Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31

Asa Ives. blonde; extremely ambitict $; is an ardent admirer of women, and earnest advocate of woman's rights; is a temperance man, and anti-tobacconist; without doubt the champion patent medicine demolisher in this vicinity.
 George S. Dunning. 2O very corpulent; quite local masher; is young, but sound, kind and gentle has never expo rienced the | tender emotion of love, but would like to; is solid on the l5 puzzle. and the ten command ments.
 | Ernest l. Webster. 20; is in earnest | about this matter, and wishes none but bona- | fide proposals; partner with capital would | come nearest his heart Nathaniel s. Stevens. 2I; retired journal ist; venturesome young man; Evangeline in conversing with him must avoid the subject of pedal eXtremitieS. BACH. Norfolk.
 MT. L. Whiting has sold his gristmill prop erty to Gousett & Johnson.
 | Considerable changing about takes place the first of April. MT. E. D. Ives, now board ing at the Norfolk House, will take the house belonging to Fl. P. Lawrence, Esq. George H. Holt goes into the house formerly occu- pied by N. Demars, and Geo. T., Johnson takes the place vacated by MT. Holt, known as the Reyes place.
 Friday morning last, Norfolk was called to mourn the loss of one of it's most beloved citizens, Orlo H. Wolcott, who for the past eleven years has been our pleasant and ac- commodating post master. He funeral took place Sunday, D. m. at the Congregational church. An uncoGlmonly large number of people gathered there to pay their last tribute to the deceased among others were twenty of his old comrades, that followed the body to it's final resting place. The Rev. MT. Geason's touching remarks were drawn from | Isaiah, P chapter, verse: "Not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle." The follow ing is partial account of the pastors brief history of the valuable life that has just de- parted: Orlo H. Wolcott was born in this town February 18, lS39 At the age of 22 at the commencement of the war; enlisted with thirty five other Norfolk men in com
 pany E, Qormed by Captain John H. Dewell of this place) lth regiment, Connecticut vol
 unteers. While with Gen. Burnside iu his
 North Carolina expedition, he was taken sick,
 and compelled to leave his fellow comrades
 to face the bayonets of their opponents
 While he was taken to the hospital, and there
 after slight recovery he served his country
 as best he could, acting as clerk in the hos
 ptal. Many times he nursed and bound the
 wounds of those he had stood by during some i
 has suffered virtually for his country's sake. , Many times he has been at the point o
 death. Day after day he has drawn himsel
 to the post of duty, when other men nigh call themselves unable, with not a murmul
 from his lips. The bereaved family have tht heartfelt sympathy of the whole community
 and also the afflicted father, now residing il Ripon, Wis., who but six short months agC ) was called to mourn the loss of younge
 son, and now the last and only child has beer
 called away. SPECIAL
 New Marlboro.
 ) Spring term of the South Berkshire Insti ute began Monday.
 The funeral of Miss Mary Fitzpatrick wa } largely attended from the Roman Catholi
 church in Mill River Monday of last week She was IT years of age ard for the last fe1 years has been a constant sufferer from con 3 sumption. A few days before she died, sh 3 was taken with the measles, which probabl shortend her days.
 One day last week while some men wer
 using the team of MT. Madison Adams, i Q some way or other, one of the men chopin
 near the wagon, accidentally cut off the chor in one of the horses hind .legs n Miss Dr. J. M. Hartwell is to move to Gt
 Harrington, and occupy the office made vacar + by her brother, Dr. F. w. Hartwell, WI,
 moves to Rochester, N. Y.
 t The lace shop of Southheld, is fast bein r moved to Mill River. INo. 6 Canaan Valley.
 V Geo H. Brinton has just recovered frol
 the humps Three or four others have ju: . taken them in.
 !, Wm. G. Brooks is suffering from an attac a of the measles having only just recovered frol
 the humps. : !, Wm. Thompson has his household goot
 packed ready for removal as soon as he ca ' learn which train he will be on.
 News is scarce this week. No more firt y at this writing unless "Evangeline" had ki
 died @ fire Tn somebody's heart; but don't cou o up here nobody here but Moses, and
 wouldn't have you. If you can't find asuit
 in the list of last week, with their noble re I. ords, turn your gentle eyes toward Fast Ga e aan; you will find whole mess on em ther i'd nENADEE. ia Ct. Burlington.
 t- Charles J. Potter takes aclerkship in Cit store, A, S. Fassett proprietor. Edwin ,h Strong who has been in the City store for r: years leaves this week to take a position le the store of his brothers in Vail Iowa.
 Doctor Hartwell, who has been Tn Rarrin, ,; ton for the past year, has gone to Rocheste = N. Y. to take an office left vacant by tl h death of prominent physician. is Valentine Frein, who has been in Hous ct tonic as bookkeeper in Monument mills, talk,
 a position in the City store for the comit . year.
 # # The lady voters did not put in an appea n ance at town meeting last week. z.