Connecticut Western News

BERKSHIRE COUNTY

North Adams is building a new hotel.

The Smith Paper Company of Lee made 133 tons of paper week before last.

St. Joseph's cornet band, of Pittsfield made about $900 by a recent fair, which is to purchase uniforms.

John B. Wright of Williamstown recently killed a bear weighing 426 pounds, just over the Vermont line.

North Adams has more liquor prosecutions to the square inch than any other town of its calibre, in the county.

The street sprinkler in North Adams got jealous when the people prayed for rain recently, and hasn't laid the dust since.

Up in Pittsfield they find it cheaper to steal other people's shirts from a clothes-line, than to redeem their own from the laundry.

The North Adams police captured a bottle of gin, in a recent crusade, but the dealer called it cotton gin, and it was restored to him.

Dr. Wilcox slapped Dr. Wright's face in Lee the other day, just because Wright kissed his (Wilcox's) wife. They're awful particular up in Lee.

The Ladies' Orchestral Quartette of Pittsfield gave a concert in Lee recently, in which Miss Rose Harding, the girl cornetist, took prominent part.

There were two drunken men on the street in Lenox in one day recently, and the reporters flocked about them three deep, to find out the news in Pittsfield.

200 Pittsfielders went to Boston last Wednesday, when excursion tickets were sold for $2.00 for the round trip, on account of the Mechanics' fair now in progress.

The zealous police of Pittsfield saw a man having a fit on the street the other day, and evidently thinking him a "fit subject" for arrest, took him in on a charge of drunkenness.

A North Adams sportsman brought in fifteen squirrels "from the east end of the tunnel" the other day. They were probably driven through from the west end by the setting sun.

A "beautiful Berkshire" boy, Ed. Burghardt, now of Rochester, has invented and patented an apple parer and slicer, which picks out the worms and seeds, and "seasons to suit the taste."

Elizur Smith, Wellington Smith and DeWitt S. Smith of Lee, have contributed $3,000 toward the establishment of a "Garfield memorial professorship" at Williams College. $50,000 is required.

The pantry of a Pittsfield house was burglarized and robbed of a quart of milk, some cookies and a leg of mutton the other night, and the unprincipled scoundrels who perpetrated the deed didn't even wash the dishes after they had finished their meal.

Joe Allen Adams' pedestrian, who took part in two of O'Leary's walking matches in New York, was found dead by the roadside last week. His health had been poor ever since his last big walk, and he claimed to have been drugged by New York parties. The cause of his death, however, is pronounced heart disease.

The "anti-fence reform" has struck Pittsfield, and front fences are disappearing like dew before the sun. If the "reform" strikes the fair ground, and removes that high board fence, the north wind will finish the job, and blow the track away. It has been said that they sometimes trot in sleighs at the Pittsfield fair, which is the "last of the Season" and has the coldest locality in the county.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Southfield.

A. J. Cook witnessed the burning of an oil train at Port Jervis, N. Y., the other day. He says it was "a very pretty sight" at a distance.

Ed C. Cook and son, of East Lee, were at Mrs. VanDeusen's over Sunday.

F. Morse's voice was not heard in the choir Sabbath morning. He and Jule Turner spent Sunday with out of town friends.

We have seen an apple from Wm. B. Gibson's, of last year's growth, which was fresh and good, considering its antiquity.

Henry Kelsey showed us a miscegenation of tomato and cucumber. The tomato seemed "boss," but there was cucumber there all the same. They were planted side by side in the garden.

All the whip peddlers are now gone again.

There was an exciting hog hunt here a few days ago; there was some sport, as well as hard running.

No school till Thursday. E. D. has gone to the teachers' institute at Tyringham.

TATTLE TALE

Salisbury,

Fred. Wheeler has recovered from his illness, and is at his post in the grist mill again.

Miss Effie, oldest daughter of Rev. Johnson, returned home sick with the whooping cough, from Albany, N. Y., where she went only four weeks ago to visit school this winter.

Bishop Williams preached an excellent sermon last Sunday morning in St. John's church, and eight persons were confirmed on the occasion.

