The Press., 1909-10-13
WELLINGTON.

visited his mother and sister last
week.
The welcome rain was but tran.
sient visitor and our glorious weather
still remains.
Mr.. Hodgson and wife from Stafford
Springs were among the visitors to the
Pinnacle last week.
Chestnuts are few and far between,
aud there are neither hickory nuts OF
butternuts this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Benton of
Beacon Falls are visiting her sister,
Mrs. A. J. Whitman, for few days.
We heard wise man say recently
that it took very small amount OF
knowledge to make a contemplate
critic.
Merrick Johnson Pratt and wife OF
Providence, r. T., spent several days
recently at Pleasant View with his
parents.
Jim Carpenter drove from Wind
ham, where he has been employed for
some time, to his home here on Sun
day for short visit.
William Downs and family have
moved from the Pierce cottage to
Stafford Springs, where he will work
for Curtis, the lumberman.
The Y. P. s. O. E. was we'll at
tended ut the Congregational chapel
Sunday evening and the topic, How
can we help our pastor ?" we'll sus-
tanned.
Robert P. Pratt, who is in the en-
ploy of the Central Vermont railroad,
is enjoying ten-days' vacation. He
and his wife are at Dea. f. W. Pratt's
this week.
There are a great many young
squirrels this year. IT the hunters
leave them to grow up the probabili-
ties are that next year there will be
good shooting.
There is only now and then an
autumn when the foliage shows it's
most gorgeous colorings as it is doing
this year, the leaves turning and fall
ing from ripeness and not from frost.
The gardens are giving bountiful
second crops of early vegetables,
lettuce, beets. string beans, corn,
tomatoes and cucumbers. The spin
ach, too, is taking a new lease of life.
At the Congregational church Sun
day morning Rev. R. U. J, Grant of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, preached for
Rev. Mr.. Gardner. His topic was
'The reward of overcoming. Rev.
2:17.
Mrs. Gardner, Miss Gardner, Nellie
Carpenter and Mrs Preston attended
the afternoon session of the Sunday
school convention at Stafford Springs
Friday, and were we'll repaid by the
excellent address of State Secretary
Rae.
The W @. T. U. state convention
at Baptist church. Willimantic. was
pleasant and helpful, and largely at
tended. One delightful part of these
many autumnal meetings and conven-
tions is the meeting and the making
of friends.
The extensive repairs and improve
ments at the home of L. B. CLARK that
have been going forward for some
weeks are nearly completed. We
think this is the only brick house in
town. It was built by William Still,
the father of Mrs. CLARK. W.
Miss Ida Adams of New Haven and
recently of the Hartford School of
Pedagogy. who spent the summer in
religious work in Westford, and who
is now supplying a church in Bark
ha instead, spent last week here with
Mrs. Mathews and her daughter.
Rev. A barrow, Sunday morning,
preached one of his most effective
sermons from Joshua 1877. At the
Sunday school a report was given of
the very interesting afternoon exer-
cises of the North Holland Sunday
school convention. held Friday at the
Methodist church at the borough.
Mrs. Rose Taylor Edwards and her
four little daughters, who live on the
Nelson Emo place, are all i'll with
diphtheria and are in quarantine. 1t
is said that the father of Mrs. Ed
wards, who had been recently in a
family where a child had died of the
dread disease, came to visit his daugh-
ter and brought the infection. Much
sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Ed
wards.
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of W. l.. CLARK, Millers Falls,
Sunday, when his daughter, Vera r.,
until recently with the Phelps Pub
fishing company of Springfield, was
married to Bradley B. Durham of
the same city. The service was per-
formed by Rev. Charles CLARK, pastor
of the First Congregational church
The single ring service was used. The
house was beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves and potted plants. A
wedding luncheon was served imme-
diately after the ceremony and the
bride and groom left for short trip,
after which they will make their
home in Franklin. where MFR. Durham
has taken position as cashier for the
New England Investment and Security
company. The bride, who has often
visited her grandparents here, Luoier
B. Clarke and wife, has the congratu
Iations and best wishes of her many
friends
We certainly are sorry for Stafford
Such a fine old town, so many note
worthy traditions, so many churches
doing good work, such lovely people
so many delightful villages and settle
ments and neighborhoods, it's library.