The Press., 1914-02-25
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t.4 Installation. of officers, supper, a gen
 eral good. time. It is hoped that
 every member may be present.
 Almost invariably there is rain on
 Washington's birthday and we recall
 one occasion when peep frogs. were
 heard on that evening, in the swamp south of the Hill. ...a.,.
 To-day, Wednesday, is the 49th an- niversary of the, Battle of Matches
 Run in which Comrade 0. F. Read of Kenjockety participated an experience that he yividlyg remembers. @e:-
 Zero weather again Tuesday morn
 ing-lO below in some places on the Fhill, in the early morning, sleighing is good but not being enjoyed as much as it is some times, people not car- ing to. brave the cold. r The birds have furnished diversions for shut ins. The crows have stolen the meat put ont for the chippies by Mr. Cosgrove, and every household has it's tale of. experiences with
 Great natures happy commoners '' A few flags were in evidence to commemorate the national holiday. R. F, D. carrier, Cha. Korner, passed the week end and Monday with his family in Springfield, but as usual, obliging neighbors brought the mail to the Hill.
 Rev. MT Darrow, B. G. Robbins and Clarence Eldredge have with their horse and snow plough kept the paths broken from house to house and made tile ways passible for the Sunday ser. vices that were interesting if not as largely attended as usual.
 The burning of the Hartford R. R. station is not an unmixed calmity; a building with so much head and fall as practical man observed on the day it was opened for use ''could never be popular with the public. :" We won der if new one will be erected on the same site. We do not understand how repairing of the old structure could be entertained for moment. i ~.<; South Wilmington. ..
 The board of relief held their final session last Saturday and remedied one error. ..>,. Y <:> ..~.t,. .lr... r
 Charles Pobuda is again in charge of the local section of:sthe Central Vermont road from West. Wilmington to Merrow.. .%:s :,s.:- .. -.. -
 Oldrich A. Burian of New York and Edward and Robert Pobutia of Hart ford spent Sunday and Monday with MT. and Mrs. Charles Pobuda.
 First Selectman Wm. H. Bracket has been notified that the contract for state road has been awarded to A. Vito, who has until May 1st to com- plete the work -'@>
 Several new cases of scarlet fever are reported by pr. E. B. Converse- Mrs. Medos Labonte and additional cases in the family of John Adamec, where there are five cases in all.
 The Perry Ice company have their ice house about three.fourths full, and will complete the work this week if remain favorable. The ice at present is too thick for convenient handling.
 We note in an out-of town paper that MT. and Mrs. Norman B. Griggs of this village are visiting in Hartford for few days, and further that MT. Griggs has left the employ of G. Hall, IT,, 6 Go. and is about to locate in New Britain in the employ of a lum- beEs company. The report is current here that he is to go to Springfield to enter thb lumber business.
 Charles E. Allen is confined to the house with quinsy, following laryn- gitis. Thomas Moriarty has had a re- lapse and is laid up again with ton- silitis. South Wilmington has never as much sickness as during the past fall and since. Leon Wood worth is back at work after a siege of pleurisy. There has been but one fatality, that of Rudolph Zusick. There have been and still are a num- Der of cases of severe grip colds, sore throats, etc, and there certainly are some who are longing for gentle spring and the passing of snow drifts, zero weather, sleigh rides and tip overs, cough medicines and court plas- ters, quarantine and sulphur candles, a chance to put away the fur coat and overshoes and get out and dig in the warm earth and plant few seeds for the fowls to scratch up.