The Press., 1914-09-16
WELLINGTON.
Sunday afternoon there were 77 at bible school and about 100 at preach ing service.

Sunday afternoon there were 77 at bible school and about 100 at preach ing service.
 Mrs. Emma Burdick Fuller is visit ing her brother, Eddy Burdick, at the old homestead
 Rev. MT. Darrow attended the ministers meeting at Willimantic Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. Harold Pratt of Providence, R. l., and little son, Eugene, is at Dea. F. W. Pratts
 Robert Ricketts and daughter, who have passed the summer at Hillside, left on Friday for their home in Eliza beth, N. J.
 The reports of the W. O. T. U. for the state convention are now ill order Mrs. Preston is sending press blanks to all the local county correspondents and trusts they will be forwarded promptly as directed.
 It is something we'll to remembe that an hour can not be long, and that what means little to you may be helpful to others, and that any topic of interest may, if stored away in your mind, stand you we'll in hand some time in the future.
 Friday afternoon there was an impromptu and most delightful walk ing party of ladies to the Pinnacle, for Miss Ellis, who left later in the afternoon. The growth of the trees to the northward has cut off the view in measure, but it is still wonder full and the elevation is easy of attain ment.
 Delegates to the Ashford Baptist association, to be held in Putnam the 29th and 3Oth were chosen, and are Pastor and Mrs. Darrow, Mrs. Holman, Miss Hall, Mrs Preston; the latter goes as associational director of the W. A. B. H. M. s., having received her credentials from the general society in Chicago as director for 1914 and 1915.
 The bee for making the church cellar ready for the new furnace is an day affair and set for Friday, the 18th. The dinner will be served at noon in the conference room and all the ladies of the congregation are invited to cO-operate by their presence and with something that their men folk like for the able. This in- vitation is general and for all in- terested; please pass it along The men are asked to bring shovels and teams to remove the earth and stones so that the church grounds may not be left in an unsightly condition.
 At the recent flower exhibit at Mansfield Center grange, that was a very pretty and notable event, Mrs. George " Smith, lecturer of the Wilmington grange, gave by invitation, talk upon plants and flowers that was much enjoyed and that it is hoped she will not be too modest to favor her home grange with some time soon. Mrs. Smith is a nature lover, flower and plant lover and remark ably we'll informed regarding our native flora, and could talk inde- finately, entertainingly and instruc- lively upon different phases of the origin, growth and cultivation of plants.
 At the grange Friday evening the lecturer, Mrs. G. V. Smith, had arranged for the reading of original sketch of the boyhood of Jared Sparks, a numerous reading by Secretary Floyd Ayers, both of which were well received and were followed by a very intersting talk by the Master G. V. Smith regarding the raising of beef cattle and the pasturage in the locality that was followed by an enthusiastic discussion participated in by nearly all present, and was in- structive and enjoyable. In view of the fact that the food supply of the world is growing to be of paramount interest any subject bearing upon these topics is of importance, and it was suggested that forage feeding of swine be one of the subjects for dis cussiun at the next meeting. The field day recently held will take the place of the exhibit his autumn