The Press., 1883-12-06
COVENTRY.

COVENTRY.
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
 Mi. Armstrong has moved into J. D Wilson's s. street house.
 Tt is said that every dispensation rightly looked at, teaches something t, those who are willing to learn, and tn disorder that is working so thcroughl7 here we have learned is measle-not mea sles. as we had all our life time called thi disease. We think. however, that mea sle here has been strongly plural, for tn, victims have been many. No respect ha. been shown gray hair, dyed hair, or an, ones heir, providing breath of measl, has bqen breathed near them.
 Thanksgiving Day twin daughter, were born at New Haven to Edward anG Mary Wells Parker, formerly of this place
 The bridge in front of Henry Squire's house is a great improvement.
 MT. Nelson Kingsbury, the Sunday school man, was in towa~1ast Sabbath.
 And we dwellers in the country enio, the wonderful, beautiful sunsets-sunsets that no pen can describe.
 Walter A. Dodge has gone to Eas Greenwich, R. I. there to take six months course in business college.
 Cottage meetings this week Wednes day evening at H. F. Toplif's, Thursday evening at D. W. Fisk's, S. street, and G. W. Glynn's, Depot Village.
 Who passing by can fail to notice the artistically painted cottage of J. B. Foster aud where has greater improvement been made in the last ten years than by the re. moval of the fence around Hanson Wash, burns yard 'Tis true the boys at times take me liberties with the swan there, but door yard fences are too strong re. minders of prison yards and mag laaad to be altogether beautiful in 8 country vii. lage. South Manchester has set an ex- ample that every village would do we'll to fo low concerning fences.
 Schools in village commence Monday.
 .-J. D. Wilson has gone to Holland as a juror.
 The course of lectures, arranged by a committee of the ladies' society in South Coventry for the ensuing winter, will open ,n the Congregational church Wednesday evening, D. c. 18th. The patronage of those desirous of securing both entertain ment and instruction on reasonable terms, is Tespectfulley solicited.
 The Sunday school of the Methodist church have dc ded to hold Sunday school Christmas concert in their church, connection with Christmas tree, on Christmas evening, Dec. 24th. All the presents to their families into the church and use the trees, Manday @. m., 24th inst.
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 Most of our wiat I schools have con- menced Miss M. B. Lee teaches in the Northeast d strict, Ever-tt w. Mason in the East, Alfred W. Forbes in the South, Andrew Kingsbury in the W-st, aud Chas. Walker in the North. The fall term of II weeks in the North district was taught by Ohas. Walker. Sadie M. Andrews, aged , years, and Johnnie P. Andrews, aged 63 years, though being some distance from the school, were neither abs+nt nor tardy during the term aud Lilla L. Green was aot absent. Miss M. Ellen Lee taught the fall term of 10 weeks in the Northeast district. Of the scholars attending that school Edith O. Turner and Lizzie A. Snow were neither absent nor tardy, and Clyde B. Brown was not absent. Miss M. K. Hutchinson taught term of weeks in the East district. Of her scholars, D-zzie s. Rathburn and Lulu B. Garrigues were neither absent nor tardy. In the South district Clara E. Wood, Alice B. Bass, Mary M. Meloney, Lulu M. Wright, Rose A.. Tal- bot, Oliver H. Hill, Newell Hill, Alton J. Loomis and Jesse Aspinwall were credited as being present every day during the term of weeks.
 Prof. B. P. Rooms, principal of the Storrs' agricultural school, Mansfield, will deliver a leture In the church at North Coventry Friday evening, Dec. 14th sub- ject, "Deep s Life. :" Prof. Rooms has been engaged several seasous past with a government expedition making deep sea soundlngs in the Atlantic, for the most part off the coast of New England. He has large collection of specimens taken from the dep, which he will use to aid him in making his lecture instructive and entertaining. He has tectured before the Middlebury college, Vt., very aeoeptably. We trust all who can will emhrace this op- portunity to learn much about the dwell CTS in the ocean, and of the methods em. ployed to traverse its depths.