The Press., 1909-08-04
WELLINGTON.

Iamlly monument recently erected in the new cemetery Is handsome and substantial.
 Rev. and Mrs. Darrow are spending their vacation with their parents in Waterford, the parents of both living in that town.
 Rev. Mr. Oonnell of Hartford will preach for the Baptists next Sunday afternoon. Come and hear a good gospel sermon.
 Last Friday, the almanac day for August. was hot and dry, but the new moon was a wet one. Verify, all signs fail in dry time.
 Mrs. sleight returned to New York on Monday. Mrs. Brown has gone to Asbury Park, N. J., to visit Mrs. Wesley Stout, her long time friend
 Rev MT. DArrow preached notable sermon Sunday afternoon on the value of right thinking, the text being Whatsoever things are pure, etc., think on those things"
 A man and wife by the name of Horton are the purchasers of the Lucien W. Holt place at East Will. lington, the old Hosea Vinton place. The new corners are from Panama aEd the vicinity of the canal. They find the change to Connecticut agree | able.
 John Merrick and his daughter, Mrs. I.athrop, are at Mound, Minn. i, for the summer. He enjoys the weekly visit of the Press, and remarks on the recent item recording the death in West Stafford of Buel Nye, whose mother was Wealthy Merrick, a daughter of one of the five Merrick brothers, of whom his grandfather. Timothy Merriok, was the eldest. He recalls the fact that when his father returned from East Wilmington to the homestead in 1886 Mrs. Nye, a widow, with her two boys, Elizur and Buel, were living with her brother in-law, Spafford Brigham, on the Merrick farm, and Mr. Brigham cared for the boys until they were old enough to care for themselves. He mentions also the item in this column regarding the old Dr. Barrows farm, and says that in his boyhood the place was known as the Uncle Tom Merrick farm, where his fathers uncle, Thomas Merrick, lived, and where all his children were born. These children were Gideon N., Murilda, who. married Ralph Griggs, Lovisa, Harriet and Harvey. Only few of their ohildren's children are now living. Later Eben Studley lived there for 8 number of years. and then Jason Barrows. fam,liarly known as Dr. Barrows. MT. Merrick is also interested in the contemplated piazza across the front of the Baptist parson- age and offers to lend a hand. Who will be the next former resident, still interested in Wilmington, who will offer?
 South Wilmington.
 Mrs. Bert Carpenter of South Coventry spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. Charles E. Allen.
 ~- The Origin Hall place in this will lage has been purchased of the heirs by Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Go.
 Mrs. Charles Johnson and children of New Haven are guests of MT. and Mrs. Wallace M. Lillibridge.
 Rev J. B Oonnell of Hartford will preach at the Baptist church in Will lington next Sunday morning, and in the afternoon at 4 o'clock at the hall in South Wilmington.
 Recent guests of MT and Mrs. W. H. Brackett at Hillside View were MT. and Mrs. R. H. Staples of Willi- mantle, Miss Elva Phillips and W l.. Lilley of Providence, R. I.
 A personal challenge for a series of three games has been sent to the manager of the West Wilmington ball team by the manager of the local team. It is expected that the games may be arranged for to be played three successive Saturdays, commen- cling the 3d.
 The Stafford ball team visited this village last Saturday and tried it ont with Potter's Ponies. The visitors were simply Outclassed. getting one run in the second innings on an error and not getting one hit. Seventeen of their men famed out. The Ponies secured nine runs from four hits and had five men struck out.
 There will be a meeting of the town school board which includes the chairman of the district committees) at the hall in this village Friday afternoon at 9 30 o'clock for the pur- pose of organization and making the arrangements that seem to be neces- sary for securing teachers for the com ing year.
 (Commun1cated.)
 would like to say few words in regard to the 'mermaid'' item of last week As the writer of that article was not present and was, I would like to call his attention to the fact that the mermaid'' was not helped out, but got out unaided I ought to know, for am the
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 West Wilmington.
 l.. Hansen visited over Sunday in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. W. o. Potter visited over Sunday at M. Labonte's.
 Mrs. W. o. Potter and Mrs. M La bonte were in Hartford Saturday.
 There will be preaching at the chapel Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 Peter Mogensen of Meriden spent few days of last week with his par ants.