Connecticut western news., 1882-06-21
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 go up to Mohawkstower as: there does to church.
 Farmers who are so fortunate as to have plants are taking advantage of the favorable weather and are setting tobacco, but most of the plants have to wait 0 week or so yet.
 One of our citizens who had not been fish ing in six years tried his luck the other day. He caught fifty which he counted, and some more, when he came home and asked his wife, just as''any man iwould, to guess how many fish. She guessed twenty, whereupou he, with look of triumph, reached his hand into his overcoat pocket and told her to count, but his hand went right on down through the bottom and he showed her the hole in his pocket and sadly told her what might have been."
 Our village has been entertained the past week by sscrank' who claims to be phre- noloeist, who, with a small stock of chromos and good deal of "cheek" has tried to make his bread and clothes by telling people what they must and must not eat and also telling anyone what they are good for at 25c. a head. But he cannot understand how, when he sent the two worthy proprietors of the Beers House out to stop the boys from disturbing his lecture, that the boys did not stop nor did Messrs Beers and Whitney but kept on over to the store and staid there.
 The hamlet on the hillside which a short time since boasted of the marrying proclivi- ties of its inhabitants, has had another sensa ton, the hero of which was John Baird of re- cent tar and feather fame. It seems that both Anna and Lucretia claimed John. Lucretia b- sort of scriptural right, as Rob his brother was her man, and he died, but Anna claimed him by right of possession so Lucretia repaired to an eminent attorney of our town, and he..caused Johnto be arrested and brought to the emporium" taken to that .wondrous upper chamber at the hour of midnight, and given the privilege of marrying Lucretia or going to jail. But in spite of the stern ap- pearence of the officers of the law and the loving glances of Lucretia, who said ''now dc John," he said he would "hang between the heavens and the arth first" and at last ac counts as he was moving the park in Litch. field, he was of the same opinion. X. Y. z LakevaE1e. Hiram Weed has moved into the Wardwel House, and has the best garden in the place. Peter Turner, leader of the H. M. B. B.. is once more 8 happy man. This time it is g girl.
 Hon. o. Benjamin, leader of the Lakeville Cornet Band, has in training a noble set o young men, not one of whom is member O l the beer club.
 Sidney Merritt, our good and faithful car penter, has been seriously indisposed, for g long time, but under the skilful treatmen of Dr. Thompson. has regained his health. Lakeville is beautifully located in the valley of the Housatonic, immortal for the quantit, and quality of ore which has been produced from her bosom and manufactured into can non in the days of the revolution, and nov into car wheels rolling in every part of tn civilized world; the birthplace of some of. th great men of the state and nation, and judge I ing from the comforts and virtues of he many Christian homes, the intelligence ant valor of her patriotic citizens; her eacadeni and churchly standing, her facilities for busi- ness arising from her railroad accom- odation easy of access to the capitol of two states ane the great emporium; her stately village hal
 
 beautiful land and swater scenery, backed b. our unrivaled range of mountain grandure, il whose lap like "thing of beauty she revel in the glory of her summer life and song or like modest bride she hides behind he veil, wrapped in the fold of winter waitin the return of spring, a kiss from whose lip will bid her laugh and sing again, must henc | forth as village among the many village that grace the beautiful valley of the Houss tonic, be known in all coming time as tn Housatonic Queen.
 MT. Dea a.Barnum has been the purchaser bran new piano for his wife.
 Miss Donnie Gibbons and MT. George Rob inson were married last Thuraday at he home in South Kent.
 A lawn party at the residence of Dr. M. Northrup, Gaylordsville, Wednesday evenin and music by the New Milford orchestra A
 are cordially invited-who are favored with a
 invitation.
 Mrs Stephen Smith of South Kent, who hs been stricken with that fatal disease, consum]
 tion, for 0 number of years, died last Frids
 morning. She leaves husband, four childre
 and large circle of friends to mourn her los About week ago MT. Willis Gibbs of syl acuse started from that place to visit his moth and relatives in Kent While on the train began to feel sick and on arriving at this sts F ton, he had grown so much worse as to nee
 assistance to the residence of MT. J. F. Gibb , and a physician was summoned Last Tues a day morning he breathed his last. Heart ar 2 brights diseas is said to have been the troubl Prayer was held at the residenc of MT. Gib7 and the remains were taken to Syracuse f interment. Lo
 Monterey.
 William H. Miner arrived last week wi
 his third lot of western horses for the seaso
 Glad to see The Neacs in it's new dres d The print is much better than it has been f Mrs. E. c. Harmon got a boy ,from u
 State Primary School named Tommy Conl r brother to Pauls boy.
 r Hoeino is in order this week and the cro