Connecticut western news., 1879-07-16

move to Cleveland, Ohio. She will be missed by her many friends who sincerely regret her departure.
 Constant Jackson has taken pickerel from Canaan pond with hook and line weighing | 4 l2 pounds.
 James Colligan goes to Waterbury, Conn.,, accepting situation in a brass foundry.
 David McGraw, formerly of this place, now residing in Housatonic, Mass, is reported as seriously i'll.
 Leonard Lawrence, who has been suffering from pneumonia at his sons residence in Pitts field, is reported as better and will it is ex- pected, be able soon to return to his home.
 Mumps in District No. are reported from several families. We wish they would wait until after harvest, that we might give them better attention.J BUAH. Sheffield.
 MT. Suydam, son of Mr. Henry Suydam, and his lady are stopping awhile with their par cnts.
 Mir. George Hoadley has accepted the prin- cpalship of public school at Fort Edward.
 Miss Mary Briggs has been on Q yachting excursion ill company with her father, Mir. Walter Briggs.
 Miss Carrie Brown is spending part of her vacation abroad visiting friends.
 Mrs. H. Royce has a number of city board- CTS.
 Mir. Dwight Savage has an attack of bilious fever.
 MT. Lyons former pastor, preached Sunday tl,n NT n preach in the same place next Sunday, and the Sunday after a the Congregational Church.
 Rev. Mir. Noble and family tent out at the Twin Lakes this week. MT. Noble looks weary, and requires recreation. Literary people and ministers are supposed by many to take life easy, but it is a'physiological fact proven, that two hours of literary work exhausts the ner- vous fluid more than eight hours of manual labor. You can testify to this truth no doubt Mir. Editor.
 The funeral of Mir. Henry Coon was largely attended last Tuesday. The minister Mir. Lyons, spoke highly of his amiability and goodness The town will miss this good man, and the neishborhood will long remember him. He left no children, but words cannot express how much his wife will miss him in
 
 taste and industry.
 We miss them, we miss them, the dear ones of
 The treasures we've cherished for years, We call them aiar when sadly alone,
 But they come not for pleadings or tears. But as sure as the sun in its beauty shall rise
 TO scatter the shadows of night So sure sha we clasp the hands that we love, Alive ou the bosom of light CAP. Norfolk.
 Mir. Robbins Battell is putting an addition to his house.
 Mir. and Mrs. Richards and family of Hart | ford are stopping in town. A few cases of humps are reported. Nellie Moore is stopping at Mir. J. R. Big clovis. MACBETH NJ. c. Camp, NJ. D., is spending the summer in town.
 Mrs. Dr, Hinc and Miss Florence Shepard of New York are stopping at Captain John A. Shepards.
 | The Congregational Sabbath School are talking of picnic before long. | MT. sherman Cowles has a pear tree we'll loaded with frmt ; las also number Of blos- sons upon it.
 Harry and Fred Shepard have returned to their homes in New York, after spending a two weeks vacation ill this place.
 Last Sunday afternoon Rev. w. H. Ellis oi New Marlboro, Mass, gave an account of his work among the colored people of North Car. olina, where he has been laborng since last fall.
 Rev. J. F. Gleason started last Monday tC join the Putnam Phalanx on their excursion to Stony Point. He is an honorary member o that organization.
 ] MT. o. II. Wolcott had so far recovered as tC be able to ride out, when last Wednesday he was brought down again by an attack O. hemorrhago of the lungs, though not yer! severe SPECIAL. sharon.
 Ohl the inconsistency of that man Jones, O the New Milford Gazette-the taking man tt task for telling single fish story" has neve been recorded in the annals of history. Sait party, who went from Sharon to Goshen fo the purpose of fishing came home withou brdgging in the least of their success. Wal not this 1 ask, proof positive that their day. sport amounted to small fry" Anothe argument we hold is that one of the part. should be so sensitive on the point and WI conclude that he either came home withou dny or if he was fortunate enough to catch few, it was a rare epoch in his earthly careel- and then his sensitivenoss-but the most pre- posterous thing of all is his application. of thu l old adage, "Still waters run deep," so stf , fishermen catch the fish. The idea of stil waters beneath sach party but we hope ano } trust the reputation of these experieuccc anglers has not suffered, and hereafter, befor } sending our communication, we will certainl 3 consult Jones. Whitney X Thompson are again in the iron r ranks with lot of fine horses which thus fa , have found ready sale. Rev Mir. Ramsey of Amenia preached il the M, E. Church Sabbath morn, Rev. Ml s Humphrey supplying the pulpit of the same il s Amcnia.
 The flourishing school of Rev. T. II. Whale t closed last week. A public exhibition wa
 held in the town hall on Friday evening whic
 reflected great credit on teacher and pupils
 Two prizes were awarded, ono for the schola
 nearest perfect, the other for the best in ol
 atory, Miss Dora Woodward receiving the one Master Willie Knight the other. Marvin, feeling the need of little respt l from his tolls and cares, has been spending
 few days in Canaan. Wakcman has supple 9 his place telegraphical lily, but in angling a , Lake Nudge he is nowhere.
 MT. and Mrs. II. c. Howley were out of tow!
 last week.
 Mrs l.. A. Bates has friends visiting he
 from New York.
 Miss Alma Egglcston of Millerton is witl
 NIr. I z Edwin Frean of Stapleton, l., I. is at Judg