Connecticut western news., 1883-02-21
FALLS VELLAG E..

- days with friends in Guilford.
 Representative Aaron Lucas of Pres ton was a guest at the Crandall house, last Wednesday.
 J. W. Barnum is very successful in tobacco culture and his crop this year amounted to 4,213 pounds or two acres.
 Edwin Sparks, better known ''Pat, :" has so far recovered his health that he intends to wield the brush again in the spring.
 Mrs James Burkett died, Monday morning. Her sickness resulted from Q fall, last summer, from the effects of which she never fully recovered.
 MT Miner came near losing one of his recently imported Holstein COWS, Satur- day, It was very icy in the yard, the animal slipped and went down the bank near the barn into the brook, which was about four feet deep. They man. aged to get her out on a-stone boat and drew her back to the barn.
 MT Benjamin R. Abbott of Blooming ton, H., gentleman well and favorably known to the older residents of this place, writes to friend here that the winter there has been one of uncommon severity and that there has been large fall of snow. The town where he resides has increased from 10000 to 30,00O in habitants since his residence there. MT Abbott is prosperous farmer and the NEWS is welcome visitor at his fireside.
 A fire was discovered in l.. Neisner' s clothing and tailoring establishment, last Thursday night. As usual the fire extinguishers arrived late and out of order, but neighbors turned out in force and the fire was extinguished before much damage was done. IDnEwI1D. WEST CORNWALL.
 MT w. H. Porter, of the Western Union Telegraph Go in New York, spent the Sabbath at MT R. N. Cochrane's.
 MT John Wood, who has been suffer ing quite severely for over week with lameness, is now able to be about.
 MT George Shove is to be the boss butcher at Coehrane Brothers the com ing season. His wholesale slaughter will commence the first of March.
 The weekly prayer meetings are fol the present held at the residence of Mrs Sylvester Barnum every Thursday even ing and are attended with considerable interest
 Miss Ellen Cochrane has new grand square piano just arrived from Albany It is of Boardman & Gray's make and is considered by competent judges an in strument of superior worth.
 We most cheerfully give Dr Howard North & Go the benefit of correction as they have not rented the drug store as reported last week. MT 0. M. Hal has bought the property and goes ir with new goods throughout.
 The honorable fraternity of married men received an accession to its rank in the person of MT James Thompson of Cream Hill, who was married to Mis- Aida Ingraham of this place, last Wed nesday morning. The ceremony wa performed in an admirable manner b, Rev D. M. Moore of Falls Village anG witnessed by select number of friends who wished the newly welded coupl nought but joy and happiness as gail. they set sail over the troubled sea 0 matrimony. The gifts, which wer numerous, were elegant and useful showing in slight degree the respec and esteem of their assembled friends After congratulations had been given
 delicious repast was served to. which al did ample justice. The happy coupl
 left on the noon train for visit wit friends in Hartford and New Haven, re turning on Saturdays evening trair , A pleasant reception was held at tn residence of Hon T. S. Gold on Monda , evening and was largely attended by tn
 young people from this village and tn Hill.
 SALISBURY.
 The remains of George Lee wei 7 brought from Bridgeport, Tuesday, th 18th, and laid away to rest in our cen f etery. MT Lee was native of Salisb1 ry and came from noted ancestry. I'll ' Lee family was very noted family l history of the town. The first settle } minister was Rev Jonathan Lee and fro : him sprung Dea Mylon Lee, Samu - and Rev Dr Chauncey Lee and Hezek V ah, father of the deceased, Hezokiah a and Ruth, who married Silas We'll S From Dea Mylon sprung Elisha ar l. Rev Jonathan Lee 2d and Sarah Le l, who married Horace Hollister. Samu l, Lee, Esq, had three daughters. Two 0 them married the celebrated Docto r Caleb and Luther Ticknor and the oth r Hon William c. Sterling, long prom l. nent business man in this section and r Poughkeepsie, where he died full , years and honors. Charles A. Lee, SC l. of Samuel, was in his day the leadi1 :, physician in the city of New York al r lecturer in the college of physician e The family once so numerous has pass' t away. No one by the name connect' l with the ancient family remains in O r midst.
 f. COLEBROOK. We had mite thaw, last week, St