The Press., 1911-05-03
WELLINGTON.

WILMINGTON.
 George A. Oosgrove Is seriously i'll.
 Mrs. Brown has returned from Bos. ton.
 Mrs. sleight has returned from New York.
 Miss Gardner visited 8 few days in Manchester last week.
 The long delayed warm weather is welcome, If somewhat facilitating. A. M. Ruby and family from Rus sell. Mass are visiting friends in town.
 The Endeavor met in the Oopgre- Egational conference room and was led by Mrs. Preston.
 Mrs. Bartlett was gladly welcomed at church Sunday, after her long en-. forced absence on account of i'll health.
 Miss Nellie Thrall of Hartford ia visiting Mrs. and Miss Gardner. D. IB Gardner and wife of Rockville were at the home Saturday.
 MT. Bastel expects to be at the mis- |sionary exposition in Boston for its remaining three weeks. having some assigned part in the exposition. At Willimantic we met some Press subsoribers who often visit the state T prison at Wethersfield, and know John Warren, who has been for fifty years in the prison. His register number is l, grade first. He was so unfor- tunate as to slip down in the winter and break his left wrist. and Is slowly recovering from the accident. He ia much liked and respected by all con- nected with the prison.
 Several from the church here at. tended the state meeting of the Wom- ans American Baptist Home Mission society at the Baptist church, Willi. mantic, last Wednesday. This dele gation was late on account of an AOci- dent to the locomotive on the Central Vermont railway that delayed the train for over an hour. The reports of the associational directors were in. teresting and satisfactory. By request of many of the workers, the report of the director for Ashford association will be given In this column next week, where 1t will meet the eye of many of the contributors, some of whom could not attend the meeting.
 The grange meeting Friday night was of much interest. Worthy Mas ter George V. Smith gave an instruc. tive talk on reciprocity, bringing the matter comprehensively to his atten- tive listeners. MT. Smith ia al fine speaker and the grange is fortunate, and understands it, that he is willing to take the office. of master. There are many suggestions for the good of the order in embryo, new members were proposed and ths prospects are excellent for good working grange. The music was excellent, and the re- port of the Pomona meeting attended by Mrs. Pratt and given by her. the poems read at that meeting being read by Missss Pratt, Nichols and DeWolf, was fine.
 There was a large congregation of adults and children at the Oongrega- tional church Sunday morning, MT. Bastel speaking, as usual, in both English and in Bohemian. His ser- mon was heplful to all Mir. Bastel spoke in the afternoon at the Metho- dist church, Moose Meadow, and went from there to Westford. He does not expect to return here. He has been successful in arousing an interest among his people, and hopes that Q man conversant with both English and Bohemian can be found to go on with theswork. At the Baptist church in the afternoon Rev. E. W. Darrow preached effectively from John 6 35, although he was suffering from a heavy cold. There were 36 registered at Sunday school. It was voted to hold the usual Children's day concert in June, and Mrs. Darrow, Misses Mathew, Pratt and Bugbee were ap- pointed as committee to arrange the musical and literary program; Nellie M. Carpenter, Mabel K. Clarke, Arthur Jensen and the lads in Mrs. Browns Sunday school class were ap- pointed as decoration committee.
 4 very interesting letter from John Merrick, whose recent birthday makes him S5 years young, tells of the Easter service at his Minneapolis church home. Trinity Baptist. of the baptism of fourteen candidates, one who had been Q member of . Oongre- gational church for thirty years, but