The Press., 1893-11-09
COVENTRY
A. $. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man
 ager of Coventry Local Register


 COVENTRY.
 A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man
 ager of Coventry Local Register. South Coventry.
 Last spring Vim. H. Potter, milk man, who kept large herd of COWS, sold hay; this fall he has disposed of his COWS, and next spring will probably receive more money from the sale of hay than he has any previous season for both milk and hay.
 Mrs. Louis Kingsbury entertained the ladies' society at her mothers, Mrs. Wm. Bradbury, yesterday.
 HI. F. Dimock's family left their sum- mer home last week.
 The item relative to turkey theft in a previous issue should have been the tur- keys shot belonged to MT. Meyer of Mans field"
 Improvements at Thomas Woods silk mill are the order of the day. Among the last registration of our towns people at the White City is David McTaggart.
 -''November 1st," Mir. Parker writes, | ''thieves were numerous at the worlds fair agricultural building, and the worst thieves were women; they would take l anything of value within their reach. Those in charge had to keep constant | watch, and even then articles would be stolen"
 Bessie A. Parker, who is sick at l Storrs, is improving. SOMERS. (COrrespondence.) Mrs. Stewart, formerly of Stafford, but for the past year resident of this place, passed away last Sabbath. Burial at Stafford Tuesday. W. H. Burdick is shingling the ell part of his house. Writing about shing- ling reminds us that I. W. Phillips is re- pairing his hen house in the same manner. Farmers are all busy getting ready for winter. About the busiest man in town these days is H. M. Brewster, He is eqr stove man, and every one wants their stoves put up at the same time.
 E. P, Russell and family arrived home from their western tour last Saturday eYe= ming. During their absence they visited not only the worlds fair, but spent their time in visiting friends and relatives even so far west as Kansas.
 It is not every one that can say that during the last days of October they had green peas, cueumbers, shell beans and tomatoes fresh from the vines, but from personal knowledge we know of one fam fly that did have them. Seldom has our usual quiet village received such shock as it did last Sab bath afternoon, when the word was passed | from one to anether that Wm. D. Poms eroy had committed suicide by hanging. MT. Pomeroy was the eldest son of Daniel and aryAnnP Pomeroy, and was born on the farm where he has always resided, labor l ing with his father on the large farm. He was man of strict integrity and one that l attended closely to his business, seeming to take just degree of pride In having everything look the best, and we have only to refer to the records of our agricul- tural exhibits to remind the many that | those nice herds of Devon stock, with the name of Pomeroy on the cards, were from this farm. Another trait in his character I was his love of children, he could always 1 find 8 moment to spare to speak to them. He was a man that the emoluments of of flee had no attractions for, prefer ring that others should hold the offices, although | he did represent the town in the legisla- ture of 1899. The large concourse that silently followed his remains to their last resting place last Tuesday afternoon bore testimony to the respect for the man that all knew so we'll. Rev. c. H. Ricketts, his pastor, officiated at the funeral ser vices, which were held at the house. To the aged father, and only child, this sad aaiction seems more than usually severe The father had been accustomed to con- suit, and plan their labors together, and looked to him to be his stay and comfort in his last days. To the son just ripening into manhood, deprived as he is of both father and mother, he cannot refrain from feeling that he is alone in the world. We know that the sympathy of the entire community is theirs' in this, their hour of sore sorrow.