The Press., 1905-05-10
WILMINGTON.


J. j. Himmeler is painting his barn
near the railway station. (
There was communion at the Con.
gregational church last Sunday FORE
noon.
"A young gambler is commonly a
fool, and an old one is usually q
knave."
S. P. Morrison lost a fine new
mich cow last week from a heart
affection.
Alonzo s. Pierce of New York
passed Saturday, Sunday and Monday
with his family.
A pronounced feature at the Finch
party at George Lyons was Charlie
Korner's gramophone. ...
Miss Laura worthington of West
Stafford, with friends here, attended
church services Sunday afternoon.
The Baptist Sunday school at it's
last session voted to have special ex-
ercises on the second Sunday in June,
| . u0y.
Something definite will be known
this week as to the arrangements of
the W. Q. T. U. county convention,
to be held here soon.
Rev. Theron Brown of the Youth 8
Companion and Walter B. Allen of
Boston were at Charles T. Preston's
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Arbor day was observed by special
sessions at the schools generally. In
the Center district there was May
walk to the Pinnacle" at sun set.
The Endeavor meeting Sunday
~svening, Mrs. Preston leader, was
made interesting by finely rendered
solo by Miss Alice V. Cosgrove, Miss
Hattie @. Robbins accompanies. ...
A novel and breezy entertainment,
consisting of living pictures, with
songs and banjo playing by colored
man, is to be given at the Center
school house Friday evening, 10Th
inst.
The Oldest living member of the
18th Conn. Vols. and the only sur
viving one of the Wilmington glass
blowers of former times, is Leonard
Shafer, now living in Waterford with
his daughter, completely blind and
helpless. He is an uncle of Mrs En-
lily S. Carpenter.
At the Congregational church Sun
day forenoon the theme was "Com-
munion with Jesus founded on
Rev. 3 20, II will sup with him and
he with me- etc. In the afternoon,
at the Baptist church, the subject
was "Paul's apostolic authority"
Gal. 1:16. Rev. A. Gardner of the
Congregational church assisted in the
service.
The appearance of the old cemetery
has been greatly improved of late,
having been moved over. The new
extension has been graded and sowed
over with grass, and altogether the
resting places of our dead present an
inviting appearance this spring. The
two lakelets between the old ceme-
terry and the highway, the new state
road, add not little to the beauty
of the scenery.
| 4 There was pretty wedding at the
Baptist parsonage last Saturday af-
haerneon, Rev. Charles w. Wolfe
officiating. The persons married were
Josef Pabuda and Mary Dvorak. The
bride was very attractive all in white.
The young couple are to live in the
newly fitted up Babcock house, on the
corner, in the Glass Factory village.
Ex-Postmaster and Town CLERK Dim
ock used to live here, paying for the
house and little farm $4,000, as we
we'll remember.
The recent sale of the John F.
Whitford property reminds us of a
long ago owner thereof. The time
was away back when the matter of
building the first Congregational
church edifice on the Hill was agi-
tated, when, before the one-mile strip
of land Oh the eastern border of the
town was joined to the neighboring
town of Ashford, the geographical
center of Wellington was on the little
knoll just west of the present dwell
ing. The then owner, a Jealous
member of the newly organized &C.
clesiastical body, swore that if the
church persisted in building their
new edifice on the Hill, ignoring his
offer of the spot above indicated for a
building site, without money and
without price, he would never enter
the consecrated building. And he
kept his promise, the edifice being
erected on the Hill, the neuclus of
the present picturesque village, This
spunky church member lived to be an
old man, and although never entering
the building, he would on pleasant
summer Sundays sit on the "meeten-
house, steps and complacently listen
to the services. The pastor, the first
minister of the town, the Rev. Dan
jel Fuller, native of Wethersfeld,
Yale man, used to expostulate with
his stuffy parishioner in vain. De-
scendants of this worthy minister, On
their mothers side, still live in town.
south Wellington.
Charles Fox was home from Ston-
ington over Sunday.
Miss Louise Devereaux is recover
ing from an attack of German mea-
sizes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Korper of Will
mantle spent Sunday at Adolph Kor-
per's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Raney of
Willimanric we're guests at Harry