Connecticut western news., 1884-02-27
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Leap year party last night at Mir M. H. Wickwire's hospitable home Dr H. D. Strahan starts this week for Muir, Mich, where he will take charge of drug store.
 Mir Flint Smith, having bought his fathers farm, will come soon with his family to reside at the old homestead.
 Over 100 attended the M E. aid soci- ety at MT Hopkins Candee's last We'd nesday afternoon and evening.A pleasant time was reported.
 On Monday afternoon, March 10, the annual church meeting of the M. E. society will be held and the church seats will be sold.
 A horse belonging to MT Edward Andrus jumped over wire fence one day last week, cutting gashes in himself IS and 13 inches long.
 Rev Fields .Hermance has completed a series of five sermons on Christ's hu- manity and will begin next Sabbath a series of sermons on Christ's divinity.
 Last Friday evening Justin Dewey, Esq, of Great Barringtcn gave an excel lent and appropriate address on the life of Washington. Music was furnished by the glee club. Next Friday evening will be the last meeting of the season. MT William Abbott, principal of the High school, will lecture, after which the annual business meeting will be held, reports made and officers chosen for the coming year. It is requested that all books be returned to the libra rian next Friday evening.
 Last Friday night as MT Porter Smith and three other young men were return ing from the Friendly Union, the iron broke on one side, letting the wagon come against the horses, who started on 8 run near the lower covered bridge. The Wilcox boys jumped out and were unhurt. Porter and "Con" were thrown out and badly bruised about the face and hands. MT Porter Smiths right shoulder was dislocated and he received many severe flesh wounds. Both are now doing we'll. The wagon struck the side of the bridge and was broken to pieces. The horses stopped of their own accord at the home of Porter's brother, Mir John 0. Smith, the sheriff. They were ''taken up" at once on the charge of vagrancy,yet no blame attach es to them or to any one. D.
 ASHLEY FALLS.
 Mrs Mary Gorham of Mt Washington is visiting at MT J. Chapin's.
 MT Wallace Jones has gone to tho Falls Village creamery to assist Mir Cha pin for few weeks.
 Mrs Proctor and daughter of Detroit were guests of MT and Mrs William Chopper the past week.
 The robins are here. The blue birds waited till after this snow storm and then we expect to see them and hear their sweet songs of spring.
 A large number of our citizens went to Canaan last Friday night to attend the entertainment of David s. Cowles Post. All were very much pleased. The lecture was grand. We expected it would be.
 The Bible service was very interesting last Wednesday night. Mir Phillips is deserving of great deal of praise and a full house for coming up from Canaan that cold and clustering night. Let us surprise him this Wednesday, night.
 Dr Eddy gave us another of his grand sermons last Sabbath evening in our | church to a large and appreciative audience. His text was from Psalms LxnI, "In the shadow of thy wings will rejoice" That sermon will long be remembered by those who were so for tunate as to hear it.
 MT Ferris is going to make many inn provements on his hotel this spring. He will build a large addition to the house and Artist J. Smith will do the decorating and frescoing the walls. This fever is very contagious and beglns to rage in our village.
 GREAT HARRINGTON.
 Mir A. J. Hunt has just received car load of trunks, but they will sell like hot cakes at the prices he names.
 Last Thursday 8 spirited horse got frightened by the cars at the depot and dashed down Railroad street, running against horse and wagon, upsetting both, throwing out large trunk and @ basket of eggs. The trunk came out all right but the wagon and eggs came out all wrong.
 Last Thursday evening about seven o'clock the hay barn of MT Macley was set on fire by some one and the build. ing, which was Q cheap one, and several tons of hay were destroyed. It was about one mile from the village on the Sheffield road and no other buildings near. Probably some tramps took lodging there and were taking solid comfort with their pipes and whiskey.
 Last Wednesday was the day set for a general meeting of the ladies at the l T 1al~o T IL T.