Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
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at the Congregational church last Sun day.
 Mrs French of New Haven is spend ing few weeks with Mrs Catharine Darlington.
 Richard Miles of Meriden spent Sun day with his family, who are summer ing in town.
 Mir Daniel Grant, after an absence of 15 years in the far west, returned to town last week.
 MT Edwin Darlington of Bay City, Mich, has joined his family here and will stay week or two.
 EAST CANAAN.
 Potato crop is 8 good one.
 Oat crop is exceptionally good.
 Tobacco crop is in excellent condition.
 Rev E. F. Atwood and family arrived last week.
 Robert Fitch of Boston attended church here last Sabbath. - l
 Miss Betsey Pelton is very feeble. Her recovery is very doubtful. \
 Hiram Briggs has been spending sev- eral days with his sister, Mrs Stephen Norton of Thomaston, Conn.
 Robert Van Deusen called at the Gal livan house but found no evidence of anything stronger than water being kept there.
 Charles Roberts of Sherman, Texas, is visiting his brothers, W. A. and E. s. Roberts. He was formerly from Con- necticut He speaks in the highest terms of his Texas home, its climate and its people, who represent nearly all the the New England and western states. Mir Roberts is an extensive hardware manufacturer and has warehouse in. Duane street, New York. They are making at present large contracts for barbed wire for fencing. .- GREAT HARRINGTON.
 The two political parties have thrown their banners to the breeze over Main street near the post office, both expect ing to win. -- a>.-
 Workmen are now putting in circu- lar water pipe on the inside of the wall of Mrs Hopkins artificial lakelet, with nozzles about 10 feet apart, which will throw about 40 sprays inclining towards the center like the frame of an umbrella when open.
 The ladies of our Congregational so- ciety held their annual fair and festival last week Wednesday and Thursday ev- enings and, as usual, were successful. They had been making variety of gar ments and useful things for the past year, it being their custom to meet in the chapel parlors on every other We'd nesday afternoon to have social time and make preparation for their annual fair, inviting the gentlemen to come in the evening and leave few dimes for the refreshments with which they were furnished. Their cash receipts were about $500, about $60 being taken at the door on the first evening for the ad- mission of 10 cents each. What town of the size of Burlington can make a better showing for the past year WEST CORNWALL. Fred Long is home with his bride from Litchfeld.
 Mrs Stevens of Brookfeld is visiting her son, Earl Stevens. Mrs John Chamberlain of Bridgeport is visiting at D. Ocain's.
 Miss Annie YutzIer, with Peet & Smith of Bridgeport, is passing her vacation at home.
 Mrs Charles D. Blinn and family o New Milford spent last week with hel
 father, Den R. R: Pratt. , MT William Dakin of Falls Village i! : assisting Builder J. H. Cole, through {
 present pressure of business.
 Miss Minnie Welch of Hartford i.
 boarding at NJ. G. Buffers instead O
 Miss Ida Shirrel, as reported last week Mrs Sidney Marshall of Iowa, form
 CT resident of this place, has been visit
 ing of lnte at Mir J. H. Coles and Mir
 Isaac Marsh's
 e MT Samuel Gledhill and family o e Bridgeport, former residents of Corn
 wall, are boarding at the Mansion hous for few days. fl At the societys meeting held in tn if chapel on Monday, it was voted to giv ,- Rev ". H. McDougall a call to the pas
 torate of this church. -t' d Mrs Houstan Cochrane and daughte if are visiting at Long Hill, returning hom ,o with the Misses Annie Wilson and Ne .s lie Gregory on Monday. Il Rev Wayland Spaulding and famil ~ of Poughkeepsie will pass portion (
 his vacation with friends in this plac, ,n He is expected the present week. h. Miss Nellie Perkins closed her schot
 on Prospect hill, Sharon side, last wee at with picnic that was ''fully" enjoye ,n by large number, several from tn
 place.
 as Eddie Baldwin has so much improve s, from his long and severe attack of wea
 eyes as to be in the village again and a
 are glad he is on the road to compile ID recovery.
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