The Press., 1893-07-20
COVENTRY. Qnuh1s Coventry

-ager or Coventry LOcai heglSCeI
 Martin Parker started for Chicago Monday evening.
 Mi Frank Aldrich is grateful for the kindly notice by brother of T. of H. in last week's Press.
 A cellar is being dug and house is to be erected on the lot owned by Mrs. Reynolds, opposite Albert Potter's new house.
 Driving has become quite the style among those who have leisure for recrea- tiOn.
 Having is progressing, and those who have fed the soil properly do not con- plain of the crop.
 Miss Alice A. Stanley of Highland Park is spending some time at Martin Parker's.
 Mrs. Maria Corrin is expected in town next week.
 Grange meeting next Monday eve- ming. It being FIora's night 1t is hoped that there will be an abundance of flowers. l
 Samuel Hall is builder of Bert Har- mons house.
 Rev. Mir. Daniels will speak of for eign missions next Sunday morning at the Congregational church.
 IN. l.. Brown is canvassing the town in the interest of "Grange Homes"
 HOLLAND.
 (Correspondence.)
 Charles Baker is in Vermont for a few weeks.
 Mrs. w. N. Simmons has handsome new upright piano.
 Robert c. Hawkins of Boston is at Mrs. Coles.
 Under the auspices of the Holland grange Miss Flora Daisy Whiton will give an elocutionary recital in the town hall hall Tuesday evening, 25th, at 8 o'clock. Admission, 15 cents.
 Miss Sadie Willard of Merrows has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. F. T. Neweomb. .
 Miss F. D. Whiton recited at a re- ception of the Beethoven Circle in Los Amigos Hall, Rockville, Monday evening.
 J. E. Clough is filling large orders for peach baskets. FLORA.
 pr. Sumner of Mansfield writes to the Willimantic Chronicle:
 The "bunco game," in which I have played so prominent part, has been so thoroughly commented upon and adver- tised by the newspapers of Conn. for the past three days, so much truth and error have been promiscuouslyt thrown together, so varied and remote from truth have been many of the statements, that per- haps one local paper at least should have the brief facts as they transpired on the scene of action, which are in substance as follows:
 On Wednesday morning young, well dressed man, perhaps g years of age, with 8 nice, single top buggy. halted at my front door, and seeing him went out, and he pleasantly accosted me by saying: "How do you do, Dr. Sumner? I am glad to see you." I walked up to the buggy and extended my hand, and looking him in the face said, "You have got the best of me, cannot call your name." esaid, Cant you? my name is Arnold. am a nephew of Ansel Arnold, used to know you in Willimantic. now live in Hart ford, am clerk in the Charter Oak Bank, I married the daughter of MT. Morris, the president of the bank. After some con- versation of 8 fattering kind, of course, such as "You have beautiful place here," he said he heard there was small place for sale near here belonging to the estate of MT. Hinckley; he was looking for such 8 place for his aunt, who desired to locate here and build. I told him had the place in charge, but I had not time to show it to him, as I had to be at the o'clock train at Willimantic. suggested to him that if he was going immediately back to Willimantic, could have time to take ride to the place and return with him, to which he readily consented.
 After riding to the place, some or minutes from home, small distance from the main road or any house, we met a fairly dressed man who asked the way to Willimantic town. He said he was from Tennessee" and was looking for his sis ter, who he heard was living in Mansfield He had all the dialect of an ignorant plan- tation Kentuckian, such as ''tote' for carry, "dad" for father and "brats' for children, the most noticeable was ''toad skins" for bank bills, of which he had done up in red bandanna handkerchief what purported to be, and he claimed to be, the modest sum of $25, 1000.
 The man Arnold was astonished, of course, to see the crude Tennesseean and questioned him as to how he came by such big pile of money. He assured him he had $15 900 more in his belt, and then drew out of his pocket handful of "yellow skins'' that seemed to be 20 dol lar gold pieces Then Tennessee" and "Arnold" commenced chancing each oth- CTS money with a card game, which was all done in the buggy, using the bottom of the buggy for his money, and his lap for the card table. In the meantime was closely kept in by Arnold on my right, and Tennessee on my left, the lat ter standing between the wheels. I do not mean that was forcibly imprisoned, for when very emphatically insisted that would have no hand in the money mat ter he permitted me to get out, and MI. Tennessee got in and they rode off to- gether.
 Now as to my losses as reported. I was with them not more than 30 minutes. did not show any money, did not chance any, nor did I loose any. This money was done up in $1,O00 packages, never folded or used, with paper band around each package marked in large printed fig- ures 1000. They may have been blank paper except the outside, cannot say as to that The outside looked like genuine bills. I presume they attributed their failure to victimize me to lack of time, as I insisted on taking the o'clock train for New Britain, and having only two min- utes at the depot, and the attempt to tell Chief Hillhouse the experience of one half hour in two minutes condersed it al most beyond recognition.