The Press., 1884-04-17
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY

gregational vestry Friday evening, to cop suit as to who shall succeed Dea. Jas. S Morgan as chorister, he having resigned after ferty-seven years service.
 "'Tis true am little fish,
 But I'll count one on Worthen's string So forty speckled beauties thought
 Fast day, as Worthen flies did fling. "rll turn the scale at ounces nine
 Iris hard to leave the brook and wood, But Wood will have me just the same; Numbers naught but size means food. "
 Mrs Mary Colman Utley, sister of Edgar Colman of this place, died at Chap lin, Thursday, April. 10th. Her funeral was attended at Chaplin, Monday, 14th, by Revs. Williams of Chaplin and F. B. Jenkins of this place. At the request of Mrs. Utley, the burial was in the Nathan Hale cemetery. ,"So she resteth at home. J | The Easter concert at the Congrega- tional church was very pleasant service, pal part of the exercises, the superintend- ent, Addison Kingsbury, the responsive reading. There were readings by Frank Topliff, J. G. Pettibone, Will Kingsbury, Ida Wolfram, and Mrs. Lara M. Kings bury, interspersed with the singing of Easter hymns. The floral decorations, though choice, were not numerous. Beau tiful roses were brought by Miss Laura Ripley, Mrs. H. w. Mason, and Mrs. Frank Strong furnished fine boquets. At the Catholic church Q Dumber of very choice plants were on the altar, and at the Methodist church there were both growing plants and cut flowers, Mrs. R. B. Wilson contributing number of very fine plants.
 Sale of pews at the Congregational church Saturday evening.
 Ladies society at the Congregational vestry last Wednesday evening"
 If you wish to find arbutus in perfec- tion do not go for it until willow whistles are heard on the street, for it does not open its flowers in clusters until bark can peeled. The finding of the buds is net a token of immediate bloom, for arbutrs forms buds in autumn.
 Such splendid roses as the Dingre & Conard Go. send out An order for thir- | ty-four plants was filled by forty-fve strong, healthy plants.
 Contractors are figuring on the put ting in of one story and adding forty feet in length the factory of Keynon, Barber < Co.,
 At the close of the preaching service at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Arnold presented the following, to which the congregation gave their assent Dy rising:
 Whereas, By the law of limitation, Brother Ellis abors as minister closed with us for the pres | ent, and
 and pastoral work, he has proved himself good minister of Jesus Christ, and
 Whereas, By .persevering effort has removed a burdensome debt from this church. Therefore, by this church and congregation,
 Resolved-Thst in retiring he takes with him our sympathies in recent atciops, our best wishes and prayers for his personal comfort and future success in the ministry.
 NORTH COVENTRY. MT. Mahar has moved to Mansfield
 The church was decorated with beau tiful flowers on Sunday
 The little adopted daughter of l.. B. Royal recently fell from sofa and broke her arm in two places. Dr. Sweet set the broken arm, and she is now doing we'll
 An Easter exercise by the children last Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs. J. B. French is quite ill.
 MANSFIELD.
 A well-known resident of this town and real estate owner recently advertised piece of landed property for sale, and among the various incentives to pur- chase, he referred in his advertisement to the beautiful town and its attractions, among which was mentioned the 'Sto1rs Agricultural College, ,"-the very institu- tion he has so often berated in abusive language through the columns of local paper. Although having styled it greedy humbug,' he nevertheless acknowledges it's benefit in aiding to fill his own cofers. X The farm now owned by MT. T. l.. Wish was formerly known as the "Majol Storrs place." which early owner specu- lated largely in the multicaulus enterprise. He was offered $2,OOO for his immense 1aI, l, ing the property at R3,0OO. The excite Ement abated, the property depreciated, { and the trees were eventually uprooted.- NoraOich Bulletin.
 Charles Northend of New Britain is to lecture Friday evening before the Storrs Agricultural School. Subject, ''Alaska."
 During his absence at church, Sunday last, the house of MT. Lyman Barrows of Mansfield was broken into and about $25O cash stolen, together with bank books rep resenting considerable amount and 8 note. A short time since the house of the late William Cross, in the same place, was entered. The house was unoopup1ed and nothing of value was found.
 ELLINGTON. l CcoRREsPoNDENcEl
 The mason work on the new creamery building is now under way, and will soen be ready for the carpenters if we can only have few pleasant days.
 Henry c. Aborn is now established iH his new store (the one lately occupied by James W. Eaton), with an entirely new stock of goods which he is offering at req sonable prices.
 Mrs. James W. Eaton, who lhas been an invalid for 8 number of weeks, was taken to her fathers home in Stafford Monday in close carriage, where it is hoped with 9 mothers care and in her old home she may soon recover.
 At the reunion of the 18th regiment in Hartford Monday last, which was the 21st anniversary of the battle at Irish Bend, Louisiana, the first place where the regiment was under fire (and in the lan- guage of Gol. Rissell eit was baptism by immersion and not by sprinkling'' for the record is that the regiment went into the battle with 320 men and in less than an hour ninety-six were killed or wounded), !, silver cup was offered by the colonel to the youngest ehild of all the members present. A committee was appointed to decide the matter, and it was found that the award should be made to Samuel A. 1 Cro;tl, x-ho o,1;e+aI fro-,, +bio 4oxx,y l,,,+