The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-02-25

ABOUT TOUR miles above and below this
place and he wanted to move them to
more central point, and this is the
place it was moved to; and when he
put it to vote there was not single
vote against moving, 80 he named this
place Wilmington. Now I do not say
this is positively true, but it sounds
very much like it would be the way
for him to call it Wellington. We
have only had railroad through
here about II years. When we first
got the railroad the Wellington post
office was about two miles above here,
and the old gentleman who was post
master would not give up the office.
so there was mail grab" put in
front of his Office to catch the mail,
as it was half way between stations.
And we wanted an Office here, SO we
had an Office established at the depot
and named it Link, and the depot was
named Wellington. So few years
ago the old gentleman at the old Will
lington Office died, and then we had
the names changed, and it was not
long before the name Of "Link" was
done away with. @s
South willington.
Mrs. e. J. Holman is on a visit to
her son, Charles W., in South Man
chester. ~..
Regular communication of Uriel
lodge, No. "a, F. & A. M, on Satur-
day evening. Work in the M. M. de-
gree.
4. Rev. s. W. Delzell, who preached
here last Sunday, was entertained
during his stay by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brownlee.
e We observe that Congressman E. s..
Henry has succeeded in getting passed
a private pension bill, allowing
Charles T. Preston $50 per month on
account of blindness. An effort was
made to have the amount fixed at $72.
The W. O. T. U hold their annual
free-will offering meeting this even
ing. AS previously announced, the
feature of the evening will be the
address by H. H. Spooner of Kensing-
ton, secretary of the Connecticut
Temperance union.
The supper and entertainments given
by the band last Saturday evening
was fairly we'll patronized, the re-
ceipts being somewhat in excess of $14.
The entertainment consisted Of two
piano duets by the Misses Alice and
Julia Denman, and selections on the
photograph by Charles Fox.
Albert Richardson of this village
and Miss Lille J. Barton of Upper
Troy, N. Y, we're married in Pal
mer, Mass, Tuesday, the, 18th, by
Rev. Willis Albert Moore, returning
to Troy, where they we're given a re-
ception at the home of Mr.. Richard
sons sister, Mrs. Louis Seymour, on
Thursday evening. The happy couple
arrived here Friday, and are settled
IN their new home in the village.
The following books have recently
been added to the library of our dis
trict school: 'The Pathfinder, -
THE Deerslayer, ''The Prairie, -
saThe Pioneers, ''Last of the Mohi-
cans" Cooper; "The Young Cartha-
ginian," "With Wolfe in Canada, -
1.-THE Lion of the North - 'In the
Reign of Terror" G. A. Henty
italics From Shakespeare" Lamb
HChild's Life of CHRISTI "King
Charles the First Jacob Abbott
King Charles the Second" Jacob
Abbott; "The Battles Of the War OF
Independence, Prescott Holmes
"The Battles of the War of the
Union" Prescott Holmes; "Child'a
History of England" Dickens
!. .Jackanapes, Juliana I'll. Ewing
"A Flatiron for q Farthing," Julians
II. Ewing; "Lives of the Presidents, -
Prescott Holmes; alfred the Great, ~
Jacob Abbott; "Pilgrim's Progress -
" Aesop's Fables;'' Fifteen Decisive
Battles of the World" Greasy
Green Mountain Boys Thompson
Fernando Cortez,'' Abbott; Ellis
tory of the U. So Edward s. Ellis
History of the Conquest of Mexico, -
". H. Prescott; History of the
United States in Words of One Sylla
BILE, =" Mrs. Helen W. Pierson; "His
tory of France in Words of One Sylla
ble,'' Mrs. Helen W. Pierson; ICY.
clopedia of Natural History" Charles
G. Abbott, M. D.; "The National
Standard Cyclopedia - ''The Stand,
ard Family Dictionary
At school meeting held in and fol-
school district No. g., last Friday
night, the matter of disposing of the
debt incurred by the building com
mittee was considered. The attend
ance was the largest in recent years.
The meeting was called to order by
9. J. Gurley. W. F. Essex was chos.
en- chairman and W. A. Allen CLERK
of the meeting. The report of the
building committee was read in detail
by W. H. Hall. The report was ac
copied and committee discharged. Mr..
Hall explained that the law exempt.
ing soldiers and those paying q mill
tary tax did not apply to taxation fol
school district purposes. He also
gave the following figures: Indebt
edness of the district, $3, O27. IA; less
amount in treasury, $155; leaving net
indebtedness, 90, 872. IA; grand list Of
district, $9l, 800; at 81 per cent. would
raise So, 966. After some discussion
it was voted to levy q tax of 81 pei
cent. upon the list of 1908; that ali
poll Tor head taxes should be payable
on the first Monday in April, 1904
that all property taxes should be pay.
able in one or four equal payments, al
the taxpayer may choose; if in ON,
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