The Press., 1884-05-15
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I SOUTH COVENTRY.
 The firm of Daley Bros. is about to be dissolved.
 Every one admires the flowers in the store windows of J. B. Carmon, the pelar- gonium especially.
 Mrs. Nathan Stone, who has spent the winter with her daughter, arrived at her home last week.
 Mrs. Charlotte Hodgson is at home in her recently finished house.
 The Sunday base ballists occupy the south end of Frank 0. Spaulding's pas ture.
 If we were dealing in truck we could show to the housekeepers of this place the <best potato for spring eating we know of, Dtlt first we should have to buy the Sun- beams of MT. Aaron Hutchinson of Mans field.
 The following item from justly in dignant person has been handed us for publication "The three young men that spent Saturday evening, May 9th, in vast ing flour, are advised by the author of this item to keep the rest, if they have any, for their relatives in the poor house, or for time of need when their parents may not be able to support them. The form , of the tallest one was sufficiently recogniz- Nable to satisfy the author who the parties were, and it will not answer for them to frepeat the game in this neighborhood.
 Through The Press we came to know Miss Ella M. Baker, and the acquaintance has been 8 pleasant one. Whenever her name met our eye then we stopped, know ing that something good was near by, whether her words or in connection with worthy objects. We were told that the selection of books for the Stafford library, and the catalogue, was mainly her work, and as we read it we could but admire her judgment. In last weeks issue of The Press we learned that she had "passed be- yond," and it gave us sorrow, yet we are glad that of her it may truly be said, her s'works will follow her.
 A gentleman of title has arrived in town and is stopping at P. H. Peterson's, Sir Ben of Woodlawn, Guernsey com ing two in September, weight 77O, from the herd of Col. Warner of Pomfret.
 An occasional peach tree begins to show pink blossoms, but most peach buds were killed; apples, pears and plums give promise of abundant bloom.
 We knew John did not dare go by our house on his way home from Blly's brook. On being cornerei he said he fol lowed the stream, without success. But he went lover there," and showed with pride splendid string-seventeen speckl- ed beauties-on Saturday last. SOMERs. [coRREsPoNDENcE.l
 Business beoms are plenty and vigor- oos. In real estate MT. l.. A. Billings has sold out to Mr. Brewster, gentleman of color in the courts the state is fattening at the expense of the Prink street fraternal war in local industries MT. Lombard, the taller. is filling contract for Homer Hall.
 Several horses in town are hard sick, and some have succumbed. MT. Amos Pease lost valuable young horse on Sun day.
 Additions are being placed on the barn recently built by A. W. Kibbe.
 Rev. MT. Ackley, the new M. D. clergyman, is giving excellent satisfaction. He graduates at Wesleyan University in July, and will then remove to Somers.
 Large numbers of people attended the lectures and readings of MT. Baxter at the Spiritualist church in Somersville. All were favorably impressed with the gentle mans ability. Ills peculiar tenets were strongly put; and, as is usually the case, accepted or rejected by the listeners in &C., cordance with their own preconceived views,
 MT. w. P. Fuller is slowly recovering from an attack of infammatory rheuma- tism, which has compelled him to give up business for two or three weeks past.
 The Congregational society recently voted to paint the church and chapel, and the necessary funds have since been raised by individual subscriptions, some of the figures on which show great generosity and public spirit.
 MT. and Mrs. Harwood, now of Hamp- den, Mass, called on their old neighbors on Saturday last,
 Mrs. G. c. Wood, treasurer of tte fund now being collected for repairs on parsonage, recently received a check for $50 from Mrs. John Olmsted of Spring. field, whose interest in the prosperity of her native town has often heretofore shown itself Tn appropriate and generous gifts. Somers is fortunate in the matter of wealthy non-residents, and in due course of time hopes to receive many tokens of tangible regard from quarters not yet heard from in that respect.
 The many recent cases of sickness among horses and cattle lead our thoughts CO the grave query as to WhaL we snail dO when our esteemed townsman, MT. Austin Pease, and his valued services shall be no longer at our disposal. The farmers can manage the ordinary cases, but disease is assuming extraordinary forms in all de- partments of life, and the help of an ex- perienced veterinary surgeon and physi- clan like MT. Pease is convenience not often enjoyed by country towns and not enough appreciated. Who will take his place? Who is learning the honorable and lucrative and indispensable trades, like that of masonry, blacksmithing, &c., so that as our few surviving veterans drop out their places may be filledp
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 Another telegraph line through here has caused another raid on the timber land for poles. Telegraph rates ought to