Connecticut western news., 1884-07-09
WEST CORNWALL.

Dr w. Weed saw Bridgeport on Fri day and enjoyed the trip hugely.
 MT Geo Ford of New York, visited his brother, James A. Ford, last week.
 Miss Ella and Gertie Harrison of Plainview Hill are in the city of elms.
 Miss Myra Hall of Cornwall Bridge is visiting friends in this village and vii cinity.
 Mrs Alice 0. Seymour of Brooklyn, is taking lessons in painting of Artist James H. Moser.
 George Potter lost his horse, Satur- day night, that indulged so heartily in bone dust.
 James H. Cole IS improving the ap- pearance of Hillside cottage, by adding 8 veranda.
 MT Thomas Hartle and wife of Union City, were guests at the Mansion house, over the 4th.
 Mrs E. Doyle of Sharon, who has been at Mrs Ocain's the past week, returned home Monday.
 The famous glee club called at the new hotel around the corner, on their homeward trip, last week.
 Dr Battam will appear at the Mansion house again, Friday of this week, as ad- vertised at the post office.
 MT Frank Pinto Jr, of Brooklyn came to R.IScoville's to escape the noise and din of the great metropolis the 4th. A lawn party and flower festival is held at T. s. Colds, this evening, to aid in increasing the organ fund. All are invited.
 H. w. Norton M. D. and J. T. Norton Jr, sons of Jonathan Norton Esq, for merly of this place, are boarding at Mrs Brewster's on Cream Hill.
 MT William Gage, a Pittsfeld organist and nephew of James A. Ford, was at Hillside cottage for Friday celebration. He played dextrously on the piano at the Mansion house, to quite crowd of listeners.
 The Sunday-school picnic at Cream Hill lake, the 4th, was attended by quite o delegation from this place, who came home enthusiastic over the pleasant time enjoyed by all. The occasion was truly a social one and will long be remem. bered.
 Philip Fisher of North Cornwall, while attempting to celebrate with a broker
 gun-barrel fastened to block of wood was severely hurt, by the explosion oi
 the same, on one of his legs and about
 the face and eyes which were filled with powder. He is slowly improving at this writing.
 Our popular limb of the law is the proud owner of an equestrian model
 The Persian black beauty which show!
 such facilities for speed on the race
 course, that wager of two kegs of "hoI
 extract are held out as an inducemen for his equal to ''try him pulp on tn, strength of the extract, or this assertion Our village school closed its summe
 term last Thursday, having been yer successfully taught, the past year b Miss Cynthia Harrison. Dell Cochran received the prize for regular attendance :, perfect recitations and good department
 and Katie Salweski took the diaploma
 Lizzie Listman also deserves honorabl
 mention in scholarship.
 The tub race came off the 4th, as advel
 tised, the contestants appearing in cos tune, seated each in his own little tut at Il o'clock precisely. The splashin of the waters announced that the strif 5 had begun, and scene of "paddlin . your own canoe" presented itself Tn U champion proved to be the boss painter , D. 0. Ingraham, who received the be l. of honor amid the applause of @ crow n of bystanders, who lined the banks ( n Placid Mirror lake. EAST CANAAN. I Horatio Adams was elected superb
 tendent of the Sabbath-school, last Sul Q day.
 l. Henry Lawrence and wife of Wichit
 Kansas, are visiting relatives and callir on old time friends and acquaintance e Sunday afternoon, Johnny Ryan, { years old, undertook to cross the mi g pond in small boat built by the boy x The river being high he was carrie f over the dam, but his cries for he If were heard by Daniel Sweeney, , who W O passing, and rescued him. With mu, ,d effort he was brought to life and is nc in ready to try it again. us Fourth of July was celebrated by u li- boys in the usual manner Scorch e, eyebrows and burned fingers were pie w ty next day. The burning of tar bf li- rel and firing of rockets and candl re was one of the features of the eveniu h. Mrs Julius Corb1t in the meantime h A been preparing for the occasion and i ix cream was brought forward, and yo in correspondent eat of it until he was t it. full for-any more, so said some o he present.
 - COLERROOK. so The Fourth passed off very quite D. indeed, there being no public celebrati
 in town.
 ed Two and 66-1O0 inches ofrain fell Il, en during Friday and Saturday nights C. last week.
 It, MT Boss and Mrs Williams have be nS called to Pepperell, Mass, by the si, us ness of their mother.