The Press., 1903-06-11
WILMINGTON.

g at Willimantic.
 At this writing 1t seems to us that lit- tie Fourth of July racket would start the rain.
 Charles Korner and wife, nee Martha B. Lyon, are in New York city visiting his relatives there.
 B. c. Richardson of this town proves to be quite hustler for the N. Y. Mu- tual Life Insurance Go.
 Speaking of ''seventeen year locusts," did anybody ever see the letter "P' on their wings, denoting peacel The name of little Hazel Lohse was in- advertantly omitted in the list of those who had recitations Memorial day.
 It Is often said that "Religlon is life, not creed" but, after all, what Is Chris tianity without creed "I believe" Is at the bottom.
 Mrs. Emily s. Carpenter made a mis- step while going down her cellar stairs last week, fell, bruised herself quite bad ly and fractured one rib.
 Mrs. Liza K. Fuller, Wilmington girl, the editor of "The White Ribbon Ban- ner," Is making a sprightly paper of 1t. It has attained quite circulation, we learn.
 The topic at the Congregational church Sunday was "The fullness of the Chris tlan life." At the Baptist church the theme was ''The significance of the Lord 8 supper"
 It beats all how many real estate brok- CTS have sprung up around here lately. All right; we are not of the sort to turn green with envy because somebody else is making dollar.
 | Ex-Senator Hall and First Selectman Korper were interested attendants on the law suit gathering on the Hill, Saturday. They arrived in company with the town counsel, who was one of Williams law yers in the settled case.
 | "Acheil takin' notes" from this locality stepped over to Warrenville, Sunday. He found Mrs. Chappell, wife of the pastor. occupying the pulpit of the church there in the absence of the pastor, and "she did well, too. tell you she's smart"
 The law case of Charles P. Williams vs. John Adamek, trespass, was settled before trial Saturday. The defendant has brought suit against the plaintiff, contro- versy over the sale of the old Simeon Williams farm, to the superior court. | Mrs. Anna Marks Gibbs of East Hart ford has been visiting at the Congrega- tional parsonage. She Is an old acqualnt- ance of the Gardners, Mir. Gardner hay ing married her to her deceased husband when he was pastor in Massachusetts. l The Misses Palmer and Cunning re. turned from New York city to their sum. mer home, the old Gideon N. Merrick place. on the Hill last Thursday. Miss Dunning has not yet decided as to re. sumIng her singing class begun last sum- mer.
 Dr. w. l.. Higgins of South Coventry assisted by Dr. F. Johnson, extracted that silver from the hand of Mrs. Louise M. Johnson. They had previously been in consultation over the case of Alice w. Pratt, who is now well on the road to re. covery.
 Going to the Stafford Springs high school, etc., and picking up knowledge generally sometimes pays, as in the case of George w. Bracket, formerly of this town, now of Hartford, who has received $1O88.7 75 for his services as stenographel for the committee on appropriations at this session of the legislature.
 'It Is almost impossible to write sen tence on any subject which Is in dispute with the certainty that 1t will be taker just as 1t was written. There are so many subtle turns and possibilities in the mean ing of words and the framing of sentences that, given different idea in the mind O. the reader, he may exactly reverse tn, meaning of the writer.' A neighboring daily headed it's weath or prognostics last week thus: "Th,
 same old weather" What language fo
 an old lady Again, on its editorial page
 1t gives place to a communication iron
 this Hill about seventeen year locusts
 here. But the fact that the latter "W
 Is plainly discernable on their wings, de
 noting "so0r," Is not given. 3 The old officers of the Baptist Sunda,
 school were unanimously reelected las ) Sunday. They are Superintendent, Mrs Annie A. Preston; assistant superintend
 ent, Robert P. Pratt secretary and treas a urer, Edna G. Pierce; librarian, Alice V Cosgrove; organist, Hattie 0. Robbins
 Delegates chosen to attend the convention
 at Stafford on the last Wednesday in June
 with the pastor and Sunday school super
 intendent, Dea. Pratt and George A. Cos
 grove.
 There was quite an exciting time o the Hill among the groups of people o
 the common, sprinkled with lawyers, dul . ing imminence of the trial of the case c C. P. Williams against John Ademek and after the settlement of the case with l out trial. These are the details of tn - adjustment The defendant to pay tn l costs, move back the hay taken from tn
 alleged plaintiffs barn and a solem g promise not to further trespass on tn
 disputed land, especially until adjudics
 tion by the superior court, Ademek ve
 Williams, or otherwise. Had trial bee
 had some embarrassing situations migh
 have arisen. To avert these, withou
 doubt, settlement was effected, largel
 at the expense of the unsuspecting lay
 man plaintiff. ... The annual roll call of the Baptis church was duly observed Tuesday even
 ing. The occasion was comparatively