The Press., 1917-02-08
WELLINGTON.

usher in the second installment of winter. Mrs. Parker, on snow shoes, was like the spirit of the tempest as she came genially to call on her lonely neighbor for the very joy of gale and the snow The birds held high car. nival, it would appear that they take the papers and are aware that folks are enjoined to provide them with all the comforts of the season.
 For the benefit of the Sunday box social will be held in the new Sunday school rooms next Thursday evening to which the invitation is general MT. Parker is chairman of the committee of amusemeDts. It is hoped that there may be general CO., operation and that the boxes may be plenty and salable and that a pleas ant social time may be the result.
 On Tuesday MT. Oosgrove passed his 8Oth milestone on life's highway. He was able to sit in an easy chair in his sunny sittingroom and look at his mail that was a veritable shower of letters, cards, flowers, 80 bright new dimes from his daughter, Mrs. Sleight, New York, letter also from his son in that city and from Misses Cunning and Palmer who are still visiting there. He says it is the most beauti- ful birthday he has ever had in his long life and wishes to thank his many thoughtful friends from near and from afar who participated in the greeting. The notice of the premed- itated shower should have appeared in this column last week but was phoned too late to get in, The joy and the gratitude of the occasion is augmented by the contrast from two weeks ago when both MT. and Mrs. Cosgrove were critically ill. Now all share in the pleasure of the day.
 South Wilmington.
 Miss Ruth Greene is home on vis- it from Brown university.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Oldershaw of Granby are guests of MT. and Mrs. c. ]. Gurley.
 No complaints were presented to the board of relief at their first meet. ing last Saturday.
 Gregor Herold of Village Hill was the first man in town to pay his per sonal tax this year. Gustavus Klar being a close second.
 A special town. meeting to lay a town tax is to be held in the hall in this village Saturday evening. The selectmen will probably ask for a four mill tax.
 We note in the Granby News in a current newspaper that the Capitol City Lumber Go. of Hartford, owned by the Korper Bros. formerly of this village, have bought out the largest lumber yard in Springfield, Mass.
 Within the past few days a flock of geese was reported as having been seen flying north. A lone startling was seen here Tuesday of this week, while robins have been seen about the state. Beautiful spring; not yet, but soon.
 Holman Hall had the misfortune to lose the end of the second finger on his right hand through getting it caught in the sprooket wheel at the ice house last week Friday. As Dr. F. B. Converse happened to be at the Stafforl hospital at the time he was taken there to have the finger dressed.
 In common with the rest of New England this community was drifted in by Mondays storm. The Perry Ice Co., got caught about one day shy of filling their ice house and were soraping off snow Tuesday. The ice this winter is of the very best quality but too heavy; running 16 and Is inches thick at last cutting.
 Some very young ladies in this town were discussing the possibility of war few days ago, and one of them, who has older brothers, was heard to remark that they should not go, for, if they were called she was going to get some hot water some morning before they were out of bed and go and soald their legs so they oouldn'r go. Original if not patriotic.