The Press., 1899-11-30
WILLINGTON.

May.
 Annie E. Dimock of New York Is home to spend Thanksgiving
 Miss Lena Whitford Is spending the week with her aunt In Willimantic.
 Clara Nichols has been obliged to give up her post at the depot on account of illness.
 Grace M. Holt picked fine bunch of outdoor pansies recently, and gave 1t to a friend.
 Miss Lord returned to her home Tues day. She Is to come back and spend the next week.
 Daniel Y. Moor has entered upon 8 new field of labor-some 400 miles farther on in North Dakota.
 Miss Emily s. Carpenter has sold the Alderman tracts of land to George w. Vinton of Eagleville.
 The Bidwell family has moved from the Jason Barrows place to the Burr house in the Hollow.
 Miss H. Caroline Robbins Is In Nor wich to spend Thanksgiving with her cousin, Mrs. H. c. Lippitt.
 Mrs. Mary Hobby and Chas. Thresher and wife recently visited friends in Wor. cester and Springfield, Mass.
 A. M. DeWol and family have moved into the Buckland Moore house, now owned by J. E. Pasco, near the railroad station.
 Mrs. Susan Taylor and two of her sons have moved to Wlllimantic. The where. abouts of her daughter, Gertrude, are now not known.
 Rev. s. w. Clarke, now of Westford, g delegate to the Congregational conference recently held in Hartford, took part ir the discussions, as noted in the Courant
 The Congregational church has revived it's branch Sunday service in the Dalevillt school house. The Sunday school there will begin 11.15 a. m. until further notice l It Is not often that rural churches lik, the Congregational churches in Storrl and in Willington have for their preacher a Yale University lecturer. Yet such fl Rev. Dr. Davies this year.
 There will be no Thanksgiving publi services, as recommended by the gov ernor, on the Hill this year, as usual This observance has gone into lamenta ble desuetude in these parts.
 In the Baptist meeting house last Sun day, Rev. Charles A. Piddock took fo his text, And they all with one accor began to make excuse" The theme "Why men are not Christians" was han died in 8 masterly manner.
 Last Wednesday evening Josiah C Sparks had the misfortune to lose hi purse, containing silver and bills, some where between the Threadfactory villag and his home. He Is pretty sure, how ever, he lost the money at a certain poin In the main road of the village. The fint or will, of course, make haste to retur the treasure trove.
 There was full attendance on the o, casion of the union temperance meetin under the auspices of the local W. c. U., last Sunday afternoon, in the Baptil meeting house. The addresses of Re, MT. Davies, the Congregational suppl, and President Flynt of Storrs were ii structive and eagerly listened to. I'll recitations of the children were interes ing and we'll received.
 At the annual meeting of the Bapti Ecclesiastical society last Saturday ever
 ing, F. w. Pratt, s. Slingsby and w.
 Bracket were chosen society's commi . tee, and Legrand Johnson clerk ar treasurer. The latter's very succinct r : port for the past year was adopted, wit : the thanks of the society. The late pa l tors resignation was formally accepts @ by the society, and it was noted that !; received his salary in full before he le
 for his new field; also the good flnanci
 standing of the society. " The following resolutions were unar
 mously passed at the meeting of the loc E w. 0. T. U., Nov. 18th:
 Whereas, God, in His Infinite love al 8 wisdom has called to the heavenly hon
 our highly esteemed and beloved mel # ber, Mrs. Clara Hall Elliott, who pass away Saturday afternoon, Nov. 4th, 18e ;. Resolved, That it is fitting that V @ members of the Willington w. 0. T. l. on this, the first time death, the dre
 destroyer, has invaded our union since organization, shall pay our tribute to t : worth and Christian character of il } daughter of our town, whose sweet you
 girlhood was spent among us, and who . short and ideal married life did not ta her wholly from our environment. s- Resolved, That at any time the reno,
 by death of young, beautiful, gifts 5. ahectionate wife, daughter, sister, frie ,v occasions blank difficult to fill; | ' ', when, in these days, there are added { ol gracious attributes of Christian charl