Connecticut western news., 1879-05-14
Falls Village.

 sterling integrity aud a most influential citizen. His funeral occurred on Tuesday the 5th, and was largely attended. G. W. Hall has been repaintlng his house, J. 5. Judd being the "dauber."
 The Crandall House presents . much heater appearance since Its new dress of paint has been laid.
 The Cap sociable at Wm. Dakin's in aid of the Congregational church was an success. A large party was pres Jno. kllmer was unfortunate enough to cut his foot quite badly last Thursday. Dr. Averill attended.
 E. w. Spur received an nvoice of felines 8 few days ago. and tue fact that he has hired Union Park for the season attaches a significance thereto.
 Are we going to have a cat-farmf
 Messrs Capron G Jenks caught fine string of trout last Thursday, the largest turning the scales at 16 ounces.
 The Item has made its appearance again. and IS an improvement on It's previous ls- sues.
 tant alterations at his hotel this week. A gentlemens drawing and sitting room is to be added. CLICK. sharon.
 Ward McArthur, much respected res ident of th1s town, dled at his residence last Friday of consumption.
 The ladies aid society of the M E. church m6U AG bu0 uOuS6 O1 NTB. C6OFk9 SOI6 Ou Saturday afternoon, for the worthy pur- pose of do1ng home missionary work. It is we'll to remember the poor in our midst.
 s. A. Prayer has been out of town sever al days.
 The electric sparks seem to be flying toward Lake Nudge these days.
 Mrs. Merwln lost valuable blooded heifer last week.
 Willard Baker, Esq.,, spent the Sabbath at his home in Poughkeepsie.
 Ire of Tit fiolA few days at his fathers in Caulkinstown.
 Dr. H. R. Williams has just purchased 8 handsome buggy of J. Bostwick. which with his stylish horse from Whitney's
 c. Squires of NorWalk is in town.
 A new pipe and reed organ combined, makes one of the choice variety of instru- ments st the ware rooms of H. c. Rowley.
 Mrs. George Cole. having just returned from New York, is prepared to do first class work III the dress making line.
 ARcANUM. Sheffield.
 Tae funeral of MT. Andrew Bartholomew took place at the M. E. church last Satur- day.
 Uncle Toms Cabln dld not draw full well of the play.
 The entertainment for the benefit of the Library was we'll patronized, and the mu- sic and acting ehclted much applause. The Misses Hunt. Fields, Little and Mac Murry received, as they n'erl!sd, much credit. MT. Preston Hunt recited, and sang finely, beautiful rlece. Mrs. Dr. smith had the principal oversight of the enter tainment, and her talent was sure to make it 8 success.
 People are very busy in thelr gardens and on their farms, and tue nveliest man upon the road at present is MT. Peter Cas- sidy, tax collector. He not only visits man once. but two or three tunes, and re- n1, nN A 'spoor relauon." was amused the other day to hear the funny remarks of some nien who had been called upon by the col lector. Well. said one, Fl can't ralse 2 dime. Resumption hash t got to Sheffield, though thought heard 8 rumbnnR like d cart last night, but 1t sounded awful emptv." Another remarked. He csn't get what man hasn't got. and the whole town IS creakinR on it's wheels for want or mon ey to oil the hubs "A its divll ot aa me, for donJ own thing of my own but bit of pig, and him 1 sold the other day for bushel of COTE to kape with" Il tell you what it is. gentleman, sald man com Ing u to the trlo, "This government has got 10 have the taxes, if you make the brlcks without the straw, and that IS what we have got to do." GAP. Clayton.
 Not many items thls week. What could be expected of us, with every body house cleaning, aud sputt ering because the late season has hindered the.r annual topsy
 Mr H. Gr,fing cf West Cornw wall gave u, an interesting discourse last Sabbath. Hii text was from EpD. vi. IA. We never or hardly ever saw nicer lot ] of fish than Willie Green caught on Satur day of last week, right here Tn our owI | wonderful taking way with hlm when hsf are about.
 Mrs. Geo. F. Smith of Stotssville, N. Y is visiting friends in this village. That veioclpede with It's sable driver must be do1ng thrlvlng business, If ont may judge by tho amount of riding whlci | he does of late Wonder if he hadn't a soon stay in of Sundays. AsTRRIsK. Cornwall.
 The event of the past week has been th, | raising of a large barn on the grounds o the Beers Honse. About seventy people Painter Smith of Sheffield is engaged il finishing off the house inside. and of cours 1 1t IS being dOne m fine style, and whel ] doue it will be as well finished house a any in thls part of the country, aud we ex | pect soon we shall have 8 surplus of board | e,s ID our town, Numerous application have been made for board, and ct there l room for a few more.
 The supply of trailing arbutus havln been exhausted iD this part Of the town. | party OI UHTeG yOduk tdulSS duu koA oAS man started to tnu it III fresh fields ant pastures new, and thereby hangs 8 tale. While they were coming down Great Hil they fouLd that suthln" was wrong; tn horses found it out about tue same tim and Git out" leaving the wagon and jump ing over the fence, the wagon was turned over, and broken all in pieces. The lad1e however, escaDed without much injury but with the drlver 1t was far different He was found unconscious. and all effort l .fGah h1p1O IT lJ of the ladies thought on happy expedlcnt she ran to spring and got her shoe full Q 1 water aud poured It on the young man! head. and To! what change. He lmnedl ately "come to" and inquired alter tn ''posies." Now hereln is developed fac hitherto unknown to the medical profes sion, that few drops of water ID 3 lady shoe will do more to bring back life into young man than all other known remedies
 Corn and potato planting are the ordel of the day. Tobacco, that great staple o1 Cornwall IS yet in it's httlo ped. X. '. z.
 The trial of the Rev. T. Dewitt Tal mage before the Brooklyn Presbytery WA ceac uded last Thursday, aHd resulted il his acquittal. On the final vote slxteeI thought the charges had been proved. fou thought them partly proved, and twenty five were of the oplRion that they were en tirsly unsustained. The trial was altogeth CT a remarkable one. It stranger ha' dropped in upon it without knowing it character, and had listened to it's proceed ings, he would have thought he had got in to a Tombs Police Court, and was listening to lot of pettifoggers and shystsrs. I'm name of the court, as given in the cours of the proceedings seemed s great piece O slasphemy. Nothing could have been nor unlike ia Court of Jesus Christ" One 0 the principal witnesses was Rev. MT. Hath away. who swore that Mir. Talmage haC been guilty of falsehood, and MT. Talmag' swore that he was another. The M0derat or evidently thought that was an extraordi