The Press., 1885-04-02
COVENTRY. anuTH nnYENTRY.

COVENTRY.
 SOUTH oovENTRY.
 3 "A. S. Parker, local editor and business manage l l1of Coventry Local Register.
 Having reached the end of the papel 7 on which we were writing last week, oul { fishing story was not as long, to quote
 from Whittier, as Sit might have been, and Ed confidentially told the reporter tha ] Geo. and John narrate as having hooked l nine trout in Bear Swamp brook. Nov
 the fish which swim there are invisible to
 the farmer folk hereabout, and no amount of vermicular inducement offered at the
 point of common hook, suspended by 2 linen line attached to rustic pole, car ! cause the tinny fe:lowsyte betrays, their presence in the ssrippling rifl ,; af5r why The fish have not an artists eye, but san .I eye toward art and though a realMtist
 would ''take" the rustic, the trout will h6t
 but when a sportsman we'll arrayed ap. pears on the scene, with basket, bamboo pole, silken line, fine hooks and artificial flies, the art loving lSalnao to,stigalis is be. guiled, and wonderful stories are told oi fishing in Bear Swamp brook. N. B. Ed. said he did not see the trout but then the law was not off. i
 Geo. L. Phillips is administrator on the estate of D. W. Huntington.
 Cleo. Carpenter has four sick persons in h1s family. u 1 Mrs. Durgin is quite sick of pneumo. nia as sN -The personal property of the late John R. Stewart is being disposed of at private sale. .. >r 4 n.
 An arrangement-as a proof that a christian spirit is among those who would observe Easter-has been made for a con- cert at the Congregational church Sunday evening, from 6 to 7, then at the M. E. 1 church to commence at 2, thus giving thot 6 who wish an opportunity to be present 10 both servlces..
 Union services at the Congregational church Fast day.
 An oft repeated prophecy" Just four months from the day President Cleveland was inaughrated all Iaanufactories will be suspended, and all tic principal stores in the U. $. closed" .ea@
 Mrs. Chase, mother of Mrs. Carlo s Brigham, was buried in the Nathan Hale cemetery Saturday. @
 Marvin Colman has arrived from Flor ida. # a M
 .--Orra A. Parker returns to Mt Holyoke seminary next Wednesday, tf9 %l Miss Louisa Lord has returne,1 from Norwich. @a&s- ,~- E@s.r The little. daughter of. Rex..-J. O.. ] Dodge is sick of typhoid fever. 1 -Merinda Wright died of pneumonia ] Tuesday morning. a#|# ## l One year ago to-day snow fell, and the next morning the depth of snow was one foot, and the sledding good.
 Frank Squiers and Kirk Wallen have ] gone to Willimantic 10 work at painting carriages. ,.-r4.g, .s.. s-@r.c-,~~@, i Removing the ics from the ditches on Potash hill Monday proved disabling to Benj. F. Gardner, and Wednesday he could not use his left arm. .-
 1 f,..s.7g NORTH COVENTRY. ->rI.., ,.- 1 Our tax collector gives notice that he will be at the town hall in North Gov entry on Tuesday, April 21st, from a. m. to l2 m., and at the town clerks office on, Wednesday April 22d, from 9 8. m. to 4 p. m., for the purpose of receiving taxes. ''No taxes will be received except by the
 :: The Keeney farm was sold at auction recontly to Dea. Allen of Vernon, for &, 800. s,...ss -L. F. Royal adyertises to sell his farm, known as the D. H. Hunt farm, at auction the 8th of April also stock, tools, &c. E
 
 A. J. Mccormick has bought place in Holland, to which he moves this spring. l Arthur Bartlett has bought and moved on to the Cheseb ebrough place in Vernon. Reports from the schools in the parish for the winter term show the following facts East district Miss Emma J. Hall, teacher length of term IA weeks, closing March 9th whole number of scholars, 16 {; average attendance, 1857; scholars not absent during, the term, Dezzie s. Rath- bun and Oliver H. Hills; not fardy, Dezzie S. Rathbun.,. South district, Perkins l.. Lathrop, teacher length of term 14 weeks, closing March 9th whole number of scholars, 29; average attendance, A22-5 j; scholars who were present every session, Lulu Wright, Willie E. Hill, Newell A. Hill, and Chas. J. Hill ;, not etardy, Ltiln Wright, Eddie Norcutt.. Northeast dis trict, Miss A. F., Goodwin, teacher i; length of term IF. weeks, closing Feb. ..:20th; whole number of scholars, 27; average at tendance, 2316; scholars who were present every session, Edith O. Turner, Henry Fuller, and Clyde Brown; not tardys Editsfii O. Turner, Henry Fuller, Ivan Wilcox, Lizzie Snow, Edwin Snow, and Arthur Turner North district, Chas. H. Walker, teacher; length of term 12 weeks. closing T CD HuOic uttkuDGI Ol SCHOl6E6, A z average attendance, l5. 93 not tardy, Eva Risley, Frank Shepard, Edward Dunn. West district, David A. Brown, teacher; length of term IA weeks, closing March 7th whole humber of scholars, 20 aver age attendance, 1871 scholars who were present every session, Carrie Hughes, Elf he Chappell, and Emma Chappell not tardy, Carrie Hughes and Carl Walker. VI Ees z, am~gr ELLINGTON. 8 fgs A a SQUARE PoND.5s. .=-r... s
 --Within little over two weeks three per. sons have died in one house at Square Pond. 2t tn egsge A. a se q. azs sw5Rs
 Thomas Sabin died at Belchertown, Mass. :. Sunday evening at the, great age of 1O1 years, 3 months and days There has been only very gradual decline of his facs ulties and powers since the Tooth birthday celebration, December 22d, 1883. What may he:called his last sickness was of hard ly more than 3 weeks duration, and then the OnlV~ 6iSAGaaf waa+ a :aI15ybk. s1,,,1J" IFa