Connecticut western news., 1877-08-31

AAStSA rlngton Wednesday, bleeding from a wound. He is supposed to have been stabbed by ore Thomas Gibbons, with whom he was in company. Both had been lntox!c1ted since the night tefor,. Gib- 3ons was arrested and lodged in the lock- up.
 shefield.-The camp meeting excite ment IS over and We return to our usual avocations.- Items from Sheffield seem to have found no place in the NEWS of late Perhaps the fault may be partly mine, though 1t has been an unavoidable neglect ot duty. hope your other Regulars :" may have had as good excuse. The lec- lures gwen here two weeks slnce by Rev MT. Oakley was worthy special report put your correspondent was out of town at the time for reporting, though we all had the pleasure of listening to this most inter. estlng lecture. MT. Oakley has the happy faculty of carrying his hearers with him when he narrates hls travels. and certainly we felt after listening to him, for two hours i've wished it were longer) that we had really been to Rome, seen the wonders of PomDeii, and climbed the summit of VesuV1us. so real were bis word pictures If ever Mr. o. lectures again in Sheffield ne Will draw more crowded house, even though the night may be stormy. The Sunday school concert was fine success. and the interest ID these concert gather. 1nRs increases -.-The Ladies'Aid Society of the Congregational church met at James VaDDeusen's on Wednesday last, and full sixty was the1r number. We hear that their next gathering will be at Willis Bartholomew's where all who have been once are sure to go again, for his busy Wife excels in hospitality. Camping out seems to be all the fashion these days, large parties from here visited the Lakes for that purpose last week. Walter Briggs and friends propose to spend few days at Lake Buel this week. A man living on the eastern borders of Sheffield boasted tAat one week ago Sunday he drew into his barn twenty loads of oats and said he had "got the start of the Gre. ator who sends rain on the crops. for one day any way" This in Christian land!
 Cream Hill, Cornwall. Have you for gotten us up here on Cream Hill? We have pretty good opinion of ourselves and don't like to bC sighted, and I do not remember to have seen anything from this region for long time past. We are still maintaining our right to be call-d the Cream of Cornwall by the amount and quality of milk sent to the city by the beauty of our landscapes, and by the char acter of the people. Our lake, is like a sheet of glass in these calm days. One can fish in it as long as in any body of wa ter in the State. To be sure but few fish are caught, but that is matter of little consequence. Almost every one comes back minus fish, to be sure, but with a won- derful story to tell of the big four-pounder bass that was hooked, s'that we got just up to the edge of the boat," that then broke the hook, etc., etc. The poor fishing IS undoubtedly owing to the continued low state of the water that shuts the fish away from the fringe of rocks around the shore, their natural hiding and breeding places Filling up the outlet so as to raise the wa ter about four feet would improve the fish, ing, boating, swimming, the ice product, and be no damage to any one. Wonder if this cannot be done....,.By the way, don't remember 10 have seen any account of our school kept by Kitty Rogers and recently closed. You know that our school house, gothic roUfod, we'll painted, with all mod ern improvements, with the large shade trees behind and the broad play ground in front, is one of the best in this or any other state; and the district have pride in hay ing the school equal to the house. As a sample of facts that came out at the recent examination, give these: Masters Willie ther of them been absent day, Eor tardy for oyer year. Twas going to speak of other things of Ike kind, but conclude to wait until some one else can equal the above. Beat this and we will try to tell you something better. A NATIVE.
 Cornwall Btidge.-FR1END PEAsE:-As you have had nothing lately by way of news from Cornwall Bridge in your valua- ble paper, feel like making an apology for my delinQuency......W have of late been highly favored with frequent show CTS which have been very beneficial to the farming interest in this section; the later crops promising bountifully: tobacco, corn, potatoes, etc...... .Russel Blerce has been so fortunate as to become the owner of the olo I'd kkT Canada, where she has a record of doing fair justice to old Columbus, of which she is descendant The daily trains bring us here numerous arrivals from the cities, who scatter throughout the rural parts of our town. Among them we have noticed Col Zimmerman, of Troy, N. Y., accom- panied with his two attractive sisters, and stopping at the residence of the Beers Brothers. Frequently they have been seen galloping through our streets on horseback, and evidently enjoying themselves much The Colonel is apparently egotistical a: his skill in breaking colts to the saddle. An ong them, and stopping at the same place, are the daughters of Chief of Police Chamber lam of Hartford, who have not been less conspicuous in the saddle, or on other oc- casions. The party combined, headed by the Colonel, last Friday took trip to Go shen fishing, and returned more than sup piled with the innY species, some of which they had to bury......Myron Willard mel
 with an accident while stringing tobacco
 last week, cutting his right hand severely deprived of attending camp meeting in con
 sequence of kick, received from one ot
 bis favorite horses ...No services were
 held Ill the M. E. Church on Sunday; ever
 body almost, attending the camp meeting