Connecticut western news., 1881-05-11
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 Two Ellsworth men recently cut and pu up five and one half cords of wood in hours but it took them great while longer thai that to get through bragging about it.
 Miss Edith M. Hubbell of Bridgeport, niece of Hon H. B. Graves of Litchield, wh,
 was at work ina Bridgeport corset factory, wa taken to the poor house, insane, recently.
 Last June Bridgewater man lost diar, | containing $27, In tobacco field, and foun( it last month, with the contents increased t $32. It's strange story-probably lie. A New Hartford laborer nearly kle, himself the other day, by letting a big rocl fall on him; the next day he scratched hi eyes out with briar bush, and then he swor off
 | George Jones of Hartford shot himself il the head the other day, and will probably not recover. He says he wanted to die, anC anybody will believe that, after his rasl deed.
 Rev. J. c. Terrett of Sharon tainted away last Sunday in his house, and striking his head against piano, severed small artery and bled profuseIy but no serious results are apprehended.
 A fine house m Norwalk was recently solo at auction to New York man for $7 200 It will be converted into lager beer garden and Norwalkians arc having their vest but tons set farther out.
 A skilled sportsman living somewhere neal New Hartford recently shot at flock o pigeons, and succeeded in bringing dowr all the celery in neighbours garden with g big charge of buckshot.
 Cornwall has ''select gilt edge schools" fol the upper crust and poor folks, rather thar send their children to the common schools let them run loose in the street This is g correspondents view of it.
 A young man in Waterbury was recently made deathly sick by drinking a single glass of beer, and the circumstance will be the principal theme when the history of the new "Waterbury County" is written up.
 The Roman Catholic society of Kensingtor is afraid their pastor has been little crooked in his financial relations to the church. as he refuses to account for certain sums of money placed in his charge.
 Ben Hogan the reformed prize fighter, k carrying on a temperance boom in Meriden and he will either save the Merden hummer. or else thrash lem; the latter perhaps would have the best and most lasting effects. An elopement is reported from Millerton Last week a sewing machine ageEt ran away with the wife of o respectable mechanic il Millertop, taking what valuables she nigh need, and leaving few children. Naught, glrll
 A Willimantic minister discouraged by | sleeping congregations, has given up preach | ing, and gone to manufacturing wagon | springs, which will enable sleepy parishioners | to do their mapping on the road to and from church.
 On Friday, June 16 the national woman suffrage association will hold a convention al New Haven. when lots of the shining lights among the "strong minded females will be present, and tell about Brooches, and How tc Wear Them.
 Norwich is the dog-gonedest place fol canines in the state there are now 596 dogs registered there in the town clerks office to say nothing of the puppies who part theil hair in the middle, and smoke cigarettes and "mash' the girls.
 Bridgeporters bought 20 copies of the Pub lie Acts of the legislature. within few min utes after they appeared in book store They were anxious to see if the work really did contain the passage Blessed are the murderers, for they shall be pardoned
 The Thomaston Express is scolding home talent for it's lack of public spirit in neglect ing to get street sprinkler. Oh, dear; we always supposed the Express considered it wicked to have such things from the way il has ridiculed Canaan for having too many village organizations.
 Nepaug was named after an Indian chiei who ''died from the freezing in him, of great quantity of water" which he had been drink ing. This circumstance has not been without it's effect upon latter day Nepaugians. Ncue of them have ever died from such cause nor even run any risk.
 The Hartford liquor dealers, being prohib tied from selling drinks on Sunday, announce that they will make a crusade against all drug.stores and hotels th"t violate the law and further, will attempt to stop tue selling of milk, running of horse cars, and other kinds of business that long obsolete laws for. bid.-RcpubIican
 Read the ad in another column, of 'Se crets of Ancient and Mordern Science" E book giving full explanations of all the best tricks performed by the most skilled maei clans. and send 25 cents to Hatch Bros Bridgeport for copy. It cannot tail ot furnishing an immense amount of valuable instruction and amusement.
 team of horses with heavy load of brick were precipitated distance of24 feet. from bridge or driveway extending to the top of Sharon Valley lime kiln last week. ny the breaking of the bridge. S'rarge to say, the horses were not seriously injured The dryer was fortunately. on another part of the bridge and tlus escaped.
 A young lady recently walked into church in Kensico N Y and takirg her handker chief from her pocket as she walked up the aisle, a pack of cards huttered out and strew. ed the floor It isn't said whether or not she is the young lady who charged ''impr, ,per conduct" upon the Rev J. H Lane, former ly of this place, few months ago.
 A wizard in Bridgeport predicted last week that on certain day the boiler in Warmers corset factory would explode, and many ot the female operatives stayed at home on tlmt day and prayed for the foolhardy ones who insisted upon working in that dangerous place. But the explosion didn't explode, and the cautious ones lost days wages.
 Little Jerome Kinney was stranger in the North district school of Winsted He had lived during his short life in Norfolk about 10 miles distant He was very homesick and fond of talking about his native town which he called "Norfork." Indeed to such an extent did he think aloud that it became ! byword, "How's Norfork?" One day the teacher said: "Jerome, does the earth go round the sun or the sun go round the earth P Jerome answered, as smoker ran round the school-room, '"The earth used tuh y'reaound the sun up'n Norfork dunno lothin' what ye do deaown here. ."-Neaotoaon Bee ]
 "GET UP AND DUsTERl' Just received. at | Salisbury Harness and Trunk Emporium. l IA Centennial Avenue. Lakeville, an i'm l nense lot of the latest style Lap Busters. l md Summer Horse Blankets, also on hand | splendid lot of all hand stlched single har lesses. Horse Collars, Whips, Horse Brushes, all styles of Bits, Carnage Mats. | Trunks, Travelling Bags, Ladies' Satchels and | lll kinds of House furnishing goods too nu |