Connecticut western news., 1881-08-24
Camp meeting is in full blast.

our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under thelr notlce' Camp meeting is in full blast.
 Teams laden with camping baggage stir up the dust nowadays.
 Mrs Charles Hinckley has @ geranium bush containing 51 blossoms.
 The road is being repaired in some places between here and the camp ground. Please hand in your subscriptions, and ease the burdens of the overworked printer. Miss Emma Waldrof of Sufield is vislt- ing her aunt, Mrs. E. Warner in this place. w-Guiteau's name is pronounced Glt-tow, but the vast majority hope he will get hemp. If you have Nickleby you, you can generally raise the Dickens in any dram shop in the county. .4
 We had pleasant call from '"Tattle Tale" our southfeld correspondent, last Sat- urday. Call again.
 Hon. Judge Granger and Rev. Wm. G Peirce started Monday for pleasure trip to the White Mountains.
 Reuben Mcintyre has secured situation on the H. R. R. as fireman on one Of the night through freight trains.
 Miss Jennie E. Moore of Ashley Falls was given birthday party by her friends last week, in honor of her 16th birthday.
 -Sandtown is in it's glory while camp meeting lasts, and we shall expect some start ling news from Peachblow Snowfall soon. A 'spicked nine'' from Ashley Falls picked the feathers from the regular "Union' Club in that place last Tuesday, with score of 23 to7.
 Vacations are Gall the rage" with every body excepting newspaper men, who don need them, as they always have perpetual never ending, everlasting picnic
 An aching tooth, a sleepness night,
 A time of tortures deep, sir;
 A burly man, grip most tight,
 Ahowl, 8 swear, we weep, sir.
 The young folks of East Canaan have been having a glorious time camping out Twin Lakes, catching big fish and big colds George Dunning, who has had charge of tn party caught one-a fish, not cold-abou so long.
 Some needed improvements have bee1 made about the premises around the schoc house. A large number of loads of soil ha been dumped into the washed out part in tn front yard, the ground leveled up and ne0 walk laid out and partly planked.
 About three months ago the brakeme OF the Housatonic R. R. petitioned the Con pany for an increase of wages, asking for tn re-sstablishment of the salaries paid betor their reduction three or four years ago, br as vet they have received no response.
 MT. Cassimir Boinay living near Pin Grove, fell from load of hay, striking hea foremostI on the barn floor the other day sustaining injuries to his neck, which make almost impossible for him to move his heat and he has been unable to leave his bel since.
 "A modern writer suggests the use commonllth as opposed to commonwealth We would like to add to the stock O. Wor lore the suggestion that the editor is innC dollar who is innocent enough to trust la' years subscriber to renew without payme1 of old scores.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the eu ployees on the H. P. R. are we'll known ten perance men, we have noticed that the tavo ite beverage with the conductors is ''punch, and the baggage master shows decided an bland inclination for brandy "smashes while the engineer and fireman togetht s'diyvy" on '.half an half"
 Lawrence Yorker, who eloped with MT Graves, of Kent, a short time since, was a rested in New Milford, last Saturday, | Sheriff Blinn, and brought before Justi' Bennett, in this place, Monday, for examin ton on charge of adultery. He was bour over for trial next Tuesday, in the sum sI,OoO, which wasj assured by, MT. C. Adam, of East Canaan.
 Have all the printers turned tramps, are they all translated? Who has one loose We wanted one last week and went to u fours part of the compass as far as our pass' permitted, and were unable to secure ore. one can't think of anything else. to do, he. .hs better set type, it can be learned in an hol or SO, and he will be in immediates demand all those who have Daily on hand to run.
 -"Laugh if you are wise" runs the proVer but it by no means follows that he WI laughs is wise. A neghbor of ours req one of the alleged witticisms in the Wlndsc Locks Journal the other day, and was amused thereat that in paroxysm of laugl fer. he swallowed his false teeth, and no has to bolt his food whole to be masticate in his stomach, and green corn is now full the ear. .15
 Our DAILY NEWS brings an increase business to this office, and if our columns ar not as peppery as usual this week, please con slider the good we are doing at Pine GroV and the amount of attention it requires. the way, just make note of the fact that tn DAILY NEWS is in active demand among th thousands of camp meeting goers, and ou newsboys on the grounds have no trouble ! disposing of their whole supply within sh0i time after their arrival,