Connecticut western news., 1878-10-23
Autumn leaves
 When winter approaches.

Autumn leaves
 When winter approaches.
 -'Lection is drawing to focuss.
 This weather is as nice as arybody's got.
 Read "All Prohlbitionists" in another column.
 -s'Mill" Roraback of Lee was in town yesterday.
 Mir. Henry Williams lost valuable COW last week.
 Who's carried off ''Arcsnum," our Sharon correspondent?
 Mir. Merrill Humphrey has nearly com pleted snug and cozy little barn.
 The auction at Beckley's store last week was adjourned to next Saturday night
 Gov. Hubbard passed through on the c. W. R. R. last Monday en route for Lakeville.
 The intermediate school, under Miss Fitch, clambered ur on Church Hill last Thursday.
 -Dr. Palmer of Lakeville, has returned from bis vacation and resumed his profes- sonal duties.
 Mrs. Whittlesey and sister, Miss Kate Cowles, returned from New York last Tuesday night.
 Mir. and Mrs. George P. Strong have been visiting at MT. H. E. Smiths at Phimont, N, Y.
 A lot of carriages and buggies will be sold at auction in front of the Warner House next Saturday.
 Rev. Mr. Hunt of Sht field will preach in the Methodist church in thls place nex Sunday morning and evening.
 Professor Volk, the musical instruct or, has class of ten pupils in vocal ant instrum ental music in this place.
 pr. Scoville of Ashley Falls, one O the oldest physicians in Berkshire county is to spend the winter in California.
 The ambition of the average young America is running to bone clappers, witl their FIT -rat-tat-tat-tor-r r-r-tur-r-r-r-r e.
 MT. E. B. Gillette is building new barn OF Canaan Mountain, to replace thu one destroyed by lightning few month ince.
 The communication, tWise Giving, in another column contains facts upol which all charitably disposed persons should reflect. Read it. A woman from Sheffield was detected stealing goods from the City store, Barring ton last week, and was bound oyer to appea in Pittsfield next January.
 -Barnum R chardson Go. are now haul ing pig iron from their furnaces in Eas Canaan, in wagons to this place, to bt transferred over the H. R. R.
 MT. John Lyons. of Nebraska, who i making what he calls his last visit to thl' rrso.1-aat rr=s;o..1. at his -hrother-in-law's MT. Law renee Gillette, returns to his Western thoir' next month.
 The Rev. E. H. Pratt, secretary o the State Temperance Union, will preacf in the Congregational church at East Gan aan next Sunday morning on the suhJec of Temperance.
 What God hath joined together, ou devil pIucked asunder. It was kind ot Siamese twin apple, being two perfect rus sett apples )ined together, having but ont stem; and was picked on the old Beckley place. In It's proper column will be found th' announcement of the marriage of MT Frank Baker to Miss Mary Burghardt. MT Baker has a circle of acquaintances here having formerly ''clerked it" in Fuller 6 Peet's store.
 -'rhe fourth annual fair of St. Mary congregation at Lakevile opened or Mon day, in the basement of their church. Tn grand feature is a gold-heaGed cane, to b presented to the man who shall receive tn highest number of votes. Mir. J. I. Pease of this place, has JUS completed steel plate portraits of the poet ical prodlgies, Dora and Ellen Goodale. o Sky Farm" Mass, which will be used t. embellish the volume of poems, "Appl' Blossoms" about 10 be published. The article which went the round about insane Wm. Blodgetrs attempt t ''resurrect" his brothers skeleton in tn cemetery at South Canaan, short tim since, has been illustrated in the Pollc News, which is on sale at Humphreys.
 Next Tuesday evening, Philip Phillips the famous singing pilgrim will give con cert of sacred song in the Methodist church Mir. Phillips, as every body knows, is on' of the best singers before the public, having sung on both sides of the Atlantic witt great success. It is seldom that the people of Canaan are privileged to listen to so dis Iiuguished parsonage, and no doubt h' will be greeted by full house, as he de serves.