Connecticut western news., 1883-04-18
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ASHLEY FALLS. The woods east of the depot begin to look bare.
 MT Henry Clark is building an addi- tion on his house.
 Eddie Bradbury of Mill River visited at l.. D. Moore's last week.
 Trailing arbutus has made it's appear ance in the woods east of the village.
 Mrs O. P. Reyes leaves, to-day We'd nesday) for her fathers in California
 MT George Loomis is laying the foundation for a dwelling east of the school house.
 Mrs Henry Van Deusen, who has been visiting at MT James Van Deusen' s the past two weeks, returned to Pitts field last Saturday.
 A rather amusing incident occurred in this village one evening last week, about 9 o'clock. As Douglas Best was going home from the store, where he had been listening to stories of the bear that has been seen @ prowling around in this vicinity, half expecting it would suddenly bounce out upon him, he heard a low growl, accompanied by the sound of some object moving toward him from behind pile of lumber by the roadside. We cannot describe the frantic screams of bear bear repeated at every leap, the frightened boy utter ed as he retraced his steps until, reach door, crying for safety from the terrible beast. Nothing could be said that would convince him that it was not a bear, until MT Slye went back with him to the place and threatened to stone the animal, which had the effect to call forth two boys, who had secreted them selves for the purpose of frightening him. %x%
 GREAT BARRHNGTON.
 It is very seldom that 0 week passes without our village hearse being seen slowly carrying some one of our villagers to their resting place in the city of the dead. Last Thursday, MT John Van Deusen carried the remains of his little daughter, Georgie Belle, aged 7 years, to her final resting place. In the after noon of the same day, MT McDonald, aged 66 years, was buried from the Draper place in the south part of the village. Last Saturday afternoon, MI Williams, our boot and shoe dealer died after being confined to his house only about one week. Sunday morning, we learned that MT Clark Wilcox, shoe maker living near the depot, had died during the past night.
 '' Friend after friend departs.
 Who has not lost a friend?"
 sALHsBURY.
 Michael Welch, son of Esq Welch @ promising young Irishman, has beer appointed by the selectmen to take charge of the towns poor for the ensu ing year.
 Mrs Barton, wife of the Hon Pliny L. Barton, departed this life on Saturday morning the 14th inst after an illness ot some months. She was very intelli gent Christian woman, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She has left kind and affectionate husband four sons and daughter to mourn hel loss. The funeral was attended at the house, Rev MT George officiating, and { large concourse followed her remains tc the grave.
 LAKEVILLE.
 Our trout fishermen are having excel lent luck in the "Moore brook"
 Great sympathy is felt for Widow Merritt in this time of her afliction Sidney is passing away with consump tlon, and two of her sons have just beer sentenced for 3 years to states prisor for an attempt to kill Jacob Odell. They plead guilty.
 The bishop has returned Rev w. H Evans, and we trust it will be pleasant and successful year for both pastor ano people. He Is Q first class preacher, and an able temperance lecturer. We vel come him back with open arms. His sermon on Sabbath morning was very appropriate from James, 1st chapter and 22d verse.
 COLEBROOK.
 MT John O'Connen has rented his house and garden to MT Winters from Mt Rhiga
 James N. billy of Colebrook river is the owner of three young alligators that are as lively as crickets.
 Miss Gertrude Smith has SO far recov. cred her health as to commence another term of school at Pond hill.
 The grass is growing green, the frogs are singing, the wild geese have gone up and everything begins to have the of spring.
 MT B. w. Bailey has rented his farm for a year to Walter J. Read and has also retired from the firm of Sage X Bailey in the milk and creamery business.
 EAST CANAAN.
 l.. F. Bronson has erected a large to- bacco house.
 George K. Goodwin has bought the Charles Franklin homestead.
 George Beebe is out with @ new pail of four year old steers, weight $500.
 Hiram Robey is making some i'm provements about the George Lawrence place.
 Railroad fires damaged Hiram Briggs and B. s. Roberts several hundred dol. lars last week.
 Milo Freeland who has lived with M, Cunning for several years, died Monday eve at 80 o'clock. He was a resident of Sheffield Mass, and leaves wife and six children. He served three years during the war of the rebellion and was the first colored man who enlisted iron, Massachusetts. He was sober and up. right, kind hearted and strong in his Everybody was naturally attracted by him and Milo will be miss. ed from among us and not soon forgot. ten: Funeral today Wednesday, at 3C o'clock at MT Dunning's house, burial at the East Canaan cemetery.
 HARTSVIs.LE.
 Bill Mccarthy manages Mrs Sperry Sisson's place this year.
 J.J. Hart, the Hartsville of the Courier, has been in New Haven the past week.
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