The Press., 1913-08-20
WELLINGTON.

about an hour.
 !. WELLINGTON. -. | Mrs. Waldo's condition is practi ca1ly unchanged.
 II Mrs. Sleight had lady friend from New York, Miss Dodge, for the week end.
 Miss Marie Wilcox of New York has been guest of her cousin, Mis- Dunning. <.
 ! Miss Mary Eldredge, who for 6 time was alarmingly ill, is able to be about again. ! Rev. and Mrs. Darrow returned from their enjoyable Massachusetts automobile trip Friday afternoon.
 Mrs. Sleight has had telephone placed in her house for the use of her parents, MT. and Mrs. George A. Cos. grove. The number is 293, ring 8.
 Mrs. Brown has returned from her visit of two weeks in Asbury Park, N. J. She was accompanied on her return by Mrs. Burton of New Haven.
 The Lewis party left Hillside for New Jersey on Friday, and their places were immediately taken by guests from New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
 On Friday evening at the regular grange meeting the third and fourth degrees will be conferred upon the class. The committee have the re- freshment arrangements we'll in hand. A large attendance is expected.
 Mrs. Zoviah Parsons Harlow, ma tive of. the town an for some years a resident of Westford, now of Worces ter, Mass. is at Hillside for two weeks She finds the hills alone unchanged, and only memories of her own numer- ous relatives, the Parsons and the Westons, for long so prominently known as musicians in the cburch and community life.
 D. B. Gardner and wife of Rock vile visited Mrs. and Miss Gardner early in the week, and on Friday Francis Spooner and his bride, Mrs. Linda Gardner Spooner, who have been since the wedding at the White mountains, visited Mrs. Gardner on their return to their home in Spencer, Mass. During the week Mrs. Gard ner has taken automobile trips to Will limantic and to the borough in the Amidon car.
 In one of the peculiar, spiteful, little local showers of last week the lightning struck the poultry house at Charles Eldredge's farm and killed several of the fine spring chickens. Members of the family were severely shocked, and, supposing that the building was struck, were naturally much frightened. The rain, that was accompanied by large hail stones, fell in torrents. On the Hill there was only a sprinkle.
 Sunday was a typical August day the church was not as hot as might have been expected; it was we'll ven- tilated, and most of the congregation took seats on the east side of the audience room, where there was a good current of air from north to south. All were so much interested in what the pastor had to tell of the convocation at Northfield that the weather was forgotten; very inter esting and helpful service. It was pleasant to greet Rev. David Y. Moore and his wife, Mrs. Lena Whit. Doris, who had come from South Will. lington with Mrs. Moore's cousin, Miss Cora Devereaux. Mir. Moore has now a pastorate at St. Petersburg, Florida. MT. Moore has just returned from a visit to the scenes of his stud ent days at Mount Hermon.
 Saturday an automobile party, con sisting of Walter B. Allen and Mrs Allen from Worcester, Mass, witt his large Pope-Hartford car, Rev. Theron Brown and Miss Gladys G. Preston of Newtonville, and Mrs. O. ID. Preston of West Stafford tool lunch and tea at Maple Corner. II the afternoon Mrs. Preston accom- panied them to Ashford Town, going by the way of Westford and returning straight to Tilden's Corner ana through South Wilmington, swinging around a circle that took in mucF that was beautiful and picturesque and many pleasant homes. One may journey far in search of scenery anC find nothing to equal the view on tht hill-top north of the Westford Hil Congregational church. Ashford Town is a pleasant location, where on our infrequent visits, we have beer so favored as to find delightful repre- sentatives of the warp and wool tha hold the fabric of society intact. Nov it was the charming home of Mrs. Al bert A. Brown, her daughter, Mis- Anna, and son, Herbert Brown, thC mother living in the house where sh' was born Sarah SimmOnds more than 80 years ago, one of those interesting people who after 55 or 60 never gel any older in looks, and always moro attractive in personality as ideas and experiences are assimilated like ripen sI ing sunshine. Along with some ex cel1ent strips of state road some road were passed over that were prett! rough, but the big car did not finch and MT. Allen, the driver, went cheer fully from point to point looking ul old landmarks for Mir. Brown. it beinI 8 his trip over scenes of early days Mr. Browns many friends who rea'