The Press., 1895-08-22

dies of the company, after which an hour or two was spent in social chat and sing ing Then hand-shaking and gOod-bye's were in order, and the company dis persed, hoping to meet in larger number another year.
 COVENTRY. A. S. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register
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 South Coventry.
 -Wm. AEBhbcock of Cleaveland, O., who has been spending some weeks at the Babcock homestead, returned home Mon day.
 Miss Ella M. Stanley of Highland Park has been spending some days at Martin Parker's.
 Mrs. Mary B. Leomans of Columbia visited in town last week.
 Mrs. Mary Wells Parker and daugh- ter, Leila, of Springfield, are at Austin Boynton's.
 -Wm. H. Potter is moving shed from the rear of his dwelling.
 Stairs from the street have been built in the bank-wall in front of the Washing ton mill boarding house.
 Miss Lucy Carberry, who taught school in South street about five years since, died at her home in Andover Satur- day, and was buried at Norwich Monday. Miss Tourtellotte, of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, gave read ing at the Congregational church last evening. Later cake and ice cream were served. The entertainment was given by the Y. P. s. c. E.
 There is to be reunion of the de- scendants of the late E. B. Hubbard at the "Martin Box" some time next week.
 Watson Rider has moved into Wm. H. Potter's house, South-st.
 There was large attendance at the meeting of the Ladies' Association, held at Miss Hattie Albro's, last Wednesday. A committee was appointed to make ar- engagements for Sunday school picnic. Mrs. Lydia Mason, Mrs. Agnes Wood, Miss Lucy M. Perkins, Mrs. Mary Top Tiff, Messrs. Dewitt and Louis Kingsbury as committee have chosen the green as the place for the picnic, and Saturday at D. m. as the time when refreshments will be served. All connected with the school are invited. Should Saturday be stormy the picnic will be held the We'd nesday of next week.
 HI. F. Dimock has fine field of hun- garian.
 Mir. Reynolds has a field of thirty acres of buckwheat near Eagleville.
 -Myron Sperry of Bolton, peach con- missioner, was in town last week.
 MT. and Mrs. George Keynon and daughter, Grace, of Glastonbury, recently visited at Albert Wright's.
 Mrs. Lucian Hicks has been visiting in Providence.
 Cullen Potter is visiting his children resident here.
 Mir and Mrs. Harlan Parker spent the greater part of last week on the camp ground.
 Mrs. H. r Topliff continues to i'm prove in health.
 Miss Helen Jenkins is with her grand mother, Mrs. Charlotte Stanley, Cooper lane.
 ELLINGTON.
 Burt E. Hyde, son of Ebert F. Hyde of Ellington, who had been in Cuba some months in the employ of the Spanish American Electric Co.,, and was returning home, showed symptoms of yellow fevel soon after reaching New York and wal removed to Swinburne Island hospital where he rapidly grew worse, and dieC last Friday afternoon. His body wal cremated and the remains sent home. HC was graduate of Rockville high school was 24 years old, and young man of ex cellent character. The funeral serviceI were held at his fathers residence yester day at 3 p. m.
 Crystal Lake Correspondence.)
 Deacon James Talcot of Ellington Street gave an interesting and instructiv address in the Methodist church here las Sunday afternoon. A limited number lis tened to it. We hope many more will at tend next Sunday, when he is expected t. speak again at o'clock p. m.
 -Perlin Charter very pleasantly spen a part of last week at Springfield camp meeting and in Holyoke, Mass.
 Mrs. Lockwood and her little gir from Wethersfield are visiting her sister Mrs. Leach, near Crystal Lake. A party of campers by the lake, fror Stafford, have wisely brought a. COW wit them.
 At "Wildwood camp" as the site c the Aborn cottage is named, W. H. Skin . ner, accompanied by his wife and he brother, B. A. Aborn, Esq, is spendin his vacation. They entertained Miss An nie Harris of Providence, R. l., last week and have as guests this week MT. an Mrs. William Orcutt, with their daugt . ters, Mildred and Dorothy, of Rock villt and Miss Clara Van Heynigen of Wee , Stafford.
 3 -Perlin and Leslie Dimock have a fin q new poultry house. q Mrs. Emily Dimock of Somers visi ed her aged mother, Mrs. Ruth Charter this week, accompanied by Munroe Kibb' 9 his daughter, Mrs. Harry Kibbe, and hi ? granddaughter of North SOmers.