Connecticut western news., 1878-08-15

square on the head when he touched ID the cider drlnkers, and those that furnished clder to their workmen. His remarks were | timely and right to the polnt- =. The first city boarders of the season came to our viii lage last week and are stopping with | Landlord Miller at the Mansion House. The arrivals seemed to create quite an ex- citement: aud all the talk has been th,s last week about our city boarders. Now what is the use of all this excitement 7 Just keep cool and play croquet-. Quito a number of our young people, including the
 butcher. the tailor and timer, and the law
 yer and our little doctor went on the ex
 curslon last Friday ..B. J. Bradley has got cargo of those nice carriages and George is agaln on the war path .Whor-
 tleherries are drug at five cents a quart
 and everybody, young and old, goes berry,, lng.. States Attorney Huntington and wife are visiting with Mrs. A. D. Warner.
 ....George H. Oldfeld played baseball last Saturday. He managed to get to chuIc b last Sunday evening by the help of his
 mother and a cane. B.
 SheffieId.-
 Owing to the continuance of the wet
 weather, having is backward. Heavy oat crops are nearly Tuined...... Frank Tut
 tie. son of Leonard Tulll; IS hoine from
 for nearly 30 years. Tickets for the exc
 cution of Ten Eyck have been given to
 Lewis $. Parsons, H. NJ. Higgins, Asa Lit
 tie, Dr. Smith, Dr. Train, Charles Callen-
 der, Charles StiIlman and Deputy John G.
 Smith......Jobn M. Benj ,min is an indors-
 CT of Landon & Co.'S. paper to the amount
 of six or eight thousand dollars. .... The usu-
 al number of visitors and summer boarders
 are in town, snd picnics ID every direction
 are the order of the day.. Several fami-
 flies are camping out down 10 the Twin
 Lakes, and many visitors drive tEere every
 day......The hotel is full of boarders, ald
 some private houses have all they can ac-
 commodate.. Misses Rogers. Doffiu and
 Melen are making their annual visit at Mir.
 Dutchel's.... Theodore Peet is spending
 his vacation at his grandmo' her's.... Judge
 Havlland of New York accompanied his
 daughter, Lena Haviland, to Sheffield, and left her to stay few weeks with Miss Ad-
 die Field who is spending the summer at
 home...... Miss Nellie Porter is visiting at
 Judge Bradtord's 's...... Mrs. Leonard Futile jr and babe of 5 months are visl:ing in this
 vicinity, intending to go back to Mississippi
 in the fall.... There is very little sickness
 in town this summer, and physicians have
 tune to rest......Mr. Albert Curtiss is hav-
 Ing the inside of his new house painted by
 M. J. Smith who has calls in all directions.
 as there is no one in this part of the coun-
 try ewho can compare with him ln grain
 ing and decorating. ......... .........
 Rev. Mason Noble and family are occupy. ing a tent at the lakes for few weeks..... Rev. Mr. Hunt and family have moved down to thelr cottage on the camp giound to remain until camp meeting commences Some other families are doing the same. G. f Falls Village.-- v Mrs. Mark Barnum, (wife of engineer Bar
 num), and son have been visiting in town, but
 nave left for Pittsfeld Mass. Fl. J. Lloyd
 wife and daughter of Sharon, have been ma king T. Fuckers family visit. P. Van
 Volkenburgh, the Broadway dry goods mer. . chant, accompanied by his family, stopped at . the Dudley House on Friday evening, and
 passed the night. They are taking drivf
 through the country in a private carriage. Geo. Beeden and John Potts got into an alter. :, cation on Friday eve. and finally came tc
 blows. Nobody was seriously injured. but the 7 denizens of 'sBlack Alley were furnished 8 : little diversion free of charge. One of Chas Hanchett's horses kicked herself over the
 traces the other day while standing at G. w Halls store house. No damage. .. Eugene La Bree managed to collide with Jno. Bar. . num's team last Friday. Eugene was driving ; Robt. Little's milk team, and the wagon wal , pretty heavily loaded with cans. The conse = quence was, Jno. got ''upsot" but was straight . ened out without any damage being done to either party. P. M. Jaqua our popular tax collector, and Hon. Levinus Deming had some pretty hard words in front of Citizens Hal on Saturnay afternoon. It seems the doctor had decided objections to Levinus putting his steers in his (the Dr's) meadow, and remon
 strated with him, but caught 'startar".
 Willie Wolfe has just returned from twenty.
 seven months cruise on whaler. Thirty
 three persons went from here on the excursion Friday, and report good time Two young men who walked down from Canaan, missed : the excursion train by about one minute. The holiday spirit was strong within them how ever, so they took the Special for Pittsfeld avowing their intention of having ''racket' ' anyhow. They say one of the excursionist' got a "burdock in his hair" Huntsville has had first class sensation in the form oi
 an elopement. The much persecuted couple had been frustrated once by the intervention of the young lady's guardian, but nothing daunted, tried again and were this time sue cessful. Contrary to the old time usage, tht ! fair maiden didn't come down & rope ladder to be gathered into the arms of her beloved 6 but jumped from the back stoop to the ground and tumbled in cheap" No bones were broken however, and with the kind assistance of sympathizing neighbors, the couple were . carried of in whortleberry wagon to gel
 the knot tied. Another grave illustration O the fallacy of trying to ''stem the current oi ; true love-. Miss Grace Parker of Hart U ford is visiting Miss Mamie Wetherell il Huntsville. U. H. Miner and wife are at Sar atoga. ". L.. Brown, Eugene Brown and Fl ma Bartlett are rusticating at Twin Lakes. .. E. I. Dudley has returned from his trip te
 Granby. -. Rev. F. J. Belcher and family,
 together with many others, has taken up theil . abode at Pine Grove Camp Ground, to remain - until after the meeting. The roads, since s the rains, are in most horrid condition, and : need immediate attention. CLICK. ' Subscribe for the Daily News.
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