The Press., 1906-04-04
WILLIN GTON

Wayne Morse, Wilmington hoy, is
postmaster at Morse, Wyoming.
Miss Ada Wilbur and other recent
victims of mumps are recovered.
Dwight B. Gardner returned Mon
day. His mother, Mrs, Gardner, con-
tinues to be on the gain,
DR.. Converse of Westford has bought
of Joseph Allen the G. B. Marble
place, near the. railway station.
James Morse. formerly of this town.
with his wife, nee Abigail Heath, is
living in one of the Brookfelds, Mass,
George P. Bngbee, formerly of this
town, who married Gertrude Pomeroy
some time ago, has bought the Charles
E. Nichols place near the railway sta
tion.
DR.. Thomas Knowlton Marcy, for
merly of this town, is on his POGO
quonac tobacco farm much of his time,
and writes US that he is in his usual
good health.
Alfred House has removed to the
old boarding house. at South Willing
ton. Last Thursday and Friday G.
B. Robbins moved his fuel and other
belongings thither.
Somebody entered the Center school
house Saturday or Sunday, as evil
denced by exercises left upon the black
board. There is considerable excite
ment over the identity Of the trespass,
Some time since a father. and son,
both veterans of the civil. war, named
Bogue, lived in the Emory Williams
John B. Whitford house, sharps mills.
Recently the father died at the sol.
diers' home, Noroton.
Mrs. Annie A. Preston, the last P.
M. of Wellington, who resigned her
office over year ago in favor of the
new R. F. D., on Friday last received
U, s. treasury cheque in her favor
to close account. Indeed, "Tho' the
mills of the gods grind slowly yet they
grind exceeding small"
At a meeting of the Wilmington
Cemetery association, held in the
town hall Monday, the old board of
officers was reelected. The follow
ing vacancies in the board of directors
was filed by the election cf Rev. Aus
tin Gardner in place of J. F. Whit
ford, removed from town, John Mer-
rick in place of James McFarlane, de-
ceased, and CLARK Lillibridge in place
of George E. Robbins, deceased. D.
O.. Dimock and r. H. Worden were
elected auditors It was voted to
quit-claim certain land belonging to
the association. The treasurer, Col
W. H. Hall, reported a balance of
500 on hand.
Some years ago an editor of a west
ern country newspaper, thinking to
make his journal interesting to his
readers, wrote a series of articles for
it concerning various American his
torical personages, closing each article
with original versification. On Alex
ander Hamilton was this ditty -
80 Aaron Burr what hiv you done,
You killed great General Hamilton!
| You got behind bunch of thistles,
An shot him with two great hoss pis-
tols!''
In the EDITORS next issue on General
Jackson he ended up with the follow
ing couplet:-
When you see the whites of their
ewes.
Then, my men, fire,
We're the last dying words of A Jack,
son, esquire. " .
south Willington.
The following should be of interest
to the townspeople: Copy.
"To all Christian people to whom
these presents shall come the Cover
nor and company of the English col
ony of Connecticut in New England
in America send Greeting that where
as the Lord Governor and Company in
General Court Assembled at Hartford
May ] 9th Ammo Dome. 1920 for and
in consideration of the sum of five
hundred and ten pounds money to
them found to be paid by Roger VOL
cott esq. of Windsor, Maj'r John Burr
of fairfield, John Riggs of Derby,
Samuel Gren and George CLARK the
third of that name both of Milford
John Stone of Stamford Ebenezer
Fitch of Windsor and Peter Prat of
Hartford all of the colony aforesd Did
Give and Grant unto the aforesd Rog-
er Wolcott John Burr John Riggs
Samuel Green George CLARK John
tone Ebenezer Fitch and Peter Prat
their heirs and Assigns forever in fee
simple one certain tract of land Seit-
uate lying and being within the Sd.
Colony containing by Estimation Six.
teen thousand Acres be the same more
or less found and rounded as follow.
eth that is to say South on Mansfield
bounds as >. in the patent to that
Town Dated October Goth Ammo Dom
1903 West upon the Willimantic Riv-
er, North upon Stafford East upon
Ashford by a line drawn from Ash
ford nine mile and half tree stand
ing in Mansfield line Southerly of
house set up by 'obediah Able then
from that tree to run North nine de-
grees East to Stafford bound and also
Granted that a patent should at the
request of the Sd Grantees should be
made out by the Govr and Secretary
of the Said Coloney to the said Gran
tees and executed in due form of law
for the conveying and confirming the
Aforesd Tract of Land with its appur-
tenances to the Aforesd Roger VOL
cott, John Burr, John Riggs, Samuel
Gren George CLARK John Stone Ebe-
nezer Fitch and Peter Prat their heirs
and Assigns forever Know ye there
fore that the Governor and Company