Connecticut western news., 1883-05-16
GREAT RARRHNGTON.


 Dr Large, Dr Small, Dr Whittlesey, Dr Huelet, Dr Van Deusen and two lady Miss Hartwell and Mrs Mil lard, yet with all this array of doctors Harrington is very healthy place. Forty years ago there lived ill the south ern part of Berkshire county very queer specimen of humanity who by general consent was called by the hon. erable title of General. He was very ignorant, could neither read nor write, but was quite talker and would mix up words in very comical way. One day tho General applied at the lumber yard for some boards, and was asked what he was going to do with the lum- Der? He said II am going to get some immaterials and build an opposition on the end of my house, and have an ex- cellent spring of water down under the hill and I nm going to put in an anec- dote and bring the water up to my house and have it run from a comstock (penstock) near the door," The village boys expected to have some fun with him when he came to the store, one ! time they began asking about his gar den, what he raised and if he had good melons and cucumbers? "No" the Gen. eral replied, "my cucumbers are all dead" Why General what is the cause of your cucumbers dying? ''why last spring I built new board fence on the north side of the garden, of bright hem lock boards, and when the hot days came on the sun echoed so hot from that fence that it killed my cucumbers. " The general and all of his family are long since passed away but many of his comical speeches are still remembered. z. FALLS VILLAGE.
 Rogers, the veterinarian, was in town over Sunday.
 The Congregational ladies' aid society meet with Mrs Dr Maltbie, Thursday afternoon.
 Engineer George Burkett has gone to Fort Wayne in search of a job on some of the railways that intersect that place.
 Albert Sheppard has accepted the position of ''counter jumper" at David Watts store and commenced his duties Monday.
 MT Henry Brinton has met with good success with poultry and has now 1130 young chickens. He has killed five chicken hawks this spring.
 A large and very superior stock of new goods have just been added to Hall X Co.'S store, comprising ladies hand baskets, brackets, standard work bas- kets, brussells, ingrain and stair carpet ings, etc.
 The musicale at MT Ensign's was much enjoyed by all present, Friday evening. The instrumental solos and duetts were all well performed as well as the vocal peices. The next one was appointed to meet at MT J. F. Mills paugh's on the evening of May %. IDLEwILD.
 COLEBROOK.
 
 in Morris to spend few weeks.
 The schools in the Centre, South West and Rock districts have commenced theil summer term.
 Miss Susan Whiting and Mrs Cath arine Burlington are both at home agair after several weeks absence.
 Mrs Hammer, an aged woman, wht has been on the town for several years died week before last.
 Rev Wm H. Gilbert, secretary of the Connecticut bible society, occupied th' pulpit here last Sunday. , Mir Merrill Mead and wife of Ohio have arrived in town and will spend tn : summer at H. M. Phelps. The Sunday school convention a , Robertsville, last Friday, had rathe l small attendance on account of the rain 7 A French woman was burned to death last Saturday, at the coal job east of tn ,, centre while helping her husband figh l fire
 MT Edward Thompson of North Cole ! brook has bought the George Austi place near the Rock school house an has taken possession.
 At the meeting of the Congregations 3 society last week Monday, last years oi ficers were all reelected. The slip were sold for $25 more than last yea and the committee WAS instructed to hil ! Rev Mir Hartshorn for five years nor v if possible. . ORE HILL. Mahlon Gibbs with his wife and chil '- have arrived home. MT Gibbs, wh
 commenced his business education i !, his fathers store at this place, is now a prominent business man connected wit ,- the Iron Cliffs mining company, N l. gaunee, Marquette county, Mich. We n come home Mahlon.
 <. Who knows anything about tf e squabble between Col Harris and Cal ,r Weed, about horse, cart and harnes le All we know is that the Colonel got tl '- harness and Captain got the horse, ar ,s both got more or less in the mud. I'll w cart must have been left out in the col e GOSHEN.
 Mrs Harry Merwin is having vel B. serious attack of malaria. '. l The Goshen house has been impro n. ed with a good coat of paint. s, Rev Mir Hewes of Troy, N Y, prcac Id ed at West Goshen last Sunday. Ill Mrs Fessenden Ives is having SCI T ous attack of inhamatory rheumatisr