The Press., 1892-08-25
COVENTRY.

| COVENTRY. x South Coventry. A. S. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. { ager of Coventry Local Register.
 -"Touch their pocket-books and you touch the men". So the third warning for a school meeting in district brought out about thirty voters to consider the expediency of shingling the school-house, making needed repairs, putting in new blackboards, etc. Committees were ap- pointed to make inquiries as to material and cost, and the meeting adjourned to Friday evening, Aug. 18th. : Saturday forenoon the three horse team of the Stanley Bros. became fright ened, and started to run from the mill. The driver, Nathan Fuller, was in the wagon, and reaching for the reins, was thrown against the seat, thus seriously injuring his chest. The horses ran but a short distance when the leader fell, and the other horses were stopped. MT. Full Ter could not ride on account of difficulty of breathing, but walked to his home. He Is more comfortable, yet his case is considered very serious.
 Rev. MT. Ames, of Boston, was in town Sunday.
 The school in Flanders district, Miss Burnham, teacher, is to commence Mon day.
 Edward Manning is at the Manning homestead the house with the two story wall, as described by the correspondent who drove from Rockville to Willimantic. The house was never tavern. By the way, it was not the lack of places to wa ter horses that marred the pleasure of the correspondent, from this village at least, but the inability to see the barrel always full of water just opposite the 1st district school grounds in this village, and the nice watering trough provided by MT. Andrews, on the Mansfield road.
 Mrs. Arthur G. Olmstead and two youngest children, of East Hartford, are visiting at Mrs. Emily Hutchinson's.
 Union temperance service, conducted by Rev. MT. James, Sunday evening.
 Republican primary at the town clerks office Monday evening.
 MONsON.
 [Correspondence.)
 Station Agent Styles spent Sunday with friends in St. Albans, Vt.
 The ball game played on Sullivan's ground last, Saturday between the Lin coin Athletic Club of Stafford Springs and the Monson nine was won by the lat ter, 13 to 4.
 -C. A. Bradway and Rev. w. H. Mar ble took a trip on their wheels through western Massachusetts the first of the week.
 M. E. Wright severed his connection with the Central Vermont R. R. Go. yes terday.
 Milton Brown has returned from Fiskdale, where he has been employed in the hay field.
 A. N. Gaunette's addition to his pho- tograph gallery is progressing rapidly.
 Mir. F. Strong and family, of Willi. mantle, are visiting friends and relatives in town.
 -MissEmily Thrall, of Stafford Springs visited relatives in town last Tuesday,.
 Mrs. w. H. Marble and sister arc visiting relatives at her home in Plimp ton, and Mrs. French of that place has been visiting her brother, Rev. w. H Marble.
 The oldest person in town is Mrs Bradford, who was 98 years old last Sat urday, Aug. 20, and she was remembered by friends with numerous presents.
 -Monson academy will commence its fall term next Thursday. -242 tickets were sold for the excur sion to Watch Hill and Block Island las Wednesday, and 135 last Thursday.
 Work has begun on the spur track in the rear of Squier & Co., s lumber yard
 Misses Lena and Amy Eaton returned from Willimantic last Saturday.
 -- G. l.. Keeney spent Tuesday il Springfield.
 F. H. King, of Springfield, was 1T town last Tuesday.
 The annual reunion and picnic O. the Chaffee family will be held at Ever green Park the 1st Wednesday in Septem ber
 MT. and Mrs. w. J. Ricketts spen Sunday at Block Island. Rev. MT. Blackford, pastor of tht Universalist church, and wife are expect ed home early next week.
 Mrs. H. Chapin is visiting relatives in Westfield.
 Rev. J. H. Tufts, son of Rev. James Tufts, has returned from years stay abroad, having been at school in Germany
 HI. T. Chapin is employed in tht Herald office, Palmer, Mass, during the absence of George Cross, who is taking z two weeks vacation. Clarence King sewers his connections with H. M. Noble, as hostler, the first o next month, and takes similar one fol N. w. Rand.
 R. M. Reynolds house on Hampde1 avenue is frightened up with new coat of paint
 J -Monson is a no-license town, but