The Press., 1891-10-15
COVENTRY.
COVENTRY. A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man ager of Coventry Local Register.
 South Coventry.

COVENTRY.
 A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 South Coventry.
 TEACHERS MEETING.-T The teachers meeting at Andover Friday afternoon and evening was well attended. The teach CTS from districts 1, 3 and 4 in this par ish were present, also a number from North Coventry. Plain talks were the medium of instruction. Miss Carlisle, who talked on geography, gave as the first step in this study, latitude, to be taught by comparing the location of diff ferent places on globe, next the sand board, the pupils to make plan of some place in the immediate vicinity of the school building, followed by the use of clay, sand and a watering pot, to illus trate the structure of the earth; this teaching should be followed by dissected maps, last of of all outline maps should be used. Alas for the teacher in our ru- ral districts, who, having no globe Is compelled to teach latitude by means of an apple and hair pin, no sand board, sand, clay, watering pot or time to use these appliances, must illustrate the diff fering layers of the earth by few well chosen words, or perhaps 8 picture, who has no dissected maps, and the only out line maps provided have neither beauty, youth nor anything about them to recom- mend them. Now it seems that the town or state ought to provide each school with proper appliances with which to work, so that the teachers who are being trained ods when they shall be the teachers in our rural districts. We would reco- mend that the teachers now in our pufsic schools be furnished with material wlh which to work, then perhaps better suits could be shown.
 Miss Hattie Albro has been choseif by the Cong'l s. s. committee as super intendent of the home department, ane Miss Grace Stanley, Miss Ollie Tracy, ] Miss Bessie A. Parker and Mrs. Lydia Mason, assistants. The following named persons have been appointed to fill va cancies caused by the resignation of Fred H. Topliff, now of Willimantic: Frank Stanley, sec'y Y. P. s. c. E.; Clinton Bingham, librarian Congregational Sun day school; Frank Stanley, usher Con- gregational church.
 Democratic town officers by small majority.
 Henry Squares has newly covered and painted his house.
 In the language lessons at Andover we were taught that the best writers used common words and but few adjectives, facts which we have often noticed.
 The residence of N. c. White is be- ing improved by the addition of 8 piazza.
 Wouldn't the managers of the Willi- mantle fair have been surprised to have heard one of the first men of our state in- nocently inquire, as he passed out from the place where she exhibits of farm products are made, "where are the other buildings?"
 What will the farmers find next to grumble about? The grass crop was short, but grain of all kinds is excellent, Fruit has been very nice, and the harvest time has been pleasant; walnuts and but ternuts are plump -meated, and if chest nuts have an extra worm or two to the nut we enjoy the good ones all the better; and the golden pumpkins! It must have been after season like this when Whit tier wrote 8 poem in it's praise. Truly the farmer has great cause for thankful ness.
 -Wm. Reynolds is enlarging one oi his tenement houses. .. D. c. Eaton has been unable to work for a few days on account of erysipelas. James Ledoyt of South-street Is i'll. Mrs. Frank Tracy has little daugh We believe there is fine for hunting on Sunday and if any one choses to arres the Sunday hunters good income would result.
 The pulpit of the Congregations church is occupied by candidates" eacl Sunday.
 Rev. M. T. Braley exchanged witt Rev. MT. Bates of Rockville last Sunday
 Grace Bradbury is keeping books a Naugatuck.
 The Bunker-hill coon hunters kille, a coon last week Thursday, and some o the party belonging in the village wh' were hunting in this vicinity Saturda night did not reach home till dayligh Sunday.