The Press., 1902-06-05
WILMINGTON.

ME. AucAuS GluE0uS0 lb m0nOluS III health.
 Harry Morse returned Sunday to New 1 Canaan.
 The outlook for grass in this vicinity is l rather clouded.
 Rev. Charles H. Brown of Newport, Vt., Is at George A. Cosgrove's.
 In 1884, May s9th, there was snow in this state. We came near to that state | of affairs last week.
 Pastor Shows subject next Sunday l will be "Willington's missionary hero, Justus Hatch Vinton."
 Mir. and Mrs. Annie of Vernon and Mrs. | Arnold of Providence, R. l., were recent | guests of F. w. Pratt.
 Mrs. Gertrude LaJune of Brooklyn, N. l Y., is spending the month with her par ents, E. A. Morse and wife.
 A bus load of local members of the | W. c. T. U. attended the county conven- tion at Rockville last week.
 Charles James and family removed yes- terday to Willimantic, where they have secured work and tenement.
 A ladies' missionary meeting at the Congregational parsonage, with Mrs. Gardner, was appointed for yesterday. Z Fred, son of the late H. G. Preston, Is now at work for Lord & Taylor, New York City, in the wholesale department.
 Besse, the Hartford caterer, sold his summer home, the John A. Brown place, some time ago, and has not occupied 1t Fof late.
 A noteworthy and praiseworthy errand the resident minister, Rev. MT. Gardner, was on Tuesday-in soliciting funds to enable needy family to remove to To- cality to get work.
 A meeting of the Loyal Legion will be held in the conference room tomorrow afternoon at 3. 30. These children's tenn perance meetings are largely attended, we are told, and necessarily must result in much good.
 According to announcement card re- |ceived yesterday, Kittle P. Burdick of New Hartford and Joseph A. Dimock of this town were married at the brides home on Sunday, June 1st. May happi- ness and prosperity attend the young cou- I pie. -.. We are glad we didn't sell our COW through ad. in The Press. She brought to us Monday twin heifers-"Leafy" and Linda" Yes, we guees "Judy" will do quite we'll as q four-year-old cow-worth the $40 we offered her to young farmer recently.
 Thinking of last Memorial day, puts us in mind that there are S2 U. s. cemeteries in the south, where lie the remains of 32O, ,O0O union soldiers. all cared for and properly marked by Uncle Sam. The southerners, especially the colored popu- lation, always deck the graves with aow- CTS Memorial day.
 Rev. Austin Gardner stof Ashford" a Hartford paper says, was reelected scribe of the Conn. Pastoral Union" at its meet ing in connection with the 6Sth annivers- ary exercises of the Hartford Theological seminary in that city last week, which he attended. This seminary Is supposed to be under the auspices of the union. James Duane Parsons and his son.in. law, Lewis F. Morris, of the United Mfg Co.,, Springfield, united little business with trout fishing last Saturday, guests of o. T. Preston. They returned to Springfield on the evening train, carrying with them nice mess for Mrs. Parson's breakfast, who Is not at all we'll now
 While in town MT. Parsons visited his old Sunday school teacher, Newman s. Mar cy, who Is S4 years old. The various committees appointed fol the Baptist roll-call union and supper
 next Tuesday afternoon and evening, 1OtI
 inst, are as follows: Reception, Mrs
 Preston, Mrs. Holman, Deacon Pratt
 table, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs
 Clark, Mrs. Dimock; soliciting, Mrs. J
 Carpenter, Mrs. Brown, Miss Clark, Mrs
 Brackett; waiting, Mrs. Korner, Mrs. J
 Carpenter, Mrs. Brown, Miss Pierce, Mis-
 Potter, Miss Latham, Miss Denman, Mis-
 Pratt. Supper in conference room from to 30. Business meeting must begin a I7, sharp. Cordial invitations have beer
 sent to all local and nonresident churcl members. Former members from dis tance are expected.
 South willington. Charles w. Eldredge spent Decoratio day with his parents.
 The dye and bleach house was close Friday and Saturday of last week. MT. and Mrs. Eugene Charter of Stai
 ford spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. : R. Neil.
 Miss Gertrude James Is now rejoicin
 in the ownership of new Foster cabine grand piano.
 Will Oldershaw took trip to Woon . socket last Friday on 8 visit to Joh Wadsworth.
 Stephen Slingsby continues to improv in health, but will probably not resum
 work for another week.
 .I Children's day exercises will take tn :. place of the regular services next Sunday The exercises commence at four o'cloc lp. m.
 Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, a Beauty lake, Miss Alice, daughter of Nil
 and Mrs. F. W. Pratt, will receive tn
 rite of baptism.
 Il Miss Nellie Mercy, who has been work ling in the spooling room here, was calle f to Ashford last week by the illness of he n aunt, whom she will care for. '-t Miss Florence Neil, who is employe :. as book-keeper and stenographer in Har