The Press., 1894-01-11
COVENTRY

COVENTRY. l A. S. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register. ! South Coventry.
 Mrs M. P. Colman is delegate to the state grange now in session at Hartford.
 --Ice-cutting proceeds rapidly, even during the mild days of last week.
 A young mems debating club has been formed, with Thomas Armstrong as president. Meetings every Wednesday evening in Kolb's hall. Subject for this week Resolved That the love of money is the cause of more crime than intoxicating drinks"
 Mary Dumas, aged eight, was drown ed in the Washington mills pond Satur- day afternoon about three o'clock. Geo. Sweetman, who went to the rescue, broke through the ice, and came very near drowning before help arrived.
 Miss Hattie Smith is the new teacher in the primary department in school dis trict No. 1.
 Miss Gadbois takes Miss Newell's place during her necessary absence on &C., count of the death of Mrs. Stoughton.
 John B. Brown, South-st., has taken the agency for the sale of E. Frank Goes super er-phosphates.
 There is more than the usual amount of sickness, due to Ia grippe and other causes, and the local physicians are very busy.
 The annual church meeting and re- union of nbers will be held at the Con- gregational church Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 18th, at o'clock. Supper will be served in the vestry.
 There were four unburied dead, all female, in this parish last Sunday.
 Mrs. Eleazar Kingsbury had @ stroke of apoplexy Wednesday forenoon of last week, and died in the eveaing. Her brother, Chas. Carpenter, died from the same disease some years since. Mrs. Kingsbury leaves husband, two mar ried sons and widowed daughter. She was member of the Cong'l church. Her funeral was held Monday, burial in Nathan Hale cemetery.
 It is reported that the late Mrs. Ly- man Bidwell left $50 to the s. c. L. A., and $1OO to the Cong'l church here.
 Last Saturday Mrs. Lucian Stoughton died of cancer at her fathers home, where she had been several months cared for by her mother Mrs. s. was the eldest daughter of Horace Newell. Her only sister, Ednah Newell, is teacher of the intermediate department in Dist. 1. Her husband and little daughter survive her. Her funeral was held Tuesday at the M. E. church; burial at Willimantic. The week of prayer is being observed by services in the Congregational church. North Coventry. (CorrespOndence) Rara Avis.
 Proud bird of liberty, whence earnest From some craggy home-some loft eyrie? :?
 
 From the cliffs wandered, dark and cold, With my broad free wing and talons of gold.
 Last week Wednesday, about o'clock p. m., Ralph Bass, son-in-law of Isaac Turner, was engaged about his customary duties within the house-yard, when, easu- ally glancing upward most rare and magnificent sight met his astonished gaze. There, less than thirty feet distant, sailing about low in mid-air, were g pair of superb visitors from abroad. A verita- ble pair of North American eagles! The grass didn't grow under the feet of MT. Bass as he ran to distant building upon the premises to fetch loaded rife from it's hiding returning in haste, and too shaken with excitement to trust himself as the marksman. The birds, in the meantime, coming from south-easterly direction, had flown in a semi-circular course over the open stretches of the lawn. The larger, or male bird, alighted amid the boughs of a maple tree standing but few feet from the Turner residence; the smaller, or companion bird, fastened her yellow talons upon another maple in social nearness to her noble chaperon. At this moment a neighbor, one Henry Green, chanced upon the scene, and, in- stantly taking in the situation, remarked: "Look here, Bass, I used to be pretty handy with that kind of a shooter" and, in less time than it takes to write it, down fell the ''emblem birds'' prostrate amid the people whose freedom they tpyify, and score or more of country folk had an opportunity to behold genuine and handsomely mated, if not live, pair of of American eagles. The male eagle measured T feet from tip to tip, and weighed 8 lbs., united weight 15 lbs. MT. Turner, with the valuable "spoils," immediately started for call upon tax idermist, and in due time, after these fine and rare old winged beauties are stuffed and mounted, will rejoice to see them ap- propriately perched within the state or national capitol ill suggestive proximity to the statue of Captain Nathan Hale, as emblematic of our republics dearly earn ed independence. MARIE BARBER. Coventry, Jan. 5th, 1894.
 MANSFIELD. Storrs.
 [Correspondence.)