Connecticut western news., 1879-03-26
CORRESPONDENTS.
ChapiMVi1le.


 
 MT. J.G. Landon and wife have gone 10 New York on visit for few days. They went by the way of the Housstonic railroad. The beautiful and picturesque scenery over that route seems 10 have a charm for DOT ticn of our travelling community.
 The Trustees sale of the p"rsonal prep erty of Edwin Nc Neil occurred on Satur- day the 22d inst. Property brought fair prices generally. The farm is sAid to be occupied ny I. P. Nc Neil the coming year. An auction sale of real estate in this will lage, of Chas. Wolcott came if on Friday last Place sold for $lOoO to l. I. Landon. Mrs. E Stillson has returned to her home | in New York. o. o. Falls Village. l Geo. w. Hall and Geo. A. Randall have returned from New York, where they have been after spring goods. Walter Kellogg of Battle Hill is the hap py father of pair of boys. We congrat- ulate him.
  form last Saturday. and wss about 10 un load his milk, when his horse took fright at passing team and started on a run, throwing out F. ank and cutting his head quite severely, apilllng five cans of milk, and completely wrecking the wagon. Luck fly the horse escaped uninjured.
 j. A. Syle of Albany, N. Y. will under take to accomplish the feat of walking fifty miles in ten hours in Citizens Hall, this place on Saturday the 29th Inst. e There in the evening. Fuckers cornet band vii! furnish music in the evening. X Cornwall.
 News is scarce, mud is plenty, colds abouud. Several of our people have severe colds bordering on !evere, anS our popular M. D. has lots of work.
 The Alger Institute is undergoing cxten- sivs repairs, and will be open for the re- ception of boarders by May 1st. The painting is done by Mir. John OBrien of Sue field, and we understand MT. Smith of the same place is coming to put on the fan cy touches within few weeks. The man. agers are going 10 issue prospectus short ly, and that is @ some what difficult job, as there are % many attractions in Cornwall that it is a hard matter to par,icularize whether to speak first of our noble p:ne groves, our trout brooks, our smooth roads, our handsome young tactics, or the extreme longevity of the elder ones is a perplexing matter. Certainly one thing is true there is no place this side ofihe grave where more perfect quiet can be found than in Corn wall. No Chinese. DO mosquitoes. no gin mil TOT anything inst is noisy.
 MT. Geo. A. Kerman has purchased the statuary which was too cumbersome for the former proprietor to It move, and is using il to adorn the grounds of his surburban res idence on North main st.
 Laundering Is the chief employment foI ming to their fullest capacity, turning sever al thousand feet daily. K. Y.Z South Canaan.
 The school in th,s neighhorhood closed on Friday the l4Ih. Mrs. Burgu is an ex- celIent teacher, favorite alike with par enis and scholars. Rev. Mir. Moore ex- changed with the Rev. Mir. Fitch of Corn wall op the 18th. Mir. Fitch administered the communion. The church was or namented by beautiful Johnsonian lily, belonging to Mrs. Mary Wilcox.
 Spring does not seem to be coming in this vicinity, at least the weather is not very spring-like. and the birds are evidently re- gretiing premature appearance. Quite an alarm was occasloned on Thurs day evening by the report that Miss Phemie Blodpett had swallowed nutmeg, and had sent for the doctor in haste. Meanwhile $ ueighber went to the rescue, ard found the girls had been eating nutmcgs. After eat Ing a nutmeg and 3 half, she was seiz. C with great distress and became very muci alarmed. thinking she was dying. After taking an emetic she was soon relieved. | is said the doctors first query YVES, "How many nutmegs does it take to season t young lady ?" After his arrival she Wal soon made quite comfortable, though sb, will doubtless remember the fright for some time.
 Mrs. John Ely Ensign of Tennesse, | former resident of this town. is visiting bel friende here, and attended church at Soutl Canaan on Sunday. X sharon.
 Rev. H. c. Humphrey breaches his las' s-rmon tor this conference year next Sab bath. He is .xpected to return, this being the second year of his ministry to the Shar on people.
 The sociable at M. F. Whiiney's last "Wednesday eve ming WAS successful in every respect, the receipts were sixteen dollars. On Wednesday evening of this week ihe same people will meet at the house of Cy- rus Brown on Sharon mountain, where $ good time is m. vitabe.
 The Congrs gational people met last Tues day evrn,ng st the house of F. A. Hotch kiss, Sharon Valley. and hao a very social time. To-moIrow (Tuesday) evening, they will meet at Mrs Rugs for the same pur pose.
 The Amenla dramatic society gave very fine entt ri ainmeUt In the town hall on Fri. day evening 2lst. The attendance wrs small from the village, yet very select and appreciative.
 | W. J. R Moore is spending a short va cation in P0ughkeepsie. He will coptinue his duties as teacher of the Valley school through the summer.
 Mrs. Rehecca Fitch, who has be en spending the winter at I. N. B.rtram's, has returned to Lakeville.