Connecticut western news., 1880-03-17

-Mlllerton has an "Owp club and "Hawk" club.
 New Milford is to organize society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
 Rev. Mir. Reid will exchange pulpits with Rev Mir. Mackey next Sunday.
 MT. C. E. Vroman and bride returned from their wedding tour Saturday evening. HI R. R. Conductor Thomas now runs on passenger trains exclusively, doubling the road daily.
 Representative Daniel Hall of Ellsworth recently showed us 8 copy of the Hartford Courant dated 1779.
 John Mehan, the H. R. R. newsboy has taken position in Conner & Watson's news stand in Bridgeport.
 The Taft property east of Ashley Falls | is to be sold at auction on Friday, April 2. | See adv. in other columns. Last Thursdays snow storm made the l s'early bird' homesick, and the worm still l squirms in peaceful security. Rev. E. J. Giddings of Housatonic ex- changed pulpits with Rev. MT. Reid of the | Congregational church, East Canaan, last ! Sunday. The advance agent for lecturer was in l town the other day prospecting, but wisely l profted by the fate of previous speakers who sibusted" here, and didn't bill the town. Charlie Paul, at Long Island, recently sent his father in this place, lemon raised by himself, weighing three-quarters of a ! pound. Charlie took first premium on his fruits at New York last season. E. Burton Hart of West Cornwall adver. tises in another column to sell his farm stock etc at auction, on the 24th inst He says he has some animals of his own raising and selection that cannot be excelled.
 At meeting of the stockholders of the cheese factory at North Cornwall, it was de- cided to commence the manufacture of cheese this Spring. MT. Lawton, formerly of Gosh en, is to have charge of the factory.
 The Park Central Hotel of Hartford, ad- vertised in our columns this week, is one of the best houses in the city, and it's terms are reasonable. Those from the country, who make it convenient to go to Hartford, on bus mess or otherwise, will do we'll to stop at the Park Central
 The stinker's whistle suddenly subsided the other day, when farmer in backing his hay rigging out of Fuller and Peet's shed, rammed about six feet of the binding pole through the window of the tin shop, and close beside the head of Jess, the tinker, wh immediately made oath"
 -s'Cal" Blodgett has charge of the c. w R. R. Co.'S picnic grounds at Twin Lakes this year, and is preparing for business. Consid erable fishing is being done there at present and some fine specimens of the fnny tribe abound and he has some of the incest fishing and pleasure boats on the lakes
 SCRIPTURE RIDDLE.-The answer to the scripture riddle in our last issue is "Whale.' There has been considerable wild guessing al the solution, one man convincing himself that it was the Devil, and this conclusion he stuck to with such pertinacity that if that distin guished parsonage himself had appeared to him and denied the allegation that "to fallen man he gives great light" etc., he would have said, T know better"
 Clark W. Bryan is to do the mechanical work on garden paper, for New York par %6,T oHG conducting-besides the Courier-the Paper World at Holyoke, and The Manufacturer al Springfield; and with his multitudnous du ties on these excellent journals, he must fine little time for recreation, unless he takes il out in moving the little blocks of the ''15' puzzle while travelling on the cars.
 Special attention is called to Benjamin'I advertisement of musical goods, jewelry, etc in another column. It is as good as feas to look through Mir. Benjamins stock of jew. elry, silver ware, watches, etc., and those contemplating making ye editor present. hold onl we're dreaming again.-Benjami1 has magnificent array of pianos and organs and will sell on miscellaneous or rent at reason " Spurr of Falls Village last week, and he has many friends and patrons In this vicinity
 -Eyangeline's 'Ieap Year Proposal' 1 another column is undoubtedly calculated tc e,vive the matrimonial "boom," and if hel suggestion that the NEWS conduct matrimo nial bureau meets with the appreciation O the "marriageable men," who are in the mar ket, just send on your pedigrees. Evangeline isn't very definite as to the description re quired, but we presume she wants to know whether you are big or small, fat or lean, old or young, the color of your eyes and hair, the size of your feet, whether you snore or take Enuff, and any information of like character you may deem necessary.
 While in Winsted the other day, one of the necessary evils of the NEWS office dropped in on neighbor Pinney of the Press, whom he found scribbling diligently, and smoking his pipe as complacently as if the tardy conscience of the wickedest editor in the state was slumbering to the lullaby of cherubim. Pinney is now printing the Conn. Farmer in connection with the Press, but as the editorial office of the Farmer is in Hart ford, he doesn't mingle the ''unorthodoxy" of 4sfs s