Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

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 Leoture.-Rev. J. G. Oakley lectures a Washington, Mass. on Wednesday of thi week.
 Hxohange.-Rev.M Mir. Hermance, pasto of the M. E. Church, at Amenis will preach at the Lakeville M. E. church mex Sabbath evening, and the Rev. MT. Oakley will preach at Amenia at the same tune. Through New York Cars.-The train going south on the Housatonic road, pass Ing Canaan at 9.35 a. m. and at o'clock p m.. have through New York cars attached This is an accommodation the many New York passengers on that road will appre ciate.
 Fine Pear.-Mr. B. F. Comstock o1 | this village has shown us what seems, al far as size is concerned, to be the father oi all pears. He calls it the Flemish Beauty It weighs three-fourths of pound, anG with beautiful blush on it's sou-nor-east by sou-slde, where it has been kissed by the rising sun, it is indeed beauty. Gingerbread. MT. James H. Pierce o1 Lime Rock sends us his renewal of sub scription with the accompanying two dol lars, and adds: ''Now MT. Editor, you can go to the fair at Falls Village and take a swing and buy yourself some gingerbread. ' The clever old soul is always doing some. body some good. Now we can go abont amongst the peanut vendors with as large card of gingerbread under our arm as ''the best on 'em."
 Visit of an Old Res1dent.-Among the guests at the Stevens House in this village. is MT. Thomas Baker, who moved from this town in 1902 to Watertown, N. Y., and has come back after an absence of seventy five years, to spend his birthday in hls na- tive town, being eighty-one years old on last Saturday. He attended church last Sun day in East Canaan, where he was baptized in infancy. He is hale and hearty, and re- members many incidents of his boyhood.
 Iitchfeld County Sausage. many years the sausage manufactured by the late Mir. Kenyon of Millerton, was celebrated for it's excellence, and his sales were conse- quently large. MT. W. B. Hicks of Sails bury has, it appears, now obtained the se- cret of their preparation, and is now manu- featuring what he designs shall be known as Litchfield county sausage, and he is cer- tainly making very fine article. He sends team about the country selling Litchtield county sausage, and we understand he is meeting with large sale. MT. Hicks IS 8 business man and we have no doubt will succeed. At any rate he makes and sells most excellent sausage.
 Splendid Fruit.-Mrs. A. Bigelow Of this town, has left on our table basket of peaches that the cattle show and fair at ''the Falls" will find It difficult to equal in quality and flavor. At this writing Clues day forenoon) we have not yet visited the grounds, and do not of course know what the peach producers of this region will have on exhibition, but these from Mrs. Bige- lows trees are very beautiful to look upon and of delicious flavor. There are a very few of the inhabitants of this section of our country that know how to raise excel lent peaches, and Mrs. B. is certainly among that number. Accompanying the peaches was lot of pears, which were also very fine in quality as well as large in size. Mrs. Bigelow has our thanks for thus kind ly remembering Eye poor editor"
 Sharon.-It would be unnecessary to in form the general readers of this racy little paper that for the past week it has been unusually cold, but it may interest some of your more distant subscribers to know that hereabout we have been shivering and shaking in our fireless parlors, or huddling with cha.tering teeth around the kitchen stove with insufficient clothing on to meet the changed temperature; but to make amends for this undesirable state of things, our closed windows and doors secure us from one great nuisance: the hidcous nois- es borne on the summer air, produced by the present rage for parlor organ grinding.
 
 tortured instrument, murder melodies which the composers intended to give pleasure. One witty writer compared the sounds produced by these tyros in music to the ''mooings of derauged cow" Had he added the grunting of sick porker the would not be at all oYerdrawn. ......This week has not been marked by any event worth recording, save that Wm. Dakin's horses last Saturday took French leave and ran into Wm Bisselrs fence, smashing part of it, but doing no further damage. Our obliging young tin-smith, William Gilbert Woodruff lies dangerously sick with typhoid fever......Dr. Robert Smith died last Monday night. The bell of the Congregational church tolled sixty six tor his age......The Episcopalians will hold their Sunday school picnic in the pine woodsthis coming Thursday. These woods are delightful for pic-nics, edging he beautiful sheet of water bearing the nisnomer of Nudge Pond. W.