The Press., 1913-08-27

If s:. S, Orcuttville.
 MT. and Mrs. N. Hemenway are a Quonochontaug, R. l., for two weeks
 WELLINGTON.
 Oscar Himmeler has a new Ford 1913, five-passenger automobile.
 Mrs. Annie A. Preston is visiting her sister in Providence for a few days.
 Fifteen dollars was realized at the concert, South Wilmington, and $l3. 26 from the one on the Hill, netting $28. 20 toward the piano fund.
 Mrs. Preston has received from Ber- tram Griggs Holt and Mrs. Holt, San Francisco, beautiful photographic views taken while they were on their eastern trip.
 w. J. Thornton, chief clerk of the repair department in the highway commissioner office in Hartfod was the guest of County State Road h. spector F. W. Pratt Monday night, &C., companying the family to the concert at the church Monday evening.
 In recent copy of the Connecticut Farmer, of which George V. Smith of Green-Crest Farm is the editor, there is an admirable article regarding Tom Barren, the world famous poultry man, and in another recent number an illustrated article regarding Dr. F. B. Johnson, in whom we all have an interest, and his famous fruit farm. The Connecticut Farmer is, as it's name implies, farm journal; help full, clean and wholesome. We wish it might go into every household in the state, as we are most of us farmers at heart as we come more and more to realize that everything comes from the soil. .... ...s.
 South Willington.
 Warren Chase spent Sunday at his home in Pomfret.
 Next Saturday the North Coventry team comes over for a try-out. ,." el Franklin O. Gurley returned this morning to his school in Worcester, Mass. ..,
 In the absence of Wm. H. Brackett, the Sunday school was conducted by Mrs. B. J. Mathews.
 Louis O. Gergler was appointed ad- of the estate of Wm. F. Carroll by Judge E. s. Agard last Monday.
 Charles N. Flagg, Jr., of Meriden, a one-time resident of this village, was through here Sunday with an automobile party.
 The foundations for the three piers for the new bridge at the station are and the forms for the con- crete are next in order.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. H. Brackett were guests of Mrs. Mary J. Korper and family at Ocean Beach the latter part of the week.
 Miss Ethel Richardson left last Thursday evening for Three Rivers, Canada, taking advantage of the ex- cursiOn rates now offered.
 George Joslin and family of Vest field, Mass, guests of MT. and Mrs. Frank Joslin, stopped here Tuesday while out with their automobile.
 Mrs. E. J. Mathews and little son are spending the week at Wilmington Hill. MT. Mathews was also on the Hill with his mother and sister over Sunday.
 Again we say, dealers advertise- ments to the contrary notwithstand- ing, an ordinary lantern,. lighted, hung under carriage, answers the of the law.
 The mill is not to close down Labor day, but fair time will be here almost before we know it, and Monday and Tuesday, the 18th and 14th of Oc- tober, the mill will be closed. The 12th is Columbus day and it will be generally observed the 18th. It is planned to run the mill eleven hours the q tn and 18th of October.
 The three following named boys have been selected by Col. W. H. Hall from Holland. county to attend the state fair at Hartford next week as guests of the association: J. H. Larned and Herbert Plumb of Stafford and Stedman Storrs of Mansfield. It is to be regretted that not all who applied can attend, but that is to be expected.
 A comparison of the birth records of ten years ago with the records of the past year show in the first in- stance, of 4O1births the parentage of a2 were American, 2 Danish, 3 Ger man, 2 French, 9 Bohemians. In the past year !. the percentage in 36 births were 10 Americans, z Bohemian, 5 Austrian, Italian, Danish, l Slavic, 1 Galacian, 3 French, Hun garians, l Polish, 1 Russian. The American birth rate dropped from 80 per cent. to scant 28 per cent.
 Rev. E. w. Darrow has had his attention called to the fact that two books are missing from the circulating library that was sent here in his care last winter. ;; These books are 'Dians of Dobson," by Hamilton, "Lewis Rand, ; by Johnston. Just look you1 shelves over and see if you haven't rark Alncann IA dnonnn nnnnnn lannA mirnE EnI