Connecticut western news., 1881-08-17
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MT. ana Mrs. Nehemiah Palmer attended the gathering of the Palmer family at Ston. ington, Conn.,, last week.
 The south abutment of the Norton bridge caved in last Monday, 9th, and new one will be built at once. L. P. Reyes has the job for $I75.
 New Marlboro has 421 persons liable to g poll tax.
 The new school house in the Wadsworth district is ready for the mason and painter. Miss Hattie Brown of Norfolk, sprained her ankle very seriously while huckleberry. ing near w. H. Ellis.
 Our genial friend, N E. Walter, is experi menting with string-a-phone. He got up a line between saw horse and the whip shop the other day, and got the horse as far as the fence, where it staked. Director Kelsey thinks there's ''millons in it."
 MT. and Mrs. E. O. Cook, and MT. and Mrs. Fl. N. Horton of Lee, were at Mrs. Van- Deusen's over Sunday East Granby has let go it's hold of Will Parsons, and he's with us. Owen Pamerly made business trip tc Winsted Friday.
 Frank Cook has returned to Mrs. Van. Deusen's.
 E. B. Wilson of Pittsfeld called to see matter of adopting the Franklin Arithmetics The Greenleaf series is used here now, and although not up to MT. Ills. idea of an arithmetic, yet no change will be made at present.
 A sister of Mrs. Henry Kelsey is visiting her.
 A number of people from hereabouts pic. nicked at Lake Buel last Wednesday.
 TATTLE TALE. Cornwall.
 It has been been said that s'a star that sets may rise again, but one that falls will rise no more." Our ''leetle" Cornwall Star has fall. en, and consequently will s'rise no more " It lived to be just one year old, and was small of it's age; it lived very quiet life, never made hustle, (we don't think it ever made one,) and the cause of it's dropping this mor- tai to put on immortality, is cause of much speculation, as it was pecuniary success, it having netted the proprietors four dollars and forty-one cents the past year, but now it has gone. We will say that it was started to fill long needed want, and was stopped for the same purpose.
 The festivals in aid of the organ fund still are holden on every Saturday evening, The bill of fare is varied one, and if it isn't the place to go and pass an hour, well, we should sblush to murmur."
 Picnics to Greenwood lake are the order of the day, it having become quite famous resort since the improvements made by MT. Rogers. A new wharf and several new boats have been built, which makes it just the place for sail by moonlight.
 The school in the 10th school district, Miss Lizzie M. Chapman, teacher, closed on Friday, the 18th inst. As we remarked at the com mencement, Miss Chapman's well earned rep utation as 1rst-class teacher, was suffi. cient guarantee of 8 good school and such has proved the case. Miss Chapman is a graduate ofthe Normal school at New Britain, and tirst-class teacher in all respects, and the only thing to be regretted is, we have not more such teachers in Cornwall. Several of our farmers have have had their tobacco crops insured against damage by hail, and by the looks of some pieces, it seems to us that it would be we'll to insure against snow.
 Ine Tne ''invincible" base ball club play the re- turn game with Sharon, Wednesday, at which time they expect to pluck the ''rose of shar. on" without doubt.
 We took trip to "beautiful Berkshire" a short time since, and while passing through Harrington were surprised to find that most everybody had gone to the lakes and noun tains. We were somewhat puzzled to kncWW the cause of this remarkable exodus, until passing house we heard the long drawn notes of the accordeon, and then we knew that the doom of the place was sealed, that if the thing was allowed to continue, the vil- lage would become deserted, wild beasts would roam at will in the streets, and the swallows would make. their nests under the wings of the cast iron angle on the public square.
 Most of our farmers have finished having, and Low watch their tobacco grow, and re. mark that it will be "big, but rather late"
 x.Y.Z. Falls Village.
 Another new lot of buggies and carriages arrived Saturday for G. w. Hsll
 Lee P. Dean, Esq, is expected home this week from trip to Kansas and Chicago, IL
 Lyman Munson will open a livery stable soon, which will make four liveries in this village
 Miss Anna Simpson of Railway, N J., has been visiting friends here.
 MT. Timothy Tucker has gone to Goney Island and Long Branch to spend two weeks vacation. Misses E. Burgert and Mena Wolfe, of Al. bany, are guests of Miss Catherine Landon. Abe Mott is home for few weeks stay. from Huntington, ". Va.
 Rocky Delr' commences its fall term Mon. day, Sept 9th.
 Master mechanic Slingland went to Pater- son. N. J., last Thursday, to attend the fu- neral of his sister. Mrs. F. M. Qlin and son, pr. F. H. Olin of Worcester, are guests at the Dudley House. The band went over to Norfolk Saturday evening and serenaded two or three residents of that village.
 Arthur S. Lane of Harlem river station was in town over Sunday.
 Rev. MT. Moore will have his annual va- cation this month, and consequently there will be no services at the Congregational