Connecticut western news., 1880-06-30
VICINITY.


 Bethel has lots of dogs and no sausage mill.
 Large campaign flags are suspended across the street in Lime Rock.
 The Methodist parsonage in New Milford was burglarized the other night.
 The salary of Presiding Elder Sanford of the Poughkeepsie District is $2,3oO.
 Rev. l.. H. Hallock answered T. M. Clarke's letter, in the Winsted Herald last week.
 The 0. W. R. R. side track has been ex- tended, to accommodate increasing business at Lakeville.
 Eight Danbury liquor dealers brought be- fore the superior court have been released on technicality.
 One hundred children were confirmed by Bishop McMahon in the New Hartford Cath olic church recently.
 A dog carries Canton mans papers from the crossing where the train newsboy throws them of, to his master. The Winsted Manufacturing Co. have sent specimens of their scythes etc. to the Mel. bourne exhibition, Australia.
 The Republican Convention for the nomi. nation of the state officers is to be held at Hartford on Wednesday, Aug: II.
 The Falls Village Items thermometer indi. cated 100 degrees in the shade last Thursday Guess that thermometer is run by New Y orB time. ~ > ~.
 The Danbury News devotes quarter o a column of space to the interesting fact that boy Tn 8 neighboring town has stone bruise.
 Yes, brother Erwin, it wasn't right, but tt show the sincerity of our forgiveness, we're coming down soon to smoke with you. Do you smoke?
 | A Danbury man says street sprinkling il detrimental to the public health. Our towns men think so too, and wont have 8 stree sprinkler around. | Lightning struck house in Kent during recent shower, and passed within two feet o bed in which two girls were sleeping, with out injuring them.
 A board fence on which MT. J. W. Pain of Millerton was sitting, recently gave way and he fell to the ground, striking his head rendering him unconscious.
 A Winsted man was stung by honey be on the eye-lid the other day, and was give a quart of whiskey. to ease the excruciatin pain. No thorn without it's rose.
 Winsted will not celebrate very big o the fourth, but the Press says probably sex eral people with lunch baskets will ship ava fdown the pond and get rained on." The editor of the Wolcottville Register ha little devil in a huit jar, with horns, pitct fork and all. Keep him confined, bIothe James, at least until after election.
 A Falls Village errand boy was kept fo several hours running all over town the othe day for a s'bag of wind" which he neede most when he gave up chasing for it. l Fifty-thfee men and several machines ar employed during having season at Echo farn Litchfeld. With patent hay fork ton ( hay can be unloaded in three minutes.
 Rev. MT. Lightburne of New Milford lec : tured last Sunday night on the sut ject of 'The Tongue" A slippery subjec but acceptable, with French mustard, whe well pickled.
 The West Cornwall brass band gave tn Lime Rock people an open air concert las week, and their appreciation was shown in tn royal manner in which they treated the visi ing musicians.
 ,l MT. E. F. Gillette of Sharon very sensibl remonstrates, in letter to the Ameni Times, against allowing performing bears o the street, as they frighten horses. His ren edy is legislation.
 Geo. Bundy, while sailing in his ne sail boat, square rigged on Lake Wonscop, moe, the other day tipped over, but being i about five feet of water nothing serious rel ulted. There are quite number of new sa ) boats on the lake.
 J. M. Miller, Lakeville's 444 Centenni. ] Avenue harness maker has just finished fc M. B. Richardson, Esq, an elegantrubber an lgold mounted. English surry harness, and | is now making a rubber and gold mounte , trotting harness for 0. W. Barnum.
 Geo. D. Harrison, Vice President of tt Mutual Benefit Life Co. of Hartford, pal Mrs. w. E. Cutting of Salisbury the amour of her late husbands insurance 1000. on Fr day last. This amount had cost MT. Cuttin only .$l2.OO. Where else can insurance | had at SO small price . On the Canaan Mountain road is ''Car Horn" indicated by a sign board on which . the word Cape" and the Thorn" which WE once worn by 8 COW, is thrust through knt l hole in the board. The fellow that saile around there had crooked elbow, and didn soGist any time in making letters.
 The Ninth Annual Conn. Temperance pi, nic will be held in Lakeville Grove, Litchfel leo, Thursday, July 8. Excursio tro,,o.- ,.- to Lakeville and Return will be sol at atofsss saSbrook itor *a; Goodsgpeed's, s1;75 I Middletown, $1.4O; Hartforu, ~ S.rss, linsville and Winsted, one dollar; -.s.... thirty cents. Similar low prices at all othe stations on the Conn. Western and Conn fValley Railroads. Good Speakers as usual.
 Three West Cornwall young men bough some big fire crackers last Friday night an, started out for racket. They first proceeded to cabin near the coal bush just west of tht village where the watchman was sleeping, anG after exploding one of their earthquakes un der the shanty and frightening the poor fel low out ofhis wits, they proceeded to aneigh. bor's house, but the owner, who saw their ap- proach, met them with a shot gun and threat.