Connecticut western news., 1883-09-26
LOCAL NEWS.


 -Yesterday was market day, and tn, price of calves was and 84 cents pc pound live weight.
 MT George A. Tenbroeck, formerly with B. R. Co., at East Canaan, IS at pre- sent employed at Sandy Hook, Conn.
 One of the NEWS correspondents is an authoress, and unmarried. Now keep away all you old bachelors, for we shall not tell her name, unless she gives us permission.
 Gardner & Gillette are dealing out oysters to the hungry multitudes al Cattle Show, this week. From past ex- perience, we feel assured that they will do all they promise. Give them call if you want your moneys worth.
 -Barnum, Richardson and Company s furnace, known as the Beckley furnace, has gone out of blast, and in view of the depressed state in the iron business, doubts are entertained about the start ing of this furnace again the coming winter
 -Unionyille, just at present, seems to be getting an unenviable reputation, and does not offer many attractions to outsiders to settle there still its repu- table and law-abiding citizens deserve credit for their efforts to punish the lawless element See correspondence.
 Miss Caroline Jacobs has been con- fined to her bed long time and, al- though she is great sufferer, she is very cheerful and accomplishing. She is pleased to receive callers and all old chronic grumblers could learn good lesson of patience and submission by calling on her.
 -On Thursday and Friday of this week an excursion train will leave Pitts field for the Great Harrington cattle show at 8:35 M, stopping at all inter- mediate stations and arriving at Bar rington at 9:55. Returning it leaves at 7PM. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday tickets will be sold at half fare.
 MT. R. Girling of the o. P. Cloth ing Emporium, Ct. Harrington, has a splendid stock of goods for the fall and winter trade. He tells you all about it in his new advertisement this week, and we can vouch for what he says, for we inspected his store last Friday. Now don't borrow our umbrella again ; just go to Girling's and buy one.
 It is not necessary to send our devil out moonlight nights foraging to supply the NEWS office with fruit and melons. For the past week MT N. s. Stevens has kept us well supplied with water melons, musk melons, apples and plums. The compositors faces are almost totally in- visible, being buried in the deptes of large slice of water melon, and their photographs, taken with melon rind extending from ear to ear would be cap- ital pictures for comic almanacs. They hurrah for s'Nat, throw up their caps, and are soon lost to sight beind anoth- CT slice of melon. If any one has lost any melons lately, the NEWS composit- ors can prove an alibi.
 The Connecticut Western NEWS grows better every week. It is nigh ty good local paper. Keep on Brother Beckley. You have our best wishes for your success and prosperity. If your subscription list does not increase like rolling snow ball, it will show that your local community cannot appreciate a good paper.-Ne,o Mitord Gazette, Sept. 21.
 Brother Giddings, ''please spare our blushes,' yet we forgive you, because we know you can appreciate the labor necessary to make an interesting local paper. The largest room in the world is the groom for improvement" but unless our health fails, this large room in the NEWS. shall yet be condensed un- til it's dimensions are so small, 1t will not be worthy of notice.
 Mir Pepoon Jacobs deserves the name of Printers Friend" For many years he has been noted as superior butter maker, and the quality, quantity and size of the vegetables which he raises are unsurpassed. Many choice basket of fruit or vegetables has he pre- sented us. Last Saturday he presented ye editor and compositors with market basket of delicious grapes. There were five varieties, viz Hartford Prolific, Concord, Isabella, Muscatine and Mount Lebanon or Sugar grape. This last named variety originated with the Mount Lebanon Shakers. In 1872 8 gentleman from Poughkeepsie purchas- ed S4OOO worth of these vines and the Shakers bound themselves not to sell any vines of this variety during eight years. In 1882 this gentleman sold $16OOO worth of these vines. They are the most delicious grapes raised in this climate and MT Jacobs has the thanks of the NEWS for so rare treat. Ye edi- tors wife is indebted to Miss Caroline Jacobs and Mrs Martin Belden for a beautiful boquet of dahlias consisting of many choice varieties and also a handsome boquet of pansies and gera- niums.