Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
STATE CORREsPONDENCE

STATE CORRESPONDENCE nopv. T.-mI1e uwoIOnoy, mIs. o. LewI Cowles' sister, left on Friday last for he home in the south.
 of summer boarders in town, sixteen al present. MT. Briggs of New York, tn, artist, who has been there through August left on Tuesday,
 On Friday of last week Mir. Adrian R Wadsworth and Mir. Henry N. Whittelsey received an invitation from Mir. E. H Phipps of the Connecticut Pipe compan, to meet the Association of Civil Engineeri and Surveyors of Connecticut at his works to inspect the manufacture of this famous substitute for iron water and conduit pipe, some of which MT. Wadsworth has already in use here in the village in connection with the Wadsworth Water co.ss psny's reservoir. After Mir. Phipps and Mir. Ward had patiently and thoroughly ex. plained all the details of manufacture- from the throwing of clay spray to the final coating of tar paint and shipment the guests were invited into the com pany's fine office, where an elaborate lunch was discussed to the enjoyment of all present From here the association re- tired to the village hall to hold a business meeting, which adjourned at 2:3O for Hills homestead, where dinner was served which met with universal satis- faction, and created vote of thanks to MT. Phipps for the pleasant day he had laid out for them and his hospitality.
 MT. Clarence Vorce left for Cincinnati after weeks vacation Saturday.
 Michael Krips, our only shoemaker, leaves to-day for Holland to remain through the winter, stopping at Paris for a month. We trust someone else will be here to take care of his customers, as he has been very successful during his short stay here.
 MT. Bradford Allen left on Monday. Miss Alice Hall, Mrs. Mccarthy and son left Tuesday from Miss Anne Hart's.
 MT. Tom Hart, clerk at Mir. E. H. Dem ing's grocery store, and Miss Kate Galla- gher are to be married this month.
 Miss Mabel Whittelsey left Tuesday after four weeks visit at her sisters, Mrs. H. N. Whittelsey.
 returned Tuesday from a canoe trip down the Pennington river.
 Miss Mae Darlington reached home Tuesday evening from a seven weeks visit at Cottage City. On Friday she leaves for visit at Collender's Point, Noroton, Conn.,, at MT. and Mrs. Edwin Trow- bridges cottage.
 Miss Pope, who has leased the Rourke house on High street, has purchased very fine turnout, black horse and park pha- eton.
 Judge Porter has two squashes in his garden this summer that weigh at present about seventy pounds each and still grow ing.
 On Thursday the gentlemen friends of MT. Fred Scott, who leaves us for good on SatnrdQv will apand tho | 1 Compounce, where a dinner is to be served and other festivities induleed in. In the party will be MT. A. R. Wadsworth. Edward Fl. Deming, Erastus Gay, Charles Lewis, Philip Brown, Alexis Bartlett, Walter Vorce and Henry N. Whittelsey.
 The roof of our new village hall is in bad shape, and if it is not attended to be- fore the weight of a heavy fall of snow sets on to it we shall have new one to build. It should be ironed up at once be- fore it grows worse.
 The remodeling of the Barney place has. commenced and bids fair to be when com p!eted superior to any place in the village. About ten thousand dollars is to be ex- pended upon 1t, which will bring out it's natural advantages to such an extent that it will compare favorably with any of the large country homesteads in this part of the state: There are other old places to be obtained here and people with means who are tired of city life should early secure them and make them over into comforta- ble homes with modern improvements. which the city will soon be able to snp, ply. Our summer visitors are increasing each year and we hope one of these days to be Q Lenox.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eggleston and children of Tarrytown on the Hudson, have been wis ing the past week at Mr. and Mrs Henry Augustus Cowles'.
 Mrs. Sarah North, wife of the late Oscar North of New Britain, was buried last Sat urday from the house of MT. John E. Cowles. Quite number of relatives and friends from out of town were rrasa,,t among them Mr. and Mrs. o. Be North ana daughter of New Haven and MT. and I Mrs ire Hall and Mrs. Bowers of New Britain.