The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
WELLINGTON.


WELLINGTON.
Rev. O. w. Wolfe preached ON Sun
day from Gal. 6:7. ...#
Miss Cora Dimock went tc Lebanon
to church wedding yesterday.
Mrs. Hans M. Hansen, Jr., visited
relatives in Southbridge last week.
B. Harrington of Brooklyn, N. Y,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sparks
last week.
Hans M. Hansen, Jr., his wife and
Mrs. Charles Korner spent Sunday in
Holyoke. Mass.
Edward J. Lyon and a party of
friends from Bridgeport visited re-
Gently at the Lyons farm.
Miss Dunning, who has been in New
York city for some days, returned to
Rest Cottage yesterday morning.
When "gump" is a dolt, a Ounce,
why should the word gumption" in
dictate capacity for doing things?
Repairs and additions are we'll un-
der way at the Studio. Miss Cole
man returned to New York, Saturday.
Samuel Gardner and Miss Linda
left the Congregational parsonage for
their home in New Haven, Saturday
afternoon. .
The regular meeting of the local
W. O. T.. u. will be held in the hall
at South Wellington at 3 O'Clock Sat-
urday p. M.
"Dean Everett once said that the
average parish committee has no more
E4skill in choosing a minister than a
minister has in choosing a horse.
Miss Frances Dimock of Gurleyville
visited her sister at Maple Corner,
Friday and Saturday, returning home
on Sunday. She came ON her wheel.
Miss Grace R. LilIibridge, teacher
of Frsnch in the high school. Spring
field, Mass. was the guest of Mrs.
Preston at Maple Corner. Friday and
Saturday.
A goodly delegation from the Bap.
tist church are in attendance on the
associational meetings in Willimantic,
which convened yesterday and hold
over to-day.
LIE Roy Tucker of Storrs was at
Maple Corner Sunday, and attended
the Y. P. s. O. E. meeting in the
ovouinO Of kbo CouOraCok;ouoI xookrx,
The meeting was very interestingly
conducted by Rev. Gardner.
1t was remarked by visitors to the
Pinnacle" Saturday p. M, that the
Thunder heads" seemed floating so
low that one could reach them with a
walking stick or umbrella, and tear
them apart. Is that an indication of
a tempest 1t may be hint toward
further observation, weather-wise.
The social Friday evening was very
pleasant, the committee doing them
selves much credit in all the arrange
ments. Mr.. Oosgrove read a good
chicken q story, "The Honk- honk
Breed. - Mrs. Joslin read "The
Jiners," and read it we'll. Charlie
Lyon gave an amusing recitation,
Alice Oosgrove sang aoceptably and
there was singing in which all Joined
at will. The supper was excellent.
The shower on Saturday evening
was the worst within the memory of
the Oldest inhabitant in this region.
The lightning was binding, the
thunder. terrific. the darkness could be
felt, the wind tempest, the rain
like a cloud burst and the hail ap-
palling. Mrs. Preston and Dorothy
Pierce can speak from experience, as
they drove from the station to the Hill
through the thickest of it. They
were drenched. of course. but re-
ceived no injury, and Blanche, the
horse, took her own way, kept the
road and did, not break her steady
trot, although there were horses on
the road frightened by the hail and
blinded so that they wodld not go by
the lightning. Everett Richafdson's g
house was struck by the lightning and
it struck three times in Glass Factory
village, considerable damage being
done at the cottage of Postman De-
vOrak. A large mirror was broken,
dishes in pantry knocked down and
demolished and a barn burned, Toll
land side.