Connecticut western news., 1882-01-04
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 The reading circle meets with Mrs. ILL Barber Friday evening. Everyone is cor dially invited to come and bring in something original or selected.
 The ladies' social this week Thursday, with Mrs. James Pettis.
 It IS reported at Wm B. Gibson Son have purchased fine piece of timber of Deacon Egbert Norton
 NIT. Hubert Barber is home He went to Westfeld Monday
 A. J. Cook, after weeks stay, has gone on his long western trip.
 E. Garfield & Son of Norfolk, have Dur. chased the "Col. Palmer place." Possession given April l.
 Rev, A. N. Benedict now has a partial par alysis ot the right hauu. It is rot so severs as the shook upon his left short time .aeo
 The ladies of the Cong. church held a prayer meeting at Mrs. Edward Canfeld's Sunday p. m.
 Some of Mir. and Mrs, wa' .e's friends came to see them, and Mir W. invited the people here to come in Mond'. " evening and help to make Christmas merry. A good oyster sup. per and lively dance were the result. Some o' HIS if'eAo' kept it up for day or two, anu enlov ed it Tn spite of the rain.
 MT irwin Baldwin's broom maker has ar. rived. TATT1E TALE i Cornwall.
 An entertainment for the benefit of the or gan fund was held at the Chapel on Wednes- day evening of last week, which netted SIS, and now we are anxiously waiting for the or gan, as that and Prof. Norths cornet will make grand musical combination
 The hamlet on the hillside" held.a Christ mas service on Christmas eve, which was en joyed by both old and young. A fine spruce tree was imported from Warren, and it was | loaded down with presents. After the pres ents had been distributed, the audience dis persed while the solemn strains of the 'Glori Patra" were sung by the choir. Miss Mattie Bennett, young lady of Corn, wall, died in Bridgeport on Tuesday of last week. Her funeral was attended at her fathers house on Friday, the 3Oth inst. The school on the plain commences on Tuesday, Jan Sd, Mrs. John Page as teacher We learn that Mrs. Page has been hired for a year. The school in the 10th school district Miss Lizzie M, Chipman, teacher, closed on Friday. the 23d inst The school has made rapid improvement, and we think will stand first in town in the average attendance, which proves the fact that as teacher, Miss Chip man has no superiors in Cornwall, as all the schools she has had under her charge have been the same way, viz, first class.
 '.'Lasses" candy pulls are the order of the day; no persons who are not true to pull need apply; they must also be able to pull il both single and double harness.
 Prof. Hickey stlll insists that it is contrary to the rules of Prof. Blot, or any of the stan dard works on cookery, to boil mackerel ir the 'taykittle," and moreover it spolls tn, flavor of the 'tay." x.Yz.
 Kent.
 The young people of the Congregational so ciety, and few older ones, met at the par sonage last week Wednesday for the purpos of devising entertainments throughout tn
 winter It was decided that the entertain
 ments should consist of music, readings. e.
 says, and anything anyone has mind to sue
 gest providing it is instructive as we'll a
 amusing. They will meet on Tuesday eve
 ning of each week, at different houses respect :, ively. Next week they will meet at MT
 Charles Smiths, and the week following a MT George Hopson's. Mrs. Earl Moshure, who had been sic
 about two weeks with typhoid fever, died O
 Thursday, Dec 22d, and was buried on Sal
 urday. Her remains were taken to Gaylords . vile for interment
 The Congregational minister was agreeabl surprised Christmas eve, to be the recipien of $9l. from his congregation This gil
 shows what warm and friendly feeling hi people have toward him. Willie Hopson was home during the hol
 days. He is attending school in East HamI ton. Mass.
 Notwithstanding last week Monday evt . nlng was stormy, large crowd of peopl gathered at the Episcopal church to see tn Christmas tree. The tree was filled to ovel 5 flowing with all kinds of presents for tn
 Sunday School children. Each child was re membered, and by the expression of thei countenances, well pleased with the evening I entertainment.
 Mir. Stone, former principal of Kent sen mary, spent Christmas in town. l A gentleman from Pawling is talking ( , starting a creamery in Kent f We were pained to hear that Mrs. Elmore
 while administering to the wants of her hu
 band, who was sick. was seriously burne
 about the face, arms and hands, by ca bursting and the steam rushing out on her
 She is little more comfort lble now, but {