The Press., 1909-07-21
WELLINGTON.

MT. Pelican is doing 8 job of masonry at Gurleyville.
 It is said that only rain is needed to make the whortleberry crop very abundant in this vicinity.
 Miss Nellie Thrall, who has been since July Sd at Rev. MT. Gardner's, returned to New Jersey on Monday.
 By request, Rev. MT. Dafrow and Mrs. Darrow sang a duet Sunday afternoon that was greatly enjoyed.
 At the Baptist church Sunday after noon Rev. MT. Darrow preached from Hebrews 10: one of his best sermons.
 Anthony Jacobsen and Dr. Con- verse and wife are taking a vacation in cottage near the lake at South Coventry.
 Rev. MT. Gardner took for the topic of his Sunday mornings sermon ''The singular man." The text was Gen. 7:1.
 Miss Nellie Mowry of Ashford, a former teacher of the Central school, is visiting Mrs. William EldredRe and family.
 The rain of Sunday afternoon was greatly needed and truly refreshing. Some of the farmers say 1t has saved their potato crop.
 If we do not know the names of your guests we cannot make mention of them in this column It is up to you, as the boys say.
 The owners of the home just west of the Baptist church are anxious to return to their native Austria, and the property is for sale.
 The Endeavor meeting Sunday evening was led by Rev. MT. Gardner, who explained the Pilgrims s Progress topic in truly delightful manner.
 The praises of the new state road are heard from all the. summer visit ors, and, verify, good roads and auto mobiles are wonderful shorteners of distance.
 Mrs. Isaac Glazier of Hartford and two of her sons, Charles and Robert, motored out on Sunday in the after noon. attended service at the church of their ancestors, visited the old cemetery and lunched at Maple Corner. The run on words and phrases is al- ways entertaining to the observer of the written and spoken language. Just now it is absolute" and "abso- lutely'' that are seen and heard every where. Whoever would be emphatic must use one of them, with heavy stress laid upon the first syllable.
 Ihe collection Sunday at the Bap- tist church was for home missions, and that leads us to say that the announce ment has recently been made by the Woman's Home Mission society that the gain in the money raised in the state for the two last years has been greater in Ashford association than in any of the other associations in the state.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Russell, who spent Sunday at l.. B. Olark's, have returned to Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Ida Clark Dorkings has gone to Millers Falls, Mass to visit her brother, William Clark, and his wife, who have just returned from their wedding trip and sojourn in the Adj rondacks. and are now Cat home" in Millers Falls, where Mir. Clark has for 8 year or more held a lucrative posi- tion.
 The old Dr. Barrows place, east of Sharp's mills, is one of the abandoned farms that have been reclaimed by it's Bohemian purchaser. MT. Barka- lek has potatoes growing where tha brush was as high as the roof of the house when he came there. He has repaired the dwelling. is newly shing- ling his barn, and is one of the quiet, intelligent, hard wol k ng new corners who make good citizens and are ambitious for their children.
 The local W. O. T. U. are invited to meet with Mrs Holman Saturday p. m. at 9 30, and some from the Hill are planning to attend. These meetings are always pleasant and of interest, and should be we'll attended, even if it takes little sacrifice or a bit of planning to gain the time. Every now and then something comes up that impresses the necessity of temperance work among the children in particular. Let us all consider it 8 pleasure and duty to sustain our w. 0. T. U. circle and to keep our names on the membership list, even if we are not able to attend the meetings regularly.