Connecticut western news., 1884-01-16
ASHLEY FALLS.

flying the interior of their audience room. The walls have been beautifully frescoed by Whitaker Brothers of Bos- ton at an expellse of SIO5, including the staging. Ine floors have been repaired, the gallery celled up, pulpit platform about $50.
 Ihe church has been reseated with i new pews at Il cost lnclud1ng freight on the same| of Sz6l.45. 1hese are of ash | with pauel backs and hnlshed ill tue 1 natural wood they were manufactured Ill bridgeport. Painting wood work inside cost S41. 33. Ine cost of painting outside blinds was $I2. Palu Tor new stoveplpe, brackets for the salne anu zlnc pzl.15. The carpets and on cloth cost $o6. 72 the new pulpit furniture S60. The patent reflector, winch hangs 1n the center and floods the room With beautiful mellow light at evening, W us the gift of the girls or tue congregation and cost them tue sun ut $S47. .oU. There were other incidental expenses amount ing to $27.71.
 Ihe whole amount expended on the enterprise was S7I2.S3. About half oI thls amount was met by direct pledges before the work was commenced anu the ladies of the congregation have worked with characteristic enterprise and have raised sufficient funds to pay all the bills and have surplus iu tue treasury of about SoO.
 They now propose to still farther extend their improvements by cushion Ing the pews anu adding coat ot paint Eo the outside of the church.
 The re-openlnB services were held on sunday, December 23, and were Ill charge of the pastor, Rev DavId Philips. At P Ill hev b. McCartney oI Lee, .hass., preached all excellent sermoh and Rev Dr Eddy oI Cauaau followed In tue evening with grand sermou. notwithstanding the day was extremely cold, tue congregations were large DoLh afternoon und evening aud everybody seened highly gratlned.
 SHEFFIELD.
 Mrs H. Roys is visiting friends iil Westfeld.
 Miss Grace Robinson is visiting friends in town.
 Mir George V. Spencer is in towI ready to tuhe pianos.
 Madame Jarley and her troupe have been invited to exhibit before the Stockbridge Friendly Union.
 The members of the Agassiz associa tion are invited to meet at the Higl school next Friday at pm.
 Mrs Susan Curtiss, who has been dan gerously ill in Brooklyn, has had | relapse and is in critical condition. Next Wednesday evening the ladies O the Congregational church will give al oyster supper and festival h the towl nall.
 Union services were held during tl, , week of prayer alternately in the Con gregational, Methodist and Episcopa , churches.
 Mrs A. H. Cook died last Sabbath q ? 5 D m. Her funeral was attended frou l the Congregational church yesterda afternoon.
 Sheffield teens with milk and honey a 1774 40-quart cans of the former havin
 been freighted to New York in Decen t Der. The latter is kept to sweeten th
 natives.
 t Tomorrow at 2 p m the young ladie f of the Congregational church meet
 the chapel to sew for the poor, hopin n to provide clothes for some poor childre
 and induce them to attend the Sabbat
 school.
 The annual Bible meeting was held e the Congregational church last Sabbat n evening, Mir Van Deusen presiding " Collectors were appointed in the dittt' ent districts. Messrs Dwight Boardma and B. N. Clark were appointed delegat' l. to attend the meeting in Pittstield t. D day. Rev Fields Hermance and | J Eddy, D. D., addressed the meeting
 s. F. U. was entertained last Frida
 evening by music and readings. Ne: y Friday evening Miss Widmer Is expecte " .. to read. Dr Eddy is expected to lectul ' on the evening of the 25th. D.
 NORFOLK. The new hall building is nearly co ID cred.
 Both the mission band and social ci = cle meet this week. hi Our good sexton and good furnac
 rather got left last Sunday. nv The double ripper will in all prol nt bihty be taken to Litchtield jail soon. at Senator Cook and wife spent Sund el- in town, guests of MT aud Mrs A. ed Cowles.
 Rev Arther Goodenough of Winch'
 ter preached Sunday, giving us t. ort good sermons full of study and prac
 cal thought.
 ", It is surprising in this civilized CO lse munity how diligently my brother e ds respondents search the NEWS for itel
 for other papers. AUREvom. Inc SALISBURY. itl, Mir John Pulver died January 3, 18{ art It is painful duty we owe the deceas put to give the world something of the h the tory of this young man. He was