The Press., 1902-01-02
WILMINGTON.

The compliments of the season, one and aill Mrs. Julia Holmes Dilworth now lives in Providence, R. I. | If this late rain had been snow, we should had time of it. Mrs. Belle Sleight came up from New
 York to spend New Years. David Holmes and Dea. David vinton, not Daniel" as in last Press. | Jesse Holt. now of Westville, New Haven, was home to spend New Years. Somebody says milk has never been so high since the COW jumped over the moon. l Charles T. Preston and wife went to Hartford Friday last to consult about the formers eyes.
 l w. H. Holt has lost his horse, and Chas. Ii. Ryder has had two team horses die recently.
 l We recently received from an unknown source g copy of a socialist paper, "Ap-
 peal to Reason"
 Congressman Henry's constituents in public documents. ]
 The many friends of the late A. w.
 Walker in this vicinity were saddened to
 hear of his death last week.
 There were no church services on the
 Hill Sunday on account of the rain, al-
 though both ministers were on deck.
 Sabra, Widow William shafer, is some-
 what feeble this winter. Jennie Golding lis still with her at her home in Williman- tic.
 Judge Holman went to Bristol Satur
 day to see about some property recently lpartly consumed by fire, in which he is interested.
 Children of the late Solyman Sparks
 and - Holman Sparks: Philander, dead; Augusta married A. J. Culver,
 lived in Hartford.
 The bright, moonlit, mild Christmas
 eve was ideal, and it was too bad that 1t
 was not utilized by some sort of Christ mas service in town.
 Rev. W. H. Hayes of Middletown, who has supplied the Congregational pulpit : here several Sundays of late, has received a call from the church in Andover.
 At the Baptist church the Christmas services, postponed last Sunday on ac- count of the storm, will be held next Sun-
 day. The pastors subject will be "The . Christ child's Christmas gifts" Special
 selections will be rendered by the choir. Children of the late Benjamin Preston , and Deborah Holt Preston: Benjamin,
 Daniel, Darius, Mary, Jerush, Amos, , Deborah. This old record explains one
 of the numerous cousinships that obtain among many of the old Willington fami- 7 lies
 Children of the late William Holman , and Anna Merrick Nye Holman: Mer- rick, dead; Elizabeth married Henry Young, dead; Samuel, dead Sarah mar.
 ried William Meacham William D. lives
 in Holland; Harriet married Romano : Tucker, live in Vernon. r
 Miss Alice M. Preston, Herbert C. : Preston's only daughter, landed from the
 steamship the Gross Won Waldersee al Hamburg last week. She will spend the
 winter in Vienna with the family of Amer lean Consul Hale. Mrs. Hale is tht ldaughter of the late Don Cameron. Y Ed. Wilbur, who used to drive one O - Bidwelps meat carts through here, hal : sold his place in Westford to Nathan Lewis, son of Stephen Lewis, of Brook , lyn, N. Y. MT. Lewis has been music g teacher, but the condition of his eyes has D obliged him to retire from his former du ties and seek the change that comes iron j. 8 country residence.
 About the time we taught school 1T Stafford Springs the young and brigh - lpastor of the Congregational church there @ fired off his fowling piece in his backyard " It scared sharply a prominent member O :" his church, who was peacefully and si . lently hoeing in the adjoining garden @ It caused strained relation, and among @ other results Is Grace Episcopal churcl p in that good borough. South Wilmington. l. Mrs. H. c. Gurley Is at home for fev days.
 n Harry Shaffer Is spending few days fl l. town.
 J. School will commence in this distric y next Monday.
 Huber Morrison of Willimantic Is wis IS iting at W. H. Halls.
 Wm. H. Hall left for Hartford Tuesda
 afternoon to attend the constitutions :" convention.
 , On and after January 9th the price u be paid for spool birches at the mill will [ be $4 50 cord.
 # G. Hall, Jr., & Go. have five-year-ol l. Holstein COW which, when weighed on d day last week, tipped the scales at Fl ! pounds.
 n The exercises at the chapel last Satul s day evening drew out large attendance y The children sustained their parts yer o creditably, and the whole affair wa e highly enjoyed,
 v Not all the poor roads are to be foun s- in Willington, as Wm F. Essex foun' l. last Saturday, while driving to Rock ville d on the road north of Cornell Greene's The horse he was driving lost his footin n and fell tn deep rut, spraining one fol . ward leg SO badly that Mr. Essex WA d obliged to return and change horses.