Connecticut western news., 1881-09-21
VICINITY.


 The annual reunion of the ''second Hea vies" will take place tomorrow at Woodbury.
 Bridgeport has already contributed $l ,215 | toward the relief fund for the Michigan suf- | ferers.
 Fishing for bueish is brisk in the Thames
 river Post. Of course but do they catch | any fish?
 New Milford has two legged hogs.-Ga.
 gette. That's what they thought at the tenn
 perance picnic over at Lakeville. A Hartford distiller failed the other day. The elite of the city spent an unusually long
 season at Saratoga and Long Branch. When Cyclopedia James, of the Thomaston Express makes his new revision, we hope he'll drop that awkward 'haitch" from our maiden name. Mrs. F. K. Cogswel of Millerton started Hast week for Indiana, whither "Kib." her husband, formerly of the C. W. R. R. pre- 3ceded her some months ago.
 Thomas Murphy, while switching on the lNaugatuck R. R. at Bridgeport last Friday might, was instantly killed, the engine strik- ling him on the head, and horribly mutilating him.
 The employees of the Thomaston rolling mill are to have clambake Oct. 1st, when athey will roll in luxury and clam shells to the music of one of the many boss bands of aThomaston.
 a We don't see how person dressed as scan- atily as Puck can be so cheerful in zero s weather. His wardrobe consists of plug z hat and spear, and he's as happy as clam ! the year round.
 Three drunken and disordery persons 5 were arrested and fined in Thomaston last week. The prayer day" proclamation was Yslightly misunderstood. They thought it meant another fourth of July. $ Robert Penn of New Haven, who doesn't Aaspire to be the father of his country, claims : to have killed just 100 blackbirds with two s shots recently, and he won't admit that there
 awere 10l of lem, because he don't believe it.
 s Written charges against chief of police Chamberlain have been sent in to the Hart. |Sfnrd commissioners. In case he is removed Sfrom office, ex sheriff Seymour is talked of as Successor, but he says $20OO year isn't an Ealnducement.
 S There was young maiden benign, s5 Who loved an exceedingly ign s9 Young fellow. although fj He tOrmaDtpd her SOuUh By giving other girls taffy and Ice cream, Hand taking them out riding, etc. that she sssoon commenced to wither and pign. l The Watertown authorities have been ssearching for the unhealthy places in that vii. ssage, but couldn't find any, and notwithstand- Hing it is an unhealthy place, there are no un. sIhealthy places in it, that they can discover. e(Their "pizen" didn't cost 'em a cent, during 1.-the whole search.
 5 "Thats the point of attack" as the man yssaid when he jumped up from his chair and sstenderly stroked the seat of his pants, to
 Swhich the tack still clung, point and all. ss[ By way of acknowledgment we would say ssthat the richest and most prolific blessing to Ssthe paragrapher, is the small boy bent pin ksand chair-and the other fellow. s A Thomaston man modestly announces Esthat he would like to exchange a musical h. ssstrument for horse and wagon, but frankly sggives warning by the wore 'Dangerl" in 8loud letters at the head of the advertisement ksPshaw we've got musical instrument ly Hing around somewhere, that we'll exchange s4for boot jack to shoot cats with. ka Men like James A. Garfield are loss to
 sany nation. - Windsor Locks Journal. Look E sa' here, young fellow if you're not particu E3larly desirous of having real nice coat of tal ssand feathers, and moonlight ride 'horse E5back" on rail, you'd better be little more Ecareful in your writings, Always say wha Esyou mean, but doLt always mean what yol E.say.
 A Barklamsted has what she calls ''society E,,upheaval" in the shape of scandal involving s2gthe good name" of ''certain medica! man, Bland the reputation of "respected ladies, Eswhich are handled in Ca reckless manner Esthat either indicate scandalous condition o Eysociety, or deplorable disregard for truth. Barkhamsted barks in big rhetoric when i
 ahas big sensation.
 I The New Milford fair comes off from Sept ss2Sth to Oct lst, inclusive. Many attractive ss < ssand novel features will be introduced thi. Eseason, among which will be genuine bal Eoon ascension on Thursday, the 29th, bJ EMadame Carlotta, who will soar away ''intc Sjthe clouds,n lberating basket of carrier sspigeons as she disappears from view. Purses Eamountipg to S900. will be awarded at the kdtrotting, and music will be furnished by the ENew Milford cornet band. The Housatonit E5R. R. will carry passengers from all stations Sor half fare.
 5 Telephone talk like any other story, has two sides, but ordinarily the bystander has ito draw on his imagination to keep the ''rur K1of bhe play" For instance, Hello! !-me- MWhv, you know-Yes very well, thank you sshow are out feeling ?-wei that's bad-oh Elves, I've had it-well, goose grease and mo FIlasses helped me wondertully-what ?- Sw. hat ?-what dId you s0y !-oh, he's got a k5bad cold but otherwise he's well-no, Tn kiiust out yes, I heard about that; what a ! EIshame-is that so ?--no, did he?-l thought s3so-well gool-bye," etc.
 B The wicked Winsted Press says that Ben NHogan, the reformed pugllist who has at E3tempted to reform the incorporate fattites ks3;and West streeters, is a religious hummer Sshom, together with his appropriate wife, the E;intemperate temperance ladies imported here s3trom New York last week, to talk the most k1horrid English and jumhled nonsense" aud s.that h:s lectures were fit subjects for ridi- A!cule," and that ''the slums of New York have s3been drawn up before by the temperance s;follzs, for teachers to come and instruct the klWinsted public in temperance and mo ality' J sj The Press office wi be raided yet, and Pinney E arred and feathered by the long-suftering s Temperance people of Winsted. EI A SandtnWn hnlle hiohlv cnlnrad wen. in