The Press., 1910-02-02
WELLINGTON.

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 . Miss Gardner has returned from he
 visit to her brother and family il
 New Haven.
 Friday WAS the almanac day fol February, but we shall not know fol sure until we watch out for the wood chuck to-day.
 Our people who have been taking trips to New York, New Haven, Hart ford, Boston, and points not so remote are all home again, we'll and happy.
 Mrs Clarence Eldredge spent Sun day with Mrs. William Downs al Stafford Springs, and Dasie Buck hal been for some days with her grand parents in West Stafford.
 We are sorry to hear of the serious illness of many people in Warrenville, our nearest neighbor to the eastward, and hope to hear that the measles epidemic is absting or has found all available material.
 Next week Monday the regular ms eting of the Ladies' Aid will be Inc l ] at 3 o'clock with the president Iat Maple Corner. A large attendance is requested as business of importance is to come before the meeting.
 The frst and second missionary classes were held at the Congrega- tional parsonage and were pleasant and profitable. These meetings are held on Tuesday evenings of each week. and the invitation is general.
 The old people used to say "that wolves always followed the deer. ; And we read of wolves being caught over the line in Massachusetts, and it is said that wolves have been seen and that they have caught chickens not many miles from us.
 Ira Dimock of Hartford has most kindly sent the generous contribution of two hundred dollars toward the piazza fund, and work has commenced in the way of measurements and esti. mates to be submitted to the trustees at a meeting to be held soon.
 It is pleasant to have so many new neighbors, and telephone oall is the incest kind of call in inclement weather, and we never get over the marvel of the short time it takes to respond and the naturalness of the voices. Gall again.
 Next Sunday is Christian Endeavor lay. The meeting will be held in the Baptist church in the evening. There is a special program that is 1ery pleasing, and there should be a arge attendance. Probably there will be special music, and, we think, Iinging by Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Oar. row.
 The weather-wise say that the portion of the comets tail that pointed southward at sunset Friday was an unusually brilliant sum- log ' It was dazzingly bright-we law it-as the sun was just above the horizon when such solar halos are formed by ice crystals in the clouds the storm of Saturday was the natural 
 It is pleasant news that there is loon to be church in the model will Iage of South Wilmington. We know It will be tasteful and appropriate structure, and that the location will De such as to add to the pictures lueneas of the very pretty place. The nall has been nice and convenient, put church edifice is in the line of and will be welcomed by all who look to the best interests 0f the town as a whole.
 A social will be held at the OoDgre- gational conference room this even- ing The memory of many pleasant events in this room will bring out 8 large company, we hope. The mem- oers of this church live so scattered that socials are not held regularly, as shey used to be, but when the effort Is made by few who live near by the church to get the friends together Tor a social gathering those further away certainly should respond.
 Sunday morning Rev. Austin Gard ner, at the Congregational church, preached from John 10: Il. Topic, 'The Good Shepherd 7 At the Bap- list church Rev. E. W. Darrow's text was Job 23: 9-1O. There was large and new pupils in the Sunday school. who were gladly vel comed. Mrs. Mathews has the pri- mary department in the conference rooms, and wants all the little ones aud that they should tome regularly.
 One can hardly say ''Peter, Peter !" without involuntarily adding "pump- kin eater. Had wife and could not keep her. '' And that is the motto of as pretty story as one often comes across in these days of many stories, many more or less in some way ob- jectionable. Peter, Peter." how ever, written by Maude Radford War rem and published by Harper's, rings clear and sweet all the way through. It la an optimistic story. When the money of the aristocratic young couple went they oheerfully went to work to earn their living. When the artist husbands eyes failed, so he could no longer paint pictures, he went to work painting barns, and when he could do that no longer he stayed at home doing she houseworh while his wife took music scholars. It is happy go. .luoky in spirit. but oi the kind that keeps doing at whatever is available. If you cannot have twins in your own family, buy tho book and adopt 'Peterkin and Mad