Connecticut western news., 1879-07-02
Cherries are ripening.

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 Cherries are ripening.
 -'Rah for George Washington!
 Clean up your old blunderbusters.
 W. A. Pratt of this place has adopted little boy.
 Rev. Mir. Reid leaves this week for a short vacation.
 -Canaan Valley will have ''private party" July 4th.
 Miss Florence New is visiting friends in Chatham N. Y.
 Several New York summer boarders are expected this week.
 The late rains have washed the Canaan Valley roads quite badly.
 An excursion of nine cars went west through this place yesterday.
 The circus in Winsted last Saturday drew several from this place.
 -ADvERr1sERs are requested to send for eur reduced advertising rates.
 MT. Wm. B. Rudd of Lakeville is rus ticating at the White Mountains.
 Miss Sarah Eddynof Jersey City is wis iting Miss Sarah Adams in this place.
 Mir. and Mrs. Shoemaker of Illinois are visiting at MT. D. L. Freemsn's.
 A barn near North Norfolk was struck by lightning and consumed, last Thursday.
 The family of Deacon Hinsdale of Winchester have moved lnto J. l.. Bragg,s new house.
 Mir and Mrs. Geo. Shaw of Lakeville celebrated their silver wedding last Tues day evening.
 Rev. MT. Mackey will preach temper. ance sermon in the Methodist Church next Sunday night. The Newtown Bee came out last week with patent inside and enlarged to six column quarto.
 Mrs. McGregor of Great Burlington is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Van Deu- sen, In this place. -Millerton will celebrate the glorious fourth on a grand scale. H. Barney will deliver the oration.
 The Yale-Harvard university boat race at New London last Friday resulted in an easy victory for Harvard. The Winsted T. A. B society and the Union cornet band hold picnic at Holly's grove, Lakeville, July 4th. | An excursion from Hartford filling three coaches passed through this place en route to Lakeville Saturday.
 A subscription paper was started a short time ago with a view to raising money I for the purchase of fire hose.
 Judge Fyler held the Common Pleas Court Tn Hartford last week, having ex- changed with Judge Calhoun.
 A social party was given at Mr. Roct's in this place by the young people of Canaan Valley last Thursday night. Hon. W.D. Bishop and wife of Bridge. port have returned from Europe, and the former is much improved in health.
 The oldest living graduate of Yale is Seth Pierce of Cornwall, Conn, of the class of 1906. who was born May l5, 17s5.
 We are receiving considerable encour- agement iu the way ot advertising and sub- scriptiens for our Camp Meeting Daily.
 Miss Georgie Peet, daughter of Hon :. G. W. Peet of this place. is homo from Waterbury, where she has been attending school.
 Henry Terrell. a prosperous farmer in Colebrook, was found dead in 8 hay field Tuesday. He probably died of apoplexy or heart disease.
 The Congregational Church in Kent have invited the Rev. A. F. DeCamp of South Egremont, Mass, to supply their pulpit for one year.
 -Elizur D. Munger of Michigan was in town Monday, visiting MT. c. Humphrey, whom he had not seen in 46 years, since they were school boys together.
 James T. Morgan's house, Winsted. was entered by burglar last Thursday night, but his, presence was discovered in time te prevent his taking anything.
 Mir. Patrick Lynch of Canaan says that if anyone wishes to see the champion piece of corn, he will be very happy to show it to him and tell him all about it.
 The 'driven well'' man was in this place last week and called on the owners of driven wells, collecting the royalty of $1O. for each we'll in use. 'sAll's we'll that ends we'll"
 -''The day we celebrate is to be appro- priately observed at Falls Village, Twin Lakes, ''the Christie Hannah place." and by the Methodists with festival in the evening.
 New Milford will have g special force or constables on duty the night before the fourth to prevent . repetition of the last years rowdyish actions of their 'patriotic" young men.
 Tobacco culture is receiving increased attention in the vicinity of Great Barring ton. Several farmers are already engaged m It and find ready market for their pro- duction at New Milford.
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