Quite a number from this place attended Prof. Lee's lecture on Penmanship last Friday evening in Academy Hall, Lakeville. The Professor will open a writing class there next Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Geo. Coffing went to visit her sick brother in Stockbridge last Friday.

CLIO.

Mill River,

The water in the Konkapot is pretty low, and the paper mills are not able to run full time.

Fred. Rood of Clayton spent Sunday with George Ladd.

Fred. G. Alexander, with his sister, Miss Ada, are soon to start for the west, Minnesota.

Cards for the wooden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hart, at Hartsville to-night (Monday) have been received by a "favored few" of this place. May the happiness which has attended the past half decade never be marred by unpleasantness. "Many happy returns of the day."

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Adams have returned from Brooklyn.

C. B. Brewer's cider mill is in full swing, and the juice is bringing a good price.

Our drug store is receiving an addition, to the extent of an oil room.

Barney Wrinkle is through work in Stockbridge, and is home.

Konk A. POET.

Kent,

Miss Satilla Richards starts for Illinois this week Wednesday, where she will spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Martha Hoffman.

Miss Denpie Gibbons is spending a few weeks in Newtown.

Rubie Gibbs will teach the Fuller Mountain school this winter, commencing the first of November.

Bishop Williams visited Kent last Saturday. Service was held at the St. Andrew's church at 2 p. m.

Mr. John Edmond's new house is complete, and his friends gave him a house warming last week Thursday. The Kent band furnished music for the occasion.

Miss Sarah Tremberly, of Brooklyn, is visiting friends in town.

William Green, from Warren, commenced his labor as teacher of our village school a week ago last Monday.

The hotel has reopened, and we are pleased to see Mrs. Elmore with us again.

Mr. Burritt Eaton, has a fountain in his yard which makes a very pretty display.

The water pipe bursted at the north end of Main St. last Saturday night, flooding our streets considerably. Mr. F. Leonard, the contractor for the building of our reservoir, finishes this week Wednesday.

Lor,

Where is Wrangle-Land? Eh? Not that newly discovered Island in the Alaska district, but in good old Connecticut, and sandwiched in between Colebrook, Barkhamsted, Torrington, Goshen and Norfolk. These are the boundaries on the map, and nobody knows how high in the air the real estate runs, but all are united in the fact that it runs down pretty well, or else the crust between us and down below—low—low is very thin, for whenever there is the slightest "local disturbance" (strictly an Old Prob. term) one telephone rap will summon a deal of deviltry at the shortest notice.

Winchester comprises the whole territory, and is divided in Old Society, West Winsted Ligament and Winsted, all of which are subdivided into sections not appearing on the world's atlas, but wielding a mighty influence the world over.

West Winsted contains most of the churches, manufactories and muss-makers. Winsted, most of the graveyards and "The Flat" or the "Ligament," holds the gas works, lock up and the balance of power on election days!

3 is a favorite number with us, as is evidenced by our depots, post offices, banks, etc. Commercial travelers and other business men say we are the sharpest, most wide awake town in the State.

This, in brief is where we are, and some day I'll tell you more about it.

This is minister week, and we hope for a wholesale purification before Saturday night. There has been a right smart drumming around for quarters; not the round ones with the eagles and liberty-cap on them, but nice large, pleasant rooms, well furnished, and sunny exposures, and only one "person to a room, the same as they have at Yorktown.

Pinney of the Press, says he won't furnish either kind of quarters for them.

Here's an original conundrum for you: Why are west bound passenger trains of the Conn. Western R. R. like a faithful minister of the Gospel? Give it up? Because they draw many sinners from Satan's Kingdom to the happy land of Canaan.

The night train from the west saves the trouble of lighting the station on the Flat and at the Sand Bank (a railroad term for the East Village) by dropping its passengers at West Winsted, and is regarded as an extremely handy arrangement for all its patrons.

Woodford & Camp's delivery wagon had a smash up the other day, and broke an arm for Don. C. Peck's little daughter, who was riding in it.

Miss Du Ruisseau, on Wednesday evening, before a small audience, gave in a very commonplace way a recital of old selections, all good, and would have been better with better rendering.

