Connecticut western news., 1881-04-20

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 Maple sugar:is cheap, and drug on the market.
 Mrs. ophelia Camp is spending the week with frieudsin Kent.
 There was no service in the Methodist church last Sunday night.
 Editor MoArthur of the Winsted Times spent Sunday night in town.
 -"Winter fingers in the lap of spring. ."- Seueral or more Exchanges.
 -Miss.Llllie B. Wooster has resumed her duties as.teacher in Sherman.
 -MissH 4ttie Van Deusen has returned. .''for good" from school in Sufield.
 Mrs Lucretia West of this place has gore to Falls Village to reside,
 Never miRd the poetry; bring on your sprng-and your subscriptions.
 Some of our correspondents are little late this week, with their letters.
 Calico masquerade ball at the Stevens House tonight "Bub" Whites band. The snow sticks to the mountains as if determined to spend the summer with us. -Weddingses; still there's more to follow. Subscribe for the NEWS and keep posted. The band will give an open air concert ! in East Canaan on Saturday evening, April ssoth.
 k James Drake of Philmont, N Y., has gone to East Canaan, blacksmithing says the Sentinel
 MT Henry VanDeusen. route agent on the Housatonlc R. R is confined with erysip. slas in heface.
 The Falls Village band is preparing for concert and masquerade ball, to be given about the middle of May.
 -Wilbue M. Demiug, photographer, oi Hartford formerly of this place, is visiting bis parents in this town.
 Rev. L. H. Reid is now established ir Lakeville. His sons, Willard and Edwlr were in this place last Friday.
 Ensign Butts. Warmers right hand man has gone on a visit to friends in New York State, with ''pair to the pole"
 Judge M. T. Granger has sold his fine span of horses to Mrs. Mark Hopkins of Ct Harrington; price not made public.
 Two new heavy passenger locomotives with the red straight stack, are to be put ol the Housatonic R, R, about May lst.
 Mir. J. J. Zimmerman of Troy was il town Friday, and bought ''postively the last remaining crop of tobacco, in Wetaug.
 Miss Kettle Heaton of Ashley Falls who attended high school here last winter, i now teaching Tn District No. 5, East Canaan From the way Good Friday is usually 'iobservsd' it is evident that business mel consider fast day just as "good" as any othel day.
 The interior of the Methodist ehurcl was beautifully decorated with flowers or Easter Sunday, the work of the ladies of the society.
 The midnight through freight train last week Monday night was composed of 50 load cd cars. It is seldom that this train has less than 40 loaded cars.
 Reed and Hubbards calf day" every Thursday gives the street a rather vealy ap pearance. Good four-legged calves bring g good price-no others need apply.
 Jerome Root is baggage master at the Conn. Western depot Reuben Mcintyre the former incumbent having left to accept g better position as fireman on the HousatoniC R. E.
 Rev. MT. Mackev, was expected, re- turns to this place for the third year, which is mutually gratifying; Mir. Mackey is one o the most faithful and earnest workers in the Conference.
 Thomas Riley has secured employment building bridges on the New York and New stone, Mass where a new bridge is being constructed,
 Will. Ferguson is made happy by the birth of bouncing boy, at Winsted last Mon day. He received dispatch Sunday evening and drove down the same night. All are doing nicely.
 The two best paragraphists in the county are Rodemeyer. of the Canaan News, and and-what-the-devl Is s-name, of the New Milford Gazette = W,nsted Press. His name is Oid-baoh. afratd.of.the-women
 A "bee," to clear up the cemetery would be in order about now. Keep the dead leaves and grass raked up so that the living and healthy vegetation may have room to grow and lessen the gloom of the place. Miss Jennle E. Brown of this place con- templates opening select school in East Canaan. Miss Brown is in every way quail ned to teach school of high grade, and wll undoubtedly be successful in that calling. "A pound package of "People's Horse and Cattle Powders" can be ought at Camps pharmacy, for s5 cents, and given to your horses and cattle will improve them wonder fully. Don't forget tho price or place, Camps Pharmacy.