Connecticut western news., 1880-09-29
.Going to cattle show ?

-Going to cattle show? Now thuck thweet thider through thtraw.
 The Canaan Garfield club is said to have 40 members.
 James Bailey now lights the street lamps in place of Gus Caldwell.
 Our prettiest thanks, Superintendent Stillson, for favors received.
 Agent Ed. Norton of Pittsfield spent the Sabbath with his sisters in this place. Rev S I. Ferguson, ex-presidlng elder' will preach in the Methodist church next Sun day.
 -Section master Goodwin has been improV ing Humphreys crossing, which is now ln good shape.
 Mrs. c. M. Deming of this place has gone on visit to her SOD Howard, at Rocn- ester N. T..
 A state temperance picnic is to be held either on Pine Grove camp ground or at Par Tor Rock next month.
 pr. Uemans has sent us considerable m- terestine Western literature from Des Moines, Iowa, where he is visiting.
 The sCanton" accidently collided with an ore car at East Canaan furnace last Monday, but no great damage was done.
 -The sidewalks in this place, are in good condition now, each property holder seeming to take pride in keeping up his end.
 A Canaan correspondent says: "Mrs. Couch has two fine specimens of cheese mai- ice (not aforethought) five feet high
 Martin Devine, brakeman on Conductor Curtis extra freight train, had his right hano smashed by coupling cars the other day. A kiln of about three hundred thousand brick has just been burned at MT. A. t. Woodward's brick yard east of this village. Since the fast horses of this region have been sold, or gone into training for the 1an races, there isn't much trotting on Riverside Park.
 Geo. Beebe fell and injured himself serl' ously while at work in the cider mill at East Canaan the other day. Will this be called sdispensation of Providence p
 The Canaan,,w works are being ex' tended to H. Schammerhorn's on West Main st., and to Wolcott Adams on Church-st., re- quiring nearly 2,5oo feet of pipe.
 There is politician in this place who before he makes another bet that ''Mr. A. saw Mr. B. a few days ago." will stop minute tf consider whether or not MT. A. is ''blind al a bat.n
 -Gat. DeHart brought into the sanctun the other day a lot of apples resembling pumpkins in size, of bright red color, ane quite solid. Cat says they are called "belly bound" and their subsequent operations fully justified the name. They would average nearly pound each.
 go. F." again, and everybody knows what it means. It means, Old Patched-uE clothes indicate that the wearer has never been to Ct. Burlington, where Girling' the clothier is giving away clothing at remark ably low prices. Girling is on Railroao street and when you go to cattle show drol in.
 Those who lead horses to the blacksmith shop. should know better than to take the sidewalk. The Railroad-streeters take as much interest in keeping their walk in gooc condition as anybody, and it is mortltying te them, to see it cut ap by horses hoofs. Inc road is wide enough, and there is where they belong.
 A CARD.-The undersigned desire to e1 tsnd through the columns of the NEWS, tneil sincere thanks to the friends who so klnolJ manifested their Christian sympathy by as sisting in the last sad offices to the beloved and departed wife and mother.
 DAVID soorT ASD FAMILY.
 Wetaug, Sept. 27, 1880.
 The c. W. R. R. locomotive Canton while switching on the H. R. R. track las' Thursday, took notion to travel by hlgh' way. ou Humphreys crossing, but she nae not got far from the track before englneei Jobn Greer discovered the caper, and wltf the assistance of Joe. Andrews, got her oach on the rails in a short time.
 A young Canaanite recently went sh0o' inp, and getting on 8 mans premises, s'one' some of his pigeons from the roof of his oarr and shot two or three of them, for which he was afterward glad to settle Tor 50. The sportsman now says he is sorry he shot the dear little things, and the next time he goes pigeon hunting he'll shoot crows.
 Charles Paul, Jr., now of Staten Island, retnrned to his home in this place last Sat urday for short visit, bringing with nm daughter-that is-not exactly hts daughter, although he holds first mortgage, but the dauohter of his new father -in-law. They all ,doitl The boys are going fast, and the rush ia vet to come as leap year is almost gone. The H. R. R. locomotive ''W. D. Bishop" ;s inst out of the shops, looking bright as new dollar, under the treatment of Dr. ohng- 1and She is fitted with the orthodox small rad stack and spark retainer (which certain nortiou of our female population should pro- enre.l Artist Mundry's handiwork is at once apparent in tie new dress she wears' when ,s ..raat but not gaudy" as the monkey said rhen he painted the. end of his tail sky-Dlue'