Connecticut western news., 1884-02-20
ASHLEY FALIM.

been home for few days. .... ...l : Mrs Hattie Crocker is suffering from scrofula. She has the sympathy of her many friends. a. ..... ...... |. MT Holman, who has been quite s1ek for number of days, is out again but looks miserable. -..'
 MT and Mrs Lester Denniger of Corn wall Bridge spent the Sabbath with Mir and Mrs LeRoy.
 Last Friday night jolly company went from here. to Lime Rock to sur prise Miss Ada Vosburgh.
 MT Phillips was here to attend the bi- ble service, only few were present on account of the weather. It was post poned again until this Wednesday even ing :..:.
 Mir Henry Joyner will, on April 1, move into his new house that he has so recently purchased. Mir Joyner has made great many improvements al- ready. Lumber is being drawn to build an addition to his barn.
 About 16Os. friends met with Mir and Mrs Harvey Decker last Thursday evening, to celebrate their 20th anniversary. After two weeks of storm and clouds, the influence of the beautiful sun set of that evening was broughts with them. Every body seemed happy, especially the bride and groom. Many were the congratu- lations and numerous were the presents. After beautiful collation. music was provided for all that wished to dance Among the presents were settee and chair from friends in our village; camp rocker from friends in Winsted; student lamp from friends in Sheffield. Boquet holder, vases, two berry dishes, napkins, towels, glass tea. set, silver forks and teaspoons, pickle fork and nut picks, china pieces.
 WEST CORNWALL.
 Miss Celia, Myers of Cornwall Bridge is dressmaking at MT Ebert Shepard's.
 Mrs David L. Smith is stopping with her father in Ellsworth the present week. ,. s.
 Mrs William Oldfeld has been quite unwen the past week, but is now slowly improving.
 Miss Belle Lane of Killingworth is at | Mir TT W Daan's to aniov tho March breezes and possibly an April sun.
 The ice prarie above the dam passed Fout last Thursday evening, doing no damage and witnessed by only a few
 spectators from Red Bridge heights.
 The household of MT and Mrs Harvey J. Smith of Minneapolis, Minn., is glad
 dened by the presence of rising sou
 worth, they think, its ten pound weight
 in gold. ;
 Cows have taken tumble, so said M. . G. Butler, when he found the pride of
 the buttermilk kingdom flat on the riv-
 CT road, having rolled down the precip-
 itous steep below his barn.
 .- A number of the villagers and subur-
 bans are beginning to be iubilant over
 the idea of gong to Dakota the coming : spring and extending their journey
 in the fall westward to. the wilds of1Or-
 egon. A pleasant outlook and really
 deserving of some talk.
 11 MT aud Mrs William Morgan celebrat- ,. ed their china wedding last Thursday
 evening in the presence of a large com. |. pany of friends. who manifested their
 kindly feeling by bringing many gifts
 suitable for the time and occasion the
 most noticeable being chamber suit
 presented by the Union Shear Go. The
 trip of the light fantastic was heard tc well "payed" musictil past midnight < ~--. '~-.. KONKAPOT.
 Mir James A. Rhoades lost very val uable COW last week.
 T MT Charles Hudson has taken rooms | and is lodging in Pittsfeld for 30 day E whilst business about here is littl' f; slack and perhaps till the ''4th of July. 3 : Mary, youngest daughter of William r Shultz ofWinsted, Conn.,, was married
 last Friday morning and commenced , keeping house in the afternoon. S s much for making choice of widowe
 instead ofsome young firt. >&e,: y Last Friday afternoon Will Bunnell t Canaan Valley, was very quietly driving e past the Konkapot mills, when all of l sudden the horse lost the use of one leg
 It was soon discovered that the leg wa t broken just above the gambrel joint e I It is a great wonder how it could hay been done on so smooth road withou e. slipping or stumbling. R - Mir Mills Landon took free ride Sat e urday,o belt which he was repairing ' under the mil and was luckily dump e ed over puly. into heap of sawdus l. head foremost A disinterested cha ,- hoisted the gate and came very nea e causing terrible accident. A bystand a. CT says that Mr.L, was just the look in ,-, est man he, ever, saw after backing him | self out of the sawdust and he. says: .-. his memory is clear Mir L; said some X thing and he thinks it was not his pray If CTS for he directed his conversation t '. the one that hoisted the gate. OF Df KENT. - There are several cases of measles i l. in town.
 Miss Kate Hopson is visiting friend r. in Wethersfeld. ..-....-....