Connecticut western news., 1884-06-25
WEST CORNWALL.

MT c. F. Baldwin is giving his build ings coat of paint. Mrs George Shove and family are visiting in Kent, few days.
 The dime sociable will be held at R. N. Cochrane's this Wednesday, even- ing.
 Rev H. w. Perkins and wife of Scitico, Ct., spent last week at Houstan Coch- rane's.
 Mir F. B Carney and daughter, Maud, of Brooklyn, are guests at Joseph Nal lnson's.
 Miss Alice Gold attended the gradu- ating class at Wellesley college, Mass, last week.
 A disastrous fire has been raging for nearly week, on the mountains south of the village.
 The young people at Ralph Scoville's spent the Sabbath with their brother, Irving, at Plainville.
 MT James Morgan and family of Mon treal have rented the cottage on Cream Hill for the summer
 Mir James A. Gage and mother of Hud- son, N. Y, are making their annual visit at Hillside cottage.
 Messrs R. N. Cochrane and George Hughes represented the Sunday school at the convention in Lakeville on Tuesday.
 Dr W. E. Battam will celebrate the glorious 4th at the Mansion house, as seen by his advertisement in another column.
 The cavalry company meet at Corn wall Plains, July 5, for a parade and general jollifcation, which will com mence right away after dinner.
 MT Gibson Gillette makes the boss road-inspector, and under his careful and thorough examlnation, great i'm provement in the roads is already ap- parent.
 F. W. Yutzler is on deck with large and complete assortment of fire works, which will make the Young Americas jubilant to think that another 4th is on their hands to be duly celebrated.
 MT B. l.. Rawson, fine piano tuner and repairer, was in town last week, and found plenty to do. He intends to come again soon, and for further particulars inquire of J. M. Kellogg or T. J. Bos- worth. ..
 Exercises appropriate for Children's day were participated in on the Hill in the morning and at the chapel in the evening, consisting of singing, respon- sive readings and recitations by the children. Letters were read to the ex- ceeding great pleasure of all, from our pastors in former years. The floral decorations were beautiful and the whole service very interesting and instructive.
 KENT.
 Miss Mary Hopson is home from Bridgeport for the summer
 A Catholic church is to be built here this summer, the work is already begun.
 MT John Roberts has been quite sick, is convalescing, but still unable to at tend to his mercantile duties.
 The spring term of Miss Olive Full ler's select school closed last Friday. Miss Fuller has left town for several weeks.
 The ladies of St. Andrews will hold a strawberry festival at the hall, Wednes- day evening, June 25. Music furnished by Warren cornet band.
 Miss Senior of New Milford has &C., cepted the position of organist at the Episcopal church. She will come up Saturday nights, returning Monday morning.
 Wonder if drouth always has such an effect upon news as it seems to here just at this time. There is positively nothing to write about worthy of public notice. The mercury succeeds in reach ing 90 every day-the sun pours it's melting rays from Q cloudless sky-the clouds rise up from the earth and are of dust. The man of business, meeting @ neighbor on the street, instead of pass ing on with his usually quick, elastic step and cheery ''good morning, now looks at him with languid eye, wipes the precipitation from his brow and simply remarks, Whew ! There might be news enough, if all the startling events that one hears were recorded without wait ing to find out the truth of the matter For instance, a report was circulated the other day that citizen of our town had been thrown from his wagon and his back broken. Later it was proved beyond doubt that he had been sum- struck, but in truth he has not met with any accident, is not hurt in any way and is well. Very fortunate for the man, but the facts of the case spoiled newspaper item.
 LAKEVELLE.
 MT II. c. Vinegar, who took the Wononsco house in the spring, has been fixing it up, and he expects to have it full by the first of July.
 In the Salisbury Congregational church the flowers are supplied by the Sunday school classes in turn. This has been found to be 8 very pleasing way of decorating the church.
 The Reid school closed last Wednes. day. Four of the pupils enter college Troy, and two to Yale. Three former pupils of this school graduate this year -one from Williams college, one from Princeton, and one from Yale.
 Miss Bentley, teacher of the upper department of the district school, had 2 picnic on Saturday. There were ( great many there-1O0 at least. Miss Bentley has taken great pains with hel school, and it is hoped that she will con tinue another year. The school closes next Friday.
 MT Reid's sons have returned iron Yale, bringing with them as visitors Ensign Stafford of the U. s. Navy, ant three classmates, two of them sons O Rev Dr Moore of Columbus, Ohio, former classmate of MT Reid. Our vii lage boys-Robbins and Rudd-are alst home from Yale, after creditable year. work.
 ASHLEY FALLS. Mrs Henry Joyner is visiting friend in Waterbury.
 Mrs Mattie Crocker is in Pittsfeld fo a week or so.
 School closed last Friday with dia logues, recitations, etc.