The Press., 1889-09-05
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY.

COVENTRY. 1 SOUTH COVENTRY. A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manage of Coventry Local Register.
 IN. A. Watts has completed the post office building for the postmaster, MT Isham, in very acceptable manner. Tn, boxes are of the Yale & Towne, manufac ture, and for style and convenience second to no office in the county. l Miss Mary l.. Hutchinson, of Mans field, commenced a six and one-hal months term of school in Dist. No. g, il this town, Monday.
 Sunday services were held in th, Methodist vestry, as the back of the pew, in the audience room are being veneerei with ash.
 l About two hundred and fifty persons were present at the grange picnic at Clark prove last Thursday. and save for the un expected immersion of Mrs. Maxwell o Bolton, as she was attempting to get intt boat, no accident occurred, and every one seemed happy. Provision was abund ant. and the literary entertainment was above the average. Clark's grove is beau tifully situated, and at small expense could be made very attractive. A pavilion with a floor near the waters edge and dry place for the tables would prevent wettine the feet. Until these changes are made each person going there should wear thick shoes or rubbers The tables should be made of boards of even widths. As now arranged, if the tables were covered with cloth, person might upset @ pitcher oi cream upon his ncighbor, for in one place, at least, there is plank, round edge up, 8 perfect trap for coffee cups, &c.
 A CARD.-The children of the late Mrs. Annis Smith thank those who kindly helped to care for their mother in her last illness, and those who sent flowers and attended the burial. Contributed Items.) -
 DRAT THE TYPES IA few years ago some fellow made quite literary hit, get ting up series of sketches for the news papers, resembling in style the modern Bowser articles. All the profanity and disgust was rolled into one exclamation Drat gast it But I never realized how much solid satisfaction or how much the expression condensed until last week Thurs day, as pondered over the mutilated list of contributed South Coventry personals.
 MT. Benoni Irwin, the portrait paint CT of Yonkers, N. Y., sails for France this week, but will first make the villa of Dr. H. s. Dean an objective point. The ar tist, whose genius is equally brilliant and solid, neglects no opportunity in his par ticular line of art endeavor. He has visit ed Paris several times, and will now take in the endless resources of the art pavil- ions at the exposition. The artistic value of his work is shown in the fact that two of his recently made pictures have sold for $2,OO0.
 The farmers are threshing grain and gathering heavy after math.
 A dozen ''sweet cuts" from the granger's picnic varies our monotonous diet of rice and toast.
 Aunt Electa" and her niece, Mabel Sprague, of Meriden, are making summer calls in the old home towns, Andover and Coventry.
 Mrs. Wm. Curtis is visiting friends in town.
 The new post-office boxes are of the Yale pattern, and number 46O.
 Mrs. Martha Palmer, of Norwich, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Rogers.
 Mrs. Hicks mellow-brown pansies still lift their charming faces sunward.
 ELLINGTON.
 Crystal Lake Correspondence.)
 -1Denison Baker's valuable horse had a led badly cut with scythe last week We'd nesday. One cord was severed. Dr. Or son Richardson has him in hand, and is confident of getting him in working trim again.
 Fred s. Charter, son of Frank Charter, of Bridgeport, has just returned home af- ter spending the summer here with his uncle, A. M. Charter.
 Louis Stacy caught in the lake at Pine Point grove, not long ago, a pickerel weighing over two pounds.
 Miss Emma Dimock's flower beds are beautiful to look upon. From those of Mrs. Ella Martin we received recently lovely specimens.
 We were shown by Mrs. Webber a charming sofa pillow; her own handiwork.
 Rev. F. 0. Newell, with Mrs. Newell, came to town Aug. 29 They spent the previous night in Putnam with his son, Rev. F. W. Newell, formerly of Stafford vile. By request of writer MT. N. preach ed at Crystal Lake Methodist church Sun- day.
 Our annual farmers festival in the grove lrst Saturday was every way suc- cess. Over hundred were present.
 MT. 0. A. Harwood and Mrs. Har- wood are here from Wales. It was a more than usual pleasure to meet them, as we spent six years as one of their household in Somers
 Miss 0. Josie Dimock commenced teaching in the 10th district, Somers, Mon- day.
 A. l.. Adams is again teaching the school he has already taught several terms. A IT HEALD'S DRUG STORE h you can find full line of all the Popular Patent Medicines. and at reasonable prices.