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BLOOMFIELD.

Rev Mir Lawrence of Vermont preach ed in the Congregational church on Sum- day. His family are expected to occupy the parsonage, this week.
 St James choir of Danbury are to give an oratorio, 1.-The Holy City, in St Paul's church, Friday evening, October 27.
 The funeral of Reuben Bailey was held on Sunday afternoon at the home of Frank Pinckney. Rev E. l.. Whitcome offciated.
 Mrs William Haight and daughter re- turned to Bridgeport on Friday.i
 Charles. s. Hawley of New York has visited friends in town. Smith Dunning and wife of Bethel spent Sunday with Arza Peck.
 Miss Jennie Kellogg entertained friends from Danbury on Sunday last.
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WOODVILLE.

Rev Mir Nelson had good discourse Sunday evening, October b.
 Mrs w. Foote has returned home from Waterbury where she has been staying number of weeks.
 Nelson Hull, wife and child, have re- turned from their visit in Middletown. There is to be a sociable at George Coueh's October r, for the benefit of the New Preston Hill society. MT Woodruff, Mir Teed of Torrington, with Miss Owen and Miss Weston, were at Seth and George Couch's. The men went hunting and the young ladies gath cred chestnuts. Mrs George Clemmont of Bantam visited at H. Couch's recently. G. Clemmons and Mir Hallock of Ban- tam came to Woodville hunting. They had good luck for the game, not for themselves, as they did not get but one squirrel.
 Mrs D. Gilbert and Mrs F. Yale of Romford, with their children, made Mrs Nhs Yale short visit recently. I Mss w. Cone of Litchfield spent 8 short S.pe at her old home and calling on her olosaeighbors.
 Miss F.. Nesh. who has been spending some time in Thamaston, has returned ! to her old home insVarren.
 George Brague is hasing his house re
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ASPETUCK.

William Alderman is slowly recover ing, He is able to sit up little, has had no more spasms, and is wholly sane. The Bradley sisters are preparing to shingle their buildings.
 Falls, the tenant that has occupied the sherman place, has bought a farm on SascO Hill.
 Albert Lake and wife. of Bridgeport nave visited their aunt and uncle, Ed ward and Mary Treadwell.
 Mrs Charles Lobdell is visiting her cousin, Mrs Foster Lyon of Danbury.
 Seileck N. Osborn has not found his OK that was missing from the pasture a few days ago. Possibly Bradley Banks heiter and John Wakeman's have gone ln the same direction with the OK.
 Eli Wakeman of Bridgeport spent Sunday with his brother, William Wake man.
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KENT
DEATH OF JARED INGERSOIL,

Jared Ingersoll, for many years one of the chief salesmen in left, Weller & Co.'s large wholesale dry goods house. passed quietly away at his home in Kent early Monday morning. He had been sick some four weeks. He was first taken ill in New York but rallied suffi- clently to be brought home, where it was hoped the pure air and change of scene would be beneficial, but all was of no avail for his disease had so str ong hold upon him that he was unable to Shake it off. The funeral was held at his late residence, Rev B. M. Wright and Rev W. F. Bielby officiating. The burial was in the Episcopal church yard. MT ingersoll was man who was we'll known in Kent, and leaves great many friends to mourn his loss. Many years ago he was in business in Macedonia, when that little hamlet was thriving village and could boast furnace of it's own. The family have the sympathy of the entire. village. He leaves widow and one son, Edward J. IngersolI. At the time of his death he was about GS years of age.
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LONG HILL.

Mrs Melissa Hurd visited her grand daughters, Mrs Patchen and Mrs Coch- ran at New Milford, last week.
 Mrs E. Finch has returned to Bridge port.
 Miss Edna CalI1ins, who has visited Miss Edna Wheeler, has gone to Boston, Mass.
 Mrs H. E. Leavitt and Mrs Keinardt have gone to Springfield, Mass.
 Mrs Philo Prindle of Bridgeport has spent few days with Mrs l.. B. Nich- ols.
 Miss Bertha Marsh of New Milford, is boarding with Mrs H. Forbes and work ing at k. c. Tousey's factory.
 A good many from here attended the teachers convention at Trumbull.
 Miss Florence Angevine, who has been quite ill, is improving slowly.
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MISS sACKETT-MR SWIFT.


