Connecticut western news., 1881-05-04

with crayons, ink, erasers, pencils, etc. in just every thing in the school line, except ratans and capacities.
 Mrs. VanDeusen has the sociable this | week. Edward Baldwin has had a seige of the  agency Of Berkshire, for the sale of Ham, mond's Cottage Colors, manufactured at Mt. Kisco, N. Y. The paint is highly recom- mended, both for appearance and durability. MT. B. has sold good deal of it in Stock bridge and vicinity.
 There was little ice Sunday, m.
 It seemed one or two days as if all Dry Hill was going to be sent off by the U. s. Mail. Nearly 100 boxes of arbutus hay e been sent from s. B. I.
 The milk cans begin to jingle again.
 Beefsteak has gone up two cts. per pound.
 Ed. 0. Cook was down Saturday eve. of course he was jolly.
 Wm. R. Baldwin has fenced of those garden strawberries.
 The school here is the smallest that it has been for some time.
 Rev. H. M. Jones has moved to Canaan Mountain. He, as well as some of his goods and chattels wore much moved, when the ''stags" ran away with them, and upset the wagon and broke the Rev's nose.
 Wm. Fl. Ellis is doing 8 good work among the colored people where he is, in North Carolina. TATrLE TALE. West Cornwall.
 MT. Albert Hill of New Haven is visiting at Dr I. R. Sanford's.
 Mrs. Edward Amundson, who has been quite sick with chills and fever, is slowly re- covering.
 F. W. Yutzler now sings "Baby mine, baby mine" with a real pathos and gusto he never knew before, and his face breaks out contin- ually into the happiest of smiles. Those who see him, and cannot solve the great mystery of his happiness, will find the key to the enigma by referring to the list of births in an- othor column, ANON. Clayton.
 Last Sunday afternoon J M. shultz drove up to Sheffield with his wife, and Mrs. Garner, and driving into MT. Briggs yard the horse took fright and jumped, upsetting wagon and occupants. The ladies were considerably hurt, Mrs. Gamers shoulder being quite severely injured.
 While big Peter and William Angelaskl, two Germans, with their two little boys were driving to Mill River last Sunday, they turned short corner and overturned the wagon. Peter's boy was badly injured about the head but it is hoped he will recover. The wagon was considerably broken. Mr. Lyman Smith has i've Plymouth Rock hens that layed one hundred eggs in March, and six that layed l25 in April. Can any body's hens beat that?
 R. l.. Taft's new door yard fence is nearly completed.
 The telephone poles are all set from R. L. l Taft's office to Barnes lime kilnS | AsTER1sK Kent.
 | Gaylord and Eaton have just replenished their store with an assortment of spring and summer goods, giving the store a business like appearance. Jimmie Brown is clerk there, commencing his time last week Thurs. day.
 MT. Samuel Elmore, proprietor of Ken Hotel, spent last week in New York.
 Last Tuesday, R M. Gibbs and Geo. M Page started for Minnesota, intending to re- main, if business advantages there are good
 MT. Charlie Platt spent last Sabbath a his home in Essex, returning to Kent Tues day evening of this week.
 Mir. Starr Barnum, former resident O Kent, spent last Sunday in town,
 Miss Nina Davis started to New Yorl Monday afternoon for new supply of milli nsry goods. The ladies can gratify thei taste by getting stylish bonnets at Mis- Davis store. Call on her aud see for your selves. LOT.
 East Canaan.
 wm Clarke of Bridgeport spent day las week at Everardus Ives. Mir. Curtis of Lebanon, N. Y. occupied tn pulpit at the Cong. church last Sabbath. Miss Hattie Morris of Falls Village villas ] ;n hor o,;ll oto Miss Edith Peck and her friend, Miss Fit Jsnks spent the Sabbath here. , Arbptus is the "rage" just now and tn z young gentlemen are 1.-two sweet for any thing'' with ther button hole bouquets. A little son of John Caulkins fell from fence and dislocated his arm. Ed. Ives is doing well, as would be expect 7 ed under Dr. Welch's treatment Quite ''row" at the corner house agai
 Saturday night guns were fired and stone
 thrown. Have not learned how much dam
 age was done.
 , Everyone is celebrating ''spring, beautifr ; spring" with bonfires. Woods canght fir
 along the railroad last Saturday, but was ex
 iinguished before much damage was done. v Mrs. Huldah Ivesis quite ill again thi spring. il ;.i. i n. PETER GARLIC.
 salisbury.
 The funeral of Mir Horace Landon was al q tended on Saturday last at p. m, at tn ! house Mr. Landon has been a promine1
 business man in this town for more than fort . years The last season he has been engage r in rebuilding the furnace at Chapinyille, whic was burned some l 8 months ago. d The Sabbath School at, Chapinville unde ], tthe superintendence of MT. T. L. Norton,
 very snocessful. The Messrs Scoville hay ', hinted that they might be induced to assist making some repairs on the church there. L. is expected that Miss Greenwood will hol
 meetings there some of the time the comin o summer.
 Q Rev. L. H Reid gave an interesting dis
 course in the Congregational church last Sa , bath.
 :, s Miss Bessie Warner, only daughter of Re " Lyman ;, ,Warner, 8 former residenj of tn town, died of'consumption at Burlington, o e this state,' last week. ' The family have u ! sineeFe sympathy of their friends here,
 their severe bereavement
 -r-- s-~~"ai S. Robbins propose
 celebrate their golden wedding on the yl ' inst, an event that is permitted only to yer
 few.
 Judge Warner is moving north from Flor i ida, and stopping at some of the princip
 places CD the way. He will reach home
 time to assume his official duties in July , ALIoUIs.
 FrOm Colorado. ED. NEws:-We are having such delight full weather At no season of the vear i