Connecticut western news., 1883-08-08
K KENT.

Mrs Deacon Fuller, former resident of Kent, is at MT Jerry Fuller's
 Mrs John Chamberlain residing at Bulls Bridge, is very seriously ill.
 Miss J Orton of New-York city, is stopping for time at M lngersoUs.
 Will Leonard, station agent at Lenox Furnace, spent Sunday at his home in Kent.
 Mrs Sidney Reed from Falls Village, visited her sister Mrs F Gibbs, last week.
 On Saturday Mrs H Gaylord and Mrs W Watson took the 1l:4O train north to spend the day with friends at Canaan.
 Mrs Wickens, one of the directors of the "Home for the Friendless," New York city, is spending the summer at Deacon Barnum's.
 The funeral of Mrs Roberts, aged Sl years, was attended at her home on Tuesday of last week. Her son Albert was very low with typhoid fever, but at last report is little better.
 There are five carpenters and five ma- sons from Now Milford at work in our village This with the fact that all car penters who reside here are busy too, proves that there is some business in the way of building.
 The Mission Circle met with their ex-president, Miss Mary Hopson, Sat urday, August 4. Instead of formal meeting, it was social tea-party and very much enjoyed by all present. Miss Hopson has resigned her position in the "Circle :" for the reason that she IS soon to leave town Miss Jennie Bis sill has been appointed in her place.
 Why did not somebody go from here to the parade at Winsted :? There have been no pic-nics or anything of the sort this season and it would seem that when an excursion train drives up to our sta tion, few at least would be ready to go. It is we'll known, too, that when New Milford people start out there is going to be good time somewhere.
 FALLS VILLAGE. H R Wolfe arrived home last week E from Fort Wayne, Ind, on 8 months vacation.
 Rev o Range of Guilford, G W ( T of the state, delivered temperance address at Citizens hall Monday night
 The annual examination of teacher for the public schools in the town O s Salisbury was held at the centre Tues f day, August 6.
 One of the band boys informs us tha c the remaining members of the H R l 7 band will give an open air concert in thi village tonight Wednesday,. Several improvements have beel made on the Camp ground this season one new cottage has been built, thre t have been raised one story and addi l. tions have been made to several others
 The village nine played a retur 5 game with the Lime Rock club at tha place Saturday. The Lime Rocks ha7 ing two experts from abroad, came O
 victorious, the game standing 21 to 1s IS A small party went fishing up the ri, n CT about four miles last week and too o along their bedding and camped out l
 thick pinery. While one of the boy l. was in the boat in the night, anothe )r one gave it sidling shove with sue D. force as to upset the boat and the occl
 pant had fine swim with all his clotht 1t on including his hat. If he goes caml e, ing again with the same parties | [e should take along a bathing suit, for se would be much more easy to swim in. e. The subject of holding picnic C. some of the groves near the lakes, Wi
 taken up at the Congregational chure of Sunday, but no decisive action was t ek ken. A committee was appointed m confer with the other churches, to st CT what arrangement, If any, could be mao II by united action and have union pi .f- nic at Seaside park. If the requis1 y funds can be raised, probably fou ,d fifths of all concerned would choose as go to the seaside in preference to u he lakes for they may be seen at any tin m while but few attendants of the Sunds CT school have the privilege of going IT, the seaside except on an excursion.
 IDLEwILD.
 HAHgESVHLLE ng MT and Mrs c R Root are boarding