Connecticut western news., 1882-02-15

Mrs. Minott Lyman has been spending a few days with friends in town.
 F. N. Haynes, from Boston, travelling salesman and owner of a boot and shoe estab. lishment, was in town Saturday.
 MT. George A. Hubbsll of Bridgeport was guest of Amesville relatives Sunday.
 W. c. Granniss, agent for the firm of Ben. nett $ Sloan of New Haven, made his regu- lar trip through this section last week. He will retire from that calling the coming spring.
 Engine No. is at the shops. and will be thoroughly overloaded and repaired before it goes out on the road again
 MT. A E. Gibbs gave his Sunday School class and two or three other invited friends a sleighrids Saturday, driving up as far as shef- field, taking lunch at Benjamins hotel, and returning home in the evening
 Mrs, Fred. Fuller of Housatonic is in Amesville taking care of her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Darke, who IS i'll. MT. Darke has fu- ished his labors at the bolt shop in Lime Rock.
 A large assortment of valentines of all styles are on sale st Capron's.
 F. E. Egleston has his printing presses home again, and put out his sign of card and job printing.
 Rev. M. Walker of Lime Rock was badly burned Saturday evening by attempting to enter with lantern, the room or vault in which gasoline is kept, with which the Epis copal church is lighted He was attended by Dr. Averill, and will probably recover from it's effects.
 The funeral of MT. Milton Hall, who died last Tuesday, was attended at the M K. church Thursday afternoon, Rev. MT. Gam. ble conducting the obsequies. The burial took place at Sand Hill cemetery. Mr. Hall was an old resident of this town. and was 8 genial and social gentleman. and had many friends He had been in feeble health for several weeks before his death. and was in his sixty seventh year.
 The following are the officers elect of Gas cade Lodge for the present quarter, ending May lst: W. c. T., Dwight F. Dean W. V. T., Mrs Frances Brasie; Secretary. Frank E. How'd; Assistant Secretary, Henry c. Crandall, Jr F. Sec James Winterbottom Treas. Miss Maggie Conley; Chaplain, N O. B'iggs; Marshal, Alfred Evans; Guard, David Holmes; Sentinel, Edward Killmer
 Mrs. David B. Connor and daughter of Bridgeport are visiting relatives ln this village
 IDLRwILD. Kent.
 We are all being vaccinated.
 Baggage master Boyhen of the H. R. R spent last Sabbath ID Keut.
 MT. and Mrs. Ed Ingersoll have just re. turned from their visit in New York
 Mss Adele Willard is visiting friends in Bridgeport and vicinity.
 The Episcopal society held the last one o their series of sociables at the town hall las, Wednesday evening. and was largely attend ed, dancing being one of the principal flea lures of the occasion.
 A great deal of sickness is prevailing l. town, and number of deaths occurred the past week. Widow Harvey Terrill died witt dro ,sy; widow Gilmon Thompson, after { prolonged illness, died with the consumption and was buried last Wednesday. Mrs. Am Barton, the fifth wife of Caleb Barton, diet very suddenly with the lung fever last Wed nesday, and was inferred in the Episeopa cemetery. Mir. Barton, her survivor, is near 1 ly one hundred years old, and enjoys gooe health. The older people of Kent remember him nearly fifty years ego. when his lock' were as gray as at the present time. The people here are grateful to Superin tendent Stillson for favoring them with , passenger car to attend Josh Billings lectur in New Milford last Friday evening. Th' car was quite we'll filled with Kentites, ant :he lecture well enjoyed. The return trll was made on the through freight, whicl brought us to our homes about 4 o'clock Sat urday morning, much to the chagrin of tn sleepy passengers The slow speed of th tram was caused (,he train men say.) by tn poor quality of coal being used ou the engine the engineer being unable to keep a requisit amount of steam to make time. Nr Jerom Berry, who lives about three miles north c Krnt, beside the track, started from the sta ton with his horse and sleigh at the sam time the train did, and arrived home first. LOT. Cornwall Bridge.
 Fifty years ago there was built Tn this vii lsge blast furnace for the manufacture c pig iron. The capacity was about three an one half tons per day. and four tons was con sidered big casting in the twenty. -four hours The furnace was then run by cold blast, an no change was ever made in the furnace ex cept from cold to hot blast. The stack thirty-one feet in height, u,ne foot bosh, for ty inch hearth, four tweers Said furnac has been in charge heretofore of differen founders. At the present time Thomas Van Alystyne is the efficient founder. and a maj worthy of attention. He has cast within th past three weeks, two hundred and forty ton number four pig iron, running on that mum Der without any other grade or number in tn said three weeks. The stack nsed to cast au make the same was one hundred and seven teen oushel coal two tons six hundred or |. ~e !