Connecticut western news., 1882-02-01

enness hereabouts of late, but most of the
 subjects arc good.natured fellows, in for fun
 and unkind only to themselves. Occasionally
 drunken rowdy wants fight but generally
 makes sure he has plenty of friends to hold
 him back.
 The Douglas library has been provided
 with new case to accommodate the new
 books, which unfortunately did not arrive in
 time to be numbered and catalogued before
 the next library day. The new librarian has
 secured the services of Artie Freeman as assistant.
 At the regular communication of Housa. tonic Lodge, No. 6l last Saturday evening, the regular communications were changed to semi monthly, and will hereafter be held on tae second and fourth Saturday evenings af each month. which brings the next communi- cation Saturday evening of next week.
 The wind blew away all communication with the telegraph office last. Tuesday, and for some time the office was unable to communi. cate Tn any direction. Superintendent Jones came out from Hartford in special train on Sunday afternoon, with line rspairsr, and soon had things in working shape again.
 Mir. Fl. sturges of Huntsville has brought an action against che town of Canaan (Falls Village) to recover $10,00o damages, in consequences of injuries sustained by the falling of . bridge over which Mr. sturges wss driving, last October. Since that time hs has been quite feeble, and from the injuries received hs will probably not entirely recover
 The following from the Christian Union speaks well for the work of the Rev G A. Gordon, who made many warm friends in this region while supplying the pulpit of the Congregational church as occasional sul,titute, and many here rejoice in his success. He has been connected with the Greenwich church trife over . year: E.
 Under the earnest ministry of the Rev. George A: Gordon the Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, Conn.,, has already made decided advance. The preaching services are very largely attended, the prayer meetings full to over6owing, and the Sunday interest. On the first day of January eighteen persons joined the church, twelve on profession of faith. and there are many evidences of deepened and more active spiritual life in the church.
 ~, A regular old-fashiened hurricane swept over this region last Friday morning. fap- ping the drapery of the female pedestrians violently enough to take them off their feet, and making commot,on in every place" like the "wind on frolic" in the old reading. It opened doors, shook fruit trees, snapped of telegraph poles like pipe stems blew down the high signal pole.at the junction at Union Depot, with crash that scared Pete Nihil out of a years growth, and carried of the roofof Eugene Roots ihorso barn, @ short distance west of the village. It was as a sacrifice of dignity thata person could venture to cross the street, which was covered with glary ice, and there was many a race between man and hat, with hat generally about three laps ahead. It was Q very breezy morning. T The NRws reached its readers several hours late last week, owing to an accident to our newspaper press, which brought the pro cess of printing to stand.still. scared the devil into. fits, hushed the switter of our whistler, made the Colo nel pace the floor, pull his whiskers and look ugly, and prompted our necessary evil' to hire an able.bodied man to step in and pro faae as the occasion required. As the break was such as to require several days for repair, our edition was tied up in . bundle, the forms sadly and tenderly placed in box and taken to the Hsrald office in:Winsted, where neigh bor Vaill who had been previously telegraphed had kindly arranged for our immediate ac commodation, and with the corporation of foreman Williams the edition. was printed without accident or incident worthy of note. By the way, Joe. has pleasant and con. venient office over there. and . genial set of employees, not the least attractive of whom is the fair and nimble-hngered Miss Alice who picks hicks in the east window, and we couldn't blame the ''too utterly too too" young man from Canton, for choosing the Herald office, above all others, as good place to spend . day in gleaning knowledge of the art preservative.
 The fair in Town Hall was we'll attended last Saturday evening. Quite @ number from Lakeville, Lime Rock and Falls Village, were present. All enjoyed themselves thor. oughly in dancing, and very pleasant time was realized. The refreshment table under the supervision off Mrs. Goodwin, was we'll patronized, for there was found quantity of choice cake and cookies. The competition over the silver ice pitcher is creating quite an excitement. the gentlemen running for it are Mir. Frank Tone of East Canaan, and MT. J. A. Macdonald of North Canaan. It is to go of on Thursday evening The fair proper closed Monday night and the list of articles drawn was as follows: Cigar set Charlie Collins; glass set, John Tone; bowl and pitcher, MT. Milton Roraback; bed spread, Joseph Kegler; bed quilt, Katie Britt Father Lynch's picture, J. Kegler; china mug, J. Colligan; chest of tea, Frank Kelley vases, Steve Riley; doll, Rosalie Pequigney: silver set, Mary Riley; cologne box, N. Nun. ger; vases. Miss McCarty shell box, R. Colbert; flower stand, Mrs. Tone; chest of book, Maggie Ialoney; lamp mat, Mrs. Goodwin; cup and saucer. Mrs. Barrett card receiver, P. Doolsy; lamp, Mrs shuck. rough; two tidies, Mrs. Commins; organ, Mary Pequigney. Several other articles went by auction. the highest bidder receiving them. Miss Florine Psquigney was presented with the ring, she having been the best cauvasser in the fair. It is very pretty and costly ring, and its possessor ought indeed to feel greatly hopored. ANON.
 VICINITY.
 Winsted has 8 roller skating rink and plenty of doctors.