The Press., 1891-04-02

COVENTRY.
 A. S. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man.
 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
 Should next Monday evening be pleas ant Wangumbaug '85 will be represented at Andover grange.
 The sons of Rev. A. J. Quick were at home last Sunday.
 The roads are fairly settled and fields are being plowed.
 can testify from personal experience that the disease is not particularly mild.
 Friday, as Mrs. Carlos Edgerton was helping the five-year-old son of Mir. Pip pin from wagon, the boy slipped and the wagon-seat fell on him and broke his leg.
 No tin pedler has tried the steeps of Bunker Hill for two years, and yet there are nine families along that route.
 Piping frogs March 3Oth and fully a blossomed crocus March 31st. Last year from Feb. 14th there was not time dur ing the crocus season that the blossoms could not be gathered out of door.
 Easter was observed in all our church. es by an abundance of beautiful flowers and special services.
 The Misses Quick came home last Thursday from Mt. Holyoke seminary and college. Miss Lunette Lamprey, of the class of '91, from the same institution, is spending her vacation at the Martin box"
 MT. Arthur Brainard and family spent Sunday in town.
 Spring has opened, stilts and marbles appeared, the music of the drum corps sounds over the hills, also the lays of those who "must poetize or bust"
 In district 3 there are ten protestant families, most of the members able to work daily, from which no person attends either church or Sunday school except at long intervals.
 The grange Monday evening was well attended and the exercises interesting. ROCKVILLE. ", A protest entered by the friends of Private Burke in regard to the election of Sergeant Loomis as second lieutenant of company c, was decided at meeting of the company Thursday evening. A bal lot taken in regard to whether the ballot nominating MT. Loomis was formal or in formal resulted, 32 to 30, that it was 8 formal ballot. This settles the dispute in harmonious manner.
 The Rockville firemen are planning for grand firemen's muster sometime in June. It is proposed to invite firemen from all parts of the state, have big street parade in the forenoon, and in the afternoon races, athletic games, balloon ascension, etc.
 Commander L. D. Phelps of Burpee Post gave an address of much interest at He told of life in Libby prison, where he was confined for some months. The free seat system is about to be adopted at the Methodist church and the Union Congregational church. William H. Taylor, recently city ed itor of the Rockville Journal, has accept ed the position of associate editor and business manager of the Shore Line Times of New Haven. The Hartford Times correspondent exposes so-called hoax:
 A prominent Rockville manufacturer while in Washington recently, had his at. tention called to 8 notice in a woman's magazine in regard to sad case of desti. tuition. The notice stated that one Clem. entine St.-George Ray, Rockville, Conn. was nearly destitute, sick, needy; had recently broken one leg, and in fact that it was 8 very sad case, and deserving ot help from all charitably disposed persons and that anything sent to this address would be appreciated. It was signed "Clementines Friend" The Rockville man, surprised that so sad case of desti tuition existed in his city, decided to look it up. It was ascertained that the notice signed "Clementine's Friend" had ap peared in a number of ladies' journals during the past four months, including the Housewife. It was also ascertaineC that there was no such person as Clemen tine St. George Ray in Rockville or vicin ity. A large amount of mail matter has been received at the post-office, but Post master Randall is not allowed to give any information in regard to mail matter. Il appeared to be 8 case of fraud. The Times reporter visited Adams express office, and ascertained that "Clementine' was known there, and that 8 package containing 8 dress was waiting for her Examination of the receipt book showed that Clementine had had quite number of packages during the past three months and that they had been obtained and re ceipted for by Mrs. Lillian M. Hall, O Ellington, lecturer of the Ellington grange and well known through the recent Fl lington stamp hoax, in regard to the olt Ellington woman, who was collecting million stamps to obtain entrance to al old lady's home. It is known that it wa Mrs. Hall who wanted the stamps. ant that no blind and deaf old woman existed On Saturday Mrs. Hall was in Rockville and was seen to visit the post-office where she obtained over bushel of pack ages of every description, including a larg bundle of letters. She had to have tn assistance of a number of persons to ge the matter to her team. Packages con tinue to arrive at Adams's express offlc