Connecticut western news., 1881-11-02
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 Miss Sarah Holcomb of Scranton, Penn, is visiting at her uncle's MT Lyman Cunning. Mrs. Mariette Crocker has returned from visit to her sen, Dr. Crocker, at Ancram, N Y.
 Miss Jennie Adam has just returned from New York with a fine stock off millinery goods, of good quality, and low prices. Miss Jennie displays taste in selection, seldom surpassed by dealers in her line of goods. Our singing school under the able tuition of Prof. Swinton, ofStuyvesant Landing, N. Y., is fourishing finely. The class consists of about sixty members, who undertake the work with determination rarely exhibited in singing school Prof. Swlnton has been engaged for the entire winter, and all persons desiring to learu do, re ni will do we'll to profit by his instruction, as he is teacher of superior merit. A lively runaway occurred last Monday af. ternoon, resulting in a smashed buggy, ruined harness, bruised horse and some profanity Kent.
 MT. and Mrs. Will. Stewart have been spending few weeks out of town. visiting friends in Albany and New York. Rev. Isaac Sturges, the Episcopal minister, is spending his four weeks vacation out of town.
 A private soiree is held at the town hall Wednesday evening of this week. The music is furnished by Duncan's band. Miss Nina Davis our fashionable milliner, visited New York last week, and Spurchased a variety of hats and trimmings. With such an assortment the ladies can have "a love of bonnet" without patronlzlng stores out of ] town. LOT. SOuGhficld.
 Stage driver Brewer is off visiting, a few days. Henry Ford carries the U. s. mail during his absence.
 Mr. s. A. Turner warns up his lash shop with huge coal stove. MT. Irwin Baldwin proposes to commence the manufacture of brooms as soon as he shall receive the necessary varieties of broom corn. 3e Mrs. Hubert Barber and Mrs James Pet ts are to make trip to New York this week Mrs. P. has brother residing there. We are sorry that neighbor l. F. Reyes did not get the nomination for State senator from this district. We have, however, no objections to the nominee from Housatonic but had MT. K. secured it, we have no fears that he would not have been an honor to the place, and would have served the district | well.
 The merry early and late jingle of the fes-
  Another season at the cheese factory has been completed shall try and get the statistics in a week or two Milk has been worth S1 10 for some time. It rained up here Saturday and Monday, but like Oliver, we cry for "more." Wm. H. Loomis has been canvassing here- about for the life of Garfield. TArTLE TALE. 
 The readers of the NEWS will please to bear with Tattle Tale should there seem to be any alteration of mind, as he is given to somnambulism, and has not fully recovered from shock which he received recently. when finding that he had gwen an informal reception in his nocturnals, to an estimable young lady visitor. X. South Canaan.
 Messrs. Connolly. Pendleton and Beebe 1 have sold quantity of hay for the city mar. ket, which is being pressed by hay pressing machine on MT. Connelly's premises. MT. Chas Connolly has been unfortunate in | losing several valuable COWS. Dr. Greasy, l from Hartford, was sent for, and he pro- nounced the disease apoplexy, and said there was little or no help for it, from the begin ming, and that no cows except those. in fnetor- der, were in any danger from it | 1u0 uliSSlOudTy ul60tluS Ol k10 JOALt cOSLO- l ties, was held at Mrs. Miners in Falls Vil' 1 lage. A meeting in behalf of the Michigan 1 sufferers was appointed at Mrs. Chas. Connel- | lys, but as reports are in circulation that the supply of clothing is abundant, it was decided to write and make inquiry before any further effort It is understood that the ladies' aid society will meet at Mrs. Lyman Wickham's s the coming week.
 The school is quite prosperous under the care of Miss Andrus. X. Norfolk.
 Rev, M. E. Bassett of East Canaan is very sick Was taken while here on a visit to his father.ln-law, B. Dowd.
 MT. and Mrs Doolittle are to return from their trip this week. They visited MT D's. homo in Cazenovia. N. Y. The brlde receiv- ed among other valuable presents, box of silverware from her grandfather MT. O. J. Wolcott, of Ripon, Wis We hear MT Harry Pendleton is to have the South Norfolk post office.
 The Rev. Mir. Hill from Park City, Utah, gave very interesting discourse on Mormon ism Sunday afternoon. X. | Theodore H. Beardsley has purchased what is known as the Ryan privilege, but lately owned by the Hartford Spring and Axle Co. Mr. Beardsley contemplates manufacturing shears for the present
 The H. & c. ". R. R. Go. are putting in a long side track at the summit. for the benefit