The Press., 1895-01-03
COVENTRY.
A. S. PARKEE, Local Editor and Business Man
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COVENTRY. A. $. PARKEB, Local Editor and Business Man
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 South Coventry.
 --Thirteen' wires are being removed from the inland telegraph line, said wires having been sold to company in Maine. The coils of wire on the snow frighten nervous horses, and an occasional broken sleigh Is result.
 P H. Peterson goes to the state grange next week.
 1 Meadow larks have been around all the season. One was seen last Sunday.
 Four ''sun-dogs," two unusually bright, were seen Monday, at 4 p. m.
 -Of inhabitants in Dist. 3 fifty years ago six only remain: MT. and Mrs. Wm. Wallen (Edlma V. Belnap), Frank Judd, Henry Cady, Thos. Porter and Martin Parker. Messrs! Cady and Porter reside in their respective homesteads; the oth' CTS have other homes. H. F. Dimock owns and occupies in summer the Dr. Dimock property.
 -Olin Beebe Is soon to remove to Hartford to engage in the ice business with his brother, MT. Risley.
 The week of prayer is 60 be observed at the Congregational church.
 The Congregational church reunion is appointed Jan. 17th.
 Henry ArmstrOng has the contract to build seven two-horse and i've one -horse farm wagons for Geo. Ponaeroy, lford. ! If you wish to subscribe for any news. paper or periodical pablished in the United States go to Geo. L. Phillips and inquile rates.
 Jas. Bessey, who has been under the doctors care for some time, is reported better. <
 Ice eleven inches thick is being cut on the lake.
 Mrs. s. E. Wolfe met with quite 2 serious accident the day following Christ mas. Falling upon the ice, she badly cut her face, necessitating her present con- f1nement to her house.
 The remains of Miss Louisa Lord, who di> d Dec: 24th at Canon City, Colo rado, did not reach town till Monday o1 this week, being delayed in transit. Her age was sixty-nine. The funeral was at tended from the Congregational church Tuesday, Rev. B. F. Perkins officiating. Miss Lord was member of the First Congregational church. When about % years old she taught school on South street, and nearly all her days have been passed at the Lord homestead. She leaves two brothers, Dr. Austin Lord, oi North Haven, Conn, and Vim. Lord, oi Providence, R. l. She died at the homo of her niece, Mrs. Mary Lee.
 Wm. Lord and son, Frank, speni Sunday at John Potter's.
 tCoprespo pondence.l At the Christmas supperat the Meth. odist church sixty persons, including all the children, sat down to the first tables, which were heavily laden with the choicesl food. There was silence while the pas. tor .eMr. Martin. offered prayer. In les than an hour the second tables were filled by about sixty more persons. Before the company dispersed the younger portion ot the Sunday school was called together before the desk by the pastory and their Irrespective teachers presented each with a Christmas gift, together with candy and aEoranges. It-Was very pleasant social occasion.
 zMrs. Maria Colburn is away on wis. it to Bridgeport and New York.
 Tt was large and refined company in attendance at the entertainment giver by the Cleaners on the night of Dec. 21 That there was such beautiful, neatly furnished, well-lighted hall in South Gov entry as that of the A. O. U. W. to be se cured for such purpose was a surprise to many. The young ladies had artistic ally festooned the long tables with ever green, and had arranged upon them the articles which they had been preparing for weeks before. But neither needle work nor refreshments were sufficient tC distract the interest of the people from what evidently was the event of the eve ming, namely the debate. And, after its conclusion, and the cake, ice cream (which, by the way, was some of Johr Champlin's very best) and confectionery were being served, little knots of persons could be seen gathered here and there i1 the hall eagerly taking up and carrying or the discussion. The contestants, affirm ative, were Mrs. Charles Kolb, Mrs. Sa rah Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Rood, Miss May Barber5 negative, Sidney Perkins, Wm Arm strong, Dr. Higgins, Dewitt Kings bury. Marvin Coleman, on invitation O the Young Mems League, acted as mod orator, and relentlessly let fall his gave at the endxo the five minutes allotted tt each debater. When all six had spoke1 they each were allowed another five min utes.- The judges were Miss Tripp, Miss Newell, and MT. McTaggert, who, aftel some deliberation, announced the aflrma tive side victorious. The Cleaners are tt be congratulated on the success of an en tertainment of such high order. Be tween thirty and forty dollars were re ceived by them as result. Expenses had, of course, to be met out of this sum But they have yet unsold suf1cien number of articles of needle-work for parlor sale which they anticipate holding at later date.
 Mrs. H. H. Martin was the recipien of some pretty gifts presented by thu Cleaners Christmas night.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary So ciety met this week with Mrs. Hodgson.
 Rev. H. H. Martin preached last Sun day morning from the text taken from portion of the second verse of the six teenth chapter of Luke: "Give an ac count of thy stewardship" It was ser mon appropriate to the last Sunday of tn old year. ,.-