 The marriage of Robert Swift and Miss Flora Sackett, which occurred the 4th, is worthy to be chronicled for two reas- ons First. the moral and social condition of the parties and secondly the alarming infrequency of such occasions. Their marriage has the redeeming feature, which is the probability that the couple will not follow the general exodus from Warren. About 30 of the relatives were present at the brides fathers to witness the ceremony. The room was tastefully decorated with wreaths of autumn leaves. The parties stood under a kind of canopy arranged in one corner of the same, and in presence of this cloud of witnesses the parties assumed the solemn vows of fidelity to each other in the new relationship contemplated, and their pas tor, Rev Austin Gardner, pronounced them husband and wife. May the con- tract into which they have entered be no GOrdian knot, which some Alexander of divorce may cut with his sword. but continue firm and inviolable until the time shall come for the ipsidi Kit which made them one, shall be dsannulled.
 Thomas Meagher and family returned last Monday, from the exposition, well pleased with their two weeks sightsee ing.
 Mrs Barnum is again at Dea Carter's | Lottie Shoghem has gone to New Ha. ven to live.
 Mrs Hungerford is at Charles Hines for d short visit.
 Lucius Whitney has been visiting his parents in Canaan, N. Y., for the past 1( days. He reports good farming coun try, with first class roads and low taxes with fine view of the Catskills.
 Mrs NJ. A. Knapp attended the Dan bury fair. She reports good time anC a large attendance.
 Michael Barrett is improving his house by a good coat of white lead. We wisf others would follow MT Barrett's pattern
 Finley Knapp can be seen riding on his bicycle from his house to the Center. H, is a very good rider and expects to reacf New York on it at some future day.
 Harley Perkins has fine lot of colt which are very valuable, and his son Robert, knows how to handle and tamt them.
 Mir WeIton is repairing his work sho, and doing up his fall word in good shape
 Corn husking has begun here with rush. As coons are picking it, the farm CTS are forced to husk it in order to saw the corn crop.
 MT and Mrs Bockee left, last week, fo a few days visit in Westville; thence t. their home in Florida.
 Mrs Kingman has eturned to Der hom in Bridgeport.
 William B. Johnson had the misfor tune to lose an OK while hauling heav, load of feed up the hill from Cornwall Bridge.
 It was decidedly cold. Monday, wit frozen ground Tuesday morning, an now, at this writing, is warm and sun mer like.
 F. P. Knapp is taking few days ou ing in New I ork City and vicinity.
 George Benedict is in New Haven fo few days.
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GOSHEN.
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST

MATTERS OF PI BLIC INTEREST.
 This town, while not as progressive as some of her sister towns in the matter of every modern public improvement, still usually takes good care of what institu- tions it has, and when it does take hold of any enterprise it is in most thorough and whole-hearted manner. It has fine cemetery under most efficient manage ment. Strangers going through the grounds remark the large number of costly monuments with which it is filled, an unusual number for so small a place. Many have removed their friends from the outlying cemeteries to this one, knowing that it has an ample fund to in- sure it care in the future. But there is a cemetery that is a disgrace to this town. It is situated about a mile below the Center, and a few rods west from the pre- sent highway. The interments here are those of hundred years ago. One ot our early ministers, some of our Revolu- tionary heroes, and early settlers of the town lie here. We do not understand by what right this cemetery has merged into common COW pasture. A group of three or four graves is enclosed by granite posts and iron bars, showing care taken by descendants. Aside from these there is only one other grave stone that shows any inclination at all towards standing up. All are prostrated, some showing marks where cattle have skated over them, others partly grown over with sod, and many probably entirely covered. This burial ground ought to be reclaimed as well as the one in East street. Fellow citizens! for the honor of our town, ought we not to do as much at least as to fence out the cows?
 Mrs s. B. Futile, Mrs w. T. Brooks and Miss Alice l.. Carlisle went to New Haven for the winter, on Monday.
 Mrs Calvin Futile and Mrs D. N. Lucas are spending week or two in Hartford and Wethersfield.
 MT Prindle has been enjoying a weeks vacation.
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Specimen Cases.

& H. Cliffor, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism, his stomach was disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite tell away and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength
 Three bottles of Electric Bites cured him.
 Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, Ill.,, had 8 running sore on his leg of eight years stand ing. Used three bottles ot Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arniea Salve and his leg is sound and we'll. John Speaker Catawba, O., had five large fever sores on hi' leg; doctors said he was incurable. One bot tie Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Ar
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WEST MORRIS.

c. H. Dwy, while saving logs in his mill had mishap to the water wheel, which broke the hub out of block of wood entering the scrole of the wheel. He says it will cost $50 to replace the damage, beside delaying the rush of saw ing chat is to be done.
 MT and Mrs Charles Cook of New Haven are boarding at the Maple Ridge farm.
 Rev Mir Pike of Morris is holding a series of meetings at the fourth district schoolhouse, Monday evenings, which are we'll attended.
 MT and Mrs Charles Wirth of Ansonia are making their place of rendezvous at c. o. Noble's.
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HOTCHKISSVILLE.
HAZEL PLAIN.

