The Press., 1890-01-23
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY.

COVENTRY
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
 A. PARKER Local Editor and Business Manager
 of Coventry Local Register.
 The annual meeting of the South Gov entry Library Association was held Mon day evening, Jan. 18th, as appointed. The secretary aud other members being absent because of sickness the meeting was ad- iourned until Monday evening, Jan. 27th, at half past seven o'clock. It is hoped that all the members will be present at tn tt time, as there is important business to transact. Those who do not belong to the association are invited 10 join in time to take part in the coming meeting. The H. brary Is growing, and its finances are ln very prosperous state, there being more money in the treasury at present than ever before
 Two blue birds re seen in an apple tree near Geo. Pdrker's Saturday, and a phebe called pewee Sunday morning. The types last week gave just ten too many members to Wangumbaug grange. The number is fifty-6ve.
 Regular meeting of Wangnmbaug grange next Monday evening. The lec- turer's honr will be devoted to roll-call. subject What shall be the literary work of our grange this present year?
 Owing to 8 relapse of "la grippe, Rev. John Pearse was unable to occupy his pulpit last Sunday. Sunday, the 12tb, Rev. A. J. Quick conducted the afternoon sarvices at the Methodist church.
 The articles on the first page of last weeks Register give little showing as to what the grange is doing in the way of de veloping writers.
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 -Chas. R. Rlsley of East Hartford, is to assist the grange in giving an enter 18th, at the grange hall. All who have general satisfaction.
 WELLINGTON.
 Rev. G. w. Elmer will preach at Moose Meadow next Sunday at 2 30 p. m.
 Correspondence
 In the removal by death of the late William Waldo the community loses an upright, us. s.ful, capable citizen, and his family a beloved husband and father. MT. Waldo. who was a native of Coventry, came to this town some forty years since, when youth, and began work for the glass company and for William Shaffer, an inmate of whose family he at once became. He subsequently, married Celends, :, oung est daughter of Mr. Shaffer, and lived un- interruptedly, except few months in Manchester, on the old homestead until his death. In his calling as farmer and as town officer he always evinced good judgment, and as 8 neighbor he was on the alert to do kindly deeds. He was a man, too, who was always loyal to his friends. The Baptist church was crowded on the occasion of his funeral at noon last Sunday. Masonic delegations from the Mansfield and Stafford Springs lodges. Mir. Waldo being member of the former, were in attendance. Rev. H. G. Smith of Willimantic, who has supplied MT. Terry pulpit during his absence the past two Sundays, made the address, which was founded on 2d Kings 4 :26, "It is we'll. '' The sermon was highly spoken of on all sides. The widow, the two children, Mrs. Jennie Knox and Willie, the sister and the aged father-in-law, Grandpa" Shaffer, have the deepest sympathy of the entire community. The family are grateful to members of the masonic fraternity for their constant, thoughtful and assiduous kindness from the time of the sudden stroke until the last sad rites were per. formed
 At half-past three last Sunday after. noon, the barn of Mrs. Mary M. Cortiss, on the old Amasa Holt place, now owned by her, some half mile north east of the hill was discovered to be on fire, and was quickly consumed, together with several tons of hay, farm implements. &c., For tunately the stock were outside at the l tune. Ward Cortiss, who is lessee of the farm, and his wife had hardly proceeded mile on their way to Manchester to see sick relative, before the flames burst furi ously from the building. The origin ot the fire is mystery. The barn was in sured in the Holland County Mutual fol $35O.
 | -Woman's home mission meeting al Baptist conference room Saturday, p. ID
 Mrs. l.. w. Holt has probably beer more seriously i'll from the influenza thar any one of the victims so far. But few o the many cases have required the services of physician, home remedies being quite efficacious. In some instances, however the hateful malady "hangs on' persistent ly. Some of the schools have been closed on account of the pandemic, the center school closing last Friday for two or thr, weeks.
 The steam saw mill on W. II, Holt! lot has been idle for some days on accouu of the influenza.
 There will be an auction of five COWS shoats, one horse, hay, farming tools, &, at the residence of the late William Wald, next Wednesday, at 10 a. m.
 Rev. W. R. Terry returned from North Tisbury (Martha's Vinyard), Mass yesterday, and will preach, as usual, nex Sunday. He has received a una1 ipou call to the church there. If he accepts, h. will probably not remove thither unti April 1st.
 Widow Waldo, with her father, in tends to remove soon to North Haven an' reside with her children there. Her son in-law, Frank Kuox, is the Consolidate R. R. station agent, and her son, Willie has good job in the place. ,I WALES
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 The body of Mrs. Aaron Johnson.