The Press., 1902-11-20
wILLINGTON.

last Friday.
 Miss Edna G. Pierce spent recent Sunday with Mrs. Jenny Enc Brooks.
 We are under obligation to us. Sen ator J. R. Hawley for public documents Rev. S. w. Clarke has sold his faithful old family horse to MT. KIdder, near TinkerviIle.
 F. w. Preston and his two daughters, Gladys and Helen, were at 0. T. Pres tons Sunday.
 William Dayis and wife, nee Mary Fran cis, spent Sunday with her relativesi in Springfield, Mass.
 A couple of deer were seen election day in the rear of o. T. Preston's house. Per haps they came to water.
 Rev. o. W. Potter. formerly g pastor here, is now quite feeble at his son-iR- law's, Edgar Wedge, Bantam Falls.
 Rev. Asa Randlett of North Ashford called on friends here on his way home from a preaching service in Cornwall.
 The whist club this season meets in TO- tation at the houses of K. A. Morse, Frank Patten and Charles A. Robbins.
 George Brown went to New London Monday to buy team of horses. He was accompanied by his wife as far as Nor wioh.
 Lucius Eldredge and wife have moved to Ed. Eldredge's for the winter, where they can both be cared for during their illness. Alfred Rouse is slowly recovering from the effects of his broken wrist. He suf. fers considerable pain in the meantime, however.
 Miss Jessie Holt has gone to the thread. factory to work. She boards herself ir the basement tenement of Evangelist Snow's house.
 { Charles P. Williams, who not long ago sold his farm to Bohemian family, now makes his home with James Taylor, ar old neighbor.
 Augustus Miller and wife have gone te live with their daughter, Mrs. Merrich Marcy, and grandson, Morris Marcy Mansfield Hollow.
 Dr. Wilson, who used to practice medi cine here, had paralytic shock recently and is now violently insane in an asylum in or near New Haven.
 Hans M. Hansen, Jr., Is now sole pro prietor of the store at the railway station His brother, Joseph, Is now in the employ of Buck < Whitcomb, Palmer, Mass.
 Bert Gardner's (Ashford) gas engine with wood saw, unique and compact af fair on wheels, Is making havoc among the wood piles on the Hill and vicinity.
 Frank Chism and wife have moved from the Hollow to the Cooney house where they will remain while Amidon d Armitage's steam saw mill Is in the vicin ity.
 We have in our possession, picked ul the morning after the old historic tre, fell, in Hartford, some leaves of the Char ter Oak. Has anybody else any2 WI wonder.
 Among those In this vicinity who at tended the dance at West Ashford las Saturday night were Jennie Church; Mrs Nellie Carpenter, Grace and Harry Mors, and the McVeigh girls. ~
 We don't often criticise any public CD tertainment, but we must say the ''sing song" tone and system of some of tn chtid participants, in concerts, etc., il this vicinity, is unpleasantly noticeable.
 The political situation in Connection Is pretty we'll aired in s.Tom" Weaver Hartford letter in the last Sunday Re publican. Yet all may not opinionat with him in regard to town representa- ton.
 Rev. Austin Gardner attended the an nual state conference of Congregations churches in New Britain this week. Las night he was guest at the banquet an' social in the South Congregational churcl there.
 There are places of resort in our coun | try towns where loafers and mischief makers get together and tell degradin stories, and hatch up trouble for them selves and for those with whom they hay to do.-Sprinatseld Republican.
 The c. E. society held pleasant socia at the Baptist conference room Tue sda evening. The affair was enlivened by reading by George A. Cosgrove a solo accompanied by Miss H. 0. Robbins, b Miss Cosgrove, and selections by Whit ford's orchestra, games, etc. After tn occasion was over some of the partic pants repaired to the house of J. J. Hem meier, who, with his new wife, nee Mis Hattie Cowles, had that evening returne from their wedding trip, where they gay the couple serenade.
 Theme at the Congregational church Sur day, 'The Christian home," II Sam. 6:2( Ps. 1O1-2. The interesting sermonette t the children was on '.Christ shield. The little dog that figured in the attemp ed assassination of William of Orang vas effectively used as an illustration At the Baptist church the topic,t Tempt, tion, and how to get out of if, was fount ed on Cor. 10:13 Rev. c. l.. Snow ha certainly improved az a public speakt since his ordination here, as was evidence that day.
 The following officers of the w. 0 U. were elected Saturday afternoon, addition to those elected at the annu meeting: Vice-presidents torepresent tt different churches Baptist church (Hill Mrs. Annie Preston; Baptist chure |(South Willington), Miss Rosa Hall chapel, Mrs. Wilbur; Congregation church (HilD, Mrs. Mary Osborne; Ea,
 Willington, Mrs. Alice Amidon Mooi II ~l.