Connecticut western news., 1882-02-22

the front. but the poor oxen knew but little ] steer, when the unlucky driver, full ot courage and pluck jumped astride one of the horses, and with halloo to his oxen, they were soon safe on the other side. Such cour age as this is worth notice. V1c. West COrnwaBs. Geo. Hughes, Esq was we'll pleased with his survey of New York and Philadelphia last | week
 Mrs. Lewis Ocain of Huntsville is visiting | her mother, Mrs. s H. Barnun. Miss Lizzie Oldheld is spending few days in Sheffield, Mass. the guest of Dr. and Mrs | I R. Sanford.
 Invitations are out for the china wedding of Mir and Mrs. Gen. c. Harrison, to morrow evening Tuesday, | Smith & Sons have just received big sup 1 ply of the Syracuse cs,lled blows with extras. which are recommended as the boss arrange. ment for turning the sod | James H Cochrane hade adeu to "Rocky Dell" last Friday, to take up the profession of ! c. 5. Brower
 l Charles Wolfe has found employment in the shear factory at Norfolk, to which place he went last Wednesday. | Cochrane Bros. have commenced taking in- ventory.
 good subject for "vaccination.' by being com. pletely worked" up the past lew days un ler the doctors klnd treatment, which in this in. stance speaks (without labeD tor itself.
 MT. E. H Dean has engaged with Ge orge Forman of Pleasant Valley. N Y, and wil continue the wholesale trade of yankee no tons with the proprletor's establishment a soon as the travelling permits. ANON south Canaan.
 Unlon meetings have been held in the coga ference room during the past week, the Rev. MT. Gamble of the Methodist church assisting the Rev. MT Moore. In spite of stormy
 weather and bad travelling, there has been a good attendance, and marked degree of in terest. The ministers have devoted their af
 ternoons to making pastoral calls in this par. ish
 he burial of Mrs Olive Peck was attend ed OF Tuesday afternoon, in the cemetery
 near the church, the Rev Mr. Bodley oficiat
 ing. The regret at MT Bodley's approaching departure seems to be universal, pervadinl
 all classes and all conditions of men. Mrs, Charles Halliday was badly burned ! WY QofV urrt. s&<,hn
 There is little sickness ln town, an occa
 sionai c' d being the only complaint. |. The blue birds were heard on ValeRtine'
 day. the first appearance of the season.
 Falls Village. 't The recent rains and thaw caused she Ho [ lenbeck river to become so swollen as to owe
 flow it's banks, and the water covered Il
 road leading from this place to Huntsv,ll'
 known as Blodgett's flat" nearly one qua
 ter of mile. and to the depth of two feet.
 The Housatonic railroad company hay
 thelr large ice house near where the creaner F is to stand, covered and roofed, and abo,
 ,ne.third filled with ice. k MT Isaac Darke has moved to Housatoni Q Mrs. Darke having sufficiently recovered {
 admit of her being moved to that place. a The river is unusually high, and the icU 8 ir along through this section has broken up
 had risen Sunday three feet above where n was hefore the recent thaw. ?. Mrs H Sheppard ia yet an invalid, havir " been sick some three weeks or more wl1h m ~ ,rial fever *
 Those owning ice houses in this place we :. Iquite fortunate Tn getting their ice hous
 off with the ice
 The sleigh load of girls which so surprise few of the good people of Canaan one wet e 'go last Saturday, by not being each atten ed by "chaperon," were in for good tim
 and if we were to judge of their happiness r tue melody Of their voices as they passed t certain place on their return, we should ss q they were enjoying themselves immensel 0 and the one married man who accompanit them may have excited the envy ot some, b l. is safe to say that the girls of this pla q an be trusted, and with this light on Il ?, .uhject" we leave it. g E. w Spurs house is being rerainte X u~ide and our, artist Smith of Sheffield doil
 the inside work, and Geo A. Randall and n, D. Egleston the outside s G w. Hall means to attend to the pc !. office business, and as & reminder he has h. gate put up between the counters .on | i ,ast side of ot the s,ore- IDLRvsyLD.
 asisbnry.
 Mr Erastus Ball, 77 years old. who h ! oeen aiilpg for some time, died last Sund P AtterAoon
 William Meach bought the blacksmith sh 5. near the freight depot, of D. T Warner, al rs VIII take possession on April lst !, We hear that c A Squires the jewell O pcddler, bought of George Buudy the hou , n the north end of this village. . Frank Scrlbner has been home from Unio Q vile last Sunday. CLIO. $ouahficld.
 The Huntington family has moved II Bridgeport.
 About 50 went over to help Isaac Pett
 folks spend last Wednesday evening 1tw
 cry thoroughly spent, too. Those p'ckl beets were 'just gay" , Last Tuesday, l4th- we received n"tic '' that we were a headless fool an idiot. :; 'rnnkard a happy father, an empty head '. pedagogue, etc. etc, tp all of which we specttully subscribe and submit. By ,he wa {, the valentine business was decidedly br,sk 1i here.