The Press., 1902-01-16
WILMINGTON.

George E. Robbins is suffering from an
ingrowing toe nail.
Child of the late Clark Noble and Mar
ella Holt Noble: Herbert B., died young.
Charles FL. Hobby is i'll at present. He
was unable to attend church last Sunday.
Errata, last week: Gen. Orrin Holt,
for "Geo." Orrin Holt; Mrs. Diantha
Essex, not Miss.
Child of the late DIR. Silas Partridge
and wife: Paschal, married Thomas
Russ, both dead.
Charles 8. Amidon injured his hand In
his planning machine recently, but he Is
getting along with 1t quite we'll.
Mrs. Emily Carpenter was pleasantly
remembered by Hartford friends on the
occasion of her birthday last week.
Gum-chewing is getting into vogue
again, it is said. What pity for it
spoils the beauty of any girls mouth.
The Tolland County Insurance company
has consigned Its interest in the old John
Grant farm to FL. r. Woodward of Ash
ford.
The regular meeting of the local w. c..
T. U. will be held at South Wellington
Saturday afternoon, 18th inst, at two
O'Clock. ...... ....
Letters uncalled for In post Office at
Wellington: Miss Lena A. Whitman,
Mr.. Lucius Jordan, Mrs. r. Dixon, G. f.
Alderman. 4
A pleasant party surprised Rhoda Lyon
last Saturday night. Her pastor, Rev.
G. L. Snow, was present, and an enjoy
able time is reported.
There Is talk now of starting reading
club on the Hill-to meet, perhaps, al.
ternately In the Congregational and Bsp.
tist conference rooms.
At the Congregational church meeting
Sunday, after the afternoon service, II
was voted to hire Rev. A. Gardner one
year, and he has accepted the call.
J. Duane Parsons, formerly of this
town, now of Springfield, Mass, was
elected last week president of the Hart.
ford City Guard Veteran association.
An enterprising neighboring newspaper
has five, at least, Wellington correspond
ents. We notice that some of The Press
previous ammunition is fred off again.
With small pox on the south of us, In
Willimantic, and diphtheria on the north
and east of us, in Stafford Springs and
Ashford, folks hereabouts are naturally
little scared.
We shall be obliged to pass over family
statistics Of the Jas. Merrick, Phelps,
Names, Smiths, Fentons, Shows, Pecke
and others, unless we are favored with
the desired information pretty soon.
In justice, it ought to be said, perhaps,
that at the recent Congregational church
meeting stable minority voted to CO.
operate with the church at Storrs In the
services Of Rev. III. e. Starr In pastoral
work.
The Religious Tract society, London,
England, has recently published another
tract written by Mrs. Annie A. Preston.
These tracts are distributed all over the
world. Mrs. Preston had recently let.
ter from New Zealand, from man who
had been interested In one of her tracts.
At the Congregational church Sunday
Rev. A. GARDENERS theme was "Men are
alike" founded on Jos. 519. "Elias was
man subject to like passions as we are
and he prayed earnestly that it might not
RAIN" At the Baptist church Pastor
Snow preached from the 18th chapter OF
Corinthians. Subject, Glove" on char.
ity.
The Baptist ladies' social will be enliv.
ened Tuesday evening, 21st inst, by Mr.
Saumering's large and improved GRAPHIC.
phone. Admission-adults, 10 cents
children, five cents-including supper
"Come one, come ALL" the ladies say
land give this gentleman who 80 kindly
volunteers his help large and appreci
ating hearing"
Henry M. Church, long respected res
w II
/ Church, brother-in-law of Mrs. L. B
Clark, recently died In Munice, Indiana
where he was visiting his son, George II
He was skillful worker in wood. II,
was nearly "a years of age, having votet
for seventeen presidents, including Nc
Kinley. The interment was in Whitman
tic, Saturday, 18th inst.
| We wonder is the time nearing whel
one will not have to make excuse TO
using pencil in correspondence. Blots
fountain pens, autographs, glass pens
rusty steel pens, etc.-bah! The Law
makes pencil writing legal, why can no
custom make it all right socially ? There
a fortune for man who will invent
good, black Ono analine) indelible mate
rial for pencil writing.
south Wellington.
Stated communication of Uriel lodge
F. & A. M, Saturday evening, Jan. 18th
Work-first degree.
Regular meeting of the w. y. T.
will be held at the home of Mrs. w. q
Hall next Saturday afternoon at o'clock
The South Wellington and South Cox
entry bands will give their third conceI
and dance at Hillside hall Friday even
} ing. Music by Loomer house orchestra
Next Tuesday evening the pastor an
Christian Endeavorers will hold cottag
prayer meeting at the home of Addiso
Dlmock, Moose Meadow. All who desir
) to go are invited.
The fact that small pox has broken GU
, In Willimantic is causing some of tn
people In this village to consider tn
question of vaccination. Two were vac
cinated by DR.. Johnson, Tuesday.
A party of friends from the towns c