Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07


 week. Darn your stockings. Christmas is looking. The third I. D. D. Y. Club dance comes of tonight.
 -Ager's Superior Yeast. A fresh supply | at Geo. L. Parsons. Miss Gertie Pulver of Copake, is visiting | her sister Cora in thls place. "A praise service was held in the N. B. Church last Sunday evening.
 Carpenter Sam Heath has been of duty for few days past with bad cut on his hand. The snow storm last Sunday wasn't favorable for very elaborate display of the latest fashions. -Go to the minstrel show at Town hall next Friday night. It will do you good, and help the band.
 The Sunday school of Christ Church is to have Christmas party in Town hall on Christmas eve.
 Fuller & Peet have just received fresh supply of Ager's Superior Yeast, direct from the manufacturers.
 Mir. William Watson is clerk in M. B. Mead's book store, which. by the way. is rapidly growing in favor.
 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Peet are in New York. The telegraph office meantime, IS Tn charge of w. A Parsons of West Winsted. MT. Leyi Bronson of East Canaan has family horse over thirty five years old, which he will probably kill soon, and buy new one.
 The Barnum Richardson Go have pur. chased large tract of wood land in New Milford, and operatives are busily engaged in converting the timber into charcoal.
 An old gray horse belonging to one Fer ", was rallied of last Saturday night, at the Stevens House, and was won by Leon Frazier of the Barnes lime kiln. It brought Ferry about eight dollars.
 An interesting North Carolina letter from Rev. W. H. Ellis will appear next week We have also received a communication from P. c. Cummings, which will appear as soon as space will permit.
 MT. Wm. w. Roberts. proprietor of Roberts Opera House in Hartford, was in town last week, and purchased fine young horse of Charles Cook of South Canaan, for a long price-nearly $l, 1000.
 Rev. Dr. Eddy of this place, is to de liver his lecture on "Push and Clear Grit il Ct. Burlington on Friday evening, Feb. I7th being the sixth in the Ct Barrigton course of literary entertainments.
 Barber Colepaugh has taken the agency for Benton's hair grower, which will make sensitive bald headed men think that life i: worth living after all. It will make hail grow on concrete pavement.
 -Bootmaker Rodemeyer butchered hog last week, that was estimated by good judges to weigh 45O pounds. If any professiona pork raiser in this vicinity can beat that WI would be glad to make note of it. Mine pounds and half more of th' Ovid Gillette family came to town last Wed nesday morning. See births. And by the way, our birth column promises to be full o local interest most of the time during tl-' winter.
 By change in the Conn. Western R. time table, Conductor Cummings passenge train going west arrives at this place at 6.3t D. m. instead of 6.45 as formerly, thus break ing up the close connection with the Fal Village special
 List of letters remaining uncaled for il the post office in this place John w. Bar tram @ Mrs. Julia A. Boinay, Samuel ( Button, Miss Anna Carman, MT. William g Carroll. Miss Hannah Connor, Misse Scheeies, MT Geo. W. Weed.
 There has been considerable complaint late, caused by parties carrying of the paper and magazines from the reading room 1 would seem that those who are sufficient intelligent to appreciate the privileges of til institution, should have common sens enough to conform to it's rules, which forbi carrying periodicals from the room.
 The annual report of the Housatonl railroad for the year ending September 3Otf 1881, shows as follows: Total earnings S754, SIS 10; operating expenses, $55s,364- 57; net earnings. $l95, l48. .53; passenge receipts, $2l7,2l5 s6 freight receipts, S5i2 Ol7.44; passengers carried, 3l9,740; tota miles run, 544,s1O; tons of freight carried 34s6l4. The increase of earnings was s2s l53 &C.,
 At the annual meeting of the Housaton' Lodge. No. 6l, F. and A. M, held at thoi lodge room last Saturday night, the follow ;np officers were elected for the ensuing yea w. M,J B. Hardenbergh; s. w., Il. Macrae: Treasurer, J. A. Underwood; Secrt tary, R. vanDeusen. A special c"mmunlcs tion was called for Saturday evening Of thi week. when the officers elect will be installed At the next stated communication, (Jan. 7tf the question of holding the stated communics tions on the second and fourth Saturdays Il each month, will be considered. they haVin beeu held the past year on the first SatuIda during or before the full moon of each montt