Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01
CORRESPONDENCE.
Falls Village.

Falls Village.
 Mrs. H. Sheppard and Mrs. E. W. Spur are visiting sister of the former in Croton Falls.
 The old dilapidated fence in front of the Cong. church was removed Saturday, and a new board fence will be built where the south fence now stands, and new fence will be put up in front.
 Mrs. George w. Hall is visiting friends in Buffalo, N. Y.
 Miss Sophia l. Perry is visiting friends in Winsted thls week, and Miss Crane of New Haven has charge of the telegraph office while she is away.
 Mrs. Henry Wolfe of Amesville has more new goods at her millinery store.
 MT and Mrs Traver of Sharon visited friends in town Sunday.
 Mir. Geo. w. Hall has sold two or three car rages slnce they arrived a week ago. They are manufactured by the Boston Blackboard Co.," of New Haven.
 MT, David Watts is doing thriving busi- ness in the mercantile trade, judging from the loads of goods he carries out in his new de- livery wagon.
 MT w. D. Hampstead of New London spent Sunday at the Crandall House, Mr. James Garrahan, clerk at the Dudley House for a long time, has resigned his po- sition at that hotel.
 Honeysuckles, snowballs, lilies, etc graced the Cong. church Sunday MT, Geo. A. Randall has painted Mir. Sic ney Reeds house and barn, and has two other jobs ahead, of house and fence painting. A good painter finds plenty of work to do.
 Mr. T. H. Palmer entertained several of his neighbors and others, with the reading of poetic compositions, of which he is the au- thor, at his house Saturday evening Mir. Walter Dickinson has, we are inform ed, half Jersey COW from which was made l9 pounds of butter in one week, and wishes to have any one whose COW can outdo those figures, send them along.
 Mrs. R. A. Murray of Winsted is trying to procure class of music scholars in this place. She is highly recommended by mus- clans from that place.
 hile returning from the village to his home last week. MT. Robert Little's span of horses became frightened near the arch bridge, and threw out Mir. l.. and two ladies whom he had met at the train, though they were not seriously injured. While entering on the river bridge, the wagon struck the fence at the east end, which threw out the,r val s, etc. in the river, which tloated down the stream. The team was within mile of home when caught
 Rev MT. Moore and bride returned last
 
 housekeeping. The ladies, during his ab- sepce took it upon themselves to place the house in order by paperlng, etc., but the most agreeable part to the newly welded palr was perhaps to find we'll filled pantry with va riety of loothsome viands.
 The Lakeville band we are informed by an interested party, have reorganized under the name of ''The Holley Manufacturing Co.'S" band, and have engaged MT. Tucker of this place as teacher.
 Mrs. H. M Holmes last week ad ded large stock of goods to her millinery store, and the ladies say she has the largest assort- ment ever exhibited in this place.
 IDLEwILD. Kent.
 MT. Willard Parsons will deliver an address in the lecture room of the Congregational church, Friday evening of this week.
 About seventy-tive Italians arrived in town last week Tuesday. for the purpose of build ing reservoir for the village of Kent. Mir Leonard of Norwalk has taken the contract. MT. Chas. Britton, wife and son, from New York spent last Sunday in town
 Mrs John Spoouer left her home last Sat urday for two weeks visit in Brooklyn.
 The Poughkeepse travelling merchant, Mir. Goodheim who visits this place once in four
  continues his travels. he people of this town most generously contributed money and pad his license for this year, not that he needs the charity of the people as much as they need him, and wished to show their appreciation of him in this way. Mr. Good helm proposes to sell more than any mer- chant in this state. LOT  "The summer vas so hot as the winter vas cold" remarked an individual the other day, and we all think just as he did The telephone is now in fine working or der. A little trouble arose at first in this | way: it was unanimously agreed that nothing | profane should ever enter the box at this end of the line, and lest som 'thing of that nature should creep in, council of the wise men ot | the west were summoned to see what could | be did" 1t was found by experimenting, | that whereas good words rise "lke sweet in. ] ,ense toward the skies" profane words in