Tolland County press., 1883-03-01
s,OvENTRY.
A. g. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Agent. To whom, m,subscripfions and communications for the REaIsEER should be addressed.

Il A. S. PARKER. L0cat HQlLOF ana 6ueIu0Nb ASSuCs
 whom.snbscripfions and Communications for th 1 REGIsEER should be addressed. A SOUTH COVENTRY.
 The lecture given by A. T. Cornwel last Thursday evening was liked by thos, who heard, and we tlank we are safe il 7 saying that those present know more o
 the practical working of creamery thar they could possibly have learned by read ing. When MT. Oornwell reached Ando yer Friday morning he was interviewed
 by persons interested in the organization of creamery there, and 1t is predicted
 by some people that Andover will have ,
 creamery in working order before the stocl
 in this place is taken. If this proves true
 it will be a loss to our people.
 Fast day services were conducted by
 Rev. w. w. Ellis, assisted by Rev. F. E.
 Jenkins, Tn the vestry of the Methodist
 church. <
 Easter Sunday was observed in all
 the churches, by appropriate services
 The floral decorations were very neat, ano
 though not as profase as they would have
 been had the day come later in the season, good taste was shown in their arrange
 ment. A concert was given by the M. B. Sunday school, and public services were
 held in the Congregational church ln the evening.
 | Oliver Edgerton was buried Sunday. Too much praise cannot be given A. 1 T. Coruwell for the way III which he sx. plained the creamery question. He not only gave lecture but answered ques- tions, which answers were in several in stances but repetition of portions of his address, proving that sometimes even those the most interested do not always notice important points.
 Ladies aid society met at "Uncle Toms cabin" last evening, where good provision was provided in abundance. New England Homestead, March 24 : Our family pet is large cat. His color is gray and white his age is thirteen years this spring 1; his weight is sixteen pounds, and his name, (the most wonder fuD is General Jerome Napoleon Bona parte Bucklin. Of course, that is rather long to articulate, especially when we want him in hurry so we dub him Bonnie, and the name of Bonnie Bucklin Is as familiar ill our village as that of any person. He was once the property of our -'nly child, the late wife of Rev Frank B. Jenkins of South Coventry, Ct., and was loved and petted by her more than some children are by their best friends. He has been great hunter but on &C., count of h1se age, has retired from bus iness and spends most of his time sleep ing. Rats, mice, birds, frogs and snakes without number have been brought home ,y him, for which he wanted te be prais- ed, aud, like many of our young friends, | word of praise or encouragement would seem 10 make him more diligent in his pursuits In his younger days he was a terror to all small specimens of his kind, hut Gas all old people should) he has grown qulet and dignifed and seldom participates in any of the quarrels of his younger neighbors, although I have mo- ticed on election day he sometimes talks over the political interests of the town and country, and, being strong republican, and having SC many democratic neighbors, he is sometimes rather noisy in his con- versation. But, fearing to tire the young readers of the Homestead by too long 8 Cat story (although I could tell many things that would show the intelligence
 # the GeneraD, I will close with the re- quest that each one look over his neigh borhoed and see if he can be beaten. A. :. Cheshire, Moss. s:
 A MUSICAL TREAT. fifth and last entertainment of the "Citizens' Lecture Course" will be given next Wednesday evening, April 4th. It is to be concert. Probably this has been anticipated more than any of the other entertainments, and, with the musicians whom the committee have secured, the anticipations are likely to be more than realized. The following attractions are offered Male quartette of Hosmer Hall, Hartford-consist of gentlemen graduates of Amherst, Dart mouth and Williams colleges. All of them were members of the glee clubs in their respective colleges, and their songs are to be of the highest quality of the peculiar college variety. The leader of the glee club is Mir. W. A. Bartlett, son of Dr.. Bartlett, president of Dartmouth college, the well known violin sololst of Hartford. with her sister, Mrs. N l.. Bronson as pianist. It ia needless to tell any lover of the sweetest of stringed instruments of the accomplished player--Miss Beeman.
 Mrs. Minnie Mory Peck-alto in the Union church quartette of Worcester, Mass.-will sing oontralto solos. She is l recently from the west and has come east to devote herself entirely to vocal music. She is a graduate of Appleton University, Wis. ,and is fast gaining an enviable repu- 1 tation in musical circles in New England. Probably our community never had the opportunity to listen to a finer musical entertainment, and it is to be hoped that no lover of music will fail to enjoy it. ?. E. !. NORTH COVENTRY.
 -Dr. M B. Bennett has been very sick in New York with pneumonia, but is now better. His friends hope that he will be able to return home next week.
 The old hands have been engaged to repair our reads the coming summer. TtSLLANn.,
 fFRoM "RETsEL.'S
 MT. Johnson, the new landlord of the County Hotel,. is in possession and ready for business.
 Mir. Edward Fuller is in New York, whore he has had surgical operation performed, which, # it results fayorahly, will relieve him of great am fiction, from which. he has suffered for some three or four years.
 "A. w. Loomis of Willimantic dug out from ''over back here'' some trailing arbutus and brought to Holland the first lof this week, and he found spot on his farm where there was dirt enough thawed out to cover some peas, and he sawed some, also beet, lettuce, Eadish and celery seed. He has excellent success with eel cry plants, and proposes to have plants to Onr vonno, folLo bovo a 1onco a& &ho