Connecticut western news., 1883-04-25
WEST CORNWALL.

R. N. Cochrane, Esq, left last Friday for Northern Vermont, where he will purchase another cargo of cattle
 Edward Kalor has again gone down the Housatonic and launched his boat on Brookfeld shores.
 Rev D. M. Pratt, who Is settled in Higganum, Ct., at his home on Cream Hill for a short visit. He administered the communion at West Cornwall last Sabbath when several united with the church. All are glad to count Mir and Mrs Mark s. Nickerson as residents once more of Cornwall. They returned last Friday, bag and baggage, and expect to permanently reside here.
 Charlie Miller is the happiest of the happy of the human race that throng our daily marts over bunch of girl sweetness that has just arrived and makes the old Fairbanks scales jingle in the nine pound notch, down weight
 Prof w. R. North has accepted po- sition as leader of the Stamford cornet band under good salary for instructing them two evenings per week, with dou- ble pay for all extra engagements. The | p1tCO SuppOrUS a uu0 WAUA retained orchestra and we predict for the professor abundant success, which he most richly deserves.
 1 Last Wednesday evening was the 25th anniversary of the marriage of MT and Mrs s. J,aAdams, which was duly cele- brated in the presence of large number of guests from this place and Falls, Vil- lage in response to the neat and attract i've invitations they issued the week previous. The evening was @ delightful the celebration of so happy an event and at an early hour the house was filled to
 overfowing by their many friends, who were welcomed by the host and, hostess
 in most cordial manner. The parlors
 were brilliantly illuminated and decorat-
 ed in beautiful and appropriate designs,
 excellent taste being displayed by those
 who arranged the emblems of constancy
 and good luck. MT and Mrs Adams,
 after experimenting their household for
 @ score and @ quarter of years and hav
 ing become proverbial as being the best caterers in |" the land of milk and
 honey, 'have found that men cannot live
 by social cheer and right good humor
 long; accordingly they provided ban
 quet that would do justice to the guests
 in the kings royal palace, the brides
 loaf being thing of beauty and colossal
 grandeur and @ joy to each partaker,
 surrounded as it was by delicious ar
 ray of smaller loaves of a dozen varieties
 interspersed with luxuries and condi-
 ments innumerable. The gifts were numerous and elegant and included
 many rich and elaborate designs in sil-
 ver The following are the donors and their gifts MT Wm. Brewster and
 daughter, ice pitcher; Messrs Scoville,
 Wickwire and Brewster, cake basket: G. c. Harrison and family, butter dish . Falls Village friends, china tea set, 56 } pieces; MT and Mrs Nathan Hart, pyra- mid of silver coins Wm. Stone, Jr, , spoon holder MT and Mrs R. N. Coch-
 rane, sugar bowl; Mrs Luman Harrison,
 boquet holder;Mrs B. Winchester, pickle caster; Mrs D. J. Hart, berry spoon D. l l.. Smith, table spoons; Mrs Charles Dean, dinner knives; Mrs S.H. Barunm, F sugar sett and tidy; Mrs Joyce, thimble
 Mrs R. Haskins, dinner knives; Miss F Jennie Ocain, towels Mrs H. Shepard ' and son, caster; c. .Nodine, nut picks . MT and Mrs O. B. Baldwin, napkin ring 7 Rhoda Reed, majolca pitcher; H. C. , CraIdall and wife, spoon holder; Charles Preston, writing desk; MT and Mrs My . ron Dean, pie knife; MT and Mrs Ralpl Butler, pickle caster MT and Mrs Mar tin New, work basket; Miss Ella North clock; Jennie and Lillie Brewster, pickle ! caster MT and Mrs H. c. Hart, knife a rest; MT and Mrs N. Phillips, suga; spoon; Ellen Cochrane, napkin ring; M and Mrs Charles Owen, set teaspoons : Frank Wood and Dwight Ingraham , , combination set ; MT and Miss Brigner ! pickle caster; Miss Bertie Phillips, but = ter knife; Andrew Palmer, fruit knives 5 Miss Mary Johnson, emblematic horse shoe; Miss Minnie Turpen, sugar spoon Miss Grace Livermore, tidy; Georg l. Potter, napkin ring; c. Nickersen, but e ter dish A. Nickersen, pickle caster l. | Mrs B. Howe, fruit knives Miss Mar, Fritz, teaspoons Thomas Tenn, boque
 holder; c. M Hall and sister, toilet set e Rufus Owen, coins; w. c. Brewster, coins l Dr and Mrs c. S. Brewer, teaspoons l. Dancing concluded the evenings enter !" tainment All left wishing the brid IT and groom their best wishes for thu 's celebration of their golden weddin
 under as favorable circumstances.
 ACard.
 1t MT and Mrs s. J. Adams desire t d thank their many friends through tn o columns of the NEWS for the beautiful l. gifts they received at their silve
 wedding.
 r- HARTSVILLE.
 s Miss Lawrence, postmistress and mi e liner goes to New York this week, t 1t make purchase for the summer trade
 U. Hart has the agency for the Go j. lumbia chilled plough.
 u Rev l.. B. Scott returned from confer st ence last week. This week he set or 1T for his home in Canada, to be abse1 LII two or three weeks.
 I. W. A. Bentley has opened a blacl II smith shop here.
 ,e Eugene Mccarthy is Dr Camps gam st keeper. The doctor has three fish pond
 we'll stocked with fish. Some of h ,+ trout will weigh four pounds. Ig There were six scholars last week, an [. more are to come this week.
 lg Some one put one of George M Gil n sons boats into the pond, Saturda es night. They were probably nettin i'd suckers lon the sly.
 ly MILTON.
 ~, ,a Mr. J. M. Gardner has gone to To m rington to do some carpenter work ft to John Whiting.
 tl' Miss Anna B. Clark has returned frol m her visit in Winsted.
 A The Milton mills are running at the It full capacity and the many logs are fa ,e ,e being sawed up.
 er MT Gilbert Barnes, who is employe ve Inv NT,S R,+b Ton,,;,,o., ~, 41o e.,,.,, ~