Connecticut western news., 1879-01-01
? est CornyJers.

Boss thing out those Lester, Holley X Rogers scroll saws at Porter's.
 Mir. Editor, how does that new overcoat dt?-Was It an ulster or a sack?
 Yes, it was. Couldn't tell exactly how it would fit, 'cause every time we got a chance to try it on, the owner was look g.-"JoHNNY."
 Prosecuting agent Herman was here las, week and raked A. Miller ana w H Porter over the coals. The former plead guilty and was fined $l and costs. Porter plead not guilty, and had trial Thursday after noon, the results of which we have not as- ceTtaiDed.
 A saw mill, turning lathe. buzz saw and drilling macblne are in full blast m this vii age, superintended by one of our enter prising men, The way saw-dust, shaviDgs and lrcn-filipgs fly about section in the Sd Ward is caution 10 all of the uuinitatt d to keep away. PROFESSOR BINKs. New Marlboro.
 Prof. Frost is supplying the pulpit at Mill River. The Rev. s. K. Free has resigned hls pastoIate of the Soutbtield church. Any lessemng of our numbers Is unwel- come, but this loss will be felt in mauy points. A ready and exact expression, a fine aesthetic culture. an active human in- terest aud sympathy have made his pres ence felt in thls and surrounding communI- ties durlng seven yeaIs as citizen, pasto, and preacher. It IS reported that he will spend the winter st Stafford SprluRs, Conn., | New Milford.
 Our tobacco dealers have now more tbai POO men employ ed m asserting and pacSlns | aud the work Is being vigorously pushed. ] They have bouehtssome crops lu the Conn., Valley, which are shipped via. Conn. Wes- tern and Housatonlc roads to be handled | here.
 The Catholic fair proved financially C \ success, as it could scarcely be otherwise with the management adopted. Some of the hands Tn the button shops are working over time. aud thIs with the tobacco money Tn ejaculation has made trade lively for the past three weeks. l Christmas passed very quietly. Plenty of family parties. but little m the way oi public gatherings.
 1 Ice has closed over the rlver, aud oul ice-deaIers anxlously await further devel. opements, .. canaan Valley
 We have been having some very good SGT ! mons from Rev. $. k. Free. He IS mat ot very hberat vlews, advances new ideas md sets people thinking tor themselves.
 Johu Spaulding IS taking his milk ant chat ot others on the way over to Taltl l nf Ina far about here think of tIylnR it next season. Charley Briggs believes ill keeping pel
 ectly cool the year around, and 50 IS build lng an Ice house.
 Postmaster Brlnton thinks we may lcs' the office, as 1t IS an expense to the govern
 neDt at plesent. Letters should be posted uere Instead of belng sent to Canaan.
 We think we have the champion turke, shooter here. Wm. Cantield brought hon., from Hiilsdale seventeen turkeys last weel winch he talked turkey to at 8 distance o l one hundred and twenty-five rods. Shoul, Unlnk they would commence to gobble ul there sooA, as he brouk ht ten from th same L4ace Thanksgiving.
 The boys of this place gave privat, l party Friday evenlnE. Dec. 2Oth winch wa A l nave d cuuipauy LnuL the most fastIdlou couIu not uenue, sent out invitations t, Chose that We're wanted, which caused I some to take ohense, aud so some that ha, uo invitation to eXerclse Jlelr toes, com 4 menceu With thelr tongues ln the way O. 1 reporting falsehoods about Ihe affair. Wa, A that quite right There must be some thing very tasclnatinR about the hablt O. I slanderlng, or some people would not per \ slst Ill 1t as they do. Can'L Edison lnveu1 some way Oi clvIilzIng themf
 FAIR PLAY. A happy New Year, ''Johnnyw
 Mss Allce Boynton and Miss Alice Still
 man are slowly improving.
 Post master O. H. Wolcott is again yer, low, having had hemorrhage of the lung last Friday.
 We noLlce the s'intermission services" a Capt. Shepard's horse sheds have again re sived. The 4ature of this service may b' unknown to many, but we judge from tn, unweartd attention of the audience, ,and tn, "Nettting" voice of the orator, that tht
 lone of these meetings is sOmew hat differ ent from those for which this day WAS se l apart.
 The death of MT. Chas H. Mills has Cast gloom of sorrow over the entire com l munlty, and worse than all, to think tha, one of our most respected citizens should be stricken down by worthless dog, is Dough to make every man, woman ano ci,lld in Norfolk rise and open war upon al he canines that come within their reach On the evening ot Nov. 5, last, a strange log drove flock of sheep belonging to MI' Mills, into his door-yard, and Mir. Mills, II order 10 save his sheep, tried to drive the dog off, but not succeeding. he finally Inan. aged to coax the Qog within his grasp, snC got hold of him, when suddenly it snapped l at him, pie rcing the skin on the feshy par, of the tbum b, after which it escaped, and has not been seen or heard of since. Mir. Mills thought little of it at the time, the dol uot appearing io be mad, but accepting the advice of friends, he called upon Dr. w. W. Welch. but not finding him at bome he consulted Dr. John Welch of Hartford, who was in town. We will say here thai for many years inc "Welches" have had in their possession Il recipe that Wiil prevcE, hydrophohia if taken in tin e, and it proved itself SO sure some time ago that they nc longer kept it secret, but gave it to any physician free of charge. MT. Mills was advised at this consultation to take some of this medicine. but the Dr. did not think it was anything serious; so Mir. Mills thoh best not to pay any attention to it, and thought no more about it until early in De cemhpr when two of his sheen were taken