Connecticut western news., 1884-07-02
CORNWALL.

Beers house and few in private fam flies.
 Farmers have finished setting their ] tobacco and are looking for some grass to mow, but in most places it is non est. '
 Our roads are being put in thorough repair. The one which shows the most improvement, is the one down through the valley, south of the village, which is being worked by John E. Calhoun,s men, under the supervision of MT Il. Hitchcock.
 MT John w. Beers is going to erect a new building to be used as school house, 30x40 feet in size, in the rear of the Beers house. The school is intend ed as day and boarding school of the highest order. The efforts of Mir Beers pro bono publico are worthy of the high est commendation.
 Never within our recollection has the | opportunity for obtaining cooling drinks been as good as now. Only think, at the post office, whole pint and a half (so the Dea says) of soda for 5 cts, while over across you can not only get soda, but root beer, prepared on such perfect hygenic principles,a a man after drinking few glasses will have such an appetite that he would require at least S2 day to furnish himself three square meals day.
 The people gathered from all parts of the town the 18th inst, to pay their re- spects to MT Frost and his family. All classes joined in the welcome. The clergy were represented by the pastors of two denominations. The granger milked his cows an hour earlier, put on
 his store clothes and ''got there" too.
 The majesty of the law was represented
 by our attorney and newly appointed
 deputy sheriff, who looked grimly on
 while his illustrous predecessor in office
 played 'blind mans buff'' with the
 children.
 Our people are long suffering and
 slow to anger. They have nursed a
 cornet band through its wailing infancy
 up to the stature of perfect bandhood.
 The accordian craze was overlooked
 but the latest terror, the boy and the
 snare drum is the straw that broke the
 camel's back, but he has got here and evidently come to stay, if his staying qualities on the drum are what we may , judge by. Some have tried stuffing cot
 ton in their ears to escape the horrid
 din, but with cotton at 10 cts lb that is rather expensive, so we have made up
 our minds that we will possess our souls with patience, for if that drumhead is not made of everlasting material 1t will
 not last much longer. x.Y.z
 MORRIS.
 MT Edgar Alvord is building an add1- tion to his barn.
 Mrs Frank Taylor is very sick, and = fears are entertained for her recovery. : Another beautiful rain came to us g June 25, which has done untold good. n The Hillside Cleaners will meet with
 Miss Eloise Mason, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 , Messrs Hubert Coles and George Turkington are home from their school = in Wilbraham, Mass.
 e Mrs Darwin Randall, her daughter, r Katie, and son Robbie, are expecting to V spend the 4th in New Haven. V MT Samuel Skilton and family attend O ed the reunion of the Skilton family in 1 Prospect, June 25. There were over u 100 present, and their 18th gathering e reported the most enjoyable one they
 ever had.
 MT Frank Huntington has disposed :, of his thoroughbred Jersey, and replace: z her by grade Holstein, which he say: 6 "takes the cake," being milked three
 times day, giving a pail full each time -twelye-quart or two-quart pail is tho 'f question.
 l. The schools are nearly al a closed for the summer vacation. The d Centre school, taught the past two O z three years by Miss Eloise Mason, closed to on Friday, June 27, with an examina " tion, which gave great credit to teache and scholars.
 a Being disappointed in hearing ou 'h temperance sermon on Sabbath morning l.; by Rev Alpheus Winter, we had dea 8, cons meeting, conducted by Deacon IS Huntington and Whittlesey, Dea W
 of Hartford. It was excellent
 needed the Dr himself to deliver it. hO hO1C OOl1SSCl, 1dob MSOh, bO O111l
 part of the correspondence from Morris 5 but 1t appeared in the Winsted Herald - therefore it is unnecessary for us to put 10 fish it.-Ed Ne,cs.
 ASHLEY FALLS. ,d Miss "Cody" Chapin is visiting i North Adams.
 T The strawberry and ice cream festivt
 last Friday evening, was success u every respect, the net proceeds bein .I $51.15
 Ia MT Henry Lawrence and family ( ,n Wichita, Kan, and son of Princeto
 college, are visiting relatives and friend a in this vicinity.
 ,t+ A match game of base ball was playe St in this village, last Saturday betwee oo the Ashley Falls and Clayton hines. " - should judge there was some vel ,;s skillful (?) playing, as the score stoo
 72 to 38. in favor of the Claytonites. ,;+ MT N. Van Deusen has moved u oo fence north of his store, back a sho rl, distance, thus making place for tean ,,o to drive in, and being out of sight of u zoe cars there will, no doubt, be less acc s+ dents from runaway teams in u
 future. S.. ''y SOUTH CANAAN. u" Mrs c. I. Comedy has been visitir
 her friends here.
 Mrs Marsh from Ohio is visiting -" her fathers, MT Wallace Willard. I The Sunday school voted to hold 1t M picnic on July 4 at Higleys grove