Connecticut western news., 1880-09-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
Goshen.

Rev. Robert Norton of Lockport, N Y. oc- cupied the pulpit Sunday, and conducted a bible reading in the evening"
 Mir. Wm. A. Kelley, former resident of this place, died at Litchfeld last Thursday, and his remains were inferred here on Satur- day. He was 9l years of age.
 Prof. J. H. Nlemeyer of Yale College, who has been boarding at Mrs. Stockings, has re. turned to his home in New Haven Asaph Hall of Harvard University is visit ing at MT. Lyman Halls. Mir. Wm. Stoddard of Norwich, N Y. has arrived at MT. Morses. His wife has been here some weeks
 Mrs. Joseph Palmer and Mrs. J. P. Porter leave home this week for visit to New Ha- ven.
 Mr. T. D. Ludington and daughter returned home from Maryland last Tuesday. They speak of the excellent fruit they enjoyed while there.
 Rev. S. B. Forbes and attorney w. F l Smith of Winsted spoke on the temperance question at the Cong. church last Tuesday evening. They are both interesting speakers ! and were listened to with attention for about two hours. Mr. Smith spokeson the license question, and we think convinced his audience that it was every mans duty and privilege tc 1 vote "No License"
 The Nortons have been in the habit fol many years of holding family gatherings This year they met at the old homestead, tI ( residence of Mrs. Eliza Norton Gaylord, ill F. street, There were nineteen present, among whom were Rev. John F. Norton and wife oi | Natic, Mass, Rev. Robert Norton and daughter of Lockport, N. Y, and Mrs, John W. Brooks and daughter of Wolcottville. B.B. I Falls Village.
 Hon. R. ". Landon of Niles. Mich, has been visiting relatives on Sugar Hill. Albert Sheppard, Fred. A. Bartlett and Miss Blanche B. Tobey will attend the au. tumn term of school at Rockey Dell Institute Rev. D. Moore has returned from bis va. cation to the pastorate of the Cong. church. Miss Minnie Watson has returned from her visit to friends in town, to her home in North Pownal Vt. .as
 Mr. Henry R. Wolfe plays the flute in the Cong. choir Sundays.
 Had a stranger been passing through this village Thursday evening, and were to judge of the temperance proclivities of the, people by the crowd that assembled on Railroad st.. he would not have been very fayorably i'm. pressed.
 The Sherlocke family we are informed af-- ter their engagements fer the autumn are over, will spend the winter either at Lake. vile or Sharon.
 Mrs. Olive Peck and daughter have moved from Amesville to Canaan.
 A carload of very fine horses came in from the West last week for Seth Pratt.
 The services of Miss Nellie E. Richardson of ChapinVille have been secured to teach the fall term of school at Beebe Hill.
 Episcopal services will be held at MT. Gill bert Streets in Amesville every Sunday after noon at o'clock, ,instead of semi monthly, as in the past.
 The Cong. society did good business at their victualing tent on the fair grounds this year, considering the weather and numbers in attendance at the fair.
 There was a good show of cattle at the fair last week, Eespecially working oxen, the larg- est portion coming from Salisbury. In the afternoon the trained steers owned by Nr. Barnum of Lime Rock were exhibited by Le- vinus Deming, the well known steerbreaker; under his tuition they..a made as tractable as horses, and can be as readily driven on one side as the other, and without the aid of a whip, by simply Speaking to them, and this exhibition was alone worth theI price of ad- mission. The horse show was rather small