Connecticut western news., 1882-01-04

Miss L. Belle Hamilton has declined filling her dressmaking engagements, and expects to spend the remainder of the winter in Water. bury. x. Sheffield.
 The 18th annual ''Housatonic Farmers Fes- tival" was held at Benjamin's hotel Sheffield. Thursday, Dec. 22d. Owing to the storm only seventy five were present, for tne first time in the eighteen years.) At the appoint ed moment dinner was announced and the guests were seated at the heavily laden ta- bles in the tastefully decorated dining room. The bill of fare contained ten courses, which was discussed at some length. After dinner, speeches, Dr. J. L. Miller ofShefield making the welcoming speech. pr. H. Eddy spoke of the farmers political destiny; R. Goodman of Lenox, of the origin of the club, it's histo- ry and benefits A. Bradley of Lee, of the superiority of home farm labor over what he saw in Denmark E. P. Woodworth of Ct Harrington, of the origin and history of the Housatonic Agricultural Society; A. w. Curtlss of Sheffield, of western competition :; L. T. Osborn of Afford, of the advantage of education to farmers; Z. Candee of Sheffield ot the advance of the New England farmers and Bear Town Beebe caused much mirth by his pthy remarks about Jersey stock. The officers elected for the ensuing year. are, president H. L. Smith of Lee; vice president, 5. Butler of +enox; secretary and treas, urer, J. B Hull of Stockbridge. 8. l Miss Nettie Bartholomew of Winsted spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Geo 1 Fitch.
 Bird Gordon of Burlington, Ct., spent Christmas at home.
 Mrs. M. L Austin has closed her house, and gone to spend the winter with her son in Derby. K Falls Village.
 MT. Irving Sparks of Norfolk was in town over Sunday.
 Miss Jennie Bierce of Cornwall Bridge was the guest of friends in this village last week.
 Iwenty-four new volumes were added to the circulating library last week.
 Twenty-Five dollars were the net receipts of the young ladies' ''Mission Circle" fair held the 2lst. at Citizens hall
 MT. Frank Beebe of South Canaan was home from Pittsfeld over Sunday.
 Miss Susan Harrison of Cornwall com menced her winter term of school at Beebe Hill Monday.
 An oyster supper for the benefit ofthe Sun day School was held ir the basement of the M. E. church Wednesday evening.
 Mr. Ward Johnson of Harlem, N. Y, is or a few days visit with relatives in Amesvlle
 Mrs. Peck ot Bridgeport is the guest O Mrs. Charles Owen.
 The site for new creamery has been SC 'ected south of the depot, near the carpente shop on the west side of the track.
 Mir. Henry R. Wolfe of Amesville started Monday for Fort Wayne, Ind, where he zoe to learn ths machinists' trade. He leave with the regret of his numerous friends here but carries with him their best wishes in hi new home
 l l lecture, etc. on Spiritualism last Thursda { night, was obliged to postpone it on accoun
 of the rain, to this evening"
 Charles Brinton, delivery clerk at G. W Halls store, has given up his job and return , ed home to Lakeville.
 Mir. John H Belden, bookkeeper at G. W
 Halls store, was taken last week Monda night with typhoid pneumonia, and has bee
 confined 10 the house ever since, but he , now on the gain.
 MT. Sidney Morris, while at his barn, ha f the misfortune to pierce his foot with pitcf
 fork one day last week, which he is now CT a toying (?) vacation with 1t Milton Green, car inspector at the Ame s vile yard, has finished his labors for the E
 R. R. Co.,, and has gone to Hartford, whel !, he has secured a job at the Conn. Wester '. Railway Co.'S. shop.
 e Several of the young people of this plae t were given party by Fred A. Bartlett, { bis residence, New Years eve. As several workmen at the shops were ou
 side watching log, as they supposed, cou
 ing down the river above the little falls, Sa $ urday afternoon the object proved to be Ee e ward Burkett's bird dog, which came over a 7. safe and sound, and was called out by h
 master.
 Two fox hunters while out with for t hounds one day last week, on the hunt struc 4 a trail, and after chasing the fox for sever U miles over mount and dell, the latter ocean e exhausted and ran into the R. R. Co.'S. sho
 yard and over the turn table, which attracte e the attention of most of the employees in tn '' shops, It ran up around the north side a the car shop, where it was killed. ,' The Amesville graded school commence
 Monday the 9th inst. Miss Hattie Owel
 whose popularity as primary teacher is al " tested from the fact that she has taught te
 consecutive terms in that department, ar
 she has been engaged to teach the comr . term. In the higher department ne U | ,bon boe IT.