Connecticut western news., 1873-08-22
Connecticut Western News.

 Post Oface, Ashley Falls Post Oface. West Cornwall. s. c. Conn's stoIes Kent. Gager Brothers. sharon H. H. Churchill. West winsted. | W. W. NerriAeld, Millerton. N. Y F. L. Pond & Co.,. Winsted Lawrencs's Drug Store Canaan.
 On Hand.-The Gipsies have come two loads of them passing through this village a day or two since. Chickens must roost high.
 Union Picnic.-The scholars of the two schools in this village, with their teachers, will picnic in School House grove next Sat urday.
 Jubilee Singers. the sixteen jubilee singers at the Congregational church in this village this CThursday) evening. More is said about 1t in another column.
 As Usual.-A couple of drunks pounded and hammered each other in our streets last Saturday, but as such occurrences are too frequent to call news, we'll waste no space in details.
 4 Splendid Aemsorias.-A massive mon ument was recently erected in the cemetery in this village to the memory of the late Robert Bostwick. It is an elegant shaft of Scotch granite, that most beautiful of all marbles or granites, and ls worthy the good man whose remains rcpose at its base.
 Editorial ChangG-John R. Farnum succeeds 8. B. Johnson as editor and pro- prietor of the Litchfield Sentinel. MT. Johnson has made :be Sentinel good pa- per, and his recommendation of bis success sor, IS guarantee that the journal in MT. Farnum's care will not suffer in interest.
 Cathosss Piensc.-The picnic of the Cath olic people on the Fair grounds in Falls Village last Thursday afternoon was great success. On account of funeral there, the exercises were postponed till about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, but very large crowd was present, and very pleasant, enjoyable time was the result.
 Chicago Honesty.-An exchange says:- A package containing $50 was left in the reading room of Chicago hotel for thirty hours undisturbed, but it is only due to the honesty of Chicago people to say that the valuable package was mistaken by everybody for an old shirt. It is quite proper to say this package was not left in tue Barnes House.
 NdgnGninsous.-A man walking on the Conn. Western track near Simsbury last Thursday discovered tree that had fallen across the track. He immediately ran back and signalled the noon passenger train, thus preventing serious disaster As reward for saving the necks of the many passengers in their care, the company gave him free ride all the way from that place here. How magnanlmous !- WInsted Press
 Personal-Editor J. Harding, of the Pittsheld Ea5le paid us visit last Friday and Saturday. MT. Harding is one of Massachusetts'm most successful editors, and the Ea99e is the largest in size and circula- ton of any journal in Western Massachu- setts. We were pleased to receive this friendly visit from our old time friend, and re]oice to know he is meeting with the suc- cess in the profession his superior talents so richly merit
 Shepard Green.-Six teen years ago, Shepard Green left this village and went West, and last week he made his first visit here since he left. He is now in Easton, Penn., engaged in the iron business. Some of the older inhabitants may be assisted in their memory of him when we tell them his father, Samuel Green, many years ago worked as a. ahammersman in the forge that stood little distance west of the Congre- gational church.
 Pine Grove Camp Meeting.-The camp meeting at Pine Grove. between Falls Vil- lage and Canaan. will commence next Monday, (Aug. 25th,) and will continue full week. carrying it over the following Sunday. New cottages have been built, and other improvements made about the grounds, and it is thought this meeting will be of equal if not greater interest than any ever held there. Trains on the Housatonic road will stop at the grove, and passengers will be earned on that road at greatly re- duced fare.
 A0 About LGkesiNe. hour spent in Lakeville the other day resulted in digging out the following items.
 Gone A6road.-soseph Truelove of Lakeville, sails tomorrow, Saturday, for two months visit to England, his old home.
 Neo Hay Scalss.-Mr. E. w. Spur is erecting new sett of Hay scales those of Tupper & Wood not being sufficient to do the weighing of all Lakeville.
 Dssapposnted.-The recent wet weather has prevented the visit of two or three pic nic parties, which had arranged for a good tune at Gov. Holley's grove in Lakeville.
 Ihs Cornet B5nd-The Lakeville cornet band played in Sharon last week, also at the picnic in the Twin Lakes Grove few days since, and in each instance their playing was highly spoken of.
 Bar6srous, Billserds and Pest Obfce.- A new tonsorial artist from Canaan has ar rived in Lakeville, and is located in the rooms above the billiard rooms. Speaking of billiard rooms, reminds us of the talk of locating the post office in Lakeville in the billiard rooms which are now closed. We understand MT. Norton has the project un- der consideration.