Mir and Mrs w. $. Isbell attended the wedding of their son, Ernest l.. Isbell of New Haven, Wednesday, October II, the bride being Miss Edith Beers of Ellen vile, N. Y. The wedding ceremony was performed in the Reform church of El- lenville, N. r., and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of both bride and groom. The bride waa attired in white ottoman silk and carried a bouquet of white rose buds. The groom wore dress suit and white kid gloves, as also the ushers, Messrs Clark, Bishop and Burton. A reception was held at the home of the bride, where a large number of presents were displayed, amounting to several hundred dollars worth of slverware, mats, robes, pie lures, etc. At 3 o'clock the happy couple took hack for the depot, accompanied by crowd of friends with the usual quantity of rice, bouquets and old shoes, some of the latter having become attach ed to their trunks, but did not go far as Mir Isbell was looking out for that little racket. They are to travel for month or SO. Mir Bishop and Mir Clark, two of Mir IsbelI's partners in business, were ir attendance, as also Frank Burton, an in. timate friend, making a jolly and lively party on the train from the depot to Cornwall, where the party sep arated.
 IN A RECEIVERS HANDS.
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The Hennerv.
THE WooDBURY POULTRY YARDS.

There has been started within the last
 year in our town poultry yard by two of our boys, J ohm Terrill and Fred Strong, and they have made record of which they may be proud. In their two breeds, Black Minorcas and Black Langshang, they have some of the best stock to be found in this part of the country. l have since learned that in a short time they will also breed Golden Wyandottes and Light Brahmas. 1 have been told by person who knows good Minorca that John has as good ones as he has ever seen, and no doubt Fred's Langshang's can hold their own with the best. The boys showed their birds at Watertown, Meriden and Danbury, winning 42 first, 15 seconds and eight specials. This shows that the boys know what good Minorea or Langshang is, and by their premium list it looks as if they had got them.-L3
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Our Children's Department
z2nildren Cry for Pitchers Castoria-

now going on under the management of N. $. Stevens. George Terrill and Joseph Hall have gone to the Worlds fair.
 F. A. Norton has gone to housekeep- ing in the tenement recently occupied by Thomas Madin.
 George Cowles has rented the Minor place and furnished it ready to start housekeeping immediately after return ing from his short wedding trip. We congratulate George and his bride and wish them long, happy and prosperous life.
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NEW PRESTON HILL.

Mrs Jane Manville of Pumpkin Hill, was a guest of Mir and Mrs John Hatch.
 Mrs Sally Robinson of Marbledale, S2 years of age, walked from her place tC V. B. Hatch's and back, one day last week.
 Miss Mildred Hatch commenced her school in Kent Hollow, last Monday.
 Mrs J. Hatch has a lemon tree with buds, blossoms, green and ripe fruit on.
 Raymond Woodruff and his sister. Florence, start for home, Tuesday.
 Levi Camp of Kent Hollow starts for the Worlds fair, Saturday.
 George Ferris is on the sick list.
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LONGMEADOW POND.

Four score or more of years agone, Where cattle grazed from early morn, Till Old Sol shot his parting ray, At the close of the long summer day, Now, sheet of ripping water clear. Sparkles in the sunlight sheer. Each passing cloud and the sky so blue, Are reflected in the lakes bosom true. The fishes dart about in shy glee, While from almost every tree, Which skirts the curved bank, s heard the notes of birds in chant. Now and again is heard the dip of the oar, As the boats glide out from shore, And from the distance far, Even as tones from light guitar, The tinkle of an old cOw-bel, Comes to break the magic spell. Farewell, sweet, beautiful lake, That word which causes our hearts to ache, Must needfullY be spoken to you, While in your placid bosom true, Are kept the secrets of youth and maidens
 fair,
 Who glide on your surface in the sweet.
 clear air.
 HE. C. W
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WARREN.
HOUSE BUILDING.

