The Press., 1903-05-28
WILMINGTON.

Mrs. A. D. Dlmock goes to Jewett City tomorrow.
 Mrs. Gardner visited friends in Collins vile last week. ....
 Charles T. Preston and wife went to Hartford, Monday.
 The proposed special town meeting has not yet materialized.
 "Every man has his religion-with some it Is witch hazel"
 Grace Gaal has gone to work for Mrs. George l.. Dennis, Stafford Springs.
 Mrs. Carrie Arnold of Providence, R. l., was guest at F. w. Pratt's last week.
 The remaining sick ones at West Will lington are all on the gain, we are glad to chronicle.
 Mattesen, the milkman, Is building ad- ditions to his house in the shape of an l. and veranda.
 Presiding Elder Bartholomew will hold service in the chapel, Holland side, Sunday morning.
 Mrs. Reuben Jaycox of Sharon is visit ing at the Gardners. She was for years member of the family.
 Ms. Emeline Hall Johnson and daugh. ter, Bertha, of Willimantic, called on friends on the Hill on Monday.
 Robert Amidon is improving, we hear, and will soon be in his fathers saw mill again-a wiser if not better man.
 Miss Grace Knox is now the soprano in the choir of St. Thomas church, Hart ford. She takes the place of Miss Blu menthal.
 The Congregational ladies have revived their socials, holding a pleasant one last night. Due notice will hereinafter be given of these pleasant gatherings. Luman Jacobs has been on the high lands of Scotland, Conn, for his health. He thinks that somehow living in low locality is trying to his general health.
 George L. Dennis and wife called on friends on the Hill, Sunday. George thought he would air his new span of horses he recently bought of A. Need ham.
 When we were younger the contents of May baskets" consisted of flowers main- ly. Nowadays If there is not lot of goodies of some sort in them there is sore disappointment.
 ! Notuitotond1po +hoeo oon4s,,o,,, eo, weather Sundays, 1t has not been neces- sary to shore up the church edifices on account of the crowds in attendance even on Memorial Sunday
 "With great sum obtained this par. don," Acts 22:28, was the text upon which Rev. c. l.. Snow founded his very accept. able and eloquent discourse last Sunday Memorial Sunday, at the union service in the Congregational church to large au. dience, including number of the veter- ans of the civil war.
 It is expected now that the Sunday school children and others interested will meet at the Baptist church about 1( o'clock a. m., Memorial day, with theil flowers and lunch baskets. From there the procession will visit the cemeteries and deck the soldiers graves, returning to the Hill for lunch. Afterwards there will be exercises in the church.
 The Congregational audience room wat prettily aud tastefully decorated as ap Ipropriate for the day last Sunday. VII lard Eldredge's alto horn, J. F. Whit ford's violin, the organ, Rev. A. Gard ner's singing of "The Union Dixie," ant the rendition by the choir of "The Stal Spangled Banner" Miss Emma F. Rob bins soloist, the church organist, were in teresting features.
 Albertus H. Walker, now living il Wales, Mass., lost his valuable gra. horse last Wednesday under aggravatinl circumstances. His boy was driving load of household goods along the ol' Bart. Snow road to John Days house when the horse became frightened by trunk attached to the front of the loa' falling on his heels. The animal ran, tn load capsized and almost immediatel, the poor horse fell dead from rupture' blood vessel. The horse was soon bu ried by the side of the road, while tn Walker boy was obliged to return t. Wales on foot.
 It is expected that the South Willing ton brass band, or part of it, will par ticipate in the Memorial day exercises and that Rev. MT. Shehasard of Staffor' Hollow will give an address. And, b. the way, 1t seems funny that 1t seldom if ever, occurs to those civilians who gen erally have charge of these exercises tha the old fellows themselves could, on pinch, for instance, rather than be hung make these occasions interesting, an now and then an old soldier could b found whose experience in public speak ing, education and general intelligenc would enable him to wax eloquent eve over that "horrid war;" the flag and pa ] triotism in general as well as those wh never smelt gunpowder.
 south WillingtOn. r Miss Leila Fields of East Hampto spent Sunday at Adolph Korper's.
 Mrs. Annie (Wadsworth) Kittridge c ] Franklin, Mass, is visiting with he parents in this village.
 The South Wilmington brass band ez poets to furnish music at the DecOratio day exercises on the Hill next Saturday.
 Park Commissioner Phil Denman ha rented his house to John Tomasko, an will live in Hillside cottage, east of tn residence of l.. E. Wadsworth. . Origin Hall received word Tuesda , night of the death of his grandson, chil of his daughter, Miss Hester Luce, C Newington. The message lacked details