The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-08-11
COVENTRY.
South Coventry
eThe Register is on sale at the post ONCE each


eThe Register is on sale at the post ONCE each
weekly
The w. G. T. U. meet on Friday with
Mrs. Fl. P. Topliff
Miss Winefred Durham is the guest of
Miss Eugene Hanks.
Louis Phillips is going to Watch Hill
Saturday to spend few days.
Mrs. VIM. Ledoyt and daughter, Gladys,
are visiting at Samuel Ledoyt's.
E. A. Tracy and family are at Tim
pond, Maine, for months stay.
Miss Emily Hall went to Meriden last
Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Baker.
Mrs. Mary Parker and daughter, Lila,
are spending their vacation in town, as is
their custom.
Mrs. L. B. Hicks of South street, after
an extended visit, returned to her home
last week Wednesday.
Last weeks item should have read that
Harlan Greene and family had moved to
Turnerville, not Somerville.
ID. tH. Clark and Miss Addie Hyde re-
turned last week from a weeks stay at
the summer home of Mr.. Brown at East
Lyme.
Miss Julia M. White, in company with
the Grub club, of which she Is member,
has gone to Freedom, N. H., for q few
weeks.
Miss M. K. Starr of Hartford Is board
ing at John Payne's for few weeks.
She taught school in this place few
years ago.
Mrs. Henry Sweetman, daughter Of
Mrs. Mary Mccain, died in Ansonia last
Sunday. The body was brought here
Tuesday for burial. Beside husband
she leaves five small children.
Rev John Pierce is now on the camp
ground, and will preach and administer
the sacrament in the Methodist church
here next Sunday. Rev. G. Fl. Purdy
will occupy the pulpit in Mr.. Pierce's
church at Attawaugan.
Private Paul S. Fraser of Camp Haven
was home on a furlough over Sunday
owing to his not feeling well. The boys
in Co. 3. think that they may be dis.
banded and sent to their several homes
about the first Of September.
There has been dramatic company
here for about week. They have given
an entertainment in A. o. U. w. hall ev
cry evening except Sunday. The com
pany and their entertainments have beer
the best this town has ever had.
A game of ball was played at Eaglevllle
last Saturday between the Eaglevilles and
South Coventry's. Although the Eagle
villes had very strong team the score
was II to 10 In favor of Coventrys. Oul
boys did some fine playing and made very
few errors.
Henry Dalton, formerly an employee
of Elijah Robinson, but now seamen OF
the battleship Texas, was in town last
week on three days furlough. He gave
a very interesting description of the bat
tie that the Texas took part in, only one
man being killed.
[From another cOrrespondent.)
A show for week at the A. o. U. w
hall indicates there Is money in town.
Mr.. Atkins, senior In Brown univer
sity, sold 300 maps of New England il
Columbia, Andover and Coventry.
Frank A. Spaulding has commenced t.
cut the hay on his Wildwood farm. Tn
hay crop is the largest for 20 years.
Mr. Cross, whose barn was burnet
quite recently, lost nice horse Sunday
Mr.. Cross formerly lived in the nortl
parish.
(which shall it bel" just now tn
question, "Who shall be nominated b
the republicans as senator ?" is agitatinI
the minds Of voters. Several good me-
are named, but the ones best qualified 70
: Office should be the choice.
Mrs. Mary, wife of Joseph Fretwel
Parker, left her husbands home soon al
ter the trial reported last week, went t
one of the tenements owned by her o
Lake street, and there stayed until Fri
day, when she was taken by the deput
sheriff to Tolland, there to serve teri
! of fifteen days. There is pathetic sid
to her story. She came to town seven G
eight years since with her husband an
little son. AS renters they have worke
hard, the husband and wife together
the field. After time they took seC
q ond farm, where at night they wer
reused by fire which burned all thei
p house furnishings. A kind neighbor too
them in, ard then the third farm wa
. were attendants, when in England, Of til
a established church; here there was n
church home for them. Working har
and at SO unusual labor for women, Mr.
Parker made few, If any, friends anon
. her own sex. Her son, bright boy an
well cared for, attended day and Sunda
! school, A little daughter came, but G
, far as we have knowledge Mrs. Parkt
had but little time for leisure; her fello
workers in the field were men. La
week was the court and the sentenc
The woman is in Tolland jail, and tn
q men are at liberty. A. s. PARKER
!; UNION.
: Mrs. M. A. Williamson has returned I
Worcester.
: Newton Wallis of Amherst is visitin
t his brother, Geo. Wallis.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Richards are vii
iting friends in Springfield.
8 Mrs. E. J. Robbins and daughter r.