Connecticut western news., 1882-01-04

-h6meulDoI SOuI SOOO lCsOAuSioAS' Most of the sick ones are improving. -Old Mother Shipton-she was mistook- she got left
 -aGospel Hymns No 4" is out,and on sale in this place.
 Sherwood Cummings is home on a visit from Norwalk
 -Supt. Jones has our thanks for his "an nual visitation"
 Miss Lillie Wetherell spent the holidays at her home in Huntsville.
 How many experienced Merry Christ mas and Happy New Year2
 -Our correspondents are all ready for war agam this week, after their furlough. Miss Siddie Crocker of this place has been quite sick at her home in East Canaan. "A number from this place attended the Ashley Falls club dance last Friday night. -Cassimir Boinay raff1ed of lot of guinea hens last Saturday night. "Buckwheat." Rev. W. A. Mackey had New Years gift at his house, in the form of daughter. Mrs. Scott's farm on the west side of the Housatonic river, is offered for sale or rent. oe Walter Paul of Garrisons, N. Y, has been spending a week with his parents in this place. .
 q, l,o;, VI Monday, having closed for a vacation of two weeks.
 John P. Shields of Danbury, the black smith, spoet-liareate" came home to spend Christmas.
 -Col. J. B. Hardenbergh spent last week in Kingston, N. r., his native place, trans acting legal business Mrs. George s. Gillette goes this week to Yonkers, N. Y. to spend the balance of the winter with her sister. Mfrs. J. s. New and daughter Florence returned last Saturday from two weeks visit to Chatham, N. Y.
 The old saw about the ''green Christmas making fat graveyard" comes pretty near being fact in this place.
 Agent Moore, of Ashley Falls station who has been confined to his home by severe illness, is now convalescent.
 Will. Barrett has apprenticed himself te W. Fl. Colepaugh, in the tonsorial art, anc bids fair to become quite a shaver.
 MT. M. T. Pritchard of Boston wen through this place last Saturday, on his re turn from vacation visit to New York.
 William Dean, formerly of this place brother of Julius Dean, died in Seymour las week and was buried in Lower Corner Gene tery on Wednesday.
 Rev. R. Hunt of Pawling, N. Y. was il town the other day, and called on some of hi field to attend funeral.
 MT. and Mrs David D. Walter vii celebrate the tin-th anniversary of their mar riage at their residence on Elm street nex Wednesday evening, the 11th inst.
 The funeral of the Hon. Geo. W. Pee will be held at his late residence on Higl street tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock Rev. Mir. Bodley conducting the services @-The dealers in holiday goods report larger trade this season than ever before There's more money in circulation, an Conductor Jim Lake of the C.. W. R. R ore train has been laid up for few days wit a painful sore eye. His train in the mean time was run by conductor Pollard ofthe mil train.
 Miss Ida May Macdonald celebrated he eighth birthday with tea party at the Ste vens House last Thursday afternoon, whic was attended by quite number of her youn friends.
 Quite number of our subscribers hay renewed for 1882, for which we're ''muc obleeged." If those who have not yet don so, will proceed to at once, we'll say th same to them.
 -"I have been without the NEWS one veal and feel lost without it, and have conclude to drop some other paper ana resume III NEWS" is what one of our friends says as h returns to the fold
 The board of relief will meet in Tow hall next Saturday ard also on the 20th inst to hear appeals from the assessors doings and to equalize and adjust the valuations o the assessment list.
 The passenger traffic on the ne' Southfeld stage route is quite heavy at pres ent One day last week the stage came int thus plac, filled with passengers to it's ut most capacity, and had to leave behind a many more that could not be accommodated Four deaths in the midst of our villag ins,de of three weeks Is there not som natural cause for so much sickness in thi particular locality, or is it the ''iuscrutabl ways of Providence?" Wouldn't an inves tigation of our sanitary condition, by ou honorable board of health be in order befor we saddle it all onto the shoulders of Provi dence2