Connecticut western news., 1881-07-13

s-Ex-goVernor Andrews or Lltcnnelo, was in town last Saturday. MT Geo. H. stiner is obliged to give up work for while on account of broken down health. Alvin Ferguson went last week to Bal tinaore, Md, where he has a situation in a telephone office. IT. F. Watson, of New Milford, formerly c. W. R. R. station agent at this place, was iD town yesterday. Arthur Hart, a Cincinnati medical stu dent, nephew of Mrs. J. A. Macdonald, is visiting at the Stevens House. The c. c. B. will give an open air con- cert in front of the Ferris House in Ashley Falls next Friday night the 18th inst. Secretary Briggs informs us that the To. bacco Growers Mutual Insurance Company are doing ten times the amount of business they anticipated this year.
 Clarence M. Humphrey has started the sidewalk advertisement business on the pave ment in front of Humphreys drug store, and Clarence is quite an artist.
 -Fneadie Lawrence, son of J. B. Law renee of New York, formerly proprietor ofthe Camp drug store in this place, IS spending few days with Fred. Young.
 -E. J. Coombs of Pittsfeld, who has been collecting the bills of the late Alfred Walker, who committed suicide at Stratford few weeks since, was in town last Friday, calling on old friends. Our Vicinity and Brekshire County col- umns are not as full as usual this week, on account of surplus of oth CT interesting mat. ter, and several communications must stand over till next week.
 Miss Clara R. Marvin, now of Chicago has4ollowed the good example of her big brother Charles of Sharon, and got married "Who'd a thunk it?" The marriage column gives the whole thing away.
 1.-The temperance address by Rev. Alphe- us Winter, secretary of the state temperance union, in Methodist church last Sunday morn- ing, was spoken of as fine effort. In the evening he spoke in East Canaan.
 Mrs. Hannah Higgins, mother of Mrs. G. L. Parsons, died in this place last Wed- nesday, at the age of 69, and was buried at Sheffield her former home. She had lived here with her daughter for nearly three years past. s.'- Billy Perkins of Waterbury, president ot the fat mems association, went through town the other day, and attracted great deal ol attention; he weighs APO pounds. Next month the annual fat mems clambake comes of at Twin Lakes.
 MT. M T. Pritchard of Boston passed through town last Saturday, on his way to New York where he will spend portion oi his vacation. He will probably return to Canaan in time to talk to the readers of oul Camp Meeting DAILY NEWS.
 Sam. Ferguson has been selling tickets in the c. W. R. R. office at this station for 6 few days past, and passengers didn't have te wait until the trains were in, and nearly ready to start before the ticket window was opened for the sale of tickets, as has been the case according to report, for some time past.
 The adv. of the new stage route appears in another column, from which it will be seer that the stage leaves this place promptly al one o'clock, excepting, of course, when the trains are late. By this route passengers car get to Clayton at.1. 30, Mill River 2 .45, South field 3.so and New Marlboro 43O, quicker than by any other stage route.
 Route agent Charles E.. Gorham saw { snake:4he other. as he emptied the con tents of a mail bag onto the distributing ta ble in his mail car. It was good sized live ly spotted adder supposed to have come ou of small box which broke on striking th' table, but it was quickly killed with poker Charlie is strictly temperate, and had botl boots on at the time.
 Mrs Dean, our plucky friend of about month ago, who chased a scamp across thf lots for offering "Car line" half dollar, called to see us again early last Monday morning and recited to us the following poetry" witt a command to ''put it in the paper" saying sT'n take the cussin, if he finds it out" Sc here it is:-s'We've given Jewel up for gone he's bin layin' in the lane; and everybody knows of course, that Jeweldine's got drunk again"
 The directors of the new organization, the Hartford & Connecticut Western R. k held meeting in Hartford last Monday, ant elected officers as follows: w. L. Gilbert O Winsted, president; Charles T. Hillyer O Hartford. vice-president E. R. Beardsley O Winsted, secretary and treasurer; John r Jones superintendent and general frelgh' agent lssL B. Merriam, Joseph Toye ana l. T. Butler executive committee; Walter Pearce general ticket agent. The company is now on permanent basis, with an ortno dox head and tail, and is we'll started on the straight and narrow way to success and pros perity.
 "A remarkable instance, illustrating canine saracity and the 'bond of sympathy" between dog and dog, occurred recently in this vicinity, Pal. Condon, living on Rood street in sodom owns a big dog, and his nearest nelghbor'