The Press., 1883-06-14
COVENTRY.


 COVENTRY. PAakEa Local EdiSr and Bus;pess Agent: T. T
 REGISTER should be addressed.
 Y 47.s5s SOUTH COVENTRY.
 and Miss Ella Noble were married las week Wednesday.
 -Messrs. Thomas and Norman Dun ham have added greatly to the summer comfort of their dwellings by building pi azzas.
 Mrs. Maria Dearborn, the daughter o1 s. P. Loomis, came last week from he1 home at Brattleboro, Vt, to visit friends here, was taken sick of bronchial trouble and is now under the doctors care at Miss Emily R. Hutchinson's.
 Rev. Wm. Ellis attends the preachers meeting at Moodus this week.
 Cultivated straw berries are nicer and give promise of greater abundance than for years.
 -Courant, June 11th: Yesterday was 8 day long to be remembered in the annals of the First Methodist church of this city. The morning service was an observance o1 "Children's Sunday" A great surprise to the congregation was the annuouncemeni that Mir. John F. Judd had paid the entire amount of the indebtedness remaining on the church property, the sum of $2,350. Some two years ago this society lifted a debt upon the church of 5000, but there remained another mortgage upon the church parsonage which MT. Judd through his iberality has now removed. A letter of thanks to Mr. Judd which had been adopted by the board of trustees, was read by the clerk, MT. William Perry, and the entire congregation ratified their ac- ton by rising vote and joining with great fervor in the doxology, ssPraise God from whom all blessings flow" The following parag agraph is taken from the letter to MT. Judd:
 "For the past thirty years your connection with our church has been marked, not only by the valuable services rendered in the va rious positions of trust to which you have been repeatedly appointed, but also by gen. erous gifts often bestowed in such wise manner as to double their value by melting others to follow your example. Few men have the grace and wisdom, as faithful stew ards of the Divine bounty, to use their means while living, so that the benefactor and those blessed by this acts can rejoice together, and, in the name of the membership that we repre- sent, we most heartily thank you that this is our happy privilege"
 The church was beautifully decorated with profusion of flowers very tastily ar- ranged around the pulpit platform.
 MT. John Fland Judd is native of this place and brother of Wm. G. Judd, who has always resided here.
 Rev. John Oldham of Thompsonville, who preached here several years ago, is about to go to Europe for short stay.
 -Thos Smith thinks he can beat the town on tall rye, and brings in stalk 2 it. 2 in. in height. ..r. -.
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 MT. and Mrs. Oliver Curtis of Am herst, Mass, were visiting here last week.
 Delegates from the Baptist Sunday school are attending the association con- yention at Holland to-day. ..-.-,
 A large concourse witnessed the bap- tism of six persons, near the house of AL bert Sharp, last Sunday forenoon.
 Rev. MT. Mason supplies the Congre- gational pulpit for the present.
 MT. Timothy Merrick, formerly of this town, is now treasurer and manager of the Merrick Thread Go. of Holyoke The company has capital of $500, ,OoO, and is doing business equal to one half of that done by the Willimantc company. On their surplus earnings last year they erected mill, and are now building anoth- CT. They pay twice as much for their working men and women as they do in Paisley, Scotland, where the girls go bare foot, and assist in changing spools with their toes.
 Another alleged infringement by the National Thread Go. of Mansfield com plained of by G. Hall & Go. is the use of the word "Killington" as trademark, claiming that it is intended to deceive the public into the belief that s'KilGngton' thread is Wilmington thread.
 The lawsuit between the heirs of the late Gardner Hall is now on trial in Tol. land.
 Last Saturday evening the house ol Mrs. Julius Weinberg was burned to the ground. The furniture, wardrobes, piano jewelry, valuable pictures, and provisions were consumed. When the fire was first dis covered the cupalo was in flames, and such headway had been made that nothing could be saved from the house. The or igin of the fire is a mystery. The insur ance is said to be slight. Mrs, Weinberg intends to rebuild soon. ..-. . -
 --The dogs belonging to the following owners have been registered to date: E. R. Cantie, s. T. Morrison, F. Comings, J. 8. Latham, T. Tomnson,, J. Pierce,
 A. Hall, .a. ... Fred Jarel. J. .. Champlin, A. D. Dimock, J. Schofeld, s. Williams, s. Bartlett, .--. w. D. Irons