Connecticut western news., 1885-07-08
WEST CORNWALL.

WEST CORNWALL.
 The Fourth came in quietly, with blessings on the enactment of the last legislature which secured it, pronounce ed by all except the irrepressible small boy. Family reunions and excursions to the tower were the order of the day. A gentleman from Falls Village said he saw more bunting displayed here than in larger places. AS he was a clergy man we suppose that like the historical George Che could not tell lie."
 Miss Grace West of Pittsfeld is 8 guest at Ralph Scoville's.
 The Misses Platt of Bridgeport are boarding at Mrs Brewster's.
 Miss Orton of Lincoln, Illin ois, is at c. E. Baldwin's.
 Mrs Barnum and Miss Eliza Baldwin of Bridgeport are sojourning with their brother, Daniel Baldwin.
 Miss Emma Bonney, graduate of Wellesley college, has gone from Dea- con Russell Pratt's to Hickory, North Carolina, where she assumes the office of principal of Claremont college. Her mother, Mrs Bouney, formerly mission ary to Canton, China, is president of the institution, which is designed for the higher education of southern women.
 The Misses Lamphear of Goshen have been spending some time with Mrs Geo Crandall.
 A family reunion will be held at Dea- con T. s. Colds in the near future, em- bracing every member of the large cir cle.
 The friends of John Wood, Jr., re- ioice with him on his restoration to health.
 Miss Guild of Brookline, Mass, is visiting at Deacon Dwight Pratt's.
 Readers of THE NEWS in this vicinity have missed the genial correspondence of Mir Hall from it's columns for few weeks, which have been filled with watching by the sick bed of his father, Mir John Hall, who departed this life on the morning of July 5, after distress ing illness borne with Christian patience and fortitude. His malady was of such nature that the skill of Dr Weed and the most tender nursing could only al- leviate his sufferings and there was no hope of his recovery from the first. MT Hal was faithful man in all the rela- tions of life. His funeral was attended on Tuesday afternoon at his late resi- dence in Sharon, whence the upright man, the good citizen, the fond husband and father was borne to his last resting place in Grassy Hill ceme- tery.
 Again we have to chronicle a darkened home. Our beloved Lizzie Listman,
 Standing with reluctant feet
 Where the brook and river meet
 W0mannOOQ ana cnlQnOOd sweet, has passed into the skies. With an in- telligence beyond her years, gentle spirit and Q loving heart, she will be sadly missed by all who knew her., as "none knew her but to love her, and of the void in that saddened home cir cle without her joyousness, her music and loving ministrations it is painful to think. At the funeral service on Sun day in the chapel the grief of her pas tor as he strove to console the bereayed, the beautiful hymn sung by her class mates in Sunday-school, the fearful eyes of teachers, schoolmates and friends, the exquisite flowers arranged by loving hands, all bore witness to the universal sense of loss and sympathy. c.B.B. A CARD.-We desire to express oul heartfelt thanks to the kind friends and neighbors for their many acts of kind ness and expressions of sympathy dur ing the illness and at the death and bur ial of our husband and father.
 MRS J. M. HALL AND FAMILY.
 West Cornwall, July 2, 1885. A CARD.-We desire to return oul most sincere thanks to all who so kindly remembered us during the prolonged illness of our daughter, for their sym pathy at her death and assistance at hel | burial.
 MIR AND MRS CHARLES EASTMAN.