The Press., 1900-05-10
wIL1INGTON.

WELLINGTON.
4 Some people have Administer desires
] and rag carpet capacities.
Lucius Eldridge Is quite feeble from
successive epileptic fits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoxie Of Willimantic
spent Sunday at L. B. Clark's.
Five persons joined the Congregational
ichurch Sunday. Communion was admin
listered.
L Arbor day recitations at the center
lschool were followed by the planting of a
Itree by the scholars
Frank g. Dexter and his wife, nee Stella
Manning, of New York city, have been
Visiting at. L. Johnson's
Ladies' social at conference room Tues
lday evening, 18th inst. Supper, music,
literary exercises and games. .....
1t Is said that If few radish seeds are
planted In the hills with vines the bugs
will not trouble so long as the radishes
are growing ~.
Mrs Annie A. Preston has been ap-
pointed to read a story before the North
Tolland Sunday school convention at
Staffordville, Friday, 18th inst.
List of letters remaining uncalled for
at POST Office May g. J. s. Latham, P.
81 Alderman, Rev. s. F. Maine, Mrs.
NIehler, Miss Katie Friedman, Sarah E..
Saford.
Tax Collector Dimock will be at the
selectmen's office, South Wellington, to-
morrow, from to p. M, and at the
town clerks Office, Wilmington Hill, Sat
urday, from to $50 p. m.
Lots of grateful constituents lately re-
Fceived public documents from Washing
ton. A great bag full came to this post
Office, and among the recipients were DIR.
Davies and F. E. johnson of Mansfield.
Mr.. Harding, classmate Of Messrs.
Snow and Philbrook, will preach for the
Baptists next Sunday. Mr.. Harding is
also fine singer, these three young gen.
tlemen forming trio of local celebrity In
and around the Theological seminary
Newton, Mass.
We hasten to contradict in measure
the on DIT that all the members of the
late q. A. r. post, when it had disband.
ed, had been commanders. Comrades
Walker, Pearl, Allen and Preston die
not have the honor. We believe they die
not covet the position, for one thing.
Charles L. Snow announced from the
pulpit Sunday that he had accepted the
call recently extended to him, and would
begin his labors as stated supply for the
ensuing year on the second Sunday ir
June. Later it will be doubtless an
taounced officially whereabouts In the
town local minister can be found IL
case of funerals, weddings, etc.
Rev. Dr. Davies last Sunday gave al
interesting account, including his owr
impressions, of the great missionary coun
Gil he attended in New York city. FL,
told of one incident connected with tn,
meeting, that had escaped our attention
in reading the various reports in the news
papers, that ex-President Cleveland sen
in his check for $4,000 for missionar,
purposes.
Decoration day is approaching, but w
don't hear word said as yet about an,
public observance thereof, or about dec
Grating the graves of the soldiers in GU
cemeteries. Perhaps, under the presen
circumstances, this year, the least sal
the better. But we have it pretty straigh
that, even IL the local G.. A. r. post ha
been crushed out, some of our citizen
pngpose to do something In memory {
tho dead soldiers, using the late g. A. F
hall they helped to fix up as center fo
: the contribution of flowers, etc. Their
: Is talk of citizens association bein
: formed for the above purpose.
There has been considerable talk {
late about the matter of refusing to pa
: dog licenses because of expressed legs
opinion that there is no property"
l dogs. This is an error. Wilton an
Weston, 48th Conn, p. 1856, says distinc
- ly that dogs are property and that tire
Ii pass and trover will lie when damagt
are sought to be recovered altho' 1areen
II can not be sustained for stealing, an III
: just and foolish discrimination. AS p
lice regulation it is both proper and "co
- stitutional" to require license or impos
a tax. This gratuitous opinion, public
! expressed, guides us in paying tax II
% our dog, but others, dog owners we mea
. can as they please.
- Enquiries are often made about tt
a proposed new state road, what the TOW
~, Is going to do in the light of the appr
priation 1t made some time ago so as
9 receive state aid. and in view of prese
road repairing. We do not know, v
n, cannot tell. We have all along sugges
- ed the exercise of patience in the pref
ises. There has been rumor for son
time that recent new survey by sta
authority means immediate work on Il
turnpike between the Wellington railw
station and East Wilmington. "Who
= to do the work, town folks or outsider
Has the town advertised for bids yet,
q prescribed by law? Are any of our ci
., zens who would like to do the work ali
I'LL to furnish the requisite bonds ?" a
among the questions asked on every sid
'" Wait and we shall see.
This is the extract from the N. Y. E
." aminer alluded to last week, from t
pen of Rev. G. A. Paddock, we'll kno,
ae here:
AS mentioned in former letter, t
ed church Is divided between Willingt
1g proper and South Wellington, the latt
being manufacturing village about t,
~ and one-half miles away, and situated
Oh the railway. The old church, though
m moved from the railway, has many sig