Connecticut western news., 1878-12-18

fish Tuesday instead of Wednesday, the latter being Christmas.
 Merry Christmas!
 Take ours in an overcoat.
 Rev. MT. Whittlesey hes been enlarg ing his horse-barn.
 Rev. Mir. Hallock of Winsted gave an interesting lecture in Salisbury last night.
 The society of Christ Church are to have Christmas tree as usual on Christmas eve.
 The Wolcottville Register complains Of the freight charges of the H. R. R. as courageous.
 While choppipg wood the other day, John Robinson took couple slices off the ends of his toes.
 Boston Weekly and Semi Weekly Tray eller are offered for 1879 at reduced terms See advertisement. 3w23
 THE NEWS henceforth at $l. 50 a year. For particulars read the ''Financial Cues. ion" in another column.
 The Southern Berkshire Christian workers held fellowship meeting at New Marlboro on Sunday, at 3 and 6 p. m.
 Rev. MT. Barden, in order to protect himself from the charge of partiality, vii shortly preach sermon to young ladies.
 The Methodist fair tomorrow night promises to be an occasion of interest and profit, and will probably be well attended.
 The days will be only one minute shorter, and after Sunday ''the days begin to lengthen, and the cold begins to strength en-"
 -.-John VanDeusen's hay baling estab- lishment is running on full time, pressing rye straw, which is a drug on the market at $4. ton.
 -Gov. R. D. Hubbard, Gov. elect Chas. B. Andrews and ex-Gov. A. H. Holley nave been elected honorary members of the Putnam Phalanx.
 Miss Clara Marvin starts next week for Chicago to join her father. We under stand the rest of the family intend goipg West in the spring.
 Last Monday Miss s. W. Adam pre- sented the intermediate department of High school (Miss Fitch's room), with bran new Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
 Charles Lyman, an engineer on the Housatonic railroad, is quite sick with liphtheria at Pittsfeld. His whole family are afflicted with the same disease.
 The youngsters are having ample op- portunity for the development of phreno, logical "bumps" on the ice near Geo. Gill lette's. First skating of the season.
 The South Lee debating club are goire to abolish Capital Punishment again this week. Poor old Cap! Wont somebody in mercy, put an end to his sufferlngs.
 J. R. Johnson, once editor of the New Milford Ray. is to give lecture in New Milford town hall Saturday evening on ''The signs and character of the Times. |"
 MT. Geo. Benedict, who broke his leg few weeks since, is now able, with tho aid of cane, to hobble about the house. hut will not be as good as new for some time yet.
 Robert Perry, foreman at Taft's lime nt MnNlh killed by the falling of an embankment, which caved after him Friday morning. He leaves large family.
 Jay Underwood is projecting a grand shooting match to take place at Sand town" about Christmas, to exterminate the troublesome and insurrectionsrY portion of that outrageeusly scsndslized community.
 -Memters of the Union Agricultural So- ciety will hold their annual meeting at Citi- zens Hall, Falls Village, Thursday, Dec. 19, 1878, at 10 o'clock 8. nc, to appoint officers and other business proper to be done at said meeting.
 Miss Ada Gillette of Torrington, 92 years of age, has complete file of the Hartford Courant from 1764. it's first issue, to the present time. The papers fill one whole side of the room, Is feet wide, and are piled closely to the ceiling.
 Canaan Valley goes one better on the heavy hog question. Last Wednesday Ira Bunnell and George Brinton butchered five hogs which weighed respectively. 421, 462 49O. 546 and 54s pounds, their average weight belng 493 2.5 pounds each. What delicious, greasy pork for boarding house. Ough!
 The bulk of the tobacco crop of the Housatonic valley has been sold, ard is be ing delivered as fast as possible. From A. 100 to 4, 800 cases have been packed in New Milford snd vicinity, and the crop promises to be nearly if not quite as good as last year. The prices obtained are gen. erally satisfactory to the growers.
 Mir. Butler of the board of directors of the Conn. Western road is in Southern Berkshire circulating a remonstrance, to be presented to the railroad commissioners on Wednesday, protesting against the change which the Naugatuck road ask in running the morning train east so as to connect with them at Winsted, thereby breakiI thelr connection with the morning train south on the Housatonic, which will com- pei passengers from Pittsfield and the south part of the county to Hartford and Spring field. to wait in this place an hour and a half. The remonstrance is being extensive ly signed in all the towns south of Pitts