Connecticut western news., 1874-12-11

Accidentally Killed.-William Pennick,
 young man employed as teamster for the
 Mill River Paper Mill Co.,, while driving along the road about one mile north of
 Mill River where some men were chop
 ping cord wood, as he came by a tree
 which was being cut, it fell across the road, striking him and causing his death.
 The team ran short distanc and were
 stopped. His funeral was attended Tues. day from the house of MT. Barnes in Ca
 naan. A large numper attended the bu-
 rial.
 Christmas in Canaan.-Beckley. of Ca
 naan, comes out with an advertisement,
 this week, which tells all about his store
 half full of really useful Christmas goods
 This it seems to us is very sensible way
 of doing up the Christmas business. Let
 the purchases for friends be of charac-
 ter that will be of real service and benefit IO 1uCLAs A5 Q PioA IA0I 0LWofo WOIhS WClI, and particularly SO these panic times, when it is so difficult to get money enough to-
 gether to procure the really necessary
 articles of comfort. Read Mir. Beckley's , advertisement, and then go and look at bis attractive tables, displaying these sens!-
 ble goods.
 Ashley Falls Cemetery.-The new l. cemetery in Ashley Falls is being fenced, h and in the spring the field will be properly l.. laid out into burial lots with suitable drives and walks. The plot of ground selected for this cemetery is one of the most beautl n ful for the purpose to be found anywhere
 It is located in the suberbs of the village
 on the new road leading to East Sheffield - and is sparsedly covered with growth O ,- small pines and other small timber; jus o enough to beautify the grounds. The ol' o yard in that village was ''full seyera ot years ago, and this new movement ough l. to have been inaugerated sooner, and al i will rejoice now it is being done. Let tn d lots be ample and pleasantly arranged l. charging good fair price for them, an o. the Cemetery Association will sustain D c. loss in it's investment in this most laudabl it undertaking.
 n Commendable Enterprise. hay .d never seen better illustration of the spir oo of enterprise known and recognized th h,, world over as purely an American tra n than the title page illustration in Fran .. Lesl5e's Illustrated Newspaper of the ia ;a of Mayor Hayemeyor Tn an apoplectic n- in his office in New York city, Monday ( .. last week. The Mayors sudden death oe oo cured at about II o'clock Monday fore na noon, and Thursday afternoon of the san
 week, FrGnk Leslie's Illustrated pap
 reached Salisbury, the day of it's arrival her
 containing as stated above, 8 full page
 lustration of the sad scene Nor was it - he cheap scratchy looking class of e ,n, cravings the Daily GrapAjc finds it So nes nd essary to produce. but very finely, cl ch gauty, and truthfully wrought represent
 tion, and in perfect keeping with what
 always found in that publication, ar
 which We need not take the trouble to ss
 what is already recognized by the who uo world. is not surpassed, if indeed equalle' rd Every feature considered, we think Fran I'd. Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper the vel ye. hest of it's cl ss of publication in u ge' world. We saw something of the Illustrate an London NeaCs when in England last sun k. mer, which is regarded by some as stan ls. ing at the head, but our own opinion sati Ill. fies us most perfectly, which is as state on above.
 ed Falls Village Schools-Mr. Editor.- an. It may give an idea of the attendance
 the various districts of Canaan to state tn he of l93 scholars, only two were not absel lP6- during the summer term, Those two we "A, Willie Rust in the Lower City (No. rill school, and George Burch on the Mour the the tain,.. (No. 4.) Eighteen pupils were D Vill tardy during the summer term, namely Ato to In district No. fuur,-Mary, Grace ar for Nelson Wethereil and Hattie Root in N ty 3. nine,-Willie, Alfred N., and Fife Rus zen zen Lettie Sabine, Abbie Lamb, Anna, Kati ny and Della Casey, and Willie Yale; in N :. 5. four,-Georgie HoIcomb, Hattie al
 Ella Nodine, and Ina Roberts; in No. .to one, Fannle Hinman. Eight in town ta- not, during the months of June and Jul ch miss in spelling, (the words being put o He but once,) namely, in the Huntsville scho
 (No. 2.) five, Emma Blodgett, Hattie Mt
 ris, Etta Babcock, Lucy Ensign and Jol in Root; in No. 5, one, Alice Gleason or. No. z. one, Esther Benson in No. 9, or to Fannie Hinman. There is large room i tu. improvement as regards constancy a
 punctuality of attendance. Parents m ,, do much to secure this improvement. ':n few friends of the schools, perhaps s.a s ought to be said, very few, are in t w .o habit of visiting them. If parents gener
 ly would see for themselves what is bel
 done in the places where so largely [
 foundation is laid of character and of 8, of cess for the young, such a course cou aw hardly be otherwise than encouraging a ar helpful to both teacher and scholar ax- VISITOR. les
 ,ro. Village Street Lamps.-Several of t
 public spirited citizens of Lakeville ha
 procured large lamps and placed tho on near their residences and places of b re- mess, and being each his own lamp light ar they are kept in good order, and are pro eol- ing to be really great convenience a ll-a comfort to the people. There are as , II. only seven erected, but we updersta