The Press., 1885-07-23
Issued Every Thursday Evening.
LOCAL ToPICs-pENN,D AND sCIssORED
REcoLLEcr1oNs ABOUT COVENTRY.

LOCAL TOPICs-PENN'D AND sCISSORED.
 REcoLLEcTIoNs ABOUT COVENTRY.
 In the old times of militia trainings, South Coventry had the only independent artillery company in the brigade They had fine brass cannon belonging to the state, and always attracted attention when on parade. Capt. John Brace was in com mand for many years, until finally elected major of the regiment. He made his first debut on horse at the muster in Holland, when his horse took the bit, carrying the major to the rear of Col Smiths barn. Capt. Ralph Crittenden, now of Hartford, was the last commander. The company disbanded before the war. One amusing expedition this company made to Colum- bia. A yoke of oxen hauled over the can- non, while the men marched bravely be- hind. The writer was one of the valiant, and we'll remembers the tramp. It was suggested that our captain did we'll in talk ing the oxen, as we could fall back on the beef if we failed to capture Columbia, which was situated on 8 high hlll. No difficulty was met; we took them by sur prise, and they opened the gates at once.
 After the Harrison presidential cam paign the old cannon was hauled up on the lodges north of the village, belching forth its noise of victory for "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Hon. Channey Howard, now of Hartford, and well known in our state, is native of this town, still retain | ing the old home on the eminen0e over- l looking the lake. Col Rose, Wm. Bab- cock, Mr. Grover, Mr. Belknap, MT. Lord, N. Dow, Reuel Loomis, J. O. Loomis, Mason Curtis, Josiah Clark, Noman Lin coin Dr. Timothy Dimock, Ca physician of long standing) Capt. Hezekiah Edgerton, Calvin Manning, Royal Manning, (who for many years was landlord of the old ho- tel on the hilD and Wm. Porter, of the old society, are all dead, some of them long ago. Dr. Dimock has a son doing business in New York, who has greatly improved the homestead, and the family occupy it summers. Wm. Porter left a son, Thomas, prominent New York mer- chant, who retains an interest in his old home, and has given many volumes to the Hale library.
 The caucus of the old whig party used to be held at Henry R. Watrous' home, at that time, formerly the Nathan Hale place. was but slimly attended, and only by the few who pulled the wires. A protest was made, but the management being in the hands of the few, this availed nothing. The people asked the committee to call the caucus at the village but they paid no attention.
 On one morning of election the town committee found on the sign post mani festo signed by forty whigs, full names given, and new ticket in the field, with determined force back of it. The split of course gave the democrats lease ot power, and carried very few wire pullers over to the other side, where they stayed To revenge for this independent bolt, two of the workers were elected (to punish them.) One Wm. R. Storrs, now super intendent of coal mine and railway inter est in Scranton, Pa., was elected hayward ) and H. T. Small pound keeper. MT s Storrs made 8 witty speech, and both i'm mediately qualified by taking the oath - In those days it was quite common fo cattle to run in the highways. The nev officers meant business and the next morn ing they met by agreement, took Q team and ere the evening shades oertook then the pound was we'll filled, without regard to the politics of owners. The pound fur nished a larger revenue that year than eve before, or since. It made music for time
 They were never re appointed; they serv ed too faithfully.
 MT. Watrous, now dead, has two som doing business in New York or Brooklyn one of whom made the nominations spokel of. daughter of MT. Watrous married < Dr. o. Post, dentist of Brattleboro Vt. for many years. One married James H Boynton a clothing manufacturer of Ne, York, and one Dr. Pomeroy, now o Springfield, Mass, formerly of Stafford i, vile. One of Royal Manning's sons Frederick Manning, is merchant in Ne'
 York. Daniel Brigham, now dead, had
 son in Hartford mercantile interests, sine removed to New York. Another son
 the present postmaster of Rockville, an
 I think one of the men who assisted in tn 5, capture of Columbia.
 Reader, do you know that gold is on tn
 bottom of Coventry's lake? Ihad occula
 demonstration some years ago. Pure gol awaits the seeker, Gf he can find it. }, While patiently waiting for the perch
 bite, my chum lost in the blue waters (
 the lake beautiful gold plate, on whic
 was fastened set of teeth. They glide d swiftly away in the hidden deep, and al
 awaiting the searcher for gold. H. T. s.
 Hartford Telegram, July 16th Th marriage of Carl Theodore Hanson of th city, the well known Danish liberal write Il and attorney, and Miss Annie Ida Drowl
 daughter of the mechanical inventor, Ot
 E. Drown of Pawtucket, R. l., was cell brated at Lonsdale, R. l., Last Sunday b T. Rev. Ross Matthews, rector of the Bal
 tist church. MT. and Mrs. Hanson wi make Hartford their future place of res
 dence. A large number of friends wi
 join in wishing them all future happines
 and prosperity.
 The fall term of Storr's Agricultur \ School begins Sept 23d. Examination { '' candidates for admission will be held . the mayors office, city hall, Norwich
 Conn.,, Saturday, August 29th, 1885, an
 in room 30, capitol building, Hartfort T, Conn.,, Tuesday, September 1st, at E o'clock a. m., and at the school in Man
 field, September 22d. B
 - The Storrs Agricultural School is estal
 lished for the education of boys whose p;
 rents are citizens of this state, in sue
 branches of scientific knowledge as sha
 tend to increase their proficiency ill tf ,ofo 1%,,ro