The Press., 1914-11-25
WELLINGTON.

Miss Preston has returned from 8 pleasant New York and New Jersey visit.
 Madie Smidt goes soon to Spring field. Mass, to take position in an office there.
 A casual remark just overheard- "Fresh eggs five cents apiece, and as scarce as hens teeth at that. |"
 Miss Alice ". Pratt with a friend and fellow teacher from Suffield is passing the holiday and weekend at her home here.
 Dr. F. E. Converse is riding in a comfortable looking enclosed car, made necessary by his long trips off, ten in indictment weather and at all hours.
 There is an old saying that if the first snow goes off by the sun all the snows during the winter will go in the same way. That is a promise of sleighing.
 Louis Shmidt was showed in at Union last week and obliged to leave his machine there for several days. He is again on his rounds but keeping to the southward.
 The intelligent coon dog mentioned last week that left his new home at Charles Amidon's and took the back
  and stopped at a house in Ludlow, Mass. The name of the owner and the registry tag being on the collar MT. Amidon was notified and motored for the dog that greeted them affec- tionately as it did, also it's mate on its return. Having added another chapter to his interesting experiences he has settled down seemingly con- tent. The question naturally arises how should the little animal know the nearest way home when he came all the way here in the night, wrap ped in blankets in an automobile? We suspect that animals knew of wire less of their own long before its dis covery by the human family.
 West Wilmington.
 The Village Hill school is having Thanksgiving recess
 MT and Mrs. Charles Korner spent the week end in Warrenville.
 Edward Skilton has bought of Ed ward Murphy his pair of black horses.
 Harold Bugbee has purchased a Cadillac car to carry cream to the Vernon creamery.
 Samuel Johnson has had his herd examined for the foot and mouth dis ease and no evidence of the disease was found.
 The stereopticoD lecture Monday night at the chapel was given to a 'mall audience, but those who were present. enjoyed it. There is talk of purchasing a machine and having ihese lectures often.
 South Wilmington. Walter E. Malo has begun the wiring or electric lighting the house of Charles oobuda. Charles Woodworth has given up Ikunk farming and has taken a gray fox to tame. Stated communication of Uriel Lodge, F. & A. M, Saturday evening, work on the E. A. degree.
 The Sunday school entertainment given in Social hall Sunday evening, was 8 success from all points of view.
 The outdoor work is being closed up for the season and the men are starting in on the work connected with roughing Oirches for spools.
 Miss Edith L. Morgan, teacher in the Grammar department of the village 'chool, is to spend Thanksgiving day at Ter home on Fishers Island Lester R. Weeks of Willimantic, for nerly employed for several years by c. | Hall Jr. and Co.,, was operated on at the Hartford hospital for cancer of the ongue, last week, Wednesday.
 Messrs. Louis, Leo and Leslie Korper If Hartford have been trying out the woods and fields of Willington the past Teek, for game, and according to re- ports, have been quite successful.
 The town school committee of Stafford, n company with Secretary w. H. Hall, 'f the local school board and Supervisor :. T. Garrison, visited five of our schools ast Friday, testing out the value of We understand that they | Ire convinced of its merits, as shown by he schools visited.
 East Wilmington.
 George Wilson lost COW last week.
 Henry Walton has taken a position with Albert Parker.
 School closes Tuesday for the vacation.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Amidon cele- orated their twentieth wedding an- iversary last Friday evening.
 One smoke day given up pays for ! telephone in your home.
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