Connecticut western news., 1880-08-04
The DAILY NEWS is booming.

- - The "Second Heavies" reunion comes of Sept 10th.
 The Canaan Cornet Band has increased to thirteen pieces.
 III. H. Cogswell is visiting friends in Kent and New Milford.
 Two Misses Hoyt of Stamford, Ct. are boarding at Rev. H. I. Bodley's.
 --Mr. Ed Ward, on the Falls Village road, has remarkably fine field of tobacco.
 --Ben. Butler went east through this place on Conductor Elmore's train Monday.
 -George Ford of Falls Village has been repairing the walls and ceilings of Union depot
 Rev. wm. c. Peirce, of Champaign, Ills. is visiting his brother, D. L. Peirce in this place,
 Playing croquet, pitching quoits and hoe. ing tobacco are the principal amusements at present.
 "A party of young men from East Canaan and this place, are to camp out at Twin Lakes next week.
 "A Hancock and English banner is talked of to be suspended across the street in front of the Stevens House.
 MT. Hindman Barney, the one-armed or ator gave an interesting temperance lecture in the Methodist church last Sunday night
 --Chas. Hinckley, Geo. Cowdrey's right hand man, is seeking rest and health in the vicinity of his old home in Ulster County, N. '.
 A two-seated buck-boar owned by sackett of Clayton attracts considerable at- tention as handsome convenient and com fortablc vehicle.
 -Tinman Strong is making mammoth 'ispark retainer" for the new casting house at East Canasu. They ure not rsed much, only iL leap year.
 Mrs. Kib Cogswell is living with her father on the camp ground, and will join her husband at Ft. Wayne, Ind. as soon as he gets settled there.
 The Pine Grove camp meeting holds oyel Sunday, until Aug. s0th, instead of closing or the 2sth. Will our contemporaries who have announced otherwise please correct?
 A social party was given at s. .. Beck ley's last Saturday night, in honor ot E. A Gillette, who went yesterday to Ft Wayne Ind. Fine music was executed by talent iron this place and Falls Village. Canaan is overrun with bootblack who have finished their contract with Rode meyer of the Conn. Western News.-Nes Milford Gazette. Thanksl Now everybod, knows that the NEWS does not go barefoot
 Mrs. Warner is to treat the Canaan Cor net Band to ice cream next Wednesda. night and she has also Spoken" for tn chance to give the first supper. Her kind ness will undoubtedly be rewarded witt blows
 w ava s> purpose of constructing telephone line con meeting this place with some other-Sand town, for instance2 We could then preserv order at a safe distance, and give Mayor Hal the benefit of the band meetings.
 That Ct. Harrington Methodist Sunda, School picnic to Pine Grove camp ground ,h k,h ho, 1fr ok Wadn ou has been postponed indefinitely, but vii probably take place soon after camp meeting The DAILY NEWS, however, will only cos 25 cents.
 Ed. Prescott of this place has accepted position as overseer of the meat departmen of large establishment in Naugatuck. Ed understands the meat business in it's ever. detail, and the E. H. Darlington Go. are to b congratulated on having secured his services Evangeline's opportunities are growing beau tifully less. The bachelors are sliding out
 Another of Canaan's boys, Ed. Gillette has gone to Ft. Wayne, Ind: to accept lucrative position on the Wabash St. Loui R. B. under master mechanic Chauncey R Morris, formerly of the Housatonic R. R Chauncey remembers his friends, but it is. mo so much the desire to show his friendship, a his ability to pick out good workman, tha influences bis choice. He has taken lots o the Fl. R. R. Co.'S. men, giving them bette positions and larger 'pay. Ed. is to work il the machine shops, we understand, where h. is perfectly at home.
 Says the Berkshire Courier of our DAIL1 NRws: 'sThe camp meeting could hardly g on without itn But the Courier's statemen that the aim seems to make truly goot man of it's conductor" reminds us of piou' boy's argument in debating club, on th' potato bug question. He argued that the DO tato bug was benefit to the farmer inas much as 1t was one of Gods creatures, ,iand that the farmer through his necessary associa lions with 1t, (picking and killing D would be- come better acquainted with the work oi Gods hand This was answered by the praotlcal farmers son, who said that if the pious boy were compelled to go into the po- tato field and pick bugs all day in Q stepping attitude, while tho scorching sun streamed down upon him, his thought would probably not be busy in admiration of the beauties and wonders of neture, and ho would hardly feel iIks singing 'Moafef ny God, to Thee;"