y hope all who were present casting the
vote for this good object may live to 81
3 joy the results of road improvements !
o. this town.
l. The much talked of ball game betwee
20 the dresser tenders and picked mir
H. from the village was played last Saturda,
10 but on account of the dressers changin
I" managers SO often during the week it We
A' found when they lined up that they wei
W. short six or seven men, and their place
~ were filled by sympathizers of the dres
w ers. The score: Dressers, 90; Spicer
L. invincibles, %.
w Moose Meadow.
W. Wilson saw a deer at the bars
~ his pasture last Friday morning, as
was driving his cows.
M. P. Fenton lost his horse last Frids
"a morning. The horse died while MIR. Fee
ton was on his way to work.
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