Connecticut western news., 1880-06-30


 A quiet wedding took place here on We'd nesday morning, 23rd inst, and many friends met at the station afterward to give happy send-of to the newly welded pair. Miss Emma Armstrong, orgainst of the Cong. church, was married to MT. Henry T. Wilson. Amid shower of good wishes, not to men, tion old slippers, etc, the train bore them away, for an absence of two weeks.
 DELEoTUs.
 The picnic season was begun on Friday by an excursion of the West Middle Public school of Hartford to the shady banks of Wononscopomoc, and on Saturday, the South Baptist Sunday school spent good part of the day there.
 I hear that MT. Ernest Pease has formed a drawing class here, which he will meet weekly.
 The reading room is open to ladies every afternoon from four until six.
 The lawn party at Gov. Holleys on Tues day, 29th was great success. A fuller re- port will be given next week.
 Many boarders have already come to MT. Hiram Bisselps: Among them, MT. and Mrs. Witter, the Misses Sedgwick, MT. and Mrs. Jewett from New York, and Miss Kings man from New Jersey. . Mrs. A. w. Church and family rrrived here on Tuesday, from Washington, and have taken up their abode at Wildwood for the summer.
 Cherries are very plentiful here, and sell for from eight to ten cents quart.
 HEMAT1TE. ChapinviIIe. .s.- ,-... Every one is wishing for rain. Vegetation is suffering greatly from the need of it. Dress-makers are busy, merchants supplies are in demand, and we listen in imagination to wedding bells.
 Messrs. J. and N. c. scoville have gone tc l the seaside. ton, D. C. are visiting at Mrs. L. D. Scovill s MT. D. w. Gilbert has chills and fever. MT. J. s. Woodins little granddaughtel has had a shock of palsy, and now lies in g critical condition, her left side being paralyzed
 If Hardly Ever" of last weeks issue, recev ed an invitation to the turtle soup feast which we judge he did by the interest he manifests in the affair, its disastrous ending must have been a severe disappointment When the emaster of the house. finding the soup was to be failure, discovered relisl | for private theatricals it would have been bet ter to have found some different play thar one in which the principal act consisted il beating a wife until she was obliged to talk ! protection. If the beating which led to tn separation of husband and wife was caused by the inability of the husband to feast ol turtle, it might have been averted could tn husband have consulted "Hardly Ever," fo he could have assured him that there wer more snapping turtles in the lakes. l VER1TAs. SOuGhfields
 Glad to learn that Pierson Smith is able t be out again. It was inhamatlon of the bow els, and not bilious fever that ailed him.
 Census enumerator Kasson has fnlshe taking names, and IS now getting his copie ready to transmit.
 Ed c. Cook has moved his family to Eas } Lee. We miss Eds. jolly face and goo spirits, and now we shall have to forego tn pleasure of meeting Mrs. O., his worth
 wife, who makes herself useful wherever sh goes but our loss is East Lees gain. MT. H. Kelsey will move his family t Thomaston, Conn.,, in few days.
 Chas. Hyde, former member of the bant , and now of Winsted, is spending his vacatio here and in New Marlboro. He will assis the band on the 4th.
 E. D. Harmon closed his summer term ( school Saturday. There will be vacatio till September.
 Mrs Hubert Barber attended the closin exercises ofIthe Westfeld State Norma
 School, of which she was former member. q Will Kasson has new moving machin = and horse-rake, and will now do his and otl 7 CT folks having with rush.
 There is every prospect of a good time hel s on the 4th. There will be a picnic on th green, and game of wicket ball, for wbic r Southfeld has been celebrated in days agon
 in the day time. In the evening there wi be brilliant display of fire works, intersper r ed with the ascent of half-dozen balloons a large size. There will be vocal and instr mental music. A male quartette will rendt
 some choice pieces. Merchant Baldwin is now dispensing vel ls palatable article of birch beer T Anson Norton now has new blacksmit
 so people in hurry for work can now be a' - commodated.
 - Mr. J. Gaylord and Miss M. Webster ha, :, been blessed with abundance of cherries tn n year. @
 We understand that there is a wager la e between Grove Norton and MT. Snyder, tn; t the former cannot swim from Turner's lan' e ing, Lake Buell.. Grove is to try it next Sa : urday. RATTLE TALE.
 West COrmwRlle s@.- The excursion to Coney Island took in quit a number from this place. The day being D every way favorable for excursionists, a - were delighted with the trip.
 Mrs. F. E. Scoville, who has been visitir V in Bridgeport several weeks, has returned. '- Frank Wood is spending few weeks wit n friends in New York and HarleIas }. Our village school had pleasant time il their picnic last Friday afternoon.
 A Sabbath School picnic will be held Il | 9th of July, near the residence of M. s. Nicl IT erson. d Miss Anna Yutzler, who has been engage e in millinery at Bridgeport, returned home ( d Friday.
 The open air concerts of the West Cornws a cornet band are becoming very popular tf S present season, they having responded to tV f calls from adjoining towns the past wee i. Monday evening they played for the good pc Q pie of Lime Rock; on the Saturday evenir g following they left for the ''happy land Canaan" arriving home by the midnigl
 train They were most cordially received, { . well as highly entertained at both places, an s l the most excellent music given was no dou s duly appreciated. It is hardly necessary ' say that we have long felt that such an eli . cient band of musicians could but merit pull lie favor.
 On Main street, one door west of the Maj > sion House, you will find our barber, Prot d W. H. Colepaugh, chock full of business. H D is receiving full share of patronage from tE d people of this village and vicinity, and no {; should any one chance here from out of tow