Connecticut western news., 1882-01-18

tnls Week. "A .
 .-Colepaugh's watch was won by Fred. : Comstock.-
 MT. George w: :Cowdrey is visiting friends in Ithica, N. Y. . ....
 Snow balling. coasting and sleigh riding .are now, in order. ... c ~.. Mrs. Geo. S Gillette departed for Yonk- CTS, N. Y.last Wednesday, Can the Warner House be said to be a temperance hotel when it is full? III. c. Stevens is hauling lumber for his new house on West Main street. The matrimonial boom of last fall didn't justify the prediction of a hard winter.:,' " Is John Robinson is around again after be- smg eonfned to his room for three weeks .-"Q p,thag ?, .lispesd Jerome Root when :. hesat, down in some January slush, the other !. 4Representativs H. G. Williams is on the committee on roads and bridges: in the leg islature.s.. .... .
 An auction sale of harnesses, etc. took place in front of the Stevens House yesterday afternoon. S
 The funeral of Mrs. Moore took place in ' Christ Church yesterday afternoon, Rev. MT. Bodley officiating.
 Several couples from this place attended the Salisbury Dramatic Assocation's dance last Thursday night. -..r -.--..... "A series of revival meetings has been instituted at the Methodist church, and con siderable interest IS manifested.
 MT. James Quinn has rallied considerable from his late critical condition, andais now thought to be well on the road to recovery;
 The Knickerbocker hardware and lumber business on West Main street is offered for sale or rent. See advertisement in another column. ,. .. ,, Mrs. J. A. Macdonald attended a masquerade ball. in Unionville last Friday fight. The "yaller" suit however was lett at home. ,. >~. B Mi. and, Mrs. D. D. Walter desire to thank their friends, through the NEWS, for their remembrances on the occasion of the - tenth anniversary of their marriage. . VIII, Colepaugh has been spending a few, days in New, Milford, the barber shop being efficiently conducted in the meantime by Charles voll and Billy's voluble appren- tice. ,~-The last dance of the ID. D. Y. club is to be held in the Town Hall to morrow night. : A, large attendance is expected, -~ s.Bub."" White is. to furnish music, which announcement of itself should attract good : s.-miany H,- |: -
 =. -Mr. Charles R. Hall of Norwich N. Y. was in. town last. Sunday, and called on. a = number of his old friends. MT. Hall taught the district school here about seven years ago, and made host of friends, and it is to be ~ regretted that he couldn't stay long enough - to give them all a, call.
 Butts, the hostler at the Warner House, is a man, of stableity, though he whips around when he is on drive. He thinks Gall the worlds stage" and wishes he were the driver He generally keeps his tongue wag gin when he hitches onto a stranger, anc .,. treats him with becoming horsepitality.
 Tom. Shields 'qaid on our table" las Monday mammoth frog which was an un comfortably tight fit for a cigar box. A first sight we took it for the much talked 0 = baby elephant The s'varmint' was captured ina spring about mile north of this place and weighed somewhere between five anC :. fifty pounds. -.......-- -.. :. 7. -Rev. William O'R Sheridan, who was assistant, pastor at Lakeville for the past few years, has been removed to St. Johns parish New Haven. During his brief stay in Lake :. vile, Father. Sheridan won the respect and love of all who knew him, equally for his zea in promoting the greater honor and glory o God, and his extreme kindness to every one especially the children. who will ever remem Der him and the good lessons he instilled or their young hearts. We wish the reverend gentleman all manner of success in his new field of labor, and heartily unite with the New Haven people in saying what is iLakeville' loss is their gain. A FRIEND.
 Last Sunday morning a young fellow named Hollenbeck, about Fl years old, stole watch and $50. in money from Jerome Wilcox, who was at work for Grove Dunham in Canaan Valley, and took the Sunday milk.train at East Canaan, for Miliertop, N Y. Officers were at once put CT his track. and he was arrested the same evening and V brought to this place, ard Monday morning in Roraback's office, he begged so earnestly and piteously. declaring that he had ''neVer done so before, and never would do so nc more" that he was let of with a reprimand, and was told to go and sin no more. All the stolen property was recovered, and young Hollenbeck is sadder and wiser boy.
 The following is a verbatim copy of : letter written by pupil in school not many miles away. Its unstudied naturalness and forcsful expression will commend it to all stu- dents of natural history:
 Nv dear teacher would Like to tell you what hay. y.learned about the luminous tie COW is a Domestic animal and the cow hes