The Press., 1889-03-14
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY

l COVENTRY.
 l SOUTH COVENTRY.
 l A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manage of Coventry Local Register,
 Wangum means crooked or elbow.
 Baug signifies pond or lake,
 And those who know not the meaning Of Wangumbaug make mistakea
 In placing title before it. -@
 Laws of grammer are thus defed,
 So like sngar-bowls or soup.tureens It has handles on two sides.
 Rev. MT. Betts of Moodus occupied the Methodist pulpit on Sunday,
 -Geo. Parker had four hens stolen Fri day night, but the thieves left him two hens and rooster. for which he is as thankful as certain parson was for his hat when 1t was returned to him empty, after being passed for contributions.
 -J. J. Franklin's horse took little turn by itself last Saturday, running from Lati. mer's barn to the coal yard at the depot. The only damage was to the wagon.
 -Wangumbaug Grange was inspected Monday evening by State Master J. H. Hale, and the capacity of Kolb's hall was again tested. Twentylseven members of our grange, Worthy Master W. B. Sprague of Andover, Worthy Master Andrews of Border, Prof. Bailey of the Storrs agricul- tural school, sec'y of the Mansfield, with other members of these granges were pres- ent. also members of Coventry and Holland granges. Still there was room for regular work, for the literary entertainment, and for the abundant refreshments which were served, and Wangumbaug grange lives in hopes of still larger room in which to re- ceive their guests, and probably those hopes will be realized preceding next election, for a whisper is circulated that the P.'s of H. do control some political power. =rf'2
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 Mrs. ID. c. Talbot owns pulpit bible 125 years old, which was used by her great grandfather, Joseph Summer, D. D., in the 1st Congregational church of Shrews- bury, Mass, where he was pastor 63 years. MONsON. . 7g.4 @ Boston Globe Men of extraordinary muscle do not predominate here by any means, although among our worthy citi- zens will be found several of great physic. al power. William O.. Hovey, a sturdy and industrious tiller of the soil, who lives in the northern part of the town, is per. haps entitled to first mention in this sketch. He will tip the scales in the im- mediate vicinity of the 4165-pound notch, but he is a remarkably muscular man, and makes up in strength what he lacks in weight. It was during ''logging time" when he accomplished his greatest feat. Deputy Sheriff H. A. Northrop and his father, A. Northrop, were in the forest one day getting logs in readiness to cut into timber. They had encountered little difficulty in handling the ordinary log, but finally they came to one weighing in the vicinity of two tons, over which they had exerted all their physical powers, but their combined efforts were of no avail as far as moving the log was concerned. Naturally assistance was asked, and William o. How ey appeared on the scene. He glanced over the stock of trouble, and then said to the Northrops, who, by the way, are more than the average of men in size and weight, s'Step, aside, gentlemen, and I will see if can handle her. The log was moved by him expeditiously and with apparent ease, and all he had to accomplish this feat with was his hands. It is also said of him that no matter how large a forkful he takes when pitching of a load of hay, it has got to come every time. Charles Underwood is another citizen that can put bag of meal weighing 100 pounds on the floor and throw it upon his shoulder with his teeth. John 0. Mcclure has moved scores of buildings which will weigh ili the yicin. ity of 10 tons each with jackscrews. Law. yer G. H. Newton states that, although he does not possess the strength that good many of our citizens do, he has moved a whale weighing 4U tons. "This feat" he continued, twas performed in Indianar O. lis, Ind, where was exhibiting HI. R. H., the Prince of Whales The king of the seas was then loaded upon fiat car and stood upon the railroad. One day l took an iron bar and applied it to the wheel of one of the trucks and moved the car and the whale." Other strong men in town are Charles w. Thompson, Isaac Ramsdell, Horace Moulton, Joel Thomp- son, Sherman Stebbins and James Cough. The following is list of men in town that will weigh 200 pounds and over John c. Fremont Squier, Alanson Chaf- fee, D. R. Bates, Nicholas J. Cantwell, Willard Darling, l.. w. Rode, Daniel G. Potter, R. M. Reynolds, w. J. Ricketts, John A. Orcutt, Solomon Squier, 0. l.. Stiles, James Cough, Charles w. Thomp- son, Rodney Bradway, Calvin s. Skinner, John Hanifer, g., o. Bradway, A. A. Gage, F. D. Beach, Rufus c. Pease, Lewis Rog CTS, John Sullivan, George H. Thompson, Haskell White, Charles Ham, and Nathan Blanchard. The first herein named is credited with weighing more than any oth- CT man in town.