The Press., 1896-07-09
COVENTRY.


 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 Copies of the Local Register for sale at the post 0Hce South Coventry.
 Wm. Wellwood is quite sick.
 Mrs. Ida Hyde Is visiting at her faith CTS l.. P. Hicks, South-st
 MT. and Mrs. Ferdinand Williams have been spending some days in town.
 On both sides of SOuth-st are fields of yellow mustard, the seeds coming in oats
 Christian Macht, 84 years old is quite sick at c. c. Theem's.
 Miss Mabel Sprague, who has been in the hospital for medical treatment for some months, is at home fully recovered.
 The ladies' association met in the Con- gregational vestry this week.
 Miss Bessie A. Parker has accepted position in graded school at Torrington
 The Conn. s. s. Association is to have rally on the green near the old church next week Tuesday.
 Standing in swing at the picnic ground was a little boy, a stranger to the writer, who spoke thus, "I've got some money in my pocket to buy either lemon ade or ice cream. I don't know which 1t don't matter, the money is going to make good roads,"
 A rally of Sunday school worker is to be held on the green at South Coventry near the shore of Lake Wangumbaug next Tuesday. Opportunity will be given for sociability, boating, basket picnics, etc. At 1.30 the formal exercises will be introduced with a praise service led by Il. P. Topliff, of South Coventry Rev. J. Il. James, of Rockville, will address the children on the subject of 'Switches. " President Foots, of the State Association, will speak on Additions to Sunday School Membership" and Mrs. C.S Abbe, of Windham, will give a report of the recent international Sunday school con- vention in Boston. The occasion will be one of great interest,
 Fred Boyington, from Branford, MT. and Mrs. Will Kingsbury, from New Lon don, Miss Annie McTaggart, of Worces- ter, Sylvester Robertson, of Bridgeport, Owen Payne, of Rockville, and Mrs. Ham, mond and daughter, of East Hartford were among those who came "home" the Fourth.
 At the Harriet Beecher Stowe memorial service, held in the Congregational church Sunday evening, Rev. B. F. Perkins gave interesting "reminiscences of both Mrs Stowe and her husband, Rev. Calvin Stowe, who was professor of sacred lit erature when the speaker was in the the olOgical school at Andover, Mass.
 The morning of the Fourth was like the morning elsewhere. Nature flung its cool, grey mantle over the sky and tuck ed 1t in all around the horizon, so that old Sol never once got chance to throw any of his golden gleams on the green where in the afternoon was an assembly of between three and four hundred people who remembered that in some way thu tall, grey shaft at little distance was con nected with the day which means so mucl to our nation. The Coventry boys of thi , generation are early risers, especiall, when they are to have the pleasure of ar raying themselves in fantastic "togs," s at the time appointed goodly numbe were ready to accompany the blushin bride and devoted groom to the picni ground. Then came the first bicycl race, in which the bride of the mornin , shot ahead like a golden arrow. Dime TUo o1 fr 3o 3 prizes were awarded for bicycling to Geo N. Phillips, John Curley, Clarence Eos ter and Louis Phillips, the Phillips brott s CTS being awarded five prizes. Next cam music and speech by Rev. s. R. Free = the illustrated ''Pied Piper of Hamelin Q reminding one of the dramas given b = Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. All preser l. were satisfied with the old-fashioned pic s nic with modern additions.
 UNION. y (Correspondence.) e Mrs. Brand, with her daughter an j. sons, from Norwich, spent the 4th wit = her mother, Mrs. Dorcas Scranton. e Dr. George Lawson of Middle Haddal ), spent few days recently with his fathe
 Dea. B. N. Lawson.
 Mrs. L. R. Foster and Flora Agard 1T Brimfield are visiting friends in town.
 Thomas Harmon, in the east part
 the town, had horse, wagon and harnes n taken from his barn a few nights sine 'f The horse was found in stable in Wo > cester, Mass, and they are still looki1
 for the thief.
 IS M. A. Marcys family, from Hartfor 5. came to their summer home on the hi
 last week
 g Blueberries are large and plenty.
 Rock Meadow. r (COrrespondence.)
 Bennie Agard and family have move 9 to Wendall, Mass.
 70 F. H. Ballou and wife were at Week
 Island, Mansfield Center, the 4th, al l over Sunday were with their daughte ,+ Mrs. H. A. Bosworth, ChaffeeviIle.
 James George from Wales, Mass, h |, recently bought the farm known as t
 Needham farm, about one mile from t. op Rock Meadow school house. v+ Last Sunday, while Oscar Willis a " family were returning from J. o. Bootl
 funeral at Staffordville, the horse becar ie frightened, throwing them all out, a o cleared himself from the wagon. Nil
 Willis was quite badly bruised about ,o neck and head.
 w Lewis Benway was last Sunday nig ,e taken suddenly sick with spasms so Vi " lently it was feared he would die befc ,n medical aid could be obtained. Dr. Da, r was called and he was soon relieved. :: < p6E;E|' 2 H'''ER ;'!