Our mayor has had the Hook and Ladder house painted so fiery red outside, that on the occasion of a late alarm, one of the members began to hoist ladders to put it out.

The officials of the Naugatuck depot here haven't learned the details of the smash up last week, but think one of the cow catchers was injured.

Mrs. Brown, on High street, mother of A. M. Rice, is 92 years old this day, (Oct. 17th) hale and hearty, and goes up stairs and down as lively as a cricket, apparently good for an even 100. So mote it be.

Matt. Wheeler, our florist, is reported to have suffered six hundred dollars' loss by the late snapping cold snap.

We should judge from the continual hooting of engines and rattling of trains, that more business is done on the C. W. R. R. on Sunday than any other day of the week, and can account for it on no other basis than that president Gilbert's closet for Sabbath prayers is on the other side of the house from the track.

Another time I will try and give you some items of news, if there are any which reach the ears of a WRANGLER,

Falls Village.

Dr. J. D. Clemans and Mr. Wm. Sabin went on the excursion to Boston last Wednesday.

Mrs. Wm. Hubbell and daughter have been visiting relatives in Bridgeport.

Mrs. J. F. Bartlett and Miss Fannie returned Saturday from a visiting trip to the Empire city.

Revs. Moore of the Cong. church, and Hazen of Goshen, exchanged pulpits Sunday.

The Methodist ladies' aid society meet Thursday p. m. at the residence of Mr. J. R. Smith.

The roadway leading from Mr. Brewster's east to the main road, has been repaired, and the bridge newly planked, which is a decided improvement.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wolcott have returned from a visit to Bridgeport.

Seth Pratt recently sold at Litchfield in one day, thirteen horses.

Mrs. Judson Adams will entertain the Cong. ladies' aid society at her residence next Friday afternoon.

A. L. Brown has been engaged in plumbing and tinning at the newly built Episcopal parsonage at Lime Rock.

Sidney Reed last week made a trade of horses with Seth Pratt of Litchfield.

Mrs. John E. and Miss Nellie Howd of Pleasant Valley, Ct, last week were guests of Amesville and Sugar Hill relatives.

Another new lot of cloakings have just arrived at Ball's, and the ladies experience but little difficulty in selecting goods suited to their taste.

Arthur Sullivan has bought and moved into the old red school house.

Two houses of Wm. Wolfe, sr., have been painted.

The case of the two Sandtown females, for the burning of Dr. Maltbie's building in that flourishing district, and also the case of Ed. Halstead, for assault, are being tried this week at Litchfield.

IpLEWILD.

South Canaan,

Mr. S. W. Field exhibits four and five feet sticks of trimming wood, completely charred, which will ring like a bell. He challenges any and everybody to surpass him in the manufacture of charcoal.
X.

Norfolk.

We have some boarders in town yet. Geo. Holt has five, and some still remain with L. P. Phelps. They seem to enjoy our cool mountain air.

L. Whiting started Monday morning for the far west again, on business for Mr. R. Battell.

Mr. John Bassett is recovering from a two month's illness.

Dr. W. C. Welch has gone to Ansonia. We wish him much success.

Rev. J. F. Gleason lost a valuable horse a few days ago.

The old church sheds are being torn down to make room for new ones.

Mr. Beardsley's new house is nearly ready for occupancy.

The ladies' missionary meeting was well attended, many coming from neighboring towns.
X.

Goshen,

Two hunters from New Jersey have been in town for a few days.

A party of Goshen people took a drive to Mohawk mountain, in Cornwall, last Monday. As the wind was very strong, the telescope could not be made to stand very firmly, but they were enabled to read the time on the town clock in Goshen, quite distinctly, a distance of five miles. Sixteen churches can be seen from the summit of Mohawk.

Everything belonging to the estate of the late Frederick P. Hills was sold at auction on Thursday of last week. It was the largest auction ever seen in or near Goshen.

Quite a large company of young people went out on a chestnutting excursion Thursday:
PEN.

West Cornwall

Mrs. Eliza Dowd and Miss Allie Porter of Lenox are guests at Mrs. W. H. Porter's.

Misses Mattie and Rose Memmott of Union City arrived home Tuesday for a short vacation.