Patrick Duggan is pushing the addi- completed before cold weather. Mir Dug gan is a good farmer and kind neigh bor, and wants to provide a good house for his family. Levi Mead is the carpen- ter and with Mir Duggan's help Cor Mr Duggan is a man of all tradesl, will make everything fit right up in style. MT Duggan has a nice house for pigs and a meadow with a stream of water in it, and any one can sec four of the finest hogs in the town, in the meadow, which Mir Duggan has fixed for them.
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taking a vacation. John Keefe took his place at the station during his absence.
 Miss Kate Martin is visiting friends in Bridgeport and others places.
 The work on Long bridge is not yet completed.
 pr k. $. Todd of New Milford has been in town, this week.
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paired. His two sons are doing the work,
NORTH KENT
AND FLANDERS.

Jesse St John is one of the most ener- getic and thoroughgoing farmers in the town, everything about his farm show ing thrift and prosperity. His annual crops of carefully handled tobacco are we'll known as being among the best raised in this valley. The land near his home farm, purchased from Platt Bissell, last spring, already shows the result of his energetic work. The old farm horse has been reshingled and the inside torn out and hung full of fine tobacco raised on this land. All the other crops are far better than any raised here for many | years. Bushes and scattered trees have been cut down, though as yet he has but 1 just made beginning in that direction. By the way, why is it that some farmers allow so many bushes and scraggly trees | scattered along the fences and about their fields, adding neither beauty nor value to their farm. Aside from few nice trees needed as shade for cattle they are useless, and shading land that would otherwise be productive. There are but few who do not admire fine symmetrical maple with it's beautifully varigated and golden colored leaves, and the tall majestic elm (for instance ike the one near the Tower above the resi- dence of Miss Reta Bull,) or the grand old oak with it's wide spreading branches that has withstOOd the winds and storms of half a century. or such I would say,
 "Woodman spare that tree
 Touch not single bough."
 But the scraggly ,unsightly fellows scat tered along the fences and about the fields, down with them, they are fit for fire wood.
 And now the ambitious young hunters are tramping through the woods hunt ing for squirrels, shooting at many, and bagging but few,
 Mrs Cornwall, who has been visiting her son Charles in Jersey City, returned home this week.
 Mir and Mrs St John made flying trip to Amenia few days ago visiting Mrs St Johns sister, Mrs Pratt. MT Pratt is the proprietor of first class hotel at that place.
 A busy BEE strayed from the hive in Newtown Monday. l met one near the Furnace store on that day.
 Mrs Daniel Hall and her daughter, Mabel, have gone 50 Thomaston. Mrs Hall is caring for her sister, Mrs B. Reed who resides there and is quite ill.
 Mir and Mrs Justus of Fishkill-on-the- Hudson have been visiting at William Roberts.
 Mrs Alfred Main is very i'll. Her physicians consider her case almost hopeless.
 Mrs Henry Allen returned home, Mon day, after an absence of two weeks, visiting her parents in Danbury, and friends in Brookfield. Mr Allen spent part of last week in Danbury and last Sunday in BrOokfield.
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spent Sunday with her father, John Gregory.
 Rev F. E.IRobinson of the Norwalk Baptist church, preached in the chapel, on Sunday afternoon.
 Mir and Mrs Roestel of New York City spent Sunday with Albert Welnitz and family.
 Mrs Linus Ely is entertaining friends from Danbnry.
 Arthur 4oungs of Poplar Plains, fell and sprained his ankle short time ago.
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EASTON.

MT and Mrs Wilbur F. Tomlinson and son of Danbury have visited at Perkins French's.
 Mrs H. F. Garfield and Charles and Harry Garfield have visited at George Wells, in Wolf Pits.
 William Hanks has visited his mother, Mrs Milton Taylor, in Newtown.
 Miss Elosia A. Selleck has spent a few days with Mrs Turney Northrop, on Mount Nebo, Palestine.
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 MORRIS.
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS.
vacation.

The gale of Friday night was wild one, which stripped the vines of their garlands of grace and the trees of the remnant of leaves. On Saturday the boys and girls held "boss rackets" over the walnu6s and chestnuts which are very abundant about these parts. We are 10th to believe evil of our neighbors but "They-say'' has it that one of our worthy citizens was compelled to pace his premises sentinel like and club-arm- ed all day Sunday to drive the vexatious intruders away. who were bound to raid his walnut grove.
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The regular meeting of the grange was held on Monday evening, October 16. Pomona, Miss Hattie Flower, presided during the lecturer hour.
 James B. Ames and Royal B. Lake are dispensing justice under Judge Ralph Wheeler in Litchfeld as jurymen.
 Miss Edith Carpenter is presiding over the domestic duties in the house of Capt l.. F. Scott during his daughters absence at the Worlds fair.
 Miss J. w. Thomas is visiting at her daughters, Mrs GeorgesW. Peck's.
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FAIRFIELD.
HOYDEN'S HILL.

