Connecticut western news., 1877-02-09

return" and here we are again. 30 0ert goes for few items: lAuc right heartily do wewelcome ''Nuf Crd' to our columns again. Cnme on, old fellow, the world hae mourned your loss with a sorrow tha, would not be comic ted: Come on, wt say give us your hand FED FEws
 Those pleasa, tgstherings. Dime Sociables are very frequent this winter. and have been the means of adding considerable sum 10 the Chapel fund. The last cne was at Dr. s4nford's. and was a very enjoyable off .,r. The next will be at John Woods next Wed nesday night......A hand has been organ ized in this place. and the hall in the B.. Hive is where they meet for prsc,ice...... The lively sucker has made its appearance. in the market......The hoop pole businpss seems to be quite lively nowadays..... The Shear shops have been idle nearly all winip, hut are beginning to start up little now. ......Thc sleighlng Is getting poor herea. | s"'ut. and coastirg is among the things that were. Eugene Wickwire of Nortl. Cornwall, caught two large wild cats in trap. last week. k......We learn that the fam,- lv of Noah Rogers will move back to North Cornwall this coming spring. M. Cor I nell of Cream Hill has bought farm in Guilford. Conn.,. and will move there dur ing the present month..,... PhilAnder Owen will move back here this spring, and has 1 hired the Corner House." He has occu- pied the Gihhs farm during the past year. ...... ..Rnssel Wilcox jr.. and Fred Harrison and their families of Cornwall Hollow, arr going to Iowa to take up their abode.
 NUF CRp. Collinsville.-Charles Blair Esq has jnsi returned from his second visit to Cali 'ornia......Carl Schultz of Collinaville. and Edwin. oldest son of Charles B H,ll. have | recently gone to Florida and leased plan- tati"n near Jacksonville. Rudolph Mirn. hard, for many years workman ID the em pov of the Collins Co.. on the evening of Jan. 27ih. about 10 o'clock, went to his room and immediately fell to the floor, dy ing n sboot five minutes. His age was b2. single man......Tne marriages in Canton
 in 1876 were 32; births, 7l deaths, GA i; Ihere were more marriages and deaths than The average. and less births. Or the d aths twenty of them were children under l2, of scarlet fever......JOhn Chandler, a native "f N 'ttinghan,, England. died Jan 29ih,
 g' "A. He had been in the employ of 'he Collins Co. many years. He was thrice married. and leaves his third wife and two chi drer...... William C. B .ssetr, the veteran tin smith and hardware dealer who was burned out by the destruction of T'fAny's block Jan. 8. before the fire was out in the ruins made contract for 6 new building 38 x 20 feet. on the corner of the turned block. and in l9 days mose the building was all completed, with shelves and counters. the building painted within and without, the goods all in place, and b'ssett at work. smiling. hopeful and hap py......On Saturday evening F.b. 3, kero Srne lamp burst in the tenement of Patrick K'nald Setting fire to things around It. ard ''nlY by vigorous exertions was the house saved from burning.
 Ashley Falls School Exhibition. The entertainment given by the scholars of the school in Ashley Falls. at the M E.ChuI ell ID that village Thursday evening of last week. was certainly of higher order than anything We bad expected to witness All
 wto were engaged in the exerclses knew pert ctly their respec i've parts, aud as 3 consequence prompting, If lequir d and given. was not at least generally observed aud we are not aware that any whatevei was given. The everinR was pleasant overhead" and the travelling has been wOTse. but 1t was far from being really good, yet notwithstanding this fact, the audience was about as large as could be tO the chulch was filled to it's utmost capacity, the asiles and gallery as well aG every seat. being packed fuli and ab ui all the standing room was occupied. and they stood crowded at that. A large nun. OeI came down from Shelf i'd. and some went up from Canaan, aud from other places, and the entertainment. though quite worthy of It's Ia ge audience, was patron Fed rather beyond the expectations of the lady teachers of tue school: the MIss-s Sage and BrpRs.
 Tue SC OlaIs. almost without an excep- 1 ton, executed the parts assigned them in an almost faullless manner. and many of the "leclta' a'1ons." as the programme for the evening modestiy deromlnated tneuI, We're more nearly of the character of a drama. and as sucn were admlI ably ren- dered. We cannot allude m detail to all worthy of special mention, for we should hardly know where to begin and where to stop, tor once begun. land we should have to start at the top of lhe prO9ramme,i we should have to go tnI Ough the whole of it.
 but will not be content to do less than to , publish the ames of all tae scholars wnc took part 10 the exercises. Cnmmeuclue at the top of tue programme we find the names of those who appear f, st to be Mary Reel anG Laura Fow .er. auu following are 1Ia Wnlie, Ophella Decker, MaIy Hll.yer Mattl> Ash.ey, Roo oert Lee, Willie Duuaar Aired HeatOn, Katie HeaCOu aud H.ttlt Ferns. M.,jor Reel. Cna, les Ferr,s Johu G, .thth, Hsttie Heaton, Arcnle Taft GeorKe AJoott, JOun Parmelee, Harry j BrIghau, LJu.sa HIiyer. Mary Hniye. Charles MIn". Edule Van Deuse1, Jane Moore, Mary VAu Deusen, K.ttle Taft
 Cora Chapln, Grace Lee. Charles Perklup Florence H.llyer, Walter Jones, Albert
 Bowen. Emma Abbott, Lester Deuegal and Wlhe Meacham, We have been careful and we think none are omitted in Lhe above enumeration.
 It IS alwas In order to speak of Master Harry Brigham. for he has already become > famous IS speaker. + tnere ever was g natural Ooru orator. we think little Harr,
 land he is only about tnlrteen years oid.) l, one. We had heard much of inn. but uev
 or had heard hun speak till at th1s ex
 h1birlon. Our little friend Harry must culLlvaLe an iucl nation to out door exer' } clse. and must mlnxle more frequently