The Press., 1901-01-24
WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON.
II you want to lift fellow up, you've
got to be on higher ground.
The South Coventry mill fire last week
was plainly seen on the Hill.
| DIR. A. A. Lawrence of West Midway,
Mass, was at G. T. Preston's Monday
and Tuesday.
Charles James and family have moved
from Gurleyville into the ell part Of Win
field Slater's house.
George f. Robbins has been laid up for
some time from an improving toe nail,
which induced fever for while.
The last regular public ball on the Hill
was given in the hotel on New Years
evening, 1910. There has been no public
dance there since.
Double sleigh loads of young people
from this vicinity attended the meetings
at South Wilmington last Saturday and
Sunday nights.
We lately received copies of the Gree
ley Tribune and the Denver (Col.) Repub-
lican from Morris Hastings, formerly Of
this town, one of the old-time comb MAX
ers at the Hollow.
Saturday night, 10Th, was the coolest
OF the season. The thermometer in low
localities stood at 90 degrees below zero,
and on the Hill some twelve degrees be-
low zero was the record.
There Is good deal of sickness In town
just now. Joseph Sparks, Mrs. Emily
Warren, his housekeeper, Charles Ell
dredge, Mrs. L. B. Clark, Mabel Clark,
Mrs. Charles James, w. III. Hollis family,
Mrs. E. A. Morse, and doubtless others,
are i'll.
II beats all how come folks will chase
aftar "office." There were twenty three
applications for the petty, mental office
of messenger, to carry the vote of the
presidential electors of Connecticut to
Washington. The pecuniary reward for
the boon Is some $7O.-One elbows it inn
so easy, you know!
One hundred years ago it cost to run
the government about $4,000, OOO-one
dollar per capita. Now, or one hundred
years later, some $4,000, Cooper capita,
$3.50. Revenue then, four millions and
one-half; now 5000, 100000. Its all per-
fectly in keeping with the march of pro-
gress and increase of population.
There was no service at the Congre-
| rro& oh ohp
Harding of Newton, Mass, preached for
Pastor Snow, discoursing impressively on
the words duke 9:64) "No man having
put his hand to the pillow, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of Cod
During the services he sang two solos
sacred songs
What Is that which has three feet, but
no legs, is all body, but no limbs, has nc
toes on it's feet, no head, moves a great
deal and never uses its feet for that pur.
pose, has one foot at each end and the
other In the center of Its body? This is
a;queer creature in some respects, and Is
very popular among the ladies and some
men. 1t never walks out, but goes with
one foot where its head might be, drag
cling the other foot behind. These feet
have nails, but no toes, no heels and nc
bones in the feet.
George Hurd died Wednesday, 16tf
inst, of acute pneumonia, at the home
Of Joseph Sparks, where he and Mrs
Emily Warren had been caring for Mr.
Q Sparks the past two or three years. HI
t nag q native of Montague, Mass, ane
t his remains we're taken to the family To-
, in Bernardston, Mass, for interment
y He came to town from Somers, some
t years ago, and was employed by the lat'
: M W. Needham of Springfield, Mass.
/, on the Gilbert Ide place. He had worked
9 good deal as sawyer in various port
. able steam mills. Last summer he was
- severely injured by being thrown from {
8 moving machine, and in consequence hac
: been laid up much of the time since
q Many speak we'll of his industry ane
Q square dealing while resident in this vi
r entity.
: State Agent Simmons visited an ALLEGED
n intractable boy, a pupil in the cente
8 school, last week. The officer called thu
boy out into the ante-room of the schoo
house, and after laboring with him awhile
he returned to the school room repentant
> sacredly promising the teacher to behave
/ thereafter. We hear that the Office
threatened the boy with incarceration Ii
a the Meriden reform school. In any event
y fees and mileage followed the expedition
Moreover, we hear the query raiset
a why this boy, among others, was select
! ed for punishment for misbehavior a
r school. By the way, we may have 10
of new legislation this winter amen
our common schools. When we used t.
:, keep school we ran into no such kind o
trouble as seems to crop out nowadays
At any rate, there were no such fat sala
q ries and fees of constables, sheriffs an
:, state officials attending the quelling o
|, alleged trouble.
Springfield Republican Mr.. Down
: has built in East Wilmington, on the oil
J Holt estate, commodious farmhouse t
. replace the one destroyed by fire fe,
. years ago. Some miles south, upon an
Il other slightly hilltop in West Ashford. l.
"the Knowlton neighborhood, descend
% ants of Gen. Knowlton now living in Ne,
- York have built two handsome moder
l. dwellings for summer residences tina
~ command extensive views. Near tn
, model village of South Wilmington, whic
- Is owned by g. Hall & Co., Gilbert Spice
has built pretty cottage on a pleasan
= location. On Wilmington Hill Frank .
- ProSfOn hoo rnado MONO irc y,