Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
WEST CoRNWALL.

4AAA" e1ASA 4AAS. fA H. 1edLuh1l, O1 NeW York, are guests at MT. John Woods.
 Dr. Brewer, who has been ill with fever the past few weeks, is gradually recovering.
 Edward Kahler who is shear-making again in Brookfeld, was home to do poll duty.
 Fred. Wood attends school at Rocky Dell Institute, Lime Rock, to which place he went on Monday.
 Messrs. Morgan and Snyder attended the first meeting of the Grand Army Post at Lime Rock.
 Henry Yutzler, the energetic young tailor from Norfolk, and wife made glad the hearts of their many friends in this place over the Sabbath.
 MT. T. J. Bosworth is on the road to recovery, having broken by the aid of Dr. O. R. Sanford severe cold that at one time promised for him dire results
 Seth Scoville and wife are visiting at their fathers before leaving for per manent residence in Defiance, Ohio, where Seth IS, as usual, running train. Elias Hart, as seen by his advertise ment in another column, is closing out his stock of household goods, etc., which are all as good as new, at re- duced prices.
 Last week Charles Wolfe, while at work in the foundry, dropped a heavy casting on his foot, injuring it so se- verely as to be unable to attend to busi- ness since.
 About dozen live Democrats from this place rolled into New Milford last Friday evening by the special train, to attend the grand Waller and Seymour rally.
 The female populace are getting strangely attracted toward the mysteries of telegraphy. Another lady within the home limits has taken her first lesson at the depot, and is becoming quite in- terested in the art or the instructor possibly both.
 Daniel Studley the tiller of the soil on the Sedgwick farm, Cornwall Hollow by close calculation finds that his corn patch of six acres has produced about 700 bushels of nice sorted ears of the Chestnut Ridge variety. Beat that, ye who can.
 The jeweler from Canaan, Mr. G. B.. Gardner, well be at A. Yutzler & Son s store on Tuesday of each week from 10 VO AN V O4OSh, O. Ill.,, UO 1CCOAfC W4OOA1CO, clocks and jewelry to repair. He also sells watches and jewelry at the lowest living prices.
 Simply the announcement of the dime social held last Thursday evening, with Mrs. Isaac Marsh, indicated that fun, frolic and feasting were way above par, and drew oil over half hundred of the shining pieces which will add substan- tially to the snug little sum already realized for the new pipe organ that will soon grace the northeast chapel corner.
 Billy's daughter, young Miss just entering her ''teens," and who promises to be real 'hope to die" poet, favored him with the following efusion, en- tiled
 ''BnLY's EVENING OUT"
 Last night pa went to Linn. Rock
 10 attend the Grand Army Post;
 He me poklng ill about midnight | Looking ve much like ghost.
 He got up about nine to his breakfast,
 Tor it's not healthy to take 1t in bed; He looked ss If he been drawn through 8 knot hole,
 And all his hair stood straight on his head. He crawled off to bed rather early.
 Just as the milk train came laundering We hope it did not effect his old friend so
 Just going for once out of town.
 They ought to have gone in the carriage,
 AS the night was terribly chilly;
 But instead they took the old blackboard, And it was rather too much for one Billy. | guess he'll be all right in the morning Ii We let him entirely alone;
 He'll get up when the day is dawning
 And work away on his new gr1ndstone.
 NORFOLK.
 Election and school meeting are the only exciting events that take place in our quiet town just now. Election and politics we will refrain from comment ing upon, though there is much that could be said but 1t is better sometimes to withhold the truth than to speak it. school meetings, said, arc exciting they are truely so. Here ID our Centre District I alluded to this matter few weeks ago, but before the matter had fully developed our district had voted to build new school house near where the district school building now stands, taking and adding to the ground. The plans of the building were submitted to meeting held Monday night, but the plan adopted is not known to your cor respondent at the time of writing.
 Manufacturing continues to look up- ward At the town meeting in October 1t was voted to relieve any manufactur- ing company from taxes for five years whose payroll was $25O per month, o1 upwards, who would take and occupy , any unused privilege in Norfolk. A boot and shoe company have taken ad- vantage of the fact mentioned and will occupy the old Ryan sight where years ago large woolen mill was burned 1t IS suspected that Norfolk capitalists are heavily interested In the proiect-at all events they are pushing the founda. tion forward, and intend erecting the factory this fall Els.
 David Guilds has built new fence in front of his residence. ], MT. Fred Seelye of Thomaston is wis ) iting friends in this place. 7 MT. F. N. Barton and wife made z short visit to Waterbury last week. : W. D. Bissen and Wm. Doyle are the Democratic candidates for representa- : tive.
 Business is rather dull in this place The Etna Shear Company is running f but eight hours day at present. , MT. Geo. Whiting and Miss Heller Whiting of Torrington were guests a the Mountain Farm House, over Sun day.
 Quite number gathered at the resi- dence of Charles Dudley last Friday evening and dancing was indulged 1T until late hour