Connecticut western news., 1878-05-02

chimney! l2xl4 feet at it's base, feet
 square on the first floor and in the same
 proportion to the top. Such huge timbers
 in the frame of the building! Tradition
 says that one Peter Chapin, with a yoke of
 cattle, drew stone all of one summer for the
 chimney and cellar wall the truth of that
 however, we will not vouch for. In the
 construction of the building, wrought iron
 nails, hammered out by common black
 smith, were used, the lath were rived out,
 all of which goes to prove the industry of
 our forefathers, and that ln building they
 built strong and we'll if not wisely. MT.
 Gaylord. who has lived on the place for
 tWenty-tour years. is making preparations
 to build new house on the site of the old
 one Ezra Langdon and John Kehoe, first.
 class stone mAsons, are building Ihe founda-
 tlon and have it nearly ready for the sllls.
 J. B. Pettis and c. N. Cook, carpenters and joiners, who know their business and do it
 too, have the frame ready, and we shall ex- pect before the close of the week to see the
 new frame up. Wonder if we shall get
 bid to the raising! X.
 sharon.--Prof. Frost preached an able
 sermon in the M. E. church on Sunday
 last. The day being very stormy the reli-
 glous services in the afternoon and evening were failure. The prospective Episco-
 pal minister has made 8 trial trip to Sharon
 and was much pleased. He will settle
 among his people soon.......... We learn the
 Congregational people are making an effort
 which bids fair to be successful, to put an
 extension on the rear of their church, for
 the purpose of holding devotional meetings'
 &c..... "A. c. Woodward & Son are estab-
 fishing branch store at Amenia Union
 David Woodward will be the proprietor
 Peter Kinney the clerk..........T. L. Norton
 gave fine temperance lecture in the Town ( Hall on Wednesday evening before fair
 audience. MT. Norton was importuned to
 repeat the lecture or give another, which we
 think he consented to do. Did he not
 We are promised speaker at the next un.
 ion gathering which will be next Monday night, but have not learned his name......... Several lady teachers went from thus place l GO Sduddu 1dSl WOCh kO dtlCuO luO tCdCACfS
 institute. They report profitable and pleasant time.........OuS butchers have been having stirred up time lately. Van De. , voort $ Dakin have tiled to dissolve, or set : tie up, or do something, in consequence ot 7 which we have been fed on veal until
 the calves have all passed to the other land, 7 and still they are no nearer business. We hailed with delight the beef cart of our old friend Whitney, as he passed through the : place last week, but good meat market is great convenience here and we hope ours will soon be in running order......Dr. Betts, r having reaped the tooth harvest in this place, has gone to another field..........C. O. Gordon has been very ill for few days , but is able to attend to business again. ...... The Fairbanks scales are being moved from the Centre of the street to the head near the drug store...". IL. A. Bates was 1T New York last week, and judging from tht
 loads of goods which nave been carted tron 5 the depot and the display of the same in tho t spacious store of Reed, Bates & Co.,, we l should judge he brought good share oi New York home with him. The merchants l all seem to be doing fair quota and things : really look little brighter. Oh! this aw g full stsgnation of business. Will we evel ] wade through it t?....Many are in New York l this week; some on business, some fol l pleasure. Mrs. Geo. Coles, the dress. mak 3 CT and MT. Bouton, the milliner are there g selecting styles, each in their ine........ Mis- - Julia Reed spent few days of last week ir ] the city Miss Belle Terrette and Mis- 3 Georgie Vail have returned to Sharon. w
 Frank Dakin has commenced running hil 3 milk train through the villag@, which is 9 great blessing to the cowless popuation.... f Mrs. l. N. Bartram has been in Bedding. .. Myron Whitney has gone west again........ l Hattie Hotchkiss has returned to Mt. Holy l oke where she is attending school......E. F Gillette Is in New York this week. Mrs. { E. B. Reed, Mrs. Dr. Knight and Mrs Maria Cowles are also there...... Will. Baker ? has been ID Poughkeepsie few days. ...... MT. and Mrs. Geo. Chase are in New York ......Mrs. Williams, mother of the late Mrs George Kelsey, leaves Sharon this week fol Michigan, her former home. ARoANUM.
 West Cornwall. evening, 2I, the Chapel was well filled with people tc listen to 8 temperance address by D. c.
 Lawson of Willimantic. The lecturer
 gave vivid account of his experience, an6 as he is reformed drunkard it was very
 interesting, and his story was very affect ing, and had the power of bringing the au dience in sympathy with him. At the
 close ot the lecture it was announced thai
 Mir. Lawson would speak on the same sub ject the following night If wanted, and to
 get at the feeling of the audience. all those
 that were in favor of it were requested tc
 rise, and everybody in the house rose Monday evening after the lecturer haC talked awhile to the moderate thinker, il ) was announced that there was pledge. Il , was read and those that wished to sign were invited to come forward where two tables
 had been arranged for the purpose, and bt.
 fore the meeting had closed, over ninety !, had signed the pledge. At the close of the
 meeting 1t was suggested that all who had
 signed, or intended to sign the pledge, to I meet in the small room in the Chapel, bat
 on coming together the room would not
 contain them, and the audience room was opened, 30 more names were added, and
 officers elected. ......Prof. Northrop, Sec
 retary of the State Board of Education, de-
 livered very interesting lecture in the
 Chapel on Wednesday evening, on "Vil-