Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 24, 1912, Page 9

‘Town of Coventry Has Made Extensive Plans to . Celebrate First Old Home Week — ' Commemaoration of Three Significant Evantg--- | | Iy Bi-Centennial of Town, of First Congrega- tional Church and Formal Beginning of Erect-| ion of Booth-Dimock . Tomorrow (Sunday) the town of Coventry will commence ‘a week's cels » ebration of three important even the bicentennial of the towrd, the bi- centennial of the First'Congregational church and the formal commencement of the erectton of the Boeth-Dimock Memorial library, each event in itself ) of great significance to the town's cit- izens—present and past, tp say noth- ing of those who are to he citizens in fu.ure years. For raany months the loyal sons and davghters of the historic old town at the extreme eastern section of Tolland eosunty have been préeparing .for this three-rold event with an ever incr Ing arder that can possibly speil noth- ing but svecess. Never in the history of the town 1&5 it looked to better .advantage 'hkan at present, . spotiess- 1y chlean, wholesome and refreshing. Lawns are as velvet, buildings of all kinds sre freshly painted and the town's beauiy is further enhanced by the art of skilled decorators as the d of fipgs of all sizes attest. Ejectricity has teen emp'oyed to give the town an eytr:. portion of light by the additfon o1 many temporary lights above the regwlar ones that the citi- m:ns have e wyed for the past few Years. All Rexdy for Old Home Week. The returning sons” and daughters of Coventry families will find that nothing has been left undone to make the Old Home week celebration a memorable one and practically the oniy lament will be that the original inhab- itants of the town—the Indians—will not be present to note the wonderful changes in the old town since the days of the happy Redman. An Efficient Committee. At the annual town meeting last October the idea. of commemorating t's gettlen ént of the town had its In- ception #no the electors at that timoe voted io sppropriate $500 for the pur- pose. A ccmmittes, comprising Sena- tor Willlam L. Higgins, president; { Charles W. Lee, vice-president; Cur- ! tle Dean, secretary and histerian, and Addison Kingsbury, treasurer, was ap- inted to arange the necessary details. ow well the intent of that last town meeting has been carrted out by the committee will be appceciated oy ev- ,eryone who goes to (J>7:1:r within "the rext seven days and notes per- ®oadlly. Credit is not alzaz due e commit:ee, but everyone living in Cov- _ entry as well as many of her former oftisens. All have united and worked with urtiring efforts with the result that an ciaLorate programme has been prepared which will prove that Coven- try is very much on the map. < Land Received from Indians. The history of the town of Coventry shows that the first ownergs of the country surrou it were the Pe- uots, who ocoupbed the land prior to & occupancy by the Mohicans, The ocountry arvund Tolland, adjacent to Coventry, was occupied by the Nip- mucks, who also hunted the north part or what 18 now the town of Coventry. in the early days of the white set- tiers maony of the Indlans woere quite friendly, but none more so. thau the Mohican Sachem, Attaawenhood, “Josbue,” son of Unces, who thought e great deal of the whites. He even staved off war at different periods during his life, and in his will he de- creed that his children be educated by the whites. The 15 original legatees Itving in Hartford and vicinity receiv- } / Memorial Library. ed the tract of ladd about Coventry from this amicable Indian chief. The story of the settlement of the town and its early occupation will be told by DR. W. L. HIGGINS, President| of Town Committee. the historians who have been chosen te tho.flrr events during Old Home Historical Diocuments brary. During thg celebration next week State Libraritin Goddard will have on at State Liv exhibition in the main hall at the state library all the documents, data and original manuscrints that are in the o icin of the commonwealth tertaming to niry, so that any- ore may haste an opportunity to in- spect them /i tleasure and nbtain & clear coavplicn of the history of the town Grestings from Coventry, England. The executive committee, in charge of tha Old Home week celebration, has received from the Mavor of Coventry, England, a |etler th will be read from the pluiform on the Old Train- ing «r-ind (r. Tt i h is to be observed as Town which corGlai