George H. Oldfield enjoyed the beauties of "Elm City" last week.

Moses G. Butler has sold his fine sorrel colt for a good round sum, to parties in New York.

Nathan Coggswell of Golds Mills died on Sunday evening, of a paralytic shock, at the advanced age of seventy-four years.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Nichols, of Brooklyn, who have been stopping at the Foster House the past two weeks, returned on Tuesday.

Rev. C. N. Fitch has resigned his pastorate of this church, much to the regret of the whole parish. He will preach his farewell sermon on the hill, next Sabbath, at the usual hour. The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be administered in the chapel at half-past one, when several are to be taken into full membership.

Joe. Mallinson, of the clam bake notoriety tumbled into the big city of New York last week to see the sights, and do a little business in the interest of the shear factory, of which he is the head, and returned right side up with care Saturday evening just in time to receive a legal benediction from sheriff Baldwin, in the form of a subpoena to the supreme court at Litchfield on Monday, when the Long vs. Warner suit was held, resulting in the commitment of Fred. to two months in jail.

One of the "popularities" of the place, who supports a pair of black side boards, with just hair enough of the same hue for a mustache (nine on a side) to remind one of a base ball club, reports that a "piece of broad cloth left the house of a well-to-do citizen last week, at 'five o'clock in the morning.'" This young modestus has not been rightly informed, and if he continues his imaginative reports in "this line," his name will appear in full at the next issue of the News. Remember they laugh best who laugh last.

Miss Anna Yutzler has returned from New York with a fine display of millinery, that shows she has exercised special care and taste in the selection of some of the nobbiest fall and winter styles to be found in the great metropolis. Her bewitching faculty of wearing birds, feathers, ribbons, lace, pins and bugs, with a few other indispensables, to a perfect "love of a bonnet," as well as warming over an old one so it can't be told from new, must attract the ladies hitherward, making the pocketbooks of their liege lords, in consequence, shrink up most wofully.

Mr. George Ingraham, late of North Cornwall, is among us, moved and settled in the Wheaton house, one of the pleasantest locations in the village. His better half being a first class dressmaker of extensive experience wishes to announce that she will continue the business at this place, hoping to receive her share of patronage here, as well as retaining her many customers on the hill.
ANON.

Rev. C. N. Fitch of the Congregational chapel, West Cornwall, has resigned his pastorate of that society to accept a call from the Norwalk, Ohio, Congregational church. The church after having requested the council to refuse to advise in favor of the dismissal of pastor, passed these resolutions:

Resolved, That we regret the action our pastor has taken. This regret is the result of that confidence in Mr. Fitch which has grown up during his pastorate among us.

Resolved, That we commend him as a true and faithful pastor, a wise counsellor, and as a preacher, a workman not to be ashamed of, and we assure him that he and his family will ever hold a place in our hearts in memory of his ministry among us.
Com. in behalf of Church.
THEODORE S. GOLD,
NATHAN S. HART,
HARRY SEDGWICK.

The council of neighboring churches came to the following conclusion, vis. :

In the light of Providential events, we deem it best to advise the dissolution of the pastoral relation.

In coming to this result the council desires to express its sympathy with the Second Congregational Church of Cornwall, over losing its beloved pastor.

And we will pray the Great Head of the church that He will send another under-shepherd to guide the flock into green pastures.

We also commend the Rev. Chas. N. Fitch to the churches in the vicinity of the new field of labor to which he is called, as a brother beloved, eminently worthy their confidence and brotherly regard.

REV. S. J. WHITE, D. D., Moderator.
REV. T. A. HAZEN, Scribe.

West Cornwall No.2.

Ed. News:—We noticed an article in your last issue stating that the report of the school visitors in this town was false, and making a direct attack upon one of them. Knowing something of the facts connected with the schools in this place during the past year, we trust you will allow us space to reply to the article signed "Fair Play," but which we think would have read more like the statements it contained if it had been signed "Ignoramus."

In the fall of 1880 a young gentleman was appointed Committee who knows far more about the game of poker than he does about schools. Feeling the importance of his great office he expressed himself as follows: I'm