Connecticut western news., 1876-03-24
Town Meeting g-A special town meet.


 portion of it's stock in the Conn. Western R. R. Go. for stock in the Poughkeepsie bridge.
 Barn Burned.-A barn belonging to Henry Lane of Pleasant Valley caught fire in some manner unknown, last Friday night, and was entirely consumed. Strange enough it appears, that dwelling house occupied by family, stood not ten rods away from the barn, and none of it's occu- pants were disturbed by the confagration nor was the fire seen by anybody else, and l the destruction of the barn not known, till daylight divulged the fact that nothing but heap of ashes could be seen where the day before stood the barn.
 Farm Bought.-The Rev. Lyman War ner of East Hartland has purchased the farm known as the Capt. Lyman farm, To- cated about mile north of this village, and after the buildings on it are put in little better repair, will remove from Hartland and occupy it. The Rev. Warner is Con- gregational minister, and being quite
 wealthy, proposes to retire from the more
 active lite and enjoy the fruits of his la-
 bors. The property purchased by him was
 once owned by his grandfather, and was
 his old homestead. The people of Sails
 bury will welcome the Rev. Warner, who
 is descendant of one of the early inhabi
 tants of the town.
 Salisbury Iron at the Centennial.-The
 Barnum Richardson Go. are having con-
 structed large and very elegant show case,
 in which to exhibit specimens of thelr man.
 ufacture and the material of which they are
 made, at the coming Centennial Exhibition
 in Philadelphia. Fifteen square feet of
 space IS assigned the company for their samples, MT. P. s. Burrah has charge of
 the arrangement of the articles in the case,
 which will contain for exhibition, pig iron,
 car wheels and all manner of foundry
 work, also samples of brown hematite ore.
 About fifteen hundred pounds of ore sam
 ples were sent to MT. Burrall from the
 Chatfield Mining Go. of Ore Hill, Friday of last week.
 Ashley Falls the members of MT.
 Briggs singing class at Ashley Falls hac met for rehearsal at MT. Abbott's, last Mon day evening. preparatory to the concert tht , following Thursday evening, Miss A, aftel having lowered the chandelier for the pur r pose ot lighting it, attempting to raise th'
 same to it's proper place, accidentally dis
 lodged it from the hook in the ceiling - above. thus precpitating the three lamp
 and tastefully trimmed accomplishment :, among the company. Fortunately th N lamps were not broken, and as the suddel
 fall extinguished the lights no serious resul
 followed. The porcelain shade and glas
 chimneys were scattered promscuousl
 about, together with the contents of th lamps, the latter adding no beauty to th j. apparel of those seated within its limits. n Somewhere.-In a town not far distant e few evenings since, tall, well-dressed pel l. sonage called at a store and asked for GU e of peanuts. On being told they were nc Il kept there, he enquired for apples, or some
 thing in the eating line. but received tn
 same reply, with the exception of one i the affirmative with regard to candy. fo l. which he did not care. After brief paus a he inquired the nearest town containin D ten o1 twelve thousand inhabitants. remarl S ing at the same time: I thought when 'e came Aere was coming somaeaoAere,' an 'e asked if he should go to Millerton, h 'l would be able to get a7ayDhere frol Is thence,' (having been informed that ws as the junction of several railroads). It
 hoped he has been able to find ere this u place somewhere on the globe of suf1clel Ie size to enable him to procure cup of pes n nuts.
 " Sickness About Town.-We learn frol .o good authority that the sick in and abo'
 town are convalescing or their names hal N been wholly withdrawn from the list; ~ state of affairs very gratifying certainly, 'N the physicians and nurses, as well as Il " patients themselves. This has been SC
 son unusually fruitful for colds, whic D. among adults especially, has assumed rY new form altogether. The victim is a ly tackled with the usual symptoms of a col D. accompanied with pain-sometimes acute a. in the back of the head, extending dow ,g the cords of the neck; which become rig of oftentimes, occasioning considerable inco 1g venience to the patient in turning the he' 1t. in any direction whatever and as.is usu k with all colds, there is more or less fev h. attending these symptoms. With due ca
 ton and proper applications, one thus 1 . tackled is enabled in a few days to resur =; his accustomed avocation; but with ne
 lect, the brain becomes affected and da ,o gerOus illness ensues. It is impossible -, exercise too great caution against taki ~ cold during a season of such frcaue ou changes as the present, especially those VI - are subjected to exposure.
 sc' Home Again Well, here we are agai la- We have ''beehPand gone" and had a go at- time, and are back again with the harne 'e- on once more. On the home stretch,
 Honor. the Judge, ''took the bit' and r M. away, getting in town two CT three da t,v ahead of us, but for that we'll pay him .- when we get another chance at him. of have had very pleasant and instruct ,r journey to the extreme southern portion no our country, and return fully satisfied Il aa the New England states, with all their sn' h. and ice, are still better place in which ho live than anywhere else. To be sure Flt ,fa ida has its oranges, its sunshine in our W na ter months, it's alligstors and sea beans, -o the Judge says he wouldn't give fifte re- cen's iol 'ne "noie S'".o Oh soVe