greetings are extended. The cor:mittee is also in receipt of a pack- age of¥picturles of variou nes in Ccventry, d. These pictures have' all been framed by the commit- te> and will ‘be on exhibition with the Historical Loan exhibit in the vestry of the Methodist church, Enthusiasm Over Sea. One letter | that has been recelved by a member of the committee from an enthusiastlc ¢itizen of Coventry, Eng- land, suggesis that on the several days of the Old Home week cele ion the civic flags ¢f the city be raised over the public balldings and thal cable- grams be eddhauged with the citizens of Coventry, America, Noted Men of /Coventry. Among the noted Anen of Ooventry, the moat feuped was Nathan Ticle, the patriot spy, '‘Samuel Hun®ngion, third governor of Ohio, son of Rev, Joseph Huntington, a pastor of the Old church that 1s celebrating its 200th anniver- sary. Lorenzo Dow, ,the eccentric preacher, who Bpolfe to t\ho/umds dur- ! | [ | { | | | | an L rt of the Baptist lated with tha of Now York riod. Another h the early re- ae t goclety a long 7 ¢ identifled the to Bep . Who or two before he began active service in the town as minlster of the word of | God in the early part of 1700, when he | mmenced a tireless career of 40| years of hard and faithful service in the town as a regular minister. Rev. ir. Meacham is buried in the Nathan > cemetery, 88 was his wife, who | as Hsther Williams, daughter of Rev. John Willlams of Deerfield, Mass,, and captive with her father and family, were taken by a tribe of Indlans to Capada in 1704, at the time of the famous Deerfield id and massacre. A\ sister and her mother died on the | way to Canada. but she returned some | rs later and passed her life in Cov- entiry. ve: Natural Beauty Spots. Coveniry abounds beauty ots on all sides. Many of these are about Lake Wangumbaug :lled Wongumbaug upon the o urvey of the site of the town ). One has ntion known as Underwood’ owned- b, and Edward Bos rmerly known ptain Kidd's e been bu in the sur- where people the priceless another a beautiful grove bor- north side of the lake. This spot was a part of what was known as the Jesse Root place. Jesse Root was a former chief justice of the supreme court. The Old Training Ground is another attractive spot. From this site a fine view of the lake to the westward may be obtained. Upon th pot, or adja- cent to it, the activities of the town were centered in early days as it was here that the acadamy was~located, with nature’s at- nd, derwood of Upper 1 sure Innumerat of the i dug «n slz = - 2o DTt B E b P ok - { of t ' | 1884 to 1866, when Erchuyler, Hartley | fany, Mary A, Collins, Verne o R . ind (Graha T lant and | Cleyeland, Annette Clark, ; . 5 I8 no h g san A, Fuller, Ja ataff, & po! of Cartridge Allen Jewett, Anice Willia 58 ‘the' & BN e o firms in <. Thomas. the breezes therof 1 mor o ures cart- came from Hartford, Spring election to the p of And field, Norwich and Northampton. Ma Jeckson, m;v of t st were preser . ; The | Thirty regi for dlnner, The re Attractions of the Lake. ‘-‘m.,;(, | union closed by singing America. lake flotill boats with a 30 to 46, b noes and pri The advant summer resort that at present u dot the lake shore nufber of tempora First Town The fi v June the to 2V € establ mil At_ that B a grant of land i d to a South Norwalk 1 3 meeting w the purpos expedient to puy for a town hall. Handsome Catholic Church. Among the early rs were town’s activi parish with « fi with Rev. J iSte of Important Industries. Coventry has enjoyed a diver: manufacturing industries._and recognized as a thriving ind center. In the days i the men ory of some of the olde this vicinity w tured in the town by Halliday, the in- ventor, who had erected a product of his fertile brain upon the side hill, & thé W. B. Benneit place as 1814, Deacon John a fachine shop in the village where sidents of ORIGINAL SURVEY ‘OF TOWN OF COVENTRY. the First church and also the build- ing first used for worship by the Ro- man Catholcs of thes town'that was afterwards used by the Methodists, The exercises of Thursday next, To\\'n‘ Day, will be held on this Old Training Ground in the beautiful grove. At the south side of the training ground cards and other machinery used in the manufacture of woolen goods was made. The deacon’s hobby was to take in apprentice boys ang’ through his able tutelage many a fine mechanioc wag'turned out. During war time Crittenden and Tibbles manufactured cartridges In the same old mill from dmills were manufac- | g | MISS RUTH A. HIGGINS, Bicentennial Poetess. Their Majesties and Socisty. The king and queen during the pres- ent season have caused it increasingly to be 1 that they are determined to put end to certain laxities which had crept jnto the preparation of the 2 of thoge received at court or par in any social funoction at which royalty Is expe d to be pres ent. The latest proof of this, learns ndont of the Bir is the severe no- have taken of the and exchange ot iclosure at As- came before the » was entertained cot, which law cou at court to p e names of all the ladies ). n this strange tra they have been fr in society gossip; but been- given within the past few days that none of them is again to receive invitationg for any court function whatever. This par- ticular trouble had been going on for years, and had proveq difficult of full detection; and it s been due mainly the eager endeavors.of over-rich i to obtain ad: fon at any s price offered sometimes h—to the royal enclosura of course, from the to which this prac- {s plain that the stles might be in- near their person at ons when all concerned were off their guard were made matters of salg. Opinion of a Good Insurgent Wanted. Cummins ving authorized a bolt torrs; scripture lesson, Luke|of the national ticket by Iowa pro —40, Rev. H. M. Bartlett; pgressives who find, after proper inves- prayer, offering; anthem; sermon, Ps.|tigation, t they belleve the Taft IXXVII: 10-22. *Life in the Old | nomination was stolen at Chicago, why | Church,” Rev. Nestor Light; praver, |Should lowa standpatters who find, Rev, H. M. Bartlett; hymn, “O, Where | after proper investigation, that they Are gs and Empires New"”; bene- | belleve Kenyon and other progressive dieti 7.30 p. m.: Service of wor- | candidates on the state ticket got ship d song; soloist, W. A. Tuck- | there by the frandulent aid of demo- er; ire lesson, Istiah, JI 1-6. § |cratic votes, vote for progressive mem- . m.: Congregationalism in Connecti- [ bers of the legislature to = support cut, il ated by numerous stereopti-4{ Kenyon's candidacy And if it's go- con pictures of persons, places, church- | ing to be fixed up according to the es and historical landmarks, Rey.|Cummins orders, why and how is anv Sherrod Soule, superintendent of Mis- | Standpatter hound to support any in- slons f nnecticut. surgent on a ticket when he is morally FOSTER REUNION. Fourteenth Annual Mfieting of Pupils of Calvin C. Foster at Hampton on Wednesday—Thirty Register for | Dinner. Pupils who attended the Foster high school ir 1856 met at the Grange hall In Hampton Wednesday for their four- teenth annual reunion. Calvin C. Fos- ter, the teacher of f re and two years, was able to be present and meet | his pupils. The morning was spent in a social way. At noon the Grange ladles serv- | ed an excellent dinner. 9 In the afternoon the following pro- gramme was carried out: Violin solo by Jacob Starkweather, accompanied by Mrs, Wallace N. Jew ett; Auld Lang Syne, by pupils; wel- come address, Sarah A. Tiffany; re- by teacher; singing, Home, Home; roll call, to which the wered, some with selections, vith songe and spesches. Frin. efpal Myvon Palmer of Bay Path in- sponse Bweet stitute, Springfleld, entertained with reading Mrs, Willoby of Scotland sang Su ine Ever Follows Raln, The rocra was attractively decorated { women to | tor Mr. Taft. with flowers. These students answered call: the roll certain that democratic votes at the June primaries cut an important flgura im putting those names on the state, congressional and county tickets? Let some good insurgent answer thesa questions in the interest of repuhlcan harmony, to help the progressives win and the standpatters lose.—Coifax Clipper. A Dyspeptic’s Reflection. 1t is claimed now that autompbiles d easwy living and the man wenidow end easy living are causing American lose Ir slendernees and grace of figure This probably comes from some dyspeptic who hasn't laugh ed since the last time he saw a @ woman riding a bicycle—Cleveland Leader. A Dangerous Symptom. The Colonel has a “peculiar feel- ing” for Governor Johnson. He s: g0 himself. So Governor Johnson } better look out. As all of ye—~Bull Moose excepted—remember, he once proclatmed a deep and hearty feellng Hartford Mmes What the Colonel Would Do, La Wollette says he has a new plan to amend the constitution, but Cole- nel Roosevelt would remove the need of tinicering by practicalty aboMshing Delia B. Hammond, Sarah A, Tif- itL—Philadelphla Ledger,