The Press., 1905-10-25
South WELLINGTON.

per Dusnel.
Miss Carrie Allen of Canterbury il
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Clarence
Eldredge.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. CLARK of New
Britain have been visiting with Mrs.
Clark's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Potter.
R. H. Worden has begun his duties
as clerk in the store for G. Hall, Jr. +,
& Co., commencing last Monday
morning.
cold SAM truck horse for the
company, departed this life last Sat-
urday. Cause of his demise said to
be lung fever.
Miss Edna Bliven of Canterbury
and Miss Inez Williams of Mansfield
Depot were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Gergler on Tuesday.
Mrs. Grace Curtis Platt of Bridge
port, state superintendent of the
Loyal Legion temperance work, is,
with her little son, a guest of Mrs.
E. J. Holman
Mrs. E. A. Whittemore of Hart
ford and Mrs. Clara Knight of New
Britain have been visiting with the
formers sons, Homer N. and John r.
Neil, in this village.
According to some of the dailies,
the horrors of the inquisition have
been practiced on Cunliffe, the thiev-
ing express agent, to induce him to
disclose the whereabouts of the re-
mainder of the amount he stole.
Indications are that the village
school will prepare five or six candi-
dates for successful high school ex-
animation during the present school
year, that number having expressed a
wish to enter high school next year.
Charles w. Eldredge of Indian Or
chard, Mass, was in town over Sun
day. Mr.. E. is engaged in office
work, and feeling the need of a little
more strenuous exercise than that of
riding a bicycle, began a series of
lessons on riding goat. The failure
of the riding master to provide sad
die may account for the fact that the
candidate is eating his meals off the
mantel piece since then.
Announcements of an educational
meeting to be held in the Baptist
church at Wilmington next Friday
evening, at 7.3O O'Clock, have been
sent out by the state secretary of the
board of education, g. D. Hine, of
Hartford. The meeting will be con-
Quoted by himself, and all interested
are cordially invited. School officers
and teachers are especially requested
to be present.
The horse driven by Edw. Pearl
dropped to the ground in front of the
mill Monday noon. Mr.. Pearl, with
the assistance of several mill hands,
got him on his feet, and found one
shaft of the wagon broken. This was
repaired, the horse was hitched in
and the owner started for home, but
before going far the horse fell again,
this time on the other shaft, breaking
that. The horse was then driven
home without wagon.
A very pretty home wedding took
place Wednesday afternoon at 1
O'Clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer N. Neil, the contracting par
ties being Miss Florence V. Neil,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Neil, and
Harold Virgins of Willimantio, who
is foreman of the shipping depart
ment for the Willimantic branch of
the American Thread Co., and son of
Richard Virgins, foreman in the
turning department for the same COM
pany. The ceremony took place in
the parlor, the bride and groom stand
ing under a bower of evergreen
trimmed with autumn leaves. Other
decorations included some beautiful
ring ceremony was used and the we'd
ding service was solemnized by Rev.
Charles L Snow of Norwich, former
pastor here. The best man was Ho-
mer N. Neil, Jr., brother of the
bride, and Miss Eva Hunt of Rock
Vile was bridemaid. The BRIDES
gown was a white silk null and she
carried shower bouquet of bridal
roses. The bridemaid wore light
blue silk null over white and carried
bunch of pink roses. The guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wig
gins, parents of the groom; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Whittemore of Hartford,
grandparents of the bride; Mrs. F. P.
Knight of New Britain, cousin of the
bride; Miss Cora M. Chapman of
Westerly, r. l.. Mr.. and Mrs. John
R. Neil, uncle and aunt of the bride !;
Miss Bertha Young and Ralph john
son of Willimantic; Miss Anna DAN
dy of Norwich; Ernest Stills, uncle
of the bride; Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
F. Strong and VIM. Boutelle of Hart
ford; Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos J. Gurley
and family and Miss Nettie Shaffer
of this village. The presents we're
numerous and beautiful. The newly
married couple we're showered with
confetti by their friends as they en-
tered the automobile that was sent
here to take them to Willimantic.
They left for New York on their we'd
ding trip Wednesday evening. Their
future home will be at No. Is Chest
nut street, Willimantic, where they
will be at home to their friends after
Jan. LIST.
| Moose Meadow.
Albert Hamel of New York is at
his home here for two weeks.
| Miss Jennie Beresford of Manches-
ter is the guest of Mrs. Frank Fenton
| this week.