Connecticut western news., 1883-10-17
SOUTH CANAAN.

corners and the temperature is at mid summer heat. Truly this has been @ strange and inconsistent summer and autumn and the seasons appear to be getting ''little mixed"
 The auction at MT Levi Beebe's re- suited in the sale of some household furniture, but the place, the horses and many articles of value were bid in by friends of the family.
 The little daughter of MT Rufus Whitford is very sick with a fever but under the skillful treatment of Dr Aver i'll 1t is hoped she will recover.
 There is 8 prospect of a vacation in the school as Miss Minnie Adams, who has been teaching here, is ill at her home and her sister who has been SUD- plying her place, finds it difficult to re- main longer.
 MT Charles Connolly has bought the Blackman place in Winsted and talks of removing there with his family to the great regret of his neighbors. CORNWALL.
 The farmers have their fall work all done and are preparing for the winter | oldest inhabitants it is going to be 8 very hard one.
 c. B. Wilcox's new house is rapidly approaching completion. People who were waiting for an invitation to the raising were very much surprised to find that five men had framed it and raised it in four days, so science ad- vances. MT Mansfield, the Sublime wonder," has quit driving the stage and now pounds nails on the new house.
 Miss Mary Johnson entertained her from the North Cornwall and West Go- Saturday of last week; all, both young and old, were highly pleased and the children wished their teacher as much happiness as she had afforded them.
 H. B. Sanford has returned from New York and brought home fine lot of 1 goods for the little store around the cor ner and sells them at popular prices; he keeps good fire and plenty of chairs, also whittling timber in abundance so call and see him.
 MT Hickey being released from his i watermelons at the Beers house, took in the firemen's parade at Bridgeport last week; he says that it was as big a time as 4th of July in Cornwall, but not as noisy.
 Rev Mark Ives, an old time mission ary to the Sandwich Islands being about to move to Danbury, spoke in the Congregational church last Sunday on his pet theme, "Entire sanctifcation, D claiming that he had lived without sin for p years; it seems sad to loose such men as one such man would "even up' several bad ones
 At our town meeting the usual talk was had about the roads which every one admits are in shameful condition, but toLk don't seem to fix them. It seems like the orator who rose in political meeting in a neighboring town and said "that mankind in general were too apt to want to oppress the generality o1 mankind in general, ;" when one of his friends whispered to him and told him that he was crawling into the same hole he came out of; so with this question o1 roads, every few years great talk and buster is made and then they crawl back into the same old way and the roads are as bad as before, being let out like the pauper, to the lowest bidder.
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 NORFOLK.
 The corset lace machinery is being put in running order at the new factory.
 Mrs Converse of Northampton, Mass, is stopping at MT Joseph Selden's | loI Of 4hok nd girl of hers.
 Dr w. l.. Barber of Waterbury, form erly of this place, spent Sunday in town
 A. w. Comstock and Fred Darrov are looking over New York this week Miss Morgan is also there stocking uI her millinery establishment. There are several gentlemen stopping at the Stevens hotel that show remark able tact for hunting and l understand game is plenty of late.
 l The last game of ball here this sea son was playedSaturday by the Norfolk and West Norfolks, resulting in a score of 35 to IT, in favor of the latter. Et Wolcott was umpire and his ruling wa : entirely satisfactory. AUREvoIR. LAKEvKLLE. The Village Improvement society me l last night at the Wononsco hotel and re 7 elected the old board of officers. The pupils of l.. w. Harvey gave ! musical entertainment at the residenc of the Rev MT Reid on Friday evening Although the weather was rainy, quit Q number were present.
 l The Mexican Oil Go. gave an ope, l air concert on Friday evening in iron q of Roberts store, in spite of the rain.
 The friends of MT Wilson are glad t hear that he is recovering from his SC 8 were sickness. The telephone poles are being set Il between this village and Salisbury.
 George Wilbur's funeral was held 6 the Chapinville church on Sunday, Re t l.. H. Reid officiating. The church wa crowded and the service was impressive About ten went from here to tn Litchfeld County Unioh Sunday schoe . convention held in West Winsted las cr Wednesday and reported a very plea' ant meeting. TAwREL.
 WEST CORNWALL. j. George Hughes and family are visi ,- ing friends in New York
 Miss Mary P. White returned fro1 n her western trip last Thursday. n Rev Wayland Spaulding and famil n of New Haven are visiting their man r friends in this vicinity for few days ;. Dr W. E. Battam, the celebrated SUI geon dentist from New Milford, will t