The Press., 1908-05-20
wHLLINGrON.
Mrs. Gilbert Ide has been suffering from rheumatism of late.

wILLINGTON.
 Mrs. Gilbert Ide has been suffering from rheumatism of late.
 Elmer Squier has purchased fine new bay horse of Wood, Willimantio
 Mrs. Robbins is improving quite rapidly under the influence of the warmer weather.
 The town road gang are at work on the Hill and vicinity, under the charge of Edward Eldredge
 George Wilson has sold his farm, the old Dr. Partridge place at "The City, to New York parties.
 Mrs. Copeland of Chicago. wife of @ prominent patent lawyer there, is visiting her sister, Miss Sara Dunn ing, at Rest Cottage She came from New York, where she has been visit ing her daughter, on Tuesday morn ing.
 West Wilmington.
 Rev. Thomas lyric will preach at the chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 South Wilmington.
 Ernest Still of Hartford was a recent visitor at H. N. Neil's.
 Albert Richardson has moved his family into the Albert Hall house.
 MT. and Mrs Harry Denman go to Eastern Point to day for a few weeks.
 Leon Woodworth was delegate to the o. E. convention in Warrenvil4e last week.
 At the free-will offering meeting of the W. O. T. U. $3O was received in contributions to the cause.
 James Service, ST of Norwich was the guest of his son. J Service, Jr., of this village last week.
 Mrs Janette Shaffer returned Sa'. urday from a vacation spent with relatives in Worcester and elsew here,
 A most worthy enterprise was t at of W. H. Hall, who has lately set out 10000 young pines He has also lined both sides of the depot road with shade trees.
 At meeting of the few remaining members of the South Wilmington brass band the 18th, it was voted to sell all the property belonging to the band, and after giving $15 each to the Sunday school and each room of the village school, the balance re- maininR should be divided equally among the members.
 We owe an apology, both to the w. Q. T. U and to w. H Spooner, for emitting the notice of the features of Mir. Spooner's address, given in the hall May 8th. We might plead as an excuse that we are revelling in tlfe glorious pastime of getting settled in our new place of abode, hut that is 8 rather weak excuse MT Spooner is man that doesn't disappoint lis audiences or feed them on imaginary views or impract icable theories. His evening here was uo exception; his presentation of facts and figures. in. terspersed with anecdotes, was both entertaining and instructive He has a wide experience with men and affairs, and is not visionary bey ond reason. Condit ons seem to warrant the belief that temperance is appeal ing to the reason of men, and is to make a still better showing in the state. The meeting did not call out a large number of men, but the effect of such 8 meeting cannot help having a beneficent influence, just as tie saloon has demoralizing influence on a community, even though there be but 9 few that patronize it. The w. O. T. U. have conferred favor on the people of the village by giving them an opportunity to hear MT. Spooner.
 The felicitous remarks of the versa tile correspondent at Maple Corner, !" Wilmington Hill, in last weeks issue of The Press, in reference to the oc. cupation of the old Manning" home. stead by the town clerk, were of 8 nature calculated to enlarge the bump of self-esteem of the parties that are now "neighbors '' One thing must be taken into consideration both parties keep hens and one keeps a dog If these peace destroyers cau be kept in the background, the cordial relations heretofore, and at this time, existing, are not likely to be strained to the breaking point. The Manning place is to be a Mecca for weary pilgrims from this village, and when the sun has gone to rest of 8 hot summer evening the pilgrims may hie to the farm on the hillside, and rest their weary bones under the protecting boughs of a gooseberry bush, while they chew two-feet sticks of pie plant The tinkle of the bell on Alfred's COW and the song of the ever present mosquito, mingled with the keI -chug of the green. backs in the meadow, will woo them in.o slumbers that will furnish the mos- quito an opportunity to do something besides sing. A machine is to be built that will utilize the power generated by the swinging of arms to kill the pestiferous mosquito, and this will be used to run a buzz saw until the slab pile is worked up.