Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

Irwin Baldwin is home again, after 8 three | weeks absence. He is about to engage in | the broom making business. A male teacher with tact and ability is | wanted for the Mill River grammar school. | Apply at once, with references, to E D. liar man, committee. TATTLE TALE. Mill River,
 'If at first you don't succeed, try again, must have been the motto of one of our recent matrimonial aspirants, who a few months since, "wooed and won," evidently, but when the nuptial hour arrived, it was found that the intended bride had skipped" for parts un- known Not being thwarted by this little maneuver, week before last he tried it again, thls time successfully, and now he and his fourteen years bride are enjoying their honey moon upon the whitened banks of the beau. tiful Konkapot, where we hope they may live in continued peace and happiness, with pros- perity to crown their matrimonial career Miss Minnie H. Wolfe attended service in this place with Prof Frost.
 very enjoyable time was had at the so- ciable at Mrs. Albert Gardners last Friday evening. KoNK A. Porr. LakevlIIe.
 Prof. J. M Lee closed his writing school in this place last Friday evening. with success and satisfaction. Below we give the report of the judges on the improvement made by the school "The undersigned have careful ly inspected the specimens of penmanship submitted to us, by the pupils of Prof. Lees writing class in this village. We beg leave to say that we are greatly surprised and grat- flied at the manifest improvement displayed by all, and have found it somewhat difficult to decide, in view of so much improvement, as to whom should receive especial mention. We have finally determined to classify those showing the greatest improvement into three grades. In the first class we assign places to Robert D. Kaye, Wm B. Perry, Geo. E. Davis, Maggie McDonnough, Fanny Rudd, Mrs. Wallace, F. J. Yerk, Geo. E. Kaye. J. E Weible, Mary J. Dowd, Annie Kane, Net tie Barnett. In the second class, to J. Mar yin Reed C. F. Bradley, Arthur s. Bunnell, Libbie Kane, Sarah Holley. In the third class, to Wesley Bradley. T. W. Armstrong D. Lorigan, J. s. Griggs, Jr., Emma Turner Emma Wallace, Maggie Lavin, Marcella Far , ley, Ward Dennis, August Pequigney, Ella Ford, Almira Armstrong, Fannie Cum, Will Stuart. Respectfully submitted,
 TKos. L. NORTON,
 REV. S. F. WHITE z Norfolk.
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 , The singing school is prospering with abou sixty pupils.
 , Prof Stockings school gave quite an inter , esting entertainment Tuesday evening last
 A sociable took place at the Rev. MT. Glea sons last Wednesday night, which was wei attended, especially by young people, all hay :, ing good time. Another one at MT. P. Curtis Tuesday evening
 IA hint is as good as kick" in regard t. seating summer boarders in church We fai to find the point, still if the socety's com mittee don't furnish free seats enough, ou sexton can certainly find room in some of tn, numerous unsold pews, and our boardin, house proprietors generally are paying more than their tax would be. When the tax sys tenn was in force, man paid certain pc f cent. of his taxable property, whether his fam fly consisted of only two persons or as man o as eight or ten small children consequently
 ''some of our townspeople" are paying a o much as they ought towards defraying tn church expenses, without waiting for tn 70 "warm season" GEORGE. Falls Village.
 of Superintendent Stilson of the H. R. R.
 confined to his house at Bridgeport wit m rheumatism,
 te A raffie for an organ came off at D. F 10 Colepaughs barber shop Friday night, G.
 Hall being the lucky winner
 ,n Mrs U. H. Miner is unable to be aroun, 1e from the effects of sprained ankle, whic a. was done last Monday.
 At the house of Mrs. Wm. Dakin the ladit n. of the Cong. society are invited to meet Fr re day afternoon.
 s Rev. Alpheus Winter secretary of Sta
 Temperance Society, will lecture the Soul
 Canaan people on Temperance in the afte ,a noon next Sunday, and also will deliver a ,a address in the evening, at the M. E. Churct ,r The Methodist ladies' aid society me " Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Lewis Cad n Arthur S Lane of Harlem Station, N. |, was the guest of relatives in town Sunday = Messrs. Geo. V. Capron and B. J. Bradle n were in New York last week making purcha , es for their stores, and cargo will be in tn
 week for them, for the holiday season. =, s. P. Ensign, who has been absent from h
 home in Lime Rock, on business tour to u ,a west for some time, returned home last zee
 The creamery spoken of last week. h.
 been started at Amesvlle and a large vat f cooling the milk has been made, and mi :, was sent from there to the city last week.
 Three new flats" for carrying stone al ', being built at the railroad shop, and ne
 baggage car has also been commenced
 A MT. Holiday, who is employed by tt Q railroad company as machinist, moved h
 family from New York into the large hous |, on the corner, at Amesville, last week. . While engine No 16 was making a rul = ming switch at State Line last Monday, u uo rails being frosty, the engine could not
 stopped soon enough. and it ran over u
 turn table, and the forward end ran off ln, B., the pit, which caused the morung passeng, = train to be nearly two hours late.
 A number from this place will go to Cal k, aan next Friday night to attend the band
 mlnstrel show.
 Alfred Evans, young man employed
 c Sylvernale, near Lime Rock, as teamste
 was nearly cru he'd to death between tv
 cars at Lime Roc k station last Saturda bo which he was attempting to couple. He