The Press., 1894-03-22
COVENTRY.

South Coventry. A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 See Collector Browns advertisement.
 The prayer meeting usually held in the Congregational vestry is appointed Friday evening this week.
 It is reported that Irving Wright is to go into the grocery business, keeping his stock at his fathers on Fucker street, and sending out team to get orders and deliver goods.
 -Wm. Wallen is to have charge of road repairing in this parish.
 Miss Abbie Perkins was at home last Sunday.
 -Wm. Kingsbury and wife were in town last week.
 Schools in district close this week.
 -Dr. w. l.. Higgins has the agency for the sale of the Columbian bicycles, and has already sold three.
 Hop River piping frogs gave their first concert last Saturday evening, being a week later than the depot village troupe.
 There is to be an Easter service at the Congregational cuurch next Sunday evening
 A union temperance meeting under the direction of the w. c. T. U. was held at the Methodist church last Sunday.
 It is reported that Lucian Hicks will occupy his South street farm the coming season.
 Mrs Carpenter, the most aged person in this parish, came to tho village the other day to transact business, and walk ed about the streets as if she were seventy instead of near ninety.
 North Coventry.
 (Correspondence.)
 Rev. Geo. c. Chappell is taking the religious census of the town for the Con- necticut Bible Society. The work is to be very thorough one, comprehending the following points: Number of per- ssoas in family, nationality, attending Sunday school. If any are without Bi- bles these are to be supplied. Mir Chap pell is finishing the work begun by Miss Eddy few months. He is a student of Wesleyan University, and supplied Rev. MT. Hoisington's pulpit last Sunday.
 MT. Meacham, son of Dea. Meacham, Holland, canvassed this town last week as agent of the Phelps Publishing Co.,, Springfield.
 Mrs. B. M. Austin is very success ful florist. Such a fine collection of plants in bloom is a rare and sweet sight.
 The North Coventry Game Club has captured it's twenty second fox-a pretty good winters triumph. Next.
 -Selectman French has purchased two heavy yoke of oxen of Eugene Boynton weight 5 ,90O lbs. A strong town team Wm. Baldwin has purchased yoke o1 cattle of Arthur Porter. The latter has been laid up couple of weeks with in. fiammatory rheumatism but is recovering Miss Fannie West is journeying home ward from the south via Washington, an6 will spend a souple of days in that inter esting city.
 -Chas. Porter will remove into towr agaipfrom Eagleville to work upon the roads.
 -Chas. Kingsbury will soon return | from the Porter residence to re-occupy his own house. M.A.E.B. HOLLAND. | -C. w. Brooks, the local tuner, has recently put in good repair the organs O the Baptist church, Rockville, Congrega tional church, Ellington, and M sE. church Holland.
 (CogTespondence.) Miss Ruth Brown, teacher in Dist No. 1, invited her scholars to her homo on Friday evening. There were abou fifty present, and pleasant evening wal passed in playing games, &c. Miss Browl has taught the school for a number O years, and some of those present wer' her former pupils.
 The seventh-day Adventists helt meetings at the town hall nearly ever. evening last week, and also on Sunda, afternoon. There has been good at tendance and an interested audience.
 The ladies' aid society of the Metho dist church met last week with Mrs. Johl Steele. They met this week at the par sonage. Next week they have an oyste supper at the town hall. l Several from here attended the Bibl institute at Rockville last week, and re port good time.
 Miss Kettle Newcomb went to Wilt mantle last week to be present at the lot anniversary of the marriage of MT. an Mrs. Everest. Mrs. Everest is the young est daughter of Sheriff Romeroy, who wa proprietor of the County House here fo several years. ..... .. The Holland county superior coul convenes April 10th. Judge Wheeler o the bench. IA representative of the National Put fishing Go. of Philadelphia has been i town trying to establish an agency here.
 Mrs Norcross has son very low wit [eonsumption. John I. Rhodes has so Aquite sick with pneumonia. | George Fields is summoned on tn l jury for the April court.
 Rev. MT. White, of Manchestel preached at the Methodist church o Sunday. FLORA. | WALES. . (Correspondence.)
 -S. P. Smith has bought out the me, business of Chas. Moore, and will tax