Connecticut western news., 1881-08-31
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 Hereafter the Sunday evening services iu the M. E. church will begin at o'clock. The fall term of the district schools be- gins next Monday, with the old corps of teachers.
 Mir. Beebe Branch large druggist Of Waterloo, N. Y., is visiting his aged mother in this place.
 Preston Hunt son of Rev. Robert Hunt of Pawling, N. r., made the NEWS office call last Monday morning.
 Complete files of the Camp Meeting DAILY NEWS for 1881 may be obtained at this office, at 20 cents each.
 The adv. of Druggist Camp is changed this week. Read it and get sick, so as to give him chance to fix you up.
 Miss Emma J. Stiner of this place will teach the fall term in the Wetaug school district, beginning next Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. g. A. Herman of Winsted were in town last Saturday and Sunday, visit ing camp meeting and calling on old friends. MT. and Mrs. Ferris W. Henry, of Tuckahoe, N. Y: have been spending few days in this place, the former home of Mir. Henry.
 ID. Cowles Whittlesey, Esq, of New York, son of Rev. Elisha Whittlesey of this place, is in town visiting relatives. He re- turns next Monday.
 The members of the band are requested to be at the band room promptly on time' at the next meeting, Saturday night, and full attendance is desired.
 The last rose of summer in the shape of hand organ, with man, woman and baby attached, appeared, almost 'faded and gone last Monday morning.
 If any of our readers can furnish com plete file of the Camp Meeting DAILY NEWS for 1877, the first issue of the Daily ever pub ished, it can be disposed of at good price by calling at this office.
 Ensign Butts brought into the sanctum yesterday head of cabbage measuring three feet and three inches in circumference, which was raised on Nat. Greens farm in Lime Rock Sour krout-yum, yum!
 MT. John H. Pulver and family, of Co bake Iron Works, formerly of this place, were in town last week, visiting friends anc the camp meeting, at which MT. P. ofticiatec as meat carver in the eating house.
 A young man about 20 years old under took to play smarty, and jump onto the morn ing passenger train going south last Friday as it was starting out. He stuck hlm self together with court plaster and took tht next train before it started.
 We have of late received several com munications, we'll worthy of publication, but which must be debarred just because the writers forgot to sign their names. Too bad friends but we can't help it. We must kno" who our correspondents are.
 A lively street fight last week was quite treat for the crowd of bystanders who wit messed it. It is so seldom that fight occurs here, that when genuine set-to really does take place crowd will gather about just as flies gather around the mouth of moasseS jug.
 Barber Colepaugh is of on vacation, his place here being occupied by John Ryan of Millerton. Billy is expected back in few days, and if he should come with an "extra edition," so to speak, no one would look sur prised, but many would exclaim, II told you soln
 An old fashioned carriage decorated pro fusely with flags and Japanese lanterns, and drawn by four old horses appeared on the streets last Wednesday, en route from Win sted to the camp ground. It contained four young men, who were evidently in for fun, and the astonishment of the natives.
 An aged colored brother in one of the prayer meetings on the camp ground last week, made characteristic prayer in which he said: "Oh, Lawdl some darkeys asks for fddles an some darkeys asks for pianos, but we don't want no fddles nor no pianos, but we wants de spirit ob de Lawdl''
 The c. w. R. R. locomotive Canton ran of the last Monday while switching, in consequence ofa misplaced switch, and con- ductor Elmore's train was obliged to go around her on a side track, thus avoiding delay She was pulled on, however, by the H. R. R. gravel train locomotive, without damage.
 HI. P. Fargo, the NEWS Monterey cor respondent paid Canaan his first visit last Saturday, and took in camp meeting. He reports lots of campers at his grove on Lake Garfield, but no big bass caught to outweigh that captured there by a NEWS scribbler few weeks since, which made the scales jim gle at three pounds and half.
 GUM DRoPs.-The daily camp meeting edition of the Connecticut Western News now being published in the interest of Pine Grove, is bright looking little sheet and contains considerable interesting reading for both saint and sinner.-Bpt. Eagle.
 The daily camp meeting edition of the Connecticut Western News, the first number of which appeared on Tuesday, is as lively and newsy as ever, everything of both world ly and unworldly interest that happens on the grounds being chronicled in style that must .1ov o ohrop;o crr1,po blap 6O3yTJpT