Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
LOCAL NEWS.


 Eggs are eggs, and butter is mostly butterine-or something worse.
 Warren Mcintyre and Henry Goodro shod 13 horses in six hours, last Thurs day.
 -"Ellen," a servant at the Warner House, contributed $5 for the Hosea Green fund.
 A fine time is anticipated at the Christmas tree gathering in the M. B.. Church, on Monday evening next.
 Frank Smith, carpenter employed in West Norfolk, fell from scaffold, 8 distance of twenty feet, but fortunately sustained no severe injury.
 Henry Roraback and wife of Roches- ter, N. Y., have been in town several days visiting Milton, their brother and A. T. Roraback, their nephiew.
 Forty couples regaled themselves at Landlord McDonald's on the evening of the Independent Club benefit. Every one seemed satisfied with the bill of fare.
 The H. R. R. ran extra trains from this place north, last week to dispose of the large quantity of coal brought here by the H. & c. w. railroad, which the regular freights could not take away.
 The young ladies appointed by the M. E. Sabbath School to solicit funds for the Christmas tree, have succeeded admirably an amount greatly in advance of previous years has been collected.
 Sunday, December 31, the sacrament of the Lords Supper will be admins tered at the M. B. church. In the even- ing Presiding Elder Ferguson of Pough- keepsie District will be present, and is expected to preach.
 An epedemic' has made its appear ance among the herd of John T. North rop's swine. The first symptoms of sickness was loss of appetite followed by staggers and death. Two have al ready died.
 The young ladies of the M. B. Church will give an entertainment in Village improvement Hall, on Thurs day evening of this week. Supper will be served and there will be a sale of fancy articles. They will be pleased to welcome all of their friends.
 Last Thursday night about twenty veterans met at the Warner House in compliance with @ previous call. Enough names were pledged to apply for charter for G. A. R. Post at this place, and application has been made to the department commander and de- cis1on will be announced in few days,
 Masonic brothers from Cornwall, Falls Village, Millerton, Salisbury, New field visited Housatonie Lodge, F. & A. Jor 41 the third degree. After the exercises, sumptuous repast was indulged in, sen- timents exchanged, and good time had generally.
 At the book and stationery store of M. B. Mead may be found very useful holiday presents, consisting of poems by eminent American and English au- thors; novelties of various kinds adapted to the refined tastes of the ladies-in- fact, there is such varied assortment from which to select that almost any thing in the holiday line can be found.
 The Norfolk Jubilee Singers gave their entertainment at the Town Hall last Tuesday evening, as advertised, and met with success as regards an audience The entertainment consisted of planta- tion songs, with short delineations of negro character, supposed to represent life on the plantation. Compared to the entertainments of this character given here before, it was not up to the average.
 he dancing assembly, Friday eve Soipv by the Independent Social Club, for abe benefit of Hosea Green, was I 1a-ooIv attended. Rhodes orchestra o1 Falls, furnished music. Consid- AshleJ circumstances which occa- ering the ing, it was considered stoned the gathe.- -oly regrets that a jovial party The |, Hosea, fol were expressed was that ''nn up, whose benefit the party was gotU-- could not be present and mingle with them.
 Two accidents happened last week, on the H. < c. w. R. R., brakeman on the night freight, named Potter, being one of the victims. The accident occurred while coupling cars. Potter was taken to hospital in Hartford, when 1t was ascertained that the injury had caused paralysis of the lower limbs. The second accident was to brakeman on the milk train, named O'Herron. His collar bone was broken. and fear ot internal injury is aprehended.
 The ladies sale and supper under the auspices of the ladies of Christ Church Parish in aid of the rectory fund, held or Wednesday and Thursday evenings was a success socially and financially the proceeds amounting to nearly $2O0 The hall was decorated with numerou' T >Rx 4o1,1 Io6 wit fancy articles-as well as substantia edibles With pleasant conversation anI occasional intervals of vocal and lnstru mental music and dancing, the occa sion was pronounced an enjoyable event
 A humorist has wisely said ''whel man comes to me for advice find ou the kind of advice he wants and l giv it to him and he and are two as smar men as there are living" Our advlc to anyone who is thinking of making Christmas present, is to go to G. V Capron's jewelry store, Falls Village and look over his elegant assortmen of jewelry and holiday novelties. w
 are sure that something will be foun which will be ''just the thing" and tn present will be "a joy forever" to bot
 donor and recipient.
 The comet which was prolific sut
 feet of conversation few weeks ago
 has by no means disappeared Durin the late moonlight nights it was hardl visible, and doubtless many persor supposed it had become thing of th
 past. But during the two or three cles
 nights of the past week it has agai
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 ern sky. It rises now about midnigh
 the tail being visible soon after
 o'clock By A. M. it is well above u
 horizon. It is much less brilliant ths