Connecticut western news., 1884-04-02
ASHLEY FAILS.

school in the Sodom district, Monday last. .--.-
 Mrs McArthur is having an addition built to her house. Mir J. Bulman is doing the carpenter work.
 The notes of the festive bullfrogs were heard last week. This week they will be down with pneumonia. .,. ;. ro We are sorry to say that Mrs Stanton is no better. Her daughter, Mrs Will liam Sanders from Lakeville, was with her last week. ... =.
 The Tobacco Growers Mutual Insur- ance company have paid Mir J. Decker $350, insurance on his tobacco which was damaged by hail last season.
 For the last few days the Housatonic river has been very high here, overflow ing it's banks, making it impossible to to travel as the water passed very deep across the road. | Messrs Scott, Barnum and Russell are arranging to send their milk to New York; quite an addition to the regular train of teams and musical cans that pass daily to and from our depot with milk.
 Last Friday afternoon A ladies met at Mrs l.. Moore's to help her. sew rags for a carpet An old fashioned rag bee you know. Tue result was 32 pounds of rags sewed.. A most excellent SUD- per and no gossip either. | Last week Q large number of wild ! geese were seen all around us. Some of them halted near MT Bartholomew's milk house to take @ survey. One of our young men started out with gun, anticipating 8 fortune, "but nary goose had he. Ladies aid society met at Mrs J. Decker's last Monday afternoon. The last year the church people here have raised nearly $1iOO We feel well paid for the work that has been done for we have beautiful church to worship in. MT Phillips preached his last sermon last Sunday for this confer ence year. We expect him to return to us for another year.
 BOUTHFIELD.
 Mir James Cook is building a horse barn for I. T. Pettis.
 Rev MT Scott talks of moving to this place for the coming year. On Saturday night and Sunday last there was almost cyclone here.
 Messrs Walling and Pettis, are over hauling B. E. Van Deusen's house.
 The lecture by Rev A. N. Benedict. last Thursday evening was very interest ing.
 Mrs l. H. Baldwin is expected in a few days and will probably stay for the season. -"
 B. D. Wade leaves Haskell's house and expects to work in Connecticut the com ing season.
 | D. l.. Pratt has an invitation to see to the farm of o. Sage in the east part of the town for the coming season.
 An article in the town meeting war rant calls for 8 vote to bond the town for railroad. When it is so bonded ca mot it be also bonded to put on a O ne-horse car and run to Canaan twice a week ? Who says load would not be ready half of the time?
 SOUTH CANAAN.
 Moving time all about us; loads of furniture passing in all directions.
 Most of the week we have been sur rounded by a sea of water, but the rain has ceased and the mud is rapidly drying up.
 The grass is beginning to assume an emerald tint, and it seems as if the all manac prediction spring begins might be coming true.
 The auction at the residence of the late Marvin Hoskins, was quite we'll at tended, in spite of the unfavorable weather.
 WEST CORNWALL.
 Eddie Baldwin is slowly recovering from the measles. Ns, .-E 2@
 Our village school opens the summer term on Monday next. ..
 c. E. Baldwin is in Madison, N. r., this week on business *.. &
 T. J. Bosworth is moving in several new organs for the spring trade. The celebrated Ithaca take the lead.
 Edward Amundson moves to Lime Rock the present week instead of occu- pying the Bradley house as reported last week.
 Mrs Oldfield arrived home last Friday from Lee, where sne has been staying on account of her poor health for sever al weeks.
 Mir James Cochrane has rented his farm on the other side of the ;Euphrates to Ezra Thompson, who was in the em- ploy of Mir Ebert Shepard last season.
 Mir and Mrs G. H. Crandall are soon to occupy their new home, which has undergone extensive repairs under the supervision of Builder James H. Cole.
 Dr Br ower's little daughter is still in verycritical condition from the abscess in her throat Several surgical opera tions have been successfully performed by physicians from. Bridgeport and New York.
 The basket sociable at R. I. Scoyille's was largely attended last Friday even ing. The organ fund being pushed for ward about $15 worth. Sam R. Scoville and Clinton Gold were represented, be- ing home for short vacation from col lege.
 EAST CANAAN. Bill Moses has gone west.
 Mrs Francis Bigelow has returned home.
 James Michaels moves to one of tht tenements at the Quarry.
 Levi Parsons will occupy the Beechel . house and work for Nat Stevens. l Jeremiah Colburt will be assistan . blacksmith at the B. R. Co.'S shop. Gordon TvIer who has occuniad tb,