Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-23
GranbYs

Mrs. Rabbit, woman of more than aver age literary taste of Barre, Massachusetts, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. Lanman Hol- comb. Mr. Holcomb Is reputed to "haye made his fortune" out of farming. He has been in health all his adult life. All he has asked of 8 workman has been to allow him CH, to take the lead in the hardest of his work He raises no tobacco, but his potato crop is usually valuable. Last year 1t, &C., cording to report, ''stood him in" about one thousand three hundred dollars His herd of COWS numbers not less than twenty year after year. He has never been 8 patron of the Ganly creamery, but makes his own but ter, an article commanding the highest mar ket price on account of it's uniform superior excellence. His parish rejoice in his pros perity and fondly hope he will in due time institute a SIC, ,OOO parish fund in aid of the First Congregational church, of which he has long been an exemplary member.
 Michael Donahue is building an ample ell to his house.
 Milo Wilcox has painted his barns.
 Addison Gillette is blind. He is owner of house and barn and & few acres of land. His want is that family take his place and himself to have and to hold said place in compensation for care of him to hfe's end. He is about sixty-6Te and vigorous. His sister, an owner of 8 share of the original farm and who has cared for him, has become SO enfeebled that she is obliged to be cared for by her grandfather in Waterbury.
 At recent meeting of the First Eccles1aS- tical society to consider the expediency of repairing the church, when some proposed to scale down their subscriptions because it was proposed to make less repairs than first con templated, Deacon Mather Cooley, the old est man in the church, said: "I subscri bed $50 and will pay it, be the repairs what they may, and poor as I am, if more be needed will pay more" Were all of the parish to give in like proportion to this property it is thought that the subscription of one of them would be about $625.
 Mr. Edwin Johnson on Sunday morning found one of his horses broadside on the sta ble floor apparently in great distress The trouble with the horse was that it was hold ing between it's teeth the ankle of it's left hind foot. To extricate the leg the animals jaws had to be pried apart by means of 8 wheel spoke. Though the ankle is somewhat marred the horse does not limp and is driven Gs usual.
 A dramatic club peach festival occurs here on Wednesday evening of this week in the basement of the Congregational church. It is to be held in aid of church repair. Rev. Mcfarland has not been able to
 preach for two Sundays either at East Granby or Salmon Brook, his two churches. His trouble is bronchitis. Sunday week ago l at Salmon Brook. Last Sunday Rev. Mir. Cleaveland preached at the same place in the afternoon.
 Calvin Dibble, of Salmon Brook a part of the year, but Florida orange grower and 8 salesman of orange groves, has just arrived here in health. It is to him and to Samuel Benjamin, now of Hartford, that Salmon Brook is largely indebted for much of it's beauty and it's costly waterworks in aid of all the families in the place.
 The Saturday shower and Sunday evening plentiful rain were thankfully received. August 21.