Connecticut western news., 1881-12-21
paper next week.

 No paper next week.
 Where are you going to spend ChristmasH ? Considerable correspondence crowded The present term of high school closes this week.
 Friend Northrop is spending the week with friends in Kent.
 A merry Christmas and happy New Year to each and all of our readers.
 Misses K. M. and Carrie Granger have been visiting friends in New Milford.
 Mir. Alderman Ives of winsted, former ly of this place, was in town Monday.
 Editor McArthur of tho Winsted Times, made us brief call Monday evening
 Mrs. J. S New and daughter, Florence, are spending the holidays in Chatham, N. Y. Frank VanDeusen is doing considerable pressing at his hay and straw baling estaO lishment.
 Miss Emma Waldorf of Sufield, has been making her aunt, Mrs. E. W. Warner, a short visit.
 Landlord Warner is putting new sills under his ice house. and making other needed improvements.
 A tin wedding, with all the trimmings" is to be celebrated in town about the middle of next month.
 "A stand.up- -and.knock. down misunder. standing last Sunday afternoon resulted in sore face and broken finger.
 Miss Ella Rice's son, of Sandtown, has returned from the reform school, where he has been spending four or five years.
 Charlie Marvin came over from Sharon yesterday, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Fuller, his former Sunday School teacher.
 Prof. North has taken the band in hand again, and the boys intend to work hard for splace in the front rank, during the winter. Rev. Mr. Bodley preached in North Adams last Sunday, bis pulpit in Christ Church being occupied by Rev. MT. Fitch of New York.
 Horace Holt has received an addition to his family. in the form of son. A wide awake, youthful as well as ornamental Christ. mas present.
 Are the young folks of this place going to do anything about starting a debating club for winter amusement Echo answers probably not.
 Hon. Geo. W. Peet who has been con- fined to his house for some time with sick ness, is now threatened with lung fever, and is quite feeble.
 Barber Colepaugh is at his home in New Milford, sick. In the meantime John Ryan of Nillerton applies the lather in the barber shop in this place.
 Humphrey Brothers have put in large and handsome upright showcase, built by Grove Knickerbocker, to show of their holi- day goods to good advantage.
 -Dr. Griswold was in town last Friday, supplying the drug stores with his ''Pastilles,' which for coughs, colds and catarrh, cannot be excelled. Give them a trial
 Fred Bartlett of Falls Village is Charlie spaulding's successor at the ticket office, Sam Ferguson being retained for few days tc give Fred an insight into the business.
 MT. and Mrs. Joha Jones of Ashley Falls celebrated the eeta anniversary of their mar riage last night. A number of their ole nsighbors and frisAA,6sa shA place attended The time of the evening passenger trair north on the Fl R R. is to be changed this week, back to it's old time-about half past seven at this place, instead of eight o'clock as ct present.
 The humps are prevailing to such an ex tent in the schools as to render the proposed entertainment by the scholars somewhat un certain, and it has been deemed advisable tc postpone the affair to next term.
 Another of Evangeline's bachelors has gone the way of all flesh, and 1t seems safe to say that another year will find the re- mainder of the unfortunates greatly reduced But the great reformer, Evangeline herself is still amiss-alass
 Miss Emma |Stiner, who is teaching school in Wetaug district, was unable to at tend to her duties the greater part of las week, owing to 6 sudden bilious attack bn on Monday shs had 80 far recovered as tc bs able to continue at her post.
 At the meeting of the officers of th' Methodist Sunday school, held last weel Tuesday night it was decided to have nothing done about getting up Christmas tree fo the school, in view of the sickness of mem hsrs of the society, and the recent deaths il our midst. Possibly they may have the tre' on New Years day.
 The Zimmerman brothers, of Troy, hav' been spending some days in town, buying to bacco in this vicinity. They have jus shipped two carloads to their warehouse They are well and favorably known amoni the tobacco raisers of this region, for thei square dealing, and general good qualities and growers look forward for their appearance from one season to the next.
 -CARD.-We desire through the columns of the NEWS, to express our thanks for the xords of sympathy, and acts of kindness shown us in our recent great bereavement the loss of our Charlie. Also to the Metho iist Sunday school, and the young men who