Connecticut western news., 1879-07-30
CORRESPONDENTS.
Falls Village.
Yours Truly,
 TRAVELLER

CORREsPONDENCE.
 Falls Village.
 D. W. Clarke has returned from his trip to
 Fenwick Grove, and is hard at work again.
 Miss Carrie Sclipp of Bridgeport is visiting
 at J. J. Ferriss
 MT. and Mrs. G. w. Hall and Miss Lucy
 Randall go to the sea shore this week to spend few days. They will be joined by
 MT. and Mrs. c. E. Griffin of Danbury, and
 will make their headquarters with Landlord
 Warehouse, at Milford. MT. Hall has been
 in the mercantile business twenty-one years,
 and thinks it about time to have a play
 spell" His customers will be duly attended
 to by his courteous salesmen, as usual. He
 will spend day or two in New York buying
 new goods, so l7ok out for "rush" and low
 prices.
 A travelling show amused the boys on
 Main st. Wednesday evening.
 Dr.. "Cem" has returned from the shore,
 but will go again soon. "Doc" likes to fish,
 and is moderately successful.
 ''Rockaway Beach," SORCERER.
 Norfolk.
 Dr. w. c. Welch's horse walked off bank
 between West Norfolk and Norfolk the other night, bruising the Dr. some and completely
 demolishing the buggy. The horse was also
 considerably injured.
 The constables are making it lively for the
 owners of dogs hereabouts. Writs are being
 served on the owners of all unlicensed dogs, the costs, etc., in each case amounting to be-
 tween $5 and $7, Here Tigel |, Mrs. Butler is making repairs and improv-
 ing her house.
 Merchant Ryan's safe, which was burglar
 ized last week, was broken open with square
 spikes driven into the door, and blown up ) with gycerne, making hole large enough for the insertion of a chisel, which was em- ployed to break open the combination lock.
 About $25 or $50 was stolen.
 Several more summer boarders arrived at
 Landlord Hallock's last Friday, as follows:
 Mrs. K K. Stannard and daughter, of Water bury; Mary A. Bryan, of New Haven and Hattie H. Bishop of New Haven. MT. Gilbert is putting new roof on his , tailor-shop.
 The Hartford Spring & Axle Co., are run ming full blast and doing large amount ot work, an evidence of returning prosperity MACBETH r MT. G. L. Bramble, our popular station |, agent is talking of a vacation before long. a Frank Hollster, six-year-old son of Mr. Q c. N. Hollister died very suddenly last e Thursday. He left the hay field about 1 l - o'clock, and was immediately taken with a fit l. and died in about an hour. n Rev Mir. Gleason and MT. J. K Shepard S have returned from their excursion to Stony n Point with the Putnam Phalanx. They are
 looking much refreshed, and report grand
 time.
 Summer boarders are constantly coming , and going, some only remaining a week o two, just long enough to get few good sniff
 of Norfolk's most delightful air, while others .s not so hard pressed with business at homo G stay two or three months. The following art .. the new arrivals:
 r NAsL1. OAhy3 AAtlA OlOlO) ". O. b ctIlOy 4NSN ,- Haven; w. D. Hempsted, New London " G. B. Gardner, Syracuse, N. Y.; w. W Q Hardy New York; Wm. B. Wooster ant s wife, Birmingham; l.. Thomas and niece n Hartford; L. Oatman and wife, Hartford l. G. B. Smith, New York; H. and c. N. Weath n erly, Hartford, at Captain Seldon's; MT. anc Q Mrs. Durfee, New Britain; MT. and Mrs Seldom, Rockville, at Miss Gaylords; Rev if Dr. Thompson of Hartford; Rev. Dr. Sprins
 of Lawrence, Kansas; Mrs. J. K Barney o
 Providence, R. I. SPECIAL l. Sheffield
 is Mrs. E. Gore and son from Westfeld are a e Mrs. H. Royce's
 l. Mrs. Jenkins and daughters are at Dr e Peck's.
 1T MT. Abraham Higgins died last Sunday. }, Dr. Grover preached in the Congregations e Church in the morning. and during the ser f. vices gentleman walked up the aisle anC
 asked to be remembered in prayer, and thel
 walked back and left the church The mar I appeared perfectly correct and sane, but ol inquiry we learned that he was considered de I. ranged; if so, I know of no one so much il d need of prayers as one whose reason is leav q ing him, without it is one who, having reason abuses it.
 1 The Twin Lakes are being freely visited / from this quarter and from Great Harrington It also as I learn The boarders at Mrs Roycet d will tent there next week. r, A tent much the worse for wear appeared ,t in front of the Town Hall, Friday D. m. ant
 evening, and if the serpent inside was as large e as the one pictured outside, there was nc e room for spectators; however quite a little Is audience of curious boys and men went in t( n be astonished.
 , The chills and fever abate. The invald u are all out and being congratulated, and tho I'd next thing we learn one after another g( T. through the shakes again. IF man was around selling ''magical cups
 made of quassia wood, said to cure almos e every disease by drinking from them. MT 1t Editor, did Connecticut get them up, do yol S. suppose? He said the water would extrac 6 the virtue and the cup would yield it forever The fact is, quassia is a simple bitter, used a 'r a tonic and can be bought Of any druggist il e. the form of shayings or extract with more le virtue than the cup contains, for 10 cents Y, The cups were fifty apiece and found a ready
 sale at that price.
 E The evening meetings are mostly well at se tended here, but light should be let into the r, rooms during the week and they should bt IF ventilated, especially during malaria, and i " would not be amiss to let in cat occasionally
 to hunt the mice and to support this advice, o will relate an incident. Your correspondent 'O was attending a very lively methodist prayel r. meeting, no matter whether in this town o T. the one adjoining, responses were loud ant Q continuous, and we became interested anC