The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-04-18
COVENTRY.



Mrs. John Turner and Miss Alice Tur-
ner of Massapeag spent Sunday with T.
II. Woods.
Eugene Latimer drove over to Column
bia last Sunday and called on his school
friend, Leon Little.
There were no 'rvices at the Method
ist church last Sunday on account of its
being conference Sunday. ~
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Kingsbury was very sick with pneu-
monia last week, but Is now gaining.
Mrs. George Bogue OF Andover moved
to this town this week and occupies the
tenement owned by Marvin Coleman.
Another correction in last week g items.
George Beebe has purchased the Kings
bury brick house, and not the one owned
by Mr.. schortman.
Miss Fannie Parker left town last Tues
day for Boston, where she will spend "a
few weeks with her mother, returning
about the last of May. Fl;
Mr.. and Mrs Addison Kingsbury W. mt
to Northampton, Mass, last Saturday,
where they remained over Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kingsbury.
At the meeting OF Wangumbaug grange
last Tuesday evening Samuel Tisdale was
elected to the Office of G. K, In place Of
the vacancy made by Charles Sen'er..
Mrs. George n Phillips received tel
egram from Boston last week stating that
Mrs. 8. A. Bottum, whose home is In this
town, was very Ill. She Immediately left
for that city, and is now there caring for.
her aunt, who at the present time is much
better. =.
The late DR.. l.. Louise Brigham of
Hartford bequeathed her wearing apparel,
jewelry, and three-fifths of her estate. to
her only sister, Miss Ida Brigham, who
Is principal of school in Brooklyn, Ct.
It will be remembered that a few years
ago Miss Ida Brigham was very suc-
cessful teacher in the grammar school Of
this town and Is also a member OF TIL.
Congregational church here. ......
The item last week referring to Miss
Ellen Leary as leaving town on account
Of the death of her mother was not cor.
rect, but such was the report, She left
abruptly, ae she had obtained better
school in New York-so the report Is.
She did not send any word to Committee
man Harmon until she had been gone
several days. though it Is said that she
had confided her plans to others. Mr..
Harmon has secured Miss Sarah Boynton
to teach in the second grade. e.,
The friends of Mrs. James LeDoyt felt
very badly to hear of her sudden death
from pneumonia last week Wednesday.
Two weeks ago she attended service at
the Methodist church, of which she was a
member, and last Saturday at one O'Clock
her funeral was attended from the same
church, Rev. T. d. Martin officiating.
Mrs. LeDoyt was fifty two years of age,
and had resided In this town for many
years. Besides her husband, she leaves
four children, Mrs. Stevens Beebe Of
Manchester, Misses Daisy and Mary, and
Bert LeDoyt. The latter is now very Ill
with typhoid pneumonia and is being
cared for by Mrs. Ella Loomis and A. Lee.
SH0vv Soon We Are Forgot" 81
A writer in a Washington newspaper,
in q column devoted to instructive and
entertaining chat about the capitol, .ex
i'm f1o
ment of the building are portraits or
worthy old gentlemen" forgotten by
"nine-tenths" of the visitors to the
building. and wonders somewhat why.
Richard Montgomery, Thomas Mff1fn.
Charles Thomson and Francis Hopkin-
son should find place in the memory
of the painter and on the wall OF the
senate basement
The writer had looked in Fishes
History of the United States" and
could not find either Thomson or Hop.
kinson. When he goes to Quebec, he
may find the mark to indicate where
Montgomery fell while trying to cap
ture the citadel and the house in which
he died. At st. Paul's church. New
York, he can find his tomb. Mifflin he
can find as the president Of. the con-
gress that received Washington's res
ignation, and Thomson he will discover
to have been regarded as one Of the
brightest men of the Revolutionary
time. while he has but to look at the
original Declaration Of Independence to
see "Fras." Hopkinson's name, one of
the best known of all signers because
Of the brilliancy and variety of his &C.
omplishments.-New York Times. -.
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A Decisive Step. e.
His chum came in and found him