Connecticut western news., 1879-01-22

friends.
 Rev. MT. Reid of Canaan exchanged with Rev. MT. Moore on Sunday last, admlnis- terlng the communion service at Falls Vil- lage, and preaching Tn South Canaan Tn the afternoon. X. Clayton.
 Snow? Yes. Tn abundance, and some to spare; and yet we move on in the even ten or of our respective ways, regardless of old Boreas' threatenings.
 The ly ccum held last Thursday evening vas we'll attended, although the weather vas 50 unpropitous that no lAdles Yentured Iortu. Tne question tor the evening was l 'R4solved-Ihat the treatment ot the Uni 1 Ced Stales toward the Indians has been jus | tihab.e," and was decided in the negative. The subject for next Thursday evening is .o be, "kesolved-That free trade would be bcAeht to the United States"
 Preaching by Rev. Barden appointed lo Je held on the evening of the 18th was postponed until week later, by reason of ttev. J. Ii. Laue's lecture aL Canaan. We lave also selmons twice each Sabbath by
 different Advent ministers. Added to thes. tXtra services, are our usual Salul.iay even- ng prayer meetings aud weekly class meet 'ngs, giving US vailety of religious servic- ts seldom found in so small village. We learn that Robert Taft is quite ill at he Berkshire House in Ct. Harrington, winch leaves his business at the clay works a the hands of his very competent fore man, Theo. Morris.
 Colds are specially. Mir. B. Curtiss has 'een favored ot late with a very snug affair 'n this line which hs clings to tenaciously.
 Mir. Ed. Wheeler ot DAnbury Is at pres 'nt guest ot Mir. Theo. Morris. Miss Laura Smith returned last Frids, from an extended visit at her brothers, Dr. Il. omltn or onemeld. *.* l CollinsviIke.
 Our ice houses are all crowded with tn. ;leanest of ice aoout foot thick. Ol the 26 marriages ill Canton in 1878, 'nly were solemnized by the Catholic priest. which is the least number for tn, past 20 years.
 James M. Moore, the Canton black smith, was badly kicked Tn the leg by a lorse he was shoeiug, a few weeks ago, 1ut is now getting around again. James E. Lusk. Esq. of Avon, Lovely street, fell from the roof of building Lt Vas shingling Dec. 3OLh, and is still con l ined to his bed from spinal injuries. Scarlet fever IS very prevalent in this sec ton this winter, but not us malignant ano atal as il was three years ago.
 The key Stone Bridge company of Pitts 'urg are putting up one of their brldgee cross the river south of the depot for the New Haven and Northampton Co.,, in plac, 't the old wooden structure. The trains will not be interrupted while building. One If the Workmen on the above bridge eo, 'razy drunk on Sunday, Jan. l2, aud fol Is violent conduct Was sentenced on thre, cunts 10 imprisonment in jail 90 days which with fine and costs, will give him b 'teady home until green grass appears The writer has been seriously !ll with ty- | Dhoid pneumonia tor several weeks, and it | 'till coutiued to his bed, and pencils the oregoiu& items while ly ing op his back. D. B. H. Cornwall Hollow.
 There has been considerable religious in- ! terest here for the past month. Meetings rave been conducted by Revs. Benedict oi Bridgeport, and Smith of Bantam, under
 ne auspices ot ths Baptist State association Aany have gone forward for prayers, anc
 everal have been immersed. W hile 1t !oes not seem right to some that immersion l 'hould take place at this time of y ear, whel tee has to be cut, still it is best every ont should be persuaded in their own mind md no obstacles put in the way. If 1t it l Che Lords work it will prevail.
 Many of our young people attend the ringing school of Prof. Volk at North Cornwall, and are much pleased. If ht
 an infuse some of hIs energy into them il | will be we'll.
 Just what color and kind that new horse
 f neighbor Williams is, it wont be safe t. sy. He has the faculty of getting rid oi us horses in trade, that we never know what he has from one day to another. l. my on wants to ''swop," he is their man. Our schools are making good progress | ,ndeI the tuition of Miss Nettie Harrison md Miss Conslin of Brooklyn; both witt good number of scholars. Neighhor Doughty Is to have ''spell" 0 draw bis wood-pile; we hear the oysters lave been bought.
 General Scott is trying to get up sleigh lde-just where to go we don't hear.
 Two hearts with but 6 single thought" re having rather a hard time us said snow drifts interfere with their usual walk, md that dooT-stone is rather cold; but shy glance" at the meetings make up foi all.
 It's to be hoped that Justice Scdgwick will get his wood-pile sawed before Spring, .e has never been at it for nearly year. 'Brodes" example is contagious.
 WHICH? uiII River.-
 Having beeh appointed correspondent or thls most estimable paper, l will try to to credit to It, and If you will bear with ne. will at all times try and to do justlce | the place, but If through ignorance err, please excuse me. | The outlook tor Mill River has not been | better for period of five yeaIs back, than | tt present.. The paper mills winch for th. l past few years have been running so un- 4teady, and some of the tim not at all, ar, l ,ow running on full time and have numer- l 1us orders ahead. The Brookside mills l nave been running on extra time for few | weeks past, employing theIr day bands ir the finishing mill some IA hours instead of | 10, us usual. The Berkshire Paper Co. have oeen repairing lower mlll, putting in ma