The Press., 1908-05-20
POLAND.

l A phone put in, No. 1O7-15.
 The annual far of the M. E. church will be held August II, 12 and IS.
 Mrs. Charles Blinn of Vernon is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Adino Brooks.
 Rev. R. M. French will begin his service as pastor in the Congregational church June 2.
 The presiding elder, Rev. J. H. Newland, preached Sunday morning in the M. E. church.
 Henry Baker and daughter, Miss Edith, are the guests of Prof. and Mrs. Samuel Simpson.
 There will be union memorial ser vices at the M. E. church May "A. Rev. J. A. Wood, the pastor, will give the address.
 There will be no services in the | Congregational church for the next two Sundays, owing to the repairing of the conference room. MT. and Mrs. Samuel B. Slater and Leroy Slater were called to Stoughton, Mass, last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary Jordan, sister of Mrs. Slater.
 The Veterans, Sons of Veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps of Rock vile will come over to attend the ser vices and put flowers on the graves of old comrades. Lunch will be served at the Holland House. Rev. Hollands of the Hartford Theo- logical Seminary, whose parents are missionaries in Madagascar, preached in the Congregational church Sunday morning. His discourse was on the mission work in Madagascar, and was very interesting and profitable to his 1 listeners.
 A daughter, Viola May. was born May to MT. and Mrs. Alex Shearer of. Oak land. Mrs Shearer was form erly Miss Florence Bowers of this place. There are now five generations in the family, namely. MT. and Mrs. Shearer and daughter, Mir. and Mrs. John Bowers, father and mother of Mrs. Shearer, Mrs. Silas P. Ryder, grandmother, and Mrs. L.. P. Eaton, great grandmother.
 Herman Nowsch, a German farmer, residing in Holland on the road lead ing from Rockville to Coventry, shot and killed his son, Henry, aged z years, and then turned the revolver on himself. dying instantly, last Wednesday afternoon about 3.3O o'clock. He shot the boy and himself in almost exactly the same spot, the center of the forehead. Nowsch was 45 years old. He had threatened to kill himself on several occasions, but his family had nc idea he would carry out his threat. He had been to Rockville, where he gathered garbage. and returned home about 3.3O. He was in an ugly mood and after putting his horse in the barn. started for the house. and on the way he kicked the family house dog. His wife demonstrated with him for thus treating the animal. This angered him and he went into the house, and a moment later Mrs. Nowsch was alarmed by two pistol shots. She ran into the house only to find her husband and son both dead. She ran out of doors and called to Loren Reed, who was passing, and he notified the authorities. Medical Examiner Rockwell and Deputy Coroner Tingier of Rockville made an investigation, and pronounced it case of murder and suicide. The boy was an imbecile and was kept strapped in a chair. He was sitting in the chair when he was killed. It was do the deed by constant worriment over the boys condition. He want ed to put the boy in the school for imbeciles at Lakeville, but Mrs. Nowsch would not agree to it.
 
 T. O. Newell spent few days last week with his brother, Herbert New ell, in Springfield.
 Mrs. E. M. Phillips of Southbridge, with her brother. M. A. Marcy of Hartford, spent few days the past week at the Marcy homestead.
 Mashapaug.
 D. l.. Newell is saving for Turner Bros.
 F. w. Moore is nursing rheumatic shoulder.
 Henry Valliere is shingling E. Labreck' s barn.
 Mrs. Webber spent a few days at her home in Holland last week.
 R. Back was in Danielson the first of the week visiting his son, H. E. Back. M
 Misses Mary and Frances Young of