Connecticut western news., 1879-10-22
CORRESPONDENTS.
Falls Village


 
 CORRESPONDENTS. Falls Village.
 The business of shipping iron is quite act i've again cars are being loaded as fast as fa- cilities will permit. The farmers find steady employment drawing from the Hunts Lyman furnace company, though at the expense of our roads, which are in exceedingly poor shape and rough.
 The correspondent that mentioned in apoth- CT paper the voters of license as the "baser element" is evidently one of the coming lights of this town.
 The H. R. R. Go. are laying steel rails in place of the old ones near the depot here. Couldn't they reduce their rate of fare to 8 cents mile, then perhaps they could get a little praise for doing one act of fairness to the public; but we suppose the old maxim, corporations, etc., is the answer. Miss Ida Spur has returned from New York, where she has been visiting. Stoves are in fair demand and the village tinman travels along with his shears and iron smiling, for he is ready for the next.
 Landlord Dudley has rebuilt his reservoir to his house and has water just as handy as scan be in case of fire, besides he keeps good hotel so ''they all say that come that way that he takes the cake as good hotel keeper
 Sidney Reed has sold one of his teams and he is looking for better one to take the place of it.
 Ye solitary tramp came to this town anG lay down to rest after having in the usua l quantity of fluid, and his rest was disturbed by the vigilauce of our special police, and they put him in the town lookup and he was sad the next morning; he had gone away by getting open the door which they thought was locked, and he shook the dust of Falls Village from his feet and has assured then l that the place that once knew him shall know him no more. Lo, the poor Tramp. The Canaan jurymen started this morning for Winsted The people of that place vii get justly dealt with if all the towns send as fair jurors as Canaan has to this court. G. A. Randall has fine supply of winter goods, selected expressly for this trade. By the way, George has good eye to style o goods.
 Walnuts and chestnuts are the barter offer ed our merchants, for we have lots of 'em down here and the requisite boys to go and get them on some one else's land. Our hunters complain of the game laws oi the State and will go to the Legislature for Q remedy at the next session. Don't this prove that we need an annual session, just for the hunters
 We have Heublein's beer for sale here now shat license is voted in the place of that un certain 'schenck" of the past, The change is best for purity, we believe, if not for morals X. Kent.
 Everybody is delighted with the change in the weather. We have been so uncomfortable in the dust and the heat of the past few weeks that we are pov quite indifferent that the lettuce is frost bitten. These fresh breezes have an effect upon our social life similar to that of the incoming specie upon business cir, cles, and the social pulse is equally quickened with the iron trade,
 Plans for winter sociables, reading clubs, etc. are eagerly discussed and we again hear the question which is raised every fall and is apparently unanswerable, ''Why can't we have course of lectures this season?' A singing school which has been proposed for several years, now seems likely to become an established fact,
 Meanwhile the new minister" continues to be favorite topic, Rev. Mr. Vorce, well received at first is steadily gaining in favor none the less, perhaps, that he supplements his able and earnest sermons with kindly interest in the individual members of bis con- gregation, and evinces disposition to know them in their homes.
 Bishop Williams was here early in the month and confirmed class of nine persons. On that occasion he gave an excellent dis course, one of his faVorites we believe, on the text, "What is that to thee? follow thou me. :"
 The district school in the village opened last week under MT. Catlin. Rev. Mr. Bar. clay's school on the hill is very fourishing, ap promises to require increased accommo- dations before long.
 The repairs on Mrs Edwards house are be- ing rapidly pushed forward. This will be one of the finest places on the street.
 Recent visitors: MT. and Mrs. Edward Swift of Ottowa, III Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Derby Mrs. Charles Swift and daughter of Poughkeepsie; Rev. Erastus Blakeslee and family, Mr. R. A. Britton. MORN.
 Oct. 20, 1879.
 South Canaan.
 MT. Alpheus Owen died very suddenly near Huntsville on Wednesday last. He was as- sisting his son in coaling and had stopped for dinner. After dinner, just as he was light ing his pipe, he fell back suddenly, dead The funeral was attended at the house, near the church, on Friday morning, and the burial was at Lime Rock. The Rev. MT. Moore spoke from these words, 70, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end" MT Owen was man of kindly, obliging disposition and will be missed by his neighbors.