Connecticut western news., 1879-09-17
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 Nearly all the summer boarders have left town.
 -Winsted had baby show recently, mus tering 54 babies.
 Some correspondence unavoidably left out of this issue.
 Miss Nellie Andrus is teaching one of the schools in Salisbury. Willard Reid has entered Phillips Acade- my at Andover, Mass. The questionable Rock House. at Win sted has been 'pulled."
 -Copake has hog said to weigh over seven hundred pounds. The coming winter, it is predicted, will be long and hard one. -Cummings' meat market is to be occupied the coming winter by A. Ives. The Cong. Church of Sharon, has called Rev. E. K. Strong of Clyde. N. Y. The M E. Ladies Aid Society have meet ing tomorrow p. m. at Miss Odell's. A positively no admittance" partition has been put up in the Post Office
 A little son of J. B. Reed recently stuck an iron rake tooth through his foot.
 Alvin Ferguson of this place, is with G. N uon T1,l1 VI.
 The Landon Go. property will be sold atsauction at Chapinville next Tuesday. A kicking horse made kindling wood of one of Warmers buggies the other day.
 Pie apples are selling for $1 per bushel in this section; some change from last year.
 An excursion from Windsor passed over the c. W. R. R. to Lakeville last Thursday. A Bridgeport man walks to Hartford to- day, carrying a full set of military equipments. = Bert Moore, former resident of this place, now of Springfield, was in town the other day.
 
 ity, has removed with his family to New York City.
 We had pleasant call from Councilman L. B. Merriam, Esq, of Hartford the other evening. A little girl was severely bitten through the wrist by dog in Ct. Burlington the other day.
 70. W. Bassett of this place has connect ed himself with H. E Wetheren, merchant at Huntsville.
 A six-years old son of Myron Ostrander of Salisbury recently died in great agony from eating poisonous berries.
 Clarence Reid, who has been visiting his father, Rev. L. H. Reid, in this place, return ed to Stamford last week.
 Landlord Warner is to dispose ofa horse wagon and harness by lottery Saturday eve- ning Sept. 27th, at $1 % per ticket. -One Foliotte, the mail carrier between Danbury and Southville, has mysteriously dis appeared and there are suspicious of foul play
 MT. c. Humphreys horse pulled up a post to which be was tied the other day and gave a little circus performance with it on the street.
 The number of post offices in the country has doubled since 1859. Transmission of mails is also much more frequent than before l that time. -Tinman Strong has a fine display of new stoves, among which are tho "Westminster" parlor, and "Astral' range, both wonderfully complete. Rev Samuel Scoville of Norwich. N. Y., Henry Ward Beecher's son-in-law has been called by the Sanford Congregational church at $So0o salary. -Thomas Riley and Timothy Britt, both young men of this place, left Sunday p. m. on the milk train for Virginia where they have situations in view. A blooming damsel called upon to make oath in New Haven law office the other day, blushingly raised her right hand said "Damn it" and sat down. Gilbert Ireland writes to the Rev. MT. Reid that he has passed the examination suc- | cessfully, and has been admitted to Princeton College, Scientific Department. A lengthy article on "The Reform we Need" by Dr. Cummings is in type-and has been for the past three or four weeks-and will ap- pear just as soon as we can make room for it. Albert Burr of Forestville, who was thrown out of his wagon and severely injured last winter by snow piled upon the road, has sued the town of Plymouth for $5,o0O dam ages.
 Read R. Giring's new ad. in another column These chilly mornings suggest the approach of winter, and the necessity of com- fortable clothing, which Girling has, in all va- rieties.
 Ferris Henry's drug store at Tuckahoe, N. r., then in charge of Sherwood Cummings of this place, was burglarized one night last week, and about $5 in pennies and Sher- woods hat, stolen.
 The venerable Dr. Leonard Bacon of New Haven, is the oldest Connecticut Congre- gational clergyman now preaching. He was ordained ins1824. The oldest clergyman in this state of the same denomination who has exercised ministerial functions is the Rev. Joel Mann of New Haven,who was ordained in 1s16. 1