Connecticut western news., 1876-01-21

came to him with so many folds in it, and in long narrow envelope with diamonds embossed on it. Somebody says Tom had another letter last Wednesday, and it was SO sweet he thinks he shall boil 1t down for ''sorghum." He had to wash up and put on clean collar to read It.
 . Served Rght.-Of all small vices, tobac- co chewing is about the most offensive i; and it is astonishing that people will toler- ate it. Here IS an amusing embarrassment that the man deserved; Ayoung Hartford merchant called on young lady few evenings since and was shown into the par Tor to await her appearance. when, the lamps being unlit, he removed large quid of tobacco from his mouth and threw it out of the window, as he supposed. When the lady appeared with light the most prominent object in the room was that young man staring in a very embarrassed way at big chunk of tobacco pinning the lace curtain to the unopened window.
 Died in South America. has just been received by the friends of MT. Walter Van Deusen. formerly of We taug, who was very well known herea- bout, that he died at Rio Janeiro, South America, on the 26th of last November. MT. Van Deusen went to South America about seven years ago, and after spending two years there, came home and married his wife in New York city. when he re- turned again to Rio Janeiro. and has since been there five years. He was engaged in the sale of sewing machines, also was ship. ping coffee to New York. He contracted fever some months ago, and died as men, toned above. s.
 Journalistio.-TheW Winsted Herald has removed it's quarters from the building op- posite the Naugatuck depot to the one just erected by Wing Persons as feed store, in the rear of and across the river from the Beardsley House, West Winsted. This To- cation is not as commodious as the former one, and we can hardly imagine how the Herald can be accommodated in SO close quarters, but ''where there's will, there's a way" Last week the Herald removed one of its heads, so it is no longer double header, and is none the less attractive fol the loss.-'Tis said 1.-two heads are better than one," etc., but the rule doesn't appeal to work to the satisfaction of the Herald hence the change.
 Medical Meeting.-The quarterly meet ing of the Litchfield County Medical Asso- citation was held at the Clark House il Winsted on Tuesday of last week, the 11tl inst. Sixteen physicians were present, tht president, Dr. North of Cornwall, in thu chair. Cases of unusual interest, whicl have occurred in the recent practice of thu different doctors, were related and com mented upon, with general interchang of views regarding treatment. The specia subject for discussion was Medical Ther- mometry,' presented by Dr. H. w. Buel of Litchheld; and the topic proved of sucl interest and was deemed of such profes- sional importance that it was continued tt IuO AC<As AAOOeAAS3 tO OO AOAOOA oI A4tlCA field on the fourth Tuesday of April.
 Cornwall Bridge.-The Cornwall Bridg furnace, which has been idle for eighteen months past, began again to make iron ol December first, and is running on ful | time. The workmen. who have been com pelled to be idle all this long time are natu rally gratified at the new order of things
 The store of the company, under the eff cient management of Messrs. Bierce $ Nc Neil, is having a fair trade. The depres sion of the iron business has of cours made a difference in their sales, but bette times are looked for. Their store is one o the finest in this region, being arrange
 with every conyenience the requirement of the business could suggest. The trad that comes to this store from Ellsworth an
 some of the surrounding villages is consid
 erable.. ....Landlord - (declare, we'v
 forgotten his name just at this moment, bu isn't it Curtis ? when he heard his boarder coming down stairs to dinner the other day
 made manifest his liberality in providin
 for his table by announcing as he rushe
 into the dining room from the cooking de
 partment: Ram, lamb, sheep and nut
 ton, what'll you have P but spying strar ger, he instantly and with face suffuse
 with bushes, changed his bill ot fare t
 "roast beef and ham," Now then; Frien
 Curtis, haven't we always mlsused yo
 first rate? Your regular boarders can din
 on the four varieties of meat mentioned, bl
 we have to come down to roast beef an
 ham. Anyway; Landlord Curtis keeI
 one of the best hotels that place has ev,
 known, and whether it is roast beef an
 ham or the other ertros O his table is most excellent place for a hungry man.
 , Ashley Falls. - Mrs. Richards hs : bought the old school house building Ashley Falls, and will make her resideno there. To speak of the many inciden
 that come thronging back on our memor ? when mention is made of that ancie : school edifice; of the many times we we asked to cross the field to the woods ne :; by to cut long and trim sprouts, to be ust ] as auxiliaries to our advancement in sc ence; to record the thrilling sensation V , experienced in being lifted out of our SC by the hair of our head ard waltzed off ( our ear to the middle of the room to stal + there and receive the honor, homage al admiration of the rest of the school; V C say, to refresh our memory of these inc dents by the bare mention of that old r } school house is always too uch......Spea |. ing of the school house, science, etc., , e are reminded of the experience of a cour
 of astronomical students at the depot
 that village few nights since. After ha !" ing removed their clothing, said thelr pra st CTS and were about to retire for the nigl f, it occurred to them they would take o
 more observation of the moon, Jupit, J Saturn and the rest of the heavenly bodi' n and as they stepped out of the door and D to the platform of the depot. the treache
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