Mrs F. B. Wakeman has returned to Weston after visit to friends here.
 l.. A. ,Jer nings is fixing stables and cementing his barn cellar.
 Mrs Mary Lockwood has entertained company from Bridgeport.
 Mrs F. B. Wakeman and Miss Josie Wakeman have visited Mrs Sally Wake man.
 Madison Wakeman and $. B. Lyon have bought apples of Mrs A.s'Jennings J. NJ. Wilson is clustering his house.
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
 There will be Sunday school concert at the Congregational church next Sun- day, October p, beginning at 7.3O. All are invited.
 Preparations are well under way for the session of "The Country School" to be held on the evening of Wednesday October 9, in the parlors of the Congre' gational church. From present indica- tions this promises to be the most inter. taining performance at the Center fol some time. If it is stormy Wednesday, it will be postponed till Friday. The admission will be 9 cents. The perform ance to begin at 7.30.
 Rev James E. Coley of Westporl preached again at St Peters, on Sunday returning to his home on Monday, aftel spending about 10 days among his olc
 Mrs Nancy Poole has visited at Dr J G. Stevens.
 Mrs Katie Peck and Miss Carrie L Clark are with Miss Louise Clark. R. L. Goldsborough was home owe | Sunday.
 Henry Renouf has lain unconsciou: l for two days at Patrick Germans. A this writing he is no better.
 Mrs R. B. Curtiss left on Tuesday fol E. Hyde's, Brooklyn.
 The auction sale of the effects of tn late Minott Booth, consisting of farming tools, stoves, bedding, etc., will take place at the Town hall, Wednesday, Octo Der 25, at 10 o'clock.
 The open meeting of Harmony grang last Thursday was a successful affair An enjoyable program was planned b the worthy lecturer and was rendered t l the satisfaction of the audience.
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BETHLEHEM.
DEATH OF JAMES 5. BIRD.

James s. Bird, a native of Bethlehem, died at the residence of his daughter, Fanny Spencer, in Middlebury, very sud denly on Monday, October s, age 60. The interment was at the old cemetery in Bethlehem, Thursday, October 12. He leaves two daughters, Mrs T. Spencer of Middlebury and Mrs G. l.. Fosket of Winsted.
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BRIDGEWATER.
MIR SANFORD'S BIRTHDAY.


 About G5 Ii, ghbors and friends gath cred at the hos l,iGa ble home of Mr and Mrs Henry Sanford, last Saturday after noon, to celebrate the S7th anniversary of Mir Sanford's birthday. The house was trimmed for the occasion W ith autumn leaves and several very pretty bouquets of flowers were on the tables. Though the weather was somewhat squally without, all was cheer and sum- shine within doors and the rooms were filled with the music of many voices en- gagged in convivial interchange of senti- ments and ideas. At about 3 o'clock, dinner was announced and about half of the company sat down to two large tables loaded with all manner of good things calculated to please and satisfy the inner man. Those who could not be accommodated at the first tables had a chance to show their skill later on. Af- ter all had tried to do justice in the epicurean line, there followed short musical and literary treat. Several joined in singing "Auld lang syne," then Mir SanfOrd's written address of welcome was read by l.. D. Sanford of Bridge port. MT Sanf0rd's address contained interesting "reminiscences of his life and alluded to the fact that he had been sur prised three or four times on previous birthdays but happily discovered, by accident, what was coming this time and asked his good wife what was going on and why he couldn't he have a hand in it, and accordingly he had shared in in- viting some of his friends this tine. Appropriate remarks were made by Rev MT Doane and Hon A. B. Mygatt of New Milford. Mir Mygatt read in con- nection with his speech. poem written hv Col Starr of New Milford The nOpn was written ip Col Strrr's usual happy ate m for the occasion. As night drew near, the company broke up, wishing Mr Sanford many more happy birthdays, and that he may celebrate his golden wedding two years hence.
 MT and Mrs Burgess rejoice over the advent of q daughter. born the Sth inst.
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occurred in Armory hall, Monday night, by home talent.
 Mrs W. c. Buel's house has been newly painted, and W. H. Sanford's house and barns are receiving the finishing coat of paint. this week.
 Mrs Sarah Coe has commenced build- ing an addition on his house, lately pur- chased from 5. J. Cons.-[ Ichabod.