Connecticut western news., 1881-05-25
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In Bethel when man is full, they call it | ''sun- stroke"
 "Tafyn is what the color-blind Gazette man calls lettuce. An Ansonia man kicked himself to death with horse last week. 1 Newtown has ease of small pox, among other blessings in disguise | The Kent water works will probably be built. They have had some more meetings. Daniel Donovan of Shelton fell from his piazza the other day, and was fatally injured 1 Lucey's first Coney Island excursion comes off June 17th, on the steamer Grand Repub lie.
 Miss Cora Gibbs of Lakeville has opened a select school, and is meeting with good sue cess.
 Thompsonville has four brass bands, and there is no sale for rat poison within ten miles.
 A fisherman named Saltus captured 21 trout in New Preston tie other day. He did Saltem.
 s'Where is our umbrella ?"-B Bridgeport Eagle. We dunno, unless the owner has been after 1t.
 W. H Hale, formerly editor of the New Milford Gazette, has lost a daughter in the South, with small pox.
 "Real estate is on the move" in Bridge port. Mebbe it's trying to get away from Stratford's powder mill.
 According to the Danbury News, Conkling resigned because the president wouldn't put the sugar bowl on the floor.
 The Cream Hill cheese factory can't get competent help, and therefore has concluded not to 'cheese it" any longer.
 The drunkenness on the streets of Lake vile for some time past is described by cor respondent as ''simplv fearful"
 The history of New Milford and it's inhab- I itants is to be written up. Just before it is published, Erwin will move out.
 Frank Platt shook hands with buzz saw in Thomaston shop the other day, and now he has to sit down with one hand. 1 A Harwinton man has lost sixteen calves this spring .-Neao M5lford Gazette. Ell quire at the Gazette office. (There, now.)
 A Birmingham inventor has just been granted a patent on new double breasted, knuckle- -jointed, adjustable, safety valve cor 1 set.
 The Bridgeport Eagle has been enlarged to a six column quarto and with it's wings thus extended, it scars as majestically as before, or more so.
 The Congregational churches of Connecti cut will hold their general conference at New Milford June Fist. Rev. l.. H. Hallock of Winsted is to preach the sermon.
 A Bethel man, who takes bride in ornament ing the roadside with shade trees is said to have lover mile already set out on his own 1 front'-rather 8 broad statement. Harwinton dreams of railroad being built over the hills in that vicinity, and the small ! boy practices jumping on the board fence, preparatory to getting his legs cut of. 1 The Thonaston clock company. having overstocked the market with New York time and every other kind of time, to suit the pur- chaser are discharging number of their em. ployees.
 A big rattlesnake, with nine r9ttles, was killed near "Jericho Bridge" an adjunct of Thomaston. on recent Sunday, by good Samaritan who was passing by on the other side, on his way to church. Chauncey Cogswell of New Milford is un- der bonds to appear for trial next month on a charge of bastardy, the plaintiff being Julia Heacock. In that country tits a wise child that knoweth his own father."
 The Consolidated road recently paid $3O. to the father of boy killed on dangerous crossing at Milford Either boys are cheap down there, Or that road is almighty poor or mean, or else the father is an idiotic asy- lum,
 Brother James of the Thomaston Express who returned his ulster to it's rightful owner when the late hot spell came on shivered and swore the next week when the mercury froze stiff. He thinks the weather is so mighty inconsistent that in the way of overcoat or umbrella courtesy, an honest man is damph- AoCA