Connecticut western news., 1878-08-29
Correspondence.
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VNAkkHFNAMkMkk. \ LaKeville.-
 St. Francis Total Abstlnance Society had grand picnic in Holley's grove Saturday, Aug. 17. There were few ofthem that from appearances, did not abstain entirely,
 but with few exceptions, they did noth- | Ing to belle the name of the society -.-... Bates& Landen have just returned from . hshlnR excursion to Block Island ,and Mar thas Vineyard and report 8 splendid time Our district school house, which has been undergoing extensive repairs, will be completed in time for the schools to commence the first Monday in Sept. Ar. Wm. Kane is our school committee for | the ensuing year. OPTIC. | LAkevlRIe-
 Miss Alice Niver has been engaged to teach the primary department of our district school, and Miss Lillie Cleaveland the intermediate. Both schools are to commence the first Mon day in September. =. One day last week our champion rifle shot, Joe. Brinton, shot a mag nifcent bald eagle, which measured six feet, six inches from tip to tip, and weighed eight pounds and two ounces. The bird is to be | AAAoUAVOO pJ uLs IEduk AAl6USc, tu0 VIGIL known taxidermist. Joe did the job with sin gle ball at 40 rods distant ..... The Steel Guards from Winsted will hold target practice at the range of the Nutmeg Rifle Club in this village, Sept 4th. ...., Don't for get the temperance mass meeting to be held here the 5th of September. OPTIC. salisbury
 Arrangements for dedicating the new Town Hall on Sept are supposed to have been completed. The committee having charge of the matter appear somewhat reticent, and it is only by the most persistent inquiries that
 any information can be gathered. The enter
 tainment in the afternoon will be of literary character exclusively. In the evening there
 will probably be dancing, but no refreshments
 are to be provided. William Parks Esq. is
 chairman of the committee of arrangements. . .... Camp meeting was largely attended by
 residents of this section; ITO teams were counted on Sunday night, as they passed thro' , here on their return home. The Congre-
 gational society will worship in the Town hall
 while the interior of their church is undergo
 ing repairs. .Wm. H. Raynsford was elect , ed district school committee at the annual meeting held on the 18th inst.. =. Mrs. Dus-
 sance and daughter of Pine Plains have been visiting at the Barnard House the past week.
 Mrs. D. was so pleased with the appearance
 of the Pine Grove that she purchased hand l some cottage there. .... A hilarious citaen of
 Mt. Riga named Ostrander drove 8 balky horse
 through our streets on Monday night, and
 when in front of Cutting tin store he knocked
 the animal down twice with club as he said, inst tO aD fho h0ve nd &o illY1ofr oto
 method of tanning horses. Our head consta-
 ble and deputy sheriff both witnessed the affair. X.
 South Canaan
 We have not seen in your paper any mo- tice of the death of Miss Margaret Higley, |, the oldest member of the Congregational Church, and also probably the oldest person in town. She died at the ripe age of 99
 years, six months, and le days, or she
 would have completed her century in Jan
 usry next. She came of family noted , for longevity, her grandmother reaching
 the age of 100, and her mother, of 1O2 F There is a picture of her mother at the the
 age of 103, and also specimen of hel @ needlework at that age, preserved by hel s descendants. They were all named Mar
 garet, grandmother, mother, and daughter . Miss Margaret died et her home, of old age D For the last few years she had failed 1T
 both mind, and body, but before that, shs
 was very sprightly and an example to very e much younger ladies. She has walked t.
 church since she was 90, distance o
 about mile and half. She was a lite n long Christian, and though there are foul |. living who remember her as other than n very old lady, it is said she was very en a ergetic, and active in her Christian life, anc
 for many years the leader of the treble, al e it was then called, part of the choir. Int
 Rev. MT. Morse offlciated at her funeral
 The coffin was covered with flowers, alsC with ripe grain. She had been 8 lover O ,' flowers in her prime, and successful in he ,, treatment of them.
 n West CORnwall.-
 if Last Thursday afternoon, while little Char
 lie Butler was playing on ladder in his fath
 ers barn, he fell and struck his head on thu
 barn floor, and lay senseless for almost tw' :. hours. Doctor Sanford was sent for in haste
 
 to consciousness, and we are glad to repor a that the little fellow is now out. Now Charli N look out next time. Mrs. Mary Baldwin, wifi
 of D. B. Baldwin, was out taking 8 carriag l. ride last Friday. Mrs. Baldwin has been con y fined to her house with infamatory rheuma tism, for the last four years, and it is nor d than four years since she has been out of tn
 door yard. We were all glad to see her so ia :. recovered as to be able to take 8 ride, aE' -' hope her recovery is complete. MT. Josepl !! Mallnson and his daughter Jennie, have gone 's to New York to meet Miss Hattie Mallinson ol s her return from Old England . Mrs. Davi le and her daughter have returned to the city. D. Miss Lizzie and Fannie Currie from New York d are spending their vacation with W. H. Por ,e ter. Charlie Miller has bought out F. J. My ;s CTS, and has stuck out his shingle. It read ;o this way "C. A. Miller, Cigar Manufacturer. ID We wish you success, Charlie L.. .Theodor ID W. Dean while ploughing last week, turned ul t. silver piece dated 1746. It is surely an ol, '- settler. .... Temperance meeting in the chap e el next Sunday evening. Now if there is any - thing for the children to do, let them know i d in time, and do not have them leave the meet E. ing as they did last time, feeling as if the, ,- never would try again, and as one of the littl
 girls that took part in the last, was heard t,
 say, that she thought some folks just come t' '- laugh at their blunders, and she would no r give them a chance again. That new par e Tor stove in Cochrane Brothers new store, is a }, beauty. B. l. SOuthHIeId.-
 |, We dwellers on the hills of Southern