The Press., 1912-09-25
WELLINGTON.

where of the coming exhibit will b. in order.
 Miss Warren of Monson has beer spending few days with her early frientk Mrs. Emily Baker Gardner
 E. O. Carpenter and wife, Mrs Rachel Cleveland Carpenter, are re ceiving congratulations on the birt1 of son on Friday last.
 MT. Dvorak writes from Noroton Heights that they are getting nicely settled in their new home, where they are pleasantly situated
 Bernice Wilbur has built a small bungalow at picturesque point be- tween Miss Lucy Eldredge's and the Lucius Eldredge farm.
 It was pleasant to have Miss Cole man return to the Studio for a week of rest before commencing her classes for musical study in New York. lS George A. Cosgrove is in Hartford to-day, in attendance at several fairs during the week, that he may report to the State Board of Agriculture.
 On October 9th church services c0nenca at eleven o'clock, and Sun day school at twelve o'clock. Several additions to the Sunday school are ex' pected at that time.
 Mrs. A. s. Pierce of Providence, R. l., is visiting Mrs. Nettie Cortis Golf at Oakdale, near New London, and expects to take in Wilmington to visit her father, A. D. DimOck, and other relatives and old neighbors.
 Edward o. Carpenter, who is re- covering from typhoid, was at Mrs. Emily Carpenters to dinner on Sun day, the first time he has been on the Hill since July. His many friends are pleased to have him about again.
 Miss Cummings had a phone placed in her house last week-293, ring double ?. MT. Horkey's ring is 2, Mrs. Preston's 4, all on the same line, and confusion is inevitable. But "a mistake is no haystack" is a saying that antedates the telephone.
 It is one of the years when wild parsnip (Queen Anne's lace) is show ing it's pretty but pernicious flowers abundantly. St. Johns wort is an- other beauty, of which there is said to be 100 varieties, the language being animosity, that is condemned as nuisance; yet golden rod may pos sess the land without protest.
 It is astonishing how quickly the new law concerning the payment of U. s. pensions has become operative. It is certainly a thoughtful and kind ly arrangement, for none of the pen sioners are growing younger, and will prove altogether satisfactory we are sure, although at first it seems sur prising to do away with the familiar "voucher. "
 Every now and again comes an ex- plosion and a reverberation that shakes the very foundations of the Hill, and we are reminded that dyna- mite is being used to break up and blow out the rocks on one of the fertile fields of George V. Smith, and we think fortunate is the com munity where the residents put in practice their knowledge of farm land improvement, and that He who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a public bene- factor. "
 There was large congregation Sun- day afternoon who much appreciated Pastor Darrow's fine sermon from Galations I; 10. A question of loyal ty. The church letter to the associa- tion, written by the church clerk, Mrs. E. J. Pratt, was read and accept ed. There were Al present at Sunday school. At the Endeavor prayer meet ing Thursday evening the topic will be "Relievel Believe much Believe strongly Assigned leader, Miss Mathews.
 We were much pleased to receive announcement cards from Minnesota of the marriage on the 18th of Nellie M. Preston, formerly of Willimantic, to Charles R. Carpenter, formerly of this place. They. are to live in Racine, Wis. Congratulations, Char lie Carpenter lived for many years at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Edward Morrison, Mrs. Morrison being his great aunt. Miss Preston was very active in Y. P. S. o. E. and mission work, and the friendship of the couple dates back to those quite youthful