The Press., 1915-03-31
MONsON.

tion in the Royce 6 Moffatt garage. The John Mcguire property on Main street has been sold to John Purcell.
 Miss s. Cady has returned from a several weeks visit with friends in Stafford, Conn.,
 | The David N. Corbin house on Coburn hill, or West street as it is now called, has been sold to Hartford parties. Arthur L. Moves, who has occupied the house for several years has leased Mrs. Alice F. Merchants house on Park avenue and will occupy it April 1.
 l MT. and Mrs. E. J. Sweet of Stafford Springs were the guests on Wednesday of their son and his wife, MT. and Mrs. Clifford Sweet on State street. Although over s1 years of age, MT. Sweet is considered an expert autoist, as he drives his own car, visiting cities like Hartford and Spring
 The will of Mrs. Eliza Hutch inson of Lincoln street, who died March l, was allowed in the probate court at Holyoke last week. The will was made Nov. IT, 1914. and she left by it all her real and personal property to Myron Wright of Springfield. Mrs. Hutchinson left no nearer relatives than cousins.
 ] A special town meeting took place in Memorial hall Monday, the 22d, at o'clock. w. H. Anderson was chosen moderator. An appropriation of $2,O00 was made for repairing the macadam road between the Flynt turnout and the Wales road Of this amount 5000 is to be taken from funds in the hands of the treasurer and the remainder will be raised by taxation. The selectmen were in- structed to petition the State High. way Commission for an apportionment of like amount under the small towns act. It was voted to give the use of Memorial hall without charge three times during the ensuing year to the Kings Daughters and three times to the Monson Improvement society. The selectmen were in structel to dispose of the old tree |spraying machine according to their best judgment.
 A fire which destroyed property to the amount of about $8OOO was dis lowered about l .45 o'clock yesterday morning at what is known as Foskit's mill about three miles from Palmer in Brimfield The property destroyed was owned by Joseph M. Allen of Palmer and was used as a grist mill and general store The fire was dis lowered by Herbert .Bradway, who lives near the building, and a tele- phone message for help was sent to Palmer, but by the time the Palmer fire truck reached the scene the build- ing was doomed. The large building which contained the store and grist- mill was totally destroyed, as was also an adjacent storeroom. The loss is covered by insurance. Fosk it's mill was built about 35 years ago by Charles Foskit, who sold it afterward to his brother, D. W. Foskit. After his death the Foskit property was bought by Joseph Allen, December 9, 1918, who has since conducted the business. The store contained dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries and meats, and a grist-mill was also con. ducted in another part of the build- ing. The grist-mill was 25 or 40 feet away and contained two sets of stones. MT. Allen had recently laid out $120O for repairs, part of which was for a new Hume and penstock, and store. room 20 by 30 feet. A carload of grain had been put in the store. house a few days before the fire. It is not known what caused the fire, but a suspicious circumstance was the find. ing of box of pipes which were kept on shelf near a window, hidden be- hind pile of lumber in the yard. This leads to the suspicion that some- one might have broken into the store W have set the fire MT. Allen is as yet undecided as to whether he will re- build or not.
 The petition of the trustees of Mon. son academy for permission to use a fund of $11,OOO, subscribed more than half a century ago by citizens of Monson to aid in the education of poor and indigent young men study ing for the ministry, for the eduoa- tion of any worthy young man, whether intended to prepare for the ministry or not, have been opposed by attorneys representing the Andover Theological seminary and the Con- gregational Educational society in a hearing on the petition before Judge Wait in Superior Court. The trustees represent in their petition that there have been but few students reg istered at the academy within the past few years who have intended to prepare for the ministry, but that there are several worthy young men in the institution who would benefit from scholarships out of the fund in ques- tion. They ask that they be allowed to use the fund to assist in the edu- cation of these young men, and agree to the provision that any young man intending to study for the ministry would have the preference in the disbursement of this fund. Attorney Charles H. Barrows represents the trustees of the academy, Attorney Berton Payne of Boston represents the Andover Theological seminary and Attorney J. Converse Gray of Boston represents the Congregational Edu-